Word: absurdity
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...four mental patients, their nurse, and one patient’s husband. Watching it, one can almost see the playwright standing in the wings, waiting for the audience to realize the story’s central message: the characters’ respective neuroses may make their romantic entanglements more absurd, but their thought processes are exactly like those of any “normal” person...
...producer Tines. The instability of the characters is reflected in the peculiarity of Todd Weekley’s stage design. The white and pale green walls evoke the atmosphere of an institution. The four doors in the set lead elsewhere within the mental hospital. Each of these doors is absurd in a particular way. One is three feet tall, while another is nine feet tall. A third has ten doorknobs, with only one that works, and the final door pivots around a central pole instead of opening on hinges. Also, the grid pattern on the floor is warped, giving...
...they were being treated with a certain amount of irony, which they were not used to. I think it was slightly shocking for many Russians. I was asked if I was writing a satire or parody. I said no, this is what human beings are like. Sometimes they do absurd things, make idiots of themselves. The play is not about politics, ideology; it's about individuals...
...Benicio del Toro. After being subjected to two hours of director Terry Gilliam’s headache-inducing antics though, you may wish that you had actually popped a few tabs yourself. For legal reasons, The Crimson cannot officially condone recreational drug use. We can, however, publish an absurd drinking game meant never to be played—that is unless you are 21 and happened to be a Scottish longshoreman with a death wish. In that case: God speed, read on, and drink up! TAKE A SHOT… 1. One shot if you can understand Johnny Depp. Cease...
...Prize for playing an integral role in the discovery of DNA, not for his views on race relations; we find the suggestion advanced by some that his scientific successes should somehow be invalidated as a result—by renaming Watson-Crick nucleotide base pairing or otherwise—absurd. No matter how objectionable James Watson’s personal views are, they have little effect on the profound benefits his research has created for humanity. For that matter, it does not appear that Watson actually stands by his racist remarks. Shortly after the scandal broke, Watson told The Associated...