Word: absurdist
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...postproduction hell for several years. The editing process was clearly fraught with difficulty, as many elements of an excellent film are present, but they never produce a cohesive whole. While director Randall Miller aspires to Tarantino-esque flights of humor and violence, his film fails to strike the proper absurdist tone. In more capable hands “Nobel Son” may have become a quirky classic. Instead, hindered by a troubling vision of morality and an underdeveloped plot, it emerges as little more than a jumbled mess...
...show, which has tested so many other directors. To overcome the long line of bad reviews, Vartikar-McCullough plans to bring the show back to Williams’s intentions and incorporate a distinct approach to directing. “Tennessee Williams clearly wanted it to be an abstract, absurdist kind of thing. More well put, it was this bizarre world and an incredibly intense emotional situation. Every time, the bizarre world is ignored.” Vartikar-McCullough is playing up this abstract nature of the environment: “I wanted to create this elision between actors...
...subtle reminder that Beck, now almost 40, is a little cranky. But this midlife crisis-y, disillusioned Beck is just fine. While “Modern Guilt” lacks the high-budget weirdness we’ve come to expect from his videos, it delivers the originality and absurdist flair that defines them. But I, for one, do miss seeing him dance around like an awkward baby bird. —Molly O. Fitzpatrick
...about a guy who falls "head over heels" for the would-be-hot-if-she-weren't-wearing-enormous-glasses librarian. But like any good 1980s music video, it doesn't make any sense-a monkey, a man in a gas mask, and a rabbi all make absurdist cameos. So when the parody's creator, Dustin McLean, references them directly-"Now the rabbi's walking right behind me"-it's funny. At least, it's supposed to be funny. It is supposed to be funny, right? I don't know, it just seems too much like a Weird Al video...
...almost 1,000 menu items, including Senegalese chicken, “blisters on my sisters,” and ebelskivers. While owner/chef Kenny Shopsin is all but the next member of Megapuss, the two entities are connected in that they make things (food, music) that are playfully strange and absurdist but still manage to be thoroughly enjoyable. More importantly, the joy that people like us take from people like Shopsin and music like Megapuss’s is derived from the creators’ knowledge of fundamentals—that is, things that people are either immediately comfortable with...