absurdity

Like such previously outré Lanthimos features as “Dogtooth,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Lobster,” the movie is a bleak comedy that generates severe discomfort amid its absurdity.

For all the good acting in the face of absurdity, it’s really Mr. Fichtner’s show.

Better to don a unicorn costume and play circus music, underscoring the absurdity of the situation.

It revealed how the administration and its agents use spectacle and absurdity to reinforce authoritarian control.

But it turns out this sort of sublime absurdity is becoming the norm this NFL season.