A municipal theater packed with young people laughed and applauded for almost two hours at Luca Ravenna’s gags. The new show by the Milanese comedian, which is selling out theaters across half of Italy, ironically caresses and teases the existence of that generation of ‘almost forty-year-olds’ that it represents perfectly. We talk about love, work, current events, friendship and the parent-child relationship. All with frequent forays into everyday scenes, in which reality often surpasses imagination. The title of the show, ‘Red sox’ (in English red socks, but also the name of the Boston baseball team) is only understood towards the end. The reference is to a recent trip to the United States for a series of shows in clubs overseas (the moment in which, Ravenna self-deprecatingly, you realize “you don’t know English that well”). An experience lived together with his brother, defined without hesitation as “the most snobbish person in the world”, which was an opportunity to highlight American contradictions, first of all the spread of weapons even in the most unlikely environments, such as a theater . There was no shortage of moments of interaction with the audience, which reached their climax in an exchange of words with the audience regarding a failure between the sheets. The discussion then turned to life as a couple and the profession of comedian in its various facets (from unlikely questions from journalists to not being recognized on the street). In short, Ravenna’s show has the ability to unite, in a monologue that he keeps with his eyes glued to the stage, apparently distant and irreconcilable topics. Various topics (even the thorniest) are treated lightly but without ever falling into the banal.
f. m.
2024-03-23 05:25:07
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