The Goya Awards are today celebrating their 27th edition. As usual actors and directors are invited to enjoy the show and receive their awards.
Apparently, this seemed a normal edition, with nominees like Daniel Giménez, Antonio de la Torre, Aida Folch, or a very well-known Penélope Cruz. Also many films are competing in important categories like; Best Script or Best Production.
But this Sunday, the attention will be drawn to the claim and protests of some of the attendees to the ceremony. It’s been said that the Actors Association has been encouraging the attendees to claim against the situation of Spain.
The Association said that they “should take advantage of their fame” and denounces those things others can’t. “People want to be listened” and they are going to help.However, the president of the academy is not in accordance with this idea and says the attention should belong to the show. What do you think about this? Shouldn’t actors help us and protest?
To start I’d like to say that I saw the Goya award ceremony and it really moved me. I didn’t expect such an aggressive protest to the great IVA increment that culture has suffered in Spain. I just had a great feeling of satisfaction because as Ariadna said, these people are the ones who people will hear and in this hard time it’s what they should do.
ReplyDeleteIt really stunned me when a woman who was awarded with a price. She went to stage and gave a speech which gives me goose bumps every time I hear it. It’s worth hearing it; you have it on this link:
http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/informacion/2013/02/18/premios-goya-2013-candela-pena-dedica-discurso-recortes-sanidad-educacion/00031361180566269344367.htm
She mainly explains that she hasn’t had work in three years and that she saw her father die in a public hospital where there were no blankets and they had to bring water from home. She also said she had had a baby and she didn’t know how the schools would educate him with all the reductions they had been doing. On the other hand it wasn’t all so negative, “the Goyas” gave a hopeful message and we should have faith in culture and in all these families get ahead of these tough times.
I find that these actors did what they had to do and weren’t coward as they could have been, we have to remind ourselves that most of the Spanish people who work in cinema don’t have half the money Americans have and work hard for what they have. I’d just like to say thank you to all those actors who claimed that there is hope but politicians should help.