Q1 : Ze Hold-up is a metaphor for the Mime’s personnal finances after the Christmas holidays. Would you care to rant on about that ?

Ze hold-up is a warning that symbolizes the protests of every artist that practices the undervalued arts (dance, clown, buffoon, magician, cabaret singer, harmonist). Those artists are always asking for more, but why exactly ?

Q2 : If I tell you « Gentlemime, the burlgar », what does it say to you?

Really ? It is clearly a euphemism (see dictionary : a euphemism, from the greek word « euphemismos » is a stylistic device that mostly consists in toning down or softening an unpleasant phrase by using a litote or a periphrasis.

Q3 : What would you tell teenagers on the brink of robbing a bank ?

I would tell them : « I know you probably don’t have time to do so, but think it over. Is that truly the life you want for yourself ? »