Cuban comedian Ulysses Torak He complained on social media that he was banned from participating in a Saturday comedy club at the Café Teatro Bertolt Brecht in Havana.
“Again, the long arm of the law. I was coordinating a performance at the comedy club Saturdays at Cafe del Bertolt Brecht, at the invitation of the guys who were making it. I couldn't 'accidentally' work there either. .”, pointed out In a Facebook post, the comedian pointed out that similar incidents have happened to him on several occasions already.
“I don't know why I get the feeling that the list I'm on is getting darker. Anyway. siege, but in 30 hands,” he concluded.
In the comments section, the comedian received massive support from his supporters, who criticized the government's stance of increasingly tightening the censorship blockade on artistic creation, a policy that has characterized the regime for decades.
“Only once a few months ago I was told openly that I would not be able to appear in one action. In another project for a drama show I was asked to be removed from the cast. This is the fourth time I have tried to work somewhere in the state. I have not been able to do so. Green with the hint…”, the humorist replied about the precedents for this denial.
When writer Ramon Fernandez questioned Laria about their excuse, the comedian replied that they don't show their faces.
“Okra. Counterfluff fluff. They don't show their faces. Everything in the third or fourth person. And they have less of a c…head. It's all very revolutionary. You have experience.”He replied.
“Ulysses, this is very painful and very ugly, and it makes me ashamed. I have nothing to do with it. I am concerned about your work, your existence and existence, because you have to work to live, and so do the public. They do not see you staying in the same difficulty with your loved ones, Others left,” said Raul de la Rosa, the musical's renowned artistic director.
“Of course they come back and all of a sudden you see them working as if nothing happened. There are highly publicized examples of this. Nothing, we're wrong,” De La Rosa said, referring indirectly to other comedians entering and exiting the country. Occasional and no problem.
Numerous admirers of Ulises Toirac suggested that he should not try again for government positions and that he should work in private organizations.Other comedians like Otto Ortiz, Ricoberto Ferreira or Osvaldo Tomimedios do from time to time.
There were those who openly suggested that he leave the country, that he should go to the United States, where the list of Cuban comedians has grown in recent years, where the majority have been able to insert themselves and work as comedians.
“Get a parole. We will gladly welcome you here among the many members of the union who have already freed themselves from the yoke,” suggested one follower.
In recent years, Ulysses Torak has used his talent on several occasions: comedy, Take to social media to voice your opinion on countless wrong policies of the government or about A harsh reality of daily life for country dwellersJudging by the closing of the resulting doors, that may not have gone over well at the highest levels.