Word: farcially
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...former Hollywood bit-player and director of a musical entitled "Brigadoon," has done another one of his disturbing jobs of directing. What keeps "The Happy Time" from becoming a second "I Remember Mama"--a worthy goal--are Mr. Lewis' determined efforts at diverting even the touching scenes in a farcial direction. This gets howls from the audience and I should hope yelps from the Messrs. Fontaine and Taylor, if they give a damn about their joint creation...
...Knight of the Burning Pestle," farcial romantic comedy, will be given its third and last performance this evening at the D.U. House. Tickets, which are $1.00, include admission to the informal dance which follows the performance...
...Hugh Johnson caterwauling about "musical blatant bunk from the rostrum of religion" in reference to Father Coughlin, or another "Pied-Piper (Huey Long) tootling on a penny whistle," all the while mixing his idioms in a grandiloquent style that is the despair of professional comedians. The newspapers also provide farcial tilts, with the highly electric crackles of the buffoon from Louisiana alternating with the heavy artillery of Senator Robinson. The wonder is that the professional comedians don't unionize in an attempt to preserve their interests and send a lobby to Congress...
Besides, the recitation is too commonly a rather farcial affair, and, as a recent writer puts it, Rollins College has "wanted to get away from the method under which the class room becomes a sort of criminal court, where the teacher--as judge, prosecutor, and detective--attempts to find out, often unsuccessfully, whether or not the student has mastered his lesson, and the student is mainly interested in creating a good impression, by bluffing or otherwise." More than any other single factor, the recitation is responsible for the definition, Student: one who does not study...
These historic characters are now impersonated by a notable cast. As Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Fiske has a role worthy of her farcial talents, and James T. Powers can exercise all his vocal tricks in the delineation of comical Bob Acres. Among the others: Rollo Peters; Pedro de Cordoba; Margery, daughter of Cyril Maude; Georgette, daughter of George M. Cohan. It is a pleasant diversion, recalling a time when the stage was consecrated to mannerly gaiety, ending in a few blithe measures neatly danced by the entire cast beneath the arching trees of King's Mead Fields...