Word: outlandishing
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Again, as in the early British comedies, the assortment of supporting actor with outlandish faces, and acting styles to match, is another point of magnificence. Not that the principals are less than they should be. Charles Laughton as naturally a blustering curmudgeon, is almost more than he should be, his normal portrayal of Charles Laughton not being entirely faithful to the spirit of the picture. But even Laughton is comparatively restrained, and his co-stars, Bernda deBanzie and John Mills, are positively sparse in their underplaying. For Hobson's choice, whose comedy is of the delicate, throw-away nature, this...
...same way, Gold reasoned, the "megaphysical" world (larger than galaxies) seems to have laws of its own. One of them is the mysterious force that causes the universe to expand, the galaxies fleeing from one another instead of being drawn together by gravitation. There may be many outlandish laws...
Many more such outlandish craft will be built to exploit the fabulous treasure of oil, gas and sulphur that lies under the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. Bringing it up and to shore will be hard, risky and expensive, but the oilmen, though strangers to the sea, are the most supremely confident of confident Americans...
...cast, decked in outlandish costumes mocking the artistic craze of the period, is usually equal to the quick-witted and congenial pace set by the authors. Though no strong voices emerged, the singing bubbles smoothly over Gilbert's patter, and the evening's few sour measures are easily obscured by the humor of the lyric or the cleverness of the stage business...
...more than one hundred students were to sign up for. Outlandish 12 on their preliminary Study Cards, it would not be surprising. As usual, they would be using their imaginations about what courses are to be taught next Fall; there would be a little ink and some shoe leather wasted, and those who saw no sense in the whole idea would be fined...