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Castaway
1 appearance
French singer who emerged from the post-war existentialist scene and was launched by Jean-Paul Sartre.
On the island
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:35What happened to you?
Well, I was on my own. Then I went to jail. I went to jail because they picked me.
Presenter asks
2:22Wasn't it at Le Taboo that you first sang?
No, no, I started singing much later than you think. I started singing in nineteen fifty one.
Presenter asks
3:32You made a great success in those little existentialist cellar clubs in Saint-Germain des Pruix, but you wouldn't earn very much money there, I believe.
No, I did not. But I didn't know what money was, and I still don't know. I'm earning a lot of money now, but I don't know what it means, really. I just know it makes life easier for me and for the people I like, or I love, that's all.
Presenter asks
4:54Miss Greco, of all forms of entertainment, cabaret must be one of the most demanding.
That's the most difficult thing. You know, it's strangely enough very easy to do. On my own two hours' show in a theatre. Very easy. Because it's like a rendezvous with somebody you want to have in your heart, you know? And when you have only half an hour to make a conquest, it's very little time, very little time. It's too short, it goes too fast. You cannot show them what you are.
“The taboo. It was a very humid place, but full of wonderful people. We had the feeling, you know, it wasn't mushrooms blooming there, it was flowers. We had a very good time.”
“And I've been spoiled because I've been with people everybody is dreaming of, you know. Jean-Paul Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Albert Camus.”
“I didn't know what money was, and I still don't know. I'm earning a lot of money now, but I don't know what it means, really.”
“It's like a rendezvous with somebody you want to have in your heart, you know? And when you have only half an hour to make a conquest, it's very little time.”