Word: absurdities
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...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...
...planet--unless the object orbits a bigger planet, of course. Otherwise, dozens of moons would have to be reclassified as planets. "Defining planets by size is purely arbitrary," agrees Marsden, who likes Stern's idea. "The Pluto-crats want to cut things off there, but it's absurd to say that an object 2,000 km across is a planet and one 1,999 km across...
...denial combined with childlike logic which causes Didion to believe that if she does certain things, then her husband will return: the game will be over and everyone will stop pretending he is dead. While denial is a common reaction to tragedy, Didion takes it to wretched levels of absurdity, demanding an autopsy out of the absurd conviction that if something simple caused Dunne’s death then perhaps it could be reversed. Somehow, even after the autopsy, the funeral, and the cremation, she panics, convinced that Dunne has been buried alive. Rather than seeming ridiculous, this bizarre line...
Kelly’s penchant for absurd plot construction, which won over college-aged cult fans in “Donnie Darko,” simply serves to overcomplicate an already thinly stretched concept. At the unnecessary and melodramatic sexuality between Domino and Choco (Domino was actually bisexual), a plot twist involving Afghani liberation, and the segment on “The Jerry Springer Show,” one can’t help but think: “What the hell was the point of that? Go back to showing half-naked Keira shooting Vietnamese thugs...