In such a presentation, even the most private life is oddly distorted, sometimes to the point where it becomes implausibly bizarre, the paradoxical outcome of a paralyzing desire for verisimilitude.

在这样的情形下，即使是生活最隐私的部分也被奇怪地扭曲了，有时诡异得到了令人难以置信的地步，而这正是竭尽一切想要逼真地模拟真实生活的渴望所造成的自相矛盾的结果。