Word: humorous
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...with the regrettable wisdom of adulthood.“Ant Farm” is mostly gloomy and almost always hilarious in its take on the absurd, whether that’s education, religion, or war. In 57 sketches that can be read in under a minute each, Rich finds humor amid the darkest of scenarios: a lonely math teacher’s test questions (“5. A math teacher is frightened 95% of the time. How many hours a day is he frightened? What is he so afraid of?”), a Crayola color-namer?...
...mediator persona and her own. 'The play is filled with very large personalities, and Val’s sort of a more understated character, trying to hold things together. I think I’m also not usually the largest character in the room. She has a sense of humor, and despite how overwhelmed she is, she’s able to keep things in perspective, and that’s a quality worth emulating.' “Reception” will run in the Loeb Ex from April...
...build the atom bomb to defeat Hitler, worked diligently to find ways to control such weapons. He raised money to help fellow refugees, spoke out for racial justice and publicly stood up for those who were victims of McCarthyism. And he tried to live with a humor, humility, simplicity and geniality even as he became one of the most famous faces on the planet...
Since last month, the front of the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization which used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, has been surrounded by a covered chain link fence, prompting some students to speculate on the organization’s latest endeavor...
...Because I spoke English, I was interviewed by almost every news station,” says Plokhii with a touch of wry humor...