The Purposed Trek

On the 4th of October I went and saw a show at The Performers Theatre in Pretoria. The show is called Miss Rock. I went with a friend of mine who is from South Africa because his friends are in the show, otherwise I would have never known or driven myself to Pretoria. All the performers are from South Africa and there were bits and pieces of Afrikaans thrown in there. Needless to say I laughed a lot, not because the show was hilarious, but because the emcee called himself "Big Tony". Now Big Tony had an great voice, kicked butt on the drums and was an excellent guitar player. However, when it comes to his accent he needs some practice. He tried to imitate a "Big Tony" character from Brooklyn. I can't imitate a Brooklyn accent to save my life and I am from the States. Big Tony used the Joey Tribiani phrase from Friends "How you Doin'?" a lot, which I am not sure is associated with the city of Brooklyn, but that could be up for debate. Then Big Tony would throw in there words like 'brilliant' and 'fantastic' which are commonly used S'African or British adjectives, not at all a New Yorker thing. All-in-all it was quit entertaining and I did enjoy myself - they were excellent musicians and singers and I never turn down 80's music.

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