His new show is called Sex. In the poster, Bérengère Krief is in a purple bathroom, sitting on the toilet bowl, with her pants mid-calf, mobile phone in her hand, staring into space, and her English cocker spaniel at her feet. Above all, do not stick to this communication plan a priori. too much. At 41 years old, the comedian signs her most successful one-woman show, in the form of a retrospective of her sexuality, without shame, but with a gallant and astonishing freedom.
More than twelve years after her first monologue, Bérengère Krief admits, “remote [son] red nose »She left her disguise as a fun chatterbox, as a good friend, for a liberating introspection. “I took a path towards myself and trusted myself”summarizes the actress, who met in Paris on the roof of the Terrass” hotel, in Montmartre, for the beauty of the view. Along the way, the one who became known to the general public thanks to her character of Marla, the “sexual date” of the humorous series Briefon Canal+, she has made a fruitful change in her way of addressing the public and has emancipated herself from her reductionist image of a brazen blonde.
In Sexnot the slightest vulgarity or rudeness, but the very healthy desire to speak freely on a topic that concerns us all. “My project was not to demand freedom of tone but to take sex out of the secret room where we lock it and summon the sexual self that we all carry inside.”defends Bérengère Krief.
Memory of his first time and his fear of “not doing the work”story of a ” date “ failed (“A bad move is like a bad book, I always feel obligated to finish it”), failed attempt to sleep with a woman, confidences about what he doesn’t do (watch porn movies) or doesn’t like (“The delirium of performance”), painful experience of sexual block: the topics may seem expected, but the relaxed way in which they are handled and the precision of the text provoke bursts of liberating laughter.
Elegant staging
Sex It’s much more than stand-up. Like your previous program, Love (born after a painful breakup and an annulled marriage), this new show is intelligently dramatized, thanks to the elegant direction of Pamela Ravassard, and evokes some characters, among them the indescribable mother, who provides him with key phrases: “Be careful my daughter, pregnancy is like lemon Paic, just one drop is enough. » “Everything I make my mother say is real, I didn’t invent anything”specifies Bérengère Krief with a tender smile.
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