“Dilated like never before”, the making-of! Many of you read our little article on the reception given to Bruno Le Maire by demonstrators against the pension reform during a trip to L’Oréal headquarters in Levallois on Wednesday evening. A welcome in the great French songwriting tradition since “Dilated like never” was sung to the tune of Known like never before de Gims and with reference to certain excerpts from american fuguethe latest book from the Minister of the Economy. 20 minutes was able to get in touch with Shaapur Zamani, one of the organizers and author of the video of this demonstration, who reveals us behind the scenes..
First of all, Shaapur Zamani and his associates were warned the day before of the arrival of Bruno Le Maire by employees of L’Oréal. “That gave us time to circulate the info and shine our pots,” explains the activist. Behind this welcoming committee, no unions or structured collectives. “It’s the fruit of individuals who don’t know each other (but who share the same sense of humor)”, specifies Shaapur Zamani. And who wanted to meet “their favorite writer”.
“Return to Bruno Le Maire his incompetence”
And the idea of ”Dilated as never” came during a previous “casserolade” organized at TV5 Monde when Bruno Le Maire came to promote his book. “It was born from the desire to send Bruno Le Maire back for his incompetence and above all the obscenity of finding the time to publish a pornographic book as Minister in office while France is sinking into the crisis. “, denounces the activist.
Because behind this humorous projection, there is also a political content. It is above all a mobilization “against pension reform as a priority, but also against the denial of democracy with the use of 49.3 and against the enormous authoritarian and security offensive led by this government”, affirms Shaapur Zamani. This does not prevent him from keeping a sense of humor.