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Philippe Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques has already won over the Canadian public and critics with elegance and finesse.<div> In Child of the Century, he puts his extraordinary intelligence and astonishing culture at the service of humor, making it a show that is both unique and exhilarating, oscillating between deadpan humor and scathing satire.</div><div><br></div><div> "A true gem of humor, brilliantly written, with a crazy intelligence coupled with boundless self-deprecation. Far from the phlegm of our French stand-ups, the Quebecer, "dressed as a head waiter" recounts his journey: a child of intellectuals from the upper middle class, a bit atypical, more accustomed to cathedrals than to Playmobil, who became a socially awkward adult (he is HPI) with a touching vulnerability.</div><div><br></div><div> It's sincere and hilarious, erudite (he quotes Musset, Hugo, Flaubert, Stendhal, among others) without ever being pretentious, precise and absurd, poetic and old-fashioned..."</div>