Wednesday, July 21, 2010

A short note on the Didionesque

Didionesque, The: n. Deliberate use of seemingly inconsequential detail to portend great insight into a person, place, or situation. E.g. The prominence of iPads in Ras Beirut. The absence of a Rick's Cafe in the Casablanca airport. Such details have no inherent significance and must be derived from context. The Didionesque is a promise that does not always deliver. See Dada, Dadaist movement.

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