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Comedy + crime, stripping and porn films in Rome of main actor JOE PALERMO

https://thejohnfleming.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/comedy-and-variety-in-bethnal-green-crime-stripping-and-porn-films-in-rome/#comment-18426 In the meantime, people are preparing potential Edinburgh Fringe shows for next year.
One of the most interesting could be Joe Palermo’s
”Mémoires of an Italian Stallion.”
I saw an initial try-out tonight which took around 70 minutes and did not get even halfway through the story, which involves his somewhat colourful life.
From what I heard tonight and during a post-show chat at the Grouchy Club, I reckon his story might take about four hours or longer to tell – if heavily edited.
It will be interesting to see how this fits into a 55-minute Edinburgh Fringe slot. The briefest of headings would include:
him as a child in Italy (watching porn on TV in the back garden)
attempts to be a Roman teenage gigolo
crime and the drug trade
athletics
modelling and becoming a male stripper
porn movie experiences
encounters with ‘proper’ movie people including stories of Cinecittà, famous actors and spaghetti western people
Joe says: “The show at this stage is mainly for a male audience, however open minded women or girls are welcome.”
I told him I thought Edinburgh audiences might crucify him atop Arthur’s Seat for sexism.
But, if his” Mémoires of an Italian Stallion ” show does make the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016, it will surely be an interesting ride. http://joepalermonoir.wix.com/uk it will be interesting to see :) how it goes :)

Things are on the up. There seem to be a rising number of comedy clubs in London which are not just putting on very samey bills of 5-male-comics-doing-stand-up. There are several now staging genuine variety nights and filling their venues.

Among them are the highly-esteemed Pull the Other One comedy nights in Nunhead and Peckham, the occasional Spectacular Spectrum of Nowshows in King’s Cross and the occasional Brainwash Comedy nights run by Ellis & Rose at the Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green.

I saw a Brainwash show last night, headlined by Harry Hill who, although he could be described as a straight stand-up, is considerably more weird than that.

I won’t even attempt to explain what was going on here I won’t even attempt to explain what was going on here

Tom Ward was, I suppose, the genuine token stand-up act. Other acts on the bill were sketch trio The…

uno di noi racconta la sua storia di oltre 15 anni fuori dall’Italia
Posted on April 17 by italolondoners

uno di noi racconta la sua storia (1) SORRY FOR ITALIAN LISTENER ONLY clickate o copiate il link per ascoltare (1) http://www.maxspera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Joe-Palermo.mp3 intervista condotta da MAX SPERA & MARIA IACUZIO durante il programma TEAITALIA Interviewing JP

-(2) “Tra Roma, Parigi e Londra, ho scelto il Regno Unito” by JULI PISCEDDA http://ilnuovo.me/2014/07/01/quilondra-tra-roma-parigi-e-londra-ho-scelto-il-regno-unito/

(3)Here’s Joe Palermo Prexioso contribution for this documentary on Italian Migration in London!
, Produced by Silvia Lozza Video Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IXu2SvlcxA&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop

(4) ”il volo degl’italiani” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf1HNvcQEo4

La speranza è il filo conduttore riproposto anche nel cortometraggio Il Volo realizzato da S.Rosetelli e Joe Palermo artisti 40enni. Un breve documentario sull’emigrazione giovanile italiana del XXI secolo a Londra basato su una serie d’interviste a giovani tra i 20 e i 40 anni. Dopo aver tentato invano di promuovere i propri scritti in Italia, Stefano ha deciso di emigrare all’estero infoltendo la schiera degli italiani in Gran Bretagna. «Ho lasciato Roma perché cercavo indipendenza, una mentalità diversa e perché, purtroppo, da noi le “conoscenze” sono ancora fondamentali per fare carriera. Anche se avrei avuto una vita più agiata in Italia, qui ho speranza, c’è l’opportunità e la possibilità di fare quello che voglio».
L’insoddisfazione lavorativa e la speranza di veder realizzati i propri desideri da una parte, l’economicità dei collegamenti aerei dall’altra, portano sempre più giovani a fare la valigia e a partire. Un viaggio di maturazione e di realizzazione, dunque, ma è un peccato notare che le nuove generazioni si sentano intrappolate in un sistema antiquato. Ci auguriamo che questo periodo all’estero non si trasformi in un distacco definitivo, nel qual caso questo fenomeno d’emigrazione sarebbe preoccupante e meriterebbe un’analisi più approfondita anche da parte della classe politica italiana

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