The comic duo, Les Décaféinés, takes us into a world where friendship is torn apart to better rebuild with their new show: “The last 2 friends in the world”.
RTL info: Your new show, entitled “The Last 2 Friends in the World”, can you explain to us the pitch of this show? Are the last two friends you?
Clément Parmentier: Yes, there are only two left, and that’s us. We start from the observation that everything is going wrong in today’s world. There are conflicts everywhere, people are more and more against others. Suddenly, we said to ourselves that friendship no longer existed, and we are the last two friends in this world. But our mission is to argue and no longer be friends.
Rémi Deval: Except we can’t do it, because we forgive ourselves for everything. For example, I slept with his wife, but I forgave him! And there you have it, this gives rise to several sketches, with many situations arising from this common thread.
It must be fun to imagine all the situations that could cause you to get confused, is that the idea?
Clément Parmentier: Yes, exactly! We play for 1h30, but we could go on and on, there are so many situations that can lead to arguments. And we try to touch on subjects with which the public can identify.
Rémi Deval: For example, we have a sketch that takes place on a low-cost train where two strangers find themselves way too close together. It’s a conflict, and that’s what’s funny. We’re going into comedy, but we also have a sketch with two nuns doing product placement at a funeral. Social media takes up so much space in our lives that it was inevitable to talk about it.
The public has also known you for twelve years thanks to the show “On ne ask que à en riz”, with Laurent Ruquier. Today, you are very present on social networks with your capsules. Is writing for a network capsule different from a show?
Rémi Deval: Yes, we are constrained by a very short format, because on networks, people and ourselves, we rarely stay more than a minute and a half on a video. We do hidden cameras or small scenes that we post regularly.
Clément Parmentier: It has to make you laugh from the first three or four seconds. On stage, we have a little more time to set things up.
In one of your sketches broadcast on the networks, you pretend to be a not very talented designer. Keeping your cool in this type of hidden camera, isn’t it too difficult?
Clément Parmentier: Sometimes it’s really hard! We had a hidden camera where one of us was waiting for his friend next to a stranger. The friend arrives with a real birthday cake and asks the stranger to hold it while he takes out the present. Then we purposely drop the cake on the floor. I never managed to keep my seriousness during this sequence.
VDid you say at some point that you had to do everything together, or do you sometimes want to do solo projects?
Rémi Deval: We’re a good pair, we know each other by heart, and on stage, it’s hard to find someone with whom it works so well. We sometimes have personal projects, but the duo remains our priority because it works and it’s a pleasure.
Clément Parmentier: Being a couple is great. On tour, we create great memories together.
What is most satisfying for you? Write together or play on stage?
Rémi Deval: Play on stage, without hesitation.
Clément Parmentier: For me, the most enjoyable thing is when you’ve written a sketch and you hear the big laugh you were expecting. It’s a great time, making people laugh.
Rémi Deval: Yes, but it takes work. Comedy is also very technical. You have to be precise to succeed in provoking these laughter.
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