Bardem Misfires on Name During Eviction of 87-Year-Old Resident
Carlos Bardem attended the eviction of an 87-year-old retiree in Retiro. According to comments, he called her Paquita: her name is MariCarmen.
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Bardem Confuses Name of 87-Year-Old MariCarmen
The name chanted at the door wasn't hers, according to those commenting on the episode. Carlos Bardem went on Tuesday night to the eviction of an 87-year-old retiree on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street, in Madrid's Retiro neighborhood, and, according to those comments, addressed her as Paquita. Her name is MariCarmen, and she had been living in that house for seventy years. The eviction was carried out on Wednesday.
That is the summary of the anecdote and, at the same time, of almost everything else.
How the Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Eviction Unfolded
The operation mobilized around 200 officers for more than seven hours. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, more than 500 residents passed by the street, according to data handled during the protest. Carlos Bardem was one of them. Other well-known faces were also seen.
Some argue that the presence of celebrities brings visibility to a drama that repeats itself without cameras; the counterargument is that the focus ends up on the celebrity and not on the affected person. The name incident is the cheapest proof of this second diagnosis.
From Applause to Pre-election Showcase
Some framed the issue within the pre-campaign —with an eye on the electoral calendar and expropriation speeches heard on TV lately— and others recalled that we live in a constant trickle of evictions that only make headlines when a celebrity is on the sidewalk. Neither one nor the other holds entirely true: noise helps, but noise also obscures.
Where the conversation did shift was to the actor's private life, with some comments attributing a marriage to actress Celia Blanco, known for her time in adult films and her appearances on late-night shows in the nineties. A curious country where the day's news ends up being the conjugal biography of the protester.
How many of those who shouted the wrong name will return when the sidewalk is empty?
The name chanted at the door wasn't hers, according to those commenting on the episode. Carlos Bardem went on Tuesday night to the eviction of an 87-year-old retiree on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda street, in Madrid's Retiro neighborhood, and, according to those comments, addressed her as Paquita. Her name is MariCarmen, and she had been living in that house for seventy years. The eviction was carried out on Wednesday.
That is the summary of the anecdote and, at the same time, of almost everything else.
How the Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Eviction Unfolded
The operation mobilized around 200 officers for more than seven hours. Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, more than 500 residents passed by the street, according to data handled during the protest. Carlos Bardem was one of them. Other well-known faces were also seen.
Some argue that the presence of celebrities brings visibility to a drama that repeats itself without cameras; the counterargument is that the focus ends up on the celebrity and not on the affected person. The name incident is the cheapest proof of this second diagnosis.
From Applause to Pre-election Showcase
Some framed the issue within the pre-campaign —with an eye on the electoral calendar and expropriation speeches heard on TV lately— and others recalled that we live in a constant trickle of evictions that only make headlines when a celebrity is on the sidewalk. Neither one nor the other holds entirely true: noise helps, but noise also obscures.
Where the conversation did shift was to the actor's private life, with some comments attributing a marriage to actress Celia Blanco, known for her time in adult films and her appearances on late-night shows in the nineties. A curious country where the day's news ends up being the conjugal biography of the protester.
How many of those who shouted the wrong name will return when the sidewalk is empty?
Summary of a discussion on Burbuja.info - Foro de economía, actualidad y política., translated from Spanish and reviewed before publication. Read the full discussion (45 replies).
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