“What counts is the constructed reality that gives ratings, likes or audiences. Truth as a value disappeared. I think that the producers give the public what they are capable of understanding, there is a new illiteracy of those who know how to read and write but do not exercise it”says Martin Bossi, who premieres today at the Mar del Plata theater “Bossi Live comedy”, the show he presented in other places abroad, in which he is accompanied by a live orchestra. We dialogue with him.
Journalist: How was the European tour and the public reaction?
Martin Bossi: I worked for the Latin public in London, there were rooms of 550 people and there were Puerto Ricans, Hondurans, Argentines, Spaniards.
Q: What is it like doing a local show for an international audience?
MB: The public has become very globalized. It happens to us with networks, music and we are a uniform audience, the specificities were lost. The show talks about love, union, networks, platforms, the movies that sell us, what happened to us, the tragedy that befell us, the world at war. There is a lack of empathy and I am talking about going back to basics, which for me is the need for romance, contact and love. So the international audience was like performing at Astral.
Q.: What new features do you add to the show for Mar del Plata?
MB: When one acts as a showman, he does more of a performance than a show, I am closer to the pop artist than the comedian, so I change the topics, the monologues are updated with reality and I modify my encounter with the audience. I can imitate Duki or dress up as Madonna but the novelty is that the show is more humble and profound, it talks about unity and does not raise arguments, it does not talk about politics, it proposes recovering what we lost and it did us good. The novelty is to ask ourselves if the trends, what they impose on us, are what we need or what they sell us, I think of violent series, of invasions, of revenge and I wonder if we need that.
Q: Is that what the public asks for or is it what they can program?
MB: I read a report about the new behaviors of the public that indicates that they are not interested in information or the truth, it does not matter if it is true, there was a riddling of reality, with AI we no longer know what is true. There is a lack of culture, there is cultural decadence, it suits the great powers that the people do not know as much, people slide their finger on their cell phone for 5 hours and knowledge decreases. I include myself among those people. The content is ephemeral and that means that Spinetta, Charly or Lennon are not appreciated because the public is not qualified for that and they turn to what is primitive, easy to digest and cheap. But they charge more.
Q: What can you say about new artists?
MB: Those who fill stadiums are famous but it does not necessarily give them the rating of artists. The models changed, the category of artist was replaced by that of celebrity and you don’t necessarily have to have talent. With the pace of Instagram there is no time for the development of an artist, everything became cheaper and we have the results: loneliness, people with depression, anguish, loss of a horizon. Today to be a millionaire is to be successful, to have the most expensive car, to accumulate power, the Latin culture with urban music, the songs venerate having many women, expensive jewelry, brands are named in the songs when before the rock rebels were in front to that. All changed.
Q: The blonde moron from Sumo. The antithesis to today’s letters.
MB: I am a provocateur with a trip to the bases, love, laughter, romanticism, poetry, non-aggression, there is a culture of abuse and violent lyrics, I propose returning to eroticism, to the things that made us good, that is the act of rebellion of this show.
Q: What is happening with humor and jokes in today’s audiences?
MB: I don’t make jokes, that’s what those who tell jokes do, I make gags, monologues, and I feel that we have lost a lot of humor and what has to do with the human essence.
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.
