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"Politics is like fashion! It evolves, it changes, it pretends. Fidelity in politics is nothing but an endless series of adulteries!" says the main character in\u00a0\u2026I am afraid.<\/em>\u00a0to justify his political career. Tudor Mu\u0219atescu wrote his play in 1933, a year after\u00a0Titanic Waltz,\u00a0<\/em>but its heroes seem like modern-day people.

The children of Spirache Nec\u0219ulescu, the petty official from\u00a0Titanic Waltz<\/em>, winning the election because he says, "Don't vote for me!", looks nothing like their father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Miza, the eldest daughter, is "the wife of a general", the other daughter, Gena, is the wife of "a court president". And Decebal is... a politician. A demagogue, greasy, unscrupulous, he would do anything to become a deputy. He has done enough, as he serenely tells his father-in-law:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abNEARBY\u00a0(decided to settle down "once and for all"):\u00a0<\/em>Didn't you make me a liberal when I was a conservative?
DECEBAL: Because the interests of the state required that my family be, at that moment, liberal.
LANGADA: But why did you make me a peasant when I was a wealthy man?
DECEBAL: Because, in this whole country, we couldn't be the only ones in opposition, when everyone was in power.
LANGADA: Yes\u2026 but you see that you changed parties and I made a fool of myself. That!\u2026 I can\u2019t say a word anymore. Not at the caf\u00e9, not at the club\u2026 nowhere. My whole life as a conservative, everyone called me nothing but \u201eIorgule\u2019s bitch\u201d. Now \u2013 since you entered the family and confused me with the new political currents, \u2013 when people call me \u201erat\u201d, sometimes \u201egrill\u201d, sometimes \u201etechnician\u201d (\u2026)\u00bb

The above lines sound familiar to today's viewer, as if nothing has changed in Romania in a hundred years. With a talent equal to his master Caragiale, Mu\u0219atescu makes\u00a0\u2026I am afraid.<\/em>\u00a0a satirical x-ray of political mores, with an amazing\u2026 foreboding talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackmail, a bit of erotic flirtation, just enough to spice up political life, a little fool's luck are the tasty ingredients of the play.
And in the end, because the socialist turned into a peasant again, but his patience didn't "give up", Decebal Nec\u0219ulescu, undefeated, decides to create his own party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you say? If you read last year's newspapers, don't you find the example clearly before your eyes?
\u2026I am afraid.<\/em>\u00a0it's not just a period piece, with its old and good scent, but an astonishing parable of present-day Romania...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distribution:
Decebal Necsulescu \u2013\u00a0Sorin Ionescu
<\/strong>Baby Damian\u00a0\u2013 Serban Borda
<\/strong>Nina Damian\u00a0\u2013 Denisa Vlad
<\/strong>Amelie \u2013\u00a0Anda Tamasanu
<\/strong>General Stamatescu's stake\u00a0\u2013 Elvira R\u00eembu
<\/strong>General Stamatescu\u00a0\u2013 Petre Ghimbasan
<\/strong>Traian Necsulescu\u00a0\u2013 Alin Stanciu
<\/strong>George Langada \u2013\u00a0Sebastian Wolf
<\/strong>Platon Stamatescu \u2013\u00a0George Dometi
<\/strong>A commissioner \u2013\u00a0Pavel Sirghi
<\/strong>Fans \u2013\u00a0Alexandru Rusu\/ Eugen Neag
<\/strong>Piglet \u2013\u00a0Eugen Neag\/ Alexandru Rusu<\/strong>
Mitzi \u2013\u00a0Mirela Nita Lupu
<\/strong>Anna \u2013\u00a0Adela Lazar
<\/strong>A guard \u2013\u00a0Andrian Locovei

Artistic direction: Claudiu Goga
Decor: Lia Dogaru
Costumes: Amalia Buie
Face designer: Minela Popa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Premiere date: March 31, 2019
Show duration: 2h 40 min (with 15-minute intermission)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n