cptgaio

"You are a wonderful and incredibly generous people, but at the same time greedy, jealous, and obsessive, with your "idols," with your "peculiarities." Maro' Kosmo, I'm sure it feels a certain way to hear that from an Italian speaker, but don't start throwing dirt on us too! ;-) Anyway, I saw the D.A.D in Lugano in '89 (if I'm not mistaken) and I remember a beautiful city (not sad, 'calm' is the right term) very tidy, and the Swiss pogo under the stage was truly intense: a lovely evening, then I haven't been back except for a quick stopover.
On the topic, I must say that I adore Mina because my father passed on the passion to me; for him, she was the equivalent of my Tori, and maybe I won’t be objective, but I don't remember a single one of her works that falls below the boundaries of dignity: never, with ups and downs but always done with style and innate class. I still have to listen to that. Regarding the "emigrate" talk, I also think that if her residence is not "fake" like that of many wealthy Italians (and I don't think it is), I don't see what her problem is: also because then we should crucify all those foreign idols of ours who have done the same (and there are plenty of examples), but we Italians tend to be hypercritical toward our own "jewels" especially. Then it depends on the case, obviously; I would have confiscated Valentino Rossi's hair too."

Who hasn't dreamed of being a Warrior? But that was Coney Island ;-)

I’ve seen the scene from The Sopranos!

Maradona remains Maradona just like Napoli, I care for him in good times and bad ;-)

And anyway, I certainly wasn't the one to "praise Neapolitan discomfort," but in my first comment, I asked a very specific question, which I'll repeat: "But I don't understand one thing, and I'm not being ironic—this is a serious question that I pose to Neapolitans: to save this nation, do we all need to take example (from Bolzano to Agrigento) from how Naples has been managed by Neapolitans over the last 50 years, because that's what can be inferred from your comments?" The only flaw in this question might be that "managed by Neapolitans," because in effect it seems like you want to shift the responsibilities onto an entire city, but I wanted to point out that politically, the city has expressed many prominent political figures since the post-war period (more or less honest, more or less recommendable), so if it had wanted to, it could have had a political voice, right? This is obviously applicable to more than one region in Italy, not all of them, because it is quite historical that regions like Veneto, Friuli, Basilicata, Calabria, etc., have had little political weight (I'm talking about politics, not economy), and the damages of non-politics in those regions are very evident (whatever certain commenters here may think: perhaps it's not me speaking in clichés but someone else). The point is that from the comments of some Neapolitans, it seems perceived on one hand that problems exist only in Naples and on the other hand that they are there anyway, and despite everything, only in Naples is it worth living, while the rest of Italy is a place for the lobotomized. Reread the discussion and tell me if you don't perceive the same thing.

Dream, I wasn't comparing Naples to Vercelli, it was a provocation to say that problems and virtues exist in all Italian realities and all are necessary: big and small.

Ah, here we go. Damn little boxes ;-)

If you liked this, you will go crazy for "Terra e Libertà," which for me is his best. Alternatively, "Sweet Sixteen" and "Bread and Roses" are also excellent. Enjoy the review!

"Acrobatic" yet pleasant review. About Borges, everything can be said just as much as nothing can be said.

The fact is that almost all the Neapolitans who have visited this page understood that my remarks were not an attack on Naples (I love Naples, I have witnesses ;-) and I have been there more than once). I am rather sorry to have discovered a minority (fortunately) of Neapolitans who hate the rest of Italy, which is very un-Neapolitan. That's all.