Assim se fazem as coisas: monumental revista Antipopularuxos
Event
The Palmilha Dentada company is aware of humour’s redemptive value. Is it possible to laugh at the “whirlwind of emotions and events” of the Covid years? “More than ever, we need to laugh,” they tell us. “Assim se Fazem as Coisas: Monumental Revista Antipopularuxos” [That’s the Way You Do It: Monumental Anti-Razzle-Dazzle Revue] is the vehicle that Ricardo Alves has created to help us distance ourselves and attain laughter. The playwright / stage director draws inspiration from the revue, a theatrical form in which recent events were “reviewed” through a satiric gaze, a popular kitschy entertainment and that originated in France, and had several versions in other nations, such as the Portuguese “revista”. “Assim se Fazem as Coisas” is then “a revue of the past year”, this “year that were two”, a look into our experience of the pandemic. Coming from Palmilha, this revue could only be “monumental” and “Anti-Razzle-Dazzle”, with a liberating counter-current stance.
