My “Youtube addiction” forces me today to give
to you – my reader – a pretty big challenge that – if you know anyone who’s
familiar with my original Italian language – may be rather strenuous, no matter
that I’m going to try to give some help to the ones who don’t know anybody who
can tell what Benigni (one of my preferred Italian actors)
·
Down
by law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcSxhjH0pwA
I just put links to these movies trailers to
save some space in my post, anyway this is Benigni comedian pretty
much says (with his strong Tuscany accent) what follows - I’m hoping that the
following notes I made - can help a little to follow the “overall sense” of what he says:
· Refers to the Italian rinascimento
·
Italy
is a perpetual country
·
Desegregation
from far away
·
Desegregation
of the Roman Empire, of the Roman republic
·
Invasions from: barbarians, Austrians, Spanish, the 2 world wars 20 fascist years, etc...
The oil
crisis in 73 and 79 when we have been the model for the recovery to the entire EU
Saint Benedetto
Da Norcia and his ora et labora, when nobody was working anymore because it was seen as a Godly
punishment, this saint sent a bunch of little fathers (missionaries) around EU
to copy all they could find, literally saving
the entire western culture. There was in fact nothing left anymore, no
arts, science, architecture, medicine NOTHING WAS LEFT……
it was the end of the world. He says.
Then all
the western culture with the logic, first time people talk of God in the way
that all philosophy was influenced up to Cartesio.
We invented feminism; women can say YES at their weddings, because it was the Virgin Mary
who said YES to God, we invented the confession
that gave the beginning of psychoanalysis all the way to Freud.
·
We
invented democracy with laicism
·
We
invented finance - Florentine bankers without common language taught financial
rules followed today in the whole financial world
·
Liberalism
Then in the
14th century Colombo found America that another Italian named with his own name
Today the most powerful parties are the parties
of fear, instead of the best people getting together to build something
positive we see the worst ones getting together to share the powers and
our money to enjoy life the best they can.
After who
talks is Eugenio Scalfari - historical journalist (another of my favorite
Italians) who says that Benigni said it all he could ever say on his own but
underlined that it was the priests - starting from the Pope (the emperor) who
told women to say YES when getting married,
because men used to “take" the woman for themselves without asking to
anybody else and adds that – as a negative - women couldn't say NO given that marriages were organized by the 2
families. Scalfari reminds to Benigni about Caterina de Medici who brought to
France the "modern kiss" (with the tongue) that we call the kiss a la
French way, when it truly came from Italy with this Caterina it came who everyone thought it was from the devil, Caterina
risked death by being burnt - like Johan of Arc - Benigni goes on saying that the handshake is
Italian too, because in the medieval period simply to show that the were no
guns in the hands, when before the way to salute someone else was the Roman Salute
– AVE - (lift the right arm to the front to the height of the eyes)
We –
Italians - invented the one way streets, the streets themselves, hygiene,
cleanliness, courtesy and kindness (most beautiful behavior in the world, he says) from medieval times, all are gifts Italians gave to the entire world.
Italy is
the country where culture was born before the unifying influence of Catholic
religion that’s the “official country (Italy) religion” that influenced the
rest of Europe which unified all the European countries and to think that
Europe has had one single currency without having had any war is a real miracle
that’s NEVER happened in the entire human history, he goes on talking about the
11th article of the constitution of Italy first of all recognizes every
other country in the world and explains that sovereignty is in the hands of the
population but IF anybody has a better idea about the way to rule the country
he and his/er idea is welcome.
In other
words with Europe we realized the expression of the Italian dream, the European
Union is an exchange of dreams to unify
the entire world and IF nobody ruins this dream we
will have given to our descendants, not a unified Europe, a federal Europe….all
has already been written, Italy will have given to the entire world all we need
is to wake up and have the will to make this dream become real.
Enjoy this
post but – before you start to look at it be sure to have some time
to dedicate (or to waste).
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Scalfari
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Benigni
- https://www.orderisda.org/culture/art/the-lasting-influence-of-italian-renaissance-art/
- https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/europe-human-geography/
- https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/legal-roman-eagles_how-ancient-rome-influenced-european-law/36688830
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/london-culture/renaissance-changed-the-world/
- http://www.theflorentine.net/lifestyle/2011/04/a-nation-of-influence/
- https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/italy-i.htm
- https://www.livescience.com/44376-italian-culture.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Italy
very heavy sicilian accent BUT subtitled
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