Luis Piedrahita: “I advocate establishing a freedom of expression card based on points”

Now that there is so much discussion about the limits of humor, Luis Piedrahita It is clear that whoever pays: «We have to be responsible for what we say. It is curious that it takes us a year to learn to speak and a lifetime to learn to be silent. “I advocate establishing a freedom of expression card based on points, so that everyone is aware of what they can or cannot say without offending others.”

Luis has a special horoscope mania because, “if it were true, it would mean that everything is written in the stars, so there would be no freedom or responsibility. Furthermore, it is written following a formula in which an adjective is chosen, the particle ‘but’ is added, and then an antonym is added. So, for example, if I wrote my horoscope (it’s Aquarius) I would describe myself as ‘a ruthless killer, but sometimes a being of light.'”

Luis defines himself as “a calm person who is usually in a good mood. The truth is that I rarely get angry, I am happy and I do not get sad, unless I am faced with an injustice, a loss, a war, those things that we cannot prevent from causing us pain. It’s a shame because tormented souls sell more books. However, he does not believe that they can call him a dreamer: «I am a realist, but sometimes I imagine happy futures. But I’m not deluded, I don’t let myself be fooled.

He likes to have hope and look forward: «I’m not nostalgic. In fact, nostalgia makes me lazy. I always believe that the best is yet to come. The only thing I fear is death, loneliness and heartbreak. And he recognizes himself as a “very affectionate” type. He would have liked to be a father, “but that is almost ruled out, except for unforeseen events.” So he settles for having a dog, Canoli, who sets some of his daily routines: “But I’m not one of those who treats my pet as if it were a child. my girl, Ximenayes it does, but I am clear about it.

Despite this, he acknowledges that his dog gives him a lot of happiness: “It gives me peace to have him around. “I enjoy reading, sitting in the sun or with my girlfriend watching a movie.” And “heavy and pretentious people upset him.” “I can’t stand the noise either.” And between making love and making humor, he is clear: “There is no need to choose, they are pleasures to which you give yourself over and with which in the end you get applause.”

The photo: an ordinary child

Luis, like a good ‘showman’, doesn’t like to disappoint his audience, but he assumes that there is no other option when it comes to talking about his childhood: “It wasn’t exciting at all. I wasn’t the most handsome, nor the smartest, I was just out of the ordinary. He was like the perfect son-in-law, he didn’t attract attention. But he was nice, a good boy. I had my little friends, although I only played things that didn’t make me thirsty: I didn’t jump, I didn’t run. But Luis, like a good illusionist, has an ace up his sleeve. Not everything was so bland in those years in A Coruña, where he grew up: «We had an encyclopedia at home and I entertained myself by reading the different entries. One day I came across the word ‘gunpowder’, with the recipe included. My friend Edu and I went to the drugstore to buy the ingredients. We took turns and each one asked for something: sulfur, potassium chlorate, powdered charcoal. “In the end they caught us.”

So Luis had his hooligan side, “because everything that was related to explosives made us laugh. We were a mix of ‘The A-Team’ and ‘MacGyver’. “Once we mistook my mother’s tampons for some sticks of dynamite and put them in a dog’s poop to make them explode.” His passions soon began to emerge: «I liked magic and I would stay glued to the TV, as if hypnotized, when a magician came on with his tricks. Something similar happened to me with comedians. I wasn’t funny at all, but I was a good critic of funny people. “He recognized a good joke and knew how to value it.”