THE FOURTH GOSPEL
presented spoudogeloically*
I am the way.
True,
this life is full of folly,
but
I am wise to it.
Come and eat,
come, drink.
Hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Bless you!
Breathe from your belly;
feel the Spirit
spring up from within you.
*from Greek spoudogeloisos ("serious-smiling"):
serio-comical genre of ancient theatre.
The serio-comical possesses the unique and transforming vitality of laughter that can unify culture because it is accessible to everyone. Serio-comico theatre undermines the serious, unmediated discourse of power & authority in humorous, ironic, and satiric accents through the voices of rogues, clowns, or fools. Such marginal characters decenter the ideological world of other characters.
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