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"Kafkaesque" : A Thread🧵

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Kafkaesque is a term to describe unnecessarily complicated and frustrating experiences, like being forced to navigate labyrinths of bureaucracy. But does standing in a long line to fill out confusing paperwork really capture the richness of Kafka's vision?

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Beyond the word's casual use, what makes something Kafkaesque? Franz Kafka's stories do indeed deal with many mundane and absurd aspects of modern bureaucracy, drawn in part from his experience of working as an insurance clerk in early 20th century Prague.

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THE DEFINITIVE "PANDEMIC / LOCKCLOWN MOVIE LIST (a 🧵)

Start from the beginning, because "Context is everything"

@TheOliverStone's Masterpiece
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THE DEFINITIVE "PANDEMIC"/LOCKCLOWN MOVIE LIST

@McDowellMalc's brainchild, written by David Sherwin and directed by the great Lindsay Anderson, has an uncannily predictive genetic engineering laboratory sequence.

And it was filmed in 1972 . . .

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#3, THE DEFINITIVE "PANDEMIC"/LOCKCLOWN MOVIE LIST

Well-Researched and produced documentary on The @WHO by @OVALmediaGroup lends vital context to some of their many conflicts of interest and shady dealings

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