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Joual in Popular Culture
The two-act play of Les Belles-sœursby famous Canadian writer Michel Tremblay premiered in 1968 at the Theater du Rideau Vert in Montreal, Canada. Many consider it to have had a profound impact on Canadian culture as it was one of the first times joual was seen on a national stage. The play follows a working-class woman named Germaine in Montréal, Québec, Canada. After winning a million trading stamps she invited her friends over to help paste them into booklets to redeem them. But, Germaine is unsuspecting of her jealous friends who are envious of her winnings. The fact that the play was originally written in joual is very important to the socio-linguistic aspect of the women. The characters all come from the working class and for the most part, speak in joual which at the time was not seen on the main stage. The play at the time was cited as a " radical element among Quebec critics as the dawn of a new era of liberation, both political and aesthetic". Much of this was owed to that Tremblay did not forgo the tongue of joual and wrote it in that and not standardized french. It spoke and showed the reality of the characters more than standardized french would have if it was written in that accord.

When Les Belles-sœurs premiered in Paris, France in 1973 in the way it was originally written in joual it was met with some initial criticism. As one critic described it as difficult to understand as ancient Greek. To which Tremblay replied "" Une culture devrait toujours commencerpar se parler ti elle-meme. Les Grecs anciens se parlaient cl eux-mem" which translates in english to "a culture should always start with speak to herself. The ancient Greeks spoke to each other". The popularity of the play has caused it to be translated into multiple languages. Raising issues in the translation community over keeping the authenticity of Les Belles-sœurs even if it was not performed in the dialect of joual. Writing in joual gave Tremblay an opportunity to resist cultural and linguistic imperialism of France while signifying the secularization of Quèbec.

--Gd6505a (talk) 21:06, 21 February 2019 (UTC)Griff