ADAPT OR DYE at the Market Theatre 1982
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- This performance was recorded at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg towards the end of the season, so the material covers our politics between the years 1980 and 1982. Over 30 years ago, apartheid was alive and well and growing, with P.W. Botha as our Prime Minister. South Africa had laws: the Immorality Act, the Mixed Marriages Act, the Pass Laws and the Group Areas Act. Piet Koornhof was Minister of Constitutional Development and there was a Censor Board. Barbara Woodhouse was training dogs the Woodhouse way, Dr Andries Treurnicht left the National Party and started the Conservative Party, the brown stain of the Info Scandal was still fresh on the carpet. Pik Botha was already Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winnie Mandela was a banned person, Nelson Mandela was in prison somewhere on an island, and international sanctions were nibbling, but not yet biting. It was also illegal to quote anyone with ANC connections, but let's face it, during the 1980's to most of us whites ANC meant Anti-Nuptial Contract.
So Look back, not in anger but with humour. After all, we're still here. So as long as we can laugh at our past fears, those future fears will hopefully never become fearful again.
Dankie Pieter dat jy die juweel vir ons beskikbaar gemaak het. 34 Jaar later is dit so goed om weer vir ons self te kan lag.
Wonderful to discover this on YT. Thank you PDU. Am currently enjoying reading “Between the Devil and the deep”. Great stuff. Cheers from Dubrovnik Croatia.
Its amazing that such criticism was possible back then.
I remember Pieter-Dirk Uys as a child of the 80s in South Africa. At the time I didn't realise that his characters provided an important critique of apartheid. It must have been hard to walk the line of satire and censorship (and possible prison)
Most Brilliant South African performer. True to his one word philosophy, Creative. By 1982, South Africa was trying very hard restructure, to accommodate all people, but found it hard to have equal, but separate development. It feared that the country would slide into what is happening now, looking at the examples of other Black Governments. Peter Dirk Uys with his many performances paved the way for whites to accept change. Now many people can only wish that they had more time, to usher in gradual change, such that you didn't have a sudden opening of borders and have 8 million foreigners from Africa, draining this economy, and involved in organised crime, the likes that Apartheid South Africa has never known.
Thank you Pieter. Was too young to watch Adapt or Dye in '82. Was then in Sub A. Really enjoyed your show. I wish you would do a similar one today. Politicians are such good material. P.S. what was the meaning of the Paraguay jokes? I thought Eschel Rhoodie ran off to Ecuador.
I think the Paraguay reference was that particular South American dictatorship was one of the few countries to maintain political recognition of the SA government of the time.
How on earth he got away it for so many years. Hell he was funny!!!
I'm so pleased with myself that I got that Durban joke at the beginning.
I remember watching this as a child in 1982. Ironically working for the National Party from 1992 till it's demise in, no matter how we named or changed it's logo to the NNP. I recognise most, of the "old" timers in the day. The only character I cannot place, although what I thought was Piet Koornhof, (because of the ears etc. but with the non afrikaans accent he sure had, and the fast speech and repetition of words, definitely reminded me of one of our old a politicians. If possible please refresh my memory. many thanks
And yet - thanks to this one satirical comedy, that rotten old house of cards got its first strong kick in its shins...thank goodness for that.
Thank you for uploading! Do you have PDU's ''Going Down Gorgeous''? I flew to Gauteng from Cape Town to make a cameo!
Here's the link to the Going Down Gorgeous playlist: czcams.com/video/An14FGR8fQU/video.html
Oh my goodness; how did the word "wanking" 18:22 get past the censors??!
I remember watching Blits Patrolie all those years ago. The two main characters plus two others, were in an unmarked car staking out a baddie across the road, when this gorgeous bird walked along the pavement towards them. One of the guys in the back said, "Cor, lovely pair of BEEP! (Referring to her Pectoral region). The other guy in the back said, "Hang on that's Jack's wife". A third peson said ,"Yeah, he's a right wanker". The poor old tannies in the censorship dept. of the SABC, hadn't mastered the finer points of the English language yet.
I wish I knew Afrikaans, I can't understand half of it, but it looks hilarious.
He helped ending apartheid. Strang Dutch and that Dutch flag....
Yes, Afrikaans evolved from 17th-Century Dutch. The old South African flag was based on the old Dutch flag.
Can anyone tell me all the songs and artists that were played? I can't find them using the music detector
Brilliant. Jy was fantasies in Soho gistraand.
PDU as one of his female characters did a stage song that I'd love to find. Think the chorus was 'No way' (maybe the name of the song). Had it on Beta cassette back then.
That was from the film 'Skating on thin Uys' and the song 'No Way' was performed by Tannie Evita's daughter, Billy-Jean and her band; BJ and the koeksisters.
Thank you for the quick reply. Wow! Every now and then the song jumps into my head and I have to smile. I'm not sure why it got stuck in there. After decades, I still remember it.
My mom loved PDU I think even before Evita. Then I did, just because things were so wrong and someone dared to make fun of it.
😂Absolutely hilarious
I would be very grateful if somebody could tell me what Mr Uys says here 4:29 (Here in SA we...?). I am writing my MA thesis on South African English and I need this info for that. I'm from Poland and I have some problems with understanding. Thank you!
Myakills Tannie Evita says; 'Here in South Africa we still sing 'Die Stem'...'. This is the name of the National Anthem of South Africa during apartheid and still forms part of our current anthem and is sang in Afrikaans and English, along with Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika.
EvitaSePerron Thank you so much for such a quick respond!
Myakills What about the word 'kudita' (12:31)... I tried to look it up in some dictionaries with no result. Again I would be very grateful for any help.
+Myakills
onsland (our land) onsvolk (our nation) onslaughter ( our onslaught ie, oppression).
good bye to a coup (coup de ta) --- a masive revolt, killing etc. hope that helps myaskills
Actually a Coup d'etat (A revolution). The joke is a Coup de tata...saying goodbye - running away.
SA ikoon van formaat!!!!!
KLAP HANDE VIRRIE WITMAN! Hilarious!
adapt or die while eurozone is becoming the otoman empire by Pacha Erdogan ,concubine Merkel and belly dancer Lagarde...3rd WW is the best option
great show Piet