Dany the Red (Er...Green), has a very understandable language for young people, the "tu" (tutoiement) of the "we belong to the same group", his short phrases and even his grammatical mistakes, are all signs of the "next door café" way of speaking...
He even uses it with political opponents in public shows (without them wincing, surprisingly), as he conveys the message to those listening.
He gets aways with it, in his ripe age, because he's the Mai 68 figure, it's his signature, there's nothing (apparently) demagogical, it's just like wearing jeans and no tie, a way of living !
His "Let's go beyond the present mess" sort of message should have a durable impact... "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
Reading it as "responding with the material lying at hand" rather than "providing the hardwired response", the metaphor makes more sense. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
