Hi folks,
I did HSC Drama last year, did Absurdist theatre and after seeing Mr and Mrs Smith (Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie...mmmm) I couldnt help but notice such obvious links to the concept of absurdism...as follows:
1. Blatantly...the title Mr and Mrs Smith: 2 characters in Ionesco's The Bald Prima Donna (IMO the best Absurdist play on the HSC text list).
2. They live lives that are totally unknown to each other. Link here to Godot, Pinter's the Dumb Waiter, Prima Donna (the maid's speech...shes 'Sherlock Holmes').
3. They both spend a long time trying to find out who each other is...link to the 'How very extraordinary, how very amazing and what a strange co-incidence' saga where there is like 20 minutes of meaningless dialogue, like pitt and jolie do and eventually they half find out about each other. It took them the whole movie to find out.
4. Powers above us use us like puppets on a string (Pitt and Jolie's seperate bosses forcing them to kill each other)...link to Gus and Ben in Dumb Waiter...
5. The whole 5 or 6 years questioning marriage...the meaninglessness and ineffectiveness of communication. Whether it is 5 years or 6 years is irrelevant, has no effect on their relationship.
6. The meaninglessness of life...both pitt and jolie kill strangers because the boss said so...Gus and Ben.
I cant remember if there is any examples you need to use in your responses but maybe this might help. Any other links?
I did HSC Drama last year, did Absurdist theatre and after seeing Mr and Mrs Smith (Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie...mmmm) I couldnt help but notice such obvious links to the concept of absurdism...as follows:
1. Blatantly...the title Mr and Mrs Smith: 2 characters in Ionesco's The Bald Prima Donna (IMO the best Absurdist play on the HSC text list).
2. They live lives that are totally unknown to each other. Link here to Godot, Pinter's the Dumb Waiter, Prima Donna (the maid's speech...shes 'Sherlock Holmes').
3. They both spend a long time trying to find out who each other is...link to the 'How very extraordinary, how very amazing and what a strange co-incidence' saga where there is like 20 minutes of meaningless dialogue, like pitt and jolie do and eventually they half find out about each other. It took them the whole movie to find out.
4. Powers above us use us like puppets on a string (Pitt and Jolie's seperate bosses forcing them to kill each other)...link to Gus and Ben in Dumb Waiter...
5. The whole 5 or 6 years questioning marriage...the meaninglessness and ineffectiveness of communication. Whether it is 5 years or 6 years is irrelevant, has no effect on their relationship.
6. The meaninglessness of life...both pitt and jolie kill strangers because the boss said so...Gus and Ben.
I cant remember if there is any examples you need to use in your responses but maybe this might help. Any other links?