Gus is the first of the two assassins to mention 'lighting the kettle' (at 7.47), in the conversation that follows, he denies ever hearing the expression. Personally, I thing the weirdness and humour of the gas/kettle exchange would lose nothing if that first line by Gus was to be changed. Very little of the dialogue in a Pinter play ever makes sense in a conventional way, it's more like the verbal equivalent of a Dali painting.
Gus is the first of the two assassins to mention 'lighting the kettle' (at 7.47), in the conversation that follows, he denies ever hearing the expression. Personally, I thing the weirdness and humour of the gas/kettle exchange would lose nothing if that first line by Gus was to be changed. Very little of the dialogue in a Pinter play ever makes sense in a conventional way, it's more like the verbal equivalent of a Dali painting.
I think about the crooked Kray twins and their clothing, clothes, when I see this drama
LIGHT THE KETTLE YOU FOOL!!
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Philosophical Investigations.
click the kettle on.
The kettle.
hi Sheridan
I say put on the kettle