What is “Jongleur pas confondre” ?
As in circular theatres where physicians used to deliver their lectures in anatomy, a speaker is there, rambling on his “study-object” –to some extent, his guinea-pig- the latter being exhibited on a pedestal in the middle of the ring: a juggler. Resorting to various approaches-geographical, historical, economical, socio-political, and philosophical, the speaker therefore claims to “consider the subject from all angles”, that is to say, he will say “everything about jugglers”. His thoughts, his ramblings, his associations of ideas -which do not always match with his subject-are projected on a large, circular screen. To some extent, the audience may wonder whether he is as interested in his “study-object” as he pretends to be or whether he’s using it as an easy excuse to speak-or avoid speaking-about something else. It all happens as if this conference was only a sort of Freudian slip meant to hide and reveal his fear of loneliness and rejection. In any case, it all appears to be a real
