Otherwise, simply say it’s absurd. It’s nonsense. It’s ridiculous. It’s crazy. Okay?
OK, here are usage examples of the theater of the absurd, both in theater and in real life:
1. Could Edward Albee have envisaged when “The American Dream” opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre in 1961 that he would be directing it at the same playhouse almost 50 years later? I doubt it but, having oscillated between dizzy theatrical highs and commercial and critical slumps, Mr. Albee's career path has eschewed convention. Somehow, then, it seems fitting that he should celebrate his 80th birthday by directing two of his early absurdist one-act plays.
Mr. Albee wrote “The American Dream,” and its short spin-off “The Sandbox,” just prior to his most celebrated play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” As with “Who’s Afraid...,” “The American Dream” depicts an unhappily married couple’s verbal battle, their dirty laundry shamelessly paraded at home in full view of their guests.
Mr. Albee takes a dim view of the American dream, deeming it a vacuous nightmare that chains couples to a lifetime of sterile conformity. Whether or not you share his desolate take on the nuclear family is irrelevant given the masterful economy of language and depth of character on show. “The American Dream” may belong to the “Theater of the Absurd” movement, but it is absurdity at its most powerful. An hour long, it provides a richer theatrical experience, and has more to say, than most plays that run twice its length.
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