It is probable that a Nino Frassica the idea of ”Festivallo” It arose following the co-account of the last Sanremo next to Carlo Conti, but certainly it is not an emulative fact but rather the ability to know how to use various elements to create a program of great potential. Often many transmissions that take inspiration from the singing event are based on the anecdotal or move on the edge of memories, but are certainly imbued with a seriousness that does not appear justified. “Festivallo”, on Tuesdays on Raidue in the late evening, shows that it can be irised on Sanremo without affecting the apparent sacredness and without resorting to the discoveries.
Everything is played with the songs already winners of the festival proposed by known guests. The comparison between the original performances that demonstrates a wise use of the Rai display cases and the live re -propositions with a band, however, must not deceive. To be judged is always the song voted through short video message from other characters from the world of entertainment. Nino Frassica leaves the role of the “good presenter” in Gaetano Calabrese, who, of course, is not good, but who works as a parody of the form without substance. The Messina comedian, on the other hand, model the character of the artistic director on his strings, this offers him the opportunity to interact without depending on the classic canons of conduction. His interventions with the correspondent in front of the Ariston theater are therefore hilarious, the interlocutions with apparent spectators, the basic notations on those who have been called to judge the songs.
The figure of Frassica is the note but never repetitive of the nonsense and the paradox, which, in some cases, becomes almost an attraction of satire and custom, as with the dialogue with the correspondent at Ariston. In short, the lightness of the transmission mixes with a historical/singing content, which reaches several ages and tastes, to the delight of Raidue and, not surprisingly, to report a moment of cheerful disengagement is Nino Frassica, an authentic interpreter of the Arborian philosophy. For a vague analogy, in fact, the memory runs to “those of the night”, whose celebration of the forty years is in these days in all the newspapers and which launched Nino Frassica on TV. The transmission invented by Renzo Arbore lasted just over a month, but marked a fundamental moment in the television context by revolutionizing its language. The proposition of a surreal talk show when there are still no talk shows was a brilliant gimmick that was framed at the time at the time … now it is the theme of study.