Track Listing:
Saluche
- Women – Smartest Beings
- Dumb Girl Shopper
- Vincy Deportees
- Pan Day
- Chinese Translation
Ken Corsbie
- Sports Television
- Guyanese in Barbados
- NBA Players
- Soccer Players
- NBA Interviews
- Aerobics
- Starboys In Movies
- One Man Duet (Bonus Track)
- Donkey And Rat
Marcus Christopher
- Drunk And Disorderly
- Grenadian Prime Ministers
- Three Nuns
Amina Blackwood - Meeks
- Faces
- How Are You
- Globalization Prices
- Remote Control People
- ECommerce
- Cultural Anorexia
- Structural Adjustment
- International Executives
- Dead Weight Adjusters
Tommy Joseph
- Trini Football Team
- Latapy
- Courthouse Commess
- The Devil
- Man Wanted (Bonus Track)
Donna Hadad
- Goodnight Washington
- HBO
- Divas
- Jerry Springer
- Showtime – Sex On TV
- Breasts On TV
- Bills
Relator & Gypsy
- Tribute To Von Martin
Sprangalang
- Introduction - Meh Belly?
- Fish On Air Canada
- Planes To Represent The Culture
- 'Fraid To Dead
- BWIA Flies The Skies
Rachel Price
- Introduction - Sex Symbol
- Friends
- We Are Mixed Up
- Excuses
- Post Partum Depression
- Let Men Be Men
- Who Is Kim
- Oprah
- Time For Every Man
- Love Yourself
Gypsy & Big B
- Extempo Calypso
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Word Masters Live II
Caribbean Comedy
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eCaroh Price $15.95 Note: Some Mature Content |
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Word Masters Live II - Caribbean Comedy is a recording of
the June 2001 show that includes Extempo Calypso. The talkers portray
various aspects of Island life and comment on topical issues of the day,
occurring any place in the world.
Like the first compact disc Word Masters Live
- Island Comedy, Live II demonstrates the distinctive
English-speaking Caribbean form of oral expression. There is a
lighthearted commentary manner to topical issues, and serious matters,
that convey a comedic, superficial attitude that in reality belies the
seriousness that is generally felt by the speaker. In large measure, the
general population shares the view of the talkers. In this recording, as
it is in every day conversation, double entendre is common and the risqué
connotations are more usually intended, than not.
A careful listen, however, permits one to hear two or more things. You
hear the different accents from the various countries; then you are
captivated by the simple and sophisticated play on, and of, words. Observe
Saluche's use of the word "Handsome" and Ken's switch from "Umpire" to
"Empire" in "Sports Television". Tommy has the same artfulness in
"Courthouse Commess".
Marcus' "Drunk and Disorderly" is a take off from Sparrow's calypso of the
same name. The drunken man is familiar to most who grew up in the West
Indies. The man's loquaciousness, however, reveals his knowledge and
misuse of English but also a not so funny action some men take to show
displeasure with a woman's behavior.
The bawdy elements of life are well represented in the routines of Tommy,
Rachel and Donna and elicit hearty laughs. But the latter two could also
stimulate one to some thinking with "Showtime - Sex on TV", "Let Men Be
Men", and "Oprah".
Live II has well considered opinion. Ken - "Sports
Television" - takes a lighter, understated approach as does Sprang's -
"Planes to Represent the Culture". Amina has an appealing style and manner
in presenting her opinion. Whether in the vernacular or not, one hears a
well-modulated, polished, serious voice even at a funny remark. Listen,
and listen again, to Amina's "Cultural Anorexia", " Remote Control
People", and "Dead Weight Adjusters". Hers are words for the mind more
than for a laugh.
And all that is word mastery Caribbean style, something you can't help but
admire and enjoy. [eCaroh/Ron]
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