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Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

3.69 AVERAGE

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark funny mysterious reflective
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

still waiting

The epitome of the purposelessness of life in existential philosophy. It took me ages to have picked this one up and finish because life happened. But I am glad to have done it at last. So many precious moments serve the existentialism message within the play and those in return provide the absurd meaning of life. Exactly at that moment, the two characters realize those days of waiting have been nonsensical. The ending gathers all these little existentialism elements together as an absurd package or rather as an epiphany: life is what we make of it.
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: No

You wanna know what happens in this play? Literally nothing and that’s the point. I wanted to say this was absolutely terrible but it was short and sweet, not my vibe by any means. I did however enjoy the simplicity of it and the second act is actually important whereas the first one is just some “wtf is this?” Shit.

How does one review a play about nothing? I don't know, but perhaps that's the point.
challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated