Comedian Gad Elmaleh acknowledges "some real" in the plagiarism charges against him, but judges them "disproportionate" to what it means in his work, and he announces that this theme will be on the menu of his next show.
"Yes, I was inspired by guys, yes, I caught that"
Asked by the Parisian on the accusations against him relayed in the online videos of CopyComic, Gad Elmaleh said having lived "not good at all, because it was very violent, excessive and disproportionate compared to what there is There was a backbone, a desire to hurt ... Nobody wants to be shown in the press like someone who has stolen. " "I got stuck in. Then you're not as cool as I am today in front of you, to tell you: yes, I'm inspired by guys, yes, I caught that. when the stand-up arrived, with my generation, we were inspired by the Americans ... ", says the one who is one of the most appreciated humorists of the French.
"It does not sum up my career"
"Perhaps, he admits, we have been at ease, inspired by the techniques of valves, falls, punchlines of the Americans". "I was inspired by them OK, all right, what to do, is there a confessional for comedians?" He adds. "1 minute 30 of show on twenty or thirty hours of shows that I have done in my life, it does not summarize my career". Asked about an upcoming one-man-show "which will be 100% Gad", the humorist announces that he "will talk about plagiarism, funny, honest, social networks and the press. have rubbed shoulders more than ever with extreme treatments. "
If he regrets or not? Gad Elmaleh is cautious: "Not really, I will not do it again, but I do not regret it because I have never been in a malicious way". "The harm in plagiarism affects the author, and I never had a problem, I am connected, I have relationships with those I have inspired, no one has ever complained", says the humorist. "In what is said to be plagiarism, it is justified, there is what is in the air of time, what we really take, and also the joke that runs, a little easy, which n 'belongs to nobody'.