Word: paranoia
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...electric /rupture and esp did not limit themselves to any one genre. They interspersed smooth experimental tip-top and ambient noise soundscapes with beat-heavy jungle paranoia. And when esp began a live set, orchestrated on his laptop, he obligated conventional genres of contemporary dance music. Looking like a mad scientist behind piles of hardware and cables, esp pushed the limits of electronic experimentation, turning the Advocate into a testing ground for revolutionary urban combat. Imagine the brain waves of William Burroughs playing Space Invaders--set to music...
...eclectic /rupture and esp did not limit themselves to any one genre. They interspersed smooth experimental hip-hop and ambient noise soundscapes with beat-heavy jungle paranoia. And when esp began a live set, orchestrated on his laptop, he obliterated conventional genres of contemporary dance music. Looking like a mad scientist behind piles of hardware and cables, esp pushed the limits of electronic experimentation, turning the Advocate into a testing ground for revolutionary urban combat. Imagine the brain waves of William Burroughs playing Space Invaders--set to music...
...psychotic policeman with an unstoppable, irrational scheme to plant drugs or a gun in my car and arrest me for resisting arrest: all for the sadistic kick of an easy hunt. Or maybe he'll even give me a speeding ticket. Certainly I don't really believe all this paranoia, but this imaginary psychopath suggests an authority amidst the chaos of my midnight highway that is, I might even say, comforting...
...rhinoceroses. At first the people struggle with disbelief, but as more and more victims go crashing through the streets trampling cats and knocking down stairs, the survivors become engaged in a struggle to retain their humanity. Eventually, only Berenger, a lackluster drunkard wrapped in a haze of brandy and paranoia is left to hopelessly affirm his own humanity as everyone around him joins the unstoppable herd of rhinoceroses. The play, which signaled at turning point in the career of the dramatist Eugene Ionesco, is a startling commentary on the rise of fascism and on mass hysteria...
...understand her motivations. She has reasons for leaving. Berenger's violence, ugliness and paranoia make it seems a better thing to join the rhinoceroses who are, after all, beautiful in their own way. This is the turning point of the play, and its effectiveness lies in the way we identify with Daisy's choice. When a rhinoceros runs across the stage in scene one, taking shape as a green spotlight and brought to life by the amazed stares of the cast, it seems farcical. In the final scene, when the green lights shine at the windows of Berenger's little...