The poster for comedian Waly Dia's next show will not be installed in Paris metro stations.
According to Le Monde, the advertising agency of the RATP and the SNCF considers that the visual of the stand-up “Une hour to kill” (which the comedian will perform from February 1 at the Théâtre de l'Œuvre in Paris) “presents a political character incompatible with the duty of neutrality which is required in public transport and could be considered defamatory or insulting.
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The poster represents the face of the Grenoble comedian, tattooed with phrases and small drawings.
However, two sentences pose a problem for the RATP: the one written on its right cheek, “I am like the IGPN, I am not here to put the police on trial”, and the one written at the base of its neck, “Macron, he’s like an alcoholic father, at home he ruins your life, outside he shames you.”
The famous poster banned in the Paris metro.
(Watch with scary dramatic music) https://t.co/f8s0aZpfx4 pic.twitter.com/unQ8TW7iEC
— Waly Dia (@WalyDIA) January 25, 2024
The communications director of the advertising agency explained to our colleagues that “any message of a political nature is prohibited in the spaces that (RATP) markets”.
The artist refuses to remove the sentences
Waly Dia and its producers refused to remove the two sentences, deemed problematic by RATP.
Parisian metro users will therefore not be able to appreciate the political humor of the columnist of Charline Vanhoenacker's show on France Inter.
As for Waly Dia, he had fun with this situation on social networks.
“It’s my fault, I confused MediaTransports (
the RATP advertising agency
) and Mediapart,” he joked.