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Lucky's monologue from Waiting for Godot

Lucky: “Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell and suffers like the divine Miranda with those who for reasons unknown but time will tell are plunged in torment plunged in fire whose fire flames if that continues and who can doubt it will fire the firmament that is to say blast heaven to hell so blue still and calm so calm with a calm which even though intermittent is better than nothing but not so fast and considering what is more that as a result of the labours left unfinished crowned by the Acacacacademy of Anthropopopometry of Essy-in-Possy of Testew and Cunard it is established beyond all doubt all other doubt than that which clings to the labours of men that as a result of the labours unfinished of Testew and Cunard it is established as hereinafter but not so fast for reasons unknown that as a result of the public works of Puncher and Wattmann it is established beyond all doubt that in view of the labours of Fartov and Belcher left unfinished for reasons unknown of Testew and Cunard left unfinished it is established what many deny that man in Possy of Testew and Cunard that man in Essy that man in short that man in brief in spite of the strides of alimentation and defecation is seen to waste and pine waste and pine and concurrently simultaneously what is more for reasons unknown in spite of the strides of physical culture the practice of sports such as tennis football running cycling swimming flying floating ....

Monologues are the ultimate form of bullshitting. You literally cannot get them wrong.

Monologues are the ultimate form of bullshitting. You literally cunt get them wrong.

>>1126352

This is what happens when a playwright decides to immitate James Joyce.

>>1126368

Where's that from?

>>1126395
>This is what happens when a playwright decides to immitate James Joyce.

facepalm.exe

>>1126395
That playwright is Beckett. You should read Waiting For Godot and you might start to understand that Beckett is parodying philosophers, industrialization, modernization, and the western belief at the time that humanity can achieve some sort of progress. Among other things. He's not trying to "imitate James Joyce" you twit.The point is its supposed to be nonsense. It's like a big vomit of human history. Note the quaquaqua.

>>1126426
>The point is its supposed to be nonsense
It would be nonsense whether intended or not, that is the thing about fiction and much of writing. That Beckett wants to do nothing more than draw our attention to this instead of aspiring to raise us out of this betrays his status as an inferior degenerate.

Art that does not conceal its status as art is the worst art, if it is art at all.

Read the conspiracy of art' by Jean Baudrillard.

Portnoy's Complaint is a fantastic novel-length monologue and would probably serve as fantastic inspiration.

>>1126438

I always figured you would be a fan of the "healthy" (lol) sign

>>1126438
Beckett doesn't conceal the status of his art? Do you know ANYTHING about Beckett? He had a play that was basically had a whole bunch of trash on stage and played the sound of a birth cry then breathing and that was it. Most people at the time hardly considered it art. If you tried to read "meaning" into Beckett's plays he'd probably disagree with you. He was a nihilist, so if he had a point at all, it would be you can't shut off your fucking brain and you just live everyday, and there's no point to it all.

>>1126438
>"that he wants to draw our attention to this as opposed to raise us out of this"
I have the opposite opinion. I think "art" that tries to "raise us out of this" is charade, or has some sort of motive or didactic message or overbearing theme--that's the stuff you should be concerned about. Most of that is just some sort of preaching or philosophical dogma masquerading as fiction masquerading as truth.

>mfw Brownbear, TyBrax, Mogwai, Isabelle Hubcap, Truman Capote, Quentin and various other Tripfags who don't have anything to say can't provoke interesting intellectual discussion like I can


>Most people at the time hardly considered it art.
And they were right

>nihilism
to be overcome, if Beckett did not aspire to this then he is peddling lies and stagnation

>>1126464
>preaching or philosophical dogma masquerading as fiction masquerading as truth
Don't be such a goddamn cynic. Several centuries ago even Hume pointed out that literature can help us understand The Other, and this in itself is a good thing (from various viewpoints, arbitrarily endorsed of course)

>>1126482
Well I guess it's nice to see you're happy with your trolling.

but you're not really a misogynist are you?