Word: comical
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Eulogy from a Colleague Thanks for acknowledging the career of comic Marilyn Martinez [Nov. 26]. She was embraced by the Latino/Latina comedy community, and thank goodness for that. But before she made her way to Los Angeles, she was based in Denver, where she was widely accepted by women and by the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community. I was her comedy partner from 1977 to 1980. Marilyn got laughs for some raunchy material but was also political and avant-garde. We played throughout the U.S., and I'm glad to know that her work with me supported her subsequent...
...first to take pop culture into serious consideration. Now I'm sometimes under the impression that intellectuals are too concerned with popular culture. As soon as you learn about low culture, you become so fascinated by it that you become a member of the sect. You discover that comic books have a language of their own, and even though you were an intellectual before, you become a worshipper of comic books...
...Aube le Soir ou la Nuit (Dawn Dusk or Night) is about Sarkozy's recent electoral campaign. Another standout, Olivier Adam's A l'Abri de Rien (In the Shelter of Nothing), concerns immigrants at the notorious Sangatte refugee camp. France's Japan-influenced bandes dessinées (comic-strip) artists have made their country a leader in one of literature's hottest genres: the graphic novel. Singers like Camille, Benjamin Biolay and Vincent Delerm have revived the chanson. Hip-hop artists like Senegal-born MC Solaar, Cyprus-born Diam's and Abd al Malik, a son of Congolese immigrants...
...played a great drunk on TV's Bewitched and a range of comic characters on sitcoms like Hogan's Heroes and The Bob Newhart Show. But any baby boomer knows comedic character actor Dick Wilson as Mr. Whipple, the beleaguered grocer in toilet-paper ads who begs of customers, "Please don't squeeze the Charmin." The iconic ad campaign, which ran from 1964 to 1985, rocketed Wilson into pop-culture history--and national fame. "Everybody says, 'Where did they find you?'" the veteran actor told a reporter in 1985. "I say I was never lost...
Fortunately, leads Williams, De Metz, and Godina salvaged the play’s comic value. Their onstage rapport and commanding presence provided great entertainment, particularly in the final act when both Marcassol and Edouard pursue Claudine. The hysteria of the final act was very well executed, largely due to the pint-sized Godina, whose impassioned portrayal of a wronged wife and a buttoned-up lusty lady elicited the most laughs...