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The term, which is quite fluid in definition, has also been described as "marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity: ''Kafkaesque bureaucracies''" and "marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: ''Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport . . . haunt his innocence''" — '' The New Yorker ''. [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Kafkaesque It can also describe an intentional distortion of reality by powerful but anonymous bureaucrats. "Lack of evidence is treated as a pesky inconvenience, to be circumvented by such Kafkaesque means as depositing unproven allegations into sealed files ..." Another definition would be an existentialist state of ever-elusive freedom while existing under unmitigatable control. The adjective refers to anything suggestive of Kafka, especially his nightmarish type of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term's meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical. CULTURAL REFERENCES
:Rolling Stone Reporter: Having sex with you is a really Kafkaesque experience. I mean that as a compliment. :Alvy Singer: Umm... thank you.
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