Not exact matches
Twitter users posted countless parodies of the false attack stories, including obviously faked images and stories that soon
escalated into
absurdity.
But the scenario quickly
escalates into
absurdity when the saleswoman has trouble comprehending the question.
The Campaign gives us a view of an imaginary political arena that is only a few levels
escalated from the
absurdity of the current one.
Chapter Two signals this in the opening moments, projecting a snippet of Buster Keaton slapstick on the side of a building, then commencing with a chase scene / demolition derby that
escalates to a point of comic
absurdity (Wick gets hit by three cars, pops up undamaged).
The scenarios do not differentiate themselves enough, and while they
escalate in
absurdity appropriately, they lose their luster by the middle of the second act.
It's only after their feud
escalates to hilarious
absurdity that they can reconcile.