FILM REVIEW: 'Vuil Wasgoed' Doesn’t Remove Any Stains

Movies like "Vuil Wasgoed" are handsome products, but not worthwhile artworks.
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Within a tightly controlled framework and the severe limits of their resources, the "Vuil Wasgoed" filmmakers' imaginations seem to have been constrained along with their budget, as their energy and ideas narrow while their story ricochets between the same few settings.

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Vuil Wasgoed/ mariekesnyman/ WordPress.com

True comedy arises from breaking rules, yet South African comedies' staple mode is to stick to templates.