outlandishness

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The gentle dramas of Kelly Reichardt, the body horror of David Cronenberg and the outlandishness of Tom Green’s “Freddy Got Fingered” all come up as sign posts.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

Chloé Gay Brewer and Casey Long, who perform these roles, are game troupers up for any outlandishness.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023

All of the actors acquit themselves with dignity amid the outlandishness: Pfeiffer’s Janet turns out to be a chief protagonist in a story that delves into her past in the Quantum Realm.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2023

Riding a bike by the mine site, on the Mineral Belt Trail, was oddly moving, the setting’s isolation underlining the outlandishness of the whole Tabor story.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2021

After all, it’s not the outlandishness of its conclusions that makes something a pseudoscience: lucky guesses, serendipity, bizarre hypotheses, and even an initial gullibility all play a role in science as well.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos