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Their first show as a duo was called A Small Samoan Wedding, and toured around New Zealand in 2004 before traveling overseas. Since then, they have toured with a new show almost every year: Laughing with Samoans (2003) A Small Samoan Wedding (2004) Old School (2005) Off Work (2006) Crack Me Off (2008) Prettyful Woman (2009) Choka-Block (2010)
Among the characters Fepulea'i and Ete perform in the Laughing Samoans are two women, Aunty Tala and her niece, Fai. [3] Scholar Sarina Pearson says of these characters, "Whether Fepulea‘i and Ete are enacting a relatively straightforward parody of women or performing yet another layer of gender inversion by parodying fa‘afafine is ambiguous."
In 1981 Ete became one of the founding members of New Zealand's first Pacific Island theatre group, Taotahi. They staged the first full-length Pacific Island play ever performed in New Zealand called “Le Matau” (1984) in which Ete played the lead role for which he was named by The Dominion's theatre critics as the most promising male ...
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Samoan Talipalau log drums at Piula Theological College, distant ancestor of the Fijian Lali drums. The Music of Samoa is a complex mix of cultures and traditions, with pre- and post-European contact histories. Since American colonization, popular traditions such as rap and hip hop have been integrated into Samoan music.
Pasifika artists known for the comedy work include the Naked Samoans, their first stage production in 1998 was Naked Samoans Talk about Their Knives. [6] They were involved the film Sione's Wedding, and the TV cartoon series bro'Town. Sione's Wedding was the most commercially-successful New Zealand comedy until the release of Taika Waititi's Boy.
The Laughing Samoans Well-known New Zealand comedians include Rose Matafeo , Billy T James , The Flight of the Conchords , Dai Henwood , John Clarke , and the Topp Twins . [ 62 ] Hens' Teeth Women's Comedy Company is a woman-only comedy troupe based in Wellington, founded in 1988. [ 63 ]
Three Wise Cousins tells the story of Adam (Neil Amituanai), a young New Zealand-born Samoan man who embarks on a journey back to his homeland, to become a ‘real island guy’. In hopes of impressing his crush Mary (Gloria Ofa Blake), Adam travels to Samoa to find his cousins Mose (Vito Vito) and Tavita (Fesui Viliamu) to learn and practise ...