Claudiu Bleonț offends his 11 -year -old daughter on stage, and the public laughs. No “high generation on the phone” deserves to be trampled!
Claudiu Bleonț, on stage with his 11 -year -old daughter. It could have been a moment of tenderness, but it became a lesson about how easy we can hurt those we love. Photo: Facebook
What happened on the Gopo Awards stage should not be overlooked. Claudiu Bleonț insulted his 11-year-old daughter in front of a room that laughed, as if the humiliation of a child would be part of the show. Then he put a tear point of view on Facebook, in which he says he “loves her enormously.” But when love comes with a public contempt, sarcasm and violent words, what does the word “father” mean? And what kind of society are we, if we laugh while a child is put to the wall by his own parent?
He was laughing in the room. He was laughing in waves, with lust, at every reply of Claudiu Bleonț. He was laughing at a gala that should have been a holiday of the Romanian film, not a mockery show on the account of a child. Bleonț's daughter, an 11 -year -old girl, was on stage with him, by hand. It could have been a moment of tenderness. It could have been an opportunity to show the public what it means to be a father in front of a new generation. But it was. It was a symbolic execution.
Your laughter legitimizes abuse
Claudiu Bleonț, invited to talk about director Dan Pița, chose to do “show”. And how does the show start? So: “Eva Maria, my daughter, is for the first time on the stage … She chose her shoes, I did not like it. (Laughter) I said: somehow do not make me shit, say something, shut up. understand nothing.
What was the joke? Did this look like a father's love? Is this the education that child had?
Is this the image of the paternity we applaud? Because yes, he applauded and laughed. Live! And this is not the first time that the complicit laugh is legitimizing abuse. In Romania, they laugh often when parents humiliate their children. When I call them “stupid”, “insignificant”, when they compare them with more “read” or more “increased” generations.
What does this moment show us?
That a father can insult his child on stage, in front of a full room, and not only no one stops him, but he is offered applause. This is, in fact, the problem here! Not just language. Not just public humiliation. But the dangerous idea, deeply rooted in our culture: “It's my child, I do what I want with him.” Well you can't. Not if what you say humiliate it. Not if it makes him lose his dignity. Not if the replies come from a position of superiority, with the clear satisfaction of a parent who is believed to be master.
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