Word: mocking
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...last (or maybe first) thing you’d expect is the blind to break out singing as if in a seeing-impaired musical. But something similar, and potentially worse, happens: they all begin to whistle along. This ironically cheerful moment is abruptly severed, as the various wards form mock governments. The self-proclaimed “King of the Third Ward,” played by Gael Garcia Bernal, claims that he will only distribute food in exchange for women. In ridiculously cheesy “I am Spartacus!” fashion, the women of the ward...
...hoped the elongated curves she was drawing might inspire the Prince to some course of action.Suddenly he was beside her, taking the piece of chalk from her willing hand. “Ah! I’ve scribbed all over the table!” she exclaimed with mock regret, tracing the lines with a suggestive finger.The Prince stood very close to her, turning the piece of chalk in his hand. “There’s one thing I’ve long wanted to ask you,” he said in a low voice...
Away from the lights of TV news cameras and the keyboards of bloggers, stand-ins have been holding secretive mock debates with the candidates to help them gear up for the real thing...
...Gore's mock debates was set up in a Tennessee barn, Eckart said, including an entire debate hall - podium, TV studio and all. "But it was in rural Tennessee, his home state.... I felt it would make him more comfortable than being in a Hyatt somewhere sleeping in a hotel room...
Others agreed that mock debates are often designed to be exactly like the real thing, with stand-ins even playing moderators. "We debated right at 9 o'clock. Same temperature setting, same distance, same format," says former New York Rep. Tom Downey, who spent four days playing Jack Kemp before Al Gore's Vice Presidential debate in 1996. "I tried to be as good at Jack Kemp as Jack Kemp would...