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Dada and the power of Nonsense

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Is There a Strong Contemporary Tradition of Nonsensical Television?

Norine, is there a strong contemporary tradition of nonsense? Do you think? I think t v programmes are a place where it really shows up. And what should we be reading right now for some relief in our nonsensical times? Deate edward lear's nonsense. Poetry, to me, always seems to be about the kind of s of loneliness, or the joys when you finally find some one else who sees the world in the same nonsensical way as you. In locke down, a lot of us are feeling isolated. So if we are alone and locked down and want some kind of comfort, maybe steve smith it, her nonsense, is the kind that we should

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