Dramaturgiques 1-3, précédé de Couple avec interrupteur hystérique #1

En guise d’amuse-gueule, d’abord ce texte poétique écrit pour « illustrer » une œuvre d’art contemporain de l’Américain Jerome Jeden dans un luxueux catalogue à paraître :

 

 

 

 

COUPLE AVEC INTERRUPTEUR HYSTERIQUE #1

 

Il est là, elle l’engueule, le méprise, l’humilie ; il n’est pas là, elle pleure, vacille, s’effondre ; elle le rappelle et il revient. Il est là, elle l’engueule, le méprise, l’humilie ; il n’est pas là, elle pleure, vacille, s’effondre ; elle le rappelle et il revient. Il est là, elle l’engueule, le méprise, l’humilie ; il n’est pas là, elle pleure, vacille, s’effondre ; elle le rappelle et il revient. Il est là, elle l’engueule, le méprise, l’humilie ; il n’est pas là, elle pleure, vacille, s’effondre ; elle le rappelle et il revient. Il est là, elle l’engueule, le méprise, l’humilie ; il n’est pas là, elle pleure, vacille, s’effondre ; elle le siffle, il revient.

 

 

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Je ne saurais trop prier ceux de mes chers lecteurs qui pourraient s’accorder à ne point trouver trop futiles les petits travaux que j’ai pris l’habitude de leur présenter ici même, de porter une bienveillante attention aux trois petits dialogues qui suivent, modestement intitulés Dramaturgiques 1-3, et se trouvent être en abrégé le fruit de mes travaux dramaturgiques (donc) de ces dernières années…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAMATURGIQUES 1-3

 

Tous les arts contribuent au plus grand de tous les arts, l’art de vivre. 

Brecht

 

1.

L’homme. – Je cherche une occasion de mourir ; donnez-moi le prétexte.

La société. – Pourquoi te donnerais-je cela ?

L’homme. – Je n’ai pas peur de me battre.

La société. – Ah, tu veux servir.

L’homme. – Disons ça, alors.

La guerre éclate. Issues également incertaines.

 

2.

L’homme. – Je cherche une occasion de mourir ; donnez-moi le prétexte.

La société. – Pourquoi te donnerais-je cela ?

L’homme. – Je n’ai pas peur de me battre.

La société. – Je t’interdis de te battre.

L’homme se tue. La société meurt.

 

3.

L’homme. – Je cherche une occasion de mourir ; donnez-moi le prétexte.

La société. – Pourquoi te donnerais-je cela ?

L’homme. – Je n’ai pas peur de me battre.

La société. – J’aime la paix.

L’homme attaque la société. Issues également incertaines.

 

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Commentaires

Il est extrêmement agréable, lorsque l’on ne sait pas trop quoi écrire et que cette oisiveté même nous presse, de se livrer brièvement, volontairement à l’imbécillité la plus crasse.

L’imbécillité consiste ici à fabriquer récréativement quelques dialogues faussement intelligents, profonds comme un trompe-l’œil, contrefaçon dégueulasse et méprisant la vie, et dont je puis seulement souhaiter, avec une pédagogie de carnaval, qu’ils servent à démasquer ceux de mes contemporains criminels qui les pratiquent sérieusement, appuyant leurs crevures ineptes d’un vernis propagandiste quand il n’est pas philosophe, sinon pire (ici, Brecht)…, lesquels contemporains sont ordinairement, mais cette fois dans la vie, de très jolies ordures, ce qui leur permet donc de très artistement se pavaner et de prendre de haut l’ordinaire péquin n’entendant fort logiquement rien à leurs carabistouilles à la con. Fabriquer ces trois dialogues idiots m’a pris exactement douze minutes, saisie incluse.

Quant à la première pièce, Couple…,  elle m’a pris beaucoup moins de temps encore ; elle signale d’un dièse bienvenu son exemplaire modernité et devrait en droit être accompagnée d’une citation de Freud ; Jerome Jeden, lui, n’existe carrément pas.

 

 

De l'inutilité du théâtre, tout court

Ma bibliothèque est un monstre presque vivant. Depuis quatre ou cinq ans, elle déborde, craque, ne peut plus contenir tous mes livres. Mieux, elle les fait disparaître derrière des empilements de fortune toujours menaçant ruine. Tout classement est aboli – on en retrouve parfois vaguement la trace alphabétique. Reposer un livre dedans ou plus généralement dessus, c’est prendre le risque qu’elle en vomisse plusieurs autres. Une vingtaine parfois dégringolent, découvrant d’autres livres en désordre, oubliés – forces présentes en seconde ligne, voire en troisième. Il y avait deux ans que j’étais infoutu de remettre la main sur mon Folio d’Ubu et voilà que le monstre l’a recraché hier. Je l’ai trouvé au sol, en rentrant. Je ne sais pas d’où il est tombé. Peu importe.

 

Pour fêter ces retrouvailles, je vous recopie ici le paragraphe inaugurant un texte intitulé « De l’inutilité du théâtre au théâtre », paragraphe dans lequel beaucoup de choses ont seulement fait semblant de vieillir ou, plutôt, n’ont vieilli qu’en termes journalistes d’actualité :

 

 

Je crois que la question est définitivement tranchée de savoir si le théâtre doit s’adapter à la foule ou la foule au théâtre. Laquelle, antiquement, n’a pu comprendre ou faire semblant de comprendre les tragiques et comiques que parce que leurs fables étaient universelles et réexpliquées quatre fois en un drame, et le plus souvent préparées par un personnage prologal. Comme aujourd’hui elle va à la Comédie-Française entendre Molière et Racine parce qu’ils sont joués d’une façon continue. Il est d’ailleurs assuré que leur substance lui échappe. La liberté n’étant pas encore acquise au théâtre de violemment expulser celui qui ne comprend pas, et d’évacuer la salle à chaque entracte avant le bris et les cris, on peut se contenter de cette vérité démontrée qu’on se battra (si l’on se bat) dans la salle pour une œuvre de vulgarisation, donc point originale et par cela antérieurement à l’originale accessible, et que celle-ci bénéficiera au moins le premier jour d’un public resté stupide, muet par conséquent.

 

 

Depuis Jarry, celui qui peut comprendre s’est lui-même, doucement, expulsé des théâtres – ainsi d’ailleurs que tous ceux que la société ne saurait plus contraindre à devoir faire semblant ; quant à la foule, elle fait les mises en scène devant des publics clairsemés. L’absence totale de substance a de longtemps abattu le mur invisible, parfois dit « quatrième », séparant les personnages des spectateurs –  les personnages, jugés trop dangereux, ayant été évacués, on a pu ensuite ôter les barreaux de la cage de sorte que le rien puisse donner sur lui-même…

On ne se bat plus dans les salles.

Ouf.

 

 

Très mauvais

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Tu ne peux donc pas dire les choses directement, au lieu de les mettre toujours en dialogues ?

– Les dialogues permettent au moins de n’être jamais d’accord, jamais tout à fait d’accord en tout cas, avec ce qu’on y écrit.

– C’est ce que je dis, il y a toujours quelque chose qui ment dans le dialogue.

– Et en même temps, c’est la seule honnêteté possible. Pourquoi faudrait-il croire à quoi que ce soit, d’ailleurs ?

– Mais ce n’est pas sérieux. Tu dis des choses sur ce monde, les laisse entendre au moins, et tu voudrais faire croire en même temps que tu en es dégagé.

– Je n’ai pas dit que le fait d’écrire – ou de penser – des dialogues solutionnait tout. Mais au moins cela indique le problème, et du coup ne triche pas – ou moins – avec.

– Cela devrait aussi impliquer que tu taises ce en quoi tu crois vraiment.

– Possible. Ou alors, je mets en dialogue aussi ce en quoi je crois, pour m’en dégager – puisque celui qui parle est toujours, d’une manière ou d’une autre, un imbécile.

– Pour te lire, avec les outils de recherche modernes, il faudrait alors déduire ce qu’est ce dont tu ne parles pas et autour de quoi tu parles.

– Ecriture centrifuge, lecture centripète.

– C’est ça. Mais là, nous sommes arrivés à la question de la censure.

– Et de l’autocensure.

– Tu veux dire que le dialogue sert à rendre l’autocensure productive, à lui faire passer le cap de la censure : à dire ce qui est interdit, mais d’une façon telle que la censure ne puisse l’appréhender.

– Oui.

– Au risque d’égarer, voire de perdre un certain nombre de lecteurs, donc.

– Les plus mauvais seulement. Mais qui peuvent être nombreux.

– Où est la censure, aujourd’hui ?

– Elle est à l’œuvre dans toutes les instances qui peuvent vous faire un procès pour ce que vous dites et qui ont pour seule éthique de développer le plus gros travail de paranoïa possible, et par extension dans toutes les instances qui les soutiennent on ont peur d’elles. Ce qui, tout de même, commence à faire.

– Une telle censure ne peut-elle pas être légitime, au moins parfois ?

– Elle est toujours légitimée, c’est certain ; au moins partiellement. Quant à savoir si elle peut être pleinement légitime, ce n’est pas mon problème. Parce que mon problème est de faire en sorte que l’autocensure permette de franchir la censure. Et c’est tout.

– La censure peut aussi conférer la gloire, aujourd’hui.

– Mais elle opère tout de même. Même après qu’elle sera levée. Elle aura rendu l’œuvre illisible, c’est-à-dire lisible seulement selon son critère.

– Tu pourrais faire un dialogue de cette conversation ?

– Oui, mais ce serait vite didactique. Et donc très mauvais.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

56. Vieux homme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Il dit : – A un moment, c’est douloureux parce que vous n’avez plus rien à lui dire, ni elle à vous, et que ça vous pèse, avec la sensation du gâchis alors que c’est seulement que la passion, cette chose ridicule, peut-être inévitable, mais qui m’a l’air forcée quand même aujourd’hui, on ne s’en souvient plus assez pour s’y faire encore croire et tout le semblant qui suit ; et puis, eh bien, un moment après, quand cette bascule-là elle a passé vraiment, je veux dire si vous êtes capable de renoncer même à la frustration, vous commencez à trouver que c’est reposant, d’être là, et qu’elle soit là, avec ce silence entre vous de ceux qui n’ont rien à se prouver – en tout cas à l’autre. Oh, ça n’empêche pas de s’engueuler, heureusement. Pour savoir qui descend les poubelles, ou autre chose, par exemple. On reste des humains quand même. A un moment, on se disputait même à savoir qui resterait en dernier. Et puis voilà, hein.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polis

 

On peut essayer de quantifier le sommet du pouvoir, mais.

Combien de morts une phrase peut faire. Combien d’argent elle peut perdre ou rapporter. Ou quels territoires, etc. Combien de divisions internes ou externes elle engendre. Quelles ripostes.

Et son influence, restreinte ou pas ? Ses mesures procèdent toujours d’une méconnaissance, non moins qu’elle-même. Pour ne rien dire de ses délais.

Se poser ces questions entrave la décision. Le pouvoir n’est lui-même qu’aveugle.

L’effroi devant toute conséquence contraint ceux qui exercent le pouvoir à un certain nombre de phrases fausses, convenues, établies d’avance – ainsi que leurs réponses.  

Et voilà pourquoi votre pouvoir est muet.

Bavard, mais muet. Clairvoyant parfois, mais toujours inactif.

 

(J’essaie de présenter les choses positivement.)