Blanche Gardin occupies a special place in the French humorous landscape, between mainstream humor (we saw her make an appearance recently alongside the Palmashow) and a position of critical overhang. This is perhaps what motivated the Amazon teams to offer the author of “Bonne nuit Blanche” to participate in the show “LOL: who laughs, comes out”, the third season of which has just been launched. complete after floods of sequences that have flooded social networks. The answer was not necessarily to their liking. In a long Facebook post published Thursday, April 20 and addressed to Jeff Bezos in person, the 46-year-old comedian clearly closed the door to any participation, in particular because of the delusional amount of the fee offered for a day of filming.
“It also happens that I would be embarrassed to the bones (not to say that it would really hurt my ass) to be paid 200,000 euros for a day’s work even if I lose at your game, when the charity association of my choice would win 50,000 euros, that is to say 4 times less, and again, only if I win. »
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The stand-up then develops a series of arguments on Amazon’s taxation, the pollution generated by the company, its impact on small businesses, etc.
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The author of the series “the Best Version of myself”, broadcast on Canal+, concludes her anti-Amazon diatribe with a plea in favor of cinema:
“As an actress and filmmaker, I cherish the slightly crazy dream that my future projects could be released in a cinema. (…) I do not want that in ten years no one will go to the cinema and that we will all be watching series on the sofa while having burgers delivered by undocumented immigrants who pedal under the rain. »
From the one who dominates the French comedy scene, the blow strikes. Against Amazon in general, but also against the “Lol, who laughs, comes out” concept in particular. The program has been growing in popularity since the first season. Season 3 brought together an XXL cast with Jonathan Cohen, Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney, Leïla Bekhti, François Damiens, Laura Felpin… And their setbacks, jaws clenched not to laugh, flooded all social networks for weeks. To excess?
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Still, Blanche Gardin’s tackle touches a particularly sensitive point: the concept of the program is based on competition between the participants who each represent an association. The winner earns 50,000 euros for the association, if he manages not to laugh until the end of the program. What Amazon does not specify and what the actress highlights are the potentially extremely high fees of the participants. If no amount has been formalized, “Le Parisien” evokes 100,000 euros for a Season 2 personality.
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