Robed mannequins in dunce caps on the surrounding balcony — a disturbing
confederacy of dunces — bring to mind visions of the occult, looming with a sinister Klan - like presence.
He is witheringly critical of astrology, dubbing it, with the rest of occultism, a «
metaphysic of dunces», suggesting «a climate of semi-erudition is the fertile breeding ground for astrology.»
But that makes sense, since «I, Tonya» is primarily about a
conspiracy of dunces, led by Gillooly and his friend Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser), whose delusions of international espionage prompt him to hire two idiots (Ricky Russert and Anthony Reynolds) to maim Kerrigan and open the way for Harding to dominate the trials for the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.
Two of Wiley's constructions from the 1970s are also included in the show, the most elaborate of which is Hard Lesson for the Dunce (1977), which incorporates a tree stump, a carved wooden head, a spindly branch decorated with strung together metal lettering, and a chalkboard all accompanied by a
watercolor of a dunce - capped log.
I am not supportive of the idea that human beings choose to ignore good science regarding human limits and Earth's limitations, to continue down a patently unsustainable «primrose path» of endless economic growth, and to adopt the
posture of dunces by foolishly waiting for the world to change....
Given the natural limitations of data recall, you are actually a
bit of a dunce, by the standards of the gods.
The second thing is: If you thought Chris and Ansel were a
confederacy of dunces, get a load of Frank (Frank Hvam) and his friend Casper (Casper Christensen), the least great Danes ever whelped.
Between Brad Pitt's clueless gym employee, George Clooney's paranoid infidel (and let's not forget part - time inventor), Tilda Swinton's ice - cold pediatrician, and John Malkovich's foul - mouthed spook, the movie is a confederacy
of dunces, racing against the nonexistent clock of an imaginary thriller.
He's full of energy but can sometimes be a bit
of a dunce.