The Gbagaun
Police have been busy with some serious detective work and we are putting up
the mugshot of a goofing culprit today. Guess who we caught dropping an advert,
trying so hard to make it funny but ending up with several GOOOFFFFFS? Bovi in
the new diamond bank advert.
You may have
caught it on TV but incase you haven't, continue to watch it below.
If I had to
ring a bell for the gbagauns in this advert, y’all be having an headache when
you are done reading.
The bank
down the road, by the……? Yeah right. The question should have been;
the Bovi diamond advert, on the……?
Let’s get
straight to the story and the plenty goofing.
THE STORY.
A man is
about to make payment in a store using his cheque book. The cashier or a
friend(I am not sure of his role) asks him to go ahead and write the cheque.
The man complains about the bank charges for the cheque service. Bovi comes in
and asks if it is the bank down the road, by the….. The man and cashier/friend
replies that he is correct. Bovi introduces them to Diamond Bank as a better
option that will give them better services. Bovi brings out the bank’s cheque
book and drops it with them. Bovi walks off.
The next
scene shows a woman seated in a restaurant and on a phone call. She is
complaining about her inability to get a loan from her bank. Bovi serves her
food and sits opposite her. She is startled by him. He asks if it is the bank
down the road, by the….. She replies affirming with a nod. He introduces her to
Diamond bank as a bank where granting of loans is simple. He gives her the
bank’s envelope and leaves.
Final scene
shows Bovi pretending to be an office cleaner dressed in suit. He sneaks into a
worker’s office. The man closes his laptop after an unsuccessful attempt to do
an online banking transaction. Bovi is seated opposite him. The man is
startled by his presence. Again, Bovi asks if it is the bank down the road, by
the…… The man also confirms his guess. He introduces him to Diamond bank by
saying if he cannot bank anywhere, anytime, he need a new bank. He then hands
over his(Bovi’s) ATM to the man. Bovi leaves.
Advert Ends.
THE GBAGAUNS.
Oh my God.
If only Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon can help with some grammatical huhu haha
to dissect the tabon tabon of this advert infinitum? LOL.
Who wrote
this script? Who directed this piece? I am sorry. In as much as I understand
they wanted to take advantage of the humour a comedian like Bovi brings to the
table, they should at least write a script that can be defended as coherent and
realistic. Other than that, why not just make your work purely fictional like
indomitables. If you want your advert to reflect every day living, then it has
to make every day sense. Not when you are trying to put other banks below your
as per rating should you goof like this.
I am sure by
now, some of our dear readers would have picked out the goofs and gbagauns but
let me highlight a few.
Gbagaun 1
Bovi wore
three different outfits, one for each of the location. This signifies that each
scene was probably different days at different neighborhoods. How come the bank
remained down the road, by the………..? Did the bank keep moving to every road Bovi went? Or did he keep coming back to the same road daily to haunt the same bank,
same branch?
Read more
Gbagauns after the cut and watch the video
Gbagaun 2
The man in
the final scene needed fast internet banking and online transactions. Bovi gave
him an ATM! Will he slot the ATM into his dvd writer or SIM/memory card slot
for payment or faster online experience?
Gbagaun 3
Bovi came
into the restaurant from outside in scene 2 and immediately collects the food
from the waiter walking towards the lady. Now, unless Bovi has been stalking
the woman , how did he know the food being served was meant for her? Let us for
a minute overlook that goof. He collects the food and the waiter just opens his
mouth forming shock and does not challenge him. Someone should get fired at
that restaurant. Very fake delivery there joor.
Gbagaun 4
I will put
together several unrealistic acting in this point.
1. Bovi dressed in suit and mopping the floor to
get into a senior officer’s office unchallenged.
2. The woman’s response like she saw a ghost
when Bovi sat down. Overacting.
3. Bovi dropping his cheque book in the first
scene and his ATM in the last scene. Were they meant to be used by the people?
As in....what was the purpose of leaving his cheque book or ATM with them. He
wont be needing them again ni?
Let me stop
here. The link to the video is available on this page in case you want to
spot more gbagauns. You can also follow us on twitter @dgbagaunpolice for
updates and news.
To Bovi, the
crew and the bank, do read our aim in the first post. It aint personal o. We
just doing our bit to up the creativity game for broadcasted content.
Signed
(Note that TGPD is still recruiting. Join our team of competent scriptwriters, directors, actors, and every day Nigerian who love to applaud creative ingenuity. Send us an email at stagethem@gmail.com)
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