TO end of May one of the longest-running programs on American TV has closed its doors hosted by the CBS network. It was the Late Showthe most famous show in the United States that experienced years of glory with the founder David Letterman.
Still crackling, it had been delivered into the hands and beats of Stephen Colbert who presided over it for 11 yearsinviting galactic stars and keeping alive the scathing satire against the powers that be. Until the host proved indigestible to “King Trump” who publicly wished him closure by calling him “a total idiot” which is among the most harmless of the epithets used by the very elegant president.
Officially the show was closed for economic reasons, it seems like a comic joke but it’s not funny. In the last episode Colbert finished in style together with Paul McCartney who arrived in person to pay homage to him with a splendid version of Hello Goodbye of the Beatles…
Serena Dandini (photo by Gianmarco Chieregato).
Let’s hope it’s a prophetic goodbye as the other talk show hosts who are already trembling hope for fearing to follow the fate of his colleague who Trump literally threw into a dumpster in a very poor taste video generated by AI and posted on the White House social networks.
Jimmy Fallon could be next but luckily he’s still in the saddle, sparing no digs at the “dictator” of a country that was once considered the most democratic in the world.
“I Malviventi” by Francesco De Carlo (Rizzoli).
In this surreal climate it was a real pleasure to see Francesco De Carloone of our wittiest stand-ups, guest of his show performing a monologue in English amidst laughter and applause. A pride made in Italy and fortunately not a brain on the run since ours not only continues to fill Italian theaters but today it is also in bookstores with a true mystery that has nothing to envy of the most accredited noir plots.
The Criminals (Rizzoli) is a tragicomic story with two tender and convincing protagonists, rather than criminals, they are unfortunates in an unscrupulous world that has placed them on the margins of society. Between twists and suspense we reach an unexpected ending which shows us how life “is a summer even under the snow, a summer that can last forever”.
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