Guide to the Grotesque

[@julianphilosophy]

Apologies for the vertical format. KZbin now has this as the standard and I’ll have to change it next time in the settings.

[@MonkeyDIvan]

"One may stray from the path of a man, one may stray from the path of a woman, but there is no straying from the path of a human!" - Bon Clay

[@daryasohrabi7265]

Now I have a big reason to finally start watching one piece .. Thank's a lot for your great content

[@popatemyheart_]

The most prominent celebrity figure/artist that comes to mind when I think of the art of the Grotesque is Lady Gaga, her videography, especially the Born This Way music video.

[@joaodelgado6696]

sseing you blend philosopohical concepts with one peice is just chefs kiss

[@ali3889]

3:37 Hum, now I’m curious if Julian has seen the 1973 French horror drama “La Rose de Fer”? Aside from being a haunting tale of romance, would we consider this a grotesque work?

[@radixreuel7631]

As a means of contrast with the sublime, the grotesque is, in our view, the richest source that nature can offer. -Victor Hugo

[@secretasiandan]

17:00 the grotesque in Monty Python: Mr Creosote in Monty Python and the Meaning of Life edit: fixed spelling of the name

[@pimtooler6370]

Nooo bring back the bon clay thumbnail

[@danielzollinger83]

Perhaps a sidebar, but worth noting that the fakes in fact come from the same factories that compete to produce the authentic article, and that they are expected to produce speculative runs to compete for contracts, with the tacit understanding that those that do not get the contract will offload their duplicates to the grey market. Ive handled these fakes and they come in the exact packaging, with an exact certificate of authenticity. All of which, of course, serves only to heighten the fetishised value of the “authentic” item.

[@canreadandsee]

Could it be that the “best” and the “evil” in man is also an ideological projection of the self unto the cave/mask/face of itself and the other? I wonder why there are (to my knowledge) two categories of people, those who fall in love with their mirror image and those (incl. me) who are disgusted by it. Sometimes, grimacing at myself makes it somewhat bearable..

[@ahmetdogan5685]

It was Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé who said: "We all came out from under Gogol's Overcoat."

[@akbar-nr4kc]

what is zizek views on pragamatism?

[@TheWay-u1n]

The blacker the soil or sleep the more conducive the growth or dreaming.. Eastern cultures venerate patina where as the west seeks to scrub it away

[@JuanHugeJanus]

Like your hair 🙂

[@grosbeak6130]

I find your use of the word "misogynistic" as you are describing the depressed woman and her hat to be grotesque in a pejorative sense. A "woke" grotesqueness. Why did you feel compelled to not only mention that but then for a second time employ the word misogynistic as some kind of cautionary parentheses to your description for that story? (I can easily imagine Zizek doing that). It reminds me of this lady academic who was doing an analysis or think piece on a Loren Eiseley essay concerning the nature of "man", and she took issue for his use of the word "men" in his writings to the point where she felt the need to preface her commentary with an apology for that. P.s. And speaking of Loren Eiseley, he has a short story of sorts called The Dance of the Frogs. One of the finest examples of the "grotesque" in all of literature. P.p.s. the embodiment of the grotesque not in literature or art but simply in today's world and society: AI.

[@krinkle909]

I thought the real could not be encountered because it's too horrible, not just grotesque

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

associating the grotesque with camp a la the thumbnail isn't uh... great :/

[@jannesplatteau]

manneke pis!

[@ahmetdogan5685]

Julien, why you remind me Christian Bale in American Psycho? 😀🪓🪓