Mr. Frank also interjects absurdist phrases such as, "I'm sitting in a cafe in Paris, revolted by the roots of a chestnut tree," a reference to the novel "Nausea" by the late French author Jean-Paul Sartre.
She has an ability to make small absurdist comments through gesture, with a reliance upon repetition as a choreographic tool; and an inability to sustain an idea on anything but the shortest breath.
It may be that Miss Snaith has restricted her movement choices in order to stress the absurdist relevance of her piece as slowly-shifting minimalism.
Among the many literary jokes of Daniil Kharms, the famous Russian absurdist, there was one concerned with the present state of Russian literature.
Yes, it's really that absurdist Harold Pinter play you sat through in college.
In neither book do we quite find why, though Bach's 600 well-researched pages are written with wit and vivacity. He tunes in to Dietrich's camp charm and the absurdist cul-de-sacs of her (best) movie plots.