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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 15h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 5h

She looked like a beautiful dog

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 17h

One Born Every Minute is popular, U guess?

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Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 19h

How have I only just learned about these.

Picture of Spar branded Neighbours Harold Bishop's Spicey Spuds flavour crisps

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 17h

I have a playlist of songs I put on to yell along to when I'm home alone and need catharsis, and American Trilogy should be on there

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 17h

Oh, are you in for a treat

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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 1d

Blinkist fascinated me because it always seemed like an admission that the non fiction books targeted at their audience (CEOs and aspiring CEOs) only had two thousand words of an idea stretched out to 200 pages.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

www.newyorker.com

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 1d

Well, SOME people didn't become speed-readers through their childhood Teletext obsession

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Abridging has always been in vogue. Now, apps like Blinkist take entire books and crunch them down to a series of what are called Blinks—which amount to around 2,000 words. “Is that what books are coming to, a handy social lubricant?” Anthony Lane asks.

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

www.newyorker.com

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 1d

St Helens and Crewe just about count

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 2d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is some form of performance art at this point.

Not helped by me reading the user name as 'NYC naff off fella'

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 1d

He are male and she are female and she is he and we are all together

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Gillian @heyheygillian.bsky.social · 1d

None of this thread is about this "Gavin Newsom", FYI

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