absurdism
noun
ab·surd·ism
əb-ˈsər-ˌdi-zəm 
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: a philosophy based on the belief that the universe is irrational and meaningless and that the search for order brings the individual into conflict with the universe compare existentialism
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Clowning is a way of pushing back against that and bringing silliness and absurdism into live comedy.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
How to explain the absurdism and the despair of his writing, which stands as one of the crowning achievements of Turkish literature?
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
The film is a head-spinning allegory on power and a vision of the future made with an idiosyncratic anything-goes tone that blends melodrama, absurdism, satire, classicism and sense of genuine stylistic freedom.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (USA), 2023 Watching Bill Marsh teach children how to swim is like witnessing a great opera, one filled with intense agony and ecstasy, absurdism, fear, hope, despair, joy, connection, love, some vomit, and lots of belching.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
How to explain the absurdism and the despair of his writing, which stands as one of the crowning achievements of Turkish literature?
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
The film is a head-spinning allegory on power and a vision of the future made with an idiosyncratic anything-goes tone that blends melodrama, absurdism, satire, classicism and sense of genuine stylistic freedom.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (USA), 2023 Watching Bill Marsh teach children how to swim is like witnessing a great opera, one filled with intense agony and ecstasy, absurdism, fear, hope, despair, joy, connection, love, some vomit, and lots of belching.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 Sep. 2024
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