Political satire 'King Ubu' starts out loud and has nowhere to go
Alfred Jarry's 1896 absurd and grotesque "Ubu Roi" should be the perfect play for our current political moment. After all, it involves an impulsive vulgarian who, while utterly unacquainted with matters of state (or basic etiquette) manages to bully his way into power " only to find that it's not...