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EPISODE THREE: A family gathering with The Andersons
PROFILE:
- Name: Juliette Pauling
- Age: 32
- Origin: Cape Town
- Craft: Actress and creator of The Andersons
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THE DETAILS:
Lockdown: a period where creativity and activity flourished in bucketloads (the irony, right). The nation was baking, dancing, working out and walking. Juliette Pauling? Well, she was taking the social media world by storm with incredible performances of her very own creation, The Andersons.
One lady, one cellphone camera, and a mission were all it took for this Cape Town-based actress to keep the nation laughing. How she did it? A video series whereby the multidimensional performer plays an entire cast of stereotypical South Africans. And the results are truly an art.
“The accents and characters are a hybrid of a lot of different places and provinces sort of squished together.”
Audience members get to watch The Andersons go through the various stages of lockdown. From being stuck with family members to banana bread challenges, all portrayed by the most hysterical personalities that every local will no doubt have come across. The ultimate “bru” and classic car park mom, to name two.
The woman behind the famous blue cap of Dwayne and the pink gym shirt of Chezza has quite the story of her own.
Initially a teacher and then baker, Juliette had wanted to pursue acting for quite some time. Lockdown gave this creative genius a push to get things going. She needed to build her portfolio and this was her way in.
The first character was Dwayne, who started off as a funny alter-ego Juliette would take on for friends and family. Cheryl, his mother came into the picture when Juliette was in traffic (as all great ideas do). Dwayne would pop up to help Juliette let out her road rage.
They came to the camera nervously as Juliette explains, because she thought that if she posted her skits people would think she was crazy. One woman with a bounty of personalities, posting them all online? If this is crazy, give us more crazy!
“I think people do think I’m totally bananas and that’s also totally fine!”
Juliette is proving to all skeptical parents that there is a future for performance art in South Africa. Especially with access to social media!
So, if you’re a young gun wanting to be South Africa’s next Hollywood star – go for it! Do like Juliette and get your skits out there for everyone to see. Start building your portfolio. “And then join an agent and things are going to start cooking!”