The problem is not Bezos. Are the weddings of summer

There more indicated phrase on the crazy three Venetian days of Jeff Bezos, a shopkeeper said it a few hours after having arrived in Venice: “The problem is not the wedding of Bezos, the problem is the weddings in the summer.” The same that my father has always pronounced before any fiery ceremony, and that will often return to me, between the two hundred degrees, the boats, the moisture with a thousand and the parade of the guests dripping in tuxedos (Kardashian Senior tried to save himself with one of those plastic ventilagers who, sooner or later, we all had the temptation, or the need, to buy, ed). Together with Words of Marracashlisten to San Siro a few hours before the train towards Laguna: “All the rich are identical, who can protect you, if those few multiply”.

But how was the Bezos marriage really? For those who lived it from inside the bubble – to always put it on the Marracash – It was not very different from any Hollywood front line party, With channels instead of the red carpet, the water motorcycle police and a couple of wedding dresses. Was the city paralyzed? Yes and no. Venice, between the Overurism, privatizations and climate change, already has many problems, and the bezos wedding They were only the updated version of the Clooney wedding. Perhaps more armored, certainly more instagrammable, but nothing that the city – unfortunately – has not already seen. Mr Amazon spared us his mega yacht, left off Croatia, and also the foam party he had held above. The final party, which initially had to be held at Mercy, has been moved almost to extremis to the Arsenale’s tense: an easier location to close and, above all, geographically less impacting on the life of the city and residents. The merit, it seems, goes to Protests announced and then made. Peaceful, punctual, with the right reasons and the right slogans.

The rest, the guest list did. Bezos and Lady – or whoever recommended them very well – have been able to build the perfect mix: powerful enough to attract attention, but calibrated to move it where it was needed. They invited Oligarchi, financiers of Amazon, friends Trumpiani, but also The face that counts for Hollywood (and the most enlightened queen of all, Rania): the unforgettable Orlando Bloom (who can be unpleasant Legolas?), The new diva Sydney Sweeneyexponent of the most glamorous gen Z, The Jenner sistersof whom a girlfriend with the Golden Boy Timothée Chalamet (they seem to have remedied the invitation to the rest of the Kardashian clan), the nerd-democratic couple Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner And finally, the activist star par excellence: Leonardo DiCaprio (accompanied by the Italian girlfriend, the model Vittoria Ceretti).

Leo, to tell the truth, did not seem to us in the seventh heaven for this Venetian trip, but did not skip even a party. The operation of Celebrity-Washingif you can call it that, she managed to perfection. At the end of the marathon, in addition to the heat, it remained above all The Hollywood bling-bling. And a little less impatience For everything Bezos represents. The merit, perhaps, is also of his nice impersonatorthe German electrician who for more than three days took selfie with anyone. “But what do you make a photo with Bezos? He always smiles and is a friend of DiCaprio », I heard in front of Vaporetto for San Marco. And if all this were not enough, from the hotel window overlooking the first party at the Madonna dell’Orto, just before the Acquazzone (finally!), he felt singing Hello beautiful. Will be for The paper houseCertain. But Hello beautiful it always remains Hello beautiful.

PS Venice is wonderful, the bride is right. But can the next billionaire who wants to get married in Italy do it in winter?