THE THEATRE OF THE ABSURD IS A POST-WORLD WAR II DESIGNATION FOR PARTICULAR PLAYS OF ABSURDIST FICTION. FOCUSING LARGELY ON THE IDEA OF EXISTENTIALISM & EXPRESSED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HUMAN EXISTENCE HAS NO MEANING OR PURPOSE & THEREFORE ALL COMMUNICATION BREAKS DOWN, IN FACT ALERTING THEIR AUDIENCES TO PURSUE THE OPPOSITE. LOGICAL CONSTRUCTION & ARGUMENT GIVES WAY TO IRRATIONAL & ILLOGICAL SPEECH & TO ITS ULTIMATE CONCLUSION, TOTAL SILENCE.
GENERATIONS OF DOUBLE-THINK WORKED THEIR MAGIC, AS MOST PEOPLE RELY ON A DIET OF DAILY MAIN STREAM PROPAGANDA. ROOM TEMPERATURE IQS BECOME NORMAL. “IT’S EASIER TO FOOL PEOPLE THAN CONVINCE THEM THEY HAVE BEEN FOOLED.” SHANIAH TWAIN
“THE ESSENCE OF PROPAGANDA CONSISTS IN WINNING PEOPLE OVER TO AN IDEA SO SINCERELY, SO VITALLY, THAT IN THE END THEY SUCCUMB TO IT UTTERLY & CAN NEVER ESCAPE FROM IT.” NAZI MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA, JOSEPH GOEBBELS
LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WE HEAR THE SAME NAZI NARRATIVE ON CONSTANT REPEAT. THE NAZI WERE IN POWER FOR 12 YEARS, BUT FEW PEOPLE SEE THE 500+ YEARS OF GENOCIDE BENEATH THEIR VERY FEET. THAT IS BECAUSE AMERICA HAS PERFECTED THEIR ART OF PROPAGANDA. CLARKE’S THIRD LAW: ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC.