Word: cleverisms
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...melancholy; given the long weekend, the cup is now decidedly half full. Publicity and scandal are rocking DD’s world, what with the Oscars, the Hasty Pudding, the Duff sisters, and Summers’ public flogging. Here’s a pink drink for schadenfreude, you clever kids...
There are also times, despite the clever lines and incredible performances, when the audience loses track of the thread of a compelling storyline, which usually impels the audience to remain attentive. Even for a farce, the HPT157 script seems to contain too many subplots and unrelated characters—and too little interesting action...
...Rather than off-handedly dismissing Larry’s comments”—I call him Larry, we’re tight like that—“can we discuss them?” Until that point, comments on the issue had been limited to clever quips like, “Good thing he has a penis so he doesn’t need to worry about it.” Despite being a former leader of the organization, I’m that guy who regularly incites the ire of list members. As a result...
...newspaper The Guardian, "Gemma Bovery" looks nothing like the mirthless "funnies" Americans have gotten used to in their daily papers. One can scarcely imagine the generosity of space and wit that would be needed to accommodate Simmonds' striking compositions, much less her racy and literate subject. As clever with her brush as she is with her typewriter, Posy Simmonds seamlessly matches swatches of strongly written text with expert spot illustrations and uproarious traditional panel sequences. "Gemma" makes for a rich reading experience, as well as a rewarding...
...Simmonds' keen characterization comes from both her clever writing and exceptional drawing skills. Using what looks like a soft pencil and gray wash, she creates naturalistic drawings that camouflage what are actually carefully composed arrangements of gesture, posture and facial affect. One remarkable panel shows a Christmas dinner party at which Gemma and Charlie are seated. The hostess looms to the left, while a man scolds a child at the right, with all the other characters carefully positioned in the space to display a different state of mind. In a brilliantly satiric take on selfish love, Simmonds uses a thought...