Voilà,
il y a quelques moi du côté de Nanterre, j'avais repéré cette fresque murale, réalisée pour évoquer les boat-people comoriens qui essaient de gagner l'île de Mayotte, département français dans l'océan indien. Beaucoup hélas meurent noyés en tentant la traversée. On se souvient d'ailleurs que la première erreur de communication de not'président concernait le drame de ces populations avec une blague de très mauvais goût. (Linked with Monday mural)
If I remember right, the author/artist of TinTin was himself a terrible and dangerous racist. "TinTin in the Congo" was especially so. What's the context of this mural?
RépondreSupprimerbest... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I think Hergé was racist at a time when the whole Western world, Europe and the United States, were so, and colonialists at that. This mural is in an alternative place and it is a kind of pastiche of a comic strip with Tintin. Nothing more than that.
Supprimer...looks racist to me.
RépondreSupprimerUsing Tintin's image to denounce an odious situation is precisely the opposite. It's just called the "second degree". I could not imagine any ambiguity about that.
SupprimerProbably trying to bring people's attention to a tragic situation.
RépondreSupprimerThanks for contributing Kwarkito.
Times never really change, it seems...
RépondreSupprimerI'm reminded of people who go bananas when they see Bogie lighting up all the time. Or James Bond being an indelicate sexist pig. It's good to acknowledge change. It's a waste of time to criticize ghosts for doing what was done at the time. From what you say, this image appears to be making a point for today. I think Sami has it right.
RépondreSupprimerSur le racisme de RG, je concorde avec toi, Arnaud. Quoiqu'il en soit, cette fresque murale est un petit bijou, qui répond à sa façon aux murales qui ornent de nombreux murs de Bruxelles. Nota 10, como se diz na minha terra.
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