Jeff Israely wrote an article on Time about one of my preferred italians: Beppe Grillo. He was mentioned as one of the 2005 European Heroes. In the article, the author makes a review of his career, telling some bits of his life and what brought him to target politics.
Maybe Beppe Grillo should have been a state auditor instead of a comedian. Back in December 2003, Italy was rocked by the Parmalat scandal, in which the Italian dairy conglomerate imploded in a vacuum of debt and deception that became the largest bankruptcy in European history. But Grillo had seen it coming.
I do not laugh any more to the Italian situation. Sometimes I even thought that I did not want to be Italian if being Italian was being part of this current situation. I really think that we are loosing those traits that made us so cool, like our values: the family, an honest work, our creativity. Grillo is one of those few that makes me proud of being Italian. Again, is one of those few that raise the head from the mood and says: Hey, wait a minute!
Sometimes, when body politic is sick, laughter is the best medicine.
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