(urth) Vonnegut (1922-2007)
Four Color
fourcolorhero at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 19:47:38 PDT 2007
I had the good fortune to have lunch with Kurt Vonnegut in 1992. He
was a funny, wise guy. I'll always remember the presentation he made
earlier that day, including a brief deconstruction of the conventional
plot triangle, using Kafka's "Metamorphosis":
[Vonnegut on stage, at chalkboard, mic in one hand, chalk in other.
Audience expecting to see the plot triangle drawn on the board.]
"One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he
discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous bug."
[Vonnegut draws a line going straight down.]
"Oh sh**."
Much my feeling when I awoke this morning and discovered that he had died.
Regards,
Tim
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