By Elsa Girard-Basset | Web journalist
A reference imitator in France for many years now, Laurent Gerra marks his return to the stage with a new show eagerly awaited by his fans. But for the occasion, the native of Mézériat decided to leave one of his most emblematic imitations in the closet. A choice that he explained with great frankness and class.
An epicurean in front of the eternal and a great lover of gastronomy and oenology, Laurent Gerra did not have to look far to title his new baby. It is therefore with a show entitled “Laurent Gerra sits at the table” that the famous imitator will soon set off on the roads of France, more than 7 years after his last show. To present it, he explains to Nice morning :
New menu and signature dishes. I think the public expects the classics: François Hollande, Jack Lang, Johnny… to whom I pay homage. There are thirty pieces of music in the show and as I am lucky to have brilliant musicians, it is a joy to perform with them, to present parodies and homages. There are sketches too, of course.
Laurent Gerra stops imitating Celine Dion
If the public can therefore expect to find certain emblematic voices from Gerra’s repertoire, Celine Dion will not appear in the catalog. Weakened by a rare pathology called stiff person syndrome, the Quebecer has not been able to go on stage for more than 5 years, and has gone through real hell.
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It was therefore out of respect for her that the imitator pulled the handbrake, as he made it known with frankness and elegance:
The only limit is that it’s funny, so from the moment someone suffers, we can’t afford it. In addition, I have a lot of admiration for the artist and his career. She has incredible talent. It’s often in interviews that there’s something to make fun of. In this case, I put myself in his place too.
For the rest, spectators can expect to see Gerra doing Gerra. Rather marked on the right of the political spectrum, the one who admires Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura and others does not plan to conform to the prevailing progressive and wokist era. On the contrary, he slides with mischief:
I admit, the show is not very wokist, nor very feminist or vegan… I present a vegan menu at the beginning but it doesn’t last. Wokism is a kind of trend made with right-thinking and politically “correctness”. I assume that not making fun of it would be marginalizing them and apparently that’s what they don’t want, so I have the right to make fun of it.
Under the pretext of equality, we also level and sometimes, we do it from the bottom… I like this sentence which says: “I am backward-looking but when the past no longer illuminates the future, the mind walks in darkness “. It’s true.
Behind the admittedly uncomplimentary imitation that he offered for many years, Laurent Gerra has always had a deep respect for Céline Dion as an artist and a woman. So obviously, in this very delicate context for the artist, it seemed natural for her to leave humor aside, while waiting for her to recover. As quickly as possible, hopefully for her sake.
2024-06-05 18:10:00
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