Janine Sutto, Living with destiny , biography by Jean-François Lépine, Libre Expression, 2010 A book offered as part of Critical Mass by Babelio.
Immigrants in their adopted country, may find in the literature a great way to learn about the culture locale and identity of their new land.
This is true in Quebec, with the work of Michel Tremblay, particularly The Chronicles of Plateau Mont-Roya l, which as I already said several times on this blog should be reading mandatory for any new entrant, even if all the content is not easy to understand at first glance. The language and the reality of Quebec broaden the vision we can have our own immigration experience.
biographies and autobiographies are somewhat the same role: to locate a person - known or less known - in a specific place, rooted in a particular situation. Often, a biography will cover a historical period more or less long, more or less important. But still, it abounds in details, often new and informative.
With this digression I come to tell you about one of my recent readings, Janine Sutto , Living with destiny , written by Jean-François Lépine, well-known journalist who works for Radio-Canada for many years, current presenter the excellent program on Earth Hour .
This post has been slow to appear because reading the book by Jean-François Lépine was difficult and because, secondly, I do not know how to express my doubt after reading this.
Indeed, this book is a mine of information that lead us into the theater in Quebec, known often too little, but who nevertheless laid the foundation of Quebec popular culture. "Our Lady of the Theater" (nickname given by his friend Janine Sutto Gilles Latulippe) is aptly named, and it is with admiration that we follow the passionate actor in his professional life rich and varied.
But here, the author, who is the son-in-the actress has remained in alignment with facts, written in a language relatively poor, or at least without any originality, and aligning the platitudes and transitions tragic exaggerated and repetitive. He chose to present the life of Janine Sutto in chronological order, however, after this tedious reading, provided a less linear and focused on themes would probably have been more exciting.
"From the moment when Janine asked me to his memoirs, I agreed, but with one condition. As a journalist, I really wanted to get to the bottom of things, both in his private life than his professional life. She has revisited many times in his life with me, and his daughter Mireille [Deyglun] has learned a lot about his mother. "
respect the privacy of the actress, the author discusses his alcoholism that many of her lovers, and his difficult relationship with her daughter Mireille, who has always been accused of having an absent mother . Absent or too focused on her other daughter, Catherine, sister of Mireille and Down syndrome.
There is little doubt that the fact that Jean-François Lépine is the son of Janine Sutto made sure he had access to a wealth of information. But we also feel a certain reserve in his comments in particular on relations between Janine Sutto and daughter Mireille Deyglun (his own wife).
Noting this, one may ask the biographer of hindsight with respect to its subject.
That said, Janine Sutto's career is exceptional and its unique contribution to Quebec theater. Today almost 90 years old, she is also a proud spokesperson for the AMDI (Montral Association for Intellectual Disability) and sponsor of the Alzheimer Baluchon Association.
can often intersect in theater or music, and she is still on stage in Belles sisters, the musical adaptation by René-Richard Cyr, Daniel Bélanger part of Michel Tremblay's Les Belles sister, directed by André Brassard in 1968 at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert, and even then interpreted by Janine Sutto (among others) ...
This fairly conventional biography gives us a picture of a unique woman, strong character. It does not revolutionize the genre, but allows us to realize how the life of a stage actor was difficult and out of the spotlight and fantasies that one can imagine sometimes. The actors of that era - colleagues and friends Janine Sutto - were all involved in improving the condition of artist in Quebec (creation of the Union of Artists ), and laid the foundations for a theatrical life never stop in Quebec, with its ups and downs.
An article in La Presse
Section Street Frontenac
A critique by another blogger (for Babelio), with which I totally agree, and that addresses the points I put aside voluntarily (the famous D) but also shocked me ...
As I write this, I listen KXP, KXP (Smalltown, 2010)
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