Kaufmanesque

English Etymology From en Kaufman -esque. Adjective en film comedy Reminiscent of actor and comedian Andy Kaufman (1949–1984); anticomedic; using method acting. en Bob Zmuda; Lynne Margulies Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally 2014 BenBella Books https://books.google.com/books?id=jcYuBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=%22Kaufmanesque%22&hl=&cd=6&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Kaufmanesque%22&f=false 978-1-940363-05-9 43 Once Lynne and I realized that Jim was going to approach the role of Kaufman in a “method acting,” Kaufmanesque kind of way—i.e., he would become Andy or Tony Clifton for the entire shoot, never breaking character en film Reminiscent of filmmaker and novelist Charlie Kaufman (1958–); characterized by the self-conscious use of metanarratives and mise en abyme. en Judith Buchanan The Writer on Film: Screening Literary Authorship 2013 Springer https://books.google.com/books?id=nkuzbtgIR-kC&lpg=PA167&dq=%22Kaufmanesque%22&hl=es&pg=PA175#v=onepage&q&f=false 978-1-137-31723-0 175 as playwright Alan Bennett remarks, ‘You don't put yourself in your screenplays. You find yourself there.’ That, surely, is a paradox of Kaufmanesque dimensions. en w:A. O. Scott ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Review: Where to Begin? The New York Times 2020-09-01 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/movies/im-thinking-of-ending-things-review.html 0362-4331 When I accepted the assignment to review Charlie Kaufman’s new movie, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” I vowed that I would avoid the recursive, self-conscious, Kaufmanesque flourishes that afflict so much writing about this screenwriter and filmmaker. https://web.archive.org/web/20251126115612/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/movies/im-thinking-of-ending-things-review.html 26 November 2025 en eponyms