Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arcade. More often, the projections just flash frantically. When Mr. Twiddle (Scott Ripley), the banker who agrees to perform in Caligari's variety show, is sentenced to death in one of the skits, a yellow swirl appears on the curtain along with words of despair and demonic laughter...
...decided that I wasn't going to ask anyone's permission," Carville said. "I'm 52 years old," he added to audience laughter...
...tragically ironic that a person who has spent so much of his time bringing laughter into the lives of others has now had his own laughter taken away. If everyone had had a Bill Cosby/Cliff Huxtable for a father, maybe the person who shot Ennis would have been incapable of committing this horrible crime. CHARLIE O. STARNES Westlake Village, California...
Awful. Horrible. These are my reactions. But laughter--that's really the key. Everyone that I have shown this forwarded e-mail to has laughed, and then commented on how awful it was. Sure, maybe it is funny. But humor is not always good. Just what is it that is so funny? Jokes certainly spring up quickly, and are usually tasteless, but this joke is far from just that, for it clearly illustrates the divide between the haves and have-nots...
...laughter slowly dies when Vania's mother comes to rescue her only son and the full reality of life and death are slowly realized. As a school teacher in Russia, she reads Vania's letters to her students, letters that are never long enough to satisfy her. When she receives a letter from the captive Vania asking for help, she leaves her life behind and enters the danger of Chechnya to save...