A Haunting Interlude: "Persistent Evil Intermezzo" Review
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is the definitive dramatic intermezzo. Two men wait. Nothing happens. Evil? A villain named Pozzo passes by, but he is pathetic. The true persistent evil is the anticipation that never resolves. The play is an intermezzo stretched to two hours. The audience waits for the main event (Godot), but the main event never comes. Only the persistent, low-grade misery of waiting remains. persistent evil intermezzo