looking glass

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But much as I admired the playwright’s ingenious examination of identity politics through the looking glass of farce, I never quite succumbed to the comedy’s demented logic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

On a recent episode of What Next, we went through the looking glass in the Darién Gap.

From Slate • May 11, 2024

To understand what’s up with her mom, she’ll have to go through the looking glass.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

"Defendants have clearly stepped through the looking glass."

From Reuters • Sep. 22, 2023

You have to look into your looking glass on the day of the dead because you might see faces there that knew you even before you ever came into this world.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat