Word: absurdities
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...judgment does not always seem to be the priority. Save for the concentrated spurt of penning an essay, we do not always have the time, nor do we learn to develop the patience, to dissect arguments, to grapple with difficult texts or theoretical problems we encounter. Sections face the absurd task of making 15 or more people reflect on 100 pages of dense writings in under an hour. No wonder they are often a farce, and, in a popular definition, more the simulation of a discussion than an actual one. Students express unrelated but intelligent-sounding thoughts, and are then...
...broader trouble is that Chelsom appears to have little idea why the movie’s storyline might be funny. Suo’s earlier version worked because it planted an absurd conceit in what, from start to finish, pretended to be a serious film about the sort of people who work in fluorescent-lit cubicles...
...main villain—a petulant Kim Jong-Il who sounds like Cartman and sings a song about being “ronery.” His character resembles that of Satan in the South Park feature film, in that his notorious evil nature is softened and made absurd by an overblown sensitive side...
...Scottie” S. Thompson, ’05, former publicity manager of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, agrees. “Do I miss freezing my hands off in the middle of winter? No,” she says, adding, “It’s kind of absurd when it’s so cold the tape doesn’t stick.” Karlin has a different take, citing the campus’ “general feeling or inclination that postering should be done very early…it’s strange to poster...
...unsent, and as a result students’ packages idled away in increasingly infamous package depots. While the buzz of parcel activity related to the start of school makes the depots a necessity to prevent the bombardment of boxes on House superintendents, the current implementation of the system is absurd...