Word: absurd
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...anyone who enjoyed McAvoy in The Last King of Scotland, or Starter for 10 or even the absurd Wanted knows, he makes a charming tour guide of cinematic territories, whether it be the high court of Idi Amin, posh academics or sects of vengeful weavers. But enough is enough and Valentin ends up being the kind of guide who distracts more than he leads. He turns his metaphorical flashlight in our eyes, chatters on about himself and makes you long to slip away from the group, to steal some quiet time with the art - the Tolstoys - on your...
...Meredith was my friend, I didn't hate her. It's absurd to say that I wanted revenge on a friend who had been very kind to me." - To the court, after prosecutors called for a life sentence during closing arguments of the trial (Reuters...
...from Virginia, who also happened to be auditioning for “The Real Housewives of D.C.” The subsequent Secret Service foot-shuffling occasioned much media meditation on the shortfalls of government security. More thankfully, the story finally traced in bold the parallels between the equally absurd worlds of reality television and politics. Pursuing those connections wouldn’t be such a bad thing, maybe: Michelle always did seem like she could give Tyra a run for her fashion...
...It’s absurd to think that blasting a massive hole in the ground isn’t going to cause a rodent problem,” said Jake Carman, a founder of the Allston Brighton Neighborhood Assembly. “The rats weren’t there before they started construction...
...eyes like lighthouse beams over the hitched up island, the join of her legs, the triangle of her sex—indescribable animal.” He tells us that the murder and the incident in the toilet “went on recurring, becoming associated, in an almost absurd way, in my memory: first death, then nakedness...