It has to be said.
Her diva status does not define -or drive- the talk.
Susana Giménez seems "unreachable" only when she crosses the pond and takes refuge in her Uruguayan farm (where she has lived since 2020): she now receives Clarín
with
the warmth of a familiar smile.
The most immediate pretext is
LOL: Last One Laughing Argentina
, the humorous reality show -or comedian competition- on Amazon Prime Video, which
brought her back to the screen on March 17, with one more swerve in her television baggage
.
“It is an impressive thing.
Imagine, if they put this together for promotion, what is the studio with 50 cameras...", warns the emblematic host of TV, hours after the premiere "in installments": with a first batch of two episodes, followed by
others two on the 24th, until reaching the final two on the 31st of this month
.
Susana Giménez and Grego Rosello, in a generational combination for the streaming cycle.
"Here
I am the judge
, but I feel sorry for it," Susana is sincere.
It is that
the Argentine version of the Japanese format
that traveled the world leads the diva - seconded by the influencer
Grego Rossello
- to confiscate that among the 10 chosen comedians there are no laughs that leave them out of the game.
“
They are going to spend 6 hours in a house and the one who laughs loses
.
I hope you do great and have fun.
There is a lot of expectation.
Me, every time I premiere anything, I'm afraid.
I'm always afraid... That they don't like it, that this, that that.
I'm scared.
It also happens to me in the theater, on TV and everywhere, ”she assumes.
The villain of the pageant
-Did it cost you to get the most susanesco chip to venture into an almost antagonistic role?
-I loved.
But
I didn't like taking the red card from the participants
, which was this one (he takes it from a table and shows it).
Because first you give them the yellow one, as a warning, but
with the red one you have to kick them out
.
I would tell them:
“Excuse me guys, but they laughed”
.
I'm the judge now, but I pity her.
-In life do you get many red cards?
-No!
Hopefully...
-Are you very patient?
-Yes, I am patient, tolerant.
But I take it out when it's time to take it out.
I am always fair.
Now, when it already breaks you a lot... bye.
There are several things that can get me out (laughs).
But, in general, I am a very happy person and
I don't like battle, fighting, or bad vibes
.
-Another novelty of the format is that you give place to a young co-host. That speaks of a gesture that does not abound in great figures.
-Yes, they brought Grego, who is divine, very nice and was also nervous.
But it's not like he was driving.
The boss was me!
But since I never did that and
they were afraid that she would feel alone, locked up with the 50 cameras, she came to help me a little
.
He is loving and it suited me well.
Out there we consulted:
"Che, did he laugh or not?"
.
Because we had to be very attentive to everything that happened.
-Did your interaction with social networks improve or are you still dangerous with the phone in your hand?
-I
am a danger to me
!
Because I do everything... I'm not very cybernetic and I use batons.
There I press and I get a foot or whatever.
But right away I have people say to me:
"What did you post? But what did you post?"
And they erase it.
I learned to pineapples, but I still think it's the future
. I always read and watch the networks a lot.
Susana commands the Argentine version of this Japanese format reality show.
"The other day I saw an elephant cross a road. And the trucks stopped! And the elephant took all the leaves, everything it brought, ate it and then the truck continued. Those strange things in the world ... I've been to India and I never saw that either.
TikTok amuses me a lot, too
," admits Susana.
-Did you dare to do any?
-No, I don't dare.
I would love to do things and dance, but you have to learn the choreography, and I can't.
But I like to see it.
The other day
I saw a 101-year-old lady tap dancing and I was speechless
.
And I said,
"That's great, she's young at heart and that's so important
. "
Oscar and Darín fan
Former partner of Ricardo Darín, regrets that
Argentina, 1985
has not won the Oscar for best international film.
-Yes, we all expected to win it, but they still had so many prizes and so many people saw it... And they continue to see it.
I was sorry that I didn't win it, but they were also a bit suspicious, I mean Ricardo (Darín) and Florencia (Bas).
-Did you talk to Ricardo later?
-No, I spoke with "Flora", but before.
And, well... There was a movie that was the favorite (the foreign film category was left in the hands of the German
All Quiet on the Front
) and then one with Chinese that won about 28 awards.
-Did the cabals fail? Did you have any?
-No, but
I saw the entire red carpet
, I was sitting for 4, 5 hours.
It is my program of the year.
-Your debut as a host in "LOL Argentina" coincides with the debut of Wanda Nara in "MasterChef". Did they cross any message?
-They asked me what I thought and
they already wanted to look for scab
.
"Do you think he can replace you?"
They told me and I told them not to say nonsense.
Wanda Nara is very funny and I love her very much.
Every time I have gone to see her in Milan or Paris I have laughed a lot, because she is a character.
-The search for a successor is not from now, it comes almost from yesteryear.
-But please!
Since I was 25 years old they are looking for an heiress.
And they won't find it
(laughs).
Actor Dan Breitman is a member of the humorous staff of "LOL."
Is it better to laugh than cry?
-"LOL" is a ratings success in many countries. Do you think that Argentines need to laugh a little?
-But
how are they going to laugh, if they haven't had electricity for 25 days?
Those families can never laugh.
With 40 degrees of heat... They can't put a fan on, they can't drink something cold.
It is inhumane and nobody gives you an explanation of why that happens.
Migue Granados is one of the participants of "LOL".
-Since 2020 you are living in Uruguay. What is it like to be away in this context?
-And... I watch the news because I have to know what's going on.
It hurts me, but it is a reality.
I cannot be absent from what is happening, but
I have to sew my mouth shut, because I know myself
.
Sick of the contests
-Are you excited to return to the traditional format of your program? Do you see it compatible with today's television?
-They had bought some formats for me, but it was the same again.
I live doing contests... Imagine that for 35 years I did everything: singing, adults, children.
But my program would interest me.
We have planned the return for the second semester, but I don't know, because it is a political year.
So it's hard to laugh and not talk about reality.
Was it pure intuition to say no to the other format?
-I have a total intuition, for my life and I always used it for my career.
It's not that he didn't have failures at first.
I made my debut with
Las mariposas son libres
, a brutal success, but they had made me sign two contracts, because it was just beginning and I had to do another work afterwards, which was crap.
"It was nobody and we did it with Satur (Claudio García), who at that time was with
Rolando Rivas, a taxi driver
and we had to get to the theater by patrol car.
When we left there were a thousand people outside and fifty inside
. It was the worst thing that happened to me " , remember.
How is the streaming program
The one who laughs loses
.
It is the only rule of fire that governs Susana's new television house: a colorful living room with monitors that record, during 6 hours of competition, every movement of 10 comedians locked in a house with 50 cameras.
There is no winning formula.
The trick is to resist and, at the same time, provoke laughter from the opponent
who has only one chance, the yellow card, prior to expulsion.
The television "experiment" of Japanese origin, and replicated throughout the world, began to take shape at the end of July, in Mexico City, with one suitcase per participant and seven days of prior isolation.
“They put masks on us from the hotel to the house, they made us go through mazes.
It was re-traumatic for me," says
Dan Breitman
, who is part of the chosen group along with
Migue Granados, Charo López, Lucas Spadafora, Juampi González, Yayo Guridi, Mica Lapegüe, Julián Lucero, Darío Orsi
and
Martín Rechimuzzi
.
“It's more of an experiment than a play of comedy.
And it upsets you because it is another language,
it is to make people laugh without laughing and that drives you crazy
”, adds Charo López.
And Julián continues: “It is difficult, because I have an easy laugh.
Then I would practice grimaces, try to put on a straight face and work on my face before an act started, in case I was surprised by a joke.
Another conflict was
the artist's ego, doing things and being garpe all the time
”.
The only dispersion, during the duration of the marathon battle behind closed doors, is the intervention of Susana, owner of the cards that are drawn from the game one by one.
“
With Susana there was a small microworld, we had a sketch and we shared a code
.
I love comedy and driving, in that sense it's my dream job.
I arrived in Mexico earlier and
I spent 4 days having breakfast, lunch and rehearsing with Susana in a hotel in Mexico City
.
With a plate that said my name and hers next to her,
waiting to see what she ordered for breakfast to tell my grandmother
”, closes the influencer.
“It happened to us from saying:
'How far can we make jokes, will I disrespect him?
I can't fuck with Susana'
.
And it was the opposite.
It's like rallying with Messi
”, agree the protagonists who will play for the prize of 5 million pesos, donated to an NGO chosen by the winner.
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