\u2018My writing is triggered by infinite human stupidity \u2013 we are doomed to deal with Tu\u0111man and Milo\u0161evi\u0107, our small provincial fascists, the likes of Vu\u010di\u0107 and \u0160e\u0161elj\u2019, said Boris De\u017eulovi\u0107 yesterday, during the second evening of the KROKODIL Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talking to Mima Simi\u0107, he spoke about his work at the Feral Tribune, describing it as a mix of playing in a rock and roll band and doing serious, tireless journalism. As for the present-day media, he said they are mostly rubbish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018It\u2019s mostly rubbish, but in that rubbish, you can find a really valuable thing \u2013 it\u2019s like rummaging through a bin and finding something good. There are some good journalists. I mostly follow journalists, not the media\u2019, said De\u017eulovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, cartoonist Predrag \u2018Corax\u2019 Koraksi\u0107 said that he didn\u2019t have enough freedom of expression in his previous jobs, which is why he was forced to change them so often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when one door closes, another one, as a rule, opens. This is how Corax became what he is today. One of the best-known cartoonists in Serbia and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Milo\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s rule, Corax didn\u2019t have so many problems with him as he did with his \u2018pawns\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I was mocking Milo\u0161evi\u0107 but I was sued by Dobrica \u0106osi\u0107. Yet, Milo\u0161evi\u0107\u2019s biggest pet peeve was that I was representing his wife, Mira, as fat when she no longer was\u2019, reminisced Corax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The author of Sampas, Ilija \u0110urovi\u0107, believes that collective work is the key. As he pointed out, it frees him from being responsible and fighting on his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018I\u2019m in complete shock when people assume that I have experience. The fact of the matter is, I have nothing to say about that experience. It took me a long time to accept it, but when I finally did, it was a big relief\u2019, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0110urovi\u0107 said that meeting \u2018sampas\u2019 happened completely by accident, like meeting free-range animals that the locals in the north of Montenegro take out to graze in summer and do not check on them until autumn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author Jasminka Petrovi\u0107 and director Ra\u0161a Andri\u0107 talked about the film How I Learned to Fly and the book it was based on with film producer Sr\u0111a \u2018Mjehur\u2019 An\u0111eli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ra\u0161a said that the responsibility is huge. He was afraid of boring children because kids today have a short attention span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018You have to be careful not to say something wrong that\u2019ll stick in your mind and make you think later that you\u2019ve done something stupid. I found it very hard not to swear because I couldn\u2019t direct actors like that\u2019, Ra\u0161a pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jasminka added that the main difference between writing for children and writing for adults is responsibility because when you are addressing an underaged audience you have to do it responsibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Author Ana Marija Grbi\u0107 also took part. She talked about her first book Srne\u0107a le\u0111a <\/em>(Saddle of Venison).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Croatian playwright Tena \u0160tivi\u010di\u0107 and actress Hana Selimovi\u0107 closed the night. Selimovi\u0107 performed an excerpt from \u0160tivi\u010di\u0107\u2019s play, 64, about the intimate life of a modern married couple that falls apart under the pressure of expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The title of the 14th<\/sup> KROKODIL Festival is \u2018The Year of Magical Thinking\u2019, in tribute to the American author Joan Didion, who has recently passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report was prepared by KROKODIL journalists for a day An\u0111ela Davi\u0107, Ana \u017divanovi\u0107, and Sara Nikoli\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The project Journalist for a Day \u2013 Journalists against Racism is implemented as part of Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 funded by the European Union.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n