| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
type |
TVTItem |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
label |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
page |
WaitingForGodot |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
comment |
A famously surreal "tragicomedy" by Samuel Beckett. Probably the best known example of the Theatre of the Absurd. The story concerns these two guys, Vladimir and Estragon (Didi and Gogo for short), who spend most of their time hanging out by a tree on a lonely road in a barren and nondescript land, waiting for someone named Godot, who never comes. They have several brief but intense encounters with an Upper-Class Twit named Pozzo and his servant, Lucky. During the course of the play they wonder where Godot is, eat carrots, contemplate suicide, wonder where Godot is, discuss the Gospels, share dirty jokes, wonder where Godot is, exchange hats, volley insults with each other, wonder where Godot is, and gradually succumb to existential angst and ennui.It's wildly hilarious.Famously described by one critic as "a play in which nothing happens, twice." Inspired, among other things, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and (surprisingly) Bottom. Has no relation to a certain coffee-loving prosecutor. Maybe. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
fetched |
2023-09-08T02:31:40Z |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
parsed |
2023-09-08T02:31:40Z |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
processingComment |
Dropped link to thebible: Not a Feature - ITEM |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
isPartOf |
DBTropes |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_17ce80aa |
type |
All There in the Manual |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_17ce80aa |
comment |
All There in the Manual: Possibly a Shout-Out. The play The Maker (Le Faiseur) by the famous French novelist Honoré de Balzac features an in debt speculator, Mercadet. His favorite excuse for not paying his creditors was pretending to be waiting for his associate, Godeau (same pronunciation as Godot, in French) to come back from India with a lot of money. As one would expect, Godeau never shows up. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_17ce80aa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_17ce80aa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_17ce80aa |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_18d15922 |
type |
Title Drop |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_18d15922 |
comment |
Title Drop: |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_18d15922 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_18d15922 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_18d15922 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1ba17583 |
type |
The Ghost |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1ba17583 |
comment |
The Ghost: Godot is frequently referenced by the main characters but never appears, and may or may not actually exist. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1ba17583 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1ba17583 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1ba17583 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1bcfe069 |
type |
Absurdism |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1bcfe069 |
comment |
Absurdism: One of the most famous examples of the Theatre of the Absurd, probably rivaled only by Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and maybe The Bald Soprano. It is also the Genre Popularizer. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1bcfe069 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1bcfe069 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1bcfe069 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1c79ae8c |
type |
Those Two Guys |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1c79ae8c |
comment |
Those Two Guys: Vladimir and Estragon are those two guys, occasionally joined by Those Two Other Guys, Lucky and Pozzo. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1c79ae8c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1c79ae8c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1c79ae8c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1da5941e |
type |
The Quiet One |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1da5941e |
comment |
The Quiet One: Lucky... until you tell him to think. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1da5941e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1da5941e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1da5941e |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1dfbbf31 |
type |
Heterosexual Life-Partners |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1dfbbf31 |
comment |
Heterosexual Life-Partners: Vladimir and Estragon, though it's intentionally ambiguous whether their relationship is platonic, romantic, sexual, or some mix of the three. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1dfbbf31 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1dfbbf31 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1dfbbf31 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd |
type |
Breaking the Fourth Wall |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd |
comment |
Breaking the Fourth Wall: At one point, the play calls for Estragon to try and escape from an unseen mob. Vladimir recommends he run in front of them (i.e. into the auditorium). Estragon refuses and Vladimir looks out into the auditorium and says "Well, I can understand that." When Vladimir and Estragon discuss whether they've been in the location before, the line "that bog" is traditionally delivered with a gesture towards the audience. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_1e7487cd |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_222969af |
type |
All There in the Script |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_222969af |
comment |
All There in the Script: Vladimir ("Didi") and Estragon ("Gogo") consistently refer to each other by their nicknames and are only named once each in the dialogue. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_222969af |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_222969af |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_222969af |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23781532 |
type |
Ironic Name |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23781532 |
comment |
Ironic Name: Lucky is about as unlucky as a person can be. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23781532 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23781532 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23781532 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23a06c52 |
type |
TheUnReveal |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23a06c52 |
comment |
The Un-Reveal: To answer your question, no, we never get to see Godot. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23a06c52 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23a06c52 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_23a06c52 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24321e44 |
type |
Only Sane Man |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24321e44 |
comment |
Only Sane Man: In the second act Vladimir begins to think he is this. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24321e44 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24321e44 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24321e44 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24cf8a0e |
type |
Speech-Centric Work |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24cf8a0e |
comment |
Speech-Centric Work: Vladimir and Estragon sitting around talking, and sometimes Lucky and Pozzo show up. That's it. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24cf8a0e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24cf8a0e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_24cf8a0e |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_26eb6287 |
type |
Funny Background Event |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_26eb6287 |
comment |
Funny Background Event: Didi, Gogo, and Pozzo's reactions to Lucky's "think" soliloquy. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_26eb6287 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_26eb6287 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_26eb6287 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_28a5213a |
type |
Small Name, Big Ego |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_28a5213a |
comment |
Small Name, Big Ego: Pozzo is astonished that Vladimir and Estragon have never heard of him. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_28a5213a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_28a5213a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_28a5213a |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_295087bf |
type |
Non-Indicative Name |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_295087bf |
comment |
Non-Indicative Name: Lucky might be the most unfortunate man on Earth. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_295087bf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_295087bf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_295087bf |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_29e6dc40 |
type |
HypocriticalHumour |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_29e6dc40 |
comment |
Hypocritical Humour: At one point in the second act, Vladimir tells Estragon that they should stop discussing things and just act. It takes him half a page of dialogue to say this. Pozzo, immediately after telling Vladimir and Estragon to stop bothering Lucky so he can rest, shouts at Lucky to take the basket. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_29e6dc40 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_29e6dc40 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_29e6dc40 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_2cc5703c |
type |
Potty Emergency |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_2cc5703c |
comment |
Potty Emergency: Didi has one while talking with Gogo about Pozzo. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_2cc5703c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_2cc5703c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_2cc5703c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3104d34 |
type |
Suicide as Comedy |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3104d34 |
comment |
Suicide as Comedy: Vladimir and Estragon want to hang themselves to pass the time. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3104d34 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3104d34 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3104d34 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3e5f74c |
type |
Take That, Critics! |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3e5f74c |
comment |
Take That, Critics!: During their match of Volleying Insults, Estragon wins by calling Vladimir "a crrritic!". |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3e5f74c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3e5f74c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3e5f74c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3ea462d7 |
type |
Take That, Audience! |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3ea462d7 |
comment |
When Vladimir and Estragon discuss whether they've been in the location before, the line "that bog" is traditionally delivered with a gesture towards the audience. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3ea462d7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3ea462d7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3ea462d7 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3eee0728 |
type |
Captain Obvious |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3eee0728 |
comment |
Captain Obvious: Pozzo when Didi gets angry at him and Gogo: |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3eee0728 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3eee0728 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_3eee0728 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4766ca14 |
type |
Volleying Insults |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4766ca14 |
comment |
Volleying Insults: Vladimir and Estragon have a nice shouting match like this. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4766ca14 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4766ca14 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4766ca14 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4781adbb |
type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4781adbb |
comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Pozzo enjoys Vladimir and Estragon's company immensely. He spends most of it insulting them. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4781adbb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4781adbb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4781adbb |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_47fea76b |
type |
Butt-Monkey |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_47fea76b |
comment |
Butt-Monkey: Estragon is the more unfortunate of the main two, getting kicked by Lucky and regularly being beaten by a gang. Lucky is also this due to Pozzo's abuse. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_47fea76b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_47fea76b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_47fea76b |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4a32e562 |
type |
Human Pack Mule |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4a32e562 |
comment |
The Human Pack Mule was actually established by Charlie Chaplin in his 1915 installment Work, where The Tramp is seen dragging a cart full of Equipment, while his employer constantly whips him onwards. Beckett could possibly have been inspired for the Pozzo/Lucky-pairing by this movie. Chaplin's employer in this Movie is called Izzy, by the way, ringing close to the name "Pozzo" (and Chaplin is, as always, "lucky" in some ironic way). To stress this a little further, Lucky can only speak/think when he has a particular hat on (as the Tramp was a Silent Era character, he would die when he began to talk, according to Word of God, i.e. Chaplin himself). |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4a32e562 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4a32e562 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_4a32e562 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_500696c6 |
type |
Seinfeldian Conversation |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_500696c6 |
comment |
Seinfeldian Conversation: Most of what Vladimir and Estragon discuss. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_500696c6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_500696c6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_500696c6 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_54ff97ae |
type |
"Sesame Street" Cred |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_54ff97ae |
comment |
"Sesame Street" Cred: Amazingly, the play was parodied on Sesame Street in the "Monsterpiece Theatre" sketch Waiting for Elmo, complete with generous satire of True Art Is Incomprehensible. That takes both Parental Bonus and Viewers Are Geniuses up to eleven. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_54ff97ae |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_54ff97ae |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_54ff97ae |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6056f853 |
type |
Homoerotic Subtext |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6056f853 |
comment |
Homoerotic Subtext: Tons of it. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6056f853 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6056f853 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6056f853 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: Godot comes from "Go Deo", meaning "forever". As such, he has Vladimir and Estragon waiting... forever. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6bda9a30 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6d332aea |
type |
Driven to Suicide |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6d332aea |
comment |
Driven to Suicide: Of course, it is only out of boredom that Didi and Gogo decide to try, though lack of rope prevents them. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6d332aea |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6d332aea |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_6d332aea |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 |
type |
Bungled Suicide |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 |
comment |
Bungled Suicide: Neither of them brought rope. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_7464705c |
type |
Arc Words |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_7464705c |
comment |
Arc Words: "Nothing to be done." |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_7464705c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_7464705c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_7464705c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_82518cf7 |
type |
Motor Mouth |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_82518cf7 |
comment |
Motor Mouth: Lucky... when he bothers to talk. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_82518cf7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_82518cf7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_82518cf7 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_85bbb76c |
type |
Suckiness Is Painful |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_85bbb76c |
comment |
Suckiness Is Painful: Lucky's "think" monologue becomes this to the others as it goes on. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_85bbb76c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_85bbb76c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_85bbb76c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8d0461e2 |
type |
Destructive Romance |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8d0461e2 |
comment |
Destructive Romance: Estragon seems to consider himself and Vladimir to have a destructive relationship. He often says they should break up, but never takes any action to actually do so. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8d0461e2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8d0461e2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8d0461e2 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8e3b5b4d |
type |
Minimalist Cast |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8e3b5b4d |
comment |
Minimalist Cast: There are only five characters: Vladimir, Estragon, Pozzo, Lucky, and the messenger boy. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8e3b5b4d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8e3b5b4d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8e3b5b4d |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8ec0abf |
type |
The Voiceless |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8ec0abf |
comment |
The Voiceless: Lucky, most of the time. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8ec0abf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8ec0abf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_8ec0abf |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_94680696 |
type |
Shaped Like Itself |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_94680696 |
comment |
Shaped Like Itself: |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_94680696 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_94680696 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_94680696 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_96a33f11 |
type |
Riddle for the Ages |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_96a33f11 |
comment |
Riddle for the Ages: Who or what is Godot? Why are they waiting for him? Will he ever come? We never find out. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_96a33f11 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_96a33f11 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_96a33f11 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9b5a308c |
type |
Crocodile Tears |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9b5a308c |
comment |
Crocodile Tears: Pozzo does this to turn the others against Lucky. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9b5a308c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9b5a308c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9b5a308c |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9d12bbc1 |
type |
Foreshadowing |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9d12bbc1 |
comment |
Foreshadowing: During Pozzo's outburst, he mentions not being able to stand the way Lucky "goes on" anymore. Cut later to Lucky thinking... |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9d12bbc1 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9e5369d1 |
type |
Orphaned Setup |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9e5369d1 |
comment |
Orphaned Setup: Estragon never does finish telling the story about the Englishman in the brothel. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9e5369d1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9e5369d1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_9e5369d1 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a07afea2 |
type |
Random Events Plot |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a07afea2 |
comment |
Random Events Plot: Vladimir and Estragon are sitting around, waiting for Godot. While they're waiting, they encounter some strange people in Pozzo and Lucky, along with a messenger boy. However, none of it really speeds up the process of waiting for them. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a07afea2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a07afea2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a07afea2 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a122bf2f |
type |
Blind Seer |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a122bf2f |
comment |
Blind Seer: Discussed by Estragon. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a122bf2f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a122bf2f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a122bf2f |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
type |
Overly Long Gag |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
comment |
Overly-Long Gag: Lucky's speech, the hat-swapping scene, and arguably the entire play. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a188ac4b |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a2e887be |
type |
Secondary Character Title |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a2e887be |
comment |
Secondary Character Title: Godot, whomever that may be, isn't the main character. Vladimir and Estragon are the two protagonists of the work. In fact, Godot is The Ghost, as he never shows up. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a2e887be |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a2e887be |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a2e887be |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a33b90b2 |
type |
Improv |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a33b90b2 |
comment |
Improv: Most performances include at least some, even if it's only physical comedy, especially when it comes to the cast's reactions to Lucky's speech. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a33b90b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a33b90b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a33b90b2 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a4c37cbe |
type |
Mood Whiplash |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a4c37cbe |
comment |
Mood Whiplash: A guy takes off his belt to hang himself... and his trousers fall down. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a4c37cbe |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a4c37cbe |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a4c37cbe |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a6a68db3 |
type |
Humble Goal |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a6a68db3 |
comment |
Humble Goal: Didi and Gogo are just waiting for their friend. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a6a68db3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a6a68db3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a6a68db3 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a7850fbf |
type |
Only Known by Their Nickname |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a7850fbf |
comment |
Only Known by Their Nickname: The character's full names are (almost) never spoken in the text itself. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a7850fbf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a7850fbf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_a7850fbf |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_abc55125 |
type |
Character Filibuster |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_abc55125 |
comment |
Character Filibuster: When Lucky finally begins to speak, the difficulty is getting him to shut up. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_abc55125 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_abc55125 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_abc55125 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_af616e40 |
type |
Accidental Misnaming |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_af616e40 |
comment |
Accidental Misnaming: For reasons which are never explained, the messenger boy always calls Vladimir "Mister Albert". |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_af616e40 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_af616e40 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_af616e40 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_b9d334b2 |
type |
Aerith and Bob |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_b9d334b2 |
comment |
Aerith and Bob: Vladimir is a somewhat exotic name for Western Europe, but still real. Estragon, however, is French for Tarragon, a culinary herb. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_b9d334b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_b9d334b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_b9d334b2 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_bef696dd |
type |
Mind Screw |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_bef696dd |
comment |
Mind Screw: Try to watch it (or read it) and not come out confused. Lampshaded: |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_bef696dd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_bef696dd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_bef696dd |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_c75df49a |
comment |
The bowler hats that Vladimir and Estragon wear are a Shout-Out to Laurel and Hardy. (Beckett loved black and white comedy.) The scene where they pass their hats around is based on a similar skit in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_c75df49a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_c75df49a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_c75df49a |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_d7fc9fd0 |
type |
Vitriolic Best Buds |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_d7fc9fd0 |
comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Vladimir and Estragon, at times. Pozzo and Lucky provide a darker take on the trope. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_d7fc9fd0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_d7fc9fd0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_d7fc9fd0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_dcd423d2 |
type |
Affectionate Nickname |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_dcd423d2 |
comment |
Affectionate Nickname: Vladimir and Estragon, who call each other Didi and Gogo. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_dcd423d2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_dcd423d2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_dcd423d2 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_e150c4c7 |
type |
Manchild |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_e150c4c7 |
comment |
Manchild: Estragon, at times. Pozzo also acts like a spoiled brat most of the time. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_e150c4c7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_e150c4c7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_e150c4c7 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ea2e9f2d |
type |
No Ending |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ea2e9f2d |
comment |
No Ending: Godot never shows up, but Vladimir and Estragon can't bring themselves to leave. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ea2e9f2d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ea2e9f2d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ea2e9f2d |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_eaf5a1ac |
type |
Groin Attack |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_eaf5a1ac |
comment |
Groin Attack: Didi and Pozzo suggest doing this to Pozzo and Lucky respectively in order to get them to stand up in Act 2. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_eaf5a1ac |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_eaf5a1ac |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_eaf5a1ac |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_fa6bfde9 |
type |
Have a Gay Old Time |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_fa6bfde9 |
comment |
Have a Gay Old Time: It goes nicely with the Homoerotic Subtext. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_fa6bfde9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_fa6bfde9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_fa6bfde9 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ffb79066 |
type |
Chromosome Casting |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ffb79066 |
comment |
Chromosome Casting: Vladimir, Estragon, Pozzo, Lucky and the small boy are all male. Even Godot, who never appears onstage, is said to be a man. Some productions avert this, given that "Pozzo" and "Lucky" are decidedly gender-neutral names. |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ffb79066 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ffb79066 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_ffb79066 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
type |
ItemName |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
comment |
|
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |
hasFeature |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
| Waiting for Godot (Theatre) / int_name |
itemName |
Waiting for Godot (Theatre) |