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The backlash was immediate from a subset of the brand’s fans, who saw the plant-based sausage as incongruous with the old-country-store experience.

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“It just seemed so incongruous to zip tie someone in their closet,” she said, “and then bring them a bottle of Perrier.”

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It is an incongruous scene, which belies the political significance of the location.

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Jukebox musicals, inspired perhaps by the commercial success of “Mamma Mia!,” tend to muscle an artist’s hits into flagrantly incongruous dramatic contexts.

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One month, she would look emaciated, her tiny limbs and bulging stomach incongruous with the family’s relative access to resources.

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