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Word: humorously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clemmons' cemetery humor keeps grief and the black dog at bay. His wife Phoebe died in a traffic accident and left him with three children to raise. Margy is a full-figured twelve-year-old with well-developed defenses against rutting boys. Younger Ruthann has a scholarly bent but is a bit too pliable when it comes to romantic advances and the overtures of Fundamentalist religion. There is a baby brother and, eventually, a stepmother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Beasty Boys | 5/8/1989 | See Source »

...fast-talking casting director roommates and their two best friends as they try to come to terms with their own male-bonding relationships and their interactions with the various women in their lives. Involving three women and four men, Hurlyburly promises to be an interesting look at social roles, humor and human interactions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts on Campus | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

This may be true, but parody is also an extremely difficult technique to master, and in the case of Green's film Video Sickness, the amount of hard work put into the project only occasionally results in brilliant humor...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Sickness with a Cure | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...from Hyatt Legal Services to a capella singing, is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the wonder of video. At its best, the film is a well-worked parody of television's silliness; unfortunately, the script's tendency toward cliche and its occasional poor editing detract from its potential humor...

Author: By Kelly A. Matthews, | Title: Sickness with a Cure | 4/28/1989 | See Source »

...fast-talking casting director-roommates and their two best friends as they try to come to terms with their own male-bonding relationships and their interactions with the various women in their lives. Involving three women and four men, Hurlyburly promises to be an interesting look at social roles, humor and human interactions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Arts on Campus | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

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