Dieudonne Mbala Mbala ( French Dieudonné M'bala M'bala , known by the stage name Dieudonné ; born February 11, 1966 , Fontenay-o-Roses , -de-Seine , Ile-de-France , France ) - French comedian , actor , political activist. His father was a Cameroonian , and his mother was a Frenchwoman.
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Biography
He achieved initial success with the Jewish comedian Eli Simon beating racial prejudice . Initially, he adhered to leftist views, was active in the campaign against racism, unsuccessfully participated in the elections in Dreux , speaking out against the National Front party as racist. He gained popularity as a comedian in films such as “ Asterix and Obelix: Mission“ Cleopatra ” ” (2002).
However, in the future, according to critics, Dieudonne “crossed the line”, became close with his former opponents from the National Front and was repeatedly accused of anti-Semitism . On January 9, 2014, his show was banned by the French State Council . The authorities' persecution of Mbala Mbala increases its popularity among the target audience, part of French society, who believe that the French elite deceived them [4] .
On January 12, 2015, after the march against terrorism on the eve of the January 7, 2015 attack on the Charlie Hebdo’s editorial office, Dieudonne on his Twitter compared the procession with the “big bang” and the coronation of Vercingetorig , and also said that he felt “ Charlie Coulibaly ” . The record immediately provoked public condemnation, the prosecutor's office of Paris launched an investigation on the same day [5] , so Dieudonne posted an explanation.
During the march, which was attended by 1.5 million people, all its participants became aware of themselves as “Charlie” and felt unity. But when he returned, he acutely felt lonely and haunted. He remembered that he was subjected to checks, poisoned in the media and called "enemy number one." It turns out, wrote Dieudonne, that he was not treated like Charlie , although he also suffered for freedom of speech. Rather, he is being persecuted and harassed as a terrorist of Coulibaly , Libération writes. [6]
However, on the morning of January 14, Dieudonne was arrested by gendarmes on charges of apologizing for terrorism [7] [8] .
On July 5, 2019, he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment (of which the year was suspended) and a fine of 200 thousand euros for tax evasion, money laundering and abuse of social benefits. The Paris Correctional Court sentenced her friend Dieudonna Noémie Montagne as manager of their joint company Productions de la Plume to 18 months in prison for probation of tax evasion and abuse of employee benefits [9] .
Election Participation
Dieudonne repeatedly stood for election at various levels, but never succeeded. In 1997, he fought for a seat in the National Assembly from the 2nd district of the department of Ayr et Loire (city of Dreux ), where he was opposed by the candidate of the National Front, , and in the 2012 election he represented the . He went to the 2004 European elections with the support of the Association , and in 2009 - according to the anti-Zionist list , which was supported by 1.3% of voters in the Ile-de-France region [10] [11] .
Interesting Facts
- Dieudonne Mbala Mbala is the author of the comic anti-Zionist greeting “ knel ”.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 130057509 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ filmportal.de - 2005.
- ↑ BD Gest '
- ↑ Alissa J. Rubin. For Hateful Comic in France, Muzzle Becomes a Megaphone . The New York Times , March 11, 2014.
- ↑ “Io sono Charlie Coulibaly”: il comico Dieudonné indagato per apologia di terrorismo (Italian) . la Stampa (12 gennaio 2015). Date of treatment January 13, 2015.
- ↑ In France, comedian Mbala Mbala was joked about the slogan “I am Charlie” and opposed Euro-racism // CenterAsia, 01:03 p.m 15.01.2015
- ↑ Alberto Mattioli. Charlie Hebdo, il comico francese Dieudonné arrestato con l'accusa di apologia di terrorismo (Italian) . la Stampa (14 gennaio 2015). Date of treatment January 14, 2015.
- ↑ Alexander Stille. Why French Law Treats Dieudonné and Charlie Hebdo Differently . // New Yorker , January 15, 2015. (eng.)
- ↑ Thomas Liabot. Dieudonné condamné à deux ans de prison ferme pour fraude fiscale, abus de biens sociaux et blanchiment (French) . Le Journal du Dimanche (5 juillet 2019). Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- ↑ Johana Sabroux. Dieudonné candidat aux législatives à Dreux pour le Parti antisioniste (fr.) . Huffington Post (10 mars 2016). Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
- ↑ Dieudonné probable candidat en Ile-de-France (French) . Le Parisien (18 mars 2009). Date of treatment July 6, 2019.
Links
- French anti-Semitic comedian again banned from speaking
- Martin Patriquin. Comic Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala and the outlawed 'quenelle' . macleans.ca, January 10, 2014. (English)
- I joked about the Jews. Why the French comedian fell into disgrace