" Partridge " , a Season 5 episode of NBC 's '' Parks and Recreation '' , repeatedly references '' Infinite Jest '' , of which the show 's co-creator , Michael Schur , is a noted fan . Schur also directed the music video for The Decemberists ' " Calamity Song " , which depicts the Eschaton game from '' Infinite Jest . '' Twelve of the interviews from '' Brief Interviews with Hideous Men '' were adapted into a stage play in 2000 , the first theatrical adaptation of Wallace 's work . The play , '' Hideous Men '' , adapted and directed by Dylan McCullough , premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2000
New York International Fringe Festival
New York International Fringe Festival
David Foster Wallace