Qhen conductors and co-conductors make a Carrà (Raffaella)? The departments of mathematics and statistics of Italy are working on it, but one detail is already known, and not indifferent: that the sum it will not fill the void left by Raffaella Pelloniborn in Bologna on June 18, 1943 and died July 5, 2021. Nor with writing of the girl with 27 million followers on Instagramthe first Sanremo case of a prestigious female entrepreneur invited by Amadeus to obtain two evenings instead of one.
The Versace of Chiara at the Ariston will also be exclusivebut the customs of Luca Sabatelli they were made only for Raffa, there were no versions for the people in boutiques. There was no t-shirt or collaboration Sabatelli H&M. There is no risk of a villain asking for one like Kim Kardashian in the Marilyn Monroe dress.
It seems a small matter this of clothes, invece is one of the things that explains how Raffaella Carrà’s tour in the coffin for the four television corners of Rome (think today with this heat of planetary tragedy) was not at all a dictatorial republic stuff. As the week of specials and interviews to remember the exploits of the saint of the beans and relatives brought back to the fold was not at all a coup by Telepace. Like the rush to put his name in squares, plaques passed-by-here-for-five-minutes, promenades, votive chapels and – God forbid – television studios are slow because it lacks the lack of sound systems that broadcast Fatality And Noise (let’s hope).
Greetings to Raffaella Carrà from the Rai Production Center in Via Teulada. (Ipa)
Raffaella Carrà where are you?
It also explains how today one of Raffaella’s most searched things on Google is the tomb. Where is, where the girl is buried exploded with the request “Give me three minutes just for me” to dance and I’ll show you. First the body and then the word and then a souvenir like the Duomo of Milan before the train to Foggia. That of «study» now that you become famous for a video, that «only if you try so hard can you then improvise». Woe to you if you call me queen, “she is right here.” And yet with the most dazzling packaging, bright and smiling like a promise of happiness, help, supportive and distant, in a world separated just enough to make appeals, prayers from the dining room.
The first of the helpwish to congratulate my Michael who is graduating today, you will see that with your blessing he will get 30. “And how beautiful you are”: and how she wasand how important it is when you stand in front of a camera.
A Raffaella Carrà doll in the hand of a fan. (Ansa / Massimo Percossi)
Raffaella had not answered the phone for twenty years with “Hello, where are you calling from?”but after Canzonissima, Milleluci, Fantastic and the concerts in Viña del Mar in Chile, Carramba and the interviews with friends, for everyone it was above all that thing there. Epochal as the dress – still a dress – with puff sleeves put on for the interview with Mother Teresa of Calcutta (comparable to RuPaul before Pope Francis, should it ever happen). Then in the Christian Democrat Rai, practically a graft of gender theory pre Met Gala themed camp out of control.
Here, a power outage like this, similar if not equal to the Death Star which disintegrates Alderaan in front of Princess Leia, how does such an absence heal? The suspicion also arises that these black holes suddenly photographed by NASA at the center of the galaxy are the representation of this void; they’re not (spoiler), but hell how close they get. So, one year after his death, what to do, spend a day on YouTube? Buying books with lists of facts and broadcasts? Staying glued to RaiPlay and Techetechete ‘? All noble actions.
In front of Raffaella’s coffin. (ANSA / Massimo Percossi)
If only Italy had a Père-Lachaise
But perhaps they are more subject-fans aware of Raffaella’s miraculous nature those looking for the sacred mausoleum online. Whether or not they go to the cemetery of Porto Santo Stefano (Monte Argentario; where however there is no indication of the entombment of the ashes) is of little importance, the research shows the need to have a place of worship beyond the slew of images that are always available.
In Paris he would stay at the Pere-Lachaisewithout being stolen as Mike Bongiorno from the Dagnente cemeteryamong the greats, as a serious country does with showgirls and masters of literature: grouped to save time for those who want to visit them, cover them with flowers, clean marbles like Penelope Cruz in Volver. Moreover, it would allow acquaintances and exchanges with other fans as happens around Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Chopin. It would be public service.
In the meantime, there is a place, however, and there is also a commemorative plaquein the Chapel of the Porto Santo Stefano cemetery. Made by the Roman laboratory Ro.Van di Roberto Vannini, it has engraved a double dedication: «To my partner in every sense, a lifelong companion Sergio Iapino. To my partner in all senses, a lifelong companion. Raffaella“.
The sculpture, in sepulchral-pop style with two hands that we throw the Disney portrait of Raffa into the sky painted on a comet, it is an exceptional kitsch masterpiece. Twin of the cenacles built by families on the places of their children’s accidents, always full of thoughts and colors. Something different was expected for those who were made of the same material as the Blue Fairy, with glitter instead of blood and tears of scented water? That is, something biodegradable? No, because such a was destined to persist over time like thin plastics. Until it ends up on our plates. But she is the good type, like one of the two cholesterol.
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