If you listen very carefully, above the din of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's nonsensical theatrical performances, the distant sound of war drums in the Persian Gulf are growing increasingly audible.
In this article, the focus is on noisy, nonsensical, sometimes unsettling performances of linguistic creativity and on their contexts.
The "Non Sense Machine" demands a nonsensical usage, typical of the first Dadaist performances.
In "Classic Uggams," her bright, spunky new show at 54 Below, Leslie Uggams recalls what happened several years ago when she flubbed the lyrics to "June Is Bustin' Out All Over," a song she barely knew, during a live, televised outdoor performance in Washington, and was heard spouting nonsensical filler.
In 1998, Michael Portnoy, then twenty-six, hijacked fifteen minutes of fame when he pranced onstage at the Grammy awards, shirtless and with the nonsensical phrase "Soy Bomb" scrawled on his chest, during a performance by Bob Dylan.
By Andrea Thompson August 12, 2008 In 1998, Michael Portnoy, then twenty-six, hijacked fifteen minutes of fame when he pranced onstage at the Grammy awards, shirtless and with the nonsensical phrase "Soy Bomb" scrawled on his chest, during a performance by Bob Dylan.
— Andrea K. Scott In 1998, Michael Portnoy, then twenty-six, hijacked fifteen minutes of fame when he pranced onstage at the Grammy awards, shirtless and with the nonsensical phrase "Soy Bomb" scrawled on his chest, during a performance by Bob Dylan.
There is also an amusing and friendly performance by preteen Morgan Gao playing one of those nonsensical roles--is he a bank president --that musical comedy bookwriters sometimes strain their wit to come upresident --that
His glove puppets will ask customers what they would like to drink and orders, once selected from the nonsensical, hand-written menu, will be presented as part of a performance in fancy dress.
Not least remarkable was that the performances were done from memory: this in works that had nonsensical texts or that set mere initials and numbers, as in Mr. Hamilton's "Toy Story 3 = Awesome!" and "Initialize".
