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She was a no-show for the latest city council meeting on Oct.

Jones noted in a short conversation with Salon ahead of his question-and-answer time that the no-show was part of a "pattern of behavior" but didn’t care to elaborate.

The 10-time Grammy Award winner was scheduled to perform Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, but broke the news of his no-show a day ahead of time.

On the level of plot that may be true, but on the level of meaning everything changes for theatergoers who watch Vladimir and Estragon passing the time as they wait for the mysterious no-show Godot.

I was reminded of his 2016 no-show rally and near-riot at the University of Illinois at Chicago, an important portent of the way so-called political norms would be shattered during his rise to power.