Word: humorousness
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However, once on the show, the aspirant leaders of men are submitted to a trying test—of their sense of humor. Mrs. Obama’s ability to keep up with Stewart’s (admittedly friendly) shtick with soft comic jabs of her own at her husband’s expense humanized both her and her husband. When former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich took on a challenge, joking his way through an early endorsement of Governor Sarah Palin in September, the effect was much the same...
...tragedy that deals with the consequences arising from humanity’s underlying intolerance and prejudice, Albee’s success stems from his ability to exaggerate the dramatic quality to comic proportions. To achieve that paradoxical effect of hilarity juxtaposed against a morbid backdrop, Albee utilized wordplay, black humor, and even slapstick to counter the mounting tension between the characters as the action progresses to its catastrophic climax. It was precisely this dichotomy that drew director Davida Fernandez-Barkan ’11 to “The Goat...
...wanted to emphasize the comedy, because it is a very sad story...that sense of imbalance is important, so I wanted to draw out both the pathos and the humor,” she says...
...While “ball buster” may be a colorful way to describe someone, when practically every character uses the expression, the words become tired and uninteresting (and not particularly descriptive, either).“Ball busters” notwithstanding, Cappellani has an acute sense of humor when it comes to creating his characters. From the selfish and manipulative Betty to the self-serious and love-tortured Cagnatto, the people who populate “Sicilian Tragedee” are amusing, if not always endearing. Cappellani’s “Sicilian Tragedee?...
Kudelka’s decision to cast women as the step-sisters, as opposed to the traditional strategy of employing men, was rooted in the hope that they would pull off the shtick and slap-stick humor with more high-brow jest than the gender-bending farce. Cornejo herself was more naturally entertaining at ABT than were Tempe Ostergren and Megan Gray here, but both are leggy beauties who mugged with aplomb...