Alberto Gonçalves analyses the apparent contradiction between several comedians and artists who refused to participate in a festival with Jerry Seinfeld, but who attended the PCP festival, known as the Avante! Festival. The commentator highlights this inconsistency in the choices of these professionals regarding the events they choose or refuse to participate in.
The article refers to a recent incident involving Jerry Seinfeld, who was criticized for organizing a comedy festival with certain comedians whose jokes and positions were considered controversial. This controversy led some artists to refuse to participate in this event.
In parallel, the Avante! Festival is described as an event that celebrates real genocides since 1931, the time of its first edition. This reference appears to point to the historical connection of the PCP to Stalinism and events such as the Holodomor in Ukraine, which occurred in the early 1930s.
Gonçalves uses this comparison to question the moral consistency of those who criticize Seinfeld but participate in the festival organized by the Portuguese Communist Party, suggesting that the public positions of these artists may not be as coherent as they appear.
