• The Javis phenomenon. "We don't need a man in a tie to tell us what to do."

Brays Efe's ultra-mountain fame took hold on the tabletop of a stew. He, the Javis and the actress Anna Castillo were walking around digesting the chickpea bacchanal when it occurred to them to shoot some chirigota videos for Instagram. And so, as in a revelation of marc and coffee , Brays removed the character of Paquita Salas from the bowler hat. A lady of brave size anchored in the torreznos, the Larios and the failure. Hosea, the history of Spain.

Today, Paquita Salas, so false that it seems real, or so real that it seems false, is the queen of Netflix. The muse of the animal print. Miss Navarrete. Thanks to Paquita, Brays has gone around the arena, which is also going to be around the world, and for some time he has not been short of work or work. Cinema, series, theater. And even the prologue of The extraordinary things by the playwright Duncan MacMillan, a work that he himself represented in more than 100 functions and that now reaches bookstores thanks to the publishing house Topics of today.

Do you also write? He is a dandy from the Renaissance ... I have always liked to write. I studied Audiovisual Communication, I have written some chapter of Paquita Salas , sometimes I collaborate in the Vogue magazine ... What does this theatrical piece 'smell' of having conquered it with so much verve? He talks about taboo subjects like suicide, depression or anxiety, but uses humor as a lifeline. Someone said that "humor is the elegance of despair." What a great truth. Now, thanks to this book, I have been able to condense my experience in all the functions in the prologue and the final notes.The starting point of the work is that of someone who discovers that his mother has attempted suicide, and decides to make a list of things worth living for. Let's play then. What things 'tune' Brays Efe? They don't have to be great humanistic questions, I usually settle for little. Cheese-filled pizza rims, Jane Fonda, a summer storm, a deserted beach, a fit of laughter with a friend over something only he and I know ...

As the protagonist of this play, Brays used to write all kinds of lists in dilapidated notebooks since his teenage attacks, "from films in the Official Selection at Cannes to names of Pokémon". Lists that also served to alleviate those difficult years, at tremendous times, that he does not like to remember. "I've been pretty busy getting through with the energy I had left," he says. And now, because of that boomerang of destiny that always returns, Brays seems reconciled with his past, leaning out on the balcony of a success that at times does not seem his, but that of Madame Paquita Salas.

Have you not been afraid of ending up devoured by the character? I am very grateful to Paquita. I have been with her since her creation, surrounded by friends, they have given me awards, they know me in many countries ... There are days when Paquita and I get along better and others worse, but we have not come to hate each other. And yes, it is true that at the beginning they offered me several female characters, along the same lines, but since I said no, it seems that they have already tired, let's talk about fashion. How has the confinement been? I confess: not very productive. When I work at home and I lock myself, I like to go down the street for a walk, to eat an ice cream ... And during the quarantine I have not been able to do any of these. These two months have brought out the best and worst of all We ... I am surprised by the very low profile of our politicians, because while we have all stayed at home for the common good, they have dedicated themselves to throwing the dead in our faces. They have confused our silence with complacency, and what happens is that we have kept quiet because it was not the time to speak. But I keep that supportive and responsible Spain that has taught them a lesson.

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