After the media controversy and the related complaints, here is the applause for Serena Bortone (photo). Far from censorship: the Scurati case guaranteed its protagonists enviable visibility. More than what the Neapolitan writer’s debated monologue on April 25th would have had in the absence of the well-known frictions.
Yesterday in Milan there was talk of nothing else: in the evening, the Rai presenter presented her new book in the Gallery and a question rang out among the whispers among the public awaiting the event. «But the Scurati affair? What will Serena say? Thus, in the days in which she is promoting her novel, the Rai3 journalist has managed to draw attention both to herself and to her literary efforts: not all storms in the glass come to harm. In front of the audience gathered to applaud her, Bortone initially gave her a wide berth, implying that he did not want to even briefly address the Scurati case and the can-can mounted on the alleged television censorship. «The values they taught me are freedom, a sense of justice, not having prejudices and being on the side of the weakest», began the Rai presenter, endeared by the compliments of her interviewers: the journalist Simone Marchetti and Francesca Vecchioni , daughter of the singer-songwriter Roberto. The latter herself, in response to a statement from the main guest, launched the cryptic cathodic reference: “I don’t see anything crazy in what you’ve done lately, but great rigor.”
And on with the allusions and barbs. Even from the presenter herself. «I have always listened to those who thought differently, even in my talks. Unfortunately, in the last year and a half, the listening that I gave to everyone has not been given back to me.” And again: «If you let your miserable little parish win membership, we have a more intolerant society. If we only have the singers of the regime, the culture becomes impoverished.” He who has ears to hear, let him hear her. And thank goodness that, during yesterday’s event, Bortone reiterated: “I hate victimism.”
It doesn’t seem like it.
