REVIEW: COMING 2 AMERICA (2021)

BY JOSEPH LOGA, MALAWI
There is a lot to be desired in Coming 2 America. This movie dramatizes many issues starting with culture. The movie paints a picture of African culture (s) this is evident in this movie through some elements of culture such as dancing, dressing and many more. Thus the way of life of the people of Zamunda.
General Izzi’s daughter is presented as someone who is very loyal to her culture which encourages women to be humble and obedient to men. This is shown when Prince Akeem gave some space his son to chat with her.
The movie also covers elements of socialization such as initiation ceremonies of boys. This paints a picture of an organized society that is in Africa. For example, prince is initiated before being crowned as a king. On the other hand, the initiation for girls s done to make girls good wives while boys are not taught how to be good husbands.
Watching this movie will help one to appreciate how blessed is Africa in terms of natural resources, and places of tourist attraction. Also, this movie appreciates talents we have in Africa—it has featured some of the renowned musicians such as Davido.
In everything we do there is money under it, that’s the power of money has also been demonstrated in this movie by Mary Jungson and his son Lavelle Jungson who left America for Zamunda because they saw the money which Prince Akeem had.
However, in my view, some elements in this movie are not well presented. The presentation of women and girls in this movie is not fairly balanced. Women in Zamunda are seen as sex materials, who cannot even be kings or rule the world. For example, Sugar Cube could not be allowed to run a Barbershop just because she was a female. Some people would also describe this movie as too comic, funny because some actors and actresses such as Mary Jungson were very exaggerative in their actions.