Kalle Lind continues to justify his self-proclaimed profession, "diverse worker in the cultural industry". Humor and satisfied chuckling are present in everything he does, but appearances are deceiving.
If we're going to talk seriously, I'm an enormously gloomy person.
That's why I want to highlight all these people who have stood on different stages and entertained us. Without them, I wouldn't have survived, I dare say.
After having highlighted and scrutinized some of the giants of Swedish revue history in both book and podcast form, it's now his turn to take on the mantle.
He does so with "Helicopter Revue", which premieres at Nöjesteatern in Malmö on September 27.
The genre is robust. It should be much bigger than it is, it's so incredibly useful.
Trams and thought-provoking
Here, he can jump between subjects and expressions, high and low. Trams are mixed with thought-provoking material – it's about trusting that the audience will follow, but also taking the audience's need for entertainment seriously, he explains.
The production company Anagram hopes that this will be the start of a new revue tradition in Malmö, and Kalle Lind also hopes for a continuation on the revue scene.
But he's not going to abandon "Snedtänkt". Later this fall, they'll celebrate the 10-year anniversary with a retrospective special issue, and then the plan is to continue exploring odd culture and peculiar phenomena with invited guests.
So, how does it work when new topics need to be generated? There's never a lack of ideas, he simply has brainstorming meetings with himself at his small one-man editorial office, he notes.
They're very good meetings. We always agree.
Hard work discipline
In reality, it's hard work discipline that's the key, he says.
It's a lot about establishing routines, working during office hours, and thinking that now I'm here, now there's a screen that needs to be filled with text, and there's a whiteboard where five names need to be written before I leave.
Kalle Lind has already written a long list of books, including some entertainment novels. But the next book project is something new and a bit more August-worthy, as he calls it. There's material and a publisher is involved.
The goal is high quality for a broad audience.
The culture I'm into isn't difficult, but has perhaps a certain afterthought.
"A better view" is a new revue with a script by Kalle Lind.
New music by Sigrid Abrahamsson, who is also the conductor.
In "Helicopter Revue", Sanna Persson Halapi, Charlotta Björck, Josef Törner, and Mimi Terris also participate.
Directed by Helena Röhr.
The revue will be performed at Nöjesteatern in Malmö from September 27 to October 20.
