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The cinematography, by Jarred Alterman, is quite handsome and composed, amplifying the seriousness and eeriness, but also the banality and absurdity of the matter.

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A 2005 screen adaptation by Costa-Gavras did not deter Park from working out his own version, leaning into themes of the cruelty and absurdity of capitalism.

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The dot-com bubble, like the AI boom, had its excesses and absurdity.

Over on X, another observer summed up the absurdity in a different way.

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I should say it begins with finding absurdity in the ordinary, humor in the serious.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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