Sanremo belongs to everyone, "it does not speak to a piece of our country, but to everything, and therefore everything must be represented".
Politics has always been there, also because the festival is "the place where our society is told".
Therefore there is "no problem of the right, nor of the left, nor of self-censorship: where there is the artistic element there is inevitably also an element of breaking languages, of transgression": the important thing is "never to distort this healthy controversy and transgressiveness in vulgarity".
This is the reflection of Giampaolo
Rossi
, general director of Rai, on the eve of the departure of Amadeus V.
Our thoughts turn to the controversies of last year, in particular for Fedez's performance, which tore up the image of deputy minister Bignami in a Nazi uniform, and for the kiss between the rapper himself and Rosa Chemical on stage on the final evening.
"Sanremo is the place where our society is told and within it there is also, more often than not, politics. The festival has accompanied the evolution of our society, and inevitably there is also room for controversy, it is part of the function of these great events", adds the director in a brief exchange with journalists on the special Rome-Sanremo train, the result of the partnership between Viale Mazzini and Trenitalia.
In the past - as a former board member - critical of Amadeus management, today Rossi recognizes him as having brought "narrative to very high levels".
The artistic director has announced his intention to stop after the fifth consecutive edition,
will Rai try to make him change his mind?
“We want to bring this festival home first,” Rossi replies.
"Let's say that it has been talked about, but now we are focused on the fifth Amadeus festival. Amadeus itself has been working for months to bring home the best result, everything else will be discussed later".
Rai Pubblicità is already preparing to set a new record in revenue, surpassing the over 50 million of last year: "We are obviously very happy - underlines the director - but the theme of Sanremo, in addition to the great economic value, is above all a great image and cultural value for our country and for this reason it must truly be preserved".
Meanwhile, Amadeus, between the fast-paced rehearsals and various TV broadcasts, admits:
"I don't have time to get excited, I don't even think about it."
"Here in Sanremo there are already many people from all over Italy.
This fills me with joy: it will be a party
. And I'm happy because I'm surrounded by many friends."
First of all Fiorello, who with the Viva Rai2! and the glass, renamed Aristonello, moved a stone's throw from the theater
.
An additional reason for curiosity for the crowd that besieges the Ariston, while the whole city is packed and hotels and holiday homes are sold out even in the neighboring cities.
In the midst of so much enthusiasm, the artistic director receives a request from the farmers, who patrol the streets and motorway toll booths with tractors as a sign of protest against European policies: "We ask Amadeus if he can host us in Sanremo, so we can tell all the spectators our reasons, peaceful but clear. Thank you if you will accept our appeal".
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