{"id":116542,"date":"2017-10-12T07:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=116542"},"modified":"2017-10-11T10:44:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T14:44:43","slug":"samuel-becketts-sitcom-pitches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/12\/samuel-becketts-sitcom-pitches\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Beckett&#8217;s Sitcom Pitches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-116543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150-1024x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kafka.interior150.jpg 1838w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>From\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/baking-kafka\" target=\"_blank\">Baking with Kafka<\/a><em>, by Tom Gauld. 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