Ghanaians should treat comedy as an enterprise – Fritz Baffour

Ghanaian politician and comedian, Fritz Baffour, has called on Ghanaians to have a progressive outlook on comedy.

Fritz, in an interview, said one of the problems of Ghanaian comedy is that the citizens are a bit laid back in their comedy appreciation.

According to him, most Ghanaians would not laugh to the jokes of the comedians while they are on stage performing. They only give them plaudits when they meet them in public.

While appreciating the fact that Ghanaian comedians are doing well, he admonished that the industry be taken as an enterprise.

“Ghanaian comedians are good. I like DKB, I like OB Amponsah. KSM was a gem so I think that really it is about society looking at comedy as an enterprise in terms of investment in entertainment, the media and things like that,” he said.

The Ghanaian comedy industry has received a massive boost in the past few years with a lot of the new generation of comedians staging their own comedy shows, creating content and performing across the globe.

While the surge in their performances and their acceptability bode well for the industry, a lot of them have also cited financial constraint as their biggest challenge.

Most of them have single-handedly run their own enterprises, usually with little or not sponsorship.

At present, Ghana can boast of comedians like Lekzy DeComic, OB Amponsah, DKB, Jacinta, Ebenezer Dwomoh, Kojo Pjay, Jerry Ashinyo, Afia Barcelona, Papa Yaw Atamle, Oojoo, Kwame Obed and MJ the Comedian.

Others are Clemento Suarez, Jeneral Ntatia, James Brown, Comedian Warris, Augustine Dennis, Foster Romanus, Khemikal, Putogo and Parrot Mouth.