People as disparate as Oriol Junqueras and Mario Vaquerizo, or Esperanza Aguirre and Mala Rodriguez, star the ‘unexpected encounters’ that give title to the new program that premieres The Sixth this Thursday (22.30), in which they are addressed brainy topics, although there is also room for humor. She acts as a hostess Mamen Mendizabala journalist who, after a decade at the head of ‘Better late’has surrendered to this innovative space in which conversations, and even bonds, take place that were hard to imagine.
Hello? pic.twitter.com/0TMQcDO0RX
— Unexpected Encounters (@Unexpected) February 27, 2022
Although seen the first images, the Catalan viewer this program of Productions of the Neighborhood (the one with ‘Salvados’ and ‘Lo de Évole’) could remind you of ‘The Sopar’ of TV-3, in which four celebrities also chatted around a table, Mendizábal assures that this is the only parallel. Because the strong point, the essence, of the La Sexta space is the surprise factor, since they do not know who they will meet: “Although the conversations are also surprising, they flow. Ideology separates us, geography, prejudices. But here they are dismantled & rdquor ;, maintains the journalist.
An ‘odd couple’
This is the case of the premiere program. “The religion is very symbolic& rdquor ;, he says “because it makes people who would not look each other in the face do so. And meet. And they love each other & rdquor ;. The ‘odd couple’ he refers to are Oriol Junqueras, president of ERC, and the singer Mario Vaquerizo. “That meeting was very crazy. It has impressed us all. Oriol works very well with Mario. He brings out the humorous part of him, which he has, and you see him laughing, telling anecdotes, relaxed, talking about his experience in prison and how faith has helped him & rdquor ;. Mendizábal assures that he had never heard Junqueras speak with that level of intimacy.
“And he achieves that because Mario Vaquerizo at a given moment tells him that he is… His favorite boy! Halfway through the program they already love each other”. The proof is that the leader of Las Nancys Rubias stamps three kisses on him during that talk. Although have almost nothing in common. “Only faith. It is faith that unites them and makes differences not matter & rdquor ;, she says. But although they will be the ones who are in the first part — “30% of the program & rdquor ;, that moment that the cameras pick up in which the first words are said, they meet and it serves to explain who they are– at the subsequent dinner they will be joined by other characters. Other voices.
the actor’s Alberto Sanjuan is, according to Mendizábal, very important, because he is not a believer, he is anticlerical. “Let us remember that he dedicated his Goya in 2018 to the dissolution of the Episcopal Conference & rdquor ;. The journalist believes her point of view is very timely at a time when the heads of the Church are covering up sexual scandals around the world. “This program seems to me bust the seams a bit& rdquor ;, he affirms. The writer Ana Iris Simón also chats with them, whose opinions do not leave anyone indifferent.
The grace of contrast
Another ‘odd couple’ that will be seen in another of the programs consists of two people who one thinks have only the M in common in the gender box on their identity card: Esperanza Aguirre and La Mala Rodríguez. “But they establish bonds & rdquor ;, he points out. The theme they propose is feminism. “The vital generational contrast is very interesting. And seeing them asking for the phone surprises you a lot & rdquor ;, confesses Mendizábal. For the theme of family models they have brought together Manuela Carmena and Samantha Hudson. “That meeting is also very magical, because Manuela is very modern and Samantha too, but from different points of view. And from respect & rdquor ;. And it is that, according to the journalist, “for us to start talking about social changes and understand them without feeling rejected, listening to each other is super important & rdquor ;.
Alberto San Juan will not talk about theater,
Oriole @junqueras will not speak of Catalonia,@anairissimon will not talk about your articles,
and Mario Vaquerizo… will talk about everything.#MeetingsAmen pic.twitter.com/rYOyQTkgf8— Unexpected Encounters (@Unexpected) March 8, 2022
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They have also accepted the challenge Jose Bono, Cristina Cifuentes, Santiago Canizares and Judith Masco, among others. There have been few who have declined to participate in the program, although the journalist understands it. “There are people who are afraid because here we are not going to talk about superficialities, but about experiences, about things that have happened to you. of yourself It is not theorized & rdquor ;. And she acknowledges that these “spontaneous encounters, not scripted, not produced & rdquor; they are magical. She gives him the feeling that she sees something that she is not allowed to see: “That I am sneaking like a ‘voyeur‘”. Although she is also implied. “To achieve that level of intimacy you have to be generous and offer to receive. And since it is not such a journalistic record nor is it linked to the present, does not require neutrality or distance & rdquor;. However, he asks for a consensus from his environment to explain according to what things. “Let no one feel violent for something that does not violate me to tell & rdquor ;, he specifies.
If she had to star in an unexpected encounter, confirm that Hope Aguirre could be your partner. In fact, he is very surprised that he accepted participate in your program andhe notorious scuffle they had in ‘Better late’. But the popular does not seem to remember: “She is very good at diverting the focus of attention and ignores these clashes & rdquor ;. The only thing she likes to remember is when Mendizábal asked her about the death of her dog, something that went viral. “But I have asked him other things. She wants to focus on that and I don’t & rdquor ;, comments the journalist