by Renato Franco, sent to Florence
“Amore + Iva” is the new show by Checco Zalone. The tour starts in Florence on Tuesday
«The story of the adoption of a rainbow family in an orphanage in Predappio; the story of a woman who wanted to adopt a Ukrainian family in February but was desperate because it was over: only the Syrians stayed; an unpublished Putin who speaks a lot of dialects between Bitonto and Fasanese, which are similar to Russian; the issue of women with a healthy dose of machismo because we have a woman in government and that is very much appreciated by the public.” The curtain rises and Checco Zalone appears with his biting irony and his politically incorrect satire: these are some of the themes he will address in his new show Amore + Iva, which will depart on Tuesday from Florence to Bologna, Trieste, Turin, among others and Milan, where he is staying for three weeks over the Christmas period.
«The show is also designed as a conference series, the American Ted Talks, in which I speak about civil rights, between poignant moments and burning issues. The desire to tease remained; I await the controversy, the healthy foliation. After all, I’m not afraid of criticism, also because I’m not on social networks … and I understand that this feeds the debate », explains Zalone on the eve of his debut. The stage will also deal with the topic of migrants, “or about the question of integration from the point of view of Mendel, the father of genetics”.
About the new manager, he says and does not say: «During this time I did not watch television because I prepared the show. But I can say that I was positively impressed by Giorgia Meloni’s ability to communicate. But I expect a lot of comedy from this government, it could make our work more interesting; after all, Berlusconi has given food to many people in the past ». There is no shortage of songs in the show’s fabric, another arrow in its comical bow. Influencers will end up in his destination, but also Mina and Celentano in the song “L’arteriosclerosi” in which “their love is renewed every day because they don’t recognize themselves: I proposed it to them but they didn’t want to do it sing it».
Zalone admits that there is “more freedom” in the theater than in the cinema. Although in this case he censored himself: “I had imagined Dj Kalashnikov: he was funny, but I have a family…”. It analyzes the moment in which Italian cinema lives, recently abridged by Nanni Moretti (“too many bad films”). At first he gets serious: “With the advent of platforms, the containers have multiplied, but the content often doesn’t match.” Then it gets surgical: “Cinemas? Fuck her, now I take care of the theater ». He raves about his passion: “I spent the pandemic playing the piano. I feel like a failed pianist and my friend Francesco De Gregori also ends up telling me that maybe I should let go of the shit I do: I’d like to be Bollani. The only luxury I have allowed myself is a piano: it seems that there are only two of this type and Pippo Baudo and I have them ». Only once did he regret one of his numbers: «Misseri’s imitation: maybe I was wrong, it was an exaggeration. From there I learned to limit myself and to draw a line between what is nice and what is inappropriate ».
Produced by Arcobaleno Tre and MZL, with the general organization of Lucio and Niccolò Presta, Amore + Iva has already reached 100,000 tickets sold only on the Ticketone platform. The tour will last a year, but Zalone does not plan any changes in the race: “Long live everyone I take for the piss”.
November 7, 2022 (Change November 7, 2022 | 5:52 PM)
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