Word: sardonicism
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Though Phylicia Ayers-Allen, as Dr. Huxtable's wife, is too young by a decade, the youngsters who play their rambunctious brood (Lisa Bonet, Malcolm- Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe and Keshia Knight-Pulliam) are charming. So is Cosby, most of the time. The veteran stand-up comic, commercial pitchman and...
The sardonic freezeniks who introduced and ran the0 referendum, John F. Tomlinson '87 and Matthew P. Cohn '87, acknowledged early on that they weren't totally serious about the thing. "Me and Matt were just sitting around in House Committee, and we said as a joke, 'Why don't we...
The same can be said about Ford. Han Solo, that interstellar swashbuckler, is brash and egotistical; Indiana Jones, with his whip and wide-brimmed hat, is a dashing romantic; John Book is, in the end, sensitive and compassionate. All three characters are believably different, but all three are also brothers...
In Havana to help alleviate tensions between the U.S. and the Castro regime, Blackford begins a series of negotiations with Che. The Commandante is a sardonic figure who sometimes talks like William F. Buckley in fatigues and beret: "Disappointing . . . is a distinctively English, meiotic expression." Wherever Oakes settles in, a...
The Kinks: Word of Mouth (Arista). At last, a good robust antiexercise song. In typically contrary Kinks fashion, however, Too Hot, with its sardonic image of an entire generation beefing, toning and shaping up, has a get-moving melody that is probably perfect for a workout. Head Kink Ray Davies...