In Madrid you may not meet your ex, but it is possible to make fun of him. Valeria Ros will demonstrate it soon, on November 11, together with Miguel Campos within the framework of the first season of The Comedy Room By Domino’sa comedy series in Madrid that also features names such as Ignatius Farray, Vanesa Valero, Álvaro Carmona, or Asaari Bibang, among others.
The Basque comedian, 38, celebrates the formats stand up of this type, which represent a breath of fresh air, just as it is The Revolt for RTVE. “I think television wins the more varied everything is,” says the collaborator on David Broncano’s program.
The comedian, who actually wanted to be an actress, certainly does not leave viewers indifferent and just take a look at her social networks to see messages that have a ferocious tone. Faced with this, he tries not to read criticism of his work if it is not constructive and has reached a point where his mantra is “don’t read anything, work, do it as best as possible and move on.”
What can you tell about your show at La Sala Comedia By Domino’s? What awaits those who come to see you?
This is something new, it is a performance that I am going to do with Miguel Campos. I have known him for many years, we started together in comedy and when we have done something together we have worked very well telling love stories. Is called Battery of ex-boyfriends: basically it’s like a format stand up with things related to it, how we get along with our exes, and then we are going to have a battle. Miguel will propose about five types of real exes that he has and I have my five and we will tell anecdotes about each one. There will be impro and there will be interaction with the public, we will see with applause who you should return with or not. That is a little what we are going to do in WiZink.
Do you think more initiatives like this are needed?
Of course yes, everything that involves creating a new format with a partner amuses me. I think that all the originality and creativity that we put into the stand upnow that it has become a bit fashionable, we must take advantage of the momentum.
Is there a comedian with whom you dream of sharing a similar experience?
The truth is that I would tell you that I am so used to doing this type of format that I would have fun doing it with anyone. It’s quite interesting, at the end there is a point where you work on your side, but then you unite it with that person and it grows. In it stand upwe are so used to the solitary monologue, to the loneliness of comedy, when you suddenly get together with a partner it is a delight to work.
“In it stand upwe are so used to the solitary monologue, when suddenly you get together with a colleague it is a delight to work”
Do you feel more nervous in the living room or on TV? Or no nerves?
Well, much more on TV. In the end, in the room it is a product that I have created, I direct it, I have written it and I take it wherever I want, so it is something very, very personal. The freedom that, at least speaking about myself, I have on stage is adrenaline; There is always some nerves, but you always have that situation that it is your product, that it is yours and you can go anywhere, which in the end on TV or radio you are as a team and you have to limit yourself to a few minutes. ..That’s less fun.
Do you have any superstitions or traditions before going on stage?
Ugh, I had, I had. I took the ribbon of the Virgin of Pilar, which I bought when I went to Zaragoza, to all the casting and then to the stage, but it’s been a long time. I have gone through too many gigs and I lose everything, so I think there are no rituals but because I have no order. I have been leaving them along the way.
Are we in a good moment for women in humor or do we still have to go?
I think it still remains. Yes, I think that of course it is the moment in which I have seen the most female comedians make material freely. Above all, I have seen the change in the women around me, even in myself, but then in the public there are times when it still falters. The public is still not used to hearing a woman speak with total freedom, there is a lot of unconscious prejudice there sometimes. There is a drop of rejection at first for many people; others have evolved and not. But I think we are paving the way.
How do you handle criticism and how do you handle social media? How do you manage it?
The truth is that I don’t get along very well, I try not to read anything. At some point you lose your curiosity, but come on, when there are large audiences or a topic that is prohibitive, which is Twitter, there I, unless it is constructive criticism, what’s the point? In the end we don’t stop being artists, we live off the public and we don’t want insecurity to come from people who aren’t speaking to you from the heart or who you have no idea who they are.
“We don’t want people who are not speaking to you from the heart or who you have no idea who they are to convey insecurity to us.”
For my taste, I think that it is only read when it is constructive and since it is very difficult for something constructive to filter through networks, it is better to see yourself with your own judgment and experience, talk with friends. Criticism, when the program or what you are doing is successful, will be much more abundant… so that at some point you have to read things that hurt you, I am not very in favor of it.
And do you answer, delete messages or let it be and that’s it?
In my professional career I have done absolutely everything. From getting involved and obsessed with a specific account, suddenly there is one and it’s like ‘come on, well, we’re going to do a live show on Instagram, do you want to meet up and tell me?’, like a virtual battle, but super mediocre (laughs) . Where I am at, at least right now, is ‘don’t read anything, work, do your best and move on’.
Did free-to-air TV need a program like this? The Revolt?
Of course it was needed, I think any new format is needed. On open television now for many viewers, probably older, it is new air. Then there will be many people who feel represented by this new format and I think that television wins the more varied everything is. So yes, of course it was needed, it was not an obligation, but I think it has helped.
These days a debate has been opened with Paz Vega’s reflection on the question of ‘more racist or more sexist?’. What do you think, is it necessary to raise it?
When I heard Paz Vega I said ‘she has a point’. It’s true, like many of the people who passed by unconsciously justified themselves by saying ‘I’m not racist because I work with people from other countries’, but in the end we all have something sexist, it’s like ‘yeah, but you also have a mother’. Yes, We may be falling to the point of ‘it’s no longer bad to say that I am a bit like that and with that I’m done with it and I’m not working on it’. There has been a big step which is to at least reflect on the issue and decide what to do. yes you are and say it out loud and then there is another point of ‘okay, from theory to practice, how do we do this?’ I thought Paz’s was a good argument. Everything that gives us food for thought, for one more turn. , it’s positive. Just the fact that Paz has put it on the table and that people think about it is already good.
Valeria Ros, alongside Yolanda Ramos and David Broncano in ‘La Revuelta’.
Is there any question you would ask the guests? Rent or owner?
(Laughs) I’ll leave that to Broncano, because that’s so his. When I have done interviews I also ask totally crazy things, I also like to ask questions that have nothing to do with what they are talking about. In The Revolt I focus on doing my section and enjoying the interview.
Your initial vocation was to be an actress, is it still that? And in that case, do you have a dream project?
That was my idea and comedy has taken away my desire to at least work on something artistic, because what I wanted was to be an actress because in my mind it was the only thing I conceived as something artistic at that time. When I started doing stand-up comedy, the itch went away quite a bit because I was already linked to it and making a living from it. But yes, in fact they do come out castings or I do a cameo, I’m super happy. It’s fiction, it’s another experience and come on, if at some point a movie can be made… My dream is to play a leading role in a movie, of course.
“My dream is to play a leading role in a movie, of course”
A drama or comedy?
I think you can do both, comedy is still a bit of drama. To begin with, a debut film with a mix and then if you want horror, I’ll do whatever (laughs).
To close the interview; What is your favorite pizza and who would you send one to?
Mine is the mushroom one, I think it is the capriciousthe one with ham, cheese and mushrooms. And I would send it to my grandmother, who loves pizza, whenever we are together at some point at night she always says ‘let’s call’. A thousand years ago we always had a pizza for a snack like one day a week.
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