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jueves, 29 de marzo de 2012

29M... ¡BIEN DICHO!...

Dario Fo (b. March 24, 1926) is an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director and political activist. Known for his update of the ancient Commedia dell’arte techniques, including topical improvisation, heavy satire and physical comedy… Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature, as a person “who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden”… Fo commented on the controversy arising from the choice of him as a Laureate in his Nobel Lecture, and illustrated it with several satirical drawings: “Friends of mine, noted men of letters, have in various radio and television interviews declared: “The highest prize should no doubt be awarded to the members of the Swedish Academy, for having had the courage this year to award the Nobel Prize to a jester.” I agree. Yours is an act of courage that borders on provocation. It’s enough to take stock of the uproar it has caused: sublime poets and writers who normally occupy the loftiest of spheres, and who rarely take interest in those who live and toil on humbler planes, are suddenly bowled over by some kind of whirlwind. Like I said, I applaud and concur with my friends. These poets had already ascended to the Parnassian heights when you, through your insolence, sent them toppling to earth, where they fell face and belly down in the mire of normality. Insults and abuse are hurled at the Swedish Academy, at its members and their relatives back to the seventh generation. The wildest of them clamour: “Down with the King … of Norway!”. It appears they got the dynasty wrong in the confusion.” (Source)
"La sátira es el arma más eficaz contra el poder: el poder no soporta el humor, ni siquiera los gobernantes que se llaman democráticos, porque la risa libera al hombre de sus miedos."

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