As great springboards that can dramatically boost emerging awareness, social networks are almost indispensable today to start a career. But, on the other hand, they can be terrifying for these young shoots of comedy or drama, judged by their followers, and sometimes demolished by the vox populi of hateful anonymous. How to resist the pressure of social networks? The comedians Laura Calu and Laurie Peret try to answer Philippe Vandel in Media Culture Wednesday morning.
"The bad thing is that people are estimated at a number"
"Social networks have become a profession today", does not hide Laura Calu. The actress emerged in 2015 thanks to a video posted on Facebook. Nearly 4 million views that boosted his career. "At the time, when I did not have a community that followed me, on my first video, I had a lot of criticism, also threats," says the comedian. "Now, I take it to the fun." However, she regrets that social networks have become a tool for measuring talent. "The bad thing is that people are estimated at a number," says Laura Calu.
"We have to go through there"
Laurie Peret, meanwhile, won a comedy contest in 2017 with a skit, which has also been viewed millions of times on Facebook. "Social networks get addictive pretty quickly, sometimes I feel guilty, but on the other hand, we have to go through it," she says. There follows a lot of reflection on how to apprehend this communication tool. "We are actually thinking of strategies for it to take online: the time when we will post the format, the size, how we film ...", Laurie Peret list.