Shorter plays, sometimes referred to as parades, did not necessarily have any plot at all, but relied simply on a detached dialogue.
[3] There is some scholarly debate over whether the sotie should be considered a separate genre from the farce or the morality play, but it does have certain unique characteristics.
[3] These allegorical protagonists were also common to morality plays, but unlike this genre, the sotie was primarily meant to entertain.
In this play, "Mother Fool" represents the papacy, and for this reason the satire was tolerated by the French king.
[2] Another renowned soties playwright was the court jester Triboulet, whose merits were rewarded generously by René of Anjou and Charles, Duke of Orléans.