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Profile of Beppe Grillo
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Giuseppe Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo, (born July 21, 1948 in Savignone di Genova, Genoa, Italy) is an actor who works in theatres, movies, and television.
After receiving his degree as an accountant, Grillo became a comedian by chance, improvising a monologue in an audition. Within two weeks he had been discovered and launched by Italian anchor-man Pippo Baudo, he participated in the variety show Secondo Voi for two years (1977-78). Later in 1979 he participated in Luna Park by Enzo Trapani, and Fantastico.
In the 1980s, his success rose thanks to shows like Te la dò io l'America (1982, 4 episodes) and Te lo dò io il Brasile (1984, six episodes). He narrated his experience linked to the visit to United States and Brazil with anecdotes and witticisms about the culture, lifestyle, and beauty of these places.
His popularity grew bigger and bigger. He was the protagonist of another show developed expecially for him called Grillometro (a pun combining his last name, Grillo, and a suffix used to describe tools to perform measurements). In 1986, he was the protagonist of prize-winning advertisements for a brand of yogurt.
His performances were characterized by increasing satire, expressed more and more directly. In 1987 during the Saturday night show Fantastico 7, he attacked with heavy allusions the Social Party and Bettino Craxi, leader of the party and Prime Minister at that period. Grillo was sent out of public owned television. At the beginning of the 1990s his appearances on television became rare, according to many people this was a silent ostracism by politicians.
He currently performs in theatres.
He acted in three movies:
- 1982 Cercasì Gesù,
- 1985 Scemo di Guerra,
- 1987 Topo Galileo.
In every performance he encourages the use of Wikipedia as the future of knowledge sharing. He has an italian blog site at beppegrillo.it where he writes a topic a day, and many people all over italy send their comments.
On 1 September 2005 he bought a page on the Italian newspaper "la Repubblica" with the contribution of the readers of his blog, asking the resignation of the Bank of Italy's governor Antonio Fazio after the Antonveneta scandal. On October 2005 Time chose him as one of the "European Heroes 2005" for his attacks to corruption and financial scandals.
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