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Did you think this phrase was said by Mafalda?
“And why, having worlds more evolved, did I have to be born in this one?”
“And is it not that in this world there are more and more people and fewer people?”
“It turns out that if you don’t rush to change the world, then it is the world that changes you! “
All these reflections and existential questions about the world are from Mafalda, the cartoon of the Argentine girl created by the cartoonist Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, better known as Quino, who died this Wednesday at the age of 88.
Mafalda was a curious girl who was always concerned about humanity and aspired to be an interpreter for the United Nations when she grew up, probably and precisely, to save the world.
His comics were full of humor, but also of concerns about inequality and injustice.
Image source, Reuters
Mafalda cartoons accompanied many generations.
But a phrase about the world that is perhaps the most famous that is attributed to Mafalda it is false.
We refer to: “Stop methe world that I want to get off “.
“I would never have said it”
The phrase in question and the cartoon of Mafalda crying with a globe next to her is a typical postcard of this girl that appears repeatedly on social networks.
But neither the drawing was made by Quino, nor did he put the phrase in Mafalda’s mouth.
And it was the same cartoonist who denied it in 2012.
“Me jI would have put that phrase in Mafalda’s mouth, because Mafalda doesn’t want the world to stop and she to get off, she wants the world to improve. Then that could never have occurred to him “Quino told Colombian radio W in an interview.
Image source, Reuters
Quino denied that Mafalda’s phrase is true.
The cartoonist Quino published more than 60 books during his life and Mafalda’s comics were translated into at least 30 languages.
Your editor for 50 years and lifelong friend, Daniel Dmevinsky, tells BBC Mundo that “More than half (of the phrases found on the internet about Mafalda) are false.”
“It is clear that Mafalda was used for any content,” he adds.
When asked if they ever took legal action, Divinsky said that “Quino tried when a political use was made of Mafalda for a candidate for mayor of a city whose ideas he did not share.”
“And he spoke very energetically because they had used the image of Mafalda with the blue scarf that identifies people who are against the approval of the law of voluntary interruption of pregnancy “in Argentina, he described.
It is really a mystery to know why this apocryphal phrase ended up related to the character of Mafalda. What is known is that thanks to the internet, she became the most famous.
“The way in which urban myths are created is absolutely mysterious, sociologists have tried to unravel it and the root is rarely found. It starts to run, it imposes itself and the false remains as truth with the passage of time”, analyzes Divinsky in a telephone conversation with BBC Mundo.
Image source, fake images
“More than half (of the phrases found on the internet about Mafalda) are false,” says Divinsky.
Quino did not like the abuse of words and the image of Mafalda.
“What bothered Quino the most was the use (of Mafalda) for ideas that he did not share. Nor did he admit that it was redrawn even for the cover of the books for reasons of graphic design, “says the editor.
“Sense of freedom and justice”
In 2014, when the character turned 50, Quino participated in a national reading project of the Argentine government in which hundreds of thousands of copies of Mafalda were distributed in schools.
“I never like to feel proud of what I have done or anything like that, but this time the truth is that I do. It is a pride for me that a work that one did with great affection always spreads in this way,” he told journalists then.
“I think (Mafalda can contribute to the children) the sense of justice and freedom. And that we must educate ourselves and (defend) equality, and that together we can make a better country, “he added.
In 2014, when Mafalda turned 50, we included her work in the National Reading Plan. There were 29 thousand collections and a total of 311 thousand books that came free to all schools. I share the video with Quino excited and grateful. Caress the soul ❤️ pic.twitter.com/RKSDFeEGW9
– Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) October 1, 2020
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In addition to this false vignette, which circulates more frequently on social media since Wednesday with Quino’s death, there are many others that appear on the internet.
These fake drawings contain texts that can be very inspiring and thought-provoking, but that never came out of the dialogues of this unique girl’s comics.
At BBC Mundo we did a selection of phrases trueas of Mafalda that you can see them in the following link.
You can also try on this exam to find out how much you know about their phrases.
And if after this verification on the sayings of this rebellious, ironic and nonconformist girl you ended up disappointed by the falsity of this famous phrase, Mafalda would probably tell you: “Today I have learned that the truth disappoints people.”
Image source, Reuters
This statue of Mafalda and her friends in downtown Buenos Aires was filled with flowers and posters to say goodbye to Quino.
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