Tatty Macleod has a superpower: being able to guess whether people are French or English. And it's explained by her story.
By Noah Megel
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Having arrived in Brittany at the age of 4, the English comedian, after a European tour with her show "Fugue," where she mocks the differences between France and England, is back in Paris where she intends to charm the French public. And incidentally, get a Vitale card.
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" I take it you want me to have a Guinness? " In a French-English bar in Paris's 2nd arrondissement, comedian Tatty Macleod doesn't want to fall into clichés about the British. However, with a little push from us, she indulges in one of her favorite pastimes: guessing whether the people present are French or English. It must be said that she has a perfectly trained eye: a Sézane top, a neon pink T-shirt, or a phone case... The slightest thing can give you away.
Dubbed "frenchdar" – a contraction of French and radar – this superpower is also featured in her show "Fugue," performed almost entirely in English, in which she explores the cultural differences between the land of the "Froggies" and treacherous Albion, territories where she spent the first and second halves of her life, respectively. After the UK stages, her European tour has just concluded with three dates per…
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