They fit the music and make the whole picture even more laughably and absurdly brilliant. Mainly because the stunts were absurdly overblown. Critics maintain that Dembski uses "complex" as most people would use "absurdly improbable". Despite being a top-secret government agent, he is absurdly clumsy. Their humour often involved ordinary people in ordinary situations behaving absurdly for no obvious reason. He has disowned his first published novel, "Nightspawn", describing it as "crotchety, posturing, absurdly pretentious". Reinking's performance was described by one critic as an "absurdly inept rendition" of the song. Simon has created a show that is both brilliant and vibrant despite being absurdly uncommercial. This gimmick strayed absurdly outside the original storyline of the sitcom. Symmonds opposes what he considers absurdly strict rules restricting athletes' ability to market themselves. They found "the money spent on both scientific and technical research [was] absurdly inadequate". Stevens said that, otherwise, the clause might absurdly immunize things like false testimony under oath. Heavily influenced by special effects pioneer Tom Savini, Jackson incorporated many absurdly gory special effects. Candido protests that a penny's worth is an absurdly small amount. The Oldest Man is known for his signature shuffle, created by his absurdly slow movements.