Strada

Strada is a hybrid of documentary and entertainment show. Its documentary sections intertsect with sketches in which the host and the hostess appear in overtly fictive roles. Another central idea is to depict the interviewees in live situations, busy doing something. An essential part of the show is an almost surrealistic causerie illustrated with hilarious archive footage clips. Strada is a show without precedent, a new way of dealing with cultural themes. Instead of lapsing into an elitist, cliquish handling of cultural topics, Strada aims at an approach with a large and wide social interest. Strada tackles the hot topics of the day, searching for their cultural dimensions. The strength of Strada lies in its originality. It is a show that breaks free from the strait jacket of pomposity and selfimportant matter-of-factness.