Word: absurdity
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...contrast between the world of the gangsters and the Hollywood men who think themselves hip, a self-image that melts after contact with Chili’s genuine cool. But when everyone is a gangster there is no such contrast. The characters’ behavior quickly becomes an absurd oversimplification of music business stereotypes: women are sensual, blacks are gang members regardless of their lifestyles, Italians are smooth mobsters, Jews are only interested in money, and gay men are overtly feminine...
...hormones, encouragement, practice, diet and drugs. Brain patterns fluctuate within the same person, in fact, depending on age and time of day. So while Summers was also right that more men than women make up the extreme high--and low--scorers in science and math tests, it's absurd to conclude that the difference is primarily because of biology--or environment. The two interact from the time of conception, which only makes life more interesting...
THIS IS GOING TO SOUND ABSURD, BUT BEAR WITH ME. ISN'T IT SOMETHING LIKE BEING A MOVIE STAR? As far as movie acting, yeah, sometimes people expect you to be something more than you are. Really, you're just doing a job, applying some techniques you've learned. But it's ruined a lot of people. You tell somebody like Marlon Brando that he's brilliant and exceptional and you ruin his whole life--all of a sudden this Mid-American guy feels like a fool. But, you know, you become what you become in life...
Part of the wonder of the academy is its unbounded protection of speech. We are all here to discover new ideas and new ways of thinking. Sometimes those ideas are comfortable and familiar. Other times they are radical or even absurd. All of the time they are valuable in expanding our perspectives and allowing us to understand ideas with increased rationality. Summers did us all a service by asking an important question. We may not all agree with the way in which it was asked or share his view on the matter, but we all should acknowledge that if answered...
...articles refer to the awards as “slick p.r.” and “publicity stunts”; in 1973, Crimson arts writer Dwight L. Cramer ’74 wrote, “The publicity engine runs smoothest in the Pudding’s absurd Man and Woman of the Year Awards...