You don’t even have to wonder if there is an etiquette of San Remo. The answer is yes on all fronts for Samuele Briatore, president of the Italian Galateo Academy. «Sanremo is one of the few occasions in which not only can but also have to keep the television on with guests at home because it is a collective ritual», he explains, «Sanremo is more social than musical from this point of view, it is a map litmus test of society, shows its evolutions and involutions». Etiquette also exists on stage, which must be respected.
So what Blanco did is not good?
«I found the whole situation strange with the flowers already on stage, as if it was premeditated. The gesture was certainly indecorous because it was unmotivated. His words about the failure to return to the headphones that made him angry and the talk of fun were out of place. You artist are there to entertain, you have to entertain and involve the public. He has not achieved this goal ».
Has the limit of what should have been the performance been exceeded?
«The bad thing was not the gesture, but the subsequent attempt at justification by always repeating the same thing. He could have immediately apologized for the excessive gesture (he did it the following day ed) ».
The «punk gesture of raping flowers in Sanremo» wasn’t that much punk after all?
“It turned out to be completely gratuitous and careless towards those who work in that place”.
Gianni Morandi also went to clean up.
«Gianni Morandi is a great showman perfectly at ease on stage and in an evening that was marked by humility: from the entrance of the President of the Republic to the speeches by Roberto Benigni and Chiara Ferragni».
Chiara Ferragni’s dress with a drawn body?
“Full marks. From the etiquette one would expect a criticism of that type of approach, instead Chiara Ferragni brought imported content to the stage and dared to bring a message. The body on the dress is drawn in its imperfections and serves to beat the idea, still rooted in our society, of the negative value of the female body which must be covered so as not to provoke. Mattarella was also criticized for his presence, for the selfie taken with the conductors, instead he demonstrated the importance of the fact that the institutions are close to the people, as Queen Elizabeth understood well. The institution must be recognised, but humane”.
Has the etiquette limit been moved forward to make shares? The limit of decorum and what is considered feasible?
“Yeah, there’s a little bit of pushing the envelope, but that’s what the show is supposed to do. In Sanremo we see something that is not ordinary starting from the clothes, something that subverts even the rules of etiquette, but the reaction of the public shows the limit not to be exceeded: it is really rude and disrespectful result. His behavior was harmful to a symbol like flowers and disrespectful of the work of others, especially those who had to clean ».
Should we be daring in Sanremo then?
«Yes, but keeping within certain limits and above all always reflecting on the message being conveyed. If Chiara Ferragni had used that dress for its own sake, it would have been free, instead linked to such a strong message and to a still submerged phenomenon, it is fulfilling one of the real tasks of state television».
One thing Sanremo gets wrong in etiquette?
«The times when it goes over. Starting so late and ending in the night deprives many of the possibility of seeing the entire festival, especially those who have to work early in the morning. Timing etiquette is key. The “more is better” does not work, the correct form is “the best possible in the allotted time”.
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Source: Vanity Fair
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