Word: sardonicism
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Born in Hannover in 1887, Schwitters forsook the realism of his academic art training to become associated first with the sardonic Paul Klee, then with the Dadaists and such pioneer abstract painters as Piet Mondrian. But all his life Schwitters made a modest living painting realistic portraits aimed at pleasing...
The Thames was full of practicing oarsmen last week, all correctly garbed in soggy sweat suits and all wearing the sober face of dedication to a gentleman's sport. Then an Australian named Stuart Mackenzie clapped a flippantly incorrect bowler on his head, put on a sardonic grin, and...
Last week, with the release of The Apartment, which opened in Manhattan to rave reviews ("trenchant" . . . "sardonic" . . . "tumbling with wit" . . . "the most sophisticated movie I have ever seen"), Moviemaker Wilder obviously had another big hit on his hands. He also raised some intriguing questions in the minds of his audience...
Berlin Accent. The Apartment has its moments of sentimentality, even soap opera, when the heroine tries suicide for love of a married man. It has moments of sharp, watercooler burlesque as it glances at an office Christmas party. But beyond that, unfolding the story of a nice little guy whose...
Sometime Khan. A forbidding and formidable hulk of a man, Beckmann yet had a sardonic humor about himself. For those who attempted to commiserate with him over the troubles he had seen, Beckmann had a short answer: "I deserve trouble. I myself am a reincarnation of Genghis Khan. I too...