Word: humority
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...debut, released the year before, “Fists” heralded a new period in Italian cinema. But, “Fists” is also entertaining, even now. Families are often embarrassing and it is fun to watch one be torn apart with skillful gallows humor, rather than the drunken depression of an O’Neil play, the pretention of the Danish film “The Celebration,” or the frustrating bathos of “The Family Stone”-esque American amusements. The movie’s anchor is Lou Castel...
...This insistence on the hilarity of Colbert's routine has a bullying quality, implying that jokes which adhere to the correct ideology are hilarious and failure to find humor in the party line is a kind of thought crime. By this logic, Cindy Sheehan should be hosting the Academy Awards...
...with a relationship bittered by alcoholism and stillbirths. “The Vietnamization of New Jersey,” a strange parody of a satire, addresses the hypocrisy of both Vietnam War supporters and protesters. But his works never leave comedy behind, even if that requires the darkest of humor. His 2002 comedy, “Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge,” tells the classic Scrooge tale, except the ghosts keep showing up at inappropriate times, and Bob Cratchit’s wife is planning suicide. 1994’s “Durang/Durang...
...speaking of a group of statistically minded humor writers who operate a blog called “Fire Joe Morgan” (www.firejoemorgan.com). The FJM writers—who go by the monikers of Dak, Junior, Coach, Matthew Murbles, and Ken Tremendous—have done what many of us wish we had done years ago: created a forum dedicated to illuminating and ridiculing the indefensible ravings of the national baseball media...
...classmates shared stories about Shakir’s life, they reminisced about her sense of humor...