From February 1, Waly Dia will perform at the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Le Monde reports that users will not be able to see the poster for “An Hour to Kill” in the corridors of the Paris metro.
Questioned by our colleagues, Mediatransports, the advertising agency of RATP and SNCF, explains the reasons for its choice. The poster for the show “presents a political character incompatible with the duty of neutrality which is required in public transport and could be considered defamatory or insulting”.
So what exactly do we see in the visual in question? On it, Waly Dia appears with his eyes closed with inscriptions on his neck and face. Le Monde specifies that two of them contravene contractual obligations: “I am like the IGPN, I am not here to put the police officers on trial” and “Macron is like an alcoholic father, at home he ruins your life, outside he shames you.”
The communications director of Mediatransports indicates that “any message of a political nature is prohibited in the spaces that we market, as are any visuals likely to harm the image or interests of transport operators, particularly in consideration of current events or social context.
The management then asked the advertiser to retouch the poster by deleting the two sentences in question. But the producers refused.
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