Word: surrealness
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...executives like me have to endure more kiss-asses than the Sultan of Brunei. It's really intolerable, and I'm starting to lose my temper. All I know is that the next person who tries to kiss up, I'm going to set on fire... Wasn't Citystep surreal? But by the time you got your bearings and had a chance to hook up in the mini subway car exhibit, the damn thing was over. Too short, too many 50-buck hair styles (I'm applying for UC grant to start an Anti-Tendril Association), wayyyy too many freshmen...
...After the initial can-you-believe-this reaction to the phantom victory, the networks have seemed to settle into a comfortable, if surreal groove, doing the kind of talky, laid-back coverage you can afford to do at 4 in the morning while you wait for a recount. George Stephanopoulous, for instance, finally had the chance to earn his keep on ABC as a former Clintonista, guesstimating what sort of discussions must be going on among the Gore staff. (His theory: the Gore-ites will use impeachment as a rationalization for using what legal means they need to challenge...
Berlinger, who has co-directed true-crime documentaries in rural settings (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost), juxtaposes the real with the surreal, whatever those words mean in a fictional spin-off of a pseudo documentary. BW2 ends in a delirious ambiguity, which can be solved by the maxim "Films lie; video tells the truth." But few movies have spread their fibs or facts as clumsily as this one. There's not an emotionally plausible moment in the picture. If Berlinger thinks he's commenting on media sensation--and not trying to exploit it--then the joke...
Once on stage, Knobler described the experience as "very surreal." "When you're up there, everything just becomes a reflex...it is quite a weird feeling," Knobler said...
Martin said the song's surreal lyrics do, however, contain psychedelic images. Martin also said the spiky, leafed plants in the foreground album's cover are not marijuana leaves, as rumored among some fans...