{"id":49212,"date":"2025-05-05T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=49212"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:56:08","slug":"theatre-of-the-absurd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=49212","title":{"rendered":"Theatre of the Absurd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elder JimZim<\/strong>, trying to irrigate the Arroyo Seco<\/em> of WLBOTT Writer’s BLOTT<\/strong>, has come up with a gem of a suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fellow Elders<\/strong> – while we are focused on winding twine into a ball and participating in the realm of Theatre of the Absurd as described by AI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Theatre of the Absurd is a theatrical movement that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s, primarily in Europe, characterized by its exploration of the inherent meaninglessness and absurdity of the human condition<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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TheatreUNCA One-Act Theatre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think we should start cataloguing (Canadian spelling to be inclusive<\/em>) practical uses for twine, so our future Chief Marketing Elder can start making sales calls on Day 1.<\/p>\nElder JimZim<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Theatre of the Absurd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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The theatre of the absurd is a post\u2013World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s. It is also a term for the style of theatre the plays represent. The plays focus largely on ideas of existentialism and express what happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose and communication breaks down. The structure of the plays is typically a round shape, with the finishing point the same as the starting point<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Logical construction and argument give way to irrational and illogical speech and to the ultimate conclusion\u2014silence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Theatrical features<\/strong>
Plays within this group are absurd in that they focus not on logical acts, realistic occurrences, or traditional character development; they, instead, focus on human beings trapped in an incomprehensible world subject to any occurrence, no matter how illogical<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Mysterious Thalia Stiff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thalia Stiff<\/strong> has an intriguing power point for Theatre of the Absurd<\/em> on slidePlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has WLBOTT<\/strong> written all over it. Except we don’t have to memorize any lines, leave the house, make in-person human contact, and makeup is always optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THEATRE OF THE ABSURD CONVENTIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n