Forever Sal, a pagan miracle
Her triumph at Sanremo is divisive and controversial. But it sparks celebration and enthusiasm among those who prefer laughter to controversy.
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If you have a mobile phone, which in this day and age is called a smartphone, you've been inundated with reels, videos, memes, and profane images of Sal da Vinci and his music. It's impossible it hasn't happened. The impact of this part of Italy that celebrates, smiles, revels, and makes this 56-year-old man, born Michael Sorrentino, soar, elicits a variety of reactions from people.
It divides, sparks discussion, ranging from horror, insults (oh, Cazzullo, what a blow) and the fear of being infected, to the party, the choreography, the smiling singing of a song that, oh my goodness, sounds like it was written in 1890, but who cares? Yesterday he said, "I like people to smile," and perhaps, with this bit of folk wisdom, he's done with it.
In a couple of weeks, all this will be over, but seeing nursing homes revive and parishes grasp the mystical part of the text is a miracle. Pagan, but a miracle nonetheless, dear Sal.
