The Sanremo 2020 press conference and Amadeus' gaffe on women's emancipation
A few days after the debut of the 70th Italian Song Festival, Amadeus presented all its co-hosts.
Although his speech was animated by good intentions, full of slogans such as "women must always be respected" and "we are in 2020, why choose only two valleys", the presentation of the ladies who will support him during the Sanremo Festival was a real minestrone of faux pas and repetitions.
While in the rest of the planet, women take the lead, on Italian TV they are presented as "just beautiful".
"Obviously they are all beautiful"
So, Amadeus, begins the introductions of the women who will join him on the stage of the "Ariston and starts with the biggest gaffe of all:" Francesca Sofia Novello, Valentino Rossi's girlfriend whom I admire for her ability to be close to a great man, always staying one step behind ".
A presentation that made our blood freeze in our veins.
A girl who certainly has ambitions as well as being the angel of the Rossi home.
It is no coincidence that he will conduct one of the most important events of the Italian show and yet his professional merits have been eclipsed in a second from his love life.
Ditto for Laura Chimenti, journalist of Tg1, presented as "one of the most beautiful faces of the news" or Sabrina Salerno, a great sexy icon of the past but who can still tell us something ", continuing with Diletta Leotta" beautiful, she will be able to prove that she is not alone a girl who can talk about sports ".
The only exceptions to the sad description of Amadeus, the presenter Antonella Clerici, who deserves credit for being famous also abroad, and the journalist Rula Jebreal who will represent the fight against violence against women. To them, the "beautiful" epithet. was not pinned on the "you can't be as smart as you look hot" series. A disaster across the board.
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Why is it wrong to talk about women like that
According to many, allegations of sexism are becoming a real plague. Unfortunately, what is still not clear to everyone is that feminism (which, remember, is not a dirty word) is not a way to contest everything that happens or to hate men. Feminism aims at gender equality, not at highlighting the qualities of the female gender at the expense of the male one.
Put simply: why does Amadeus speak of Fiorello as a great professional and not as a beautiful man?
Why is Giuseppe Carboni only the director of Tg1 and not one of the most beautiful faces on Rai?
In short, why are men described for merits and professions, while women still need to be justified by their physical appearance, for having obtained a job?
It has been 70 years since that first Festival, Amadeus. The music has changed.
