how come I've never seen this masterpiece discussed or even mentioned here?
huh?? There's a thread about it right here
>>25126440*hitherto
>had so much debt he lived in a tree house with a rope ladder he pulled away when collectors came >liked to hunt drunk out of his mind with his friends, once told "if you ever lose a kid because of my drunk hunting you can be sure I'll make you more" to a woman worried about his recklessness with a firearm around her kids >shot a poet during a debate he and other authors had over the definition of literature >during a play made an entire audience so angry they all left >invented pataphysics absolute CHAD
>>25126435It's discussed once in a blue moon. But by my green candle, it should be discussed more. Truth is, anything remotely modern offends the delicate sensibilities of /lit/ larpers and tradcaths.
>>25126521>Truth is, anything remotely modern offends the delicate sensibilities of /lit/ larpers and tradcaths.Based. Moderns delenda est.
Alfred Janny[/spoiler]I can't believe this meme is over 8 years old now. I miss Alfred Janny posting.
>>25126435this was written at a cultural crossroads. we went the wrong way.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pov0MKuyJfg
Alfred Janny.
Clean it up Alfred!
>>25126810we need to schizo proof the captcha somehow. bro posting this daily
>>25126435too based for this place
He does it for free.
Daily reminde that Alfred Janny was a super manlet and was so insecure about his height he attempted to kill himself after a woman rejected him.
>The sight of the diminutive Jarry in a uniform much too large for his less than 5-foot frame – the army did not issue uniforms small enough – was so disruptively funny that he was excused from parades and marching drills.
>Jarry moved into a flat which the landlord had created through the unusual expedient of subdividing a larger flat by means of a horizontal rather than a vertical partition. The diminutive Jarry could just manage to stand up in the place, but guests had to bend or crouch.
>>25127708>>25127714>>25127717>Jarry moved into a flat which the landlord had created through the unusual expedient of subdividing a larger flat by means of a horizontal rather than a vertical partition. The diminutive Jarry could just manage to stand up in the place, but guests had to bend or crouch.Late 19th century and early 20th century Europe sounded so kino. You'd have midgets running about shooting people. Now all you have is africans and pakis.
>>25127772>Jarry had meantime discovered the pleasures of alcohol, which he called "my sacred herb" or, when referring to absinthe, the "green goddess". A story is told that he once painted his face green and rode through town on his bicycle in its honour (and possibly under its influence).Imagine a green, drunk midget riding a bike around town while waving a six-shooter and screaming for his sacred herb...oh wait that's just Haight-Ashbury in the 60s and 70s...
>>25126590he looks like he browses 4chan
>>25127961The openining line of his masterwork is "Shite!" He's the original shitposter. Ubu Roi's sceptre is literally a shit broom or the the broom people used push shit down in latrines.
>>25128023SHITR
>>25126452absolutely REDDIT
>>25126435Great play! UBU slays the stage!>>25128023And, indeed makes Macbeth stink like . .. SHIT!
>>25128029Shite is better because Ubu Roi has an autistic pronunciation pattern just like Jarry to where he pronounces every single syllable. So when he says "Merde" he pronounces the "de" which comes out at "Merdre" in a French accent. Obviously Jarry wanted his readers to be aware of this if they weren't able to see the play performed so he spells it that way. Hence SHITE is the better interpretation as that's what an overly autistic pronounciation of "shit" would sound like. Either that or "Shittuh"
>>25128245The edition i downloaded last night translated it as >PSHITAlso, uhh, does anyone know if green candle is a specific reference to something?
Now that I think about it SHYIEEET wouldn't be a bad option could it be divorced of ethnic connotation.
>>25128300Can you give me the act and scene it occurs in? I can check my French copy and give my best attempt.
>>25129755Um, it's the first word
>>25129783chandelle verte is not the first word, retard. But I also haven't read Ubu Roi in years so I'm equally retarded for not recognizing that as Père Roi's random absurd swear. Every time he says "par ma chandelle verte" it's a reddit quirk chungus thing he does. Yes, Ubu Roi is proto-reddit.
>>25129853Um, i would like to clarify that I was not that anon who replied, and am not in fact retarded.>chandelle verteReminds me of a diseased boner, maybe. Only thing i can think of. Otherwise the catchphrase is just nonsense i guess.
>>25129853Your post could just as well have been replying to his Merdre comment…
