African Couch Potato
African Couch Potato is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.
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S2 35 Kanyi Nokwe on “Soft Life”
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Sex sells! so they say, but Kanyi Nokwe sells sex. As Lady T, she oversees the daily operations of NubiaBlaq, an establishment that serves as a front for an escort agency in Showmax's hit show Soft LIfe. In this weeks episode Gino talks to Kanyi, a classically trained musician, thespian, public speaker & creative entrepreneur about her career and what drives her.
This Naledi Theatre Award Nominee began her training as a Triple Threat at the tender age of six and has never looked back. She finished Matric at the National School of The Arts, specialising in Classical Music and completed her BTech degree in Musical Theatre at Tshwane University of Technology in 2015. From stage to the small screen Kanyi has consistently pushed the boundaries.
In conversation Kanyi reveals how attending the National School of the Arts in high school mean she had to catch buses in Hillbrow. The pimps at her bus stop used to look out for her and she became well-acquainted with them and with the prostitutes as well. "That gave me a front-row seat to the realities of sex work."
So, get comfotable in your own front-row seat, as all the episodes for Soft Life are ready to binge-watch on Showmax.
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