“In family groups where sometimes there is no major exchange during the year, it is possible that at parties they skip themes, animals, requisites. But there is also usually one side to: sincere reunions, the joy of manifesting love, of sharing the food prepared with care, not forgetting the vitel toné,” says Ana María Castel, protagonist of “You have to be good because God looks,” written by Laura Otermin and directed by Patricio Azor.
The work gives life to such recognizable and endearing characters, it is a customary piece, about the life of a family that lives in Greater Buenos Aires, which completes its cast with Tomás Castaño, Silvia Kalfaian, David Páez and Juan Cruz Wenk. It appears on Saturdays at 20.30 at Itaca Complex Theater, Humahuaca 4027. We talked with Castel
Journalist: The author says that Christmas is not any party in this country, whether pompous or austere. What does that celebration have different from the rest of the world? What does the work say about this?
Ana María Castel: I have understood by references that, in general, in Western countries, is not given the degree of importance that is granted in our country to Christmas, including the noisy coheteria. In part by the drag of a Catholic tradition that still weighs, although little Christian virtues such as true charity are practiced. Also, because it is the first of the three parties between the end of the year and the beginning of the new, if we take into account kings, joy of children who can still put their shoes. Here, Christmas is considered the family reunion par excellence, almost an obligation. Rare are the people who choose to overlook it. And the Christmas Eve table is a together that can be conducive to explode, sometimes in a buried way, suffocated conflicts, account adjustments, resentment, jealousy … you have to be good because God looks, records, observes different Christmas in a comedy plan, without judging, from a scenic condensation that does not intend to be a documentary.
Journalist; What about family archetypes, especially as a Christmas photo? That the family eats and shouts, what other topics addresses the work?
AMC: Well, that the family that eats and shouts could sound simplification. And I don’t think there is a fixed archetype, there are many nuances. In Variopintos family groups, where there are sometimes members who have no greater exchange through the year, they may jump silent issues, animals, residents. But there is also usually one side to: sincere reunions, the joy of manifesting mutually love, of sharing food prepared with care, not forgetting the vitel toné, of course-. Through the work, family secrets are revealed and there is an approach to the deconstruction of a certain male mentality that disregards responsibilities within the family group.
Q.: It is a work that speaks of the hidden chaos that smells in these events, where the trouble to arrive, the things not said, the guests and the non -invited will create the environment making it, at times, in a night without peace. What else can you reflect?
AMC: While it is true that “you have to be good” raises a kind of catharsis in these outbreaks where the truths of the different members of this humble family are told, where the nucleus is formed by women, I must also say that, without neglecting the humor, the humor is neglected, it is committed to looking for ways of agreeing, of pacifying, of harmonizing listening, turning on the reasons of the other.
Q.: What remained of your TV actress, a half -transformed medium into something else …
AMC: Modestly, as Vittorio Gassman said in that unforgettable classic of the Italian comedy entitled Il Sorpasso, I consider myself an off -road actress: I have done a lot of theater, a lot of television, some film. Always willing to adapt to each language, to the proposal of the one who exercises the address. Obviously, that is currently not fiction on open TV. But the path of platforms opened and, happily, local series such as the eternal, the marginal, in the mud, among others, have a lot of impact. If they call me, I am an arranged subject. Although I must clarify that, for now, I am with two theatrical works on the poster.
Q.: What is it like to do independent theater today?
AMC: Of course, the economic situation in general, and the particular restrictions imposed on culture by the Government, hinder the production and realization of works. However, the theater is a place of resistance, of mysticism that does not decay, of artists who do not shrink in front of the pitfalls, of public that do not surrender and continue to attend the alternative rooms. There is nothing more to see at this time the thematic wealth and the enormous amplitude of the theatrical billboard to confirm it.
Q.: How do you see theater and culture?
AMC: As for culture in very general terms and as far as I can appreciate, it continues – continue wind and tide – offering numerous manifestations: book edition, many and different workshops working, exhibitions of visual arts – with beautiful arts to the head, whose entry is free for Argentines – very busy. And we would have to add dance shows, recitals, talks … I would include in this cultural area the peaceful marches in favor of the public university, the Teatro Institute, of the Gaumont support with very accessible entries, and with the public usually applaud when the Argentine films end.
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
