Word: sardonicism
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Chekhov is almost painfully Russian. His characters are up to their necks in suffering and continually say such things as "How life changes, How it deceives one." They are married to stupid husbands, or not married, or about to be married to people they don't love; they have forgotten...
"The Three Sisters" is a gloomy play, but it is good. Chekhov plays his mood for all it is worth, and at the same time manages to introduce quite a bit of sardonic humor. "The Three Sisters," however, is a play which needs expert handling; there is so much that...
An artisan's son, born in the dirt-poor village of Fuendetodos in 1746, he had the ruthless energy that stops at nothing and that nothing stops. Goya fought bulls and men with equally savage joy; had he written his autobiography, it could have been as proud and action...
Sunset Boulevard. How a faded movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).
Sunset Boulevard. How a faded silent movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).