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CERTIFIED INCORRECT. Whether in the cinema, on the radio or with his aphorisms, the author of “Chinese in Paris” has always wanted to go beyond the limits.
By Florent Barraco
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Dn the great ceremonies, there is always a reward of honour. An artist rewarded for all of his work. And, in the field of political incorrectness, the palm – or the gold certificate – is attributed to… Jean Yanne. On television, on the radio, in the cinema and in song, the member of the Big heads will have constantly pushed back the limits of what should not be said.
His biting irony and his innate sense of provocation drive him to go very far. First in song. Jean Yanne multiplies the titles “olé olé” – it is not a question of Iberian rhythm. In “Poor White”, he launches: “In the past, the White was happy / In his factory / In the evening when he returned to his two / Kitchen-rooms / He sang / Delmet songs / But the Blacks came / With their y…
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