François Bellefeuille perfectly encapsulated our collective state in his (tenth) opening monologue: this last gala Les Olivier would (and would have) been a courier.
Published at 6:15 p.m.
It is not the industry or the spectators that will replace the statuettes in front of an anesthetized, distant and expansive hall of public worship. Do you know, the real people who love it and who do not abandon the presenters when they are involved in a series of failed gags? Malaise.
VAT took the good decision by reporting to an indefinite date his gala Artis, initially previewed in May next. Radio Canada can imitate its rival and launch Olivier’s party. Because there were no real humorous performances in the last two years in Quebec. Where the abundance of confusing categories of web sketches, ballads with script, ballads without script (bravo to Sam Cyr and Marylène Gendron, it says) or of humorous web series that do not include Arnaud Soly.
Even the animator François Bellefeuille appeared to be drawn by the miner of the menu he proposed. Cathy Gauthier, very angry, posed the crucial question: “What is it that is happening here, while there have been no more tours for two years? »
Martin Matte, winner for The beautiful Malay 2.0, ironically referred to the empty plot, consequence of strict sanitary measures imposed by the federal government: “We do not know where to look in this compact foule. »
If the artists concerned question their presence at this party, imagine how the viewers in front of their screen feel: totally excluded from the Partywho has never lived.
Apart from the efficacies Anne-Élisabeth Bossé and Guillaume Pineault, the majority of the two presenters had the air on the lozenges. There is no source between Michelle Desrochers and Simon Delisle, nor between Simon Gouache and Martin Deschamps, nor between François Morency and Marie-Ginette Guay. But most of all, it was not rigol.
A ceremony that celebrates humor and that is not funny, it is strangely inquisitive. Army of its fusil-cannon to trophies, Eve Côté was the most grinning and percutaneous of the evening. Special to the fausse ernimmen sitcom The dépanneur, which was a replica of good flashes. The interviews “In anticipation of the winner” are also confirmed amusing beeps.
To the contrary, the parody of The other midi at the side of the table was painful. The game “Who hides behind the gate: celebrities” was long and punctuated. And when Maxi’s pub with Martin Matte and Charlotte Cardin strikes a chord in imagining that monologues are delivered by professionals, it’s a sign that there’s a problem.
The greatest quality of this award ceremony was to break the spotlight on Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, the most talented humorist of his generation. His message of not reaching the public for idiots, the famous Thérèse de Trois-Rivières or the Martine de Sainte-Martine, was very strong.
Hélas, at least 676 000 curious people attended the triumph of Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais on Radio-Canada, a 31% lower audience compared to the 975 000 students who saw the gala in 2021. Star Academy (1,409,000) is ranked first, et Big Brother Celebrities (644 000) chatted Olivier’s figures.
Who still watches these ceremonies that have already been prestigious and sequins? The least and least the gens. Last September, the Gala of Gemmas followed its dégringola, passing from 854 000 viewers in 2020 to 729 000 in 2021. More dramatic coverage for ADISQ, which had 7 in 00 people Verglach mat 1 015 000 Fans in 2020 and its 1,230,000 irreducible in 2019.
The Artis TVA gala did not escape the dangerous slippage with an estimated listening rate of 1,176,000 telephones, very close to that of 1,728,000 murdered in 2019 and not an Artis Prize in 2020) .
In the vertigineade dégringolade, the celebration of the Oscars, which takes place every Sunday at 8 pm on the ondes of CTV and the ABC, has tried to dynamize its performance by retouching the technical categories of the big night. Levée of immediate brokers of the gens of the industry, who have seen a dissatisfaction of the mites of the day.
There is exactly that, the problem: the galas are co-organized by professional associations (humor, television, cinema, music), which juggle with a bag of political issues. If there are such teams on stage, it is necessary to balance with a competitor box, so as not to be jealous. Every little artistic choice becomes a big backstage battle.
And before the public plays at home, the organizers prefer to satisfy their members, who disembark at the gala shows and disconnect from popular reality.
It is necessary to ask for those who manufacture these galas. For an industry that adore itself watching in the mirror? Or for the person who consumes movies, music, TV and humor shows?
Option 1 gives the gala Les Olivier de dimanche soir. Option 2 will surely give you a better result.
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