Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz: The Mother and Other Unsavory Plays: Including The Shoemakers and They

Daniel Gerould is a God. Who else is a proponent of Witkiewicz, one of the greatest modern artists, to Western-Western culture? None. Who else provides insight and commentary, erudite and fascination, or examines the small scraps of leavenings upon which his history has been writ small? None, on this side of the Atlantic. (the side that left the other side a couple hundred years ago.) In a visit to Poland once, I was in ecstasy over the way in which he was presented… although, of course, tinged with strong Polish Nationalism. Not a bad thing, especially without nuclear weapons. So far. Back to Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz… its strange that in our contemporary era of polymathic personalities, which may just be a structuralist extension of a smaller group of people controlling a larger amount of resources, thus by definition, polymathic relative to earlier measurements, (because measurements get larger as the axis of time spreads), a person such as the many people Witkiewicz shared his automaton, an automaton designed with the nefarious attempt to destroy automation in human society, with, may become to be seen as a non-person, due to the exploration of the modern reality of fracture, individual ratiocination of ontological worldviews, over and above the hazy fog of dementia obscuring the tired eyes of plodding citizens, and in the end, by being the most human of all, being marked by the wheels, nay, the heavy tank treads of history rushing through the flower gardens of delicate life, come to be marked as the most extreme case of a non-person? It will not stand! This collection of plays by Witcacy furthers the glorious mission, although we are not exactly sure these were not printed in China. Thank you, Mr. Gerould. – reviewed by Genezip

August 26, 2009
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