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My own reading led me down a narrower and perhaps less nightmarish alley, but one with cautionary implications of its own.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025 -
These scenarios are both nightmarish and probable.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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In many ways, that scene kind of represents the entire show, or at least what our intention was with it, something ridiculous juxtaposed with something, hopefully, very real.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The idea that trading somehow held it back is ridiculous.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Two enemy soldiers are tasked with the farcical mission of guarding a middle-of-nowhere border in the remote desert.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
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The ending could be wittier, but this is one of the more singular V/H/S entries — for its outlandish effects, its hint of farcical humor, and for how Vigalondo uses the format to indulge one of his favorite themes, the wandering attentions of restless family men. 17.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over the last few months, there’s been a surge of similar and even more surreal edits.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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This aerial perspective provides a surreal view of the otherworldly environment.—
Gwen Nicol,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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Those who value and respect America but couldn’t find their way through the Kafkaesque immigration system deserve a chance to rectify their situation.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
10 Aug. 2025
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In a Kafkaesque twist, Trump’s chart assigns Eswatini the lowest possible (10 percent) reciprocal tariff, despite the fact the nation applies the same external tariffs as Lesotho.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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College football twitter aligned itself in Manning’s corner after The Athletic promoted a story with a ludicrous headline suggesting Manning is the first flop in college football history.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
9 Oct. 2025
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Any insightful commentary on the 1% protecting themselves is rendered rote with a wimpy, ludicrous dénouement.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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The photographs became tableaux, dreamlike reconstructions of youth and landscape.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Following a young woman navigating life after growing up in an orphanage, the film transforms her shrinking apartment into a dreamlike maze of memory and loss, using striking visual metaphors to explore belonging, self-worth, and the fragile hope of starting over.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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Conversely, Kittle runs straight into an Atlanta defense that has been, statistically, the best in the NFL against tight ends, allowing a laughable 17 yards per game to the position.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
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In an exclusive 2018 interview with PEOPLE, Knightley shared a laughable moment between her husband and their elder daughter — young Edie said the f-word after her dad came just shy of crashing the car with the family inside.—
Erica Marrison,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Alice-in-Wonderland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Alice-in-Wonderland. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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