The Resurgence of Turbofolk
The Resurgence of Turbofolk

Summary/Abstract: A dozen actors clad in track suits fight, scream, simulate sex, smash bottles over each other’s heads, shoot each other, sing and generally raise hell to an emotive soundtrack of popular Yugo turbofolk tracks. The idea behind Oliver Frljic’s play Turbofolk is to shed light on a phenomenon which, like it or not, has spread beyond the borders of Serbia, its country of origin, and is now taking Croatia by storm, to the consternation of politicians, parents, priests and patriots. In Frljic’s piece we watch as the Balkan animal within is temporarily set loose as actors gleefully launch their attack on etiquette, abandoning themselves to orgiastic violation and in a mood of festive bliss tear down the social, cultural and moral systems on which Croatian society has structured its everyday life.

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