The genius that is Samuel Beckett
Back when I was young(er), innocent (somewhat) and in my first year of university, my awesome English teacher showed us this crazy, trippy video, based on the Samuel Beckett play called…’Play.’ I liked it immediately. There are a lot of things in art and literature that seem pointless, self-indulgent or just plain stupid, but this was not one of those things. It struck me right away and has stayed with me all this time. I actually had sort of forgotten about it for awhile. I randomly remembered it tonight and thought I’d share, since I have this super cool space where I can do all that, whether anyone actually reads it or not.
For a quick summary, ‘Play’ is about a man, his wife and his lover. They are all dead and stuck in purgatory, stuck there repeating the whole tale of the affair from the perspective of the man, his wife and the woman he was having the affair with. It’s quite chilling. And depressing. But you should still watch!