AIDS, society and death is reflected in Quito, in the comedy ‘An inopportune visit’

an unwelcome visita farcical comedy, invites Ecuador to reflect on the AIDSthe homosexualitythe familythe friendship and the death in a society in which, despite progress in respect for freedom and sexual diversity, prejudices they are still stuck

It is a autobiographical worka classic of Argentine playwright Copiin which cyrila vedette of the parisian theatertakes advantage of the second anniversary of its illness to celebrate the last day of his life.

At the hospital, they join the event characters worthy of the wacky universe de Copi: a nurse who cheats on her husband, a doctor who performs lobotomies as a hobby, Huberto, a devoted follower of Cirilo; and a journalist who has come to interview him, but who doesn’t ask a single question.

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there is also regina mortyan opera singer obsessed with Cirilo, who suffers from his constant rejection, and who throughout the work reveals his metaphorical role in relation to death.

It will be each spectator who determines, in the course of the show, who is the untimely visitthe director of the work commented to Efe, Cinnamon Cordobaspecialized in France in theater research linked to the gender studies.

prejudices remain

In the Ecuadorian interpretation of the play, in the theater Comedy Yardactors with great experience such as Alfredo Espinosa, Tannia Salas, Jose Pacheco, and Diego Luna. Y Danielo Guamanunder the direction of Córdoba, a young promise of 26 years.

For Espinosa (who plays Cirilo), Copi denounced with his work “having been victim of moral judgmentbrutal, social, scientific, religious and journalistic against homosexuals due to the fact of AIDS”.

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all this to late 80’sin a society considered highly open as the Frenchwhich for Espinosa is “a demonstration of the enormous ignorance and human stupidityof which the human being continues to show off in these years ”.

And although Córdoba believes that the new generations have a more respectful vision, recognizes that there are still “many issues that continue to be misunderstood in our society, and even more so in our Latin American countries.” With his works, Copi laughs at the “pseudo decency” and leads to various tables reflections on machismothe medical industry and racism, among others, comments the director.

Meanwhile, Espinosa stresses that Copi never complains about AIDS per se, but denounced the persecution, oblivion and abandonment. “Somehow it is perceived that Copi is clear that the fact of having AIDS is absolutely difficult for society to understand”, he adds, recalling that the work does not mention the family either.

But “that’s like today, that the family abandons the elderly, the terminally ill, anyone who does not conform to the social patterns”, points out Espinosa, for whom Copi’s complaint is that “this is a shitty society and in this society we have to learn to be happy”.

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The work begins with Cyril, sick and dancingexpressing his freedom, and then, with lines of humor and irony, the idea of ​​the tragedy about the disease is reduced, despite the fact that during the nearly two hours of performance without a break, it is understood that the character disarms, dies.

“But there is no direct expression of bias against AIDS. No character appears on the scene that emotionally violates Cirilo,” Espinosa told Efe.

But, with the arrival of a doctor whom He is surprised that Cirilo is not deadCopi denotes (without making it express) “how AIDS patients had no value for the Government policies of health” at the time, he explains.

Likewise, the journalist who does not ask questions represents “a criticism of Copi towards the press silence”, comments Córdoba, because at the time the media treated AIDS “almost as a punishment of homosexuality”.

Although it is a work does not have the same impact now that he may have had in his time, touches on issues that are still very sensitive and that affect everyone: death, illness, love, friendship, social classes…in a critical comedy in the key of farce, of great aesthetic force and tremendously deep meanings.

According to the information on social networks of the Patio de Comidas theater, the play will be on the billboard until July 24.