Word: jokes
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...controversial rape case has turned into the latest pop culture fad: Young boys strut around in “Free Kobe” merchandise as if rooting for a team. Internet surfers wage online votes on whether the woman is lying. Talk show hosts joke about the woman’s failed American Idol bid. And as the craze grows, the public’s implicit attitude toward sexual assault has been undermined. People have made a mockery out of a very serious allegation, and their conduct will certainly leave a lasting impact...
...with a nice Italian girl. After Angelo’s new apartment is robbed, he moves in with Nino, a childhood friend who, like Angelo, is gay. But tell their parents? Fugghedaboutit. Mambo Italiano is a mess. Where sexual orientation, ethnic and family issues should be addressed seriously, another joke is made to relieve the tension. The idea of a gay Italian-French-Canadian has a lot of comic potential; in the end, unfortunately, the director is too overwhelmed to stop making jokes and tell what could have been a winning story...
...point, she enlists Pentalver for a sparring match. “I didn’t bring my mouthpiece,” she tells him curtly, “so no punches in the mouth.” The two begin a friendly sparring match, stopping intermittently to laugh, joke or correct each other on form...
Published books: Zero. Biologists publish in journals, not books (unlike God, which is why, according to the joke, He was turned down for a grant at the National Science Foundation...
...Instead, it is a collection of bad insults and jibes. By his own admission, Kavulla did not “attempt rational debate with Ms. Adams.” He made no attempt to disprove or even contest any of Adams’ views, instead attempting to make a joke of her. That kind of rhetoric is more well-suited to Rush Limbaugh than The Crimson...