Kate Berlant estrena 'Parmesan' en HBO, un especial sobre la adicción al teléfono

San Diego, 16 de octubre de 2026.- Kate Berlant estrena un nuevo especial de HBO titulado 'Parmesan', que se estrena el 16 de octubre, según informó Variety. En el especial, la comediante aborda su adicción al teléfono y la era digital.

Berlant dice en el especial: 'My addiction? My phone'. La comediante añora una época anterior a los teléfonos celulares y describe la vergüenza de desperdiciar la vida en un scroll sin fin. En uno de los bits más divertidos, habla de ver videos de 'unspeakable violence' para 'unwind', como 'gorillas fistfighting zookeepers, tourists being eaten by sharks'.

Las primeras dos palabras del especial son 'world's ending'. Berlant dice que no es pesimista, pero tiene miedo. 'I am not a pessimist, I would say, but I think fear is the appropriate response to the times in which we live, so I would say I have fear', afirma. También expresa esperanza: 'Generally, I have hope and optimism, and I think there's a lot of beauty in the world. But I think that we live in a kind of undeniably existentially terrifying moment, and so it felt like it would be insincere or bizarre to not address that ultimately, because I think it is the water that we're swimming in right now. It's a strange time, and that also has pulled me toward how lucky I feel to be doing live performance. To me, the beauty of standup is that it is an encounter with actual people, and we are seeing the death of the living arts across all areas of life right now. So I don't think the special is dark, but I think it acknowledges some of the themes that dominate contemporary life'.

Sobre la inteligencia artificial, Berlant dice: 'I don't think people will be watching AI comedians'. Y añade: 'It will never die. People are always going to want people. I was on a six-week social media cleanse, so I was off for the latest [round of AI paranoia]. I logged back on because my special was announced, and I wanted the dopamine hit. When I was on social media, I saw all the AI stuff, and it really pulled my feet under. And then I deleted it again last night, because'.

Berlant también reflexiona sobre la soledad y la comunidad: 'There is this loneliness, which is palpable, and I do think it will drive people into community', dice, 'because we'll realize that that's what we need'. En otro momento, compara el pasado con el presente: 'It makes me long for the past, when maybe you'd numb yourself at the local watering hole. That suddenly feels so quaint. You'd be with your community, and some people would be abusing alcohol in terrifying ways, but at least you'd be together, and you'd be forced to interact with other people'.

En el especial, Berlant habla sobre si cubrir la cara de un bebé con un emoji o comentar 'PARMESAN' para recibir un enlace a una receta de pasta. La comediante se encuentra en un Airbnb en San Diego, donde está quitando los cojines de 'Home Sweet Home' de la cama y el sofá porque 'they have hepatitis'.