“Likecrazia”, by Daniele Capezzone: a compass for understanding what the public arena is today, a ruthless game of the throne
It seems to see him, Daniele Capezzone, sitting in front of the PC while he plays “ Likecrazia – the political show in times of peace and coronavirus ” ( Piemme ).
The typical aplomb of a British gentleman, the indispensable kitten Giuditta (a spin doctor who does not fear comparisons with Alastair Campbell and Peter Mandelson) curled up on her legs and that sly smile of those who see in front of them the flaming livers of the solons who will read the first pages .
" Likecrazia " doesn't just tell us about the mysterious world of infotainment (an expression that identifies the tendency of talk shows and mass media to dilute information with entertainment) but gives us a compass to explore the meanders of television and web 2.0. He does it with his usual style, gentle and biting, presenting us a complex reality without arrogance, arrogance or raised fingers.
The public debate is whirlwind, frenetic and eventful. The words of politicians, journalists, intellectuals and "experts" are swallowed and immediately decorated with positive feedback or defaced with negative opinions. Times are increasingly compressed " 10 seconds if you talk, 20 if you cry, 30 if you bleed ", a Champions League final to be played in the flow of a handful of sand, or you get to the spectator, you thrill him and manage to make him identify with you or you're practically done. It is democracy and you can treat it with presumption, mocking the " ox people ", ending up irretrievably regurgitated by the cathode ray tube or adjusting to it with calmness, a gentle smile and a touch of irony.
Capezzone's writing, simple and casual, moves rhythmically between the particular and the universal.
The speech is broad, it starts from the television studios and comes out on the streets scourged by Covid-19 and by an incapable government that communicates in a schizophrenic way, passing from the hashtag #abbracciauncinese to war bulletins containing the numbers of the dead, repeated ad nauseam. He meets his gaze with that of the common people , deprived of their fundamental rights, derided and despised by the progressive elites ready to demonize them and to call for the suppression of the right to vote when the elections are won by the fearful populists who, with the same common people, manage to identify themselves. It dissolves into the ether, landing on the steep paths of web 2.0. A virtual space divided between a dark side, inhabited by the monsters of hate speech , and the light side, crossed by the politically correct battalions who would like to fight hate speech by hitting free speech .
" Likecrazia " does not just tell, it tries to give some small advice on behavior for politicians, journalists, intellectuals and presenters during the evenings on TV. They are also precious suggestions for those who dream of making communication, in all its forms, a real profession. They are not lectures steeped in petty pedagogy, only small suggestions of etiquette.
Capezzone spoke courageously about what the public arena is today: a merciless throne game where you win or die.
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