| So maybe the reason why they're not doing their homework is because they see it for the exercise in pointlessness that it is. |
| At times the pointlessness of the whole jingbang irritates me, to be part of this circular joke. |
| However, the seeming pointlessness of the gesture is the key to its ironic effect and the reason why it enjoys a kinship with Ferry's work. |
| With its mix of voyeurism, suffering and pointlessness, this is a lovely, mute excursion into the theatre of the absurd. |
| It is the sheer pointlessness of recreating scenes from a computer game that makes it all the more valuable. |
| Though despair at his material sometimes makes him bellow, he gives a bravura performance that transmutes pointlessness into poignancy. |
