It seems that Tom Hanks is not going to easily forget the Bruce Springsteen concert last weekend in Barcelona. What a show, on both sides. The actor appeared by surprise with his wife, Rita Wilson, with whom he has been married for 35 years. During the performance, he stood on one side of the stage and, to sum up, gave his all. Hanks' intensity quickly became the stuff of interest on social media. He sang, danced, hands up, hips to one side, to the other; 66 years very well carried. Enviable.
It seemed like a very white dance, but a tweet sparked the controversy. The message was published by @la_tarambana: “Barcelona is more like Tom Hanks, Spielberg, Obama, Michelle, Springsteen... an open and tolerant city. Madrid is more for Plácido Domingo, Mario Vaquerizo, José Manuel Soto, Bertín Osborne, Toni Cantó... a city with the smell of mothballs”. Of course, we are in an electoral period and everything must be politicized. Mistake.
The comparison was not accurate. Madrid does not smell of mothballs, although that promotional video for tourists with Vaquerizo as the protagonist was the most unfortunate thing in memory.
The problem in both cases is called stereotypes. It is inherent to the human being to judge everything with a reduced prism. But the important thing in almost everything in life is the nuances.
The controversy did not stop there. The Boss's greeting to the public in Barcelona also caused a stir in the networks: “Hello, Barcelona; Estimate us, Catalonia! Some tweeters did not sit well: flirt with nationalism was the softest thing they said to him. These critics forget when Springsteen himself visited Madrid and before a packed Santiago Bernabéu he said: "Hello, Madrid!". Not a trace of Spain. Oh, the reduced prism.
That music is passion was demonstrated at the Estadi Olímpic. And that The Boss is in shape and is fully committed was demonstrated on stage and in the number of videos that have circulated on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok... Live performance is unmatched, but concerts today can even be broadcast live .
Reminder: Bruce Springsteen composed Born in the USA as a hymn to the working class of the United States and The Boss is, in part because of that song, a hero for the workers, although many do not know it. No nationalism. But the important thing is to enjoy his music, like Tom Hanks did.
