Chartreux

The words “Meet the Chartreux: French, Quiet & Cute” floated across the cat’s image.

The Chartreux, also known as Carthusians, embrace a deeply ascetic existence in the western French Alps, observing customs that have barely changed since their order, one of Christianity’s oldest, was founded.

In 2020, the Chartreux philosophy worked in reverse: As Covid-19 ground the world a halt, the Carthusian way of life went on, unchanged.

In a comic set piece, Chartreux, wearing silver heels and a sparkly top and shorts, short-circuited, her speech breaking up, her gestures repeating; the bit prompted a few giggles, but it dragged on, testing our patience.

Djoudi, Drapeau, and Lepreux are musicians, mainly, and did the bulk of the playing for “Micro”; Chartreux, an ex-gymnast, also played keyboards, and was the only performer aside from Rigal who appeared to be trained in movement.