Well, time lends a certain distance, and the newspapers spun such a bizarre and surreal narrative that it was almost beyond credulity.

While these homage paintings often borrow specific elements such as costume and composition, they invariably lift their subjects into a surreal narrative that could never have been conceived by their original creators.

Flanked by his computer programmer, Spaceboy, and his synthesizer player, Nazuk, Green Velvet recited surreal narratives atop abrasive techno beats.

The surreal narrative in this 17-minute video is framed by the idea that our culture is like a Disneyland exhibit, which people patiently stand in line to enter.

Although not usually identified as a genre writer, William S. Burroughs produced works with a surreal narrative that estranged the action from the ordinary world as science fiction and fantasy do.

The surreal narrative pivots around Lily a confused teenager (Cathryn Harrison) who witnesses a war between the sexes and finds herself involved in numerous dream-like situations at a country estate.

Serj Tankian, the band's lead singer, takes up political topics and sketches surreal narratives, and its convention-defying songs hold plenty of visceral impact.

A different comedy was booming, blunt and visceral, filled with cocaine jokes instead of surreal stoned narratives.

With an experimental and ground-breaking format, The Three Trials incorporates surreal narrative, music video, and abstract imagery.

One review described 1Q84 as a "complex and surreal narrative" which "shifts back and forth between tales of two characters, a man and a woman, who are searching for each other."