They arrive on stage in garish wigs, fake furs and sequined shoes. The gait is staggering. The lipstick overflows outrageously. “All ugly”, they sing. But it’s not a song, more of a manifesto. They evoke “the old ones”, “the unfuckable ones”, “the hysterical ones”, “the dépentesques”… They make the audience repeat a list of synonyms: (“choune, mussel, cat, bush, bush…”): “It’s the hymn to the vulva. »
“People like it or not, I don’t care. Does it speak to you, does it upset you? What interests me is: what causes it? Corinne Masiero
At the Hangar, in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne), this Saturday evening in January, actress Corinne Masiero is at the microphone. His voice carries that of the invisible and their anger, as well as that of “incestuous” since she herself publicly revealed the incest she suffered, in a documentary broadcast in September 2022 on France 3 (Incest, say it and hear it, by Andrea Rawlins-Gaston). She is accompanied by two singers, the twins Audrey and Stéphanie Chamot. The foutraque and punk trio is called “Les Vaginites”.
The three women are almost naked. They have dropped their synthetic animal skins. They each wear a slogan t-shirt (“Rage against ze machists”, “I won’t suck you with your eyes open”, “deliver us from the males”) and panties stained with blood. The music takes off, but certain phrases stick in place. “In forty-eight hours, a woman will die. » Or “My godfather, he makes me eat his zizi” – swung in a high-pitched girlish voice. Here it is also a question of “crime of passion”, pension reform, Darmanin and dismissal. Bruises, belt blows, saucepans, bottles…
A trap
A beer in hand, spectators accustomed to rock halls do not expect that. “Have a drink, it’s my turn!” », launches Corinne Masiero, as a rhyme diverter. The concert is almost like a heist. An ambush, to talk about violence. The last piece is called Shut up. But it’s about opening it up. Plea addressed to the mother, the sister, the girlfriend, the neighbour, the colleague, the spectator, to knock out the silence which is crumbling and conspiratorial. First timid, then resolute, fists go up in the audience. Les Vaginites will have other dates in the coming weeks: in Lille, Saint-Germain-Lembron (Puy-de-Dôme), Concarneau (Finistère), Chaumussay (Indre-et-Loire)…
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