Pour un temps sois peu

Microphone in hand, Laurène Marx addresses the audience without barriers, as if in a comedy club. It's a "sad stand-up", as she describes herself, it's an emancipatory tale. Yet there's humor, lots of it. There's a lot of laughter. But it's a liberating laugh, one that bursts out, as if by surprise.

The landscape of our social world is masterfully painted. Through all the experiences her trans-identity has taken her through, the author gives a glimpse of precariousness, marginalization, fetishization and rejection. With these observations of a rare acuity, the text puts its finger where it hurts and brings about some beautiful revelations. Somewhere between observational comedy and ordinary tragedy, Pour un temps sois peu is a radical departure in which the poetry is raw, urgent and bitter. With vulnerability as her compass, Laurène Marx takes the microphone and makes the dizzying gamble of self-affirmation.