“Everyone can do what he wants, but first he is accountable to himself and his conscience, and then to the audience that watches him”
Ierokles Michaelidis was invited to the show “Smile and Again” and talked about his life, his professional life and his experience of participating in an American film.
“The level of material and attention has nothing to do with Greece. With the conditions they provide you, when you return to Greece, you want to “cry” a little. We have good technicians here. The technicians were Greek. There was a strong Greek presence. Abroad, you are considered as a material, to be “sold” by the producer, so he pays attention to you. This doesn’t exist in Greece,” Ierokles Michaelidis initially said about the filming he is doing in Mykonos for an American film.
Speaking about the play “My Beautiful Lady” at the Pallas Theatre, in which she is the lead, she said: “We have a premiere on Thursday at the Pallas. The story is a very nice classic, based on the myth of Pygmalion. This is what the adaptation was based on. It is an iconic musical that is also well known. It is the relationship of a mature gentleman with a younger woman. I play the Linguistics teacher who teaches the young, poor girl how to be a “lady”. Then a lot happens between them”, underlined the beloved actor.
Among other things, he also referred to satire. “What is going on is “crap” talk. We are talking about something, which is not approached in this way. So everyone can do what they want, but first they are accountable to themselves and their conscience and then to the audience that watches them. If the audience that loves him watches him, it is his right. Now, what will remain in history from all this, I do not know. All these controversies about satire, it’s a bit about television and social media. But when you upset people for no reason, who have no business in public life, you don’t need to satirize the “weak”. Harassment and insults are not satire”, commented Hieroklis Michaelidis.
“I self-censor long before political correctness. It must be done in a careful manner. It is impossible not to have self-censorship. There is also personal taste, “aesthetics”, he continued. Asked if he would be interested in entering politics, Ierokles Michaelidis clarified: “I don’t want to enter politics. I don’t do the work for her. He had recommended PASOK to me. I don’t do that. I don’t make political references, I consider myself “backwards”. We make political comments in “Agamous Thytes””. He also mentioned on the occasion of the band’s reunion on November 6 at VOX, he said that “Starovas is very well, he came and plays a great guitar”.
