Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town meeting on race may not have clarified the objectives of his One America initiative, but it did showcase his stellar ability as a talk-show host. Assured, composed, informed and witty, he drew out the fears and concerns of his audience and gave them moments of cathartic laughter...
...since Kabbalah was a tightly guarded secret for centuries. The extent of change in that status, however, is revealed in a boast: "Someone came to me and asked, 'Is it true that Madonna studies Kabbalah?'" Hardoon says. He allows a Billy Crystal-esque pause. "Oh, you heard about that?" Laughter...
Still, during Sukkoth, the students don't seem dysfunctional. Berg has put them up for a spiritual slumber party. Laughter rings out, and the smell of pea soup and fresh-baked challah bread emanates from the kitchen. Says Erickson: "Kabbalah is like the spiritual refrigerator. If you're hungry...
...hilarity of his corruptedness--his voice, manner, language, his crooked sincerity--he wouldn't have wasted all that time writing books. The advantage in having a funny presidency is that people will always think of it fondly, no matter what they were laughing at. The mere act of laughter is heartwarming, and eventually they recall only that and not its cause...
Danes, meanwhile, is inconceivably wrapped up in the film's mock-seriousness. At one point after Daisy's mother tells her to get rid of all her excess books, she shrieks, "But mom, books are life!" The remark, like many other such lines, invariably provokes laughter. No matter how much expression Danes infuses into each of her inane sentences, her efforts to add complexity to Daisy's underwritten character are hopeless and inescapably pathetic...