Claude Meunier confides for a rare time on the state of Serge Thériault

Claude Meunier confided for a rare time to Sophie Durocher and Richard Martineau on the state of his friend and lifelong accomplice, Serge Thériault.

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In a new episode of the “Apéro Piquant”, he pointed out to the duo of animators that he had in no way supported the film “Dehors Serge Dehors”, by Pier-Luc Latulippe and Martin Fournier, released in November 2021 and still presented in some rooms.

“Without being false [le documentaire] represented only 5% of the pie. Serge’s case is much more complex than that,” he told Sophie Durocher, who asked him if he missed Serge.

“I miss Serge. I’ve missed him for a long time. We were bored of him, even if we were next to him because Serge was already isolated, in his head and his problems, ”he then added.

“It’s not that I didn’t like it [le film], but it was incomplete. It was pretentious to present it as a portrait of Serge or a portrait of Serge’s state, when it’s much more complicated than that. The big criticism, for me, is the end of the film which is completely false. He went to treatment, but it didn’t last,” said Claude Meunier.

The feature film “Dehors Serge Dehors” gives the floor to the relatives of the actor revealed thanks to the group Paul and Paul. Suffering from depression, the actor has not set foot outside his home for more than six years.

For Claude Meunier, this documentary did not respect the solitude and the vow of silence of his brother and creative partner, Serge Thériault.

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A look back at the “La Petite Vie” controversy

Claude Meunier also returned, during the podcast, to the success of “La Petite Vie” and to the scandal of the famous episode withdrawn, then put back on ICI TOU.TV.

A viewer’s complaint had, in 2020, led the public broadcaster to withdraw an episode of “La Petite Vie” for fear that it would be misunderstood, even insulting for some viewers. Radio-Canada, which retracted, finally opted to broadcast a warning message before playing the cult program.

Rather than jostling or shocking viewers, the controversy would have instead attracted the curious. The program thus accumulates, even today, ratings by hundreds of thousands each week, argued the author and interpreter of the famous Pôpa, Claude Meunier.

The comedian also recalled the time when extreme caricatures of marginalized people, such as saying that a homosexual was “fif” and “moumoune” was laughable, although he understands that this way of speaking is outdated.

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