By: Azad Karimi
Mexico, for example, has not a real theater culture, therefore its becoming harder for experimental theater productions to sell tickets for presentations and therefore harder for the actors to earn decent payments.
Interview
Mixican Theater Actor Carlos Komukai
By Azad Karimi
* The action is done! So we can’t come back and you should do what I want!*
This short sentence is base on political strategy in Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and Syria, and other countries that can’t sit quietly.
These countries secretly plan their strategies and start implementing their plans when they have the opportunity.
It is useful to talk about the "fit opportunity" in their views and general political issues.
The tools and ways to use this concept are:
Bullying, invasion of privacy, violence, interference in the affairs of others, incitement to war, sedition, norm-breaking, money laundering, evasion of responsibility, practical action for assassination, theft, extortion, and kidnapping.
I read this news on the BBC and I will reflect here before it becomes obsolete.
The United States is imposing sanctions on Turkey over Russian weapons because The US had already kicked Turkey out of its F-35 fighter jet program over the purchase of the Russian-made missile system. "Turkey nevertheless decided to move ahead with the procurement and testing of the S-400, despite the availability of alternative, Nato-interoperable systems to meet its defense requirements," he continued, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
Ankara argues that the Russian system was purchased after the US refused to sell US-made Patriot missiles. Turkish officials point to the fact that Greece - another Nato ally - has their own S-300, although that was not purchased directly from Russia.
Turkey's foreign ministry urged the US "to reconsider this unfair decision as announced today", adding that Turkey "stands ready to address this issue through dialogue and diplomacy in conformity with the spirit of the alliance".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55311099
We hear the same words from the leaders of Iran, Ali Khamenei, Hassan Rouhani, and Javad Zarif when asking them about the prohibition of Iran's nuclear activities.
These countries describe the Middle East by the ugliest form of human relations. The atomic bomb and the advanced missile system are used in international wars, not for internal repression, so the two countries, with their melancholy and crazy leaders, will destroy the region.
Of course, all these games end with the destruction of these types of historical dictators and warlords.
But more inferior, dictators are incapable of confronting the great powers, but they are very evil and oppressive to defenseless people.
Erdogan recently justified the occupation of Kurdistan-Syria by claiming that: our soldiers wherever their blood was shed , would become Turk land.
Five hundred kilometers and more beyond Sarekani in Kurdistan-Syria to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is still Kurdistan!
What he says?!
President Erdogan builds a complex set of irregularities. Due to the fact that a complex set also has a rhythm, but disorder or perturbation, whether composed of one factor or several, does not form a rhythm, So, necessarily and compulsorily, the cause of the disorder will be removed. This is a historical compulsion and is in accordance with the law of cause and effect. Therefore, the political games of people like Erdogan, Ali Khamenei, Rouhani, and the like are obvious to everyone, and they should retire and rest in a nursing home. They should not be taken to court like Egyptian Morsi in cages.
I am usually a positive person, so I think my suggestion is reasonable, otherwise for a man over 75 or 80, prestige and respect, are more important than ruling on people by dictatorship methods.
But as I said before, greed for wealth leads to greed for getting power. And to maintain power, force must be used. This is the law of the Middle East. It seems that the seats of power in the Middle East have a kind of glue that sticks to dictators or vice versa, dictators cling to it!
How do they live? Thirty, forty, fifty years in a wall of mental and social closure without having an emotional relationship with others, without enjoying the beauties of nature, without having comfortable and carefree sex, without listening to beautiful music, without swimming freely in the river and sea, or sleeping without a bodyguard in front of the door...
Honestly, it is not enjoyable for me ... because I love my freedom very much and I have always enjoyed it, even in the most difficult conditions... And I do not think about the future of my power and my family, and also what will happen later!
This means happiness and courage because I do not hide in the shadow of power-seeking, my own isolation and mental obstruction, and my inability to relate to others.
Ok! President Erdogan is very interested in being talked about, and I do not want to fulfill his wish, so please read my interview with Carlos, it is better because the Kurds say: There are a thousand words and only two words of them are useful.
I wish my dear friend Carlos the best in his life, artistic activities, and his projects.
Thank You!
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1- Please present yourself (Name, education, Civil status and...)
.My name is Carlos Komukai. I studied acting and also have studies in financial administration. I’m single.
2-What is your artistic specialize?
.I am a theater actor.
3- When and how did you become interested in this field of art?
.I was about to end highschool and a friend of mine invited me to the cinema. I had just a few months living in Mexico City and have never been in the CinetecaNacional, which is a place of art cinema. Once I arrived to that place I was really surprised for the types of movies they offered. Most of them were movies from all around the world but USA. Because at that time 95% of the movies offered in commercial cinemas in the whole country were from USA.
So I became extremely fan of art cinema and I spent every weekend watching movies and helplessly felt in love with the actors work. I was completely seduced by the idea that they could become another person and even more that they could be able to touch my feelings and persuade my ideas in such a powerful way.
It took me more than five years to finally decide to become an actor not as a hobby but making it in a professional way. So I auditioned for a four-year diploma in one of the best acting schools in Latin America, which is the University Theater Center of the UNAM. And when I was accepted I had no clue how my entire was about to change.
After a couple of years I realized that the actors work in theaters was so deep and mystical at the same time that I decided to give it a try and been in scenarios since then.
4- Who was your motivator?
.Definitely the movies of Pedro Almodovar were my number one motivator.
5- What was your parent’s reaction?
.It was very hard and still is. Because, in many cases, to become an actor means a chaotic future. And in a certain way it is. But this is a career of persistence and as soon as you understand the dynamic, the cycles, and all you have to master to become a good actor, life gives you the answers for all those questions that your parents have for you. It is important to mention that although they never accepted my decision they supported me all the way.
6- When started you such as a professional Artist-Theatre Actor?
.I starded a litle late because I was 28 years old when graduated from acting school. And its been 7 years since then.
7- Are you thankful and happy because of your activities as a Theatre actor?
.Thankful and happy all the way. I have had the opportunity to play such interesting characters, dramatic as well as comic plays, with a wide range of emotions and situations that had represented major challenges for me as a professional.
8- How you see the view? About art, culture, Theatre, Stage..?
.First of all it is important to mention that art and culture are not the same. Mexico, for example, has not a real theater culture, therefore its becoming harder for experimental theater productions to sell tickets for presentations and therefore harder for the actors to earn decent payments. That is why most of the time we are working in other areas as production staff or administrative jobs to help our economy. However, Mexico is also awaking to the musical theater taste and more important productions are selling franchises aggressively to push the market that way. A new generation of musical theater actors is being forged rapidly.
In the other hand I think art in general is polarizing. It is becoming more democratic because of the use of technology and all the channels in which art isnowadays delivered to the people. However is also becoming a ground where recognition and trends are growing speculative bubbles and in cases as contemporary art the price of a piece is more important than the piece itself.
In the case of stage,it is integrating multimedia and breaking the barriers of their own essence, the borders for example between theater, dance and perform are vanishing. The plays are written that way, directed that way, conceived that way in general. I think stage in an organic living organism that is evolving constantly and the times we live in supply excellent material for that to happens.
9- Can you become one part of the cultural movement for motivation in youth or new generation in your country and so than?
.This is a tough question because I’m not the kind of artist who is thinking in a cultural movement as a main goal. But for sure I’m an enthusiastic of spreading the seeds of art and culture every where I go and each work I perform. Many times people come and tell me that my work has inspire them to become actors and that feels great for sure.
Unfortunately I am not sure if new generations are more interested in art of culture than before. Technology is a double-edged sword because it gives you access to all the knowledge raised by humanity but also distracts with the outrageous amount of express entertainment which is mostly consumed by young people.
10- How can you help our world become a better place to live?
.Being freely myself and working hard to become the best I can in my art.
11- Have you more word to say or suggest for our readers?
.Yes. Arts and culture may sound as complex terms. However their real meaning lives within each of us. Life is full of them because is made from it. So do not hesitate tolive the experience of any artistic expression because it will reveal a part of your life that you might be missing until now.
Photo: Pablo Federico
