Jean-Marc Parent is a huge Celine Dion fan and was both touched and disturbed by watching the documentary. I am: Celine Dionwhere we see the diva of Charlemagne, who must deal with the stiff person syndrome, displaying a destabilizing vulnerability.
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In one particularly powerful scene, the 56-year-old is seen crying as she experiences a crisis caused by her rare condition.
“There are two sides to this,” the comedian explains in a telephone interview. “There’s a very uncomfortable side, which makes me wonder: ‘How come I’m seeing something like this?’ I felt like I was standing in front of a half-open door, that I didn’t have the right to see that. You know how I am.” [par rapport aux problèmes de santé] and I was unconscious.”
- Listen to the interview with Jean-Marc Parent, comedian, on the microphone of Jean-François Baril via QUB :
“Then, on the other hand, to see Celine Dion speak to us like that, it was impressive. She has always been very impressive with her strength of character.”
Moreover, the main lighting designer for Celine’s concerts, Pierre St-Mars, is a great friend and collaborator of “JMP” and he will come on stage to perform the duties of DJ during the show. The JMP eventpresented at ComediHa! Fest-Québec and ComediHa! salutes Montreal this summer.