GOLDEN STATE IN THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD
They give birth astride a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more
In the history of basketball, there have been a lot of "superteams" capable of breaking records, or to play the game at an unbeliavable level. In 2015-16, the Golden State Warriors did even more: they had a record of 73 wins and 9 losses at the end of the regular season. They could have been the best team in the history of the game... but something unexpected happened, and they lost the title. Up the courtain, welcome to the theatre of the absurd!
"Theatre of the absurd" is the name of a particular type of works written by some playwrights between the 40' and the 60'. With the same term is also identified all the theatrical style born from the evolution of their works.
The plays' goal was to evidence the absurdity of the human condition, usually with ridicoulous situations. Behind the laughs, there was the idea of representing the collapse of the society's values, after two World Wars and during the Cold War.
Here there is an example of "Waiting for Godot", the most famous play of Samuel Beckett and of the whole Theatre of the Absurd period. The deep analysis of every quote reveals some interesting and scary details of Beckett's thoughts. Let's read again the quote in the opening:
The birth is only the beginning of the death. Life is only a flash of light, a little period of time before the ending.
More than a playwright and more than a funny play, Beckett and his "Waiting for Godot" illuminated people's minds in the 60s, trying to denunce all the problems of the previous generation.
An unconventional ending for a wonderful story. Twists and inexplicable events, just like a Beckett's play. The only difference is that this time Godot arrived. We are so sorry for Golden State fans!
"The Persistence of Memory" is a 1931 painting by artist Salvador Dalí and one of the most recognizable works of Surrealism. The soft watches are an unconscious symbol of the relativity of space and time, a Surrealist meditation on the collapse of our notions of a fixed cosmic order