Word: humorous
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...Officers were sent to investigate a noise complaint at the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. Officers spoke to the occupants and told them to hold the noise down and return a stereo that was outside to indoors...
...history (which includes such roles as “famous black person,” the inventor of peanuts) or the misanthropic priest Father McGillicutty (Benet Magnuson ’06) explain why God allows war (to prevent overpopulation from causing traffic jams). The show has its moments of humor and pathos, but the sustained tone is a discordant one that, while it does bring the feeling of being in a war zone, is not always pleasant to endure...
...Benjamin J. Toff ’05, deserves mention for its ingenuity; Toff places TV sets around the stage, which at the appropriate moments show the actors performing additional mini-scenes or ’50s commercials that portray the American lifestyle that Durang parodies. Aside from their humor and thematic appropriateness, the TVs give the audience something to watch during scene changes...
...stage—Zigler’s direction made clear when and where the audience should focus its primary attention. Indeed, those moments when action suddenly stopped to showcase characters’ monologues, some of which were directed to the audience as omniscient asides, or to frame absurdist humor (a song and dance number about hustling) were dramatically effective and seamlessly executed. Much of the credit for this is also due to very competent lighting, particularly notable given Gilead’s rearrangement of the mainstage space such that the permanent lighting booth did not command a view...
...finale continues the series' minutely observed, uncomfortable humor. The closest American equivalent is Curb Your Enthusiasm, though NBC is attempting a remake of The Office, starring Daily Show alum Steve Carell, for next year--a nerve-racking prospect, given that NBC's last such import was Coupling. Executive producer Greg Daniels (King of the Hill) says the show will have a new setting--the Dunder-Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pa.--but similar characters and sensibility. "We love the awkward pause," he says...