Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

POUPINOU AND PICMUCHE

https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/poupinou-and-picmuche-39bde9241a37

I knew them from 1976 to 1995 when I finally migrated to our Central Mountains and Auvergne. They were a tremendous experience. They were able to make music speak and laugh and they moved Carmen, the opera, of course, dumb ass! Picmuche and Poupinou were for me the perfect extraterrestrial neighborly pair if not a couple of clowns. Now that Gilles Defacques is gone, are they still going to wait for the coming of some God? Probably because clowns always stick to their antics. And they have, had, and will always have plenty of tricks in their pockets, and if not in their pockets probably in their shoes, socks, but beware the hats: they always hide some deadly weapons of general laughter there, laughing louse that is ready to jump onto you just like fleas on a famished dog.

Oui! cette fois, Poupinou n'a pas triché et il ne sera jamais plus avec nous, si ce n'est en mémoire et en phantasme. Mais il nous fera toujours rire.

POUPINOU AND PICMUCHE

by Jacques Coulardeau

2025 • Éditions La Dondaine, Medium.com

11 Pages

Burlesque,  *  Clown,  *  Bakhtin carnival and the grotesque body,  *  Picturesque,  *  Circus

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FROM FARCE TO DRAMA, CHASED BY THE POLICE

https://jacquescoulardeau.medium.com/magic-blood-crime-farcical-tragedy-f737f6229aac

3^RD ROUND

KNOCKED OUT

KAPUTT

This third round is centered on crime and the police.

1- Benoit Poelvoorde, Dany Boon, Rien à Déclarer. Customs officers are playing carnival.

2- Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Sherlock Holmes, a series and a handful of films.

3- Basil Rathbone, Tribute to Sherlock Holmes with four films, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapons, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Woman in Green, and Dressed to Kill.

4- Stephen King's Dark Tower, The Gunslinger, the full omnibus edition of the comic book.

The series with Jeremy Brett and David Burke is probably not a masterpiece but they tried to keep the proper environment for the stories that take place at the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century. The acting is good though it becomes slightly routine-minded towards the end.

The four films with Basil Rathbone are from just before WW2 to just after it. No color, no real special effects, and small budgets. One is mediocre war propaganda. The others are banal with no real plot or suspense. Maybe the fourth one might be slightly in Holmes’ line.

Plus a small magazine with some simple data about Sir Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, the various stories written for the character, and the various films. But today that’s a little bit meager with the Internet. Google Sherlock Holmes and you’ll see the myriad of pages you will get. So, it is a little bit disappointing.

I kept Stephen King for the end because the comic book is absolutely phenomenal and marvelous. Creative art, multi-layer narrator, piled up universes revealing what humanity is doing to the cosmos. Nothing good at all. The art is by far outstanding. We could discuss a lot the idea that in this phantasmagorical universe, the principle you can achieve nothing good if you do not sacrifice a human being before getting on the road is barbaric, and feudal, but deeply ingrained in all religions in this world, apart from Theravada Buddhism.

So, enjoy these series, films, and comic books in the weeks leading to Twelfth Night, Mardi Gras, and the Carnival.

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