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...aspire to confound audiences. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most popular comedies to perform, as many productions of the play present themselves as a teenage romp through fairyland, with some clever resolutions and free slapstick at the end—to the delight of audiences. But it is not a simple play and at its best it throws the audience, like the lovers, into extreme confusion...
...enjoy the excitement, the crowds, the hysterical adolescent girls, the sheer exuberant fun that surrounded them. The Beatles certainly enjoyed it all. Ducking into limousines, waving to screeching fans across police barricades, fielding silly questions at press conferences, they mugged and clowned and gagged it up to the delight of us reporters, who quickly wore out the adjectives "cheeky" and "irreverent." (Reporter: "How many of you are bald so you have to wear those wigs?" Beatles, in unison: "Oh, we're all bald." Reporter: "What do you think about the campaign in Detroit to stamp out the Beatles?" Paul McCartney...
...Friends episode titled "The One with Free Porn," Chandler and Joey discover to their delight a free pornography TV channel, which they leave on and watch endlessly for fear it will go away. Later, a startled Chandler reports to Joey, "I was just at the bank, and there was this really hot teller, and she didn't ask me to go do it in the vault." Joey describes a similar cold shoulder from the pizza-delivery woman. "You know what?" Chandler concludes. "We have to turn off the porn...
...Vietnam and now, with his deskbound coverage of the fighting in Iraq, The Daily Show's Stewart. As he incessantly points out, he plays host on a fake newscast on a basic cable channel (Comedy Central), but this allows him to be critical, arch, incredulous and relevant, to the delight of viewers and the envy of many real journalists...
...graduate student Brett W. Gamboa for his choice of play; All’s Well is one of the most undeservedly neglected pieces in Shakespeare’s canon. Its unsatisfying resolution and prickly comedy may make it unpopular among directors, but it is a sure delight to audiences...