WEBVTT 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:10.014 My name is G.G. (= Giorgio Gaber) 00:00:10.014 --> 00:00:16.061 I was born and I live in Milan. 00:00:16.061 --> 00:00:19.837 I do NOT feel Italian 00:00:19.837 --> 00:00:33.722 But luckily or not, I happen to be one. 00:00:33.722 --> 00:00:37.578 I am sorry Mr. President, It’s not my fault 00:00:37.578 --> 00:00:40.847 But I am not quite sure what this fatherland of ours is about. 00:00:40.847 --> 00:00:44.552 I might be wrong of course and Maybe our country is indeed a good idea 00:00:44.552 --> 00:00:48.283 But I am afraid it will just turn into some sort of bad poem. 00:00:48.283 --> 00:00:50.123 I am sorry Mr President, 00:00:50.123 --> 00:00:55.357 but I just don’t feel the need of a National Anthem and to be honest I am a little ashamed of it. 00:00:55.357 --> 00:00:59.288 As for our soccer players, I don’t feel like judging them 00:00:59.288 --> 00:01:01.920 whenever they fail to sing the anthem… Either they’re simply not familiar with it 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.948 Or they just have some shame… 00:01:05.948 --> 00:01:16.609 I do not feel Italian But luckily or not, I happen to be one. 00:01:16.609 --> 00:01:19.953 I’m sorry Mr. President, if I might now sound disrespectful 00:01:19.953 --> 00:01:24.293 when I state that I do not feel like I belong. 00:01:24.293 --> 00:01:27.991 And with the exception of Garibaldi And of a few glorious heroes, 00:01:27.991 --> 00:01:31.627 I do not see much To be proud of. 00:01:31.627 --> 00:01:34.845 I am sorry Mr President, But I cannot help but recalling the fanaticism 00:01:34.845 --> 00:01:38.379 Of the “blackshirts” during the Fascism. 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:42.196 That same Fascism which once gave birth to our so called democracy. 00:01:42.196 --> 00:01:48.272 And frankly it takes some guts to complement it… 00:01:48.272 --> 00:01:55.897 I do not feel Italian But luckily or not, I happen to be one. 00:01:55.897 --> 00:02:06.542 Our beautiful country is full of poetry and has so many demands 00:02:06.542 --> 00:02:12.182 But after all it’s nothing but the periphery of the Western culture. 00:02:12.182 --> 00:02:15.097 I’m sorry Mr President, But I believe our nation 00:02:15.097 --> 00:02:17.917 which you now represent 00:02:17.917 --> 00:02:20.357 is in pieces. 00:02:20.357 --> 00:02:26.359 In people's eyes it’s so evident that everything is manipulated while nothing actually works. 00:02:26.359 --> 00:02:31.061 Maybe we Italians have too much of an old tradition of being way too passionate 00:02:31.061 --> 00:02:34.014 About discussing over every single thing. 00:02:34.014 --> 00:02:37.764 Even in our Parliament the atmosphere is incandescent 00:02:37.764 --> 00:02:43.812 they fight over everything and nothing ever changes. 00:02:43.812 --> 00:02:54.969 I do not feel Italian But luckily or not, I happen to be one. 00:02:54.969 --> 00:02:58.466 I’m sorry Mr President, but you must agree with me: 00:02:58.466 --> 00:03:01.701 between us we must aknowledge our own limits 00:03:01.701 --> 00:03:05.381 At the end of the day, beyond the defeatism We are who we are 00:03:05.381 --> 00:03:09.249 And we do have a past Which is worth to be remembered . 00:03:09.249 --> 00:03:12.900 I am sorry Mr President, But maybe we Italians 00:03:12.900 --> 00:03:16.754 at the eyes of the other countries represents nothing more but spaghetti and mandolins. 00:03:16.754 --> 00:03:20.733 And here I get pissed and get proud and show in their face 00:03:20.733 --> 00:03:26.555 What Renaissance was all about. 00:03:26.555 --> 00:03:34.357 I do not feel Italian But luckily or unluckily, I happen to be one. 00:03:34.357 --> 00:03:44.290 Our beautiful country might be unwise and confused 00:03:44.290 --> 00:03:48.990 But after all if I were born somewhere else 00:03:48.990 --> 00:03:51.534 Could have been even worse. 00:03:51.534 --> 00:03:54.573 I am sorry Mr President, I already said too much, but I believe 00:03:54.573 --> 00:03:57.638 There is one last important point to add: 00:03:57.638 --> 00:04:01.272 Compared to other countries We do not believe in ourselves 00:04:01.272 --> 00:04:05.575 maybe that's just because we realized That the world is nothing but a small theatre. 00:04:05.575 --> 00:04:07.774 I am sorry Mr President, 00:04:07.774 --> 00:04:12.004 I know you’re not happy when you hear people calling out "Italy, Italy" only at soccer games. 00:04:12.004 --> 00:04:15.804 But both for not dying Or just for fun 00:04:15.804 --> 00:04:21.891 We did create the European Union Now it's time to finally create... Italy. 00:04:21.891 --> 00:04:36.831 I do not feel Italian But luckily or not, I happen to be one. 00:04:36.831 --> 00:04:40.831 ...Luckily I am.