Waiting for Godot (1952)

I may have been too young when I read this... ( )

His own translation of his original French text is indeed brilliant, and doubly so for English being his native language.

In and of itself, it is one of the indispensables.

-- Who have you seen performing it? ( )

A good audio version of this absurd play. ( )

What a relief!

I had been under the impression that Waiting for Godot was a religious allegory, where Estragon and Vladimir represented the two thieves crucified with Jesus, or society in general; Lucky represented Jesus; Pozzo represented organized religion; and the whole thing was some tortured, surreal / comedic commentary on the pointlessness / necessity of faith. Gar, I thought, if I wanted earnest religious allegory I could just read Life of Pi again, borrrrrrring.

"It's never the same pus from one second to the next."

But then I read it, and it's not that at all. It turns out it's just about kinky gay BDSM relationships: Pozzo and Lucky kindle latent longings in Vladimir and Estragon that they try and fail to act on. You can pretty much just watch the Gimp scene from Pulp Fiction; it's exactly the same story. Whew! This is way sexier than I'd been led to believe.

"Perhaps he could dance first and think afterwards, if it isn't too much to ask of him."

This isn't really my scene, but I appreciate the exploration of it. To each his own!

"We are all born mad. Some remain so."

Recommended soundtrack: "One More Try," George Michael. ( )

(Stands up. Sits down. Again). Why are we sitting here, still waiting for Godot? ( )