While the world of show business saw its hope of reopening its theaters on December 15, showered by the Prime Minister, Jérémy Ferrari raised a rant in "Media Culture".

The comedian protests against a government "infantilizing" and "unable to explain" on what information it bases its decisions. 

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The performance venues will ultimately remain closed until January 7, 2021, at the earliest.

A news that fell like a hammer for the world of culture, which hoped to breathe again from December 15.

Among the cultural players who protest against this decision, the comedian Jérémy Ferrari is exasperated in 

Culture Médias 

of the government policy, of which he judges the incoherent decisions. 

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According to the comedian, the argument that health takes precedence over the economy and culture is ineffective in the context of the opening of theaters.

"In this case, there is no cluster observed in theaters, the Minister (of Culture) Roselyne Bachelot says so herself," he recalls.

"We know there is no danger with the theater. Why not reopen them?"

Physical distancing in theaters, "economically it is not viable" 

What annoys the comedian the most is the lack of explanations as to the choice of such or such health rule by the government, and not only for culture.

"There is no justification, never. We impose rules on you, we even fined you if you do not respect these rules. But we do not explain to you why", he is irritated.

"So we infantilize you, we restrict your freedoms without explaining why. We let you die and we do not explain to you."

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Jérémy Ferrari also reiterates a position taken this summer against physical distancing in the audience of theaters.

"It is a mistake to make people believe that we can reopen theaters with physical distancing. Economically speaking, it is not viable," he analyzes.

According to him, only 10 to 20% of the profession can keep up with almost empty rooms, thanks to subsidies or to economic models that operate on very large margins.

“But most of the people in this trade can't live with rooms that are 30% or 40% full,” he adds.