DIVINE APHASIA: I’ve just watched Waiting for Godot and also Beckett’s Not I. I don’t have thoughts so much as reactions. So, a few reactions [edited b/c I wasn’t sure I agreed with myself in all particulars]:

1. Godot is really, really funny. I laughed my way through–not contented laughter, but the kind that’s startled out of you.

2. I almost think you could write a catechism based on Godot‘s absences. Rebuild Christian faith off of what Estragon and Vladimir expect. What is an outrage to them, rather than simply “the way things are”? From that, I think maybe you could trace a shadow of the Gospel. I would look at time vs. eternity, power/weakness/cruelty/poverty/class, and maybe guilt. Guilt is usually the distorted shadow of sin: You can’t accurately trace sin from its distorted shadow, at all, but you can maybe intuit that there is a real thing casting this real shadow.

You can get these versions by Netflix‘ing whatever comes up when you search for “Beckett on Film.”