Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pinnacle of hyenic humor was the hyena, the classic hyena, that hit too jar back while running, would circle madly, snapping and tearing at himself until he pulled his own intestines out, and then stood there, jerking them out and eating them with relish...
...Times's John Martin found it hard to take. "Nothing whatever of choreographic texture,"he wrote, and doubted "whether it is to everybody's taste." The Herald Tribune's Walter Terry decided that "the idea itself possesses impact [done with] taste and tenderness, some wry humor and much beauty...
...Sorokin gets fed up and quits Sleep Tite. taking his luscious redhead with him, but the exact resolution of the plot isn't really important to Author Bissell or anyone else. It is the natural talk, the sure feeling for the pace of Midwestern life, the shrewd humor of such scenes as the union picnic, that make 7½ Cents, slight as it is, an oddly likable piece of Americana...
Nevertheless, the W.R.A.'s efforts were on the whole successful, both financially and otherwise. The sun came out, and everybody was in a good humor. The Hospitality girls were very pretty, the beer was very cold and tasty, the W.R.A. men were very kind, and their earnest efforts afforded much amusement...
...music itself, it cleverly combines astute humor with unpretentious craftsmanship. Westergaard's sly use of leit-motives and his jazz-like rhythms supply an effective and sardonic commentary on the action. The seven-piece orchestra played the difficult score incisively...