Word: surrealities
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...arms wildly and grins at her, waiting, expectant, almost cartoonish in his eagerness. She acquiesces, and he rockets his arms around her neck and clings to her for two minutes. She patiently pats him on the back as they hug and rock back and forth, back and forth, surreal in the rain and in the flashing headlights of passing cars. After she’s had enough, Elisa firmly says, “Adios-adios, Guillermo, adios” and extracts herself from his grip. He happily snatches up his walking stick and heads down the road in the other...
...Later that day, I headed over to the call center, donned a headset and listened in until 1:30 a.m. on conversations between some of the company's 525 telephone "agents" and their customers in the U.S. It was a wonderfully surreal experience. The agents-all college graduates, mostly in their early 20s-had undergone a two-week "accent neutralization" program designed by a speech pathologist whose techniques were originally developed to help stroke victims. The results were startling, with Filipinos spouting cheery Americanisms like "Alrightee," "You have a wonderful day," and "How y'all doing today?" Most spoke with...
...this surreal political landscape that Waite must operate. The very fact that the four Americans were allowed, and perhaps encouraged, by their captors to send letters to Reagan and Runcie suggests that this particular band of kidnapers may be interested in negotiations...
...luxury of playing golf and watching their 401(k)s grow. Much of the humor that is a big part of their theatrical approach comes courtesy of Bob Cilman, 51, an accomplished artistic director and the group's founder. The performers' Road to Heaven is set in a surreal nursing home where, in the opening scene, chorus members wear prairie bonnets and cowboy hats. The repertoire includes Every Breath You Take by the Police, Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven and Bob Dylan's Forever Young. The audience's emotions are constantly shifting from tears to outright guffaws, which...
...notables as Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, Taylor Hackford and Michael Apted still shuttle from one form to the other. Werner Herzog, the world-class German auteur, has completed three superb docs--The White Diamond, Wheel of Time and Grizzly Man--each one as mystical and magical as the most surreal fiction film...