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...called it En Attendant (Waiting, later Waiting for Godot), and it was just the jolt of negative energy that a somnolent postwar theater needed. Vladimir and Estragon, two tramplike figures in a blank landscape, pass the time in Act I "blathering about nothing in particular," as Estragon notes, while awaiting the arrival of the never-to-arrive Godot. They spend Act II doing the same thing. As one critic said, "Nothing happens, twice...
...beers came, but I decided I was really in the mood for something else. I asked for a Diet Coke. I received a blank stare. My bad. They call it Coca Cola Light out here. I tried again in broken Japanese, "Coca Cola Light Onegai-shimasu." This time, the response was only laughter--not only from the bartender/chef but also from Ishii-san and the dozen or so other people in the restaurant...
...laughing. I told him that I like food so much that I would rather eat my calories than drink them, the same rationalization my parents used on me when I was a fat fourth-grader to convince me to switch to that chemical-laden elixir. Only a blank stare and a cloud of smoke even Marge Schott would envy greeted this explanation...
...been that at TIME, also reviewing theater, music, sports and the occasional theme park. He keeps an open mind on alien autopsies and abductions. His wife Mary, though, is a believer in editorial abductions, especially on those late nights when Corliss is in his TIME office, staring at a blank computer screen with that familiar dreadful thrill...
...theme park, with cute characters, dark scary spots and a drain pipe that Quasi uses as a giant water slide. The movie may not soar like Aladdin or roar like The Lion King, and it demands plenty of parental guidance; but it fulfills the Disney animators' dream. From a blank sheet of paper, monsters and magic emerge...