Marc Giró rides on La Sexta

Riding a majestic white horse. Marc Giró appears this way in the opening credits of his new La Sexta program. And this is how he also entered the studio to start the show. Like a conqueror or a knight. A contemporary Sant Jordi to fight the dragons of our time: fascism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and whatever else is needed, but always with a sense of spectacle. Giró recalled that everyone had insisted he not change when he moved to work for the private channel. Even Pedro Sánchez. Therefore, the start of the program was focused on demonstrating that he had not softened his combative and sharp spirit. So much so that he perhaps prolonged the opening monologue too much so as not to seem like he was backing down. But, sometimes, less is more. The speech, luckily, culminated in a cabaret number. To the tune of No cambié by Tamara, Giró sang, danced, an orchestra appeared, a whole choir and a dance troupe that lifted him as if he were a starlet of yesteryear. Even Leonardo Dantés made a fleeting appearance to give a more delirious air to the opening party. All of this, a kind of pocket Berghain with the clear touch of Santi Villas, co-director of the program.Beyond changing the color of the curtains, now the channel's corporate green, Cara al show maintains the characteristics and essence of the public television Late show. The big difference is the cruel commercial breaks of the private channel, which abruptly interrupt the content and bombard us with ads five at a time. With a program that starts so late, these breaks are killer. Of course, when they mentioned the Thermomix, they pixelated the robot's photo and covered the word with a whistle, lest the ad not go through the proper channels. Censorship, sometimes, comes in the most unusual ways. The program also hinted at an improved budget: between the horse, the string orchestra, the dancers, the choir, and the opera singer, the premiere's extravagance was noticeable. Giró made Estopa the godparents of the program. The Muñoz brothers always work due to their spontaneity and charm. Next, we once again endured another promotional dose of the omnipresent Jordi Évole's endeavors. It's those exchanges of "I interview you and you interview me" to feed the business. The journalist was accompanied by actor Eduardo Casanova to announce the documentary Sidosa, which combats the stigma of HIV. The performer stated during the interview that one in one hundred people in Spain was infected with the virus. But the data was incorrect. The prevalence in Spain is 0.3% and not 1%, as he claimed. No one corrected him. The problem is that this is the second time Eduardo Casanova has given erroneous information about HIV on a television program. With this capacity for dissemination, with every wash we lose a sheet.