SOURCE: Hubert, Renée R. “Raw and Cooked: An Interpretation of Ubu Roi.” L'Esprit Créateur 24, no. 4 (winter 1984): 75-83.
In the following essay, Hubert examines the significance of food and the act of eating in Ubu Roi, arguing that Ubu—and by extension, the petit-bougeoisie he represents—is the ultimate consumer in a world dominated by and reducible to food and human refuse.
