Bulă () is a fictional
stock character
A stock character, also known as a character archetype, is a fictional character in a work of art such as a novel, play, or a film whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition. There is a wide range of st ...
of
Romanian humor
Romanian humour, like many other Romanian cultural aspects, has many affinities with four other groups: the Latins (namely the French and Italians), the Balkan people (Greeks, the Slavs, and Turks), the Germans and the Hungarians.
Characters
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Bulă, a buffoon and coward, was "born" during the
Nicolae Ceauşescu regime of
Communist Romania
The Socialist Republic of Romania ( ro, Republica Socialistă România, RSR) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist One-party state, one-party socialist state that existed officially in Romania from 1947 to 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the s ...
. The name, among other meanings, is a one-letter deformation of "Pulă", a Romanian vulgar slang for "
penis".
In 2006, the
Romanian Television conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considers the
100 greatest Romanians of all time. Bulă was voted to be the 59th greatest Romanian (compare with
humoristic voting for 100 greatest Finns).
Silvian Cenţiu
Silvian is a Romanian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Silvian Cristescu (born 1970), Romanian footballer
*Silvian Dobre
Silvian Dobre (born 4 December 1967) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielde ...
, commenting on his show, ''A Transylvanian in Silicon Valley'', wrote: "When in
San Francisco and in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
I mentioned Bula, the omnipresent character in Romanian jokes, I was delighted to hear audience members laugh before I finished the joke – I knew they were Romanians."
"A Transylvanian in Silicon Valley"
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References
Fictional Romanian people
Romanian humour
Stock characters in jokes
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