“He makes us laugh, even if the situation is crying. » Michel Lebrun has somewhat become the idol of the protesters. The technical director of the Judo Club of Noyon, a town of 13,000 inhabitants in the north of the Oise, decided to fight with humor to defend some 90 sports and cultural associations deprived of a large part of their subsidies. For several months, the sports manager has regularly published videos, parodying great singers or producing sketches which have enjoyed great success on the Internet. Some have been viewed by more than 100,000 people, ten times more than the city has inhabitants…
“All the associations are there out of their pocket,” sighs Michel Lebrun. I renovated the dojo myself to welcome the athletes before the Olympics and I am at least 16,000 euros in the club’s accounts! We bent our backs, we made efforts. It had already gone down but no one said anything. Now we can’t do it anymore. The swimming club had to close because the pool is empty (due to its obsolescence) ! Since the Olympics, the kids have dreamed of becoming Léon Marchand and we no longer have any water. » Disguised as Pamela Anderson, he sings “My swimming pool is empty” in his first black and white clip.
