The Irish for the word "forever" is "go deo". Beckett was Irish, loved languages and plays on words, so rather than waiting for God that people assume, it's more likely the play is "waiting forever" which is exactly what the characters do..

@janehowlett5158

2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@TeaDrinkingDragon

2 жыл бұрын

woah

@51Dss

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant revelation into the dynamic that drives the 2 characters into their circular dialog - and could it be that Vladimir and Estragon and the story teller are a metaphorical holy trinity. 3 characters in one person. A single person (the story teller) desperately trying to plumb the depths of that which is unavailable to the mortal man - "eternity" which is to say God. It also strikes me that the name Estragon is very suggestive of the female hormone estrogen. So Vladimir might well be the masculine voice always coming up with practical sounding things to do while waiting and Estrogon is fretting about what to do next - the feminine aspect of a single consciousness.

@welshpete12

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting , thank you for posting !

@bitoffbalance4021

2 жыл бұрын

@@51Dss why do you try to find meaning in this play? It was written with no particular intention , just enjoy it and let it go

Two men are waiting, when they got tired of waiting , they decided to wait some more. The End.

@zodix44

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Thats really the whole play

@jorisvandenhoek6251

4 жыл бұрын

@@zodix44 yeah kinda, exept for dem two other dudes that show up

@buddhistsympathizer1136

4 жыл бұрын

To fill the time while waiting, they post comments on KZread videos

@indrajeetpatel5058

4 жыл бұрын

two men both had suicidal tendency invented a imagery character to avoid suicide.

@ximenazea524

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

*watches video* Maybe I should re-read this! *she does not move*

@PetrMichalec

5 жыл бұрын

Same here :'DD

@wtfhowbizarre1946

5 жыл бұрын

Already read it. The Pet Shop Boys mention Waiting for Godot in their song Red Letter Day.

@saurabhmishra1005

4 жыл бұрын

maybe she's waiting for the next video!

@jolivas7

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@docmagoos78

4 жыл бұрын

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Hats are the only thing you can be sure of in life.

@QQTrick1QQ

5 жыл бұрын

Death and taxes

@paddleduck5328

5 жыл бұрын

Two things 😁

@Alexandra-ip2by

5 жыл бұрын

i aggree

@Endothermia

5 жыл бұрын

What is this, TF2?

@seymournerds342

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe by hat he means their consciousness

Could you do a ‘why you should read’ playlist? Please

@johnsailorsgoat

5 жыл бұрын

They already have one.

@felipee4622

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnsailorsgoat Could you send me link?

@TEDEd

5 жыл бұрын

Here you go, Felipe E: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpiimbZ-mtHIgLw.html

@1996Pinocchio

5 жыл бұрын

@Blackbone Yes, why?

@professionalprocrastinator_.

5 жыл бұрын

@Blackbone Actually its their playlist on 'why you should read...' topic. No one is telling you to read the playlist.

Godot is that one douchbag friend that always flakes at the last minute and doesn’t tell you

@archaicfalcon4898

5 жыл бұрын

Inglorious Basterd He is also the coffee enthusiast who magically summons a cup of coffee every single trial.

@forestvvoods577

2 жыл бұрын

😭😭 this sounds personal

@godisdeadandwememedhim4174

2 жыл бұрын

Probably this interpretation is the most accurate one.

It's certainly important to read "Waiting for Godot", but it is far more important to see it performed. It is, after all, a play, and it is meant to be experienced as a live theatre performance.

@godisdeadandwememedhim4174

2 жыл бұрын

I read a lot of Becket and yes, performed is a lot more catchy and funny. The physical gags works only in that way.

@rachel9876

2 жыл бұрын

Is there any recorded version?

@bhaskarbrahma8254

Жыл бұрын

@@rachel9876 There is a movie on the play, you can watch it if you feel like to.

We are all like Estragon and Vladimir, we are waiting for something / someone to find meaning in our everyday life. Hoping for Godot to give us an answer ( or an allegory to God. )

@ADEehrh

5 жыл бұрын

in another 3-4 billion years I would love to be able to ask those still looking at the sky waiting; "Anything yet?"

@1996Pinocchio

5 жыл бұрын

One should not forget that Estragon and Vladimir are only Persons, not real Human beings. Their only purpose is to exist, it doesn't matter what they do, they can fill a theater.

@1000OtherFoxes

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately i think less and less people are searching for meaning, purpose or rational thinking...I'm under the impression that i see more and more people wanting to be entertained, scrolling endless meaningless content just to be distracted from ... (fill in the blank) they don't want to search for things they want answers to things, not even knowing or questioning why they believe what they believe leading to less and less constructive debates or ideas.... Just my opinion.

@mariapazgonzalezlesme

5 жыл бұрын

@@ADEehrh The reply will probably like the same or slightly changed over time.

@mariapazgonzalezlesme

5 жыл бұрын

@@1000OtherFoxes Sadly, that's the thing with humankind. We are ephimereal. Perhaps the weight of mortality and that our existence is, in many senses, unique yet easily repleceable; has took a toll on us.

Half of the things you've read in school and never paid attention, turn out to be pretty interesting when it is taught by TedEd.

@briantw

4 жыл бұрын

Such as finishing sentences?

@christopherfernandes4401

4 жыл бұрын

You are correct. We had to study this play in Catholic school for religion class at Neil McNeil High School in Toronto. The priest teaching this course was from Ireland. His interpretation of the play went above the intelligence of most of the class. But now almost 50 years later, I have come to a new understanding of this play. Sometimes we do not have an understanding of life experiences to comprehend this play at the time it is being taught.

@aarone1777

3 жыл бұрын

Nearly everything I learned in school was either taught in the most boring way possible; or very incomplete. I have learned soooo much more after my school years that I want to build a time machine go back and slap the L out of at least 3 of my "teachers"!

@CK_Godoth

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherfernandes4401 Oh could you please sum up what your priest/teacher taught? I'd be interested to know!

@christopherfernandes4401

3 жыл бұрын

@@CK_Godoth : This play ( Waiting for Godot) by S Becket was taught by Fr John Geary at Neil McNeil High School in Toronto. Fr. Geary had many interpretations on the play ‘Waiting for Godot’. Some of his explanations were, at that time I was in high school, above my level of understanding. He talked about the play from a religious view point; the people have had the clergy “think" for them, and the clergy respond by spouting nonsensical phrases that the people cannot understand, but accept. Christ the Messiah has come and yet people are still waiting for the Messiah. Another interpretations he talked about was from the point of a Freudian analyst, where the two characters represent the ID and the Ego. Still another interpretation was from the point of Jungian analyst which was way above our heads. He discussed this play in greater detail than anyone in the class wanted.

I once saw this play acted in a theatre in Melbourne by two actors in their seventies, who had both played the characters before in a play together in their youth at University. Absolutely magical to see them having lived out these lines together over decades.

I can relate to this story so much on a personal level. How the two characters are waiting for an imaginary character to show them the way, give some sign.. I'm doing the same. I'm waiting for something miraculous to get me out of this viciousness in my life and I know there's no point and there'd be no sign, no change, but I'm still waiting. I don't know for what exactly.

@cal6568

5 жыл бұрын

For death

@parn2160

5 жыл бұрын

@@cal6568 maybe.. yeah.

@Suberi909

5 жыл бұрын

Yh, it seems that life in itself does not give a real purpose. When we look at science, the answers what we get to these kinds of questions are that we are just a product of chance, there is no excuse for our existance and at the end we will die. Every morning we will wake up, have our morning routines and jump to our vicious cycle and repeat it day after day. However, I think we do have a meaning for our life. I do believe that the Godot we are waiting for is the God himself, since He is our maker. I think there are many good arguments why God does exist but it would seem that the best argument is how the world is seen without the existance of God. It is the choice that takes us apart of our very purpose. I said that I believe that God exists. I also believe, that 2000 years ago He came on earth in the form of Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect life and died for us on the cross. After this, Jesus was resurrected and all who believe this and accept Him as their God will have a personal relationship with Him and be resurrected as well, when He comes back. Since it would seem we do not have a purpose without God, I strongly encourage you to give Him a chance. If there is no God, there is no backfire for believing in Him. However, if there is God, there is an eternity to gain. Without God, we are trapped in this endless vicious cycle of agony and the only cure for it is death. But if God is with us, He will stand with us when we have tough time. The choice is yours.

@speedy01247

5 жыл бұрын

I don't believe in god, but if I did I find that he also has no purpose, after all if we have a purpose in god, what does he have a purpose for? If it is for us then why should we have a purpose for him after all he created us therefore we could do the same and find purpose in that which we create, if he has a purpose that is not us, then what is that purpose and why should we care if it does not relate to us? (I need to state that I am an agnostic and can't believe in any current form of god as written in the major religions due to skepticism and the unreal nature of those religions, its not like I have not read the bible, but rather the act of having read it which tore my Christianity away from me) Words only have meaning if you can believe what is written and the meaning comes not from the words so much as it does from your understanding of the words. I find this true about most everything in life, if you want it to have meaning you can give it meaning, but if you don't it won't, of course that meaning must be something you support or else it will still feel worthless.

@paulryan2128

5 жыл бұрын

@@Suberi909 you believe & you think a lotta stuff...

wrote a term paper on this play, essentially my take was: human action is irrelevant (“they do not move”), just as effective communication is irrelevant (E and V constantly repeat themselves and each other without ever being on the same page), and lastly socioeconomic status is irrelevant (Pozzo’s need for adulation), because the only thing worth living for is human connection. Without each other, E and V would have nothing left and no reason to continue waiting, nothing to “live” for.

@marghe2116

4 жыл бұрын

What an interesting take! I never thought of that

I just love how the message given here in this play. The sad state of human existence, the waiting process, waiting for life to be given a meaning by something or someone. And this play is relevant even now. Just look at what is happening around us. We are all waiting for this lockdown to be over with. We are all waiting for life to return to normal.

Shall we take a moment to appreciate the narrator. He is a true rhetorician. His name is Jack Cutmore-Scott.

@Thejampacker

4 жыл бұрын

royall55 didn’t appreciate the cockney accent though

@briantw

4 жыл бұрын

The narrator* is pretentious.

@AndrewEdwardBailey

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Tristam Williams The narrator narrates. There is no opportunity for pretence.

@createone100

4 жыл бұрын

Jack Holland Good God man! If you imagine he has a cockney accent, you are likely aimlessly waiting for enlightenment too! You must get out more.

@michaelwertzy9808

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffinslack741, That's what she said! (I just thought of this). No, really!! Or not?

Always the best animation for Educational content no one can beat it

@paulatreides3214

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Kurzgesagt could, at the very least, rival it.

@issacramsey7991

5 жыл бұрын

Damn sure kurzgesagt could beat it or rival it

@adkakociskova6327

5 жыл бұрын

And the school of life

@filurenerik1643

Жыл бұрын

@@paulatreides3214 They only have one artstyle. Ted-ed has so many, which is why I consider them superior animation-wise.

“What do we do now, now that we are happy?”. Amazing work.

@lillysnet9345

4 жыл бұрын

In peace prosperity... In war victory.

The best theatre keeps us thinking and waiting...

The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over.

@Ssure2

5 жыл бұрын

"In my world, the colour red doesn't exist. These must be... my tears."

@hahalord7294

5 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for this

@s.l.3463

5 жыл бұрын

@Azur0 Welp, I guess we are all waiting for Godot.

@youinanalternateuniverse6124

5 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for someone to bring him up!

@archaicfalcon4898

5 жыл бұрын

"I saved my 17th cup of coffee just for you."

There was a theater organization in my university that performed a play that had a similiar plot of Waiting for Godot, instead of waiting for Godot, it was a group of people that were waiting for a bus. The bus was supposed to take them somewhere but it broke down, then a bus authority will come and go and promise the group that the bus will be fixed the next day. As they were waiting, they were contemplating if they should just walk to their destination or wait for the bus. In end, only a few people waited and most of them walked to their destination. The director told the audience it is up to us how we interpret the play.

@wiggax7966

2 жыл бұрын

that is actually interesting play😲

@Woodman-Spare-that-tree

10 ай бұрын

Cop out.

This made me strangely anxious...

@footage6402

5 жыл бұрын

Ohshit same

@lazypops3117

4 жыл бұрын

that's the bloody problem with existentialists..

Video: Estragon Me: *eStRoGeN*

Godot is drinking coffee, he will arrive in a few minutes...

@vibecheck2132

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Eduardo So MANY REFENREECES EEFUCK YES

@sethleoric2598

5 жыл бұрын

A: hey man see you by [very specific location] b: okay see u in a bit bruv [Many hours later] b: siiip.... i think i was gonna do something

@Darcyyyyyyyyyyy

5 жыл бұрын

Kevin Eduardo untill then you should just keep waiting ;)

@adriatical9016

5 жыл бұрын

is this a reference from the book?

@davidesteban0002

5 жыл бұрын

@@adriatical9016 Maybe, or maybe from Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations :p

The animation is beautiful, just beautiful.

I’ll never forget when I first heard these lines during an analysis of the play. “Waiting for Godot is not about Godot. Waiting for Godot is about waiting.”

@davideaston6944

6 ай бұрын

If Godot wasn't (didn't "be"), to be waited for, then there would be no reason to be waiting (which would negate the waiting being what the play is about); the play is (HAS TO BE) about Godot. To misinterpret that is to misinterpret the entire point of the sentiment. Allegorically, it would be like proposing an atheist sits waiting for God, when the atheist has already accepted the non-existence of God. They simply wouldn't bother.

@norie2436

6 ай бұрын

@@davideaston6944 When you say interpretation, there is no ‘one’ interpretation for the play and there are no rights or wrongs when we talk about interpretations. In literature, the meanings are never set in stone so I don’t entirely agree with you using the term ‘misinterpretation.’ Beckett based Godot on a letter he received from someone of the same name saying ‘I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.’ When asked about Godot, he said he regretted calling the character Godot because it had given rise to so many religious theories. And that if he had meant God by Godot, he would have said God, not Godot. Additionally, the example you gave is the one people denote to Godot the most. A more diversifying interpretation thus is to think Godot stands for all of the things we want an explanation from. And all the things that never arrive. And while yes, the waiting would not be there without the Godot to be waited for, the waiting is a constant and Godot, a variable. The waiting is what everyone can relate to.

@davideaston6944

6 ай бұрын

@@norie2436 Sorry, but I'll have to 100% disagree with you, from you beginning premise, that "there are no rights or wrongs when we talk about interpretations. In literature, the meanings are never set in stone"; I stand in the camp of "if it wasn't MEANT to mean ?something?, don't write (paint / sing / pick your art) it." Beckett, I trust, was NOT the artist that said, "It's means what YOU think it means"; I will give him FAR MORE credit than that. If you think he was that ethereal, that narrow in mind, then, I can't help you. Paraphrasing Chekov, 'The gun better be there for an eventual reason'. EVERY WORD Beckett wrote, I will contend, meant EXACTLY ?something?, and so there ultimately IS a "right or wrong". This isn't to say people can and do or might have different interpretations of ?any? art. But they'll as equally be "wrong", if they're not the correct interpretations. What a weak argument it is for either an artist or their audience to suggest that, "It means what it means to you!". Nope, not buying it, and never have, Cheers!

@norie2436

6 ай бұрын

@@davideaston6944 And voila, as I said before, ‘a work of art’ is open to many interpretations, it really is okay if you don’t buy this or agree with it. Peace.

@davideaston6944

6 ай бұрын

@@norie2436 Well, to be clear (as I thought I said before), you'd be wrong. It's your wording that makes it wrong, perhaps not your sentiment... ??? Any properly designed piece of art could be interpreted many ways, yes; but they would all be looking on closed doors. The only door "open" is the intent created by the artist. Cheers!

I find it strange how, when talking about plays, many people would say “why you should read Hamlet.” One should encourage others to SEE Hamlet, or in this case, Godot. They were written for the stage and are best appreciated that way.

@valley_robot

2 жыл бұрын

I've read and enjoyed "as you like it * as a play, as a performance by modern actors I find it annoying, reading the original play gives you the ability to make the players yourself inside your own head, modern luvvies reading this play do it no justice in my opinion. It's incredibly funny but I never saw that in watching the play performed by modern actors

@JohnSmith-qs5fg

2 жыл бұрын

Young Monk: “Do not try and bend the spoon-that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.” Neo: “What truth?” Young Monk: “There is no spoon.”

So this is where Godot from Ace Attorney got his name from. Basically, the person waiting was Mia Fey, and by the time Godot arrived, Mia was dead. Whoever made the names for these Characters is a genius.

@iclotheslinekids

4 ай бұрын

his name also comes from his real identity: dieGO armanDO (add a T to the end and there you go)

Probably my favorite play to date. Every time I come back to it, I seem to find meanings in new ways. Highly recommend it.

The video is great. It does miss one of the more important aspects of Waiting for Godot. It is profound because it is boring. Whereas most media tries to entertain, the intent of Waiting for Godot is to bore the audience. By doing so, it subvert's their expectations. It's meta-ironic.

@sonofode902

4 жыл бұрын

I like that. One perspective to consider.

@emw1994

4 жыл бұрын

And that's really damn annoying.

@kenansabic2901

4 жыл бұрын

@Username what a great reply. No explanation as to what you are refering makes it also a subversion.

@kenansabic2901

4 жыл бұрын

@Username I was just playing along with the idea and referring to your comment, calling it subversive for not explaining the subject.

@buddhistsympathizer1136

4 жыл бұрын

If the performance you saw was boring, then it was a poor performance. The bare minimum of a play and the actors in it is to entertain the audience, engage with you at some level and make you think.

Take a minute to appreciate how good the animation of these videos are. Makes the experience so pleasant to learn about

me: waits for godot 4.0 to be released

@MewPurPur

3 жыл бұрын

Waiting 4 Godot

@btsbiot1340

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@pvvineet1722

2 жыл бұрын

@@MewPurPur deserves lot more likes

Definitely one of my favorites. The most profound play I’ve ever encountered.

Do,The little prince.

@Katy020

5 жыл бұрын

Bill cipher! Weird seeing you here

He won't arrive, he's too busy drinking his coffee cup #71

@RemyWillard

5 жыл бұрын

Dyslexia with the number? ...or is he already on his third cup of his fifth trial?

@sid98geek

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

I will definitely consider reading this now. And can you make a 'why you should read' Playlist?

@TEDEd

5 жыл бұрын

Hi! We actually have one already. Here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpiimbZ-mtHIgLw.html

@millicentwamuru314

3 жыл бұрын

@@TEDEd can you make one on "a picture of Dorian Gray"

I had discovered Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead" in high school and had fallen in love with it, and when we learned about "Waiting for Godot", I got really excited, because it sounded exactly like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Then I read that part in our textbook, and it turned out that this play was indeed an inspiration for Tom Stoppard.

I've directed it and performed the role of Lucky. Both times the complexity and simplicity of the work was nearly paralyzing. It is beautifully composed, with an almost zen-like poetry in simple phrasings. A revolution of thought, it changed the face of modern drama and is without question is the most influential play of the twentieth century and relevant for any other time. "Oedipus," "Hamlet," and "Godot," they are the immortals.

Perfect narration Loved it

More like "Waiting to have my face covered in scalding hot coffee"

@BassCrossMegamanSP

5 жыл бұрын

I was searching for this reference.

@iioniic8476

5 жыл бұрын

You found it. And it is good.

@vibecheck2132

5 жыл бұрын

AH YEAH GOOD REFERENCE MMMMMM FINALLY

@iioniic8476

5 жыл бұрын

with this video i kinda saw it coming like "godot"

@Ssure2

5 жыл бұрын

Blend #102, his personal favourite

Beautiful visualisation and analysis of the plays history. You truly did it justice. It's one of my favourite plays of all time, and I thank you for continuing its legacy.

I saw this play years ago and I’m still trying to figure it out. This video only served to make it make more sense, so much so its more confusing than before. I love it

Good job we're waiting for more ❤

The lesson was don't wait for someone to give your live meaning after chaos hits you. You just stagnate.

Thank you for your extremely amazing videos and book recommendations. Keep making videos about such amazing unpopular books.

I love this play! Short and brilliant :)

Haven’t read ‘Waiting For Godot’ but I read ‘Endgame’ (also by Beckett) and enjoyed it a lot! Many of the elements pointed out in this video are also present in ‘Endgame’ such as the circular narrative and the characters saying they’ll do things and then doing nothing at all. I recommend it!

I just finished reading it. Wish I can see it being played some day. I thought it was funny, weird and strangely profound. I like how it has lots meaning without being preachy or filled with motifs. I recommend it

This was byfar the most comprehensive explanation of this play ...if that is even posible .... a must read .. love to have more of these

I volunteered as an usher at my local theater and they put this on. I watched it so many times and loved it every single time

Technically, the “absurdism” movement wasn’t a movement at all. There were multiple playwrights across the globe who all wrote plays in similar absurd styles without any sort of communication or planning with each other. It wasn’t until years later when scholars looked at these plays, all written around the same time, and said, “Hey, these are all very similar in these specific ways.” And then labeled the movement (if you’d like to call it that) absurdism.

@timothyjamison8172

5 жыл бұрын

That's absurd!

@mcboonekamp5400

5 жыл бұрын

Technically, most cultural movements developed without communication calling out its own specificis and were recognized and named in retrospect. But yeah, technically, you're right.

@paulryan2128

5 жыл бұрын

Paige - thanks for your contribution, I hadn't heard that pov before but it makes sense

@michaeljohnangel6359

5 жыл бұрын

Absurdism is truly absurd. It's only for pretentious no-brainers. Seriously, the stuff is moronic - it claims that for itself, and it's correct; only fools give it time.

Waiting for Godot is my favourite play of all time. I have performed, watched, directed and designed for this show more times than any other performance I've ever done.

The animation in these videos are always great but this one is particularly remarkable.

Studied this as part of my musical theatre degree. Absolutely loved it

I will definitely consider reading this now.

@Sam_on_YouTube

5 жыл бұрын

It's a play. Try to watch it. A much better experience. But Rozencratz and Gilderstern are Dead is better in my opinion. Also, Waiting for Guffman is a great film loosely based on Godot.

@emeken

5 жыл бұрын

You can watch it on KZread! It really drives home the absurdity.

@aadityadalal1198

5 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me which book u read (if you have bought one) or which one would you prefer

@ruiyanzhu3290

5 жыл бұрын

Somehow I think you’re being ironic

I've been a bit skeptical about "Waiting for Godot," and while I'm happy with the points made in this video, I think I would enjoy it as a performance more so than reading it.

thank you ted-ed. this is, by far, my favorite play.

I will definitely read this play. It sounds very interesting. Also, the narrator of this video does a really, really good job. Hope he can do more of these!

The play seems an allegory of waiting for an event to give one's life true meaning.

Godot is that one friend who finally agreed to play video games with but then when you’re going to pay an Online multiplayer game he never comes and you and your other friend are just there, waiting, if he will ever come up.

I read this play for my design class last year and I loved it

Hats off to you! A great, concise video on one of the 20th century's masterworks!

We read it at school. A great play!

@johnsailorsgoat

5 жыл бұрын

*play

@caney3824

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnsailorsgoat yes, thank you. You're right. It's been a while .. ^^

@michaeljohnangel6359

5 жыл бұрын

No. Romeo and Juliet is a great play. Becket is a great play. The Clouds is a great play. Waiting for Godot is for little children. It makes an obvious point, and takes two hours to do it.

@ishi7123

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeljohnangel6359 romeo and juliet is overrated.

@Gameworks1407

5 жыл бұрын

@@ishi7123 true. But so Godot

Aren't plays meant to be seen performed rather than read?

You always recommend me books and plays I enjoy. Thanks

What brilliantly piece of work!

I'm waiting to read this book.

I remember reading Waiting for Godot in my second year of uni ... It was frustrating yet its concept intrigued me ... i would have REALLY appreciated this if it was uploaded 3 years ago heheheh

He also discussed the meaning of his work with actors when he directed the play.

Just finished this gorgeous book. I'm here to re-watch this video.

The Lucky character is honestly one of the best parts. Like it’s outright hilarious as Lucky and Pozzo show such a bizarre relationship with the rope and the monologue of Lucky near the end

I have been thinking for years about directing an absurdist play for my local 99-seater. I'm considering "Oh Dad Poor Dad..." and "The Physicists" and after watching this wonderful video, "Wiating for Godot."

What a narration... I'm mesmerized.

Really loving this series, as an aspiring illustrator would love to know who makes the art for these

Gonna be lots of references to Ace Atorney.

@vibecheck2132

5 жыл бұрын

eurehl5238 aLREADY MADE ONE YES

@Ssure2

5 жыл бұрын

References with a fragance of dark-coloured coffee, that is!

@sid98geek

5 жыл бұрын

I just opened the video for the references.

I immediately thought of Godot from ace attorney.

@okamiameterasu710

5 жыл бұрын

i think a good deal of people (including myself) did

This was my 9th grade project and required us to summarize the whole play into 15 minutes, I remember reading this and never realizing or appreciating this play back then. I wish I could go back maybe life would've changed after then.

This is one of my favourite plays.

Samuel Beckett: what do we do now, now that we are happy? Me: we wait, life has a way of making us sad all over again

After cutting my veins waiting for' Body to run out of blood Oh..oh...not today' baby heaven can wait

for a level drama we're doing both godot and berkoff's adaption of metamorphosis. i don't think i'll find any other plays which so perfectly express the frustration of life; working yourself to death and waiting for, well, nothing. i play estragon and i love the character so much, it's been a real transformation in my acting abilities as i've found so much in him and so much in myself that sort of meet in the middle onstage. in this era of existentialism and anonymous authority and empty consumer capitalism, i really think absurdist theatre couldn't be more relevant.

Thank you for introducing this to me. I will watch the play

The play is very much about love. SB tipped us off when he answered a question about Pozzo and Lucky: "I only know one thing - Pozzo loves Lucky." Taken that way, Lucky's speech isn't remotely absurd - no more than a ruined city is absurd. "He used to think beautifully." said Pozzo.

I'm pretty sure not even Beckett knew what was the true meaning behind this play, because it can mean a lot of things in different times, maybe that's what he did.

That's it. TED-Ed turned into a reading recommendations and riddle channel.

@Ssure2

5 жыл бұрын

That's a good thing, right?

Wow, I didn't even hear about this before. Thnx teded

Q: Why should you read Waiting for Godot? A: _It is utterly meaningless_

Please do an Albert Camus one! Edit: or anything more about the absurd or the Myth of Sisyphus

@givemeshelter.

5 жыл бұрын

Jonas Regencia Absolutely! I love The Stranger ever since high school 1000 years ago. Funny since the book isn't at all that old.

@drayefsarra2881

4 жыл бұрын

i read that book nd just waw what about the stranger !!

Man i love this channel

Very useful. Thank you Sir 😊

Sounds alot like the Lutece Twins from BioShock Infinite.

It’s just like Seinfeld’d pilot.

Interesting stuff!

So you're saying this is like my life, hopes and dreams.

Had to research and do a paper on absurdism on my acting degree. Was truly fascinating and a brilliant play!

I read this in my playwright class. We analyzed it, and of course not everyone liked it because it was a slow paced play. But, that's the point. I loved this play bc it is truth to our every day living. We wait, we live, we must be patient. What is this life....and not everyone will understand this play bc depending on your life experiences, this written play will either resonate with you or not. But at some point in life, as you been waiting or figuring your life out, this play will make more sense as you were waiting 😊

Finally you guys are making a video about a book that I have actually read! Haha this one was a fun ride but you definitely need some info about its style before getting into it 😆

Yes I believe it was Hamlet, but Shakespeare uses a similar style during the coin flipping scene. But the coin continued to land heads no matter what. I cannot remember exactly the how the scene went and the reasoning behind it(it’s been 2 years since I’ve done a report on it) but Waiting For Godot was an example I used in this setting of characters with no purpose despite still setting a plot

Do “Why you should read the Little Prince”!

@khyatirawat602

4 жыл бұрын

Hello there ! I have that one in my course. But with corona there are no classes. I would like to know what are your reasons for suggesting it to someone?

@youisstupid2586

4 жыл бұрын

Khyati Rawat it’s a classic, that’s a good reason enough.

It could be one person who has split personality disorder

@phili7347

5 жыл бұрын

Theodosius when reading this for French class at 17 I’m sure this was my conclusion too! It was so strange

@yasir1161

5 жыл бұрын

Phili nora yh never read it just the first thing that came to my name.

@Ssure2

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to nitpick, but the name "split personality disorder" has never been used. It's been called "dissociative identity disorder" for over twenty years now! (Sorry, but that's a common mistake that I hate to see...)

@yasir1161

5 жыл бұрын

Ssure2 I already knew that I just say it because it’s easy to say

please do more of these videos

My favourite version is with Max Wall as Vladimir and Leo Mckern as Estragon from 1977. Highly recommend it to you