Word: humorous
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...smart, potent tool of analysis and detachment that is all the more important in a country’s dark hour? It turns out that irony—the smart kind—and patriotism, in its flag-flying, blood-giving glory, are both resilient. And, comedians claim (and humor website hits corroborate) both humor and national pride fortify a nation against terrifying threats...
...like Kurt Andersen `76 (co-founder of Spy, former editor-and-chief of New York magazine and co-founder of Inside.com) and Andy Borowitz `80 (a regular contributor to the New Yorker and NPR’s Weekend Edition) because in every time of darkness, dark humor comforts where platitudes disgust. The humor magazine The Onion is doing its patriotic duty and, thanks to a mainstream media obsession with irony’s supposed death, future or second coming, the business of funny commentary is a widely captivating trade these days...
Rubin, whose lobbying was vital to getting Summers the spot, said, “It was Larry—smart, thoughtful, good sense of humor...
...self-declamation. Flipping to Suzanne Vega’s latest release puts you at the bar at four in the morning, with the floor being mopped sitting opposite the woman who you’ve been trying to pick up all night, looking at you with uncanny perception and humor, and a glint that says just maybe she’ll let you walk her home...
...Humor can oft be a palliative for grief, and the show brought plenty of laughter. “The Pat and Jerry Show,” with Richard Snee and Will LeBow, satirized an infamous conversation between television evangelists Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who blamed the terrorist attacks on the American Civil Liberties Union and the pro-gay and pro-choice movements. Although questionably tasteful at best, the skit and song elicited laughter from the audience. In some ways, taking it to such extremes helped to deal calmly with the irrational prejudices that have emerged since the attack; outrage...