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Poll Suggestion: Depardieu as Himself or as Jean-Claude
This is a satirical poll. The author of this poll condemns Depardieu's words.
Gérard Depardieu is latest role caused great controversy around the globe. So much so, that it likely caused the end of his already declining career. Ironically, in the film that propelled him to stardom, Les valseuses he played a strangely similar role. One could say that his career has come full circle. So to pay tribute to this irony, this poll asks which performance did you prefer, Depardieu as Himself in the scandalous leaked footage or Depardieu as Jean-Claude in Les Valseuses.
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I am not sure that the controversy as reached the English-speaking world. So, here is a summary.
In 2018, Depardieu went to North Korea. Yann Moix intended to film a documentary there, but the footage was never released until about a week ago. In the footage, we see Depardieu mainly making obscene commentaries towards north Korean women (and even a child). The discourse that he has in that footage is really deplorable. The people who are curious can google it, but it is not appropriate to post it here.
When I watched this footage, I thought that there was a striking similarity between the commentaries he makes in the leaked footage, and his break-out role in Les valseuses. This poll suggestion's intention is to make fun of Gérard Depardieu in a somewhat dark way. Those who are familiar with Gérard Depardieu will notice that the images are mislabeled. The first image is him as Jean-Claude and the second is him out-of-character at Cannes. This is intentional. My goal was to say that reality and fiction are now hard to distinguish.
I reckon that this poll's humor is poor taste and very niche. As I say in the description. This poll suggestion is satirical. It is not made to be published. (Although I would not mind if it was.)
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