Shanty Town, a blockbuster Nigerian series made it’s way to the movie streaming platform, Netflix on Friday, January 20.
It has become one of the most talked about Nigerian series since it’s release.
However, the sex scenes in the movie has been met with mixed reactions from pundits.
Some movie critics mentioned that they are infuriated at the exhibition of nudity and other forms of profanity in the newly released movie project.
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Speaking on the movie in an interview with BBC Pidgin, Ini Edo explained that it was impossible for the movie to be shot without nude scenes considering that the focus of the story is on crime and prostitution.
The mother of one explained that it would be impossible to properly pass across the message of the movie without displaying some sex scene.
According to Ini Edo, who played the role of ‘Inem’, Shanty Town is a story about crime and prostitution and one can’t tell such a story without displaying nudity.
The thespian noted that going naked wasn’t aimed at debasing anyone rather it was in a bid to make the movie look so real.
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The veteran movie star also berated the excessive emphasis placed on a woman’s body, while urging people to begin to see a lady’s body as a mere creation of God without weird reasonings attached.
