The Stranger

The condition of the people of the land


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With Blazing Saddles, the cult movie from Mel Brooks, we will start to roam around sedentary and migratory nature of the human beings, discussing the wicked thoughts of the people of the land - those who decide to stay and fight against those workers who are wandering around and happened to be the real builders of their cities.
Joseph Brodsky, the great Russian and American poet, will help us discuss about the condition we call exile, the role that language plays in it, how it teaches people humility. And how a free man blames no one, when he fails.

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The StrangerBy Raniero Virgilio