THEthe passing of the baton between comedians has seen Checco Zalone take the place of Fiorello in the second evening of Sanremo 2022. And if Amadeus, conductor and artistic director, took years to convince him – Zalone had always replied that “the guest is overpaid, but it is public money. And if you take them controversy broke out. They massacre you»- this time he decided to accept. And to do it without censoring yourself in the slightest either distorting his comedy.
Checco Zalone in Sanremo 2022, the fairytale on the lgbtq theme
Checco Zalone took the stage telling a “Lgbtq story set in Calabria», In which the protagonist is Oresteone brazilian prostitute transformed from man to woman by the fairy Florenza.
Oreste is invited to the court ball in the castle, where the prince sees herhe immediately falls in love with her. But his father, a homophobic king, wants to prevent the two from dating. Only in the end does that come out the king himself is one of Oreste’s most loyal customers.
The comedian at the piano during the second evening of Sanremo (lapresse)
The artistic performance of Zalone – who then sang a “sui generis” version of At least you in the universe – and which reads «I would be different, what hypocrisy in the universe…» – has sparked very conflicting opinions in public opinion.
Many criticisms of his performance
«We welcome with disappointment that what it was supposed to be the Festival of inclusion becomes a place of repercussions of speckish stereotypes now outdated and part of a discriminatory mode of entertainment “, he said Visco lightpresident Arcigay Molise after the guest of the Apulian comedian.
«The little theater staged between Amadeus and Checco Zalone describes trans people in an anachronistic and misleading way, and for this it is necessary to apologize to all those people offended by that moment ». Trans people, Visco continued, «complete with approach to prostitutionthey do not deserve to be labeled in this way yet ».
Zalone and Amadeus on stage (lapresse)
The writer is also opposed to Zalone’s performance Jonathan Bazzi, who wrote on Twitter: «Che total absence of talentas well as of emotional intelligence. I didn’t see Zalone from the Carmen Consoli / zio Santuzzo parody, and now I remember why ».
But many liked Checco Zalone
Several compliments came instead from many users, from people of the web to Mario Adinolfi. “Always great Checco Zalone, is theAlberto Sordi of the Italian 21st century»Wrote the reporter. «The history of our country will be told by his films, his sketches and also by this passage to Sanremo in 2022. Bravo, intelligent, non-conformist, courageous as an artist must know how to be ». And the comedian was also appreciated by Matteo Salviniwho defined it “absolute number 1»On Twitter.
In short, Checco Zalone divided the audience Also this time. And perhaps it is precisely this aspect, the being of her so totally politically incorrectthe secret of his (very long) success.
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