Hammer and Tongues

Beppe Grillo’s List of Italian MPs with criminal records did not go down too well with the powers that be. One of the criticisms levelled at Grillo was that politicians would “not allow themselves to be judged by a comedian“.

This is not fair. If a crooner can start a political party, and even become Prime Minister, then a comedian can express his opinions on politics.

If you want to read more about Silvio’s cruise ship crooning when he was a lad, take a look his CV . “In order to pay for his university studies, (Berlusconi) worked on Costa cruise ships, together with his buddy Fedele Confalonieri, as a singer and entertainer. Fedele on the piano and Silvio on the guitar and double bass.”

From crooner to Prime Minister “il passo è breve”, as the Italians say. Does this means that there’s not much difference between playing the fool in your spare time and acting the fool full time?