Jacopo Fo (born 31 March 1955) is an Italian writer-actor and
director. He is the son of playwrights Franca Rame and Dario Fo.His
1992 book Lo Zen e l'arte di scopare (Zen and the Art of Fucking) sold
more than 70,000 copies. It formed the basis of the 1994 monologue
Sesso? Grazie, tanto per gradire! (Sex? Thanks, Don't Mind If I Do!),
which Jacopo Fo worked on with his father and mother, featuring
educational pieces on topics such as AIDS, contraception, sex
education and sexual repression. The government of Silvio Berlusconi,
recently risen to power, banned Italians under the age of 18 from
seeing it over fears, it said, that the play could "cause offence to
the common decency which requires respect for spheres of decency, and
provoke distress among adolescent spectators, with possible effects on
their behaviour in relation to sex", thus defeating the original
purpose of the performance. Much free publicity ensued, with the
censorship issue being debated in the national parliament, teachers
calling for it to be performed, and audiences and both Italian and
foreign intellectuals signing a petition calling for the ban to be
overturned.Jacopo Fo has in more recent times been prominent in the
political campaign of Beppe Grillo.
director. He is the son of playwrights Franca Rame and Dario Fo.His
1992 book Lo Zen e l'arte di scopare (Zen and the Art of Fucking) sold
more than 70,000 copies. It formed the basis of the 1994 monologue
Sesso? Grazie, tanto per gradire! (Sex? Thanks, Don't Mind If I Do!),
which Jacopo Fo worked on with his father and mother, featuring
educational pieces on topics such as AIDS, contraception, sex
education and sexual repression. The government of Silvio Berlusconi,
recently risen to power, banned Italians under the age of 18 from
seeing it over fears, it said, that the play could "cause offence to
the common decency which requires respect for spheres of decency, and
provoke distress among adolescent spectators, with possible effects on
their behaviour in relation to sex", thus defeating the original
purpose of the performance. Much free publicity ensued, with the
censorship issue being debated in the national parliament, teachers
calling for it to be performed, and audiences and both Italian and
foreign intellectuals signing a petition calling for the ban to be
overturned.Jacopo Fo has in more recent times been prominent in the
political campaign of Beppe Grillo.
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