On display at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris until December 31 before a tour, "Boys Boys Boys", a show designed as a "hymn to love", thus intends to reconcile men and women, by castigating generalities.
At the same time touching, funny and impertinent on the shortcomings of the time, Florence Foresti dares to speak dissonantly against the received idea that "all women are victims and men are potential aggressors".
Addressing new feminists, the comedian recalls that the first fight was for women to be paid like men: "We didn't want to deconstruct them... Men are fragile right now... They know it that they are useless... They will not last... They will leave the project... Suddenly, it would be bad... Who is going to move the furniture at home? her, triggering the giggles.
"Do you remember that little baby who found himself hanging from the balcony on the 5th floor? Who went to save him, by force of arms? It was Sandrine Rousseau who went there? I don't think so. . Or she was well disguised, the naughty! We would have been of no help, ladies … ", continues one of the favorite comedians of the French.
-- "My baby" --
Assuming her 48 years, Florence Foresti confides it from the outset: she becomes like the "guys" she criticized before, in search of younger partners, even if it means coming close to harassment.
"Me too, I want my bimbo! If I were a man, I would be in prison! I'm a woman, so I have immunity!" she said, considering that at her age, " having a hand on your ass is a godsend!"
Florence Foresti simply cannot help "loving men", those who carried her on their shoulders in concerts, who held her hand when she was afraid or even the one with whom she had a daughter.
The opportunity for the comedian to solicit the zygomatic again by discussing the torments of adolescence or the creation of religions with, in passing, a hilarious description of the female sex.
"It's a very good time for men and women: it's the first time in the history of humanity that we no longer need men. We just want them!" 'humorist.
-- Series on Canal+ --
If, on stage, Florence Foresti "only tries to do comedy", on the small screen, the artist shows another facet of herself in the series "Disorders", broadcast from Monday on Canal+, which she produced and co-wrote with Pascal Serieis, also co-author of her shows.
In eight episodes, the artist immerses us in a fictional version of her daily life: a life as a single mother during the weeks when she does not have custody of her daughter, punctuated by outings with friends, the pangs of creating a new show, fame... and anxiety disorders.
"Many of us are in deep shit, let's stop judging ourselves and try to be indulgent with our mental illnesses", explains Florence Foresti, for whom work is the best remedy: "Kick me in the ass to get back on scene, it's usually what saves me from everything".
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