Word: absurdity
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...guns in this country never ceases to spell disaster for frustrated teens who can think of no peaceful recourse to their problems. Thus, trying a 14-year-old as an adult when a 14-year-old does not have the capacity to make adult judgments is nothing short of absurd. Hate crimes in particular require a certain level of conviction and premeditation unique to adults. A statutory age should be considered in the charging of hate crimes. There is no explanation for an act such as this other than that the killer was imbued with homophobia from an impressionable...
...discreet and judicious reader serve in many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate.” All people, regardless of geographic and cultural bias, have a basic capacity for reason; governments should leave it to their citizens to discern between the true, the absurd, and the erroneous. Freedom of speech—which includes the right to seek truth by forming opinions of others’ freely-expressed thoughts—is a right fundamental to every person, regardless of his or her nationality. Cutting off Pakistan’s access to YouTube was, beyond...
...movies. Picabia painted textured abstracts that had nothing but a few primitive dots on them resembling enlarged points of light. (In 1950, the art critic for TIME said they had "all the monotony and none of the scientific interest" of astronomical photos.) And he painted gaudy, figurative scenes of absurd blonde nudes in boudoirs...
...Driving Miss Daisy” all get their own indie treatments, to the delight of those within and without the film. Gondry turns the audience into children again, as they giddily await each brilliant novelty.Comedic foil Black makes for a great pied piper. He brings a manic, absurd energy to his character that doesn’t ask viewers to suspend their disbelief so much as thrash them into submission. Exuberance and relentlessness on his part make up for Mos Def’s hopelessly awkward dialogue: he mumbles, murmurs, and slurs his words so frequently that its difficult...
...words in my mouth, but IGP is certainly a big step up. Comedy doesn’t come from a bunch of one-liners; it comes from having funny relationships, real relationships. It comes from building a scene that people really care about, and then, when something crazy or absurd happens, that’s when it really gets funny.RR: Well, then shouldn’t the group be named something like the Long-Term Gratification Players?AW: Well, when you’re doing it as often as we do, and you’re building as many relationships...