Word: humorous
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Even while pursuing this repertoire of characters in such rather weighty dramatic works, Broadwater has managed to keep a sense of humor. Indeed, Broadwater admits that he selects his project based on the “innovation, emotion, humor, violence, and beauty” that a work shows...
...served as an excellent foil for Hedda’s ruthlessness. Jess R. Burkle ’06 as Judge Brack was the epitome of gravel-voiced sleaze, and the occasions on which he allowed the audience glimpses of his inner comedian highlighted the subtle but crucial thread of humor in the play. Megan E.M. Low ’04 as George Tessman’s devoted aunt cast a perspectivally crucial light of prim conventional opinion on the confines of Hedda’s twisted world; her performance was especially noteworthy for the anguish in her face when...
...Mercedes-Benz has learned, comic glamour is deceptively difficult to execute. It must be sophisticated yet have a self-deprecating wit. Mercedes, a brand with impeccably aristocratic roots, has stumbled frequently in its attempts at humor, most recently in TV spots featuring a race to the airport and a genie in a bottle. On the other hand, Whirlpool introduced a Benz-like washing machine in a brilliant onetime use of comic glamour when it debuted its Calypso model with psychedelics and a deadpan sense of humor...
...cover mass brands with a thin veneer of glamour to differentiate them from the competition, regardless of whether the product or service is even remotely fabulous. Successful practitioners are selling everything from washing machines to napkins with this strategy, which uses a customized mix of the traditional ingredients. Humor is often added, as if to acknowledge the gulf between the past and the present. Is it still glamour? More important, has it been successful...
...unfortunate coupling of Julianne Moore with this formulaic froth. The second, the marriage of product placement and movie making. The offspring of that particular happy union is this movie, an extended advertisement for Pepsico, various other snackfood products, and the Ireland tourism board, with some half-hearted cosmetic surgery humor thrown in for good measure...