Word: joking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...actor and the director. There is little in the speeches to betray the feelings of the men who speak--or to convince us of the feelings they do profess. As he kneels at the guillotine, Herault-Sechelles breaks down: "I can't seem to manage a joke." There are few such lines provided. Almost none of the actors invented the necessary gestures or falterings of the voice to make themselves believable...
...Broadway ALL IN GOOD TIME. Bill Naughton has fashioned a tenderly perceptive human comedy out of a single obvious and slightly quaint-sounding joke: the inabili ty of a pair of provincial newlyweds to consummate their marriage. There are no clinical freaks to be found here-just blessedly real people...
...said it because I'm afraid. I don't want to be killed. I don't mean to pretend it's a joke...
...Well, I know those people want us over there. And I don't like hearing snotty bastids talk about it like it was a joke...
...think it's a joke, believe me. I don't even know what's going on over there...