He said he had received many messages from fans begging him never to do it again. He still longs to make Mama Jack 2, but has accepted that he cannot don the racial-trope mask again. He does have some regrets about having profited from blackface, but mostly because he has been called out so severely on this. Schuster is unapologetic about playing on every racial stereotype in his films.
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Then there was Mad Buddies, which could've been a much better movie but we were under tremendous pressure because of budget." RACIAL STEREOTYPES I wrote a story and at the time I knew nothing about storytelling. "I've got two movies that I wasn't very happy with. We were quite on the spot there, and that's what got to the audience."īut despite having created and arguably perfected the local candid-camera recipe, the father of blackface isn't proud of all his films. He particularly loves Sweet 'n Short because it was just before the dawn of a new era in SA and he felt that with the film he "predicted what we felt the new SA would be like. He names his favourites: Sweet 'n Short (1991), There's a Zulu on My Stoep (1993), Oh Schucks! Here Comes UNTAG (1993) and Mama Jack (2005). I've seen it, I've done it I've worked my gat off, so why am I going to watch it again?" You won't find one movie of mine on my shelf. "I never go and watch any of my movies once they are released. Over the years his movies have frequently been the only local entry on SA's box office top 20 list, slotted between Hollywood blockbusters such as Fifty Shades of Grey or the Fast & Furious franchise.īut while South Africans rush to watch every Schuster film, he stays away from the cinema. This wide reach is "my good fortune", he said.Īny Schuster film does well at the box office. His ability to appeal to such a wide cross-section of the population is the factor to which Schuster attributes his huge success. The movie collection on display is as diverse as his fans. He keeps these because they were some of his own kids' favourite childhood films.
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His TV room is stuffed with video tapes, vinyl records and a few children's films on DVD. If he has any celebratory elixirs, they are well hidden.
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Instead, the shelves are full of awards won during his long career. There is, in fact, no alcohol in immediate evidence. Schuster's bar is not stocked with the finest whiskies or brandies, as one might expect. But he's also got the trophies and accolades to show for it. "I thought that if I made more candid-camera movies, my epitaph on my tombstone would read: 'Schuster couldn't take the last klap.'" TROPHIES AND ACCOLADES He felt so bad he bought me cigarettes and chocolates and a Coke. Then when I woke up, my heart went out to this poor guy who hit me. I saw the image of my grandfather who died many years ago. I was lying against the wheel of the 4x4 and I heard birds chirping and tweeting above my head. "That ou that moered me with the right fist. Thirteen drafts and three years since he started work on it, Schuster admits he's nervous, so much so that he's on his 10th cup of coffee of the day and Friday afternoon traffic hasn't even started. This film, directed by Schuster's long-term collaborator Gray Hofmeyr, has been a long time in the making.
With his new offering, Frank & Fearless, Schuster hopes to get every auntie reaching for her tissues as he tackles rhino poaching. It's this love that brings him back to the big screen this year, sans blackface, prosthetic masks or his tagline: "You've been schuks'd." Having been at the wrong end of fists and slaps since before democracy, he said everything he does is "for the love of the game". At 67, he has no desire to tap out of the entertainment industry. Like a boxer in the 12th round who's taken one too many beatings but won't stop until he's been knocked out, Leon Schuster refuses to give up. He's been making fools of South Africans for more than 30 years and it's starting to show.
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