Word: buffooned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pravda's masters of invective foamed at the mouth. In an editorial labeled "Buffoon in the Post of Premier," Premier Cajander, head of the Government of a "friendly" State, became a "clown, crowing rooster, squirming grass-snake, marionette; small beast of prey without sharp teeth and strength but having a cunning lust." The 60-year-old Premier, a schoolteacher's son, a forestry expert and middle-of-the-road Progressive in politics, was accused of "standing on his head, talking upside down, smearing crocodile tears over his dirty face." If Premier Cajander did not watch out, Pravda hinted...
...improving variations on the morals of the personages involved, the heroine's name was changed from Teddy Stern to Teddy Shaw, the hero's from Chick Kessler to Chick Kirkland. Aaronson and Rappaport were Anglicized respectively as Armbruster and Beatty, and even "Itchy" Flexner, the buffoon of the piece, was, according to Author Kober, "forced to change his proud family name to Faulkner...
...corner of the ring sat the buffoon of heavyweights, U. S. ex-Champion Max Baer, sometimes described as Madcap Max of the faint heart, now billed as attempting a serious comeback. In the other corner sat the heavyweight champion of the British Empire, Welshman Tommy Farr, loser to Joe Louis and Jim Braddock in his two U. S. fights, clumsy but courageous, now billed as the owner of a newly-developed punch. The odds were 2-to-1 on Farr, who had beaten Baer in London eleven months...
...EAST and Ralph Dumke, were sons of Notre Dame, who appeared on the stage Charles Butterworth, pretender to stupidity, Notre Dame's Walter O'Keefe, later a buffoon. "East and Dumke" are now known as "Sisters of the Skillet." Charles B. has made a in movies and on the Fred Astaire stanza over a work. No promise of seriousness has been Mr. worth's. His has been a promise of madness, and must be accepted for South Bend, Ind., the Brothers, and the U. S. A. in general. The of the Skillet" are now known as the "Quality Twins...
Except for Parson Prang, the political characterizations are weak. The none too obvious but nevertheless pertinent implications about the present administration have, of course, been totally disregarded, much to the detriment of the story. And then, too, the dramatic presentation makes overmuch of a buffoon of "Buzz" Windrip...