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Indigenous disguise, dreadlocks, Marco Rima in the original and with his face painted black: the comedian provokes again in his new music video “Climate Adhesive”.
Comedian Marco Rima (61) has obviously decided to polarize at all costs. The comedian uses some political incorrectness in his new video “Ten Little Climate Warriors”. He is shown in indigenous disguise, with dreadlocks and a face painted black.
The predictable result: Rima, who in recent years has attracted attention less as a comedian and more as a corona skeptic, is now accused of racism and cultural appropriation on social media.
The song itself is about something else: the comedian sings about how ten “climate glues”, meaning climate activists, die. This is a cover version of the old, racist children’s song “Ten little N…”.
“I know that I’m provoking”
The reactions to the video are divided. Followers of Rima on YouTube are happy that the comedian is showing “backbone” and bringing back the “good old 90s”, in which “you didn’t have to be afraid that someone would jump out from behind the next corner and shout ‘discrimination!!'”.
There are also dissenting voices. One user writes: “His career is long over, a highlight can only appear in the press once more, unfortunately, as too often – negatively.”
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Rima himself defended the controversial costumes and the text against “20 minutes”: “As a comedian and cabaret artist, it is my job to take things for a ride. I know that I’m provoking.”
«Blackfacing is not a bad thing for me»
He also takes the accusation of “blackfacing” (see info box) lightly: “Blackfacing is not a bad thing for me.” He advocates that “blackfacing” must continue to be possible without being portrayed as a racist. “Society immediately forms an opinion and then raises an accusation. Compared to others, I’m even less provocative,” Rima continues: “It’s incredibly nice to be different.”
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The comedian also claims that he wants to promote dialogue with his provocation. In today’s “outrage society”, Rima continues, there is only right and wrong, and this is not good.
Marco Rima repeatedly drew attention to himself with controversial statements during the corona pandemic. He railed against the federal government’s corona measures and against vaccination. But that in no way stopped him from drawing 150,000 francs in aid from a Swisslos fund for artists. (grb)
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