The Ambassador and his Wife by Mikko Heikinheimo Not thrilling, but nice

 The Ambassador and his Wife by Mikko Heikinheimo


Not thrilling, but nice

 

Mikko Heikinheimo has been an ambassador for Finland and he knows what he talks about when he describes the adventures of a couple that represents its country.

Funny many times and a bit strange at others, the work is interesting.

There is rudeness they have to put up with in Barbaria- or whatever name it is used to indicate a country with bad manners.

At least from a western perspective ir is odd to see people put the knife in their mouth.

Then there are events that involve the president of the country that has sent our heroes, although it seems far fetched to imagine Finland in this position.

The Nordics have a repution for being serious, frugal, hard working, ethical, resilient, a bit boring and excellent public servants...

But the Ambassador is unhappy with the budget with which he has to satisfy the taste for wine of various dignitaries.

There are some voices which had me puzzled.

Inner voices of the ambassador that expressed various anxieties, desires.

Since I was not enraptured, I lost some of the thread of this play- in fact, i did not find it on the net, so I am not sure what the original looks like.

I listened to an adapted version for the Romanian National Radio.

There is a clear satirical message and I tend to think that the author took some of his own recollections and amplified for a litearray effect.

The wife of the ambassador tries to organize a special diner, with care for arrangements:

-          They can sit both in the middle, not two presidents

-          Let us put the foreign minister on the right of the presidnt

-          No, he will be bored to death

-          Let us have you then, on his right...

Then a message comes, cancelling a special soiree, for which so much effort has been made, at the last moment.

Needless to say, the hostess is very upset.

She was considering all kinds of ladies details:

-          Channel 5?

-          I should make my mouth like Brigitte Bardot

-          The breasts of the dancers are huge

Then there are some accents of the absurd thater, with tallk about sex thrown in, even if it does not make sense in the context.

Then there is another call

-          Yes mister President!

-          You are trapped at the airport until night and cannot fly?

-          Of course we will have the dinner that we have planned...

So the highest dignitary is coming after all...

I have worked with a Finnish journalist, who was drunk before noon, but otherwise a very nice, decent fellow.

Because of the long winters and grey sky, it seems many people are inclined to drink more than is good for them, therefore there is an exorbitant price for alcohol.  

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