It would be too much hard to explain it properly, but we coined first the word “Paparazzi”. An Italian high and low used word, like Pizza, Mafia or Cappuccino. Well, Fellini’s Dolce Vita left us years ago, but Italy is now obsessed by Paparazzi more than ever. Paparazzi, in these years, seem to hold the real power, even the financial markets and the political establishment fears them. Once a Paparazzi was not interested in politicians’ sexual tendencies or whatever concerning their private lives. Maybe for he knew no magazine or newspaper would ever publish embarrassing pics or support sexual-political scandals. Nowadays it’s different. Politicians, tycoons and vips belong to the same subliminal entity: an (too much) upper, unattainable class, that holds power also (or mostly) due to its popularity. A political class that counts the minutes of its last TV appearance. It’s the post-modern-pop-gossipvictim-society. And Paparazzi are ready. Ready to snap politicians in their “offline” everyday life, catching the most burning secrets of their personal relationships. Just because editors are on the starting grid, with their hands eager to publish gossips and “private” news, often used by other politicians to blacken their opponents. In this degrading media system, Paparazzi do their best to get popularity. And money. In these days a prosecutor is trying to probe on Italian Paparazzi blackmail over politicians and other vips. The result is that we know the Govern spokesman is fascinated by transsexuals. That’s really a great letter from Italy. Or rather a postcard with and embarrassing Paparazzi style pic!Ciao ciao
