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Lux Alptraum

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Journalist, author, podcaster, bon vivant. Literally OCD (F42.2!). She/her לפעמים אני כותבת בעברית כי אני לומדת עברית ורוצה להשתפר. תיקונים מדוברי עברית תמיד מוערכים. היא linktr.ee/lux

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · Oct 13

This is the greatest and best post in the world (tribute)

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 28m

Yeah it was very cute and I appreciated it

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 29m

There’s also an early laugh line about “the 90s”

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 30m

At one point there’s a line about “like old times” and they do air guitar

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 31m

I am extremely not the audience for Waiting for Godot in that I love plot and hate absurdism but I have seen it twice because all the best friends of stage and screen love to do it and I love that for them (I also saw Stewart and McKellan)

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 41m

It was very fun!

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 41m

It is entirely possible it’s a put on but I still found it entertaining

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1h

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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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1h

I mean the obvious NYC one is Houston but I prefer my Philly suburbs childhood for this because then I get Swarthmore, Bala Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr, and Schuylkill

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2h

Anyway, what a weird little play, very good production of it, Keanu and Alex are great and I appreciate that they aren’t pretending they’re not Bill and Ted

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2h

Turns out the real solution to the male loneliness epidemic is waiting for Godot

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4h

Hi from the poor people seats!

Me holding the Waiting for Godot playbill in my balcony seat

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4h

It’s similar to how American suburbs are very obviously bad but Americans love to be kings of our own little shit piles so we refuse to get rid of them

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 4h

Real hot take is that the nuclear family is unquestionably bad for everyone but Americans will never give it up because a lot of parents love the power it gives them over their children (not to mention the built in us v them element)

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MOHAMMED AHMMAD @mohammedfarmer.bsky.social · 10h

Hello my dear friends/ Two days ago I published on my page this information about my land that will be lost due to the Trump agreement. After the post spread on most pages, I was banned. I will publish it again today/ Please publish and donate.
bit.ly/help-mohamed