Danilo Gentili Junior, better known as Danilo Gentili (Santo André, September 27, 1979) is an advertiser, comedian, writer, cartoonist, reporter, businessman and talk-show host. Has emerged in Brazil as part of the comedy TV show CQC Brasil, Rede Bandeirantes and recently has got his own talk-show, Agora é Tarde.[1]
| Danilo Gentili | |
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| Born | September 27, 1979 Santo André, SP, Brazil |
| Medium | Stand-up, Talk-show host, reporter, book author |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Genres | Observational comedy |
| Notable works and roles | CQC, Agora é Tarde |
| Website | danilogentili.com |
Early Life
Danilo Gentili Junior, better known as Danilo Gentili (Santo André, September 27, 1979) is an advertiser, comedian, writer, cartoonist, reporter, businessman and talk-show host.
Danilo was born in Santo André, SP and grew up in working suburbia. He was born catholic, but grew up to become protestant in his teenage years. He is the youngest child of Guiomar Gentili, a housewife from a small city in the state of Minas Gerais, and Danilo Gentili, a type-machine maintenance man born in Botucatu, SP. Danilo Gentili is an italian descendant, whose grandfather, Ulderico Gentili, a sacred painter, scaped to Brazil from Italy during the World War II.
When Danilo was at the age of 18, he lost his father due to a sudden heart attack. Six months later, his older sister, Karina Gentili, died in a car accident. Since then, he has been the one responsable for his and his mother's household.
Danilo Gentili graduated in 2003 in Social Communication - Advertising UniABC.[2]
Career
Early Career
In 2006 he founded a comedy show called Comedia ao Vivo,.[3] That same year, he joined the Stand-Up Comedy group Clube da Comédia.
In 2007, a producer from the soon-to-premier "CQC" show was watching his stand-up show at a bar and asked him to audition for the show. He got the job and in 2008 the show aired and changed his life.
From 2008-2009, he wrote a column on Mondays for one of the newspapers with more printed issues in Brazil, Metro.
In 2008 he collaborated with the largest circulation magazine in Brazil, Mad.
Television
CQC
In 2008, Danilo Gentili premiered on TV with a show called Custe o que Custar (CQC), on TV Bandeirantes. On his first interview, he put his guest, the singer Agnaldo Timóteo, in an awkward situation with all his nonsense questions and the guest left in the middle of the interview. That paid off. It was a big hit. What was supposed to be a temporary job for Danilo, turned out to be his great starting point on TV.
The show became famous due to “Inexperienced Reporter” (Reporter Inexperiente), a part of the show where Danilo pretended to be a newbie interviewing guests and asking them all kinds of nonsense questions. After a while he started doing more than that on the show. So he stood out on CQC interviewing people all over, especially about politics. At the Congress he became that reporter that every politician was afraid of. They tried to avoid being ridiculed when faced with his questions and being confronted with truths (which the viewers themselves would like to do so).
During the CQC Season of 2010/2011, Danilo Gentili was conducting segments on the show called “Protest Now” and "National Identity" and also the main national political events.
In the years Danilo was covering stories in the National Congress, he stared in what later became news worthy stories, i.e. he was kicked out of the Nacional Congress and banned from returning due to his questions on the chamber's president corruption charges, he was later physically assaulted by a senator's bodyguard and in another story he was held prisioner by the police after exposing a public school's administration problems.
On the last episode of the 2011 season, Danilo said his goodbye to the show so he could dedicate 100% of himself to his new project, the talk show "Agora é Tarde". At the occasion, he was honored by the show, which he was a part of for 4 seasons.
Agora é Tarde
Host and co-creator of the late-night show Agora é Tarde (It's too late)[1].. This late-night talk show premiered June 2011 on TV Band and got high ratings and great reviews.
The show premiered with great ratings and reviews, both from the media and from the viewers.
The show has Ultraje a Rigor as the supporting band, has comedy segments, stand-up monologue, round-table with comedians talking about recent news and Brazilian stars as the main guests.
The media doubted the politically incorrect boy of possibly becoming one of the biggest hosts in Latin America, but since the show started, its viewers increased in 200% the network's ratings for that time slot.
Critics' Recognition
Other than the awards, the show has been highly acclaimed by the critcs for the quality of the show and also for the host's skills. According to the columnist Flávio Ricco, from UOL, "Danilo showed, more than anything, to be a real hard worker. A lot of what you see on the show is due to his strength and perseverance.'
In 2011, the show was awarded Best TV show and Best TV show host according to "Jornal O Globo", one of the biggest newspaper in Brazil.
Comedy Central Apresenta
“Comedy Central Apresenta” (Comedy Central Presents) is the first show from Comedy Central produced in Brazil. Danilo Gentili was chosen by the channel as the host of this project, that mainly consists on a typical stand-up night club show.
Awards
O Globo
'Agora é Tarde' was chosen by this important newspaper publication as "Best 2011 TV Show" and Danilo Gentili, the 'Best TV Show Host'.
Troféu Imprensa
'Agora é Tarde' was chosen by the Brazilian Press Association as the 'Best Talk Show' in the 2012 edition of the awards.
Film
Mato sem cachorro
Danilo Gentili will star as 'Leléo', the goofy-cousin sidekick to Bruno Gagliasso's 'Deco' in this comedy schedule to hit the brazilian theaters in late 2013. Pedro Amorim is directing the feature film.
Pior Aluno da Escola (working title)
Danilo's book "Como se tornar o pior aluno da escola" will have a movie adaption. The movie will be directed by Fabrício Bittar. The project is in its inicial stage and will have Danilo colaborate as script writer.
Stand-Up Comedy
Politically Incorrect
By brazilian law, it is forbidden to do any sort of jokes involving the politicians on any media outlet. In 2010, the day before election day, Danilo wrote and presented a stand-up show talking about every single presidential candidate that year and broadcast it live on Brazil's biggest internet portal (UOL) with an audience of 1.5 million viewers. The show and Danilo hit the top 3 Trending Topics on twitter and there they stood for 2 days in a roll. The show turned into a DVD, an audiobook and a book and got world-wide comments by The New York Times (USA) and The Guardian (England).
Danilo Gentili: Volume 1
Considered a great surprise for the Brazilian comedy, Danilo sees the world in a very peculiar way. With a humorous and critical view of events, he builds his shows from the common life: personal frustrations, relationships, politics, current events, unusual facts and even the most trivial things, everything becomes raw material for his funny and clever work. Danilo Gentili naturally seem to know the recipe of the genre: originality, surprise, charisma and connection with the audience, these are the perfect ingredients for a good dose of humor, the one of the best medicine there is. After years of performing in bars and theaters, Danilo selected the tested and approved material by his audience and put together a 1-hour solo show and recently has documented that show so it will come out as a DVD later 2011. After selling-out theaters all over the country with his standup solos, in 2010, alongside his comedy partner Rafinha Bastos and producer Ítalo Gusso, Danilo decided to open at Rua Augusta in São Paulo, the first American style comedy club in Brazil, called Comedians Comedy Club.[4], which opens Tuesdays through Sundays.
Music
Ela Traiu o Rock&Roll
Danilo Gentili wrote the music and lyrics for "Ela traiu o Rock&Roll" (translation: She betrayed Rock&Roll), song that was recorded by Brazilian rock and roll band "Pedra Letícia" in 2011.
Radio
Band News FM
Due to the enormous success Agora é Tarde has had since it previewed on TV Band, the broadcast network decided to air the show also simultaneously on their radio station, Band News FM, one of the most traditional radio stations in Brazil.
Game
The World versus Danilo Gentili
A Tower Defense game, won the award for game of the year at the biggest brazilian game convention (Brasil Game Show).
International Critics
The New York Times
In 2011 Danilo Gentili was mentioned in The New York Times for his comedian work in Brazil. About him, The New York Times wrote:
"Supplying Brazil’s Laugh Track" - With his baby face, boyish manner and goofy laugh, Mr. Gentili, 32, is the enfant terrible of comedy in Brazil. He has built his reputation on a willingness to ask celebrities — and especially politicians — questions that are considered embarrassing, outrageous or disrespectful. Recently he also got himself into trouble with a Twitter post that enraged Jewish community leaders in São Paulo. Even so, in June he became host of a late-night talk show on a national network and the big question now is: Will that format succeed in taming him? So far, the answer is no.[5]
"A Brazilian’s Comic Mania: Social Media" - Danilo Gentili, partner of a comedy club, has more than a touch of Bill Maher in him, as shown by a DVD called “Politicamente Incorreto.” “We’re not considered artists, we’re compared to punk rockers playing in the garage to see what happens, and I’m fine with that,” said Mr. Gentili, 32, who has just been given a late-night talk show on the Bandeirantes network.[6]
The Guardian
"Brazil's stand-up comics lead social revolution against powerful elites" - Danilo Gentili comedy also drew attention of England’s leading newspaper, The Guardian. In Tom Phillips's article, Gentili is named a comedian that leads a revolution “a highly controversial but also wildly popular comedian who is blazing a trail for stand-up comedy in South America's largest nation, is a man who enjoys living on the edge.”
The newspaper has highlighted the following of Mr. Gentili: "We earn money this way. If people get on TV they'll earn more money, even better. But if they don't, damn it. This will keep happening. So they don't owe allegiance to anyone.",
"Anywhere in the world people understand that the role of the comedian is to crack jokes. One day they'll understand it in Brazil, too, I hope," he said.[7]
Manager Magazin
Danilo Gentili was once again mentioned in an international article. After the British 'The Guardian' [7] and American 'The New York Times',[6] now it's German Manager Magazin - a business magazine from the Der Spiegel group, one of the most important ones in Germany - who mentions the Brazilian comedian.
In the article, that brings to attention the advances of Brazilian technology, Gentili is presented as an influential comedian online, with more than 2 million Twitter followers. http://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/it/0,2828,795446,00.html
Prospect Magazine
Danilo Gentili made the headline of another British article, this time the 'Prospect Magazine' compares the Brazilian comedian with Jon Stewart and stats that Gentili is helping Brazil match economic weight with cultural clout.[8]
Forbes Magazine
The worldwide famous Forbes magazine add Danilo Gentili on their list of "Names you Need to Know". With a brief history on the comedians and a Q&A, the magazine highlights Danilo as the country’s latest comic phenomenon. [9]
Work
Television
| Períod | Title | Station | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–2011 | Custe o Que Custar | Rede Bandeirantes | Reporter | |
| 2011 - currently | Agora é Tarde | Rede Bandeirantes | Host and creator | [10] |
| 2012 | Comedy Central Apresenta | Comedy Central e VH1 | Host |
Films
| Períod | Title | Credit | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Mato sem Cachorro | Actor | |
| 2012 | Pior Aluno da Escola | Writer |
Stand-Up Comedy Scene
- 2005/2009 - Clube da Comédia Stand-Up - author and comedian
- 2006/2009 - Comédia Ao Vivo - creator, comedian and author
- 2009 - Divina Comédia - creator, comedian and author (alongside other comedians)
- 2008/2011 - Danilo Gentili Volume 1 (Stand-Up Comedy Solo Show) - comedian and author
- 2010 - Politicamente Incorreto (Stand-Up Comedy Solo Show) - comedian and author
- 2011 - Festival Risadaria (São Paulo, SP)
- 2011 - Virada Cultural de São Paulo
- 2012 - Festival Risadaria (São Paulo, SP)
- 2012 - Virada Cultural de São Paulo
- 2012 - Festival Risológio (Curitiba, SC) - 2012 Honoree
Music
- 2011 - "Ela Traiu o Rock&Roll" - recorded by the band "Pedra Letícia"
Radio
- 2011 - "Agora é Tarde" - Band News FM
Cartoonist
- 2009 - Mad Magazine - Writer and cartoonist
- 2012 - Mad Magazine - Writer and cartoonist
Businessman
- 2010 - Comedians Comedy Club[4] - Partner
Merchandising
DVD
- 2010 - Politicamente Incorreto
- 2011 - Danilo Gentili - Volume 1
Books
- 2009 - Como se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola (How to Become School's Worst Student) - Panda Books Publishing Company - author and illustrator
- 2010 - Politicamente Incorreto (Politically Incorrect) - Panda Books Publishing Company - author and illustrator
- 2012 - A Vida e Outros Detalhes Insignificantes (Life and other insignificant details) - Panda Books Publishing Company - author and illustrator
Games
- 2011 - O Mundo vs Danilo Gentili (The World versus Danilo Gentili) – iOS[11]
References
- ^ a b pt:Agora é Tarde
- ^ Danilo Gentili CQC (in Portuguese)
- ^ Comedy Café with Danilo Gentili Tuesday (in Portuguese)
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ "Supplying Brazil's Laugh Track". The New York Times. 4 August 2011.
- ^ a b Rohter, Larry (7 August 2011). "A Brazilian's Comic Mania: Social Media". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Phillips, Tom (2 October 2011). "Brazil's stand-up comics lead social revolution against powerful elites". The Guardian. London.
- ^ http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2011/11/one-to-watch-danilo-gentili/
- ^ Antunes, Anderson. Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/andersonantunes/2011/05/25/is-danilo-gentili-brazils-controversial-talking-head-too-edgy-for-his-countrymen/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Flávio Ricco. "Danilo Gentili terá um programa diário na Band". Retrieved 30/10/2010.
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