This Tuesday, December 24, Smaïn gave an interview to Ici Paris in which he reflected on his experiences in small screen shows.
He comes back. While he has been rather discreet in the media in recent years, Smaïn will start the new year with a bang with a new show, entitled Messing around finely. On tour throughout France, the now 66-year-old comedian promises lots of laughs in his new sketches which evoke his quest for identity. In an interview with Ici Paris, Smaïn spoke at length about his new humorous pastilles that the French will be able to find on stage. “I needed to reinvent myself, and as we are in the era of the quest for self and identity, I said to myself that, I who do not know where I come from, why not do a genetic test?he declared, taking the public into the deepest secrets of the intimate.
Smaïn: a new show on the quest for identity
Returning to his identity and his vague origins with a somewhat difficult childhood, Smaïn also spoke about his arrival in France at the age of 2 during which he was placed in an orphanage. A dark and painful period for the child which had consequences in his future life. “I lost my father at the age of 13 and my mother at 17. So I found myself at the age of 13 in a child welfare home,” he declared.
Smaïn: a look back at his participation in shows
Smaïn used these trials of life to tell his story through laughter. Philippe Bouvard spotted his comic talent and allowed him to put the “foot in the stirrup”. In 1986, his show A star is fair met with great success as Do you want some? in 1989. Then, the comedian was able to bounce back on television so well that he joined the jury of France has incredible talent in 2009. Ten years later, we found him in Skin of the Monster in Mask Singer. Furtive appearances on the small screen but which were essential. “These are little experiments that I had to do to understand that I was not made for that. Criticizing is not my thing. We do certain shows because it’s food”he blurted.
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