Word: absurd
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...numbers too absurd to play with a straight face, the cast eventually loosens up--only to find that the way to succeed in musicals is not really trying. Once unbraided, the cast's plentiful talent (not to mention Porter's) comes over loud and clear. With this week's rehearsals and three performances under their belt, the cast may hit its stride earlier on in this weekend's performances...
Criminologist Edith Flynn of Northeastern University considers this new emphasis on punishment "absurd." Says she: "We need to be more selective about who should be in and who should...
...rampaging elephant in Moulmein has killed a native, and the people expect the policeman to do something: "Here was I, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd-seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys...
...That game was just absurd," Giella recalls. "We made them look like the Dallas Cowboys and made ourselves look like we'd never been coached...
...thrall to the power of the first impression. He is quick with flattery and small gifts. He studies himself in the mirror, practicing smooth self-introductions to strangers. He advises Dorothy to remember the name of everyone she meets for future flattering reference. With his absurd faith in such niceties, Snider puts one in mind of Willy Loman and his need to be well liked, particularly since that modern archetype also practiced his wiles in similarly unpromising venues. Snider's equivalent of the New England territory is the wet-T-shirt contest, the dream of multimillion-dollar sales...