| 单词 | incongruity |
| 例句 | Buffalo Bill’s Wild West may indeed have been an “incongruity,” as the directors had declared in rejecting his request for a concession within Jackson Park, but the citizens of Chicago had fallen in love. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z These are such sights as greet the view of those who suffer siege in cities: the anxiety of violence mingled with the antics of incongruity. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was just the incongruity of seeing him aloft and stricken, since he was by nature someone who carried others. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As well, ingenuity, a feeling for incongruity, and a sense of economical expression are crucial to both mathematics and humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the dockers, training their field glasses on Tom Smith’s face as he led the horse back to the barn, noticed a glaring incongruity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The incongruity of queuing to beg for food made her feel uncomfortable, blemished. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z From the doorway of another room, spying the visitors, I noted the incongruity— the clash of two worlds, the faces and voices of school intruding upon the familiar setting of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The smile was an incongruity on such a formidable man. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A dead bird is an incongruity, more startling than an unexpected live bird, sure evidence to the human mind that something has gone wrong. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Art critics writing about the Renwick’s reopening called the signs “vulgar” and “tacky” and noted the incongruity of brash signs in front of the stately mansion. Smithsonian says no to federal agency’s request to change new signs 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z What holds them together is their insight into the incongruity of early memories. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z But their imagery, as Crowley points out in his footnotes, is inconsistent: any allegory is defeated by the book’s sheer incongruity. Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The incongruity of this makes no more sense to us than it does to Jefferson, who’s baffled by the moving pictures, the disembodied music and especially the highly romanticized vision of his life. ‘Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings’ reimagines his illicit affair 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But Butler is just one facet of this absorbing story full of “the incongruity of beauty and gore.” ‘Secessia’ is Kent Wascom’s vivid portrait of 1862 New Orleans 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z And when Steve sent back that caption, just the incongruity of the frankness of her response killed me. How Steve Martin and illustrator Harry Bliss ended up working on the ‘upbeat book’ we all need right now 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z In “Stranger Things,” by contrast, it’s the non-human that’s scary, and, when evil reveals itself, it does so through displays of senseless, alien incongruity. The Old, American Horror Behind “Stranger Things” 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z But there was always an incongruity between the sumptuous, historic building - its staircase is a masterpiece of the period - and the chaotic modernity of Picasso. Picasso Museum sees grand reopening 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But there are some amusing incongruities as well. The Curious Case of Susan Estrich 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z A theatrical environment of painted stage-flats, the installation smashes together an array of seeming pictorial incongruities that turn out to be not so inconsistent. 'Jim Shaw: The End Is Here' taps public's id in a weird, humorous way 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The temperature was close to 90, and when a taxi drove past with an ad on its roof for a production of “The Nutcracker,” the incongruity was jarring. Review: A Cast of 87 Sounds a Climate Change Alarm 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z The painful incongruity wasn’t lost on Ireland when she road-tripped to the distant spot on US 40. A Photographer Follows Paul Revere Williams Into the West 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z As Rule later wrote of the incongruity, “Ted Bundy took lives, he also saved lives.” Too Close to Ted Bundy 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z The subversion here is in the telling incongruity of form and content. Critic’s Notebook: On British Stage, Baby Boomers Fare Poorly 2012-06-22T23:54:12Z That’s what was so hypnotizing about The Los Angeles Times’ putting photos of the 25 acting and directing nominees on its amazing and necessarily harsh Friday cover: the incongruity. Oscars So White? Or Oscars So Dumb? Discuss. 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z They use elementary parts and, like the cartoons, inspire amazement at the inventiveness, the absurdity of the project, and the incongruity of the result. ‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z But an extra, delicious spin on this film's incongruity is the – very irresponsible – story of its performer. MoveTube: there's a pot of gold at the end of this Rainbow Dance 2012-11-30T09:54:00Z The incongruity between thought and action is at the heart of his comedy. Critic?s Notebook: Louis C. K.?s Working-Class Roots and Success 2011-12-20T04:33:59Z Another note in the same chapter refers to the novel as being full of "shifting POVs, structural fragmentation, willed incongruities". In search of David Foster Wallace's Pale King 2011-04-08T09:17:13Z But the postmodern wink that has been de rigueur with most versions of “Into the Woods,” acknowledging the arch incongruity of age-old fantasy tales told with contemporary, shrink-shrunk psychology, is entirely lacking here. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The show sometimes sabotages itself by getting too crass; the funniest bits rely on incongruity rather than vulgarity. Television Review: ?(Impractical) Jokers? on TruTV - Review 2011-12-14T22:13:50Z Depends on how well versed your child is in irony and incongruity. | ?The Aquabats! Super Show!?: ?The Aquabats! Super Show!? on the Hub 2012-03-02T23:51:10Z The sheer incongruity of the image — the well-bred Laura Bush as hit man! — makes it anarchically funny. Review | A first lady and a diva show their vulnerability in two productions 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Lack of logic, incongruity are the constant companions of human life. Ludmilla Petrushevskaya on Family Secrets 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z But I also loved the incongruity of place and purpose. Impossible to Forget: Caserta, Italy 2011-01-07T21:00:28Z But it has always had an undercurrent of uncomfortable reality — that Dave is a well-off Jewish kid whose incongruity gives him an edge in a genre built by Black artists. On ‘Dave,’ Lil Dicky Faces the Music 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z But the incongruity could not have been greater. 176 hotels, 247 military flights: How the National Guard transported, fed and housed soldiers who came to D.C. for the inauguration 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Its quartet of undead housemates must wrestle with not only the logistics of bloodsucking but the general annoyance of roommates, and that incongruity gives the show its juice. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z There are incongruities atop incongruities in “The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical,” a documentary by Sarah McCarthy that has its debut Wednesday night on HBO2. Television Review: ?The Sound of Mumbai: A Musical? - Review 2011-11-22T23:20:20Z "We're halfway through our pilgrimage to Sodom and Gomorrah," he chirped, relishing the incongruity. Radio review: Questions, Questions 2011-01-28T08:00:00Z The film makes much of the weird incongruity of shabby austerity England coming into contact with the bomb, living relics of the Victorian age confronting the world of Hiroshima. The Boulting brothers: holy fools 2013-07-26T13:00:19Z Adding incongruity to the proceedings on Thursday, the speaker was Trinity’s vicar, the Rev. Phillip Jackson. Review: Ginastera and Fauré, With a Nod to Prince 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z It was not so much at the sex itself, but at the sheer incongruity of the reading matter. Best literary sex scenes: writers' favourites 2012-07-06T21:55:26Z Mr. Gaffigan’s intricately delivered jokes about his gluttony and sloth have the crisply simple incongruities and self-deprecation that any child can appreciate. A 7-Year-Old Walks Into a Stand-Up Club ... 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z While he didn’t want the painting to reveal too much, he said, he was going for a level of incongruity and wanted people to ask, “Why is this robotic form feeling tired?” Pixels Floating on the Art World’s Margins 2013-06-12T20:37:13Z As a whole, the series is an assured, understated study of juxtaposition in a city defined by its cultural incongruities. The Timeworn Beauty of Asmara, Eritrea 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z But if there is incongruity in these figures, there is also a kind of macabre poetry. Third visit still a charm for 'Body Worlds' 2011-03-18T17:38:00Z Yet this incongruity is the heart of modern aesthetic experience. John Coltrane Live: A Playlist 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z The installation, titled "ChimaTEK: Avatar Download Station and Virtual Chimeric Space," is a playful site for mashing up apparent contradictions and incongruities. Identity transformed in the Fowler's 'Disguise: Masks and Global African Art' 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z His main love is color, which he uses stunningly, but he exploits everything — space, surface, color, image — to create various incongruities. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z What’s missing from “Empire” is the inspired crack of incongruity — a setting or character that displaces the familiar with the unexpected. ‘Empire,’ a Terrence Howard Drama on Fox 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z At a worktable at the Camera Club, he acknowledged the incongruity of the trash pickers, overworked children and grimy, desecrated landscapes in his photos staring back at his show’s invited audience in the Hamptons. Up Close : The Marginalized, Front and Center 2013-07-31T20:00:36Z The incongruity of offhand tone and grave subject matter is part of a fairly consistent worldview. Critic’s Notebook: Doug Stanhope’s ‘Beer Hall Putsch,’ a Stand-Up Album 2013-09-06T22:34:31Z So when he put his money behind “the American tribal love-rock musical,” as the show called itself, the incongruity was hard to ignore. Michael Butler, Who Brought ‘Hair’ to Broadway, Dies at 95 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z It was there, holding his fussing son, that he was struck by the incongruity of nursing a child in a men’s bathroom. Breastfeeding as a trans dad: ‘A baby doesn’t know what your pronouns are’ 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z The incongruities can be humorous or unsettling or both. ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The incongruity — conceptual European fashion immediately followed by all-American spring break style — was disorienting. Gotta Catch ’Em All! New York’s Fashion Frenzy 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Moors said in an interview that he was driven by his vision of art for everybody, and he dismissed any incongruity in the notion of a discount warehouse club selling fine art. Costco Returns to the Business of Selling Fine Art 2012-10-05T15:41:13Z The incongruity of its performance still pierces my memory more sharply than any modern atonality. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z Partly because of such incongruities, one can look at these pictures, again and again, while speculating on their meaning or how the parts fit together. Review | What’s surprising — and familiar — in Maurice Sendak’s newly discovered book 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z And compared to those pieces, the humor of incongruity here is more subtle and scattered, hidden in the similarity between a step like a horse pawing and certain ballet classroom steps that come later. Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Drawn from Syms’s own experiences as a visual artist, “The African Desperate” is less an art-school parody as it is a portrait of existential incongruity, where contempt mingles with deep affection. ‘The African Desperate’ Review: Double Speak 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There’s some incongruity between reggae’s reflections on poverty and American rappers’ boasts about wealth. Review: Stephen Marley Uses His Father’s Roots Reggae as a Springboard 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z There is a fundamental incongruity between being a celebrity and a trusted news anchor. George Stephanopoulos and the Line Between News and Entertainment 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But there isn't much incongruity and conflict in a devout Catholic working for a devoutly Catholic organisation. The Story of My Purity by Francesco Pacifico – review 2013-04-24T10:00:01Z The telling word here is "actually," which seems to acknowledge the incongruity of her involvement. Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw' 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z To an American reader, the jacket is a goofy incongruity, but, for many young Germans after 1945, the black G.I.s of the American occupation were the paragons of cool. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z I’m greatly looking forward to seeing it again; Bozon’s sense of comic incongruity fuses the political and the psychosexual, the official and the intimate. What Movies to See This December 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Yet this problem of dramatic incongruity appears strangely relevant to the current moment; the intensely self-involved preoccupations of the élite operatic characters render them blind to the casual ferocity of the hard-drinking, war-loving chorus. Opera and Brexit in London 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z The incongruity was not lost on Mr. Stiller, who had some fun with it onstage. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z And it’s a masterwork of subtle absurdities, local peculiarities, and outrageous incongruities—it’s one of the most physically inventive comedies since the heyday of Jacques Tati. “Only God Sees Me”: Revisiting a Brilliant French Comedy Released Twenty Years Ago 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z After “Band of Brothers” came out — the series won six Emmy Awards — the mail told him he had to address this nagging incongruity. Television: No Enchanted Evenings in This Pacific Warfare 2010-03-05T18:56:00Z “Manhunt: Unabomber” might seem an incongruity in a schedule anchored with shows like “Naked and Afraid” and “Deadliest Catch.” Will Shark Lovers Love ‘Unabomber’? Asking for a Cable Network. 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He sometimes offers stillness, and sometimes strange incongruities. Dance Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Cassations’ at the 92nd Street Y 2012-10-09T21:57:26Z The incongruity between his music and Mr. Hougland’s choreography turned out to be more than slight. Dance Review: Cincinnati Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-05-08T20:58:00Z A similar incongruity applies to Mr. Jenkins, who lacks the common touch. Movie Review: ‘God’s Pocket’ Is John Slattery’s Directorial Debut 2014-05-08T23:52:09Z The visual incongruity of big guys in dainty dresses has been a favorite source of comedy for as long as there has been theater. Theater Review: ‘Casa Valentina,’ a New Play by Harvey Fierstein 2014-04-24T02:00:16Z Ms. Masilo’s choreography to that music is novel in its continual switch-hitting between bits of ballet and African dance, but apart from the comedy of seeming incongruity, the jumbling isn’t particularly expressive. Review: Dada Masilo’s ‘Swan Lake’ Offers Ill-Fated Love With a Twist 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z However, there is an incongruity between the lively character he creates and the Dickensian fate to which he later subjects her. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z The problem with these scenes isn’t their comedy, their absurdity, or their incongruity; it’s their particular execution. “Destination Wedding,” Reviewed: Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves Suffer Through One of the Worst Sex Scenes in Recent Memory 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The incongruity makes it all the more special. Critic’s Notebook: The Sing for Hope Pianos Project 2013-06-06T21:07:24Z But what this self-righteous rebellion fails to comprehend is the beauty to be found in incongruity. Comic Sans not your type? Lighten up 2010-10-22T13:15:00Z Just like his early pottery, Gauguin’s prints, the subject of a wonderfully dark show at the Museum of Modern Art in 2014, make a virtue of accident, error, randomness, incongruity. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Still, as ably directed by Holly Twyford and featuring sturdy performances, especially in the lead roles, “Mary-Kate” offers some poignant glimpses of characters and relationships, as well as frequent doses of wry incongruity. The Olsen twins are here to save the day! 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It is around 60km south of the German capital: ie in the heart of northern Europe, and the name suggests a tongue-in-cheek incongruity. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z This optical confusion is increased by incongruity between front and back. Ry Rocklen's sly sculptures: There's more than what you might see at first 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Two of the many comics in “Drawn Together” at David Zwirner nod directly at the incongruity of this setting. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z He likens the wrestling powerhouse to the Walt Disney Company, smiling as if to acknowledge the incongruities. The WWE Enters Into Partnerships With Movie Studios 2012-03-25T01:27:19Z His loose-limbed mimes overshadow the material but they also make his act more interesting, since the incongruity between Mr. Maniscalco’s cranky cool dude pose and his doofus physicality may be his best joke. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Presumably being off the grid includes being without a TV, so there’s some incongruity in the phenomenon. ‘Ice Lake Rebels,’ on Animal Planet, and ‘Escaping Alaska,’ on TLC 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s an almost musical joke about the incongruity between language and accent that probably few in Mr. Noah’s audience knew. Trevor Noah, Next ‘Daily Show’ Host,’ Aggressively Sunny in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z I stopped more than once to shoot picturesque barns and the grain elevators that tower with alarming incongruity over otherwise flat landscapes. Frugal Traveler: What I Learned Driving Through the Heartland 2013-08-28T21:32:04Z But Mr. Buress also exploited the comic possibilities of the incongruity between a clean image and a violent transgression. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z This incongruity, between cerebral and swagger, is at the heart of his irresistible persona. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z Filming meant pushing into all of the characters’ incongruities, often in the narrow aisles and cramped roomettes of a set built to look like an Amtrak train. In ‘Run,’ a Romantic Comedy That Breaks Free 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z There are distracting incongruities throughout, sentences that work perfectly well on their own but serve to undermine aspects of character development or plot, and thus the overall cohesion of the novel. The Mysterious ‘Parking Lot Attendant’ at the Center of a Web of Intrigue 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The first laugh this joke gets is from the incongruity between his mild-mannered persona and the description of his own confidence, but as the bit emerges, its aim expands. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z For Isaac Marion, who wrote the original novel, the incongruity of an undead romantic lead was part of the initial creative impulse. Hearts, Not Brains: Why Zombies Are the Newest Big-Screen Heartthrobs 2013-01-31T13:55:44Z The movie also prefers small improbabilities and minor-key incongruities to big, loud, naughty jokes. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z We climb on board and settle into the plush leather seats – yet another layer of incongruity. Spies, Chopin and a Libya rescue 2013-01-14T07:00:03Z This kind of show, relying mostly on caricatures and shock value, is fairly easy theater, but Derek Ahonen, who wrote and directed, stirs everything together with gusto and a delicious incongruity. | 'Amerissiah': The Amoralists Troupe at Theater 80 St. Marks 2010-06-07T21:10:00Z The incongruity of celebrating the first day of spring while heading into an Australian winter is not lost on Ms. Ayubi, who runs Parwana Kitchen and Kutchi Deli in Adelaide with her family. For Afghans Abroad, Nowruz Is a Chance to Reflect 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z One might also ponder the moral incongruity of Downey embracing an Oscar nomination for a performance designed to skewer such validations of reprehensible acts committed in the name of exercising one's craft. Fifteen years later "Tropic Thunder" is a flawed comedy that we're still trying to agree on 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Air-raid shelters – never, as it turned out, needed – are items of poignant incongruity. Dominion by CJ Sansom – review 2012-12-06T06:30:01Z However, he revelled in the incongruity, accompanying exquisitely melancholy tunes with quips about Pimm's and "fascist" prime ministers. Magic Loungeabout festival ? review 2011-08-01T17:36:30Z His jokes are finely engineered, and presented in an order to increase their contradictions, to add incongruities. The Best New Comedy Specials to Stream Right Now 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Misha, a formerly close friend of Pasha, “tried to live as if his life were a success, which inevitably led to discrepancies and incongruities. Reality was a bad choice of enemy.” ‘Panic in a Suitcase’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Its central joke is the incongruity of a heightened mob and crime story juxtaposed with a mundane narrative of suburban parents ordering their grown kids to leave home. Why New TV Comedies Are Choosing Plot Over Jokes 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z But eventually you realize that Stan Brooks, the director, might be making a point with the incongruity. Movie Review: ‘Perfect Sisters’ Is Based on a Matricide Case 2014-04-10T23:30:08Z For sheer incongruity, as defined by Isidore Ducasse — “the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table” — few works can match the five original Surrealist exquisite corpses in MoMA’s collection. Art Review: ?Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration? at MoMA 2012-03-29T22:25:34Z Take that incongruity as fair warning for the blarney that lies ahead. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Yet though you may be sitting on a posh couch watching orange embers float up the limestone fireplace, incongruities are all around you. 5 New York Hotel Bars That Melt Away the Winter Blues 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z The incongruity was a feature, as someone from Silicon Valley might put it, not a bug. Gawker’s Essential Unevenness 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z Sometimes the performances challenge the space, punkishly and puckishly enjoying the incongruity of being there. The National Theatre goes pop-up 2011-07-27T11:43:27Z She writes about secrets and incongruities, yet comes across as bracingly forthright. AM Homes interview: 'I write the things we don't want to say out loud' 2013-06-07T19:00:03Z This was one incongruity in an otherwise well thought-out room: With stark-white tiled walls, a mottled off-white tiled floor with the texture of dulled sandpaper and shiny silver fixtures, the bathroom felt a bit sterile. Hotel Review: St. Aubyn Estates in Cornwall, England 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Kings 2 Ends is a knowingly postmodern ballet, advertising its smartness through incongruities of subtext and style. Scottish Ballet ? review 2011-08-28T17:00:01Z That's the point, of course: the incongruity between Sweet's effervescence and his dull subject. Jonny Sweet ? review 2011-01-12T21:30:01Z I recognized the incongruity of that and yet the great forward strides it could yield. Jamie Lee Curtis: I’m Waving the Banner for Generations of Women 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In the film, the incongruity of stuffy, dressed-up philistines making like Jamaican backup dancers was a hoot. Review: In ‘Beetlejuice,’ the Afterlife Is Exhausting 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z One in the early `60s poked fun at the incongruities of introducing football into the rarefied intellectual air of the University of Chicago. Famed comedy club seeking laughs in Chicago's past 2011-11-05T14:53:08Z Batuman allegedly worked on the novel off and on for more than a decade, and it shows here in a certain incongruity of affect. Elif Batuman turns her gifts to fiction in 'The Idiot' 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z There’s enough of a difference between what she says onstage and how it’s perceived that her show is about that incongruity. Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Douglas’ Doubles Down on the Comedy of Contradiction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z I was 14 then, and the political incongruity that night was impossible not to feel. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z There are tablecloths inside, too, but the red and green Alessi salt and pepper grinders on each table wink at formality and the décor plays with incongruity the way dreams do. Sleek new Mamma Melina appeals to contemporary tastes 2010-08-26T20:05:00Z Philip Gefter, a photography critic, wrote in an email that Mr. Uelsmann “artfully juxtaposed his very precise photographs of actual objects, creating unusual incongruities to surreal effects.” Jerry Uelsmann, Surreal Image-Maker, Dies at 87 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The other two movements were allowed to follow without any attempt by Uchida to mitigate their incongruity after such a rapt opening, so the whole work seemed much stranger and more mysterious than usual. Mitsuko Uchida 2010-09-26T21:15:00Z And while it's chilling to watch such a cherubic-faced young woman with fangs bared and blood staining her clothes, the physical incongruity is only part of her performance prowess. The best breakout TV performances of the year, from twins and vamps to werewolves and superheroes 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Posin’s choreography — largely conventional ballet, adeptly arranged and accessorized with Arctic hula — settles for incongruity. Review: ‘Climate Control,’ Where Hot and Cold Mix It Up in a Pas de Deux 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet one enigma remained salient, growing stronger through the jolting incongruities of the program. Review: Satellite Collective Mixes Media and Messages at BAM Fisher 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z “It is an incongruity I hide from the other rich, bespectacled Indian doctors of my cohort, entering middle age like me, trying to stay fit like me, suburban and Midwestern like me,” he writes. In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z That is what we find here too: incongruity, like the eccentricities of those pioneering curiosity cabinets that celebrated the juxtapositions of rare and unusual objects. Museum Review: Museum of Jurrasic Technology Shows Its Wild Side - Review 2012-01-09T23:12:21Z There is something beautiful and fitting about that incongruity, and also about the presence of so many actors we’ve seen in other Scorsese films. ‘The Irishman’ Review: The Mob’s Greatest Hits, in a Somber Key 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Lorentzen’s right — Wallace was a study in incongruities: compassionate yet also critical, empathetic and dismissive, obsessive but at times overblown. Will 'The End of the Tour' warp the way we think about David Foster Wallace? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The incongruity between content and form is perfectly tuned, and Mr. Susman benefits from resisting the urge to oversell the joke. Theater Review: ?Old Jews Telling Jokes? at the Westside Theater 2012-05-21T02:00:00Z It makes you question the seeming obviousness of the incongruity of this kind of comedy. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In his Times article, Lewis had an explanation for the seeming incongruity of a Black composer, born into slavery, celebrating a moment of triumph for the Confederacy. He Was Born Into Slavery, but Achieved Musical Stardom 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Waldman shows great honesty as he explores his own reactions to Palestinian patients and the incongruity of serving as an Israeli Army medic during Operation Cast Lead while simultaneously treating cancer patients from Gaza. Putting Down the Scalpel, Picking Up the Pen 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z The punctuation marks as part of the title are a self-aware nod to the incongruity of marrying the location, known for its allegiance to hoodies, Tevas and T-shirts, to a fashion event. Silicon Valley Fashion Week Is No Joke 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Strangely — or perhaps not — there was no sense of incongruity between Ms. Beiser’s high-tech performance and the evocations of antiquity in the music and iconography. Music Review: East Meets Farther East When the Aural Mirrors the Visual 2011-03-14T23:00:14Z In this one the costumes, the sets and the voices anchor the play in a pop-cultural dimension where it sparkles effortlessly, and a few loose ends and incongruities only increase the fun. Movie Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ Directed by Joss Whedon 2013-06-06T14:57:14Z A third or so of the way in, however, this new novel kicks into gear as Mr. DeLillo begins to actively use his radar for the incongruities and chimeras of modern life. Review: In Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K,’ Daring to Outwit Death 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z According to De Niro, it was the incongruity of this scene that signed him up. De Niro plays mobster for laughs 2013-11-22T07:35:46Z After the war, that incongruity only grew for black troops in the occupation force in Germany, who sometimes found an empowering measure of freedom there. Television Review: ‘Breath of Freedom,’ on Smithsonian Channel 2014-02-16T21:28:39Z “Urban Camouflage,” the title of Mr. Colter’s piece, hinted at the incongruity of hip-hop at this verdant former estate, but the work faded into its surroundings too well. ‘Dancing Through the Bronx’ Makes a Stop at Wave Hill 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition doesn’t exactly make sense, but the very incongruity seems to announce, “Anything can happen here.” Crystal Bridges, the Art Museum Walmart Money Built ? Review 2011-12-26T15:29:45Z While searching for their kids, Andy stares at the waves lapping on a lake and starts to bawl his eyes out at the incongruity between the peacefulness of nature and his life. [RECAP] True Blood Watch: 'May Be The Last Time' 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Next came the uncanny city, full of nervous life and incongruity: subways full of people, more than usual carrying full shopping bags. Sheltering in Space 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z The incongruity of the coverage prompted him to ask, what the hell is going on here? Scandalous: behind the sordid inner workings of the National Enquirer 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Ms. Schumer has long cut sour material with a sweet glance, but now she uses a more theatrical vocabulary for such incongruities. Review: As Amy Schumer Evolves, So Does Her Arena Show 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z That made for a certain incongruity when “Minnie the Moocher,” a song with a catchy singalong chorus that was actually about shady characters, became a national hit. Television Review: ?Cab Calloway: Sketches? on PBS 2012-02-25T00:16:11Z But the play’s plot is riddled with incongruities. Theater Review: ‘Cherokee,’ Lisa D’Amour’s New Play, Opens in Philadelphia 2014-01-31T22:22:10Z Also marvelous is González, whose comic timing makes the down-to-earth Manny hilarious, even when the play is most obviously milking incongruity. Review | Round House Theatre’s dark and playful ‘Quixote Nuevo’ strikes a contemporary chord 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The HBO production was taped at a live performance at the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center, an incongruity given President Eisenhower’s ambivalence about the decision handed down in Brown v. | 'Thurgood': Marshall v. Bias: A Life Revealed in Anecdotes 2011-02-23T23:22:27Z George Burns and Gracie Allen, who actually were married, freely invited outsiders into a show-biz version of their dynamic—she was loopy, he was sensible, and the audience took pleasure in the delightful incongruity. Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Closer Than Siblings in Sisters 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z But the body language abounded in absurd incongruities: now formally gracious but now bizarre, with one man manipulating a woman by her ankle; another woman wrapping her thighs about her partner’s waist. Dance Review: ‘Ballet Across America’ at the Kennedy Center 2013-06-11T20:57:15Z In a film where the protagonist claims they want to tell the whole truth, the incongruity is impossible to overlook. Roe v Wade: an anti-abortion film of staggering ineptitude 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Currently, however, there’s a preposterous incongruity at the David H. Koch Theater. Bolshoi Ballet Turns Back the Clock in Its New York Season 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z And the lineup of performers only increased the sense of incongruity: four virtuoso pianists from different parts of the world, joined by three dancers — one tap, one salsa, one flamenco. Review: Tapping Out Some New World Rhythms 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Waithe’s outfit called out this incongruity, but the essence of camp in her outfit was a typo on the jacket—“inventend” instead of “invented.” The Met Gala 2019: It May Not Have Been Camp, But It Was Fashion 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z This incongruity is the key to the movie, but it’s the key to an empty box. Review: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z An example of these incongruities is wine that includes traces of eggs or fish. Perspective | What does ‘natural flavors’ really mean? 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Attaching songs associated with the Go-Go’s to an Elizabethan comedy was gutsy and, in a way, liberating, because the music did not really have to develop the action, just provide texture and laugh-baiting incongruity. Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Perhaps with scorn, certainly with amusement at the incongruity of the project. The legacy of John Lennon 2010-09-25T23:33:00Z But the incongruity between the actions of the accused and the cachet of the masthead, the bloody footage of the carnage and the transcendent pose of the suspect, is not only a source of controversy. | Let Us Now Praise Infamous Men 2013-09-04T19:12:10Z “I was feeling kind / Of Auschwitzy in a vegan restaurant in Warsaw,” she writes, in “Pilgrims’ Progress,” observing the crass incongruity of “an H&M and a multiplex across the street // From the ghetto wall.” The Apocalyptic Visions of Ariana Reines 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps the nature of his contribution, through the trenches of a slow-moving legal system rather than a flashier career marked by widespread popularity, might explain the incongruity. Wil Haygood's 'Showdown' explores Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination fight 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z “Reflections and Contradictions: Five Decades,” Shaffer’s retrospective at the American University Museum, savors these incongruities. In the galleries: Artist’s glass has life of its own 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z The book found an admiring readership among the Brazilian intelligentsia, but even they were struck by its incongruities. New Translations Explore Brazil’s ‘Endless and Unfinished’ Character 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z But has the craftsmanship — wonderfully believable brotherly chat as a foundation; sly incongruity laid on top — ever been bested? Television: ?Leave It to Beaver? and Sitcom Craftsmanship 2010-06-25T21:35:00Z The incongruity of a large, ambitious show of Detroit art being held in Manhattan, especially now, is not lost on many of the participants, including Mr. Levin. Detroit Artists at Marianne Boesky and Marlborough Galleries 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z In a backstage interview, Kenny Jr. answered Mr. O’Brien’s sardonic questions about “Mr. and Mrs. Sanmagnetron Claus” with deadpan sincerity, seemingly oblivious to the incongruity of a man in full Islamic dress designing Christmas decorations. House Proud: Pink Robots at the Gate 2013-08-21T22:22:38Z But more often the humor comes simply from the incongruity of a grandiose thought in a less-than-grand setting, which to my mind amounts to a pretty good take on the history of Western philosophy. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z The artist’s Renaissance-style method, which entails multiple layers of translucent glazes, heightens the satirical incongruity. Review | In the galleries: Artechouse’s ‘Infinite Space’ has waves of natural influences 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Even before it officially became our national anthem, dissidents were using the “Banner” to point out incongruities between the song’s claims and America’s reality. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Maine mines laughs from the expected incongruities and hypocrisies, but she skillfully avoids cheap shots. Offbeat Streaming: ‘Knock Knock,’ ‘John Lewis’ and ‘Sleight’ 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Finding the right book of comedy may be trickier given the incongruity between your son’s youth and his more grown-up tastes. Got a Reluctant Reader at Home? 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The incongruity is hilarious, especially as rendered by Ms. Bioh and Ms. Blake. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z The show cuts between the two businesses with deliberate incongruity. ‘Wrestling With Death,’ a New WGN America Reality Show 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It is because Addario unsparingly depicts the suffering of war that an incongruity arises between the content and the composition. Has War Changed, or Only War Photography? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z I suspect it has to do with anticipation and psychological incongruity: A Dorito should meet certain expectations, not just in its taste, but also in its aroma and texture. Cocktails: If it tastes good on the plate, will it taste good in the glass? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z There is continuity in the blues — from pale, watery sky to deepest Prussian — and gorgeous mayhem otherwise, a montage-like fracturing of forms and breathlessly destabilizing incongruity of scale. 'All the Flowers' turns blooms in LACMA artworks into a photogram bouquet of blue 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z This particular incongruity is a common problem for stable diffusion-generated AI images. Does AI creep you out? You’re experiencing the ‘uncanny valley’ 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Frolov acknowledged the seeming incongruity between his romantic vision and the war ravaging his country. Far from home, Ukrainian designers showcase fashion that was created amid air raid sirens 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The incongruities in park guidelines and messaging stretch back to the post-town-hall banning of tripods from the prairie. On San Juan Island, tension over red foxes and photographers' access to them 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The prize had been announced before the Mulvaney flap, but was only awarded Monday and, according to Ad Age, the incongruity of Anheuser-Busch accepting a marketing prize was the first topic Mr. Marcondes addressed. Bud Light parent takes Creative Marketer of the Year award at ‘Oscars for advertising’ 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z He had a temperament perfectly suited for documenting the incongruities of the city at the turn of the century. John Albert, punk pioneer and chronicler of L.A.'s underbelly, dies at 58 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z At least the outgoing talk show host noted the incongruity of him giving an award for dance and electronic music. Grammys Moments: A rap tribute for the ages, Beyoncé triumph 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z There are circumstances, he notes, when people laugh at something that is not humorous: “Laughter is regularly linked to joy, relief, tickling, sudden incongruity, social discomfort, dominance, humiliating another and many other causes.” Laughter really is contagious — and that’s good 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z From early on, he said, there were incongruities between the way that Mr. Santos talked about himself and the life he led. George Santos’s Early Life: Odd Jobs, Bad Debts and Lawsuits 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “Unless I’m wrong, and I’ve been wrong before, there’s certainly an incongruity there,” Judge Dearie said at the time. Trump Claims He Owns White House Pardon and Immigration Policy Records 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z "Unless I'm wrong, and I've been wrong before, there's certainly an incongruity there," Dearie said. “Where’s the beef?”: Special master calls out Trump lawyers’ “bungling missteps” in Mar-a-Lago case 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “Unless I’m wrong, and I’ve been wrong before, there’s certainly an incongruity there,” Judge Dearie said. In Documents Review, Special Master Tells Trump Team to Back Up Privilege Claims 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z It calls on the court to deal with something pretty profound, actually: the inherent incongruity between ecological reality, which knows no boundaries, and the law, which is all about line-drawing. Opinion | Can the Supreme Court navigate this clean-water swamp? 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The fighting in regions to the east only deepened the incongruity of the scenes playing out on Wednesday in Russia. In Retreat at the Front, Russia Strikes Deep Into Ukraine 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z But it’s hard not to notice the absurd incongruity between their celebration and the years of freedom these miscarriages of justice have cost them. Opinion | For those freed after wrongful convictions, gratitude is a lot to ask 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Juxtaposition: In visual art, juxtaposition is the placement of contrasting images close together to emphasize their connection, lack of connection, or incongruity. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Yes, it's an area of conflict, hypocrisy, incongruity and amazing contradictions. No exit: After Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump is trapped — and his fear is palpable 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The incongruity of devotion to family with brutal vigilante justice creates dreadful tension as Mario tests his new moral compass. 12 noteworthy books for July and August 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z The aspect that throws people off is the incongruity between the dish and what many consider a salad. Strawberry pretzel salad is a salty-sweet retro dessert 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z One example of a “joke,” after Kevin takes note of the incongruity of their chosen method of death: “It’s hard not to feel like a hypocrite with all the gun control s--- I post online.” Review | Jerrod Carmichael’s directorial debut looks for comedy in a dark place 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But Simpson says she was detained after showing a passport with her former name, which airport staff allegedly called an "incongruity" with her appearance. Brazilian activist says Mexico detained her over 'transvestite' identity 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The incongruity between old language and new became particularly noticeable this week, after Politico published a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Opinion | Can the women’s movement be as effective without the word ‘women’? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But what fills these 20- and 30-something Parisians with ennui is the seeming incongruity between the beauty of these concepts and the casual cruelty and speed with which young people seek them out. Review | ‘Paris, 13th District’: A movie on love and sex, without much to say 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Beyond “Aline’s” visual incongruities, there’s a problem with is its choice of focus. Review | ‘Aline’ is a cinematic love letter to Celine Dion. It’s also bonkers. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The incongruity of that European tragedy is hard to fathom. In Ukraine, humor has become a weapon of war 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z In varying degrees, Virginia’s gentry were also aware of the incongruity of demanding liberty for themselves while holding others in bondage. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z To say the project has strange timing understates its sheer incongruity. Amid War, a Lavish Hotel Will Open in Britain’s Old War Office 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z “Mr. Martin was this white, white, white guy who was comfortably walking around the projects, looking for kids,” Berry recalled, chuckling at the incongruity. A teacher, a soldier, a tireless champion for children in Watts 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Su had injected the men’s big air with an incongruity: After the most difficult tricks in snowboarding history, he concluded with an easy one. Su Yiming took snowboarding to new places at these Olympics. How much higher can it go? 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z The past two years have been full of incongruities, paradoxes and absurdities. Introducing 21 Ways COVID Changed the World 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Ancient chauvinisms were exacerbated by modern incongruities — between rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic, rural and urban, socialist and conservative. Review | One man, three wars and the creation of Germany 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Critics of the Kabul strike pointed to the incongruity of acknowledging the mistake but not finding anyone accountable for wrongdoing. No U.S. Troops Will Be Punished for Deadly Kabul Strike, Pentagon Chief Decides 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z He also cited “incongruities” between the actual videotapes and the prosecutors’ own summaries of what was said. Pope’s own role in Vatican London deal comes before court 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z The essay as a medium is built to hold contradictions and incongruities. Emily Ratajkowski explores her growing pains in ‘My Body’ 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Critics of the strike pointed to the incongruity of acknowledging the mistake but not finding anyone responsible for any wrongdoing, a point that General Said touched on in his remarks. Video Footage Showed at Least 1 Child Near Site Minutes Before Drone Strike in Kabul 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The incongruity was on center stage both at the global climate summit currently taking place in Scotland, and in Rome this past weekend during a gathering of leaders from the 20 largest economies. Even as Biden Pushes Clean Energy, He Seeks More Oil Production 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Freedman, 49, who founded the company ElectricAir, said he’s long been passionate about the environment and the idea came as he thought about the incongruity of driving an electric car and flying a gas-powered plane. New Zealand strait crossed for first time by electric plane 2021-10-31T04:00:00Z Now it wasn’t just the incongruity of Platt’s casting; it was everything. Do the Memes Help the Movies? 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s a heady dramedy, albeit without terribly many tears or laughs, except those that arise, perhaps unintentionally, from the incongruity of Stevens being repellent. Review | Girl meets robot in ‘I’m Your Man,’ a silly movie about desire 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z In one of the libretto’s many incongruities, it turns out that Azucena mistakenly incinerated her own baby, so she has raised the Spanish one as her own. Review: L.A. Opera ends its pandemic hiatus with a triumphant, season-opening 'Il Trovatore' 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z However, many pointed out the incongruity of Mexico touting recent deliveries of aid to Haiti — and receiving plaudits for taking in refugees from Afghanistan — as it was cracking down on migrants in the south. Tens of thousands of Haitian migrants are trapped in southern Mexico 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z And it struck me how important it is for young girls to have adults who believe in them when life’s incongruities and inequity can stifle ambition, derail dreams or, in King’s case, drive her harder. Review | How a 12-year-old Billie Jean King decided to change the world 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z This central paradox of modern California politics — an incongruity usually obscured by the sheer number of registered Democrats in the state — could define the outcome of the recall election. How Trump-hating California ended up with a slate of recall candidates who supported Trump 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z The incongruity — no fans at a 68,000-seat outdoor stadium to kick off the nation’s first Summer Games since 1964 — might make some sense. Perspective | At Tokyo’s Opening Ceremonies, the celebration begins, but the doors are locked 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The confirmation bias offers an important explanation for this seeming incongruity. We're Fumbling the Return to Physical Offices 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z “What really matters is values, and in that I find much less incongruity,” he said. White House science adviser sworn in on 500-year-old Jewish text 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Economists ascribe some of the incongruity to a temporary mismatch between the jobs on offer and the skills or background of those looking for work. Unemployment Pay May Again Require a Job Search. Is It Too Soon? 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z At the busy heart of their dismay stood an incongruity between business, which aims to reduce risk, and soccer, which compels because of risk. British soccer fans, united in Super League despair and loathing, learn they do not walk alone 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z It is undisputed that the number of minors who struggle with gender incongruity or gender dysphoria is extremely small. Opinion | Why I vetoed my party’s bill restricting health care for transgender youth 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z This incongruity gives the impression “that reproduction is women’s business—that it occurs primarily in women’s bodies and is solely women’s responsibility,” Almeling writes. It's Time to Take the Penis off Its Pedestal 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z The incongruity of the punishment questions the rationality of our entire criminal justice system. You can buy it, so why is it still illegal to grow marijuana? 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z In a year defined by uncertainty and incongruity, the top three teams in the preseason Associated Press poll all wound up making the College Football Playoff: Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State. Perspective | The College Football Playoff is set. Whether it was worth it depends on whom you ask. 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Laughter, like humor, typically sparks from recognizing the incongruities or absurdities of a situation. No joke, folks! Laughing is seriously good for your mind and your body. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z “The chief pleasure of the film derives from the incongruity of Vaughn’s performance, which the actor never pushes into caricature,” writes Michael O’Sullivan. Critics are shocked too: Vince Vaughn is scary good in 'Freaky' slasher comedy 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z But she acknowledges that they may instead exercise a particular form of bias called “motivated reasoning” to downplay the incongruity. Conservative and Liberal Brains Might Have Some Real Differences 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z It seemed unlike all others, not least because it was proving exceptionally beautiful, yet by unfolding in parallel with the disease it was producing a sort of bizarre and tragic incongruity. Nature got us through lockdown. Here's how it can get us through the next one 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z Yet Ms. Shelton’s track record is packed with incongruities, ones that have raised eyebrows among Senate Republicans, imperiling her nomination to take one of seven seats on the Fed’s board in Washington. Embattled Fed Nominee Celebrates Free Markets, but Not in Her Backyard 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z Baseball in 2020 is full of those aural incongruities: noises that are suddenly way too loud, others that appear out of nowhere, voices overheard that are not necessarily meant to be heard. Perspective | What does baseball sound like during a pandemic? Loneliness — and hope. 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Supervisor Pete Rios was concerned about the incongruities between Lamb’s statements. Arizona officials seek info about sheriff’s ‘citizen posse’ 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z But since those outbreaks were separate and unrelated, and since every postponement affects not one team but two, the season standings, less than two weeks into the season, already show some alarming incongruities: Analysis | MLB learns to improvise as baseball schedules become rough drafts 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z I couldn’t help but notice the incongruity of the lead photograph with the June 25 Local Living article “The buzz about bee hotels.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Enough, already. Give women’s sports fair coverage. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z More dispiriting to advocates still was the incongruity in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s position. Police Misconduct Records Are Secret. Protests May Finally Change That. 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z There was an incongruity in two March 31 Tuesday Opinion essays. Opinion | The coronavirus pandemic’s repercussions 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z For years, no one at the theater seemed inclined to address that incongruity. An Opera Singer Goes From Tenor to Soprano, and Her Career Takes Off 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Last July, when scientists gathered at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in Santa Barbara, Calif., to discuss the incongruity, “crisis” was the label they chose. Introducing the March 2020 Issue 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The incongruity of this salt’n’pepper-bearded, chain-smoking, vaguely vaudevillian figure, and an audience of saucer-eyed young ravers conditioned to expect something different as their DJ hero of the weekend, was part of the fun. Andrew Weatherall: 10 of his greatest tracks 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z As one associate of Simeone’s noted, there is an unavoidable incongruity in playing underdog soccer in an aristocrat’s home. El Cholo’s Last Stand 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The reason for the incongruity has nothing to do with elections. The political battle in Wisconsin over purging 200,000 voters could come to a swing state near you 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z As the hours wore on, certain rhythms and incongruities in the trial emerged. Trump impeachment trial: Democrats' bids for new evidence dashed in marathon first day 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z That was the starting point for the story, and that incongruity became a good launching point for jokes. Ah-Nee-May-Tron-Ick 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z This incongruity really came to a head when I spotted, in the simulated version of a national park, a fake rock with a small box next to it. Meet "Blue Lives Mickey": What the worst t-shirt in the world says about America 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z There is some incongruity between my role as an editor of a book about the costs of America’s wars and my identity as a military spouse. Bearing witness to the costs of war 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Sympathetic observers pointed to traditionally late-returning rural votes to explain the incongruities. Evo Morales: indigenous leader who changed Bolivia but stayed too long 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “An uncle?” friends would ask, noting the incongruity during little lunch. What does it mean to be an uncle? I have no blueprint for the love I feel for my nephew | Tiger Webb 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Hamilton said she felt a bit of incongruity reprising her heroine role of Sarah Connor simply because of her absence for so many years. ‘Terminator’ star Arnold Schwarzenegger raves about son-in-law Chris Pratt: ‘He’s great with my daughter’ 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The incongruity at the heart of the t-shirt is this: The Blue Lives Matter flag is a symbol of authoritarian obedience. Meet "Blue Lives Mickey": What the worst t-shirt in the world says about America 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z So there’s an added incongruity when it’s used by terrorists. TikTok removes two dozen ISIS propaganda accounts 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z This entire unholy business stands as a complete incongruity to a university’s raison d’etre. Perspective | California’s Fair Pay to Play Act is a step in the right and the wrong direction at the same time 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z National Public Radio reviewer Kamil Ahsan praised the Polish novelist as “fundamentally a portraitist, a writer with a keen sense for sniffing out the incongruities that make a person.” European stylists make their mark on the Nobel Prize for literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z And his South Lawn session Friday again laid bare the incongruity between actual facts and what the president espouses. ‘Me! Me!’: An aggrieved Trump spins an alternate reality as impeachment probe escalates 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s not such a bad thing until you realize the incongruity between contractual obligation on the player side and flexibility on the team side. Perspective | NFL players increasingly want to use their leverage, and realize how little they have 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z “Tigers Are Not Afraid” unfolds in a world of hellish incongruities. Review: A grim fairy tale, 'Tigers Are Not Afraid' peers at war through a child's eyes 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Publicly called out his own boss, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, for the seeming incongruity of founding a nonprofit dedicated to racial equality – while also hosting a recent reelection fundraiser for US president Donald Trump. Three years in the NFL wilderness: what Colin Kaepernick lost – and won 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Shaw hasn’t yet apologized for it, either, a nagging incongruity in a franchise with a defining code of honor among racers, thieves and spies. 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw's' Jason Statham weighs in on justice for Han 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It was a photo that captured both the scale and incongruity of the project. Suburb in the sky: how Jakartans built an entire village on top of a mall 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z “There is an incongruity of the EPA’s positions, on one hand praising the success of the Clean Air Act in improving air quality while on another day calling the law a job killer,” he said. As Trump touts U.S. air quality, EPA data shows some areas worsening 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Not that this seeming incongruity was the only aspect of the night that deserved such a response. “Uncle Jim Called” 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z People laugh at the juxtaposition of incompatible concepts and at defiance of their expectations—that is, at the incongruity between expectations and reality. What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z But Nicholas, in his Atlantic piece, goes on to describe the “incongruities” between Trump’s words in Normandy and his own actions. How President Trump’s D-Day commemoration was at odds with his own history 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z There are always incongruities with the top of the ticket and down ballot. On Capitol Hill, self-preservation drives the debate 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The atmosphere of incongruity that pervaded this week’s annual Milken Institute Global Conference was practically palpable. Reform capitalism or face revolution, billionaires are told at Milken Conference 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Others point to an incongruity in the competencies of scientific and industrial fields. Japan’s start-up gulf 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z McGraw and Warren’s hypothesis derives from the theory of incongruity, but it goes deeper. What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z The latest plan might enable the United States to finally realize their full potential, but only if elected officials resolve the incongruities in their own policies. Opinion | Trump Wants to Eliminate H.I.V. But Some of His Policies Do the Opposite. 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The incongruity of the music played at Trump rallies is one of the distinct pleasures of attending these events. Dave Eggers: why Donald Trump could win again 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z The incongruities of a rural, agricultural Mormon culture being reshaped by wealth and power are never far from view. Limos, mansions and millennials: how wealth transformed a quiet mountain 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Maria's mobile phone rings and I am struck by the incongruity of our diminutive babushka hostess, standing in her exclusion zone garden, apparently trying to wrap up swiftly a call from her daughter. Chernobyl: The end of a three-decade experiment 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z To my mind, for example, the incongruity needs to be relieved without being totally resolved; it must remain ambiguous, something strange that is never fully explained.” What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z There’s a layer of incongruity and artifice that lays over “Serenity,” but that’s kind of the point. Review: WALSH/TNS ‘Serenity’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Here’s hoping enough of Newsom’s fellow Democrats grasp the incongruity of one of the most heavily taxed states increasing taxes while running a substantial budget surplus. California Editorial Rdp 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z And there’s an appalling incongruity to Trump’s decision to hold a quarter of the government hostage to get his wall. Opinion | Here’s a better chant for Trump’s base than ‘build the wall’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The incongruity of what Pacquiao is, and wants to be, is hard to fathom. Manny Pacquiao, Phillippines senator, is out to prove sports and politics do mix 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z And because grasping the incongruities requires a store of knowledge and beliefs, shared laughter signals a commonality of worldviews, preferences and convictions, which reinforces social ties and the sense of belonging to the same group. What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z But incongruity has been a byword for a Seattle team that traded so many major parts after winning 89 games – rightly so, in my opinion. Yusei Kikuchi signing comes with air of mystery – fitting for Mariners’ risky retooling plan 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z The arrest of women's rights activists, accused of vague national security crimes, was one of the incongruities in the reform agenda that Khashoggi wrote about in Washington Post columns before he was killed. Saudi prince's reform: Car race, concerts, but no criticism 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z The arrest of women’s rights activists, accused of vague national security crimes, was one of the incongruities in the reform agenda that Khashoggi wrote about in Washington Post columns before he was killed. Saudi prince’s reform: Car race, concerts, but no criticism 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z They critiqued his offensive imagination, his choice of assistants and even the incongruity of his Southern style in the heart of California. USC’s Clay Helton doesn’t expect to lose job after UCLA loss 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z A third long-standing explanation of humor is the theory of incongruity. What's So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Wherever we go together, our incongruity attracts stares. Talking about Politics with My Brother 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z It is hard to say definitively what accounts for this incongruity between empiricism and ideology. Despite thorough debunking, neoliberal housing politics prevail in the Bay Area 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z The link in this lineup of auditory incongruity is light. After decades of silence, L.A.'s Triforium becomes the 'pipe organ of light' its creator meant it to be — for three nights - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z And when Stevie’s coming-of-age leaps into more mature territory, it’s just one more incongruity in a heartfelt but crudely made film full of holes. Review: ‘Mid90s’ is a nostalgia trip without a destination 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Mitnick, though, said there were times when even he, for all his years helping wealthy New Yorkers navigate the tax code, found it difficult to face the incongruity of his work for Mr. Trump. Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z In another declaration, Mr. Goldsmith noted the incongruity that the Watergate-era document has a better historical reputation than the Starr report and yet is unavailable for public scrutiny. Legal Experts Urge Release of Watergate Report to Offer Mueller a Road Map 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z When “Waitress” was released, many reviews focused on Shelly’s death and its seeming incongruity with the film’s sweetness, but to confuse the film’s whimsy for slightness is to conveniently ignore everything else about it. Songwriter Sara Bareilles on the dark center of ‘Waitress’ and preserving Adrienne Shelly’s legacy 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Malerich, believes in humane slaughter as a practical necessity, her primary allegiance is to what Cleanth Brooks called the “recognition of incongruities.” Reading fiction with Temple Grandin: Yes, people with autism can understand literature 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z In a letter to Trump last month, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers noted the incongruity, and called on the president to reinstate TPS for Nicaraguans. Revealed: Ice teams with Nicaragua even as US condemns state violence 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Indeed any of his cities, built to scale, might be too much: too much strangeness, too much incongruity, too much colour. The tiny, global cities of Bodys Isek Kingelez 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Despite our seeming incongruity of backgrounds, she accepted my invitation to dinner and a movie, perhaps because her father was also an engineer. She asked me to marry her, and I thought it was a big joke 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was easier to conceive of a primly naive heroine who knows little about the trouble she’s getting herself into, the better to underscore the incongruity of her interactions with Sitting Bull. Jessica Chastain plays the artist who painted Sitting Bull in the inert history lesson 'Woman Walks Ahead' Naturally, Abel revels in the incongruity as she introduces Camp Llamalo, its name translating from Hebrew as “why not.” Heather Abel’s sly ‘The Optimistic Decade’ is an exceptional coming-of-age novel 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z In showing how the rich rely on “lazy” people to do the labor that makes their lives, particularly at home, possible, Millet hones in on an audacious and laughable incongruity. The fraught lives of Angelenos and their real estate are the focus of Lydia Millet's superb 'Fight No More' 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z I remain a fan of Gaia’s open data policy, because it's the best thing for science, but there is a painful incongruity between this policy and how science productivity is measured. The Price of Open Science 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z But it is the creative ways around such incongruity I find compelling. I’m obsessed with mock meat and I’m not even a vegetarian 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z That, and the apparent incongruity of a punk musician working for a classical organization. Bryan Lindeman’s cool job at Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z And the lubricant of this incongruity is our ability, as long as we’re still upright, to shift gears, reboot, start over, move on. Opinion | We live in a world of uncertainty. Tech is making it worse. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z “Survive” is filled with these sorts of incongruities, insisting on scarcity in the face of plenty, all in the name of fun. Review | ‘Metal Gear Survive’ turns survivalism into a theater of the absurd 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z And ethics experts seemed unable to overstate the incongruity of a sitting president’s son drumming up business overseas. As Donald Trump Jr. Drums Up Business in India, Some Ask What’s Being Sold 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z As for the incongruity between Europe and Mexico, opera and mariachi, with the wildcard of American musical theater thrown in: It didn't really matter, ultimately. Mariachi opera sings an immigrant's tale of love and loss, in potent political times 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z It’s the kind of incongruity Akin delights in. Review: In ‘In the Fade,’ a seldom seen face of terrorism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z But this backstory is also plagued with some of the same flaws that accompanied the film: incongruities with an alternate world and the familiar history of our own. A new featurette for Netflix’s Bright reveals the backstory that should have been in the film 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr McKamey, who revels in the incongruity of also being a part time wedding singer, prides himself on running what he calls "the world's most extreme haunted attraction". Zombie thrills spell financial success 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z But at Bali’s Green School, if you look past the familiarities of this ritual, incongruities begin to emerge, as in a spot-the-differences puzzle from a children’s workbook. The School Prepping for Apocalypse 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The movie also tries to mine laughs from the incongruity of hearing well-heeled older folks drop expletives, which seems pretty ho-hum at this point. Review | In ‘A Bad Moms Christmas,’ stressed mothers reach their breaking point. Again. 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z So did the tasteless incongruity of Zuckerberg’s grinning cartoon avatar set against a landscape of profound human suffering. Empathy – the latest gadget Silicon Valley wants to sell you 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z And while she has a book to promote – What Happened – there was still this pressing incongruity of her normality. Why does nobody mention that Hillary Clinton is perfectly nice? 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z There is a "certain incongruity about members disappearing for three weeks a year from their primary workplace in order to attend the conferences of voluntary organisations", he said. Bercow: Conference break is a 'palaver' 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z If incongruity automatically equaled humor, “Pride and Prejudice” would be a laugh riot. Seattle Rep’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ goes for maximum farce 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z If he saw any incongruity in criticizing those without power while he was enjoying a day watching professional golfers, he made no mention of it. Trump Takes On All Comers, Believing Himself the Victor 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z But I can say that it is possible for Indigenous people to survive and thrive despite the incongruities that may be placed in their paths. Most Native Americans live in cities, not reservations. Here are their stories 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z “Every year, unfortunately, there are way, way more refugees than any country can take,” Mr. Kozak said when asked about the seeming incongruity. Tillerson Condemns the Islamic State for Religious Persecution 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z It's hard to refute Mayne's estimation: “We invent them to explain to ourselves the ugly traits, the logical incongruities and the social inequalities of modern capitalist cities.” Books in brief : Nature : Nature Research 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s the incongruities that perplex and provoke so many of us. A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z “Sometimes I think I’ve figured out some order in the universe,” Susan Orlean famously wrote, “but then I find myself in Florida, swamped by incongruity and paradox, and I have to start all over again.” Perspective | Five myths about Florida 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The recent escalation in the Gulf is another source of incongruity. We came to Hamburg to protest about G20 – and found a dystopian nightmare | Srećko Horvat 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s a movie that not only puts human imperfections and incongruities on display, but also revels in them. Review | In ‘The Big Sick,’ romantic idealism strikes a pleasant balance with real-life candor 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z This incongruity is frustrating, and Teplitzky deepens it with one overwrought, predictable choice after another. Review | ‘Churchill’ drags, as both history and entertainment 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z They saw no incongruity in their decision to wed — they were flexible, adaptable humans, reshaping an institution to their needs, rather than the other way around. Is an Open Marriage a Happier Marriage? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z One explanation for the seeming incongruity of finding satisfaction in misfortune that also affects you is that it’s the only opportunity you’ve got if you’re not the dominant group. From the Fyre festival to Brexit, schadenfreude is the emotion that defines our times 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Then again, a band or a parade would have been a jarring incongruity for a 2-mile tunnel project that is four years behind schedule and faces a potential $400 million in cost overruns. Seattle's big tunnel project reached a milestone, but big problems and uncertainty remain 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z The “Guardians” universe, made up of such ironies and oddities, worships at the altar of incongruity. Review: ‘Guardians’ returns and it’s better than the first 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Robinson wasn’t blind to the incongruity of a coal museum being powered by solar energy, asserting that there’s a symbiosis between the two. Kentucky Coal Mining Museum in Harlan County switches to solar power 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “The incongruity of this dish, also named Kejriwal — it’s a silly joke really.” Egg, Cheese and Toast, Mumbai Style 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z There was a moment of incongruity when it turned out that, in the middle of all this lavishness, we couldn’t open the curtains. “Signal” 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z While the juxtaposition might not be a revolutionary technique to convey incongruities, in this film it captures the sum of the essential American hypocrisy: Black people suffer while the white people play. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ is radical and of the moment 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z It is a striking incongruity: The industry is faring well, while some of its most recognizable names are not. Holiday season brings solid sales to many stores, but not big chains 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The incongruity is not lost on the Atlanta Falcons coach. Defensive guru Quinn in playoffs with high-scoring Falcons 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The seven Mid-Atlantic artists in Arlington Arts Center’s “Fall Solos 2016” deal in incongruity and juxtaposition, whether of media or subject or both. In the galleries: A limited number of shades of gray 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z It was the kind of incongruity that Greenhagen regularly experienced in her job. Life in Obamacare’s Dead Zone 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Democrats hope to use the confirmation hearings to highlight the wide river of incongruities between Donald’s Trump’s campaign promises and much of the team he is assembling. Dems say Cabinet hearings will unmask ‘swamp creatures’ 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z That is not the incongruity it would appear, but rather a reflection of a rural workforce that never found its footing after blue-collar, natural resource dependent jobs largely dried up. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z As you go blind, exasperating incongruities arise, but also the convenience of this new excuse for shedding social obligations not desired. Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z After only 15 minutes in Trumpworld, already the incongruities are overwhelming. Inside a Donald Trump rally: good people in a feedback loop of paranoia and hate 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z And Rosi's eye, as always, is alive to the visual moment, whether it be the looks of exhaustion and despair on faces or the incongruity of the gold-colored thin metallic blankets each refugee receives. 'Fire at Sea' is a harrowing look at the everyday horrors of the international refugee crisis 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It is an incongruity, a curved shape in a terminal that is mostly long lines and sharp angles, 500 pounds of living-room furniture in a place where the prevailing style is Late Rush Hour. Catching a Tune, and Then the Bus, at the Port Authority 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “I joined them,” Ellison writes, “in appreciation of the hilarious American joke that centered on the incongruities of race, economic status, and culture.” A black man’s journey to the stage of the New York Metropolitan Opera 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z But people are highly attuned — too much so, perhaps — to small deviations and incongruities in human appearance. Bits and pieces from the dollar store create an artistic universe at Reston gallery 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z “I like incongruity,” Wolff says in one scene. Review: A superhero CPA in Ben Affleck’s ‘The Accountant’ 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z In another incongruity, the invoice number on the September 2011 memo does not follow the chronological order of invoices from the 21st Century Foundation before and after that date. A Divisive President at City College, and a Long List of Personal Expenses 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Gender dysphoria is generally defined as a distressing sense of incongruity between one’s body parts and one’s inner sense of gender. Facing my fear: I wanted to have a baby. But as a trans man, I was terrified of labor | Trevor MacDonald 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z The title "Realtors and Ethics" seems an oxymoron, or at least an incongruity. The Moral: Get It in Writing 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The current incongruity between regulations on chimps and other primates indeed demands reconsideration. Second Thoughts of an Animal Researcher 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The use of streets, homes, staircases, department stores and institutional buildings as backdrops amplifies, to some degree, the surreal incongruity of the music. 'London Road' an arresting true-crime musical 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z I laughed because I’m unapologetic about my conspicuous use of electronics here, despite their incongruity with my surroundings. Augmenting nature one plug at a time 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Guadagnino’s appreciation for incongruity began when he was a child and continued through his education. One Italian Filmmaker’s Ultimate Set — His Own Home 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But like all good make-believe settings there was a flash of incongruity, a huge, gold-framed pre-Raphaelite-style pastoral painting that hung square center over it all. Meet Jeff Walker, the man who brought Hollywood to Comic-Con 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z I’m staring at a creature that shouldn’t exist, a zoomorphic mashup of anatomical incongruities. The Next 'Skylanders' Is Way More Imaginative Than Anybody Realizes 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But as I talked with Eosphoros and Bautista and other students I began to wonder whether they were noticing an ideological incongruity some older people weren’t. The New Activism of Campus Life 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “It’s not hard to maintain, you just have to let yourself go,” he explains, before adding that he is also another incongruity in the NBA: a tightwad. Steven Adams interview: 'I’m not trying to be a bad guy' 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But what’s maddening here is not just the incongruity of indicting Obama for the success of the man who denied his very right to be president. Obama didn’t birth Trump’s movement 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Arguably this incongruity – unconquerable majesty, tourists in T-shirts – is the point of the National Park Service; to bring the one to the other. Unconquerable majesty: how I fell for America's national parks 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z When you tally all the narrative incongruities and ludicrous feats of derring-do, it’s just absurdity as archetype. Review: Uncharted 4 Is the Beguiling Series' Absolute Best 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z In a sexed-up version of the annual pageant, the burghers of Stratford had honoured their most famous son, and eternal cash machine, with a suitable mix of incongruity: mirth and dirge. Selfies, puns and codpieces galore at the Shakespeare street festival 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z When I took over from my mother the organization of Passover for our family what I felt most keenly was the paradox—the incongruity of it all. The Optimistic Conservatism of Passover 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Some people just couldn’t get past the incongruity, the idea that a guy with the build of a math geek could be a dominant NBA player. The hidden price Steph Curry pays for making the impossible seem effortless 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z He didn’t like the idea of incongruity, something implausible happening: Obviously, you’re not going to be in the shower and let yourself almost drown. An Homage to New Yorker Cartoonist Peter Arno 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z This incongruity, highlighted by the signs of stress witnessed in some captive animals, demonstrates that whatever improvements are made to zoos, they will never quite replicate home. Sanctuaries or showbiz: what's the future of zoos? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z In declaring states of emergency on homelessness, civic leaders have generally noted the incongruity of using a government power that citizens are accustomed to applying to natural disasters. San Francisco mulls state of emergency over homelessness. But will it help? 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The incongruity of hearing how great Peyton is while watching him play as poorly as one can while still winning a Super Bowl was quite a bit to swallow over the past calendar year. Peyton Manning retires – and ends the world's most exhausting hagiography 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Generally, there’s an incongruity between what people state as their preferences of how they want to experience end of life and what actually happens,” Blecker says. Doctors Die At Home—Not The Hospital—More Than Most People 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z The country, with all its incongruities, delighted him, and he was so open to new experience that he turned each day into a kind of adventure. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z But officially, she was still male, and, like most transgender people, she faced routine problems because of the incongruity between her gender presentation and her identity documents. ‘A Whole New Being’: How Kricket Nimmons Seized the Transgender Moment 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z I’m not the first to notice the incongruity of this huge gathering of world leaders meeting to combat a notional enemy in the same place where a real enemy just inflicted so much mortal damage. Liberalism’s Imaginary Enemies 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z There is also the incongruity of whittling your inventory on one of the few appointment shopping days of the year. Black Friday Showdown: Target Takes On Amazon With New In-Store Strategy 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z This year, Zevin narrowed the request to propose that Franklin report any incongruities between its proxy voting and its own policies, such as that climate change is part of its investment risk assessment process. Franklin Resources loses bid to skip vote on climate change 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It looks like one thing but it’s really another thing, like a well-turned pun or punch line, and like a joke it runs on precision and incongruity. Rewatching the Theismann Injury 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z This incongruity is the subject for today’s lesson in How Washington Really Works. Congress finds a slush fund in money marked for crime victims 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z I suspect concerns about the theme parks' incongruities will vanish quickly if they prove profitable. There might be a Hunger Games theme park coming to Atlanta 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z In the Maariv newspaper, the columnist Eyal Levy pointed out the incongruity of Rivlin saying these words while standing behind “armored glass capable of stopping even a terrifying burst from a machine gun.” Twenty years later, as Rabin is remembered, little hope for peace 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Part of her appeal is the supposed incongruity of someone of her youth, gender and charm achieving so much so quickly. Just how 'revolutionary'? When Silicon Valley hype outpaces reality 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z And the fact that Utley was called safe because Tejada missed touching the bag by an inch, when Utley missed the bag by a foot, only adds to the incongruity of it all. It’s Unsafe at Second, and Some Want New Rules for Slides 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The incongruity is between America's ambitions and its ability to achieve them at low cost. The Bear Is Back 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z There’s a certain incongruity to that, she said. Tacoma program helps troubled youths build more than boats 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Environmental groups and progressive activists have been quick to point out the incongruity in Mr. Obama’s Arctic trip. Obama to Urge Aggressive Climate Action in Visit to Arctic Alaska 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z They slavered over the delicious incongruity of this young thruster mixing it up with gimlet-eyed corporate lawyers, and winning. Why investors should have doubted Relativity Media's charming wunderkind 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z In these cases, lacking motivation might signal an alienation from your life’s meaning – a sense of incongruity between your self and what you are doing with your life. The Problem of Artificial Willpower 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He and his friends have explained this seeming incongruity by saying that he has been the victim of people who took advantage of his good nature. Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z In case we hadn’t noticed the incongruity, the movie strives to remind us, continually contrasting her natural beauty — makeup-free face, loose curls — with all the meticulously painted ladies at court. ‘A Little Chaos’ somehow doesn’t make the Sun King’s Versailles interesting 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But too many of the movie’s incongruities just linger in the air, like bad smells. Benicio del Toro shines darkly in ‘Escobar: Paradise Lost’ 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Tsipras himself recognized the incongruity of appearing in St. Petersburg while the economic fate of his country is uncertain. Russia and Greece Flaunt Solidarity at Business Forum, but Deals Are Scarce 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z The incongruity they cannot fathom is his withdrawal from the political world, where visibility is the normal currency of a lobbyist who needs to see and be seen among Washington’s power players. Hastert’s post-Congress life one of political withdrawal and chasing cash 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z That incongruity was the desired effect of the center, which opened its doors to the public on Friday, more than a decade after it was first approved. Munich Museum Is Another Step in Acknowledging the City’s Nazi Past 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z I became painfully aware of the incongruity of all the different parts of myself and of the way my ethnicity, nationality, past, and present appeared to others. The Day I Discovered My Grandparents Survived a Genocide 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr Corker, who was mayor of Chattanooga before being elected to the Senate in 2006, acknowledged a certain incongruity. The man with a plan for Iran 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z The incongruity between then and now is difficult to ignore. Polio Vaccine Found "Safe And Effective" 60 Years Ago: What Would Salk Think Today? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z All of which will eventually update to support the new emoji, which is to say just enjoy this silly incongruity. If you don't update iOS, alien emoji will invade your Twitter 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The stylebook warns that the use of “irony” to mean incongruity is trite, adding: “Not every coincidence, curiosity, oddity and paradox is an irony, even loosely.” Journalese: The Sequel 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In my forthcoming book, I write about the perceived incongruity of Native people in urban spaces–that the Native past must give way to an urban future, and that they’re mutually exclusive. How Native Americans Shaped Washington, D.C. 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Some are curious as to the apparent incongruity between this move and the White House decision in December to begin the process of normalizing relations with Cuba. New U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Represent a Miscalculation 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The answer, Cefalu concluded, is the incongruity of the condition: the harder a sufferer tries to help themselves with comforting rituals, the worse their torment becomes. Hollow humour 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z The 14 participating artists, who range in age from their 30s to their 70s, employ elements of illusion, incongruity, humor and surprise in works with a shared premise: All is not as it seems. At the College of New Rochelle, a Show Meant to Provoke Double Takes 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z More prosaically, a two-branched arrow of time would lead to curious incongruities for observers on opposite sides. Two Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z There is an incongruity between the painstaking visual detail and the simplistic controls, which lean toward dysfunctional. Assassin’s Creed: Unity is a game that can barely hold itself together Other members kicked out in 2006 cited the incongruity between what the party said it stood for and how it actually behaved. GOP Will Retain Its Majority By Governing and Explaining Its Principles 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Many developers, felled by nausea in their first virtual-reality forays but now safely acclimated with “V.R. legs,” have a high tolerance for sensory incongruities. Virtual Reality Fails Its Way to Success 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z The law’s supporters wanted the justices to harmonize this incongruity. Obamacare on Shaky Ground as Court Battle Looms 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z But what is important to many consumers about Cascadian Farm — its use of organic ingredients and avoidance of genetically modified ingredients — is not General Mills’ overall approach, and the incongruity has not gone unnoticed. Cascadian Farm ‘Bee Friendlier’ Effort Enlists Public to Help Protect Insects 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z This incongruity between electorate and representatives, the study’s authors conclude, confirms “that the face of America’s leadership bears little resemblance to our country’s population.” Two-Thirds of Elected Representatives Are White Males, Study Finds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z To some veterans of the system, the inherent incongruities raise the question of whether, with limited exceptions, the military should even be in the hospital business. Smaller Military Hospitals Said to Put Patients at Risk 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Cognitive oriented researchers believe that “all instances of humor involve some kind of incongruity.” SalesforceVoice: What Comedy Teaches Us About Customer Relationships and Engagement 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z And then there is language - the term "burly" is common in such stories, intended to "underline the subject's presumed visual incongruity", the group argued. How Kellie Maloney shows things have changed 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z On Thursday, Nel described a “Baker’s dozen” of incongruities and lies, pointing to the placement of objects in Pistorius’ bedroom -- which contradicted his story. Defense says Pistorius was in a vulnerable state when he fired 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z From the peanut husks that carpeted the floor to the steel guitar pickers in western shirts who shared the stage with a stuffed buffalo, the Rodeo Bar took Texas-size pride in its incongruity. With Rent Up, It’s Quittin’ Time for a Honky-Tonk 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Unproductive people waste time because they live in a constant state of incongruity. 10 Excuses Unproductive People Basically Always Use 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z One big problem here, though, is why the mental recognition of some form of incongruity should produce the physical movements and distinctive sounds that we call "laughter". A history of laughter – from Cicero to The Simpsons 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z On top of that, there is real incongruity between people wanting their privacy protected, but then not taking steps to protect themselves. EMCVoice: On Internet Privacy, Consumers Show "Split Personalities" 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z At Friday’s Walmart annual meeting, workers and shareholders were treated to the usual blend of incongruity and spectacle. Walmart Plans Family Succession As Low-Wage Worker Plea Voted Down At Meeting 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z To survive a runoff, Cochran may now have to face up to the incongruity of trying to be an anti-spending spender by challenging the core of the McDaniel case. The Mississippi paradox But with Sterling, there was no such incongruity. What Exactly Was Donald Sterling’s Offense? 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The third main theory is often called the "incongruity theory". A history of laughter – from Cicero to The Simpsons 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Some of their songs play upon the incongruity of fresh-faced Broadway actors’ performing very vulgar hits. The Skivvies’ Comic Mashups Build a Following 2014-04-24T20:53:57Z The incongruity between Jackson’s style and the source material? Jimmy Fallon’s Clickbait Addiction 2014-04-02T21:37:30Z Yet the mayor never renounced his black nationalist ideals, an incongruity on display at the memorial services over the weekend. Jackson Mourns Mayor With Militant Past Who Won Over Skeptics 2014-03-10T01:45:15Z Winston Churchill famously called Russia "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma", and the country's contradictions and incongruities were on full view in Sochi. 'Only in Russia' moments brighten up Games 2014-02-21T11:07:53Z The incongruity of all this was met Thursday with bewilderment on social media and laughter inside the Nets’ practice complex. Nets’ Blatche May Represent Philippines, a Nation That’s Foreign Even to Him 2014-01-31T04:04:23Z These procedures, although admirable, darkly illustrate the astonishing incongruities of our nation’s health policy. Letters: Treat Humans, Too 2014-01-20T21:26:09Z On Sunday, Craig Adams, the Penguins’ player representative, noted the incongruity of the union’s defending a player who injured another player. Bruins’ Thornton Appeals 15-Game Suspension for On-Ice Attack 2013-12-17T03:23:46Z Outside General Clinic No 5, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the incongruity of it all was striking. The Yulia Tymoshenko contradiction 2013-12-09T20:14:22Z He sees China as the symbol of this incongruity: “The desire for progress is so enormous, but they wake up one day and are in a situation where the city is suffocating.” How a Dutch Artist Will Suck the Smog Out of Beijing's Polluted Air 2013-10-29T05:50:24Z The speaker is a tangle of incongruities, a study in self-control and unfettered impulse. Smile! One of You Will Be the Next Mayor of New York 2013-07-25T15:17:11Z Perhaps the best that Ballmer and his lieutenants can hope for is that there will be a little less friction, incongruity, and confusion than before. Microsoft’s New Mission: To Create Real Teamwork, Not Just Teams 2013-07-17T14:00:16Z It was left for Nathan to complete the American League’s 3-0 victory, fully aware of the incongruity of following Rivera to the mound. Mariano Rivera steals spotlight in All-Star Game 2013-07-17T05:07:59Z Although the Shard is familiar now – how could it not be? – and admired by many, others still detest its massive incongruity or fear the destructive precedent it has set. Greenpeace's Shard stunt was bold, but will it help its cause? 2013-07-13T20:30:00Z By refusing to apologize, we deny any incongruity between belief and action, thus preserving a sense of authenticity and self-worth. The Advantages of Not Saying You Are Sorry 2013-07-02T14:15:00.553Z The artists themselves accept the incongruity of an art form once associated with youth rebellion turning into a lucrative cash cow for a few lucky pensioners. The Rolling Stones at Glastonbury: why grandad rock rolls 2013-06-28T20:00:10Z “A certain amount of friction, of incongruity, of organizational confusion is inevitable.” Microsoft’s New Mission: To Create Real Teamwork, Not Just Teams 2013-07-17T14:00:16Z Today’s leading paradigm of humour is the incongruity theory, which include the likes of Kant and Kierkegaard. Humor is a science 2013-06-08T14:00:00Z One of the most newsworthy developments took place on Friday in the White House briefing room, when Press Secretary Jay Carney attempted to deal with incongruities between his past statements and newly leaked documents. The Lingering Questions About the Benghazi Controversy 2013-05-13T10:05:21Z "There's an incongruity here," he said of the mixed message. Rosenthal: Health and hypocrisy at the drugstore 2013-05-05T05:00:00Z This time, the killers didn't just get innocents, they managed to dial up a brutal incongruity. Terrorism turns a family's glorious day grotesque and unthinkable 2013-04-16T02:19:16Z Recently, waiting for a bunch of eight-year-olds to finish an indoor coaching session, I was struck by the incongruity of one member of the group. Why the kids don't play air shots with aubergines any more 2013-03-30T11:33:44Z “The problem is many of the things we don’t find humorous have those very same episodes of incongruity,” says McGraw. Humor is a science 2013-06-08T14:00:00Z Dealing with this incongruity was a major focus while creating the game. Half the Sky Facebook game launches with women's empowerment at core 2013-03-04T20:58:00Z The area surrounding Carver is a jarring incongruity of rejuvenation and abandonment. In Super Bowl City, Scars Remain Where the Water Receded 2013-01-31T04:23:44Z And part of that exploration involves making sense of the Communist past and the incongruities of the repressive, quasi-capitalist Putin regime. Lens Blog: Rafal Milach Explores Beauty and the Mundane of Russia 2013-01-18T10:00:23Z He then recognized the incongruity of cheering for the rival Packers. Chicago Bears, Once 7-1, Need a Victory, and Help, to Make Playoffs 2012-12-28T02:29:55Z Other assorted taxidermy, twinkling lights, sleds, skis, wooden tables and couches draped in fur throw rugs create the full-on incongruity of an urban ski lodge on West 58th Street. | Hudson Lodge: At the Hudson Lodge, Tequila-Induced Squeals Amid the Taxidermy 2012-12-08T07:21:23Z Forget disbelief and enjoy the fun Even if you spend the film's 115 minutes picking apart the many incongruities, Raiders remains terrific fun. A grown-up viewing of Indiana Jones 2012-10-04T22:29:10Z Among many incongruities is the notion of awarding the pompous title of "Sir" to someone like Wiggins, who seems refreshingly unaffected by his stellar fame and success. Britain's Olympic champions don't need honours 2012-08-20T14:15:34Z In one scene, for instance, he high-fives Zakia, the incongruity of which elicits chuckles from the audience. India Ink: 'Saving Face' Provokes Questions in India 2012-07-30T06:06:44Z Now, in the Sun at least, they pontificate on economics, politics or philosophy for the effect of humour by sheer incongruity. 12 things in 212 words that every 2012 visitor should know 2012-07-27T00:46:38Z Imagine David Dimbleby or Dan Rather breaking off from a meditation on some national emergency to revel in the results from a minority sport and you have the incongruity of the moment. Irish cricket moves up the batting order 2012-07-14T23:17:46Z Several noted the incongruity of embarking on such a major project weeks after passing a budget that included deep cuts in spending on schools and other programs. California Senate Narrowly Approves Rail Project 2012-07-07T00:56:40Z Apart, however, from its incongruities of style, the Offertorium is a shapely composition with a distinct stamp of its own. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z I've always been intrigued by the incongruity of extraordinary people coming from ordinary backgrounds. On the trail of Steve Jobs in California 2012-05-19T23:05:28Z There does indeed seem a certain incongruity in the presence of one who had renounced the world at a wedding or a christening, even had such ceremonies not been accompanied by very worldly revels. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z This is one of the few incongruities already alluded to between the first and second volume. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z The incongruity of it all was not lost on him. Sailor Matt Rutherford welcomed home in Annapolis after sailing solo around the Americas 2012-04-21T23:39:00Z The triumph of intolerance was inevitable when Christianity became the religion of the State, yet the slowness of its progress shows the difficulty of overcoming the incongruity between persecution and the gospel. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z There seems to be some little impropriety and incongruity in this. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-08T02:00:23.437Z Sometimes the programme of performances is of a less rational character, depending on the incongruities of so-called negro melodists; while occasionally a higher tone is adopted, as in ‘Readings,’ by various persons. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z On the other hand, the addition of the four minarets has, in a different way, contributed to produce the same effect of heaviness and incongruity of proportion. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z One was the impartiality of Death, noted by Horace in the familiar passage; and the other the incongruity between the summons to depart and the condition of the person summoned. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Then they were given a test for selective attention based on their ability to notice incongruities, as when the word “red” appears in the color green. Clothes and Self-Perception 2012-04-03T00:40:08Z I believe it is very hazardous to express a confident opinion on this point in view of the incongruity of all these communications. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Noteworthy facts in Northcote's historic pictures are the incongruity of the dresses, and frequent gross anachronisms. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z It is error, therefore, to infer from the undeniable, practical incongruity between the essence of the Church and her outward form that there cannot be an exclusive, concrete realization of the true Church in history. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z To one who is acquainted with the history and genius of the Roman Catholic Church, this very simple explanation of the incongruity is sufficient. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z I could show similar incongruities concerning the manna in Gen. 16: 35, compared with Josh. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Thus we affirm the correctness of the original judgments both as to the great and the contemptible imitating it, for laughter is the effect of appreciation of incongruity. The Grotesque in Church Art 2012-03-27T02:00:18.973Z A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Then slowly the incongruity of the situation came to him. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The idea of a priest marrying excited then, as it does now in a Catholic mind, a sense of ludicrous incongruity. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The reader is apt to slur over verse 8, half sensible of some jar and incongruity between it and the context. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z He had felt without understanding the incongruity between the announcement he had failed to make and the circle of ideas of his Aunt and Uncle. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The cause of the acceptance or rejection is the nature of the reform itself, its congruity or incongruity with the natures of the persons accepting or rejecting it. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z He was, however, not without a little touch of ridicule at the incongruities he detected in our countrymen. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z Whether or not this is true, incongruity has much to do with making life worth while. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The incongruity of these middle aged and far from beautiful spinsters, trailing around soft exquisite robes of dainty coloring, and exquisitely made, afforded much scope for wonderment and curiosity wherever they went. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z The railway porters perceived some subtle incongruity in Ann, the knot of cabmen in the station doorway, the two golfers and the lady with daughters, who had also got out of the train. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z No incongruity exists when the ideas of equality and inequality are applied, the one to the bounds and the other to the benefits. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z To the men of those days there seemed no great incongruity in the lofty ideals of the Gild-compositions and the lower standard which the brethren actually attained. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z It is incongruity of environment that romantically transforms him. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z But a mill in that hallowed spot was a huge incongruity and a wanton disregard for all its honoured associations. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z Otherwise, he would never have spoken of "the radical incongruity between the Bible and the order of Nature." Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z Mr. Randolph smiled behind his mask at the striking incongruities on every hand: Queen Elizabeth and Mr. Micawber; Cardinal Richelieu and a Pierrette; a Clown dancing attendance on Marie Antoinette. The Chase of the Golden Plate 2012-02-27T03:00:13.060Z But in the habits of the young bird is the greatest incongruity or inadaptation. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Now, certain masters of the mirthless science of psychology teach that humor depends on incongruity. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z It is nothing more or less than the absurdity and incongruity obvious in a man who, though “wanting a nose,” is extremely curious in the choice of his snuffbox. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z There are amazing incongruities between station and character. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Such serious contradictions and incongruities lead us forcibly to the conclusion that we have a state of transition before us, an institution that is in some degree distorted and warped from its original shape. Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History 2012-02-15T03:00:35.553Z There was a dinner-party at the Abbey--a party of typical incongruity. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z It is their incongruity which gives to rustic sign boards the magic of romance. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z Perhaps the incongruity of it became more manifest with the girl's last remark, for her companion chuckled. The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods 2012-02-13T03:00:18.927Z But fortunately these incongruities are not altogether tragical. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z This is what I have been pursuing these past months; this is what I found so spellbindingly enigmatic about the image of those plastic ducks at sea – incongruity. The great escape of bath toys in the Pacific 2012-02-12T00:05:21Z To fill the gaps with paintings of this epoch would make for incongruity. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z It is the splendor of incongruity that gives the equestrian and a�rial feats of the arena their charm, that incongruity which is the soul of romance. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z There are many survivals of the early epic lawlessness, as in "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Lear"; and in no play is the main action kept entirely free from intruding incongruities. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z He is a sound critic, intolerant of minor incongruities. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Babylon, the largest, richest, and most powerful city in the world, and of Oriental cities probably the most beautiful, presented, to the discerning eye, not a few glaring incongruities. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z I could detect no incongruity in any part of the narrative. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Sometimes a building is deliberately given the romance of incongruity. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The authors were probably unconscious of the incongruity so obvious to us between the classical form and the romantic material. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z |
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