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Who would have thought that a little guy from Rue Duplessis in Drummondville, who grew up surrounded by poverty, fear and prejudice, would become a respected sociologist and a well-known Radio-Canada host?
Jean-Philippe Pleau comes from a caring family who found intellectual ambition suspect: “School is for people who think their shit don’t stink,” they would say. Growing up on “macarooni” and cheese made with Kraft Singles, the man known mainly for his delicious reflections on C’est fou… (with Serge Bouchard) and Réfléchir à voix haute is now a stranger to the world he came from but doesn’t truly belong to the world where he ended up. Rue Duplessis is his story, the tale of his inner migration as class defector, and a critical look at socioeconomic inequalities that often dictate the destiny and hopes of those born into the underclass. A funny, moving journey, full of courage, nostalgia… and sociology.
Jean-Philippe Pleau, who snuck through the cracks in a system that didn’t lay out the welcome mat for him to be an author, says he writes to “avenge his people.” After the monumental success of his autobiographical novel Rue Duplessis, ma petite noirceur, he is getting ready for his next step: taking to the stage to present this personal story to hundreds of spectators, night after night. Duceppe’s co-artistic director David Laurin, who adapted the novel for the stage, and director Marie-Ève Milot (Mama, Docteure) offer a remarkably rich theatrical version in which the author stages his own quiet revolution. Beyond the intimate, this play will resonate, particularly with all the Quebecers who, like Jean-Philippe, bounce between two worlds; in it they will recognize their own lives, their pride and their contradictions.
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