Joaquin arrived. Quintero passed away. One does not result from the other, but it is also a bad coincidence that both events happened almost simultaneously.
Joaquin arrived. Quintero passed away. One does not result from the other, but it is also a bad coincidence that both events happened almost simultaneously. The Fool on the Hill had been retired for a while. He revolutionized radio with his slow speech, his silences and his pertinent questions. There was a time when on television there was time for professionals to come and talk about their work and their lives without doing experiments or dealing with ants. Fortunately, Quintero was around at the time and in charge of fantastic spaces where anonymous and well-known characters passed by so he could make the most of it. Or the worst. He dug so hard and so well that it was impossible to predict what he would find.
Long and interrupted interviews practically disappeared from the networks. My partner Rosa Palo would interrupt me at this point to make it clear that in the ‘Deluxe’ they continue to practice, with depth and calmness on some occasions and when the guest (Lola Herrera, Concha Velasco…) allows. Let’s save that exception. Bertín has reinvented the genre (I don’t know if it’s better) by inviting celebrities to his home and chatting with them in a good mood. Joaquín has followed that trail.
He plays ignorantly to deal with some issues. Bertín already practiced that, but this one goes one step further. The result is that the conversation is greatly simplified, is full of platitudes and nothing is finished. It happened to Bertín that as soon as he stepped on a puddle he quickly came out, and Joaquín also seems not to be sharp at all. Where’s a good joke that takes away from cross-examination. However, the public likes it. For example, there is Joaquín (and followers) for a while.
Source: La Verdad
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