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Barry loved a good laugh, and I loved to be in his company (we were friends for more than 25 years) because he was as stunning and funny in speech as he was in print. He gave you the sense that you were clever and engaging, so when you were around him the conversation moved freely. His talk would take on a peculiar phrasing that was unpredictably antiquated--he said he owed it to the King James Bible and Shakespeare--and sharply hip at the same time. Where that came from was a genius that resided someplace in his finely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Barry Hannah | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...name is Brogan A. Berry ’12, and people always say she looks like a squirrel, frolicking in the yard, nibbling on nuts, and stowing things away for winter. She knows how to use a Bumpit like Snooki, will laugh at the worst of your jokes, and went for the price of $100 last Thursday at Tommy Doyle?...

Author: By Kathryn C. Reed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Donated Dates Raise Money For Cancer | 3/11/2010 | See Source »

...convey his characters’ emotions through unlikely angles and lush camera work. When his characters change—however absurdly—so does the film’s landscape. Unfortunately, DiPietro decided to try and teach his audience members a life lesson instead of just making them laugh...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Good Guy | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...What do you think about this passage?... Why is it funny?... Is it funny at all?... Is there another phrase you liked?... What made you laugh?” Wood asks. At first the students are taken aback by this barrage of surprisingly personal questions. After a half-minute of silence one girl gathers the courage to ask Professor Wood what the passage meant. He leans back chuckling in his chair before reassuringly answering, “Oh, I don’t have much to say about that bit. I’ve just always found it a good...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humor Reveals a Road to Faulkner | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...professor’s unusual approach to lecturing immediately immerses his students in the milieu of the novel through short, funny excerpts, but more importantly it gives students permission to enjoy reading a book. Many students, who often feel afraid to laugh while reading, find his method liberating. Yet, initially I was more annoyed than charmed by these recitations. I felt these comic details contributed very little to the analytical understanding of a novel; the excerpts gave a sense of a writer’s prose style, but ultimately they were nothing more than amusing diversions to give the class...

Author: By Theodore J. Gioia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Humor Reveals a Road to Faulkner | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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