Gianni Lunadei

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Gianni Lunadei
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Gianni Lunadei (May 1, 1938 – June 17, 1998) was an

Argentine comedy
.

Biography

Lunadei was born in

World War II, however, and his mother emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Gianni arrived in 1950, followed by his father shortly afterward.[1]

He debuted in the

Servant of Two Masters, as well as the title role in Pantaleon, a commedia dell'arte work by Argentine playwright Villanueva Cosse. This latter role won Lunadei the city of Mar del Plata's "Star of the Sea" in 1975 with co-star China Zorrilla.[3] He earned a Molière Award for this role, and won a second one in 1977.[4] He married actress Stella Maris Lanzani, and they had four children.[5]

Lunadei ventured into

tragicomic Plata dulce (Sweet Money, 1982),[6] whose title referred to the economic bubble and collapse caused by José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz's financial deregulation policies of the late 1970s.[7]

Lunadei was cast by comedy writer

programming director (Mesa) with compliments such as "benemérito señor director, le pertenezco" ("I belong to you, my honorable director"), while sabotaging coworkers and dispensing ad hominem attacks such as "infeliz!" ("loser!"/"wretch!") and his trademark interjection: "SHAQ!" (typically with a chopping motion of the hand).[8] The sitcom was a success and ran until New Year's Eve 1987, appealing to audiences of an unusually varied demographic.[9]

Lunadei returned to cinema in a 1987 lampoon of profiteering in the medical industry, La clínica del Doctor Cureta, and in a 1988 film adaptation of cartoonist

Las Puertitas del señor López. Lunadei earned a Konex Award for lifetime achievement in comedy in 1991.[4] He then joined Mesa in a spin-off of Mesa de Noticias, El gordo y el flaco (akin to Laurel and Hardy), which aired from 1991 to 1994,[2]
and appeared in a number of sitcoms in subsequent years.

However, Lunadei's often manic on-screen persona belied his struggle with

film-noir El inquietante caso de José Blum (The Troubling Case of José Blum).[2] Alone in Perla Caron's home, he shot himself with a .32 caliber pistol on June 17, 1998.[1] Lunadei was interred in the Actors' Pantheon at La Chacarita Cemetery.[5]

The respected stage, television and film actor was renowned in the local entertainment industry for his improvisational skills.[1][8] A production company operated by Juan Carlos Mesa and others announced that a remake of Mesa de noticias was being considered;[10] Mesa himself expressed that "bringing back a hit such as that inevitably leads to criticism that it's somehow not the same, and it wouldn't be the same: Gianni is no longer here".[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Se suicidó Gianni Lunadei". Clarín.
  2. ^
    IMDb
  3. ^ "Premio Estrella de Mar". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06.
  4. ^ a b "Gianni Lunadei". Fundación Kónex.
  5. ^ a b "El último adiós a Gianni Lunadei". La Nación.
  6. ^ "Gianni Lunadei". Cine Nacional.
  7. ^ "El derrumbe de salarios y la plata dulce". Clarín. Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  8. ^ a b c "Rescate Emotivo: Mesa de Noticias". YouTube.
  9. ^ "Hombres (y mujeres) de la radio: Juan Carlos Mesa". Gustavo Masutti Llach. 20 July 2001.
  10. ^ "¿Vuelve Mesa de noticias?". television.com.ar.

External links

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