{"id":2436,"date":"2023-01-22T19:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T19:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2023-01-22T20:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:00:26","slug":"review-of-shanty-town-a-2023-netflix-limited-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/review-of-shanty-town-a-2023-netflix-limited-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Review of Shanty Town, a 2023 Netflix Limited Series: A decent work, with room for improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: In the 6-part limited series, <strong>ShantyTown<\/strong>, a group of courtesans attempts to escape the grasp of a notorious kingpin \u2013 but political corruption and blood ties make freedom a near-impossible goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shanty Town: The&nbsp;Cast&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/richard-mofe-damijo-rmd-accomplished-nigerian-actor\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"975\">Richard Mofe-Damijo<\/a> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sola Sobowale &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/nse-ikpe-etim-nollywood-actress-profile\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"493\">Nse Ikpe-Etim<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nancy Isime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lilian Afegbai&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toyin Abraham &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ini Edo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ali Nuhu&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chidi Mokeme&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Okoye&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zubby Michael&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/shaffy-bello-nigerian-movie-actress\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"216\">Shaffy Bello<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uche Jombo &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regina Daniels&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mercy Eke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Crew<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dimeji Ajibola: Director<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taiwo Adebayo: Associate producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Judith Audu: Associate producer \/ line producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ini Edo: Executive producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uche Jombo: Associate producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chichi Nworah: Executive producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Okonkwo: Executive producer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shanty-town-series-trailer-1024x597.jpg\" alt=\"Review of Shanty Town, a Netflix Limited Series: \" class=\"wp-image-2440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shanty-town-series-trailer-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shanty-town-series-trailer-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shanty-town-series-trailer-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/shanty-town-series-trailer.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shanty Town: The&nbsp;Review<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Shanty Town is an ode to blood, gore, violence, and very little sex, and it shows that Nollywood is truly pushing the envelope.&nbsp;The production focuses on a theme that we have seen quite a bit. A powerful politician is the real brain behind the drugs and prostitution rings in the slums, but 3 episodes in and I was still struggling to understand what the plot is. The use of suspense and mystery is over flogged, and I almost got bored with the build-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am so glad to see Chidi Mokeme; he practically carries the series on his bare back. Ini Edo gives a fair performance, but she is not fully in the flow and her acting seems forced. We love our Zaddy, RMD, but he is not a convincing drug lord. He is too polished for the role. As good as Nse\u2019s acting is, I think should have completely let go of the perfect English. Her upbringing flies in the face of the environment. I understand Ini\u2019s English: she is working undercover. This is Peter Okoye\u2019s debut acting, so, I do not have an opinion yet on his acting, but this outing is not a stellar performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing the Ibibio language featured prominently is refreshingly different from the usual, but a lot of the scenes and acting leave a lot of loose threads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fight scenes are not totally believable and attempt to replicate Hollywood a little too much. We don&#8217;t fight like this. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s an Indian style of fighting, Chinese or Nigerian.&nbsp; The costumer gives the Dame such lovely costumes, but Chief Fernadenz\u2019s clothes look too much like Gen Z clothes. He is a respectable member of the society, a chief, his costume ought to reflect it, and those beads on him are too cheap and in a very obvious way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my main challenges with Nollywood movies and series is the fast resolution of conflict. It just grates to have such a long build up and then a rushed resolution. It insults the intelligence of the viewer. Shanty Town does a decent job of not rushing the resolution; however most of the resolution is talked through.\u00a0This is a decent production, but there is a lot of room for improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nollyrated Score: 3\/5 (Okay Production)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NollyRated uses a 5-level scoring system, as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Poor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sub Par<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Okay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join Our Tribe on Twitter:\u00a0<\/strong>For updates on new Nollywood movies, series, reviews, cinema reviews, and Nigerian movie personalities, join our tribe on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NollyRated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@NollyRated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shanty Town is an ode to blood, gore, violence, and very little sex, and it shows that Nollywood is truly pushing the envelope.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nollyrated.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}