Word: humored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...book, together with the staging, does succeed in bringing the viewer backstage. Much of the humor comes from the audience's knowing that the orchestra leader hates the male singer and is attempting to drown him out, or that a lead dancer has lost his partner and is improvising wildly. Though this extreme in intimacy is the only innovation in Me and Juliet, it is a considerable...
...millions, was a trusted and faithful disciple of the late Mahatma Gandhi. He even looks somewhat like Gandhi, except for a grey beard and frowsy dark hair. He has the same emaciated body, wears the same sort of bifocal glasses, speaks in the same calm, soft voice, with kindly humor. One of the most learned men in India, he has studied Sanskrit, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kanarese, Malayalam and English, and this array of languages serves him well on his travels through polyglot India. It is not for his learning, however, that India's millions have...
...director Rene Clair's earlier films, "The Ghost Goes West" lacks the subtle flavor of his later productions. Instead, "The Ghost" throws its humor at you openly and loudly. All you need do is be there to catch...
...Churchill as the secret he kept to himself all last week. The secret: he was about to be knighted. The Prime Minister told no one about it, but observers of the Churchillian character should have taken warning of untoward events from the vitality of his bearing, his high good humor, and his eagerness for a parliamentary fight...
Returning to the House in white tie and tails, Churchill was all sweetness. "I was hoping we should find ourselves in a friendly atmosphere tonight," he cooed with a wicked twinkle. "Nonsense!" shouted the dragons of Labor, but eventually his good humor spread to them. "Good night!" yelled the Laborites as the Prime Minister waddled out. Churchill turned and blew them a kiss...