Ok, I know I was supposed to get something from watching this and from reading the script. But "Theatre of the Absurd" seems to be a fitting title because it really made absolutely no sense to me. It sounds harsh, but I equate this with the artist who draws a square on a piece of paper and people marvel at the ingenuity. Absurd.
But we're not supposed to be critiquing it, I guess, only elaborating on differences so I'll stick with that. The most obvious differences were as follows:
-A is not annoyed or "at a loss" with D in the movie, though in the script she is several times
-D does not have a cigar. When he says "Light", he is signaling to A to pull out a flashlight so he can read from his notepad
-A suggests to point the finger in the movie. In the script, it is putting the hands together
-There is no armchair in the movie, though the script makes significant mention of one
-The applause at the end is supplied by A in the movie, rather than the "distant storm of applause" as the script called for
So why the differences? I really have no idea. I don't understand the purpose of the initial script and the changes made in the movie didn't make it any better or any more significant so to me, it really didn't seem to matter. I guess I'm missing something...
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