The politically incorrect Clarkson in the dirty clothes of a farmer: portrait of a normal man
In his television career, the English conductor Jeremy Clarkson has driven the most disparate four-wheeled vehicles, whizzed on circuits and normal roads with racing cars and supercars , forded rivers and plowed through mountains to test engines, suspensions and bodies, pushing himself into the most inaccessible corners. of the planet and taking advantage of his presence to create some diplomatic incident, like the time he crossed Patagonia along the Argentine border with a Porsche numbered H982 FKL, in homage to the British victory in the Falklands war. He was fired by the BBC and the program that consecrated him, Top Gear , after having a fight with a member of the crew over an unexpected event in the catering: a punch in the face and a name not at all delicate to the Irish origins of the unfortunate. On his head hang accusations of racism, abusive language and climate denial. But his popularity holds up to the woke generation that daily puts some incorrect characters on the index.
Proof of this is the success of Clarkson's Farm , the documentary produced by Prime Video that tells of his experience as a farmer on the estate immersed in the wonderful rural landscape of the Cotswolds, which began in the late summer of 2019. And which demonstrates how an uncomfortable character can turn into a sort of reference in a year as disheveled as 2020. A challenge in itself, won at a high price. Clarkson faces the adventure with the arrogance and arrogance that outline its contours, buying a Lamborghini as a tractor just because a Lamborghini and not really evaluating its usefulness – "too big", those in the trade tell him -, ending up relying on advice from a kind assistant of the local consortium to understand something among the many buttons that populate the cabin. He gives biting humor when he calls the two rams busy impregnating his flock Wayne Rooney and Leonardo Di Caprio (the first prefers the more mature sheep, the second the younger ones, he jokes about it) and unexpectedly shows empathy with the sheep by following them day and night during childbirth.
He gets into trouble with environmentalists when he decides to cut down some plants in the woods and counters by supporting the thesis that in this way it will allow the lower vegetation to receive more sunlight, allowing it to regenerate: and he is not wrong. He snorts at the numerous government and local rules to be respected (from the conservation of fertilizers to the authorizations for the construction of the farm shop ) and thanks the ministerial funds that are paid to the farmers so that they allow certain qualities of flowers to grow on their land.
He is frightened by the spread of the first cases of Covid-19 ("I am reaching sixty, I smoked a million cigarettes, I had pneumonia"), but he does not lose his spirit and boasts of the title of "key worker" who allows him to continue working. Except then directly taste the economic consequences of the lockdown , with the price of wheat and barley in free fall due to the contraction in general demand and after a year of hard work, net of expenses incurred, a profit of 144 pounds. "What will the other farmers who do not have an Amazon crew in tow once the subsidies run out?", A disconsolate question to the faithful agronomist Charlie who with the usual aplomb replies "probably there will be 30 percent fewer farmers".
The series deserves to be followed, preferably in the original language to practice the local dialect of the handyman Gerald and to discover other characters such as the young helper Kaleb ( fucking idiot is the epithet he most uses to describe the disasters combined by the host). But above all to appreciate once more the terrible Clarkson, the portrait of a normal man who learns an art and puts it aside, who admits mistakes and decides to listen to suggestions, who recognizes the value of others, but does not lack to reserve some pungent dig. Little fame, a lot of mud and many smiles, even bitter ones.
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