A piece in Politico, headlined "THE PAC TO END ALL PACS IS A FARCE," described it as "political performance art".
A gothic farce, described as a "period sitcom homage to Daphne du Maurier", Hunderby ran for one eight-part series in 2012 and established a cult following.
In a design statement that verges on farce, Mayne describes the proposal as "a minimalist act that reiterates the site and offers to the viewer a mirrored, refracted perspective of the landscape".
Lighthearted in tone, with the mutiny shown as something of a farce, it describes Melville's travels through the islands, accompanied by Long Ghost, formerly the ship's doctor, now turned drifter.
A former member of the Arab League's observer mission to Syria has called it a "farce" and described the situation there as a humanitarian disaster.
Hugh Robertson, the UK sports minister, describing a "farce" at Fifa, believes its problems are systemic.
Fifteen years ago, Elena Kagan wrote a law review article calling the Supreme Court confirmation process "a vapid and hollow charade" that takes on "an air of vacuity and farce". Instead of a quality discussion, she wrote, nominees offer "repetition of platitudes" and "personal anecdotes". On Tuesday, fate cast Kagan as the lead actor in the very farce she correctly described.
Senator Patrick Leahy (D VT) spoke against the bill during yesterday's debate, describing it as "a farce of a proposal".
The show is by no means fool-proof, requiring exquisite comic timing, and its climatic farce-within-a-farce finale has been described as "the most difficult single act to perform ever written".
