My title is the ending tag line of “JOHANNE SACREBLU[E] ‘el musical’ un homenaje a EMILIA PEREZ.” Adapted to the English formula, it means “Thanks to each and every one of you.” Camila D. Aurora is the artist behind the no-budget parody “filmed on the streets of Mexico City with Mexican performers.” The article linking me to the video is here. It has useful background for what triggered the spoof. (Hint: The film “Emilia Pérez,” helmed by French director Jacques Audiard, “tells a story set in Mexico but was mostly shot in Paris with a mostly non-Mexican cast.”)
“Johanne Sacreblue” is tagged “Una Película Muy Francesa” (A Very French Film), and its dialog is a gloriously garbled mix of ruptured French spitroasted at uproarious demotic velocity with wicked-wondrous Mexican Spanish punishing the uvular ‘r’ and the mixed vowels mercilessly.
Disclosure: I’ve studied Spanish and French since childhood, and I understood perhaps half the dialog in my (so far) single viewing. It doesn’t matter, that’s partly the point, and the visuals tell themselves, a saucy comedic cross between mime and mummery. The “plot” enacts over-the-top musical melodrama around a faceoff between the baguette and the croissant, with yeasty, below-the-belt symbolism attached to each Gallic icon for the staff of life.
If you have 28 minutes to invest wisely, watch this video. It trumps whatever else you had planned for those minutes. If it turns you off, tant pis. (Translation with soupçon of irony: “I’m devasted with sympathetic regret.” Pas tellement.)
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Haven’t watched the video (yet) but that painting is fabulous.
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Kind words re my painting! Greatly appreciated. I’d love to know what you think about the video if you view it. Sometimes I effervesce at first blush, then something palls. But I laughed out loud throughout my first viewing of it. I particularly enjoyed its saucy gesturalism.
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Now I have watched the video.
I haven’t see “Emilia Pérez” and it’s unlikely i ever will but I do know enough about it to get some understanding of the parody. I suffer from monolingualism (in spite of five years of French in school) but even I was able to get a sense of the send-up and cheer it on. And yes the gestures and the crudeness of the broad stereotypes are most entertaining. It’s like a parody of a parody.
As for the “controversies” said to be sinking Karla Sofía Gascón’s Oscar chances – I am taken by the fact that tweets are more serious offenses than a man (potentially) stealing a woman’s award. (He should have been nominated in the Best Actor category as no-one has ever changed sex.)
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I relish your saying “It’s like a parody of a parody.” That’s an excellent take. The broadness and crudeness somehow endeared it to me, though some of the bits went on for a beat too long. I hear what you say on the sex change matter, and your point is unassailable so far as I can see.
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At last, I have found the time to watch this video – a delightfully natural spoof and I love those stripey tops and painted-on moustaches! I wish I had a better grasp of French and any grasp of Spanish to get the subtleties and jokes. Thanks for opening my eyes to another interesting bit of culture Jim! I really love your painting too!
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I’m glad you enjoyed the spoof too, Sue. Kind words re the painting appreciated.
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