How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot ?
Correct answer: A. \nothing happens-twice\
- A. \nothing happens-twice\
- B. \political correctness gone mad\
- C. \kitchen sink drama\
- D. \angry young men
Explanation
The critic Vivian Mercier famously described Waiting for Godot as “a play in which nothing happens, twice,” capturing its repeated waiting and apparent lack of conventional action. The other phrases belong to different dramatic categories or movements.
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