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In their world of mathematical wordplay, prank, and parody, earth-shaking ideas could come from anyone and anywhere, but tended in practice to come from rambunctious elite French men who could get the references and weave in their own.
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Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
However, the puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to keep things interesting.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
Early on, before the Elements of Mathematic started to appear, Weil shared the Bourbaki collaborators’ ambitions and culture of games and wordplay with a group of young mathematicians in Princeton, New Jersey.
—Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
Filled to the brim with punning wordplay, theatrical allusions, and the delicious chaos of backstage maneuvering, Fifi Martingale is perhaps Rozier’s finest comedic take on the wild digressions and nick-of-time improvisations that comprise both art and life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
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Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
However, the puzzles are rarely straightforward, using homophones and wordplay, among other techniques, to keep things interesting.
—Kendra Stanton Lee, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
Early on, before the Elements of Mathematic started to appear, Weil shared the Bourbaki collaborators’ ambitions and culture of games and wordplay with a group of young mathematicians in Princeton, New Jersey.
—Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021
Filled to the brim with punning wordplay, theatrical allusions, and the delicious chaos of backstage maneuvering, Fifi Martingale is perhaps Rozier’s finest comedic take on the wild digressions and nick-of-time improvisations that comprise both art and life.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
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“Wordplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordplay. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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