BUSINESSMAN and MTVBase VJ Sizwe Dhlomo and comedian/puppeteer Conrad Koch, the man behind Chester Missing, held no punches as they tore into each other on Twitter.
The twar (Twitter war)was triggered by the controversial issue of blackface, a theatrical form of make-up used to represent black people who were not allowed to be on stage with white actors during segregation in the US.
Koch told Sowetan that his altercation with Dhlomo was not the result of a misunderstanding but "pure stupidity" on Dhlomo's part, and blasted him for "talking about things he knows nothing about".
There have been two recent blackface cases reported locally, the last involved two University of Stellenbosch students who dressed up as US tennis champ sisters Venus and Serena Williams.
Dhlomo tweeted: "I don't need anyone to defend me. There was no bitter truth, just a puppet that I chose not to respond to, simple."
Koch hit back: "Yeah, a puppet guided by an MA in anthropology ."
Koch said he wrote an article on blackface and has been speaking about it for the past two years. He said Dhlomo drilled into him before even reading it online. He called him a "mistaken Mr Know it all".
"He did not approach me, he stated that he categorically knew what he was talking about. Someone tweeted him that he should read the blog and then he said something like 'Chester Missing is a puppet that makes fun of black people and their accents'. And I do not. Only intelligent people will get the satire," he said.
Koch bemoaned that he was prejudiced as a white and seen as racist.
"The reason I went hard-line on Sizwe is that because he is a celebrity, he thinks his opinion is always right, which is the problem with society, materialism.
"The biggest symbol of materialism in the world is MTV and he works for it. They came to Durban and collected the person that fit the most into their ideal."
Dhlomo, from Durban, became an MTV VJ after winning a talent search competition.
In his defence, Dhlomo only said: "I have got no problems with him, if he thinks it is pure stupidity, then that is what it is."
mashotol@sowetan.co.za
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VJ in blackface Twitter war - comedian says spat based on stupidity
BUSINESSMAN and MTVBase VJ Sizwe Dhlomo and comedian/puppeteer Conrad Koch, the man behind Chester Missing, held no punches as they tore into each other on Twitter.
The twar (Twitter war)was triggered by the controversial issue of blackface, a theatrical form of make-up used to represent black people who were not allowed to be on stage with white actors during segregation in the US.
Koch told Sowetan that his altercation with Dhlomo was not the result of a misunderstanding but "pure stupidity" on Dhlomo's part, and blasted him for "talking about things he knows nothing about".
There have been two recent blackface cases reported locally, the last involved two University of Stellenbosch students who dressed up as US tennis champ sisters Venus and Serena Williams.
Dhlomo tweeted: "I don't need anyone to defend me. There was no bitter truth, just a puppet that I chose not to respond to, simple."
Koch hit back: "Yeah, a puppet guided by an MA in anthropology ."
Koch said he wrote an article on blackface and has been speaking about it for the past two years. He said Dhlomo drilled into him before even reading it online. He called him a "mistaken Mr Know it all".
"He did not approach me, he stated that he categorically knew what he was talking about. Someone tweeted him that he should read the blog and then he said something like 'Chester Missing is a puppet that makes fun of black people and their accents'. And I do not. Only intelligent people will get the satire," he said.
Koch bemoaned that he was prejudiced as a white and seen as racist.
"The reason I went hard-line on Sizwe is that because he is a celebrity, he thinks his opinion is always right, which is the problem with society, materialism.
"The biggest symbol of materialism in the world is MTV and he works for it. They came to Durban and collected the person that fit the most into their ideal."
Dhlomo, from Durban, became an MTV VJ after winning a talent search competition.
In his defence, Dhlomo only said: "I have got no problems with him, if he thinks it is pure stupidity, then that is what it is."
mashotol@sowetan.co.za
For more stories like this one, be sure to buy the Sowetan newspaper from Mondays to Fridays
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