Grotesco The Trial

The term "grotesque" originally referred to a style of ornamental painting that combined human and animal forms in strange, intertwining ways. In art history, it came to mean something distorted, ugly, or bizarre. In the hands of the comedy troupe, "Grotesco" becomes a method of truth-telling.

: Just as in Kafka's The Trial , the process becomes more important than the crime . In Grotesco , the "truth" is constantly interrupted by advertisement breaks and dramatic over-acting . Grotesco The Trial

: The comedy relies heavily on exaggerated Southern accents, nonsensical legal jargon, and the overly dramatic "hero's journey" typical of Hollywood legal thrillers. The term "grotesque" originally referred to a style