Sprangalang

Sprangalang (born September 30, 1948 in Port of Spain , real name Dennis Hall ) is a Trinidadian comedian , radio presenter, actor and musician.

Life

Hall's father Michael K. Hall was the school principal; a private elementary school in Carnbee, Tobago is named after him. Dennis Hall attended Naparima College in San Fernando as a teenager . His original career aspiration was a teacher. He is the father of one child. His brother Anthony Michael “Tony” Hall is a theater director and actor and playwright .

Career

In the 1990s, Hall had a regular slot as a comedian on the talk show Late Night Lime on Trinidad and Tobago Television. At that time he was also president of the Trinbago Union of Calypso Organizations (TUCO). From 1995 onwards there was a (historically renewed) politicization of the calypso scene, as this year, with the United National Congress (UNC), a party came to power for the first time that was primarily recruited from the Indian population of Trinidad and the majority black Calypsonians, who had always satirically commented on political events in their music, met with incomprehension and censorship. In his capacity as union president, Hall joined the protests and sent clear warning messages to the government. In the 2000s, Hall hosted a radio talk show. In 2003 he starred in 13 episodes of the Canadian television sitcom Lord Have Mercy! . From 2004 he was the quiz master of the quiz show "Cultural Sprangalang" on Gayelle Television, which led to his nickname and stage name. In 2007 he played a leading role in the film drama A Winter Tale , which deals with the emancipation process of the (black) Caribbean community in Toronto . In April 2010 he had to answer in court for an alleged violation of the order in court proceedings (“criminal contempt”, a legal construct in the Anglo-American area), because he had committed the act on Power 102 before a murder trial to be decided by a jury FM had commented in such a way that it seemed possible to influence the jury; the Supreme Court Justice of Trinidad, Herbert Volney, said in this context that there were "personalities like Dennis Hall, to whom people listened and for whom they should respect". The trial ended in an acquittal. In August 2010 he was appointed advisor to the Ministry of Arts and Culture under the Persad-Bissessar government. Sprangalang releases singles of the genres Soca , Calypso and Parang Soca at irregular intervals and performs as an MC in calypso tents during the carnival season .

reception

Caribbean Beat magazine called Sprangalang a “master comedian” with “lively Caribbean humor” and a “great comedian” full of “intellectual brilliance”. The artist database South Planet calls him a comedian who translates and communicates what he sees through accurate observation, repartee and humor. The Trinidadian film director and producer Christopher Laird described Sprangalang as a humorist who uses his own language, "words (...) we have never heard before, and yet we know immediately what he means", and he also raised his body language , Gestures and facial expressions as particularly outstanding. PanCaribbean.com described Sprangalang as a "pioneer of political and social commentary within the Trinidadian comedy scene".

Discography

• Unknown year: Mothers Love / Bad Vibes (Split EP with Billy the Kid, Music Lab)
• 1991: Cultural Sprangalang: I'm Telling You ( Spoken Word -Audiocassette, Lord Street Communications)

Filmography (selection)

• 2003: Lord Have Mercy! (TV series)
• 2007: A Winter Tale

Web links

• Sprangalang in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ A school in Tobago. In: Private weblog. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Trinidad Express , January 5, 2014: Naps' many famous faces. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2017 ; accessed on March 12, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Music Documentaries. In: TheIntegrationistCaribbean.org. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Anton L. Allahar (ed.): Ethnicity, class, and Nationalism: Caribbean and Caribbean Extra Dimensions . Lexington Books, Lanham 2005, ISBN 978-0-7391-5483-0 , pp. 41 .
5. ↑ Critically-acclaimed sitcom Lord Have Mercy! starring Trinidadian comedian Dennis 'Sprangalang' Hall hits the airwaves in Trinidad. In: TriniJungleJuice.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Caribbean Beat , # 53, January 2002: Caribbean Eye. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Trinidad Guardian , April 14, 2010: 'Sprangalang' faces criminal contempt. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2017 ; accessed on March 12, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Trinidad Guardian , April 22, 2010: 'I will never do it again'. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 13, 2017 ; accessed on March 12, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Trinidad Newsday , August 20, 2010: 'Sprangalang' is Special Adviser to Minister. Retrieved February 6, 2017 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} Conversations. In: PanCaribbean.com. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Caribbean Beat , # 3, Fall 1992: Caribbean Bookshelf. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
12. ^ Caribbean Beat , # 57, September 2002: New Music from the Caribbean. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
13. ↑ Dennis Hall (Sprangalang). In: SPla.pro. Retrieved March 12, 2017 . 
14. ↑ Cultural “Sprangalang”. In: Private weblog. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .