“Golden and Green Glitter” is heard in the movie “The Summer of Carmen” and is a cover of the lyrics of the song “Golden and Green Leaf”, by Mikis Theodorakis and Leonidas Maleni, which was performed by Stavros Tsade.
Along with him, on the summer terrace of Georgia and Fotini Iliadou one evening in June, Nefeli Fasouli, Apostolos Kitsos, Michalis and Pantelis Kalogerakis, and Gogo Delogianni sing while Tseni Melahroinou and Gregory Oikonomou also appear.
“Green and Gold Glitter” floats through the city and dreams of a land of acceptance and love, while the original song, “Green and Gold Leaf” by Mikis Theodorakis, referred to Cyprus.
“Golden-green glitter floats through the city, gets into nostrils and causes high or allergy”
“Golden Green Glitter” is a song of inclusion and acceptance / Photo: YouTube
Against imaginary threats
“Dedicated to everything you can imagine. In the joy of everything that is, that manifests and lives freely in a land that accommodates us without exception.
»Golden-green glitter floats through the city, gets into nostrils and causes elevation or allergy. After all, an allergic reaction is defined as the pathological condition in which the body reacts hostilely to harmless environmental substances, against imaginary threats; it shows similarities with other paranoid behaviors such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, etc. “, says the song’s description.
(*The allergy analogy is inspired by Theanos Metaxas’ play “DeadLines”).
Listen to the song
Read the lyrics:
Land of the po@tania of the po@stia
Land of visible embrace
Land of the lesbian’s k@yla
Of acceptance and love
Gold-green glitter fascists in your face
Land of boys with boobs
Land of girls with bellies
Land of solo masturbation
Transgender and asexual beings
Gold-green glitter fascists in your face
Land of rainbow capitalism
Land of sterile entitlement
Land of the muga of complicity
The pinkwashing of hypocrisy
Gold-green glitter fascists in your face
Some disagreed
Of course, as expected, there were those who were annoyed by the love the social media world showed for the song. Some said we don’t mind the old, classic songs, others talked about sophistication and entitlement, others just wanted to fight for the sake of fighting.
Either way, “Green Glitter” landed on our screens and in our minds in the middle of summer and that’s (for) a good thing.
