Take away from Belgrade, part 1

If you are (were or will be) on an internship in Serbia, there are some things you shouldn't miss..

for example, Radovan the Third! The following quation is the most common one that interns are taught (by Maja and me) to repeat:
"Q: Ko treba da udje prvi?
A: Deda!
Q: Zasto deda?!
A: Zato sto je deda persooooooooooooona!"



Literally translated, it doesn't mean anything special, and certainly is not funny :), but if you could see him talking.. hahahaha

Radovan the Third is a cult theater play, last time played in early 1980s. It is about a man who came in a big city and everything that he came up to as a problem.

The play was written by Dusan Kovacevic and it was ment to be a comedy, but it's not the main reason why it became SO popular that people today still talk about it! :) The main actor Zoran Radmilovic, the biggest profligate of the town Chicago, was able to think of new jokes and comments in EVERY SHOW!!!

So, imagine a play, written to be funny (and to make some jokes on current political system in a country) and to last for an hour and with this actor, it lasted FULL 3 HOURS of hilarious performace!!!! Every evening you could go and see the play, becouse it never was the same (as my father say ;) )!!! He would think of extra 2 hours of programme! (and it wasn't on purpose.. it was just him and his working style)

The most impresive part of the story is that he would be dead serious while talking nonesence and sometimes even actors who played with him started laughing! :) You'd never know what to expect next. :)

Once, in 1983 (yes, yes, two years before i was even born!!) without Zoran's knowledge, they recorded one of the performaces! Today, it is considered to be one of the best plays ever! (for both generations - them, who lived while it was played, and us, the upcoming generation :)

So, Ko treba da udje prvi? :)