Professor Corrigan's Lecture and Movie

I liked Mr. Corrigan's lecture today. It correlated with watching the movie of 'Waiting for Godot' as well. He said some things that struck my thinking cap. He said something like 'there is no one way to interpret a text or play'. There can be mutliple meanings even though the writer only had one in mind, or in Beckett's case, none! I'm sure he had something in mind, he just won't share. He makes us think, which I like. So everyone has a different opinion on what the text or play should mean. God gave us all a different and unique mind. It was clearly obvious in Tuesday's class because there were interpretations coming from everywhere. I couldn't keep up. Mr. Corrigan also said, "Various interpretations help us become a better person/christian." I just liked that so I threw it in here.
One thing I couldn't really get by just reading the book is the attitudes the characters were displaying. This is where the movie came in and helped. For example, I didn't realize how much Pozzo was a jerk to Lucky. Which by the way, Lucky's name is pretty humerous because in his case, he is totally not lucky. While I was reading, Pozzo would say "stool" and "basket" etc... I had no idea what he was talking about. But when I watched the movie it all came out and it all made sense to me. I finally got some of the humerous jokes that they said that I didn't get out of just reading it. This is another example of how you can experience literature..through movies! Corrigan also talked about that if there is no stage direction or cues on whether its a sad mood or happy or someone being sarcastic, it's basically up to the reader or watcher to decide what's going on. Which is what I was doing with Pozzo.