Word: humoring
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...said Ugresic, whose collection of essays “Nobody’s Home” was recently translated into English. Svetlana Boym, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures and comparative literature, introduced Ugresicc as a brave female journalist, writer, and intellectual who, “through humor, through playful writing, offers critical commentary on Croatian nationalism.” In 1991, the dismal conditions of war-torn Yugoslavia motivated Ugresic, a native of that country,c to write critical pieces on the futility and criminality of war. Her anti-war pieces, which were deemed anti-nationalistic, subsequently made...
...read that you don't actually consume that much pop culture. How can that be? So much of the humor in your shows is predicated on mocking pop culture. You have 17 writers in a room, and each one of us has our own set of cultural references. Things that I miss pop-culture-wise, I'm educated on by the rest of my staff...
...interesting that you talk about showmanship. You talk about how you're well versed in musical theater and you have so many musical numbers on Family Guy. Is the idea of showmanship an important underpinning of your type of humor? Yeah, I think so. There's an element of showmanship in old television at its best that's been lost today. Where you really see it in the most emblematic sense is with the absence of of opening titles. They don't do it anymore. Certainly in Family Guy and American Dad, we actually had to fight to have...
Shortly before 5 p.m., the Manns head downstairs to the imaging floor to meet the magnet. Giedd, a trim, energetic man with a reddish beard, twinkly blue eyes and an impish sense of humor, greets Anthony and tells him what to expect. He asks Anthony to remove his watch, his necklace and a high school ring, labeled KEEPER. Does Anthony have any metal in his body? Any piercings? Not this clean-cut, soccer-playing Mormon. Giedd tapes a vitamin E capsule onto Anthony's left cheek and one in each ear. He explains that the oil-filled capsules are opaque...
...uttered far fewer of his trademark, distracting, "ums." At times, however, Obama revealed the level of his preparation by faltering over a rehearsed answer. He seemed to deliberately focus on the moderator and the home audience, with McCain as an afterthought - except when on the attack. Chose to avoid humor, for the most part, in favor of a stern demeanor, and in the process, came off as cool as a cucumber...