Latest update September 11th, 2026 10:26 AM
Comedy is we real natural resource
(Kaieteur News) – Dem boys seh if Guyana ever decide to diversify fuh real, forget oil, forget gas, forget even gold. All dem boys seh the biggest untapped resource in this country is Guyanese wit. Pure, raw, unrefined comedy—coming straight from the people, no subsidy required.
Yuh want proof? Don’t study Netflix. Don’t study Hollywood. Just open Facebook, TikTok, or any comment section under a government post. In less than five minutes, yuh belly hurting, yuh sides aching, and yuh wondering if these people ever miss they calling.
Dem boys seh Guyanese don’t even try to be funny. It just come natural. We could turn rain into a joke, blackout into a punchline, and hardship into a full stand-up routine.
Take yesterday, for example. One simple, innocent-looking citizen see a Minister and ask she—cool as breeze— “Madam, yuh selling chocolates or mints?” Dem boys seh that wasn’t a question; that was a surgical strike. No blood, but plenty pain. By the time people done laughing, the joke already circle the country twice.
It remind dem boys of the hard guava season days, when yuh used to walk into the cinema and all the vendor selling was mints and Rabbi plantain chips. No popcorn. No hot dog. Just mints and chips. That alone was comedy—but the joke was on the people.
Dem boys seh if government serious about the Orange Economy, don’t waste time with film or music or dance. Comedy is we comparative advantage. We have people who could insult yuh politely, roast yuh respectfully, and finish yuh career with one sentence—while smiling.
Some Guyanese don’t need microphone or stage. Give them a camera phone and bad Wi-Fi, and they will produce content that could shut down HBO. One tantalize session alone could replace three seasons of a sitcom.
Dem boys seh the real tragedy is that nobody paying these comedians. They doing free labour, daily, keeping the nation entertained while stressed. Imagine if talent get royalty.
Until then, Guyanese will continue to laugh through hardship, joke through pressure, and turn frustration into punchlines. Because in this country, comedy is a survival skill.
And dem boys seh, if laughter was oil, Guyana would already be richer than Saudi Arabia.
Talk half. Leff half.
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