digressive

It’s more digressive than a sitcom, more serial than a sketch comedy.

It’s only the surface of a far weirder, digressive production whose obsession is not with the real world but what is underneath.

With a playful, digressive style, Moghaddam considers the layers of the hijab and the ways that a dress code both enables and disables self-expression.

The movie shows the most heart when the group gets hyped up together, going into long, digressive riffs punctuated with jokes and dance moves, channeling the wholesome playfulness that has kept the franchise so popular.

I thank that last category for leading me to Ross Gay’s “Inciting Joy,” a charmingly digressive collection of essays in which the poet ponders life in all its delicious complexity.