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As an absurdist philosophical exploration on the meaning of life (or lack of), it entertains in the dark perspective that life itself is a comedy, with or without a punch line, when one spends it waiting for something else than life itself. "Waiting for Godot" is very much an acquired taste. Reading the book has to be less satisfying that seeing the play, but this shortcoming is mitigated by the fact that it is generally performed with a minimalist décor.
Not as good as I thought, a lot of repetition. It's like listening to two idiots talk all day about nothing and waiting for someone (Gadot) to save them from their miserable lives.
Estrogen: Yes, I know. Damvlad: It could be. Damvlad: That's right. Damvlad: Lots of people think there's a point. Damvlad: Right arm. Estrogen: You mean right on. Damvlad: It will come. Estrogen: True.
Estrogen: Do we even need a point. Either way, we are waiting. Damvlad: Some people might.Estrogen: Even if there's no point.Damvlad: Perhaps.Estrogen: Maybe we should go.Damvlad: No, I still think that we should wait. Damvlad: Yes, perhaps, but why wait. When it does, we move. Estrogen: Some don't.Damvlad: Some do, some don't, but either way, we must wait.Estrogen: That doesn't mean there's a point.
Estrogen: On.Damvlad: Arm.Estrogen: But the point.Damvlad: It will come.Estrogen: Perhaps. Estrogen: Maybe that's the point. Damvlad: What other point could there be. Estrogen: Maybe that's the point.Damvlad: Right arm.
On the Kindle, there are instances in which the type becomes microscopically small and can't be made any larger. It's a technical SNAFU. Don't buy this book for the Kindle unless you can read impossibly small type, or you have the means to manually magnify it.
If it can be hung, I'm afraid 'waiting for godot' is primed for the tate gallery. I can imagine it created quite a stir back in the early fifties, but then so did Hirst with his sliced-up pigs and horses. The joke's on us.To be sure, the world NEEDED a play like this - and that's why three of the best for this one.
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