Investigative journalist John Pilger has called out the “grotesque absurdity” of those in the Western media who hype the so-called threats from Russia and China to Cold War levels, in an interview with RT’s Going Underground. Pilger told RT’s Afshin Rattansi that he finds it “difficult to believe” how some journalists “should go along, should […]
Tag: Absurdity
‘Absurdity:’ Moscow slams Boris Johnson’s insinuations over Russian ex-spy incident
The statements made by the UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over what happened to the former Russian double agent are baseless and “absurd,” the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. “This is just some sort of insufferable absurdity,” Zakharova told the Russian Govorit Moskva Radio station as she commented on the British Foreign […]
Top Knot Detective finds 2017 absurdity in ‘90s TV’s samurai crossover hits
The trailer for the documentary, Top Knot Detective AUSTIN, Texas—“Documentary” Top Knot Detective ostensibly tells the behind-the-scenes story of a Japanese-samurai-show-turned-Australian-cult-classic of the same name. Don’t bother Googling the series, however. It doesn’t exist. (As the film’s Fantastic Fest description put it, this tale is “complete and total bullshit.”) Sometimes, you simply need an over-the-top […]
Prince, Juice Absurdity, the French Election: This Week’s Recommended Reading
Here at Flavorwire, we pride ourselves on not only writing excellent content, but also keeping an eye on other great writing from around the web. This may be a predominantly arts/culture-centric website, but given the immediate gravity of U.S. politics, we’ve been focusing this outward-looking post on indispensable political writing, as well as the occasional […]
