Ho Ho Hum, Cu'Fu?, Mangiacake & Brutta Figura
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Ho Ho Hum, the making of a 21st century Santa
Santa and the Elves say "no" to war toys.
A delightful Christmas Story for children and adults alike.
Story and songs by Charly Chiarelli
To purchase Ho Ho Hum visit Expressions of Life Online Store
please click here
(Also available as a MP3 audio download)
Cu'Fu? (Pronounced Koo Foo) translates into Who Did It?
A Sicilian's response to life's perplexing moments. Cu'Fu blends
storytelling, acting and musical creativity in a
way which leaves audiences spellbound.
Cu'Fu is the first of Charly Chiarelli's
triology for TV, which is followed
by Mangiacake and Brutta Figura. Though Cu'Fu is an intensely personal story of
cultural transplantation, it
resonates with universal themes, making it a story for all times and all people.
The scene of Charly getting his
old Sicilian parents stoned on marijuana is exceptionally hilarious and
profound.
Charly's work transcends
stereotypes. Charly's virtuoso harmonica playing ripples through elegantly
interwoven scenes as he accompanies
himself with a mosaic of original Anglo/Sicilian blues and haunting tunes from
the old-country.
To purchase Cu'Fu? (Pronounced Koo Foo) visit Expressions of Life Online Store please click here
Mangiacake
Mangiacake is the second installment of the TV autobiographical trilogy that
began with Cu'Fu and ends with
Brutta Figura. All three were runaway hits - as both live performances and TV
specials. Mangiacake picks up
where Cu'Fu left off.
As a young boy, he left burdened with the ultimate Sicilian name, "Calogero".
When young Calogero decides that the road to success in Canada is assimilation, he accepts a name change to Charly. He chooses to
become a "Mangiacake". Mangiacake (cake-eater) is what Italian immigrants call
non-Italians, who eat pasty
white sliced bread that looks like cake - to Italians. He goes to a
"white-bread" high school outside the
neighbourhood and does his best to blend in - with mixed results. Charly ends up
running for president of his
high school. His campaign slogan is "put a wop on top!".
Charly's storytelling and harmonica playing is spellbinding.
To purchase Mangiacake visit Expressions of Life Online Store please click here
Brutta Figura
Brutta Figura completes the made for TV trilogy of his live performances
which began with Cu'Fu and progressed
to Mangiacake.
As an adult, Charly goes back to Sicily, where he finds out what a "Mangiacake"
he, himself, has become. Sicily
is a strange, magical land.
To purchase Brutta Figura
visit Expressions of Life Online Store
please click here