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Les Guignols de l'info - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Les Guignols de l'info

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PPD (modeled on Patrick Poivre d'Arvor) is the resident news anchor of the guignols.
PPD (modeled on Patrick Poivre d'Arvor) is the resident news anchor of the guignols.

Les Guignols de l'info (English: News Puppets) is a satirical latex puppet show broadcast on Canal+, a French subscription-based television channel. Hosted by a puppet facsimile of TF1 news anchor Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, Les Guignols is similar to the 1984–1996 British show Spitting Image. A segment appeared every weeknight on the Canal+ program Nulle part ailleurs, with a weekly recapitulation on Sundays. While Nulle part ailleurs no longer runs, the Guignols are still running. Since beginning 2007 the show always begins with the line "Nous sommes en 2007 et vous regardez trop la télévision, bonsoir." ("It's 2007 and you watch too much television, good evening.") Previously other lines have been used and changed roughly twice a year.

The show started in 1988 as Les Arènes de l'info (News Arena). It originally did not follow the news of the day and was not very popular. It was not until 1990–1991 and the first Gulf War that the show began to follow the news. It enjoyed a tremendous growth in popularity and quickly eclipsed its rival, Le Bébête Show.

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[edit] Impact on popular culture

The Guignols have had a tremendous impact on French popular culture, in many case introducing or popularizing phrases. For instance, à l'insu de mon plein gré ("without the knowledge of my own free will"), repeated by the puppet representing Richard Virenque, is now attributed in jest to people who hypocritically deny having willfully committed attributed acts. The impact of political caricature in the Guignols is unclear, but some polls have shown that they influence voters.[1]

President Jacques Chirac of France is routinely lambasted by the Guignols as being incompetent and a liar, though his caricature also has a strong personality and often emerges as cool and uninhibited. For a period, he was depicted donning the costume of Super Liar (F.: Super Menteur), a superhero with no shame about telling the most outrageous lies and making the most impossible promises (here, in front of the Élysée Palace).
President Jacques Chirac of France is routinely lambasted by the Guignols as being incompetent and a liar, though his caricature also has a strong personality and often emerges as cool and uninhibited. For a period, he was depicted donning the costume of Super Liar (F.: Super Menteur), a superhero with no shame about telling the most outrageous lies and making the most impossible promises (here, in front of the Élysée Palace).

Chirac, running in the 1995 presidential election, was showed by the Guignols as unable to articulate a credible program beyond Eat apples!, the apple tree being the symbol of his campaign.

The show is known to be able to go further in challenging current popular figures and thought than many other forms of media. Some sketches displayed for example Raymond Barre, a former Prime Minister in a gonzo pornographic scene, President Jacques Chirac and his team in a Pulp Fiction–like destruction race to eliminate their competitors or Minister of Interior Department Nicolas Sarkozy as a flip-flopping politician.

The Guignols generally displays a left political outlook. While they generally focus on French politics, they occasionally parody international events, often concerning terrorism, including Osama Bin Laden, Iraq conflict and Saddam Hussein, and United States foreign policy in general. These spoofs on international events are usually presented in an anti-Bush manner, heavily criticising his foreign policy as brutal and destructive. They also sometimes mock Canal+ and its staff.

[edit] Famous characters

The characters in the Guignols are either inspired by real personalities of the political, economical and artistic worlds (generally, by anybody who appears in the news)) or else are fictional.

  • PPD is a caricature of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (aka PPDA), a well-known news anchor. He is depicted as a rather cowardly journalist who tries to get along with the mighty and the powerful. He is also offering a wide variety of hairstyles, trying to mask his receding hairline.
  • Commander Sylvester and Mr. Sylvester are fictional characters, based on the American actor Sylvester Stallone. They are a parody of "an ugly American", or sometimes the archetype of greedy multinationals and superpowers. They always say "Beuuarhh" as a salute. During the first Gulf War, the Guignols had a character called Commander Sylvester. Cmdr. Sylvester would explain the war in broad terms ("Here's the good guys that's us, and here are the ragheads, so we'll kill everybody there...") After the war was over, Cmdr. Sylvester was reintroduced as Mr. Sylvester, a ubiquitous executive from the military-industrial complex, the corporate world (all mixed into the fictional corporation World Company), and the CIA. Mr. Sylvester is dressed with a suit and tie, and wears a security badge. He is assisted by clones of himself (some with greyish hair) no matter what position he's shown holding. His appearance is a blend between Sylvester Stallone and Al Pacino (mainly the lower part of his face).
  • Jacques Chirac is depicted as a beer-guzzling, impulsive, incompetent liar who is pilfering public money, and yet comes off as charming, charismatic, and well-loved. The Guignols went as far as to introduce the character of Super Menteur (Super-Liar), a super hero, into whom Jacques Chirac changes in times of need (see Clark Kent/Superman). Super Menteur is capable of uttering the most unbelievable lies, while not getting caught.
  • George W. Bush is depicted as a complete cretin along with his father. He always shows a tendency toward war and fights against terrorism in his bedroom, defending himself with hand grenades (beer cans). His laptop password is "connard" (the French word for "asshole").
  • Joey Starr and Doc Gynéco: The gangsta rapper Joey Starr, convicted for various acts of violence, is portrayed as a brutal individual. He is often coupled with rapper Doc Gynéco to discuss matters related to the consumption of cannabis.
  • Bernard Tapie is represented as a bully, speaking in a very vulgar way. However, he is often used by the writers to present their own viewpoint.
  • Jean Marie Le Pen is the French FN political party leader (French far-right party). He is represented with a pitbull's head.

In recent political history, the Guignols have portrayed:

[edit] Critics

The Guignols have often been criticised for being leftist and populist and for presenting a cynical and over-simplified version of reality and politics.

After the departure of two of the show's original authors in the late 1990s, the show has been criticized as lacking in wit and freshness and having become too overtly populist and partisan. Some critics consider that the show is in decline. It still, however, has good ratings.

[edit] See also

[edit] Elsewhere

Las noticias del guiñol is a show in Spanish Canal+ inspired by Les Guignols. It focuses on Spanish politics and football.

Programs of the Guignols family exchange latex moulds, and puppets representing foreign celebrities can be used as "normal people" in countries where the celebrity is not known.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bloomberg, Segolene Is Snow White, Nicolas a Dwarf as French Satire Blooms

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