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seen it alex, and loved it. good call.
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I had in mind a spoof of My Dinner With Andre, called My Dinner With Andre The Giant, but sadly Andre the Giant died before I could bring my cinematic vision to fruition. Now I am trying to get funding for My Dinner With Andre Agassi but it doesn't have quite the same zing.
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Hey they stole my idea! Well they won't steal my next script, Waiting On Godot, the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a restaurant, announces that he is in a hurry because he is supposed to meet two guys later in the evening, but then can't make up his mind as to what to order. Told the from the waiter's point of view, it is a poignant look at indecision, fear of committment, and lousy tips.
PRAISE FOR WAITING ON GODOT
A triumph! Kirkus Reviews
It's like 45 minutes of my life that are lost and can never be recovered! Eric Idle
Frankly, an embarassment. Alex's father
Well I liked it. Alex's mother
Completely rips off my play! Samuel Beckett
The kind of film that makes you glad to be alive! Edward Albee
Well I wouldn't go THAT far. Jean-Paul Sartre
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Waiting On Godot, the story of a mysterious stranger who arrives at a restaurant, announces that he is in a hurry because he is supposed to meet two guys later in the evening, but then can't make up his mind as to what to order....and presumably he never quite makes up his mind, hence never leaves the restaurant, and never gets around to meeting Vladimir and Estragon? Why, that's brilliant, Alex! Bravo!   (Tom Stoppard, eat your heart out)Rosencrantz and who?!
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Alex, that's hilarious!  Faldage always said he wanted the billing for the title role in Godot; can you audition him?
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billing for the title role in Godot
Allus figgered if it was being put on by someone who had a rep for playing fast and loose with stage directions it might add a bit of the feeling that should have been present in the original performance, when the audience was waiting too.
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In reply to:
...and presumably he never quite makes up his mind, hence never leaves the restaurant, and never gets around to meeting Vladimir and Estragon?
Exactly.
Faldage may have the role of Godot only if he promises to arrive for rehearsals at least 15 minutes late. I picture Godot as a large man with a big overcoat and a fedora, possibly a beard too. Preferably an Eastern European accent. I would like to have a cameo as either a busboy or a dishwasher.
Sadly, the only funding I could obtain was from Jerry Bruckheimer, so the ending will feature a breathtaking car chase through the Trinity College library that culminates in a pyrotechnically impressive explosion in the rare book room. Godot will be killed by flying debris from the Book of Kells.
If I am a silly person in general then I am even sillier when hopped up on Nyquil. Damn this summer cold!
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Leaning back to "My Dinner With Andre", what do you all think was the point of the movie? Art does have a point, doesn't it?
Milo.
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Faldage may have the role of Godot only if
But I don't *want the role in Waiting on Godot. I only want it in Waiting for Godot.
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