Act Without Words II

The play by Samuel Beckett. Just fits.

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Film & Animation

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• Samuel
• Beckett
• play

[baikabaga]

for some reason i see beckett laughing in his grave saying "it doesn't mean anything! bahahahaha!"

[mranenome]

I think his attitude was something like that; that his plays should be appreciated for what they were, that it wasn't necessary to subject them to interpretation. 

Which would be fine by me.

[RoxxyBee]

where is act without words part I?

[mranenome]

There is a Beckett play named "Act Without Words 1," but it's a separate play. It's not a first part to this one.

[lauralikes]

this is really great

[mranenome]

Beckett is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His plays are 'theater of the absurd,' which, as a genre, has been parodied without mercy. But with Beckett you see what all the fuss was about.

[courtradiction]

and the other of the negative nature.both have the same "jobs/ tasks" but one has a positive outlook, the other has a negative one. either way we see the job/task gets done...but is it truly what these characters want. we are completely responsible for our lives, therefore the blame can not be placed on the stick waking the two men up. instead, we take what life gives us and make due with it...in how ever way we choose.

[TheNinjaMantis]

One of the best things about Beckett is how much meaning can be pulled from his pieces. one can look at them from one perspective and see something and from another, something different. Here one can see the two men living with differing outlooks, that we all face the same end no matter how we live, or that in the end you have done absolutely nothing despite what you think. I think that is the greatest thing about Beckett, the fact that his plays, like this one, show so much... and show nothing.

[kutthroat84]

the stick and carrot

[TheSeungjin]

it looks very much like Charlie Chaplin's work

[josswaldo]

@baikabaga HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

[Manwithcam]

@progrockcoffee Because people are creatures of routine, and we'd rather suffer in routine than break free into the void.

[progrockcoffee]

What bothers me about Beckett's plays are why his characters don't see the easy way out. Why doesn't one of these two open up the other sack? Why don't they just walk away and never go back into the sacks? Why don't they go find the goad and break it in half? Why don't Vladimir and Estragon just say "Fuck you, Godot!" and leave? GAH!

[boogeringdonosti]

Te first man is sad and its not living the life.

The second one its the oposite.

Beckett want to show two kind of livestiles.

( I think)

( Sorry about the English)

[AllyssEm]

i think it *does* mean something...i think he's taking a stab at describing the modern condition of man...a criticism of opiates vs. routine when it comes to man's persuit of meaning.

[onzin123bah]

Deze metafoor op de zinloosheid van het bestaan is een aansporing voor het besef dat de zin in het geleefde leven ligt en nergens anders.

[inluminary]

...endearing.