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He revealed his id 4 years in the past. “Before I had to unfold myself and now every time I look a little more like myself.” Until then and since 2016 he had been Malacara, a digital character who made Harry Potter converse “in Andalusian” and made probably the most hilarious and correct memes on the Internet. Now, due to the relevance that his creativity achieved, he works doing the communication of a giant firm whose title he can not reveal. In October, Lucas Melcón (Puerto Real, 35 years outdated) was on the quilt of the journal The Sevillaner (a Seville model of the New York basic illustrated by Andalusian skills) as a result of he has develop into a postmodern consultant of a tradition, the southern one normally and that of his metropolis particularly, which he and lots of others of his technology have transformed into pure modernity. Today, in his neighborhood in Seville, the women cease him to ask him if he’s a influencer and inform him to run for mayor. “They tell you this as a joke, although you always have the doubt: ‘Will I do it better?’”

Ask. But have you ever ever been within the navy?

Answer. I’ve labored as a artistic in politics. And properly, I’ve finished it each in Andalusia and in particular normal election campaigns. It has not at all times been with the identical get together.

P. With which get together did it value you probably the most?

R. I’m not going to say that, though it’s the similar as working for an organization, the place a lot of it’s a must to defend or write issues that you already know you do not agree with a hundred percent. And sure, that generally made me offended, writing issues that I did not really feel or suppose and that I additionally knew weren’t true. Well, that is a part of the career.

P. But corporations usually are not imagined to attempt to change individuals’s opinions to affect public affairs.

R. There are corporations which will have one thing similar to an editorial line.

P. Which jogs my memory that he labored at Telefónica. Now that’s freelance, Do you are feeling resentment in direction of the tradition of huge firms?

R. I haven’t got any resentment in direction of anybody or something, besides maybe in a single episode of a job that was very poorly paid they usually saved me there for lots of hours, and that was after I made the choice that I did not wish to reside in Madrid anymore.

P. In that manner?

R. I lived in Seville, I completed my diploma and did a grasp’s diploma, I did one other grasp’s diploma, I did one other grasp’s diploma. I used to be pushing ahead ungulate to the ball in order to not face the world of labor that terrified me as a result of there have been no or only a few alternatives for what was mine. Then I went to Madrid. I used to be working on the CSIC, in science, and I realized loads from my colleagues, who have been excellent. But when the cash ran out, the happiness ran out. And Madrid is a metropolis that with out cash can move you by like a rollercoaster for all of the artwork.

P. And now higher?

R. I’ve prioritized. Well, perhaps I’ll earn rather less, however reside the place I like, in Seville. My leisure is reasonable and the locations I transfer round are low cost. I don’t reside with austerity, however I do reside with tranquility.

P. Do you suppose there may be snobbery with skills that take off due to social networks?

R. You speak about a sense that I personally could have had. Now what I do has a particular title, they name it “content creator” however no more than two years in the past I used to be a “tweeter” and I did not prefer it, I used to be ashamed. There is a stature to a artistic director or a screenwriter {that a} tweeter doesn’t have. And perhaps I do issues on networks which can be really scripts with loads of creativity. In addition to that of tuitstar It’s such a 2008 factor, so outdated. It’s so far-off…

P. Would you be ashamed to confess that a number of the finest occasions of your life have been spent on Twitter?

R. Not in any respect, as a result of let’s examine, I’ve had a good time on the networks. I’ve additionally stated to myself: “Holy shit, what a pain.” Especially whenever you begin to develop into skilled. I like that half much less now, the half about obligation.

P. What is the social community that annoys you probably the most?

R. Linkedin. It is a cretin’s paradise. There individuals solely speak to say how properly issues are going for them, nobody has any doubts about something.

P. Was it troublesome to resolve whether or not to remain at X when Elon Musk arrived?

R. No. We can not consistently abandon the areas that the dangerous guys earn with their cash, as a result of they are going to at all times have the cash. And these areas have their dangerous issues but in addition good. Leaving appears to me to result in a technique of bunkerization. And in the long run, each time I say one thing there, it reaches many individuals.

P. He thinks much less and fewer about politics. However, the opposite day he stated that “What a coincidence that the enemy always has oil.” How have you learnt when it’s a must to take an ethical stand on one thing?

R. I take a stand after I suppose I’m actually proper.

P. If I ask you to inform me one thing about him blackface by Juanma Moreno?

R. It simply makes me very lazy. What do I do know, I do not perceive it. If black individuals say that’s racist, then it is going to be racist. And if they’ve already stated it, not as soon as, however 75 million occasions, then perhaps the president mustn’t do it. But hey, I put it about Venezuela and after some time I regretted it. Because I say: why do I’ve to touch upon this? Why can we all need to have an opinion on all the pieces? Every time Ayuso opens her mouth, 75 million persons are asking me to present my opinion. ¡Dont feed the troll! I merely desire vacancy. There is a sure well being advisor to whom I’ve not devoted incredible memes consuming croquettes for a 12 months as a result of I thought-about that after the barbarity of the Board’s screenings it was one of the best factor. I do not give it any extra. That is a weapon that I can play with, whether or not or to not hit the ball.

P. You are a part of that present motion that calls for writing Andalusian because it sounds. Do you think about your self nationalist?

R. I don’t think about myself a nationalist, however it’s true that right here those that have recognized find out how to flip the tables are those that have nationalist events that take care of their pursuits. You go to Bilbao: what number of highways are there? If right here to construct a horrible bridge, which all environmentalist associations are towards as a result of it’s in the beginning of Doñana, it has taken 15 years. And I’m not an independentist, my father is from Bilbao and his household has lived via the ravages of nationalism in Euskadi and likewise it was not a household that didn’t have precisely eight surnames.

P. If you arrange your get together, would you be Andalusian?

R. Of course, as a result of it’s the solely technique to defend the pursuits of the favored lessons of my land. And the remainder of them do, they’ve already been doing it for 40 years, no matter they need.

P. You usually are not from Seville though you’re keen on your metropolis madly. If I needed to dismantle the stereotype of bushy, what would you say to me?

R. You could be stunned by the variety of individuals from the left and the center hippie who goes to the brotherhoods to see Holy Week. Seville is a really multifaceted metropolis. Being so conventional, it is usually able to housing realities and characters that coexist with a sure concord in a neighborhood that maybe wouldn’t be doable elsewhere or there could be friction that might maybe unleash better violence. That archetype you might be referring to, which I perceive is with a fachaleco, some sideburns, some boat footwear, some pants at all times in inexperienced tones and colour camel. You’d be stunned how some individuals who gown like that character, do not really suppose like what you’ll initially attribute to them.

P. And when Holy Week arrives, do you are feeling extra devotion or dangerous feeling?

R. I really feel extra devotion as a result of though clearly the Christian depth of Holy Week is simple, I see different issues as properly. You see the faces and they’re faces you could additionally see in Cyprus or within the north of Morocco. They are faces you could see in Italy, they’re Mediterranean faces that, properly, sure, right here they collect round a Christ, however I see the emotion of a Mediterranean people who has many issues in frequent, many greater than is believed.

P. I’ve learn that for this 12 months you’ll have needed one million euros. So that?

R. To purchase a home in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, close to a vineyard in Manzanilla, and that is what I’d do. I lived close to the mouth of the Guadalquiví.