Dear Editor,
Oh what a barrel of laughs Stretched-out Magazine had when it aired a few nights ago. The scenes and jokes were very crafty not to mention witty.
The production’s contents show that a lot of time and work had been put into the show to bring it to the Guyanese viewing public. Some of the more notable and funnier segments included the ones with the soothsayer and the pastor.
The scene that dealt with the rearrangement of letters in various names and titles of Guyanese proved to be a worthy success. It must have taken a whole lot of time and patience to come up with the words used.
The ‘Signs of the Times’ piece was fabulous! And they had quite a few newspaper errors that were featured. But I must say this. The TV stations in Guyana make ten times more grammatical and spelling mistakes than the newspapers do combined. Human error is more prevalent on the TV screen as Guyanese watch dozens of spelling errors pass them every single day. So in future, maybe the show can focus on the TV errors.
Also, apart from the programme, I would like to know what has happened to Mr Ron Robinson’s daily chatter after the Voice of Guyana radio news in the morning. His little talks on the air used to be very stimulating and I would like to hear him again after the news.
I commend the entire Stretched-out Magazine team for a job well done. We’re looking forward for more programmes of this sort − maybe even during the year. Why wait for the end of the year? A new culture of satirizing can be very effective, especially in a country where the role of the media is to effectively be the public’s mouthpiece. Cartoons in the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News do a very good job of satirizing various issues and persons. I must commend these artists, and editors as well.
Yours faithfully,
Leon Jameson Suseran
