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...Demon Seed,” the trashy 1977 adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel about an evil computer that impregnates Julie Christie. I should also mention that the computer, whose name is Proteus, uses a bronze metal phallus.Why must we look back in disgusted admiration at such an objectively absurd film? Certainly not because American cinema is in need of more misogyny, more rape scenes, or more metal phalli. Rather, our horror films—which are supposedly the products of a rich, illustrious Western mythic tradition dating back to who-knows-when—have become stale and boringly...
...music video auteur has thought of casting him before. One minute he’s dancing down the escalator, the next he’s prancing through an elevator hallway, culminating in a surreal Peter Pan-like flight through the air in the final minute of the video. As absurd as it may be, if there is one human being who could actually fly and sustain acrobatic aerials through the air, it would be Christopher Walken. —Jessica C. Coggins2. ThrillerMichael JacksonAccording to iTunes statistics, “Thriller” is its second most downloaded video...
...brings his unique literary sensibility to each of the group’s records. Perhaps because of Berman’s strange proclivities, the Silver Jews have never achieved the (comparative) popularity of some of their alt-country contemporaries: Wilco and Ryan Adams especially. Berman savors the absurd, and his songs abound with bizarre characterizations and nonsensical turns of phrase. Berman’s genius is his ability to invest these caricatures with pathos and existential import: the freaks and geeks that populate Berman songs are transformed into emblems of desire and resignation. The band’s new album...
...would seem that the once quasi-justifiable living-wage campaign has descended into the realm of the absurd...
...expression one still frequently hears from Arab pundits and politicians: “Let’s push Israel into the sea!”Such a doll is, I hope, implausible, but then again, The Salient’s back page is a parody premised on the seemingly absurd yet real attempt to turn licentious, Western Barbie into an equivalent befitting the Arab world, where a number of states are dominated by radical Islamic values. Some make the claim that the Fulla parody contributes to pervasive stereotypes about Muslims, presumably taking issue with The Salient’s implication...