A month after messing around at an event organized by Vox, where he insulted Pedro Sánchez’s wife and caused a diplomatic crisis, Javier Milei returned to Spain with the help of Isabel Diaz Ayuso to collect the International Medal of the Community of Madrid. Again, in the delivery speech he charged against the President of the Government and blurted out: “Don’t let socialism ruin your lives.”
The meeting between both leaders spurred Valeria Alonso and Vito Sanz, who imagined an impossible relationship blinded by neoliberalism. It would not be so impossible when it was possible for a candidate like Javier Milei reached the Presidency of Argentina, but that is another story. As the actor Norman Briski said: “They are making us busy with fiction. In the Casa Rosada there is fiction.”
If Milei stole fiction from the actors, now the actors were preparing to steal reality from Milei. Valeria Alonso and Vito Sanz They told their idea to Carolina Román, who agreed to direct the play. Isa & Javiproduced by the Teatro del Barrio in Madrid, where it is performed until December 7. A hilarious and over-the-top show where the actress plays Milei and the actor, a member of Club Caníbal, plays Ayuso.
In the text of the play – written by the performers, the director and Óscar Martínez – neither one nor the other is mentioned: only, as the title says, Isa and Javi. “As Hitler is not named in The great dictatorby Charles Chaplin. Art allows us to reflect a reality from many points and, in this case, we have chosen satire and farce,” he explains. Carolina Roman. “It seems like a risky proposal to me, but it’s time to put questions on the table.”
“What is happening in the entire world that makes youth support right-wing and far-right movements? Do they see it as a rebellion against the establishment?”. Carolina Román makes it clear that the work, more than offering answers, raises questions. “During the documentation process, I had to reread the news to understand what they said, because it was incredible: both transcend fiction.”
The medal awarded by Ayuso to Milei is the excuse to talk about the rise of populism and the extreme right, as well as messianic leaderships.
The award rewards the links between two regions and institutional work. However, at the event organized by Vox, Milei lashed out against socialism, which according to him hides “envy, hatred and resentment.” He also deliberately attacked Pedro Sánchez, flouted protocol during his visit to Spain, where he did not meet the kings, and caused a diplomatic crisis and the withdrawal of ambassadors.
After all that declaration of intentions, the Community of Madrid awarded him a medal at Ayuso’s personal initiative, which seems disproportionate to me.
How do you explain your rise?
Both raise passions, but I wonder: how can you be an Ayuso supporter while ignoring the 7,291 elderly people who died in Madrid nursing homes? Where is the break between ideology and reality?
Milei is an incredibly eccentric and crazy guy who went from geek to president. As the presenter Moria Casán said, a geek who breaks rules. He and Ayuso are two very controversial characters who escape the politician profile that we would have expected to preside over an institution.
However, Milei was elected in a democratic system where what happened before could not continue happening. [el kirchnerismo]. Far from a vote of punishment, it was a vote of confidence: “Maybe a crazy person can change this.” The Argentines did not vote blank, but rather jumped into the void. They thought we couldn’t be worse, but it seems so…
Some of his phrases are reviewed in the work. In order not to gut her, Milei’s supposed conversations with her dead dog or Ayuso’s “freedom” and canes are enough. Some anecdotes, more than incredible, are implausible.
Of course. Milei is too reckless to give him a medal. The extreme right started as the geek song of the summer and now they are in the institutions. Even more ultra characters appear, like Alvise and Se Acabó la Fiesta. In Argentina we thought we couldn’t be worse and life has put Milei in front of us, doubling the bet. Not only are we worse off, but we have fallen to a level that we could not imagine.
Before she seemed surprised by the support of young people…
The left is so disintegrated that it loses strength and it is difficult to unite. However, the right always goes as a block. By repeating the mantra of “freedom”, it seems an unquestionable reality, when it is a lie turned into truth. Now, are we the owners of the truth and are those who voted for us wrong? We have to ask ourselves what has led us to take this leap into the void.
To construct this story, they understood that the best record was the satirical one, right?
Sometimes it’s a relief to laugh at what’s not funny, because the audience can vent. However, suddenly you ask yourself: “What the hell are we laughing at?”
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