What is a waste of time? Is it wasting your life to wait or to hang around, to stream or to drift?
Waiting, lying around, hanging around, being married, working, media consumption: These are all activities that can be seen as a waste of time. But is that the case? Michaela Krützen explores this question by analysing classic figures from literature and film: Is Marie Antoinette wasting her time in courtly ceremonial? Betty Draper in her marriage? Hans Castorp in his routine? Oblomov on his sofa and Jeff Lebowski hanging out? By analysing these and other works and also looking at their theoretical context, Michaela Krützen enlightens us about one of life's central questions in an entertaining way and with an eye for detail: What is a waste of time?
"In recent years, Krützen, who was born in 1964, has become the most prominent young voice in German film studies." - Rüdiger Suchsland, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Definitely not a waste!" - Münchner Merkur
