The Return of Mirtha Legrand: A Masterful Night of Interviews and Controversy

In favor: The usual recipe, improved

Germán Arrascaeta

At the opening of the 2023 edition of her Saturday night tables, in which she had Javier Milei and Fátima Florez as guests, Mirtha Legrand gave ample evidence of television relevance. Because beyond the fact that her producer found the couple that everyone wanted to get, she took advantage of the situation by following her usual recipe: curiosity, instinct, asking what needs to be asked and, if the situation warrants it, “spicing up.” ”.

Although in some sections of his career he exceeded this point and reached the point of being emotionally incorrect (it happened with Ana María Campoy and with Silvana Suárez from Córdoba, for example), with Milei and Florez he handled himself within acceptable limits, without reaching, of course, the solemnity.

Taking into account that this diva faces an hour and a half program at the age of 96, and was affected by a severe voice problem, it would be absurd to observe that she adjusted to her usual recipe, which did not innovate.

On the night of Saturday, October 7, Legrand kept intact his ability to get something more than expected from his interviewees on duty. And not only that: the diva threw another one on her table, that of reading the context and imagining how a sentence of yours can be read a posteriori. If they would celebrate that to any emerging entertainer, why not recognize it to Mirtha in the epilogue of her career?

Javier Milei, Mirtha Legrand and Fátima Florez.

That night, after being empathetic with the lovebirds, she returned her impressions of them with masterful facial gestures and speeches. The most accurate was “You are strange,” which he expressed after they explained what they were referring to when saying 540. That sentence became a lapidary meme not only because it came out of his mouth, but also because of how it came out: merciless tone, certain haughtiness and hardly contemptuous.

It was a masterful handling of time and space that preceded other subtle darts. In case it is necessary to clarify, it goes: celebrating that Mirtha Legrand makes television at the age of 96 with integrity does not mean adhering to her points of view on the socio-political future.

Against: Nothing lasts forever

Juan Manuel Pairone

It is a difficult record to match. He is an example of life and professional vocation. But Mirtha Legrand’s return to television, after 55 years of a career valued in gold and diamonds, is also a clear example of how difficult it is to accept that some things have to end at some point.

Last weekend, with the return of La noche de Mirtha after almost 10 months of absence, that feeling prevailed over any other. Beyond the admirable nature of the case, and the value that the presence of “the lady” has in itself as a nodal figure in the media at 96 years old, the centrality that the host still holds makes it possible to think about whether it was correct or not. the decision to expose it (and expose yourself). Especially in the midst of one of the most complex political contexts the country has ever experienced.

At some point, “the lunch diva” was one of the most incisive interviewers on open television. Even with her tricks and her unfiltered opinions, Legrand was a difficult obstacle to overcome for entertainment and sports figures, public officials, politicians and other guests who came to her table with the latent fear that “Chiqui” would ask something compromising. However, nothing lasts forever.

Since the arrival of the pandemic, the host began a new stage. She, with an always remarkable lucidity and a television profession worthy of study, also had to retreat in the face of Covid and nothing was the same: between isolation and the painful death of her sister, Mirtha partially turned off. And although her return in 2022 was a milestone, this new return finds her ever closer to that retirement that she enjoyed putting off so much.

After the visit of Javier Milei and Fátima Florez, this weekend Legrand will complete the range of main presidential candidates sitting at his table. That luxury and that responsibility towards the public seems somewhat exaggerated for this present of the diva, who stars in a kind of self-tribute in each new program that goes on air. She, meanwhile, embraces the epic that she knew how to build and plants her flag: “I am already a legend, and the legend continues.”

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2023-10-14 20:01:36
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