Word: sarcasms
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...host was Justin Bond, backed by the piano stylings of Kenny Melman. He kept the event afloat with his lithe sarcasm. ("If I could love," he told one singer, "I would love you very much.") But the 500 or so attendees standing on that pier really came to life when Mitchell bounded onstage, singing forcefully, dancing with a practiced frenzy, showing the audience and the other performers what stage presence really...
Fire Joe Morgan attacks so-called baseball pundits with statistical knowledge, sarcasm and a sharply biting wit, leading to some of the funniest and most dead-on analysis of baseball (and baseball commentary) that can be found...
...comes across as more whiny than righteously aggrieved: cheer up, emo king. Director Adam G. Zalisk ’07, working from an adaptation by Jeremy R. Funke ’04, solved this dilemma by refusing to play it straight, undercutting many of the most dramatic lines with sarcasm or drunkenness (or a combination of the two). Speeches that could have had an air of pathos were delivered with a dismissive eye roll. Even when Richard (Brian C. Polk ’09) is in trouble and speaks about his worries, he fails to recognize his own part...
...editors: I was rather disappointed to read Brendan Hodge’s “Getting Around” (comment, Apr. 14). I grant you that sarcasm is essentially the second language of all Harvard students, but Hodge unfortunately does not understand the line between being funny and playful, and being obnoxious. Besides the general condescending tone, the simple fact of the matter is that most people at Harvard do walk most of the time (while at school anyway); if Hodge has evidence to the contrary, I’d be fascinated to see it. Furthermore, Hodge makes factual errors...
...mandatory snooty blond, Sharpay (Ashleey Tisdale), who calls the Garofalesque composer of the show a "sawed-off Sondheim" and sees it as her mission "to save the world from people who don't know the difference between a Tony Award and Tony Hawk." When Sharpay asks, with haughty sarcasm, "Did you ever see Michael Crawford on a cereal box?", most kids will have to Google the joke, or ask their parents...