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En su paso por Claro Oscuro, Maribel Camilo Gómez, Marithea, quien se acaba de coronar bicampeona de Red Bull Batalla, habla de la importancia del freestyle en su vida y cómo esta disciplina de la improvisación se convirtió en una herramienta para afrontar el bullying y la pobreza. “Gracias al freestyle pude construir una casa”, dice.
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00:00And coincidentally, freestyle was also what brought me closer to my mom.
00:02because not all of us had been like that.
00:05She worked, I recognize that in my mother.
00:07She worked all the time, all the holidays,
00:09I spend all my time cleaning houses to make money,
00:11and we hardly ever saw each other.
00:13And when she arrived, she arrived in Mariel,
00:15He was constantly glued to that computer,
00:17Listening to those people insulting each other,
00:18Seeing that mood, I mean, because I was the same way,
00:20I was just, I mean, I've been like,
00:22I like something and I just stick with it.
00:24And then, in the middle of all this, when she took me to a battle for the first time,
00:27She saw me off guard and stayed with me.
00:30That's when we started traveling together,
00:32to listen together, to sleep together, to live together.
00:50Someone with freestyle is also very whiny.
00:52Every time I lose, I want to quit.
00:53What's that?
00:54I've come to terms with it over time, haven't I?
00:56But my mom always,
00:58She has always had more faith in me than I have in myself.
01:01The truth, that is,
01:02And there are plenty of stories I could tell about that.
01:05For example, when we went to represent the tricolor flag,
01:07No?
01:07They chose me,
01:09I had already become champion for the first time here,
01:10I think, and that was later,
01:12But I was stressed.
01:13My mom used to tell me,
01:14Mariel, stay calm,
01:14that you are the one who will lead that team forward.
01:16Come on, you're crazy.
01:17So, you understand?
01:17A team with Balleste, Lancer, and Le...
01:19You're crazy.
01:20And when it happened, she told me,
01:21And what did I say to him?
01:22So, you understand?
01:22In other words, it's like he's always seen beyond,
01:25I always say,
01:26She is my first sponsor,
01:27my first fan and my first sponsor.
01:29I mean, like...
01:30If she doesn't have it,
01:31I really wouldn't be here,
01:32Because I've always had a slightly more... moral compass
01:35Look, there it comes, doesn't it?
01:36Bullying, things,
01:38self-esteem is very low,
01:39because there really was nothing that validated me
01:42as a person,
01:43as an individual with that place in the world
01:44until I discovered freestyle.
01:52So, that fixed it.
01:53Because my mom, well...
01:56Unfortunately, that's the way the world is, isn't it?
01:57We were poor
01:58and she had to work most of the time,
02:00She didn't know me.
02:01Moreover, the first time she took me
02:02a freestyle battle,
02:03I no longer knew that I did freestyle,
02:04I didn't know what freestyle was.
02:05He saw him there.
02:07So she didn't understand my tastes.
02:09my things,
02:10What did I think about life?
02:12Who was I at that time?
02:12when I was a teenager.
02:19The thing is, I'm very introverted.
02:21In other words, since I was bullied,
02:23I don't usually talk to anyone.
02:26I arrive somewhere and I'm a cactus,
02:27you understand me?
02:28In fact, I am undergoing therapy.
02:29because it's complicated.
02:30I was saying, maybe fame
02:31It makes me confront things that are strange.
02:34I mean, it's like...
02:36Like I said,
02:37I would hail a taxi and it wouldn't stop for me.
02:38I would arrive at a store and be the last to dare to go in.
02:40I was telling him, professor, such and such,
02:40and he ignored me.
02:41I was talking to his classmates and he ignored me.
02:42I mean, it's been for me
02:44to be invisible most of the time.
02:45Well, I don't know.
02:46If we consider that I'm about to turn 30,
02:48half, half invisible, half famous.
02:50No, no more time being invisible.
02:52So, it's kind of complicated.
02:54Because anyway,
02:54I'm not used to it
02:55to a stranger on the street
02:56He treated me well.
02:57You understand?
02:57I mean, I remember
02:59that I was walking down the street
03:00and even the homeless people insulted me.
03:02In other words, that was my life.
03:03I mean, it's laughable.
03:04But that's how I left the street, afraid.
03:06with stress.
03:06Because behind the fact that a woman alone
03:08In black Cali, see.
03:09Already.
03:10And on top of that,
03:11Not with that stereotype.
03:12of the black woman
03:13that uses the extensions,
03:14that gets fixed,
03:15who dresses in a certain way.
03:15Then, even further down.
03:18Nothing, then, in the end,
03:18Look, I was bullied.
03:19and I ended up working
03:21of a profession
03:22where they insult you
03:22And you have to resist, right?
03:24God knows how we do things.
03:32We did it, we did that,
03:33We also made another one,
03:33also with another brand
03:34at the time regarding bullying.
03:36And it's like in the end
03:37People say,
03:37Oh, who's better at talking?
03:38about bullying
03:39people who earn a living
03:40Bullying?
03:42So, that's it.
03:43In other words, it's complicated.
03:45It's still good
03:46talk to young people.
03:47I agree that
03:49generally,
03:50What happens when a person
03:51Is bullying happening in a classroom?
03:52You're always going to do it
03:53the problem,
03:54even if you are the victim.
03:55Already?
03:55Because then,
03:56What does the teacher say?
03:57For you,
03:58I've had problems
03:59with so-and-so, so-and-so,
04:00so-and-so, so-and-so who bullies you.
04:01In other words, if you didn't exist,
04:02If you would keep quiet,
04:03If you were looking for me,
04:04I as a teacher
04:04I didn't have to face this.
04:05The other colleagues,
04:06This again.
04:08So, like,
04:08despite being the victim,
04:10You become the problem.
04:11And it's very complicated.
04:12for the system.
04:13And especially here in Colombia
04:14that there are limits
04:15among the jokes
04:16in which the Colombian
04:17It's heavy.
04:18and all that,
04:18among the already...
04:19Or right now people,
04:20in my day
04:21Bullying did not exist.
04:22In its time too
04:22associated people
04:23that existed,
04:24just carrying my social media accounts.
04:25So,
04:26It's very complicated.
04:27everything for the education system
04:28in Colombia.
04:29And taking into account
04:30that in Colombia,
04:30you know,
04:31There are many problems
04:32with violence.
04:32We are a country
04:33who is 50 years old
04:34in conflict
04:35And here there are conflicts.
04:36throughout,
04:37all the time.
04:37So,
04:38It's very complicated.
04:38to deal with that kind of thing.
04:45I'm a geek, dude.
04:47I never played sports
04:50to be a superstar,
04:51you understand me?
04:52I mean,
04:52That's just how I am.
04:53And I'm a weirdo.
04:55I mean,
04:55I have to admit it,
04:56I mean,
04:56you understand me?
04:57I am at home,
04:58I'm watching anime
04:59still,
05:00already?
05:01And I hope to continue doing so
05:03God willing
05:03and I'm on geek websites
05:05and I'm on meme pages
05:07and I'm meming
05:08and I'm editing
05:09and I'm doing
05:10that kind of thing.
05:11I mean,
05:11I say,
05:12But I tell you,
05:12I'm just here
05:13because God had another plan.
05:15But if you ask me
05:16if I thought
05:17or if I believed
05:18or if my personality,
05:19because there are people
05:20What I'm saying is,
05:20I tell myself,
05:21hand,
05:21this brother
05:22he's bald
05:22She's a star
05:23or these people
05:24She's made for fame
05:25or these people
05:25It is made for this world.
05:27You understand?
05:29I come from a different background,
05:30I'm focused on something else,
05:31I came from something else.
05:38The thing is, for me,
05:39For example,
05:39I don't like novels.
05:41I didn't like the movies
05:42And I didn't like TV series.
05:43Well,
05:43I thought I didn't like them
05:44the movies,
05:45No?
05:45until I went in
05:45of freestyle,
05:46No?
05:46And it made a quantity
05:49absurd
05:49of references to films
05:50And I said,
05:51Oh yes,
05:52Yes, I have a problem.
05:53With that.
05:54No,
05:54But the cheerleader,
05:55I mean,
05:55I started it,
05:56I mean,
05:57I saw a lot of enthusiasm.
05:58because he was already leaving
05:58on television.
06:01But I started
06:02to watch anime
06:02again
06:03by Sakura Katkate.
06:04It was like,
06:05Ah,
06:05It reminds me a lot
06:07like my childhood,
06:08No?
06:08I saw that
06:09and I was hooked.
06:10What's going on?
06:13What's going on?
06:14What's going on?
06:16What I'm saying is,
06:17I had a conversation
06:19with one of the boys
06:19that was in the national
06:21And he asked me,
06:22Well,
06:22And how did you make two?
06:23to support you?
06:24And all things.
06:24I told him,
06:25brother,
06:25I owe it all to God.
06:26Why would it be?
06:26Why am I not here?
06:28We were doing
06:29an interview
06:29on Caracol and everything,
06:30No?
06:30How many black people
06:31taking into account
06:32that Colombia and South America
06:33is the country with the most,
06:35the third country
06:35with more black people
06:36there on Colombian television,
06:38in the media,
06:39in things,
06:40you understand me?
06:41And on top of that, I don't have any.
06:42My charisma is 0%.
06:43you understand me?
06:44My open rate is 0%.
06:46you understand me?
06:48I am an explanation
06:49so that I can be here
06:50then
06:50saying this
06:51And it is God,
06:51you understand me?
06:53I am not hegemonic,
06:54I'm not white,
06:55I don't live in a capital city,
06:57I have no contacts,
06:58My mom cleaned houses,
06:59Her mother cleaned houses
06:59and the mother of the mother
07:00The Goth was probably collecting it.
07:02So I say,
07:02if I am here
07:03Where am I,
07:04It's only because of God.
07:05There is no other explanation.
07:06so hygida,
07:07It does not exist.
07:14Then
07:15that you interviewed me,
07:16being a woman in freestyle
07:17It was practically a sin,
07:19because the one who was leaving,
07:20No,
07:21You are about to become a woman,
07:22It doesn't rhyme at all.
07:23You're there because you're blonde,
07:24You are because
07:25He messed with the disorganized one,
07:26You are here because you are black.
07:27and is excluded,
07:28You are here because,
07:29now it's a benefit,
07:31Now it's okay.
07:32Now anyone who comes out
07:32It's good,
07:33now,
07:33Now it's okay.
07:34you understand me?
07:35now the person
07:36most viral freestyle
07:37She is a woman,
07:38you understand me?
07:40Now it's really happening
07:41everything much more managed,
07:42but,
07:43you understand me?
07:43Then
07:44That Chinese woman came out too.
07:44Sarasoka and also
07:45They ate her up.
07:47and they made her withdraw,
07:48you understand me?
07:49And now they beg him
07:50so that he/she returns,
07:51you understand me?
07:51This is the best time,
07:53Because that's what I'm telling you,
07:54here at that moment,
07:55in Colombia,
07:56There were many problems
07:57by women
07:58in battles,
07:59you understand me?
07:59It was good that you
08:00was used as an ornament,
08:01but never winning,
08:02but never in the codes
08:03and never standing out,
08:03because there was a problem there.
08:04If you arrive and lose,
08:05If you arrive and lose,
08:06up to pelaxic,
08:07then I arrived winning,
08:08She won because she was a woman.
08:09you understand me?
08:09Then acceptance
08:10to what I was doing
08:11within this country
08:12It was complicated,
08:13which is strange to say,
08:15But it was very complicated.
08:23No, I don't know,
08:24I mean,
08:24As I say,
08:24I only once
08:27I gave a one-minute presentation
08:28And I said,
08:29If there is no empire in Reina,
08:30Everyone started saying,
08:31because that's not it
08:32my authority,
08:33I mean,
08:33I didn't proclaim myself,
08:34the queen,
08:36The scene did it
08:37to which it belongs,
08:38I mean,
08:38you understand me?
08:39It's them.
08:39And not only that,
08:40How many people tell us
08:41Am I the best?
08:42I am the...
08:43And the only one they endorsed
08:45I am able to do that,
08:46you understand me?
08:47But the same scene
08:47He has taken care of that,
08:49I mean,
08:49It's not like I consider it,
08:51No,
08:51Because I am the queen of freestyle,
08:52There's no one like me,
08:54I don't even bother worrying about that.
08:56I mean,
08:56completely,
08:56I mean,
08:56I am Maritano,
08:57Now I'm in the office,
08:58And when I'm at home,
08:59Maritano is a joke,
09:00you understand me?
09:01So it's like,
09:02I'm not exactly in a...
09:04I mean,
09:04It is difficult sometimes
09:05characters who have such big egos,
09:07I mean,
09:08I say,
09:08Maritano is a form of fascism.
09:09I mean,
09:10If I weren't Maritana,
09:11I don't know if I would be a fan of Maritana,
09:12you understand me?
09:19I built my house in 2022,
09:22and I stopped living in the freestyle of 2022,
09:25You know?
09:25And I pay taxes,
09:26obviously,
09:26and payment,
09:27I mean,
09:27a complete patchwork,
09:28Freestyle allowed me to capitalize on my time
09:30to reach the media
09:31so I can build myself a house,
09:32I think it's because of my mom and my brother.
09:34We lived in an apartment
09:35of 28 square meters,
09:36I got so stressed about the space,
09:38now that the house is there
09:39and it needs cleaning,
09:40It's like, one says,
09:40I wish there were like,
09:42thought,
09:43before,
09:43The good thing is that it's not anymore.
09:44because at first it was just me and my mom living there,
09:46No?
09:46Now there's my mom,
09:47my stepfather,
09:47my brother,
09:48my brother's wife,
09:48So the house, which was already so big,
09:51It becomes much more evenly distributed among everyone,
09:53And that's it,
09:54rather than it being my house,
09:55It's my family's house,
09:56the family home we never had,
09:58No?
09:58For example,
09:59Right now he's acting like,
10:01three Christmases,
10:02us,
10:03My mom is working as usual,
10:04I was already working on the 31st,
10:05I was already working all the time,
10:07And we didn't make dinners,
10:09We didn't put up lights,
10:10We had no celebrations,
10:11nothing,
10:11because my mom was never around,
10:13And if I was already there,
10:14I was already like that teenager,
10:15who is the Grinch,
10:16who hates the world,
10:17and that he doesn't want to be involved in anything,
10:18already,
10:18then they were no longer there,
10:20We had a barbecue,
10:22And I said,
10:22This feels so strange,
10:24and all,
10:25Yeah,
10:26like after 20 years,
10:27of a few things,
10:28We're already starting to have those spaces,
10:30and that kind of thing.
10:36I mean,
10:38like what,
10:38like that,
10:39a phrase that says,
10:39I don't know how to live,
10:40I'm just improvising,
10:42At least I've already bought a house.
10:44So now I have a place to die.
10:46So be it.
10:47I am a very minimalist person,
10:49in fact,
10:50I don't have a car.
10:51Well,
10:51because I didn't learn how to do the course,
10:53I don't travel,
10:54because I don't like to travel,
10:54I'm terrified of airplanes.
10:56I just like being at home.
10:57with my computer,
10:59or with my television,
11:00I'm looking to see what anime comes out.
11:02I mean,
11:02I'm not like I'm,
11:04No,
11:04Because I say,
11:05Ultimately,
11:06I, for example,
11:07I don't have luxuries,
11:08I don't think so,
11:09All the clothes I wear were given to me,
11:10that they give it to me as a gift,
11:11I don't buy clothes,
11:12I'm not a very consumerist person,
11:16So, well,
11:16I've got somewhere to put my head,
11:18And I have food,
11:19And I have a way to watch anime,
11:20That kind of thing,
11:21That's enough.
11:38Thank you!