Boys, Boys, Boys
. No, the title of
Florence Foresti
's show , performed for the first time in October 2022, is not a reference to Sabrina's global hit. More like a cry for help! “My
goal is to bring in as many men as possible because, at 50, despite this sexy little body, I am single again,
” admits, from the outset, the comedian on stage at the Marigny Theater. Hence the poster too. “
I'm naked, and don't see a metaphor like Foresti getting naked…
” she continues.
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And yet, it is the case. Because, by drawing on her daily life to write her shows and her series, by talking about her failures, her complexes, her experiences in general, as she did in the past with her motherhood in
Mother Fucker
,
Florence Foresti delivers himself better than anyone, touching the spectators' hearts.
Without downtime
This self-proclaimed feminist has difficulty coping with her new state of mind. She is not seduced by partners her age and dreams of a thirty-year-old, at worst a forty-year-old… “
I look like those I criticized before, I will end up in the shoes of a libidinous old white man. I discovered that I was a stalker, threats and surprise are part of my seduction techniques
,” she readily self-flagellates, multiplying the vulgar barbs about her physique and her age.
Also read “A fairly therapeutic game of mirrors”: Florence Foresti talks about herself to speak to everyone
More of a clown on stage than on screen, in her autofiction
Désordres
where she allowed herself to let her anxieties and depressive tendencies filter through, here she reconstructs the first childbirth in prehistoric times, recounts how men invented religion to regain power over women ("
So, we're going to imagine a big bearded man like Demis Roussos who makes us all
"), evokes Jesus Christ and his band of followers (Pierre, Paul...), laughs at complex relationships with her teenage daughter, imitates a chimpanzee, makes a declaration of love to men... Seventy minutes without downtime, fair and raw, but already more topical as she recognizes in the end.
Also read: Florence Foresti in autofiction mode in Désordres on Canal +: “If only I knew why I am anxious!”
Florence Foresti has been enjoying happy days with Alex Kominek, a comedian 16 years her junior, for three and a half years. Let's hope that this beautiful story will not take away the inspiration for his next show...