:27:00
It's a dreadful play,
a festering pustule
on the face of literature.
:27:06
Why, the parchment it's written upon
isn't worthy to wipe my ass.
:27:11
But you need not make it worse.
Say your lines with conviction,
my happy little shoemaker.
:27:16
- Like a true actor.
- But I'm not an actor.
I'm a dyspeptic.
:27:20
Just seduce her,
you goon !
:27:23
He's actually made a great success
of our little theater.
:27:26
There's seldom an empty seat,
not to mention its therapeutic value.
:27:31
Playing dress-up
with cretins...
:27:33
sounds like a symptom
of madness, not a cure.
:27:36
Homo perversio:
a species that thrives in captivity.
:27:39
Marquis, this is Dr. Royer-Collard.
He's joining us here in-
:27:42
An advisory capacity.
:27:45
Welcome to our humble
madhouse, Doctor.
:27:48
I trust you'll
find yourself at home.
:27:51
There he is, the new doctor.
:27:53
Tell me, Abbe, why is he in your care
and not a proper prison ?
:27:57
- His wife's influence.
- " His wife's" ?
:28:00
Better to have an insane spouse
than a criminal one.
:28:04
And he has never once
tried to escape ?
:28:08
A man of his notoriety ?
He wouldn't last a day
on the streets without capture.
:28:12
Besides, every wholesome thing
he might desire, he has at Charenton:;
:28:16
a library filled
with the world's great books,
:28:19
music lessons,
watercolor exercises.
:28:22
What effect have all these amenities
had on his psyche ?
:28:25
He no longer roars
or spits.
:28:28
He no longer taunts the guards
or molests his fellow wards.
:28:32
And his writing ?
:28:34
- Ah, yes, that.
- Well ?
:28:37
It's essential to his recovery,
a purgative for the toxins in his mind.
:28:41
Do you favor
its publication ?
:28:44
- For sale ? To the general public ?
- Yes. Yes.
:28:47
No, certainly not.
It's unprintable.