Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi
Voting period ends on 5 Sep 2019  at 04:43:02 (UTC)
 * Reason:Obviously, this one has to go on encyclopedic value more than art quality, but this is the programme, created by the author, for the incredibly influential work Ubu Roi. As such, I think EV quite outweighs the fact that it's a very weird image, although if you've seen the costumes, or know a bit about the play, you'd know it's not as weird as you'd think. ...Or, at least, it's appropriately weird.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Ubu Roi
 * FP category for this image:WP:FP/THEATRE
 * Creator:Alfred Jarry, restored by Adam Cuerden


 * Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 04:43, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Geoffroi  06:39, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:46, 26 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment Were I already entitled to vote I would definitely rally for "support". I haven't had the chance to see a performance, but the play is reknown as a precursor to the fantastic world of the absurd theatre. The première programme sheet, albeit composed in a strange but befitting, squiggly calligraphy, thus possesses a true encyclopedic value. Compare e.g. this election campaign poster from the turn of the century (1905). -- Franz van Duns (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:55, 27 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment – Ugly. – Sca (talk) 12:54, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * ...which does suit the play, to be fair. It's a weird play. Said at the start, though: This was never passing on aesthetics, it's one that has to survive on unique EV. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 6.9% of all FPs 15:36, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. MER-C 16:44, 28 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Support. Of a piece with the play and I think sharing in its EV. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:12, 29 August 2019 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 07:18, 5 September 2019 (UTC)