This paper offers an account of Raffaella Carrà and Piero Ottone's 1986 interview with the worker Mario varianti during the popular variety show Domenica In (Raiuno 1976-). Giving special attention to its textual and contextual implications, the essay insists on the importance of the episode in recostructing the complex relationship between the Italian public service broadcaster (Rai) and labor issues (topics that rarely appear in the Italian literature of television studies). Furthermore, the purpose of this essay is to examine how, in the midst of the so-called "neotelevisione", this "case" seems to anticipate the technical-linguistic transformations of the TV medium, which will soon lead to what was subsequently called "TV-verità" for its intent to reconcile the entertainent with political talk, citizen service, and experimentation. This contribution is also concerned with understanding Carrà's stardom within the context of national political practice, bringing evidence to support that the year 1986 marked a full politisation of her star persona. More specifically, this article focuses on the ways in whih Carrà used her pivotal role - since che occupied a central position in the media system during the period taken in consideration (the late 1980s) - as a space for socially engaged action.
Coscienza, di classe: Raffaella Carrà e il "caso Bisider" / Macaluso, Matteo. - In: IMAGO. - ISSN 2038-5536. - 27:(2024), pp. 105-120.
Coscienza, di classe: Raffaella Carrà e il "caso Bisider"
Matteo Macaluso
2024
Abstract
This paper offers an account of Raffaella Carrà and Piero Ottone's 1986 interview with the worker Mario varianti during the popular variety show Domenica In (Raiuno 1976-). Giving special attention to its textual and contextual implications, the essay insists on the importance of the episode in recostructing the complex relationship between the Italian public service broadcaster (Rai) and labor issues (topics that rarely appear in the Italian literature of television studies). Furthermore, the purpose of this essay is to examine how, in the midst of the so-called "neotelevisione", this "case" seems to anticipate the technical-linguistic transformations of the TV medium, which will soon lead to what was subsequently called "TV-verità" for its intent to reconcile the entertainent with political talk, citizen service, and experimentation. This contribution is also concerned with understanding Carrà's stardom within the context of national political practice, bringing evidence to support that the year 1986 marked a full politisation of her star persona. More specifically, this article focuses on the ways in whih Carrà used her pivotal role - since che occupied a central position in the media system during the period taken in consideration (the late 1980s) - as a space for socially engaged action.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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