What is Bouffon?

Answering the age old question of Bouffon, Tom and Ian get into how, where and why Bouffon came to be. Bouffon is a style of performance in which the aim is to provoke emotion (usually laughter in the uncomfortable) in order to gain clarity or resonance in a particular subject - the more taboo, raucous, or edgy the better.If you're interested in researching more about Bouffon then feel free to have a look through our sources below! Let us know if we missed something interesting.TIMESTAMPS0.00 Intro1.18 Initial Notes2.09 Quotes5.30 What is Bouffon?7.32 Myth of Bouffon11.15 Good Art12.33 Visuals of Bouffon14.24 Modern Bouffon Origin18.33 Stock Characters19.11 Nate20.26 Outro21.20 Joke of the DaySHOWNOTES & SOURCESJacques LecoqPhillipe GaulierGiovanni FusettiBouffon ExamplesNatehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouffonwashingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/05/AR2011010505738.html https://www.aqueoushumour.com/about/bouffons/https://batterseaartscentreblog.com/2020/02/13/bouffon-for-beginners/https://learningthroughtheatre.co.uk/blog/what-is-the-origin-of-bouffonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulcinellahttps://www.lifeinitaly.com/lifestyle/holidays/carnival/pulcinella/https://www.petalily.com/blog-dark-clown-clown-plus/bouffon-satire-dark-clownhttps://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315745251.ch18https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Fools