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I don't get it
Waiting for Godot is a book.
Ohhhhh, I thought it was about Godot, the C# game engine
That's what it's named after! "The engine you've been waiting for."
It's a play. And the famous spoiler is that
Spoiler
Godot never shows up"Where is your Godot now!"
... Sorry, couldn't help myself. 😅😂
Well, yeah, that is one of the interpretations.
no. Beckett specifically said "If I meant God I would have written God."
He also wrote in French, where God is "Dieu" and Godot is "Gohdough" so the pun doesn't work
He was waiting for good dough.
Heads-up, that spoiler formatting might not work for users not on Sync.
I'm on jerboa, and the spoiler part works okay for me. But it somehow swallowed the first part of the post.
I haven't looked on the web client.
I checked and it doesn't work at all on the web.
Yeah, doesn't work on boost.
Which is weird
spoiler
because boost has a button to add spoilers.I don't think that spoiler worked. Maybe because it's all on the same line
No, it's a play
Published in 52 by Les Éditions de Minuit. In a book.
"En attendant Godot"
Yeah sure, I'll admit defeat. Btw, weird flex for an Irishman to write a play in French...
That makes me feel old. It's Waiting for Godot the classic play.
Don't feel old. A lot of people just aren't into plays.
Did you read it in high school? I did. And I'm old haha.
I mean Im over 40 and Ive never heard of it. We didnt read plays in high school.
Wow, we read all kinds of plays in English and drama class.
No, I never heard of it, sorry lol. I'm not really into plays though and I'm Canadian so it might not be part of our curriculum.
I am also Canadian. But probably old enough to be your mom.
You could be but she's not very old. Could be a province or eastcoast/westcoast thing too.
I think I read it in drama class.