Word: humority
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...extremely good at what he does, but also is someone with a great sense of humor,” Lloyd said...
JHUMPA LAHIRI, Pulitzer prizewinning author: "I've reread Franny and Zooey. There is something reassuring about Salinger, and I also wanted to read a novel set in New York City. Though it is a dark story, Salinger's New York family survives their difficulties with humor and grace...
...shoulder, and tears well up in our eyes." When the plane lands safely, he sees a look of relief on their faces. They must recognize the grace and courage of workers they so long took for granted. They should also recognize the flight attendants' sense of humor--which is to say, a sense of proportion. "I was talking to other flight attendants," Stephenson says, "and one woman said, 'On my flight a passenger got a little snippy.' So things could soon be back to normal: people being their rude selves." --By Richard Corliss. Reported by Jeffrey Ressner...
...least in the short term, the terror attacks have not yet changed pop culture so much as suspended it. "No humor column today," wrote syndicated funnyman Dave Barry. "I don't want to write it, and you don't want to read it." Sports went on hiatus, and after they returned, a preseason hockey game between longtime rivals New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers ended with the players watching President Bush's address to Congress, shaking hands and skating off the ice in midgame. Satirical websites theonion.com and modernhumorist.com interrupted publication. A five-hour Law & Order mini-series...
...real irony--the basis of satire--is possible and valuable in addressing war. (Catch-22 and M*A*S*H, for instance, are darkly ironic yet serious works.) When theonion.com returns this week, says editor Robert Siegel, it will address the events carefully, aiming for a poignant, "cathartic" humor. Stewart also laced his aching monologue with touchingly self-deprecating jokes. "I'm sorry to do this to you," he said on his return. "It's another entertainment show beginning with the overwrought speech of a shaken host...