Who Is Denise or Denis?
It was 1984—the world was more romantic and perhaps, why not, calmer, and there were love songs. But just because it’s a song doesn’t mean it should have a Disney story or, well, one with a happy ending.
But who is Denise or Denis?
On the contrary, what makes this song special is that it was based on telling a story from a tale by French writer Boris Vian.
A Werewolf in Paris
In the bois des fausses-resposes, at the foot of the Picardy coast, lived a very graceful adult wolf with black fur and large red eyes. His name was Denis, and his favorite distraction consisted… Le Loup-Garou, Boris Vian 1947
To make history and be the best reference of La Unión’s 33 hits, the music video “Werewolf in Paris” was based on cinema, specifically the classic film Casablanca by Michael Curtiz.
So it’s quite a classic, and for this reason we bring you Dennis, a wolf fanatic and follower of the human race, since he wanted to be a man, and each full moon was one more opportunity to be a man.
What a sad story of someone who always looked at those couples in love with the yearning to find someone.
Although Paris is the city of love, perhaps seducing a girl is part of the story, but as I told you, not everything ends with a happy ending.
Siam sees him and gives him a great bite while he tries to flee, but it’s impossible for him.
Surprised spying, the wolf escapes howling, and is bitten by the Siam magician. –A Werewolf in Paris
From that moment on, Denis is no longer the same because he chooses the wrong girl. Although she sat next to him to contemplate.
The Full Moon Over Paris…
Now Denis wants to forget what happened as he returns to the forest and returns to his natural form, only he carries an enormous burden called human love.
He realizes that human essence has led him to conceive the existential weight that comes with being a man, and when he tries to assimilate a thousand things, he leaves the forests again and travels to a decadent Paris, among bars and prostitutes and endless fights with pimps.
Denis ends up hating his human condition, and NOT because he was LGBT, as was considered for a long time in Latin America, but because he discovers…
