Word: humorizing
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...teaching them English.” Sen is full of remarkable anecdotes, from how Worcestershire sauce was originally an Indian chutney to how Yale was first financed by Indian black pepper and textiles. But the power of her unique work comes from the combination of this engaging method of humor and storytelling and a critical awareness of the nuances of studying the literature of “the Rest.” Her work challenges writers who create text to examine how and why they choose a given language, and simultaneously asks those who study this work to examine their...
...Thomas voted for President George W. Bush, he has effectively written the wet dream of all those who did. The adolescent fantasy of a lone ranger detective single-handedly thwarting the plot of terrorists has alarming implications for unilateral American militarism (though one must wonder if Thomas sees the humor in having his duo defend an imperialist monarchy...
...context highlighted the main downside of this approach: a lack of growth and a certain static quality to the characters and situations. This drawback, however, was more than offset by the play’s ability to present a wide variety of experiences and to shift rapidly between humor and pain without seeming forced, a far more difficult task to accomplish within a more traditional narrative. When less continuity of character and plot is necessary, the subject matter can shift from dancing to death without inducing whiplash. In combining two plays written in a similar style but years apart, Gentry...
...really a happy ending. As the story isn’t known to everyone, I won’t reveal its conclusion, but suffice it to say that Gilbert and Sullivan were obviously trying to aim higher than your standard crowd-pleaser. Keeping in that tradition of classically British humor, the performers do a great job of allowing us to laugh in the face of other people’s misfortune; only the most sensitive of viewers would consider this production a tragedy...
...more political humor, visit time.com/cartoons