grotesquery

It’s easy to sneer at Morris’s antics, but beneath the grotesquery is a real hunger.

It’s a necessary rejoinder to the grotesqueries of the word “content.”

This is one reason the A.I. commercials reward repeat viewing: Once you get past their grotesqueries, you start seeing fascinating signals buried in the noise.

Lauren is a ceramic artist whose porcelains sport signature grotesqueries, usually of a squirmy sort, such as a teapot with “a revolting brown worm crawling along the spout,” and “a slug depicted on the underside.”

But there’s not a lot going on in the screenplay, written by Haley Z. Boston, beyond the usual grotesqueries.