Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Complaining that the current so-called campus humor magazine fails to capture "the irony of Harvard life," an Eliot House junior and several of his friends have set out to do just that in a magazine of their...
...boundary between satire and tragedy. It is amusing to watch fictional figures break rules or fall short of standards that they do not know exist. When such people understand both what is expected of them and how they have failed, laughter fades. With all its historical trappings and incidental humor, Gentlemen in England is a serious reminder of a time when life and responsibilities truly mattered...
...population of Europe.' To hide his emotion, the Emperor sings . . . January 27. We read Paradise Lost. The Emperor wants to buy a cow, but where shall we keep it?" The imperial party acquires a cow, but someone turns it loose. "February 4. The Emperor is in a very bad humor, and full of the cow incident. At dinner, the Emperor asks (his coachman) Archambault, 'Did you let the cow get away? If it is lost, you will pay for it, you blackguard!'. . . His Majesty, in a very bad humor, retires at 10:30, muttering, 'Moscow! Half a million men!' " After...
...otherwise flat main idea. For example, too much of the plot revolves around Leslie's attempt at cooking dinner for the IRS agent and his would-be mother-in-law (what else would a wife do?). The dish, 'mung-chowder gumbo' is like much of the play's intended humor--it never materializes. Aside from the failed attempts at comedy, the play strives to excite some reaction from an otherwise limp audience with a series of sexist jokes. Lines such as "you're my kind of woman...drunk" manage to elicit the requisite Ms. Manners half-smile and hollow titter...
...spotty. Even when the script offers good lines--a rare though welcome treat--the delivery often falters. By far the most refreshing work is done by Joe Walsh in portraying a stereotypical ex-jock turned landlord. Walsh adds some genuine hilarity to the play's forced jokes and frustrated humor...