| 单词 | comical |
| 例句 | “Kind of a comical genius,” his companion said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She discovered that some of the things she loved so much in her father were considered very comical to other people. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just fine. You know, your father is a real comical genius.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There were three little half-grown goats, and it was nice and comical to see how much they loved Harry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z They have a tendency to take expressions literally, and this literal interpretation is often incongruous with the standard one and therefore comical. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She was always a small woman, but her dialysis was forcing her to lose weight fast, and soon her short, gaunt frame was an almost comical mismatch with her husband’s bulk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The dragon, the griffin, the unicorn, the phoenix, the centaur—these and more are represented in Muggle works of that period, though usually with almost comical inexactitude. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It would have sounded comical under different circumstances. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Their salutes are comical; their outfits verge on ridiculous. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It might have been a comical scene in a film, but at the time it was nerve-racking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This part of it would have been comical if the results were not so grotesque. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The surgeon spoke English, and he said to Billy, “I take it you find war a very comical thing.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a tiny gesture, comical in retrospect, but painful at the time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony’s comical explanation of his shortcomings amused the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Billy found the couplet so comical that he not only laughed—he shrieked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But the police, with their usual disorganized overzealousness, made a comical mistake. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Judge Quinzy hardly acknowledged Lady Constance’s comical exit; his attention was fixed on Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It seems comical, looking back; we were a band of Charlie Chaplins marooned in the California desert. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman defending her underclothes from a battalion of soldiers was comical. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If not for the array of very proficient-looking weaponry hanging from each belt, it would have been almost comical. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Nicholas, husband and father, homeowner in England, spoke with a soberness so forbidding that it was almost comical. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That would be a comical murder, and a murder no one under any circumstances could solve or even suspect. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "I'm gonna go to night school. You come too. Gonna work in a recreation center for little kids, you come help me. You was always so comical. Get you a job." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a comical moment in the fifth year when our English teacher demanded, “But you have had lessons in grammar?” and we all looked shifty, as if the fault was ours. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, whenever he pulled up his shoulders, his round belly popped out in a comical arc. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But this comical astonishment lasted for a moment only. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z My girlfriends and I had a comical opinion of them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They called him a comical genius and carried his stories carefully home, and they wondered at how the stories spilled out on the way, for they never sounded the same repeated in their own kitchens. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His expression of horror and distaste was almost comical as he started swimming towards the young dog who waited for him a few yards out. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z James would roll his eyes that comical way he had and say, Alfred, my man, if she's a devil's agent I'm gonna go right down and apply for a . The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie thought that he had a very comical name and she laughed to herself every time she thought of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Every bit of it—its spindly legs, its chronically puzzled expression, its comical oven-mitt antlers—looks like some droll evolutionary joke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Their discussions became less heated, and often more comical. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He had looked strangely comical, like a bad actor auditioning for a solemn part in a play. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very tall, with formidable hefty hind legs and a comical pouched face topped off by two immense ears which flopped about of their own accord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was cut comical, so everybody laughed at it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “If I slip, just remember that I’m a comical genius. It’s hard to split a man down the middle and always to reach for the same half.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the muscles,” he shoots back, flexing his biceps and raising a single comical eyebrow. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He laughed like this was the most comical thing he’d heard in years. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second the hobbits had a vision, both comical and alarming, of his bright blue eye gleaming through a circle of gold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I would like all of you to take a moment now to think of the thing that scares you most, and imagine how you might force it to look comical....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This is an old- fashioned thing to say, and in another man I would find it comical, but not in Josef. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not the Greenie anymore,” Gaily said, his scratchy voice so low and cruel it was almost comical. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Charlie sat in the chair, and the contrast between him and its former occupant was comical. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He might have looked comical, but he did not; the effect was frightening, and Harry could not blame Ogden for backing away several more paces before he spoke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One of Sally’s cousins was a good-looking, slender, dark-haired boy named Appy, who later turned out to look like a movie idol and aroused more admiration than the short, comical, chubby Sally. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Suitcase’s grammatical mistake struck everyone as extremely comical. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kid Sampson had an angular, comical face with arched eyebrows and a scrawny blond mustache. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The fiddler played a fast and comical accompaniment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They were in tucks of laughter at his antics as Sam slapped at his fur and performed somersaults with a comical expression on his face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When this fails— think the patrician George H. W. Bush’s claimed affinity for pork rinds, or any Democratic candidate at an NRA meeting—the result is often highly comical, if not cringe-inducing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Surrounded by chollas, bur sage, and the comical scurrying of collared lizards, McCandless pitched his tent in the puny shade of a tamarisk and basked in his newfound freedom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Observers in the audience have heard the pop and are amazed by the famous actor making a sudden surprise appearance on the stage—perhaps adding some comical whimsy to this very special evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z With his bowed legs, barrel chest, and prominent ears, he presented a comical appearance, but Jon knew better than to laugh at him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was even more comical than I had remembered. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was comical sitting there in one of the two dresses she owned. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z His lines were confident and sure, the emerging picture comical and twisted and breathtakingly mesmerizing all at the same time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The little black Adélies, with a shocking white ring around their eyes, made a comical sight for the crew as they tobogganed off the icebergs into the water. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z When the sun peeped into the girls’ room early next morning to promise them a fine day, he saw a comical sight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But in spite of the comical red imps, sparkling elves, and the gorgeous princes and princesses, Jo’s pleasure had a drop of bitterness in it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They often make me laugh, but I never think they’re comical. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Charles said his face, trying to pretend not to see us, was the most comical thing he ever saw!’ Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The missing toes on his left foot had left him with a crabbed, awkward gait, comical to look upon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The lobster was instantly surrounded by a halo of pleasing reminiscences, and curiosity about ‘the charming young ladies’ diverted his mind from the comical mishap. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They think it’s very comical if he digs out a can opener or a picture of Herbert Hoover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the circumstances it seems out of place, comical even, a flip backward in time, a stunt. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Theaters put on "laughing gas evenings" where volunteers could refresh themselves with a robust inhalation and then entertain the audience with their comical staggerings. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There was something comical about Tommy at that moment, something that made you think, well, yes, if he’s going to be that daft, he deserves what’s coming. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In its smutty absurdity the situation was irresistibly comical. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the comical little painted man observing Boston through his tiny spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Chrissie had found everything about Martin comical and were relishing the chance to laugh openly about him now they’d left his flat. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had more pictures of Ahmad than he did of himself—it was almost comical how many photos his brother took and kept and distributed to family members. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Instead, my reflection is almost comical, with my sunken cheeks and bulging eyes, framed by this yellow-and-white halo. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I loosened my grip just a tad, and out popped her little screecher head, comical tusks and all. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z My grandmother’s face took on a sly, comical look. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You,” he said with a sneer so pronounced it went past comical to flat-out disturbing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They came on in such a hurry that they didn’t see Omakayas until they were nearly in her lap, and then, with comical looks of shock, they tried to stop themselves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The feathered horns of the comical puffins drooped low, and Kapugen told her they seemed to be grieving with him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Those words “I want a raise” sounded contrived and comical. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z If there had been anything comical about him when Alex had first seen him, it had completely evaporated. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Liam’s tanned face had gone porcelain pale, his mouth hanging open in an almost comical way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He went on letting me ignore him until it became almost comical. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was almost comical, his gentlemanliness, she thought as she followed him down the hallway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To many of my classmates Mrs. Finley’s dramatic readings of the English poets were comical, and I went along with laughing at her, but secretly I wanted to be an English poet. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I must have been a comical sight, but I have never owned a suit I was prouder to wear than my father’s cut-off pants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian felt terrible; he could hardly bear to look at Nately’s battered countenance, even though the sight was so comical he was tempted to guffaw. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was all so comical, and so joyful. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I watched him following Crenshaw through the group of passengers waiting to get on, a short, comical figure turning to wave, then disappearing through the door of the red brick terminal. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He certainly did add ‘spirit’ to the meetings, and ‘a tone’ to the paper, for his orations convulsed his hearers and his contributions were excellent, being patriotic, classical, comical, or dramatic, but never sentimental. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She struck me as so comical, that silly little scatterbrain! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His look of surprise was so comical that they laughed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The troll complied, keeling over with almost comical stiffness. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He strung ordinary sentences together and they came out sounding either like the most profane curses or like comical poetry. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well now, aren’t you the big comical rabbit? Let me tell you, my fine gentleman bucko, you won’t be half so funny when the Scourge is done with you. No sir!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Matthias cut a comical little figure as he wobbled his way along the cloisters, with his large sandals flip-flopping and his tail peeping from beneath the baggy folds of an oversized novice’s habit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The comical little painted man looked so genial, so ready to welcome anyone, that Johnny stepped in. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When illustrated, their features were exaggerated to comical lengths in order to make them seem worthless. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The graying hair on the back of his head was swept forward, a comical arrangement to disguise his bald spot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It took only two nights of casually flipping through the book for Cabot Searcy to read all of Benton Sage’s mostly comical entries. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z In several images the character holding up the astrolabe is a man in the nude wearing only a red loincloth of a distinctly comical effect. Art Review: Unlikely Wit on Sacred Pages at the Louvre 2011-07-29T11:30:07Z I think it’s important that Hades’s lines are simple and direct — and emotionally wrong, awkward and unnatural, but in a way that’s unsettling rather than comical. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The winner was worn by Daniel Craig: a bow tie so huge, and so comical, that I kept expecting it to spin around and whack the actor on the chin. Should the Oscars Survive? 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Some of the episodes and conversations are glumly comical — as when a group of boys compares notes about marathon World of Warcraft binges — but most are sad and disturbing. ‘Web Junkie’ Examines Internet Addiction in China 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Even as the plot takes some familiar turns — comical detours and a big tragic swerve — Ms. Akhavan steers away from cliché, and the cast avoids caricature. Review: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ Resists the Straight and Narrow 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z It was a darkly comical sight, given the gravitas of the handmaids’ fictional existence. The absurdity and dread of witnessing ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ filming in D.C. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Morley’s deliciously comical and vocally unassailable performance of Offenbach’s windup-doll aria was one of the highlights in a program that ranged from Mozart to Bernstein. Music Review: Opera Singers Bring Theatricality to SummerStage 2013-07-17T20:22:28Z There’s something both comical and touching about how regally they carry themselves. Au Revoir, Nancy! A Children’s Book Author Kisses Her Character Goodbye 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Critics were quick to condemn the airline’s sartorial policy as “almost comical” and “super embarrassing” in a larger sense. Norwegian Air says flight attendants must have doctor's note to avoid wearing heels: report 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z An almost comical series of PR boons followed, in which Bieber would arrive for a promo appearance and the host venue was completely unprepared for the crowd that showed up to see him. Teen sensation Bieber gears up for busy year 2010-03-22T02:25:00Z Written by Richard Marino, the company’s managing director, “Skeletons,” which closes this weekend, portrays the comical adventures that result when Grandpa and other departed relatives try to help Jimmy get on with his life. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z As a character in the movie, she has a subtly comical, deadpan presence. Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 27-March 5 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Given such radical fervour, it is almost comical to consider that the relatively anodine My Times Are Sweeter With You was Warda's first huge hit in Cairo. Warda gave us a soundtrack for the Arab spring 2012-05-21T12:40:01Z “Cry to Me,” and the comical “Lisa’s Hula” for the hotel talent show. Theater review: ‘Dirty Dancing — the Classic Story on Stage’ at National Theatre Also, there is something innately comical about stupidity; if we are forced to suffer fools, we can at least have some laffs in the process. The Year in Stupidity 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Lift-off is poetic, the inevitable return to Earth prosaic: Holmes dodges throughout between sublimity and a rueful, comical bathos. Falling Upwards by Richard Holmes – review 2013-04-22T07:00:01Z To each of these racy images Hugnet added, in gouache with a fine-tipped brush, a colorful, comical monster: a goggle-eyed chimera composed of avian, reptilian and mammalian elements. Art Review: Georges Hugnet?s ?Spumifers? at Ubu Gallery - Review 2012-01-05T22:30:33Z Mr. Lurie’s movie does not quite succeed on its own, though it is pulpy and brutal and at times grotesquely comical. | 'Straw Dogs': A Remake of ?Straw Dogs,? by Rod Lurie - Review 2011-09-15T22:30:47Z Palahniuk says the approach will be more "cartoony" because it was better suited to the "density of the story and for some of its more absurdly comical moments". Fight Club sequel due in 2015 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z To see babka referred to as lacking in richness in the context of the specimens that drip chocolate and butter all over the internet is almost comical. Babka's disputed, delicious origin story 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The glamorous but naive Katherine is taken up by the intellectual, self-indulgent, Goldman family, and has her heart broken in a series of vivid, comical vignettes – and that's just the first half of the novel. Kate Clanchy's top 10 coming-of-age novels 2013-05-22T09:52:36Z Fine and popular artists have been producing comical, grotesque and weird images of people at least since the days of Leonardo da Vinci. Art Review: ?Infinite Jest? at the Metropolitan Museum - Review 2011-09-15T21:19:50Z Its tone is quietly comical, with each chapter treated as an extended joke, or as an R-rated O. Henry story angling toward a neat concluding twist. | 'Autoerotic': When Sex Is Loneliness Multiplied 2011-07-21T21:47:40Z Unlike 2018, when Big Little Lies and Feud dominated this category to a near comical degree, there are five performances from five very different shows here. Golden Globes 2019: who will win – and who should win – the TV categories 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The commercial success of Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” has verged on the comical. Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’: Listener Mailbag 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In a way, the story became a struggle between the medical term “coronary-artery disease” and the more poetic and comical “widow’s block.” Roddy Doyle on Ex-Hurricane Ophelia and the Wild Atlantic Way 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Miller’s memoir is a charming forerunner to “Hail, Caesar!,” by the Coen brothers, with its comical but unvarnished view of the unsavory living that resulted in Hollywood’s cinematic treasures. A Brilliant, Unknown Memoir About Classic Hollywood 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z "In every tragic moment, there are those small trivial details that make it comical," said Östlund. With 83 foreign films in Oscar contention, a look at six standouts 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z While reporters across the globe rushed to interview the activist after her comical on-air resignation, the Anchorage woman has struggled to get people to pay attention to her prosecution. Reporter who quit on air to fight for pot legalization could face decades in prison 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z In addition to their comical musings, the display includes a comment on each cartoon by a mathematician, scientist or other expert. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z It’s a comical image, but there’s force behind it. Review: In Sara Fellini’s ‘In Vestments,’ Haunted by More Than Ghosts 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The story of “The Last Savage,” with a libretto by Menotti, is chock full of comical complications. Music Review: Love Beats Science in a Spoof by Menotti 2011-08-14T22:00:12Z The effect was both comical and electrifying, in a dance that otherwise seemed to involve a lot of process but not much memorable character. Seattle International Dance Festival 2013 kicks off 2013-06-17T20:09:36Z The answers are sometimes comical — Slim’s attempt to rob a gas station, for example — sometimes terrifying, and sometimes both at once, and they don’t emerge in simple black and white. ‘Queen & Slim’ Review: Love on the Run 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z His post garnered a few funny reactions from Twitter users, with one person crowning him “iconic” for the comical selfies. Black Friday fights caught on video land shoppers on Santa's naughty list 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Some are comical, but none are truly hilarious. ‘Bob and Roberta Smith: Art Amnesty,’ at MoMA PS1 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z This song, combined with other tracks from the album such as Eva and SS in Uruguay led Gainsbourg, provocative as ever, to find himself in trouble for his comical take on a controversial subject. Serge Gainsbourg's 20 most scandalous moments 2011-02-28T12:10:13Z The two are brought together by comical subterfuges on the part of their various friends and relatives. 'Much Ado About Nothing' at the Theatricum Botanicum is crowd-pleaser 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z But my mum never taught me Yoruba – which I'd study, with comical results, at Yale – and I heard not a word of my father's Ewe until I turned 15. Taiye Selasi: "I'm Afropolitan dammit!' 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z But not all the behavior is comical or sweet. Around Town for Children for Aug. 2-8 2013-08-01T22:28:16Z Meaty and sweaty, yet foolish and goofy, Ocampo’s comical monsters inhabit a reality that is not all that different from the real thing. The ghost of Goya rises in L.A.'s Chinatown 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z The episode was one of the show’s timeouts for screwball comedy, without a lot of story advancement but with a lot of comical running around in circles that set up future story lines. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Absence of Yes 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Beatbox, childish beeps and squawks, and bird-calls combine with text recitals to accompany dances that range from the comical – a languidly sketched sequence of cod-classical dance by David Kern – to the hauntingly beautiful. The Forsythe Company – review 2013-06-22T23:05:16Z Efforts to connect the war to fears of masculine inadequacy seem now almost as comical as Bellows’s work is macabre. What can artists do when the world turns ugly? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Despite old flared jeans and no makeup, the Stones seemed very camp, hairy, comical, special and determinedly professional, despite the shambolic veneer, and the music they shared as the night progressed felt extraordinary. The night I saw the Rolling Stones jam until 7am 2012-11-25T00:05:36Z They are, as they proudly call themselves, “arabbers” peddlers who hawk their produce from horse-drawn carts with lyrical and sometimes comical auction calls, or “hollers.” At the Folklife Festival, arabbers peddle fruit with a musical flourish It is an odd and almost comical development, inspiring some people to think that perhaps all distinctions are pernicious, all categories exclusive, all oppositions a form of oppression. Perspective | Forty years of sex and gender in the wilds of New York 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Timberlake helped write the music to the film's most comical song, "Please, Mr. Kennedy," which he sings with Isaac and Adam Driver of "Girls." Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival 2013-05-19T14:15:12Z The piece sits on a base of curls resembling extruded frosting, an ornamental flourish gone casual and comical. Mineo Mizuno at Samuel Freeman: serene, whimsical, surprising 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z There’s scarcely any singing, but he does play Mr. Abramoff as a larger-than-life figure whose intensity veers from the moralizing to the comical. The Carpetbagger: For Kevin Spacey, a Reviled Lobbyist Is No Mere Villain 2010-12-16T20:44:04Z At once chilling and comical, he speaks to Nora in a voice soft as a cat’s paw, muscles and claws hidden just beneath the fur. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s definitely meant to be upsetting, awful, comical and tough to watch, and succeeds on that level. “Killer Joe”: Matthew McConaughey’s comeback gets creepier 2012-07-26T15:00:00Z Pete Postlethwaite can be a wonderful actor, but when his character suddenly declares his closeness to his adopted son, the effect is almost comical. 'Clash of the Titans': Fantasy without wings 2010-04-01T06:37:00Z The staring lens is at once monstrous and comical — a mechanical Cyclops merged with R2-D2. 'Apparitions' at the Hammer explores low-tech art in a high-tech world 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Edgar Serrano’s paintings flirt with horror, but with a light, comical touch. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z An oddly comforting theme runs through these comically gruesome, gruesomely comical specials: That the worst thing you can imagine may be better than the life you're already living. TV Picks: Foo Fighters, twins, Simpsons, 'Web Therapy,' more 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Yes, he went from comical to incendiary just like that. Vince Vaughn wants guns in schools: Resist power of 'corrupt and abusive government' 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s crowded with noble, villainous and comical characters: police spies and magistrates; radical firebrands and anxious liberals; pompous officials and plain-spoken workers; servants, tradesman, gossips, thugs and children. ‘Peterloo’ Review: Political Violence of the Past Mirrors the Present 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z “It seems almost comical, just Ivy League upon Ivy League, the Mayflower and so on,” she said. Like to Mock Our Weddings Pages? Get in Line 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z It's a comical spark -- the wily wink and sly nudge -- that is all too infrequent in this workmanlike but unexciting production. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z In the semi-staged “Peasant Cantata” that concluded the program, Duer and Cain’s portrayals of a rustic farmer and his wife were genuinely comical and very well sung. Review | Washington Bach Consort gives a cheerful performance fit for spring 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z People accused her of foisting the restaurant’s labor costs onto diners — a complaint she found almost comical. The Restaurant Service Charge Isn’t Going Anywhere 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z That, to me, was comical that someone would take that time to dress up and paint their face to come taunt me at an event. Chasten Buttigieg: We built a campaign where gay people felt seen 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z The croaking throats, rushing to the aid of my heterosexual side, were almost comical — it was all in my head! A frat boy’s “gay experience” 2014-04-21T00:00:00Z Suddenly the heavens opened in a deluge of biblical or comical proportions. Olive Kitteridge at Venice: An Our Town for Our Time 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Others were comical in their stating what had become obvious. Twitter, Facebook have different roles when news develops 2011-05-02T22:23:00Z “Your bathroom is so small, it’s almost comical,” he said. The retro bliss of vintage trailer resorts 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z As soon as white women start rhyming, no matter what they say, it’s seen as cute and comical, like a cat walking on its hind legs. White Female Rappers Challenging Hip-Hop?s Masculine Ideal 2011-12-23T14:30:39Z These sweets can also be comical, parodies of real desserts. Sensational Sweets of the Imagination 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Yet, alongside these sacrifices, the comical side of the family narrative has been present. The Story of the Subtle Asian Traits Facebook Group 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z A common occurrence among Israelis who immigrate to the U.S. is that they begin speaking Yiddish, and, in the case of Arabs, it might sound comical! An Exchange Between Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z He is soulful in a quiet and often comical way. Chris O'Dowd instills a hometown feel in Hulu comedy 'Moone Boy' 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z He'd never heard of George Clinton, which seems comical now, but they were coming from a punk background. 'Catalyst bands': What do you mean, you've never heard of them? 2011-07-21T21:01:01Z The scene was sweetly comical: The top of his head barely grazed their chests. Joey Alexander, an 11-Year-Old Jazz Sensation Who Hardly Clears the Piano’s Sightlines 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Last but not least, Lydia McLane, as the scurrying, head-wagging maid, Two Lips, is as endearing and comical a presence as ever. A 'Nutcracker' with a beat and burlesque flair 2011-12-16T19:33:04Z “I was thinking: Why are we making these characters comical? Why are they only there for promiscuous jokes?” Gay-Themed Movies in India Fight Back Against Taboos 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z In a preparatory sketch from 1780, Durga, astride her big cat, and Kali, the hideous goddess of death, approach a motley crew of demons, each a comical hybrid of human and bestial features. Art Review: A Life-Affirming Female Force, Ready to Rumble 2011-07-07T21:58:23Z It’s almost comical, how hard “Mad Men” is doubling down on the symbolism of Don’s Upper East Side penthouse. “Mad Men” recap: “Why don’t you just write down all of your dreams so I can s**t on them?” 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Vantuycom, explosive and frequently overwrought, dashed out repeatedly with an almost comical vigor. Review: Spinning and Toiling, but Not Finding Coltrane’s Sacred Love 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Related: Asymmetric love, part one: I'm going to tell him how I feel It got comical at times. Asymmetric love, part four: the view from the other side 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He not only loathes the memory of Susan’s husband but most men to boot, finding them boastful, oafish and predatory, both beastly and comical. He’s 19. She’s 48 and Married. When They Play Doubles Tennis, It’s a Match. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z At 27, she wears multiple hats including actor, standup comedian, writer and comedian with an ease that is almost comical. Why is Ayo Edibiri everywhere these days? Because we need her awkward sincerity more than ever 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z It’s at once comical, excruciating and revelatory of the characters’ lifelong relationship — and it achieves this all through a phone call, one of whose participants we can’t even see. Review: In the Binge-TV Age, ‘Room 104’ Offers a 30-Minute Escape 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z This epidemic supposedly fosters a fragile-flower climate, cosseting and infantilizing young adults while punishing dissent and discouraging free speech, all against a backdrop of almost comical histrionics. Gene Weingarten: A mea culpa (no offense to the Romans!) 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z He was tragic, endearing, self-loathing, comical and filled with suppressed rage. Critics predict Emmy nods for "Good Wife", "Glee" 2010-06-16T06:46:00Z Two unintentionally comical sex scenes serve as runners-up to Steven Spielberg’s ludicrous “Munich” bedroom fantasy—one involves a sandstorm, the other features a rack-focus from the couple in heat to a dramatically significant prop. In “Allied,” Empty Nostalgia for American Heroes 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Even with my comical lack of skill, it was really fun. Volleyball is an exercise in bump, jump and run 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The resolution leads him on comical crusade in an unfamiliar world, but after initial failure, he volunteers as a translator for French-speaking African refugees seeking asylum in the U.S. Review: Examining anger, empathy in 'All The Rage' 2013-01-31T01:19:07Z In a comical YouTube video, he encouraged fans to rant about the new album and reacts uncomfortably as one fan describes “Frequency Unknown” as “a travesty of an album.” Court ruling creates two Queensrÿches 2013-06-19T23:47:34Z Dr. Grind remains earnest while performing the comical Stanford marshmallow experiment, which measures how long children are willing to delay gratification when yummy treats are placed before them. In ‘Perfect Little World,’ a scientist hopes to create the ideal family 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z "Listening to old music remastered to a newer format is almost comical," Sarah said. Young people with old souls prefer records to CDs 2011-03-21T16:19:11Z After reading Joyce, banal conversation is suddenly comical, fascinating and strange. Embracing the Ordinary by Michael Foley - review 2012-07-18T07:00:02Z Marc Webster, a bass, was robust and comical as Mr. Frog and Polkan the Dog. Music Review: Shostakovich’s ‘Tale of the Silly Baby Mouse,’ at Bronx Zoo 2012-06-25T21:28:26Z In one shot, an ostrich peers over a fence as if into the distance — an image that, after a time, transforms from the somewhat comical into the increasingly desperate. 'Bestiaire': Meditation on captive animals both beautiful, repellent 2012-11-15T21:33:08Z There is a moment when, stark naked, she saunters across the screen with a knowing and comical look on her face. David Thomson on Annette Bening 2010-10-27T22:40:00Z Last year, NBC attempted to emulate Jones' comical commentary with others who failed to capture her signature charm. What's keeping NBC from rehiring Leslie Jones for its Olympics commentary? 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The effect, he says, is a lessening of common stressors in these fraught times, though he does not rule out someone making a big, comical noise if things get too quiet. Wild sounds: Jazz improv and field recordings mix for ‘End of Summer Sound Vespers’ 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z With comical and heartbreaking anecdotes, Danovich points to how hen keeping has shifted her perspective and altered her behavior. “Under the Henfluence” urges us to see hens as complex beings 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Beaver, meanwhile, was a typical boy whose adventures landed him in one comical crisis after another. Barbara Billingsley, Beaver Cleaver's TV mom, dies 2010-10-16T21:28:00Z The characters in my short stories feel more fabricated, and more comical. Ottessa Moshfegh on becoming a writer and her buzzed-about novel, 'Eileen' 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z It’s comical and satirical, and it explains why Rummy appeals to Cheney. Adam McKay's "Vice": A sly, irreverent portrait of Dick Cheney's monstrous power 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Glue?” just to watch that comical look of horror as they backed away. Gene Weingarten: Schlepping with the enemy 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z When I saw the film, the audience was openly laughing in moments; for a movie that required research, it’s also at times comical. 'The Boy Next Door' Star Ryan Guzman: You're supposed to laugh at my movie 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Viewed as a group, the number of Titanic-related books that have crossed my desk in recent weeks borders on the comical. ArtsBeat: For Titanic Anniversary, the Books Go On and On 2012-03-20T17:49:46Z Many of us may have doused our things in comical amounts of disinfectant and flown into frenzies by mere throat tickles, but the relatability factor is redundant at this point. ‘Stop and Go’ Review: Pandemic Aside, Girls Just Want to Have Fun 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z A few news outlets wrote up the find, which was more comical and embarrassing than scandalous. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z These people’s ignorance of the human body would be comical if it weren’t so damaging. Review | Elif Shafak continues to resist Turkey’s repressive government with brilliant fiction 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z “There’s this very funny, comical dance that happens between manager and chef because we’re both doing two halves of the job,” he said. The Quarterback of the Kitchen? It’s Not Always the Chef 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z That passage about children is made unfortunately comical by Ms. Martínez’s shouting, later echoed by the choir to drive home loaded words like “killed” and “harm.” Review: A ‘Dreamers’ Oratorio Tries to Transcend the Trump Moment 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z They have to pass through a metal-detecting security gate, which is comical, but sad. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z The Modern section’s most impressive female figure, however, is a giant, comical ceramic nude sitting at Nancy Hoffman: Viola Frey’s “Seated Stubborn Woman, Orange Hands.” Art Review: Armory Show, Modern and Contemporary, at Piers 92 and 94 2012-03-08T23:15:02Z Roach says they filmed during the GOP presidential debates and were worried they wouldn't be as comical as reality. First Look: Funny politics in 'The Campaign' 2012-04-25T01:42:07Z His memoir draws upon his comical recollections of his Irish Catholic upbringing in suburban Massachusetts, in a town that felt like the 1950s — even when he was growing up in the 1970s. WATCH: “Mean” dads make America better 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The large and intricate tattoo surrounding it makes the scene light-hearted and comical. "Wild and raunchy": "Joy Ride" delivers a full-frontal subversion of sexuality for Asian women 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z At a meter high, they are at once imposing and comical, a jumble of feathers with ragged, twitching ear tufts. Through the Russian Wilderness in Search of the World’s Largest Owl 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The kitty with the comical frown and feline dwarfism "will be worked into the end of the show and will become an honorary Jellicle Cat," according to a spokesman for the show. Internet star Grumpy Cat to join a Broadway show _ 'Cats' 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Why I do not discuss this: I began to make elaborate, comical head and eye gestures to Murry — Get some pictures, dude! — but he kept his cameras at his side. Gene Weingarten: No guts, no glory 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Perched on a pedestal next to him, a baboon with bushy eyebrows frowns, creating an irresistibly comical effect. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Despite such surreal, even comical moments, “Rosewater” is neither farce nor satire. Jon Stewart, now a feature film director with ‘Rosewater,’ contemplates what’s next Beribboned, hooked, horned, it grew to comical size, its practical function outstripped by the symbolic one of advertising what it was intended to protect or conceal. In London, Cheetos Tans and a Codpiece Are in Fashion 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z One panel is a comical lineup of the odd characters who once peopled the streets of Cork; witty paragraphs convey each person’s defining eccentricity. The Artist Who Dared to Paint Ireland’s Great Famine 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Just as you’re beginning to suspect the show is going to be nothing but an extended comical riff on 1950s repressiveness, discord breaks out in the group, and suddenly the friends are friends no more. Review: Cooking Their Way Out of the ’50s, Singing 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Any kind of romantic or erotic attachment is forbidden, and disciplinary methods range from comical to horrific. Review: In ‘The Lobster,’ Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Both draw deeply on Tompkins' awareness of his own inadequacy, and his comical attempts to conceal it. Paul F Tompkins – review 2013-04-09T16:11:03Z Allen sounds strangely subdued, tamping down Pink’s strident, comical posturing. Album review: Pink, 'The Truth About Love' 2012-09-18T04:36:00Z As soon as she recovers from her August run in the Scottish capital, the plan is to finish a book she is writing with her father, which will be “a comical analysis” of economics. British comic Elf Lyons makes economics a laughing matter 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z His sense of humor is disarming, as he pivots from comical to solemn in a split-second. How Schoolboy Q took it slow and had one of the best years in rap 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z “Since I started,” she added, with a comical groan, “I feel like I’ve aged 20 years.” New York Fashion Week’s Under-the-Radar Talents 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “Overall, the blacklist mostly remains a matter of minor but kind of comical inconvenience,” said Katherine Miller, political editor of BuzzFeed, which Trump has banned since he announced he was running. No, there’s no rhyme or reason to Trump’s ban on news organizations 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z If a modern production of this comical character ballet is not to become a quaint evocation of mid-19th-century French cafe culture, it must not be afraid of being vulgar. American Ballet Theater Performs ‘Gaîté Parisienne’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Real acts of revenge, such as the fanciful chastisements sometimes inflicted on cheating spouses, are treated as comical aberrations. I spit on your grave, but that's about it 2011-01-24T13:50:06Z As soon as his brush strokes began to clump into shapes, fidgeting, incipiently comical suggestions of people, places, things, relationships and feelings began to infiltrate his pictures. Philip Guston’s About-Face, in a Bracing Show at Hauser & Wirth 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Elsewhere she brings fiery humor and sass to songs like “Miss America,” a comical critique of that institution, and “Put in a Package and Sold,” whose subject I probably don’t need to explain. Theater Review: ‘I’m Getting My Act Together’ at City Center 2013-07-25T21:07:09Z Mr. Johanson’s acidly comical drawings and paintings feature images of people crudely rendered as if by a child. Art Review: 5 Artists in ‘Energy That Is All Around: Mission School’ 2014-04-24T21:50:22Z The increasingly comical proceedings culminated in an episode that played like a parody of the standard cliffhanger finale, with a Rambo-like raid and shootout, exploding bodies and a blood-soaked resurrection. Critic’s Notebook: ‘True Blood,’ in a New Season, Seems to Renew Its Vows 2013-06-14T21:16:39Z Producers of Christopher Durang's comical work that won the best play award Sunday said Monday it will extend for a final time until Aug. 25. Sigourney Weaver to leave 'Vanya and Sonia' 2013-06-10T20:31:10Z “One of the things I discussed in my first letter to Susan was that there were some things in this story that were hard to believe and frankly comical, and she agreed,” Sinclair said. In ‘Landscapers,’ True Crime Meets Hollywood Fantasy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z And more than a few times the misogyny The Doctor faces is comical. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z One comical piece resembles the offspring of a pistol and a peace sign, by way of the Three Stooges. Go ahead, touch the art. That's the point of 'Twiddle, Poke, Hold' 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Christopher Buening's "Front Tooth Fail" is a comical multimedia shrine to a tooth that was never meant to be. Chew on this: strange art about teeth 2012-10-10T20:45:05Z Literary rivalry, on the other hand, and in particular literary envy, is in my view hugely promising: nuanced, sordid and inherently comical. Martin Amis Is Committed to the Pleasure Principle in Books 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z In a comical scene, a reporter for a journal called The Hobo Times mistakes her for one of his tribe and attempts to interview her. Books of The Times: ?Wild? by Cheryl Strayed, a Walkabout of Reinvention 2012-03-27T15:51:40Z “I’m law enforcement too” he says to the agents who are investigating him as a potential terrorist, with an earnestness that is both comical and pathetic. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z What we got was an almost comical shot of a naked Andea standing over the sleeping Governor holding the knife straight out, ensuring that if he awoke she’d be toast. The Walking Dead Watch: Hey, Judas 2013-02-25T20:07:50Z A new super-duper power shoulder on black leather biker jackets went beyond masculine and into linebacker territory, which looked comical but will probably be influential with a little watering down. Fashion Review: Fashion’s Young Guns Show Paris a Dark Side 2012-09-27T23:26:09Z It’s both comical and somewhat pitiful, but it also feels like an authorial declaration because it dovetails with Mr. Russell’s belief in joyous, transporting cinema. Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ Directed by David O. Russell 2012-11-15T20:57:57Z Told as a series of overlapping chapters, Ms. Brooks’s is the story of an Australian teenager whose disappearance sets in motion a chain of events both comical and horrible. Venice Film Festival Offers a Chance to Watch Suffering, Then to Quaff Champagne 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The show focuses on the elementary school student of the title and the comical side of his misery-filled moments, from the gum in his hair in the morning to his broken night light at bedtime. Spare Times for Children for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z “Bad Tales” concerns the wretched, sometimes comical, occasionally tender interactions of a group of families in an exurban development on the outskirts of Rome. ‘Bad Tales’ Review: Suburban Dysfunction, Italian Style 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “It’s comical but it’s harder to explain,” Meyers says about Clinton’s emails, controversy over her family foundation and the WikiLeaks release of hacked Democratic party emails. Seth Meyers on Trump the candidate: 'I think he knows he'd hate the job' 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Story poems, love poems, frightening poems, tender poems, political poems, comical poems, poems that show the world as it is, and poems that look through the world into infinite space. Government backs drive for young to learn poetry by heart 2013-01-08T13:59:22Z Ives has mastered dozens of comical ways a pick-up attempt can flame out, and while Rooth's character has heard it all before, Elrod's determination to get to a "yes" lends poignancy to the humor. Review: 'All in the Timing' has wordplay and wit 2013-02-13T19:03:10Z Continuing north, we passed prairie dog towns, open meadows where the comical little rodents live by the hundreds. Lots of wildlife and no crowds at North Dakota’s Roosevelt National Park 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z And even Damon's hair begins to look less comical. 2009-12-11T03:16:00Z But it points as well to the excesses of Hitchcock worship, advanced by the French director François Truffaut and embraced to a comical degree by academic film studies. Review | In ‘The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock,’ it’s the contradictions that made the man 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z There are shades of Adams’ comical tempo here, with layers of “Monty Python”-inspired visual gags and tropes familiar to fans of high concept American movie comedies. Marvelously strange: “Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency” asks us to trust that it’s all connected 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z They make comical offers to properly do the future child's hair, so she doesn't have what Rebecca lightheartedly calls, "nappy-I-got-white-parents hair syndrome." Review: 'The Call' is a touching adoption saga 2013-04-15T02:01:06Z Video content can be as short as one minute, which is about the length of “Hot Intermissions,” comical parodies of the traditional commercial break, or as long as feature films. Blacktag Has Big Plans 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Even when this process is mostly comical, as in “Lady Bird,” the stakes are serious. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z This renders comical the portentous pronouncements of liberal editorialists who threaten that the Court’s legitimacy is at stake if it strikes down the law. Quinnipiac Poll: Swing-State Voters Think the Supreme Court Should Overturn All of Obamacare 2012-05-03T17:28:41Z That applies for former Secretary Hillary Clinton trying to mask her ambition for the White House and Senator Bernie Sanders’ almost comical commitment to his old red Chevrolet as a litmus test for his progressivism. Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” nails it: Your new must-see late-night show takes down the GOP, Hillary and Bernie, and her “woman-ness” in hilarious debut 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z It tiptoes around the prospect of greatness in a way that seems comical in retrospect — a reminder that no one was born a sure thing. The Virtues of Shelf-lessness 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z So it’s not surprising that their teeth look almost comical – they are enormous, bucked and extremely sharp. Indigenous culture, busy beavers and poutine: exploring Quebec in fall 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s a startling, creepy and comical head-scratcher of an image that suggests more questions about Mr. Goulet’s dark comedy than it answers. Behind the Poster: 'Filler' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Speaking of perfectly normal reactions, Cain's "Fox & Friends" rant becomes especially comical in the full context of all of Jon Kent's adventures in his groundbreaking comic series. Dean Cain’s critiques of a queer Superman reveal someone hasn't done the reading 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z In the mid-1970s she begins casting some foam sculptures in aluminum, lead and bronze, destroying them while contrasting their comical forms with the sober, more lasting materials of traditional sculpture. Art Review: Artful Commentary, Oozing From the Walls 2011-02-17T21:27:55Z Most comical, however, and also pathetically anticlimactic, is the bold declaration that Prince William might actually change diapers. Movie Review : ‘Born to Royalty’ Looks at the Rearing of Britain’s Rulers 2013-07-18T22:37:23Z “Instead, he is sympathetic as well as comical, and his closing cri de coeur against God is one for the ages.” 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Professor Bowdre believes that "the highly sexualised and comical meanings placed on African-American bodies in the context of the United States" inhibit film-makers from allowing black characters to engage properly with romance. Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z A reward offered for the shark evokes a comical flotilla of amateurs. L.A. Times' original 1975 review of 'Jaws' unearthed: We hated it 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Everywhere in his work there are faces made monstrous, comical or weirdly attractive by their carving up and careful wedding with others. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The show focuses on the elementary school student of the title and the comical side of his misery-filled moments, from the gum in his hair in the morning to his broken nightlight at bedtime. Spare Times for Children for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z The Golden Globes were beautiful and strange and occasionally comical. Perspective | The Golden Globes red carpet showed it’s okay to delight in fashion rather than just tolerating it 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z But it’s tempered by the kindness of strange creatures — comical monsters that neither speak nor reveal their identities or purposes. What to see in L.A. galleries: John Altoon, Maria Lassnig, a funky fairy tale and stenciled magic 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z And Mr. Morris, now with long dreadlocks, small and wary, smart-alecky and comical, kept control. Critic’s Notebook: Black Flag Returns, in Two Permutations 2013-05-29T16:39:52Z You must stay off private property, of course, but I also recommend that you avoid the comical errors that I made on my early expeditions. Collectors Find Historical Value in Broken Glass 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Refusing to accept that girls grow up is often treated not as the oppressive force that it is, but as something cute or comical. Arya Stark is an adult woman: "Game of Thrones" sex shock is rooted in hypocritical purity culture 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Cedel, fresh from being named one of six winners in the Metropolitan Opera's 60th annual National Council Auditions earlier this month, played the comical servant Nerbulone with a lustrous, booming voice and charismatic appeal. Baroque opera in burlesque house 2013-03-21T16:06:09Z Amid the political and journalistic drama, for example, there are darkly comical scenes about the bungled break-in at Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office. ‘Most Dangerous’: A fast-paced young people’s biography of Daniel Ellsberg 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z His drawings were comical but rarely bitter or grotesque. Nick Clegg as a cartoon figure - it's fun but does it really hurt? 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z Where athletics are perceived as hypermasculine and are, in turn, afforded almost comical reverence, celebrity gossip is a girly, guilty pleasure. Gossip explains our culture. And nobody explains it like Lainey Gossip. 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The results are invariably comical: outsized, misshapen and inedible, like versions of the foods you know but in a weird dream or American supermarket. TV OD with Daniel Maier: Food Factory 2012-06-29T23:05:00Z I think it's comical - if it weren't so upsetting - that they can't see this film, where there is no violence or nudity. Trust issues 2011-07-08T07:24:09Z Or the motivation of whole character arcs—Paul’s story in this episode is almost comical in how overwhelmingly macho he’s attempting to be, but his spiral is played for the grittiest, most serious emotions possible. “True Detective” recap: Internal investigations and the shoot-out of the century 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z His comical failure to command the events we're observing somehow makes this candid-camera footage more vivid and haunting than it might otherwise be. The Henry's 'The Talent Show' winks at the camera 2011-07-07T19:29:04Z As Surrey, he trilled his tongue daringly as he threw down a gage; as a gossiping gardener, he exclaimed a comical “Whaaaaaaaat? Think you the King shall be deposed?” ‘Richard II’ Review: A Radio King With a Tottering Crown 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In other examples of women raging in a domestic space, there is sometimes comical collateral damage. Hell Hath No Fury 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z It would all be very eery and horrifying if it were not at the same time absurd and comical. World literature tour: Indonesia 2011-07-18T11:22:40Z If Mr. Roth’s Nixon is a raving madman, Guston’s is an almost tragic figure, imprisoned in his own comical anatomy. Philip Guston and His Barbed-Pen Nixon Years 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z To those involved, it seems comical in retrospect. Review: In ‘The Wanted 18,’ Palestinians Hide Cows From Israeli Forces 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z What Roth saw, himself bruised and embittered by these vilifications, was ignorant philistinism by minds impenetrable to the comical and freewheeling and antic liberties of good-natured satire. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z The gallery setting for these spiritually subversive images is comical. Art in Review: ?GIVERNY?: E. V. Day and Kembra Pfahler 2012-04-05T21:37:44Z "To suggest, for example, that a work by Dan Flavin is a work of art only when it is switched on, is comical," he told the Art Newspaper. Call that art? No, Dan Flavin's work is just simple light fittings, say EU experts 2010-12-20T20:43:38Z There’s an almost comical amount of calamity in “Bargain,” the latest offering in the push from Paramount+ into a robust South Korean streaming market that exploded with the popularity of Netflix’s “Squid Game” in 2021. Sex, Thugs and Kidneys: ‘Bargain’ Bids to Be the Next ‘Squid Game’ 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Dr. Lillian’s conversations with the technician delivering radiation to her brain are almost comical as she tries to divine what’s next for her. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Can Any Relationship Last? 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z This police procedural from Paul Abbott, the creator of “Shameless,” stands out among British cop dramas for its female lead roles and darkly comical take on the genre. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Amour’ and ‘I Am Evidence’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z I exit — avoiding a stout, flute-playing man whose comical jig has drawn a small crowd, if not much cash — and wander across to the Romano-Germanic Museum. Dusseldorf vs. Cologne: A rivalry you can grin and beer 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z When a giant, terrifying fissure erupts in the earth, separating a family of giraffes as they look on in comical horror, we are supposed to laugh. America’s apocalypse obsession 2012-07-18T15:42:00Z “When they see a character that’s purely comical and purely for the children, they felt probably a bit condescended to,” Best explained. What’s it like to be Jar Jar Binks?: Actor admits “it was painful” in candid interview about the most reviled “Star Wars” role 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z This equipment looks a bit comical, but its presence is as much a declaration of ethical principles as an arresting visual joke. Review: ‘Karl Marx City’ Revisits the Everyday Terror of Dictatorship 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z While I didn't have that takeaway from the film, I can certainly say that director Andy Muschietti and Skarsgård definitely aimed for a more viscerally frightening, and thereby less comical, take on the character. The case for Tim Curry's Pennywise 2019-09-14T04:00:00Z The makeup artist Pat McGrath seemed to find the scene comical. Dolce & Gabbana’s Runway Experiment 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z She has filled a comical ceramic vase that has human features with scavenged mountain laurel, honeysuckle, ferns and maple seedlings and laid a table with stemless goblets and speckled dishes. A Southern Home That Embodies Oh-This-Old-Thing Elegance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z DeVita is an ingratiating host throughout his comical and expressive show, which opened Sunday night off-Broadway at The Pearl Theatre. Review: Bard comically humanized off-Broadway 2013-01-14T22:26:07Z Yet for all of their crassness and hypocrisy, they come across as appealing and amusing, not quite endearing, certainly, but still, a la Shakespeare’s rude mechanicals, exquisitely comical. Why ‘The Front Page’ is the best newspaper comedy of all time 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s why he needs to dissect the toaster late at night, why a comical encounter with an appliance was, for me, the most affecting moment of the hour. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Laws of Human Nature, Interrupted -- or, The Case of the Disappearing Bagel 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z There is a comical asymmetry between his efforts and theirs, but also something mysterious, as if his were made for a voodoo dollhouse. Art in Review: Richard Pettibone: Paintings and Sculpture: 1964-2003 2013-07-18T21:05:57Z Wiig’s performance was simultaneously impressive and comical, and Ziegler was stunning as always. Grammy Awards 2015 Recap 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z You couldn't have invented a plausible character in fiction as outrageous, unqualified and unintentionally comical as she is. 'My humour has always come from anger' 2011-03-06T00:02:01Z It’s not a remarkably comical comedy; its caper subplot is even more negligible. "The Matrix" is basically a sci-fi "Office Space" 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z In Handel’s generation writers like Swift and Fielding would announce comical or satirical intentions and then proceed to unfold larger, much more serious, ultimately visionary projects.” Still Resonating From the Great Wall 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z “Family Guy,” “Meet the Quagmires,” 2007 While most of the political/historical intersections on this list are dramatic, this one happens to be comical. "American Horror Story: Cult" and 15 other wild onscreen takes on American history 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Little things like this I have always found comical. Isabella Rossellini's guide to the sex life of the wild 2011-02-06T00:04:04Z The pain seemed gone, our conversations now comical. Confronting Race, Religion and Her Heart 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z He laughs so often as he says this that I can't tell if he finds the memory perversely comical or mortifyingly uncomfortable. Depeche Mode: 'We're dysfunctional. Maybe that's what makes us tick' 2013-03-28T14:03:56Z And although it's earned a few comical reviews from viewers, it's also earned a considerable amount of praise. “Red, White & Royal Blue”: Here's what Henry's and Alex's taste in books say about their characters 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z It was particularly comical to watch her keep track of the game on a television screen behind her in B.B. Three women, four cities, one long road trip through the South 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “They’re a little bit scary, they’re comical and, when I look at them, I see a lot of failed hopes, lost dreams, regret.” Warhol Museum Director to Join Sotheby’s New Fine Art Division 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z It’s an incredible reversal of fortune and a thrill to watch although in moments it seems like an oddly comical way to reintroduce such a character. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 5: On Your Knees 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z It also inspired countless memes, including a "Mega Pint" remix uploaded on YouTube, a comical skit posted by YouTuber snerixx and other similar posts on Instagram and Twitter. “Depp v. Heard”: The 6 most shocking moments from Netflix’s doc about the viral celebrity trial 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z "We call it the German psychiatrist’s office," his wife says in a comical stage whisper. Bette Midler's Lush Manhattan Penthouse and Garden 2014-05-06T04:00:00Z The overwhelming response was “ridicule” — French for ridiculous and absurd, as well as comical and amusing. ‘Ridicule’: The French Reaction to ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Since the challenge began, Foo Fighters have recorded stripped-down live sets and comical fake commercials, all with the goal of maintaining their connection to their audience. Dave Grohl, 10-Year-Old Nandi Bushell and One Very Epic Drum Battle 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The most comical thing for the Soloway daughters as well as the Pfefferman daughters is that, as recently as a year ago, probably, they felt like they were dealing with this niche problem. “It couldn’t be sillier, it couldn’t be more insane”: “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway on Season 2 in the era of “I Am Cait” 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Under different circumstances, I might have found it gently comical, this overly patriotic display. I'm told to 'go back home'. But I'm an American – and dissent is patriotic 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Like much of her work, the portrait is simultaneously outrageous, comical, and touching: the human body exposed in its effortful swagger and its innate vulnerability. The Animal and the Edible in Sarah Lucas’s Self-Portraits 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z And as the evening wears on and banal pleasantries rub shoulders with more pointed exchanges, secrets spill with almost comical regularity. ‘The Humans’ Review: Reasons (Not) to Be Cheerful 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z That, combined with family loss, infidelity and health scares, offers plenty of comical yet achingly relatable material for the final six episodes. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Catastrophe’ and ‘Searching’ 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Magnusson writes: “I know many people who can sit in a messy home and look as if they are happy and in harmony. To me they seem almost comical. I don’t understand them.” Recipes for a Tidy and Tasty Death 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z For the first several weeks that challenge alone seemed almost insurmountable; the idea of shifting my hand from one chord to the next in time with a song seemed almost comical. Guitar Zero: psychologist Gary Marcus says science proves it's never to late to learn music 2012-06-05T15:11:01Z Tentative and comical, they let the old fantasy die but preserve its enriching spirit in a jar. Whitechapel Gallery's Spirit of Utopia offers only broken dreams 2013-07-03T15:18:21Z The list of blundering comical superheroes might be longer at this point than the list of traditional superheroes, but this fast-moving series finds a lot of new laughs in the genre nonetheless. Review: ‘SuperMansion’ Stars Blundering Stop-Motion Superheroes 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z The film's metaphors cannot communicate themselves to the audience, and when explained after the event, they seem more comical than instructive. A Serbian Film: when allegory gets nasty 2010-12-13T12:36:00Z The cinema audience is by this point laughing, half in horror and half because the scene goes on for so long that it becomes comical. How historically accurate is The Revenant? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Her comical images of people in seedy bars and other downbeat situations rendered in an insouciantly contradictory variety of styles are displayed at Jungle Press Editions. Art Review: Metro Show and Editions/Artists’ Book Fair 2013-01-24T22:27:36Z The good thing is, French dog owners found his behavior comical. In France, Our Dog Has His Day 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The anarchic results, captured in a story for the Nov. 13 issue of the fashion and art publication, are comical, violent and joyful. Ai Weiwei meets fashion — and throws paint all over it For most of the 2010s, 20-something men in weathered baseball caps injected the genre with an almost comical masculinity — brawny, hip-hop-inflected sounds, lyrics that treated women as objects of lurid attention. In Country Music, Nice Guys Finish First (for Now) 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z For all its S&M specificity — down to earth and sometimes comical — the movie holds its beveled mirrors up to the role-play, ritual and compromise in all love relationships. 'The Duke of Burgundy' a mesmerizing sexual thriller 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z What of Sidney as the author of lonely “Coriolanus”? The idea felt comical at the Théâtre de la Bastille, which is playing host to a tacky, histrionic production by François Orsoni. Mary Sidney, Shakespeare and the Authorship Question 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z His agitations for closure progress from the plangent to the comical to the downright rude, giving this short, unlikely novel the even unlikelier distinction of being a page-turner. Facts not what they appear in Barnes' novella 2011-10-26T21:52:03Z When Metronomy emerged three years ago at the height of New Rave, they wore lightbulbs stuck to their chests, did comical, ironic synchronised dancing and played tiny electronic gadgets with one hand in the air. Metronomy - review 2011-01-24T18:06:20Z “It’s comical sometimes how intense the conversation can get,” says Robert King. Few politicians are talking about removing the president — but two TV shows are 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Published in September, Vanished Years was widely and lavishly praised in reviews, with the Guardian critic Talitha Stevenson describing it as "a tragical comical, ironical Broadway-hit-show of a life". Rupert Everett scoops Sheridan Morley prize for memoir Vanished Years 2013-02-27T12:07:41Z Reaching the conclusion that what she had on her hands was not what commenters suggested was a "haunted" or "cursed" album, but a comical and likely valuable misprint, she laughed it off. Misprint of Taylor Swift record containing "demonic music" freaks out fan 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Shades, comical sneers … Brother have an instinctive grasp of the tropes of Britpop, and have duly polarised comment-leavers of standard indie sounds everywhere. This week's new live music 2011-02-12T00:05:30Z Probably Strauss's most colourfully literal and straightforwardly comical work, it nonetheless skewers the underlying message of Cervantes' novel, namely that something beautiful and noble can underlie man's most extravagant follies. Mørk/LPO/Nézet-Seguin – review 2012-11-22T17:44:12Z I loved that the fight was awkward and almost comical at times -- not a movie fight, a real fight. "Southland" finale: TV at its best 2011-03-09T21:02:00Z There is a continuous parade of crocodiles, walking trees and ghosts dancing that disrupt the flow of the rambling stories, changing the meaning of the narratives with often comical results. The Coming Storm – review 2012-06-22T16:19:25Z Because a warm, comical, reassuring movie about Hitler seems like the logical sequel to a warm, comical, reassuring movie about Jim Crow. Will the Oscars Get as Nostalgic as Hollywood Did in 2019? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Poetry is a good place to move the end zone: it’s rooted in the inspirational and the comical—the deeply human—and yet, in many of its forms, it edges toward the computational and algorithmic. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z And on the comical, infectious “Walkashame,” she defends an unintended sleepover with the line, “Don’t act like you haven’t been there.” Meghan Trainor debut album ‘Title' goes beyond that bass | New Recordings 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It is compelling that Shakespeare was able to write about such things in a way that fitted into the comical manner of the era. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ? review 2011-03-04T10:10:03Z “Silence!” includes a chorus of floppy-eared lambs, dance numbers by demented characters and a comical lisp given to Agent Starling. The Week Ahead: June 26 ? July 2 2011-06-24T14:32:49Z While the original, from 1951, is seen as a condemnation of totalitarianism, Mr. Koteles attacks big business, government and religion with a babbling professor whose blind adherence to dogma is both comical and disturbing. 'Teach, Teacher, Teachest,' Inspired by Ionesco 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z I was hoping that the image would be a little bit comical and a little bit dark at the same time. Behind the Poster: 'Filler' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z To a modern reader, it isn't so much comical but instead a tragedy and something that shows all the things that are wrong with the world. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare ? review 2011-03-04T10:10:03Z More drills follow until the team games begin, like the one with three students on a side in a contest that is more complicated — and comical — than traditional doubles. Urban Athlete: Cardio Tennis to Gain Endorphins and Lose Weight 2010-06-03T22:21:00Z The plot is absurdly comical, but emerges from genuine social observation. No politics please, we're Oscar contenders 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Sinclair's family won the dispute, however: her name has now been added to Milligan's on the headstone, alongside the altogether less comical epigram, "may they rest together in perpetual light." Spike Milligan's not so final punchline – and Have I Got News For You goes Stateside 2012-11-13T17:01:19Z From the comical chaos of CNN's first newsroom to the electrifying tension of war reporting, we see the fruits of a truly formidable source list. A gutsy trio of newswomen in Sheila Weller's 'News Sorority' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z She’s been in an unflatteringly comical fight with Ms. Perry, on the other. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The younger Iñárritu started off as a radio host, playing music and writing provocative, comical sketches with a political bent. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Her work has more in common with the giddy grotesqueries of the Los Angeles artist Paul McCarthy or with Philip Guston’s lumpy, comical forms than it does with Islamic calligraphy or Persian miniature painting. The Charming, Disgusting Paintings of Tala Madani 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z And then, to make things stranger, populate the rest of the scene with some Edward Gorey-style ghosts, skittering across the landscape — at once menacing, comical and slightly tongue-in-cheek. Review: ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ Shows a President Haunted by Grief 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z But Shawn, now 70 years old, appears more or less reconciled to what he calls the comical nature of his destiny. Wallace Shawn: I wish people knew me as a radical playwright instead for “The Princess Bride” 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z In an eyes-wide-open game of Exquisite Corpse, presented here in book form, they mostly draw their way through the project, each posting comical scenes that the other completes — or one-ups. An Exhibition Worth Thousands of Words 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z The adventures of young Lexi are so extreme, and so comical, one doubts it all happened as written. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z It’s a little goofy — more comical than shocking, like a scene out of a zombie apocalypse movie. Review: Remaking the Ballets Russes, With a Queer Spin 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The handling of the subsequent metamorphosis, in which familiar objects acquire menace in slightly comical, almost cartoonish ways, is masterly. Poem of the week: The Candle by Katherine Mansfield 2010-07-19T11:11:00Z Together they form a huge circle/sphere that manages to be both comical and cosmic. Photo Center NW’s ‘Process’ is about more than images 2014-03-27T20:58:59Z The relentless sales patter is comical but exhausting. You had me at 'vagina rejuvenation': my weird day out at an anti-ageing exhibition 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He found fun in humans sketched in comical postures or portrayed with a laugh on their lips, as well as in animals with seemingly human expressions. Auctions: Charles Ryskamp: The Collector Who Liked to Be Amused 2011-01-28T12:30:07Z The comical copycat starts to outpace his idols; the duff tribute act takes on a life of its own. Ageing bulls: have Robert De Niro’s roles inspired Donald Trump? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It needed to be unlike any traditional greeting, but it couldn’t be at all comical. William Shatner: How Kirk and Spock's Relationship Held 'Star Trek' Together 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Even a decorated vet could have his patriotism seem almost comical. Jon Stewart’s real threat to Fox News: You don’t get to define patriotism! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z She settled on a book of mostly comical essays about growing up with Joan, filled with revealing tidbits: She loved crossword puzzles so much that Melissa put some in her casket. Melissa without Joan: A daughter deals with loss the Rivers way 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z But the very antiquarian terms of his revolutionary doctrine indicate the comical paradox of his situation. “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z The disproportion between their personal feelings and the wanton destruction of real estate and innocent life is both comical and horrific, and also oddly persuasive. Review: ‘Colossal,’ With Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis and Giant Monsters 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “What the hell — do you talk to a painter about what kind of paint he’s using?” he bellowed, sounding both menacing and comical, like Warren Oates doing a Walter Brennan impression. A Crusher of Cars, a Molder of Metal 2011-05-08T22:06:10Z The kitty with the comical frown “will be worked into the end of the show and will become an honorary Jellicle Cat,” according to a spokesman for the show. Internet star Grumpy Cat to join a Broadway show _ 'Cats' 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z It is comical, but also a suitable metaphor for white power and white cowardice in the Jim Crow era. Art Review: Bill Traylor Finally Gets a Spotlight in New York 2013-07-04T23:46:01Z Still, Hindemith's hectic rhythms prompt Morris to turn comical traffic cop, sending dancers on and offstage in rapid succession, alert to each bounce in the musical beat. A night of 4 world premieres, including 1 by Mark Morris, at PNB 2012-11-04T15:35:35Z Yet as outlined here, corporate influence has reached a point that might seem comical were patients’ lives not being wrecked. Review: In ‘The Bleeding Edge,’ Victims of Medical Devices 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z In introducing debate caps, the network set off an early, costly, and comical fight for name-recognition that conveniently filters back into stocked green rooms at Fox News studios in New York and Washington. Roger Ailes runs the GOP: How the Fox News boss took over the presidential primaries 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Their interactions with the Mainers at Fryeburg are sometimes uncomfortable and sometimes comical, as efforts at cross-cultural communications tend to be. Review: ‘Maineland’ Considers America With Help From Chinese Students 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z There are a comical number of misguided conspiracy theories about Facebook. Confirm or Deny: Peter Thiel 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z But on Tuesday, during the Boston Symphony Chamber Players’ debut performance at the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, the sound — from where I was sitting — was sometimes so awkward it appeared comical. Review: Boston Symphony Chamber Players Balance Acoustics and Expression 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The misapprehension of historical reality that goes together with this reinvention can take a comical turn. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z It seemed kind of comical because I didn't think anybody else would be interested in those places because I grew up around them. Isbell celebrates great year at Americana Awards 2012-09-11T18:02:08Z As the SUV rolls by, Lambert sees the comical Leprechaun feet. Truck of the Irish | St. Patrick's Day Parade 2011-03-14T05:46:14Z It’s comical, yet this is the essence of the issue: how to address the realities of such human-animal interaction in a way that is both humane and effective. ‘Nature Wars’: Wildlife versus human, suburban edition 2012-12-27T19:22:12Z What is happening is a farce and in one sense it is obviously comical and embarrassing, but it is also very dangerous, and the left seems too weak to provide effective opposition. Maurizio Pollini: a life in music 2011-01-01T00:04:05Z The show was clever and also a comical antidote to some of the festival’s heavier works. Independence Question Dominates Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z It is an almost comical representation of how tech is changing the landscape of San Francisco — quite literally in this case. Is Mark Zuckerberg the homeowner from hell? Massive renovations make neighbors’ lives miserable 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z People who aren’t familiar with the language often see these expressions as comical. Mothering in a Newly Quiet World 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z There was a comical discussion about dingbats, the typographical device used to signal divisions in a text. With groundbreaking, elusive Eisenhower Memorial moves from dream to reality 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z At times, it seemed almost like a comical conceit, like those movies that pivot on the sudden disappearance of a basic pillar of life, “Death Takes a Holiday” or even “The Invention of Lying.” ArtsBeat: A No Cynicism Zone on Oprah?s Network 2011-01-02T15:41:57Z And though their names can border on the comical — i.e., the “student success fee” — there’s nothing funny about how they can add up. College tuition’s hidden charges 2013-03-30T12:00:00Z I find the video comical and the song catchy. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-07-18T11:35:00Z After a fair amount of comical bickering about Emma’s unwanted presence and Ulysses’ grim life — he’s dying of emphysema and uses a breathing apparatus stuffed in a backpack — we learn the reason for Emma’s arrival. Theater Review: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Star in ‘Annapurna’ 2014-04-22T02:00:03Z But none of her monsters would be complete without a comical balancing sense of responsibility. Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell – review 2013-03-14T08:00:01Z With each episode introduced by the late Sir David Frost, the series highlights Nixon's prejudices while also making the mundane, everyday life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue almost comical. Simpsons star Shearer takes on Nixon 2014-01-30T01:25:36Z “The Kids Are All Right” is, to a large extent, about the unstable, comical and sometimes appalling parental triangle that emerges among the three adults. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z Yet her stories are instantly gripping and highly evocative, conjuring scenarios at once weird, mundane, melancholy and comical. Diane Williams is at her unconventional best in 'Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Even for a band that likes extreme dynamics, this was something else again: he played a funk rhythm with comical violence, stomping his kick drum, smashing down on his cymbals. Music Review: Abstract and Fluid Jazz 2011-02-10T23:29:00Z The comical images of midwives administering nitrous oxide to women in labor are something of a shock to US viewers schooled in images of a prim, Bronte-influenced British countryside. PBS seeks Downton-esque Brit hit with Call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge 2013-03-29T17:04:00Z That’s because for all of the poignant and comical moments in Season 5 — and there are plenty — there is also a lot of filler. Review | ‘Orange Is the New Black’ returns: ‘You’ve Got Time’? Good. You’re gonna need it. 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z At Oxford, she drank beer, rode crew and went through a black leather phase — “She scared me, she was so cool,” Ms. Elkin said — which turned almost comical on a trip to Israel. Katharine Weymouth Takes Charge at the Washington Post 2013-08-02T20:48:16Z Hinting at some comical metaphysical secret, it nicely punctuates this trippy exhibition. A Five-Artist Exhibition Goes Sci-Fi at Mitchell Algus 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Next week’s results: Are We Having Funds Yet? or A Call to Alms, our contest for comical fundraising ideas inspired by the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Style Invitational Week 1095: The best/worst of the good ideas/bad ideas They began with "Enter the Ninja," the track that launched them to international attention, Ninja's lyrical swirl of daft boasts and wide-eyed humility endearing, his thousand-yard-leer equally comical and threatening. South African hip-hop crew Die Antwoord tangles with Paramount audience 2010-10-14T20:31:00Z The audacity of her plan propels the plot, but despite the outwardly comical circumstances, the developing relationship is serious from the start. Love Notes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “All of our tours were canceled. I had my health insurance taken away. These kind of almost comical . . . I don’t know,” Fohr says now. Circuit des Yeux battles through grief to create an artistic triumph 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z His text, chilling or even comical in its extremes, peers into the imaginations attached to the bodies onstage, delivered by blank, boyish, disembodied voices. ‘Kindertotenlieder’ by Gisèle Vienne Has Music by KTL 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z We’ve been pummeled in a profound way and an almost comical way. The Stars of ‘Homeland’ Get Their Final Debriefing 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z “It’s supposed to be comical. This is how whiteness deals with otherness.” Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Instead, they use dance, acrobatics and carefully orchestrated movement to create intriguing body architecture and often comical skits. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z An archly comical group of Satie songs flanked by two scintillating cycles of Poulenc to texts by Apollinaire concluded this afternoon of unforgettable music making. Review | Baritone Holger Falk makes outstanding Washington debut 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z This comical, curiously erotic fusion of autodidactic craft and neo-Classical style is believed to have been created by an unknown artisan about 1920 for a Buffalo sex cult. Art Review: A Smorgasbord of Fine Art, the Strange and the Old 2011-01-20T23:18:38Z Still, the show’s ending is lovely: theatrical, touching and gently, irresistibly comical. Review: Mike Albo Makes a Biological (and Emotional) Journey in ‘Spermhood’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z For the past few episodes, the show has tiptoed delicately around the war, allowing it to enter the house in a controlled and even comical way with the convalescent home scheme. Downton Abbey Watch: House of Despair 2012-01-30T13:30:25Z Despite ordering her recommended size, “they were so small, like, it was comical,” Boufounos says. In Gen Z’s world of ‘dupes,’ fake is fabulous — until you try it on 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z It’s even shorter than Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow,” the granddaddy of all brainy, darkly comical postmodern novels. ‘Book of Numbers,’ by Joshua Cohen: TMI? 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Captain Kirk is a division head whose responsibilities include dealing with external crises that are variously comical, outlandish and harrowing. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z “I’m young and have a lot of time and can sit on that question,” Harry said, before casting a comical sneer at his older brother. The Brant Brothers, the New Princes of the City 2012-06-20T20:17:45Z The comical body language of Sabre reminds me of a young girl’s music box with the ballerina pirouetting when opened. 2010 Reader photo of the year and honorable mentions 2010-12-30T06:43:59Z “There was a kind of performative quality to his behavior,” she said, adding, “It was like a cartoon — in my mind it was even a little comical, except that it shouldn’t really be funny.” Stephen Gan Is the Latest Magazine Editor Under Fire 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z We think that there is something comical about Kim Jong-Il, ahistorical as this is, because he had a pompadour and wore jumpsuits. Snubbing Margaret Thatcher’s Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Every gruesome scene from “Street Fighter” is comical to me. Is ‘Holmes & Watson’ So Bad It’s Good? 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z He wanted something to set himself apart, a cause that might be comical enough to compel Internet strangers to cheer him on. Man lost 85 pounds in a bid to get Taco Bell to revive his favorite menu item 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z His expertly choreographed scenes of mayhem are at once comical and appalling, and his young cast embraces the melodramatic extremity of the story with impressive conviction. Movie Review: ‘Battle Royale,’ Directed by Kinji Fukasaku 2012-05-24T23:38:04Z She was almost comical in the way she was a millennial stereotype. This woman wants to know how much you make – and what you do with it 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z “Her books are like that, too: comical and heartfelt but most of all true.” Amy Schwartz, Who Captured Life as Viewed by a Child, Dies at 68 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Although on the surface Sam seems to be a bit of a slow-witted, boyish man with a weird sense of humor, Maher creates a comical, multi-dimensional and realistic persona for him. Review: Annie Baker's 'The Flick' slow but funny 2013-03-13T00:10:10Z “Swanking in the role of a comical slave,” Jay writes, “he’d become a frightening master to us.” Stephen King on Paul Theroux’s Portrait of a Truly Horrible Mother 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z As usual, the story focuses on the comical bickering between Chester and Watt, whose contributions are printed on what look like yellow sticky notes placed on the book's pages. Feast for the eyes: A baker's dozen of new picture books for kids 2010-03-18T22:30:00Z Its white characters are the ones flitting about the periphery for once, displaying a comical ignorance of their Indigenous neighbors while living beside them. "Reservation Dogs" creator on evolving the show's representation & storytelling: "It's not finished" 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z She plays a proudly independent senior temporarily staying at a retirement community that turns out to be as rife with comical cliques and romantic possibility as “Mean Girls.” Q&A: Ellen Burstyn on her acting life, and never retiring 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z “It’s comical that I wore this talismanic Harvard sweatshirt and it’s comical how obsessed I was with winning debates,” she said. Her Book Is About Belonging. She’s Struggling With the Idea. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Recall the comical dialog between Anna and the King of Siam. Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Each year’s slate of outstanding supporting actors generally contains several comical sidekicks and a bunch of worried parents. The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z In their immediacy and profusion, they tell a cumulative, often comical story of the pandemic, and of theater artists living through it. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Twenty years ago Vin Diesel couldn’t get a role in Hollywood, a plight so comical that he made a semiautobiographical short about it. Vin Diesel: The Film Star Of The Future 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Reborn, he created more pictures of primordial forests irradiated by divine sunlight: gnostic revelations as compelling for their brusquely sensuous painterly application as for their nearly frightening, weirdly comical distortions. The Week Ahead: June 20 ? 26 2010-06-17T14:39:00Z It was, she said, "one of the worst days in my life," but added that parts of the video were "meant to be comical." Lady Gaga's 14-minute music video puzzles, pleases 2011-12-02T19:04:13Z The book is full of comical anecdotes, including two injuries Stern sustained while in the throes of passion. ‘Swingland’ Offers Peek Into Kinky Sex Underworld 2013-10-17T14:36:25Z Jessica Hecht, a Ruhl veteran from “Stage Kiss” nearly a decade ago, here nimbly becomes the playwright — wonderfully comical, and as gentle as the soft, soft blue of the blazer she wears. Review: ‘Letters From Max’ Is a Sacrament of Grief, and a Comedy 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z As the individually recorded voices merge and the men variously dance, sway or tear up, the reflection on aging masculinity and super fandom is both comical and moving. Is Leonard Cohen the New Secular Saint of Montreal? 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z That's followed by a faked death, some comical, bumbling rustics and eventually, remorse, joy and a few merry jigs. Review: Buoyant, zestful 'Much Ado About Nothing' 2013-02-20T00:16:04Z Describing him as one of the most comical actors she’s worked work, she said Messina was “so rooted in the truth of his character that he can’t help but be funny.” How Chris Messina Forced Matt Damon to Up His Game in ‘Air’ 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Tanner Smith, a liquor distribution representative whose market includes 95 bars and restaurants in the District, thinks the whole idea is “comical” because Fireball sales are actually slowing in the capital. Is the cloying Fireball the official drink of D.C. Trump supporters? We investigate. 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “It’s going to be such an incredible, comical thing in 50 years’ time,” he says. You know the Beatles. Here are 16 other important names in the epic ‘Get Back’ series. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z At times it became almost comical how news commentators would remember to tack on an “Allegedly!” after a recitation of the charges against Cain, like kids remembering to cross their fingers for good luck. The Herman Cain Media Storm: He Said, She Said Over What She Says He Said (and Did) 2011-11-08T14:07:23Z Bacon, almost comical in Theo’s violent spasms of fear, delivers a more intriguing performance when he exudes an air of wrath, but that fierce tension isn’t maintained throughout. ‘You Should Have Left’ Review: This Haunted House Is Familiar 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z If you saw Nick Park's Creature Comforts, you'll get the idea, but this time the effect isn't meant to be comical. Clio Barnard's The Arbor is out of lip-synch with reality 2010-10-25T10:06:00Z This is the Mars not of comical little green men, but of Ray Bradbury's haunting stories – Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, for instance. Abstract and affecting, the new Mars pictures are a confrontation with the sublime | Sam Leith 2010-03-21T22:30:00Z "His observations and actions, invoking and depicting the harsh morals of contemporary life, are incredibly precise yet full of comical relief." Deller chosen for Venice Biennale 2012-05-15T03:57:14Z "We found the idea of a big living room comical." Berliners lug sofas to giant World Cup living room 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z His zeal for problem solving and organization, his indefatigable good cheer in the face of adversity, and his almost maternal pride in the company are sweet, pathetic and comical all at once. ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 4: Irrepressible Genius 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Other decisions play as comical even to the voters, including Goloborodko's dismissal of his personal security and insistence upon taking public transportation instead of commanding a motorcade. "Servant of the People" is an example of a politician living up to the promise he plays out on TV 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z This is only one of the almost comical examples of the confluence of food and gender found in researcher and writer Dr. Emily Contois' book, "Diners, Dudes and Diets." I can't stop thinking about Cosmo's early aughts, ill-fated foray into diet yogurt 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the letters printed here from Gaddis to Moore himself form an almost comical portrait of what is at stake. The Letters of William Gaddis edited by Steven Moore – review 2013-06-15T08:01:58Z In 1966, Mr. Barris launched a second show, “The Newlywed Game,” with four recently married couples who answered comical and intimate questions about their partners. Chuck Barris, ‘Gong Show’ host, author of ‘Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,’ dies at 87 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Piero has lavished most of his affection on the doomed monster, a comical and oddly sympathetic creature. Monsters and merry mayhem 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He may be navigating a perplexing, comical course, but in the end, the show says, he’s still No. 1. White Guys, Grappling With a New Reality on TV 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Another much-loved repeat sketch is Stupid Deaths, which sees a comical grim reaper processing recently departed historical characters at the "Death Check-In" counter and then laughing mercilessly at the farcical manner in which they died. How Horrible Histories became a huge hit 2011-03-17T20:00:01Z It's hard to say why the play's production at Theatre West doesn't reach the level of comical lunacy that is so obviously required. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z A man who shields his deep ambition beneath a comical exterior? Eddie Mair: a rising BBC star 2013-03-25T19:07:00Z When I see so many pouty, preening female celebrities, I wonder if they ever feel silly, playing up sex appeal to almost comical levels. "Glee's" mysteriously shrinking Rachel 2010-10-08T17:30:00Z Still running — deadline Monday night: Our contest for comical fundraising challenges a la the Ice Bucket. Style Invitational Week 1093: You’re only as rich as you fee—send us bad business ideas There's something almost comical about raising them with tales of big bad wolves and poisoned apples, and then deciding at a certain point that literature is too 'dark' for them to handle. A new chapter in debate over suitable books for teens 2011-06-17T23:37:59Z They left the restaurant, strolled around Nationals Park and ended the date with “a comical, over-the-top elbow bump,” said Doug. Date Lab: No awkwardness for these two extroverts 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z In one shot, an ostrich peers over a fence as if into the distance, an image that, as Mr. Côté holds and holds the shot, transforms from the somewhat comical into the increasingly desperate. Movie Review: ‘Bestiaire’ Is on Trail of Objectivity in an Unnatural Home 2012-10-18T23:56:20Z There’s nothing as latently, unintentionally comical as affirming simplicity by way of complexity, as maintaining a tone of high seriousness amid the stuff of ordinary life. Ingmar Bergman and the Risk of Ridicule 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The film is partly an impressionistic chronicle, by turns comical and melodramatic, of her affairs — the French word is histoires — with various unsatisfactory men. Review: ‘Let the Sunshine In’ Shows the Complex Radiance of Juliette Binoche 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z In those texts, acts of sheer goodness, if not outright comical, are treated with irony at best or ladled with suspicion and fruitlessness at worst. Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Just what parents need for Easter: an animation full of comical animals, family values, literally tons of sugary sweets and, er, the Playboy brand. This week's new films 2011-04-01T23:06:09Z Perhaps the monkey is a comical reflection of the viewer’s avaricious self. High-End Works Toying With Politically Loaded Signifiers 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Things became downright comical when checks arrived at the wrong tables causing a flurry of scrutinizing and exchanging tabs. Water view, mouthwatering menu on Eastlake 2011-07-14T19:28:04Z Dickens, after all, offers more than complicated plots and comical characters. Review | Christmas comes early in Jon Clinch’s ‘Marley,’ a clever riff on ‘A Christmas Carol’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Ryukins are hardy and comical looking: fat little rascals, some with quadruple tails. Christopher Buckley: At Home With Ahab 2012-10-19T19:52:19Z With its ample cast of Chinese acrobats performing elaborate stunts, its comical interstitial animation sequences and its richly colored sets and costumes, the production was often a dazzling eyeful. Summing Up the Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-31T12:30:54Z The fun starts when the comical detective is expecting something to read and receives a delivery of reeds instead. Spare Times for Children for April 24-30 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The amount of times people have said they’ve found the new Bob Dylan is almost comical at this point but — I have found the new Bob Dylan, and she’s Australian. Meet the new Bob Dylan: This young Australian songwriter is the voice of our anxious 21st century 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Viewers may have held their breath slightly, seeing White reach haltingly for words in a way that seemed somewhat diminished, yet still comical. Review | At this year’s Emmy Awards, the talk about diversity doesn’t quite translate to trophies 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z The comical “Hold My Beer,” this album’s high point, revolves around a day of drinking rudely interrupted by the wedding of those doing the drinking. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z By midnight, strangers had swept my husband, Dave, and me — the only Western faces in the smoky bar — into alcohol-fueled conversations that, with the language barrier, often devolved into comical pantomime. Next Stop: Uncovering the Secrets of Fukuoka 2012-08-24T18:40:22Z Her coyotes are expressive and comical, a convincing mix of animal and people. The best children’s books for February 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The book's key ingredient – a sassy but klutzy female protagonist, embroiled in comical misadventures – could arguably be found in Jane Eyre, leaving any definition so elastic as to verge on meaningless. Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z For a suffocatingly long moment, he falls face down in it, and when he gets up, he looks comical, soil clinging to his face and hair. Review: John Kelly Revives ‘Love of a Poet’ 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The particular crisis today was of a similar order, though a little more comical. Farm to Gallery: Peter Nadin?s Comeback 2011-07-03T05:30:29Z In a 2012 interview, Mr. Cartagena said the photographs illustrate grueling conditions in the name of a good day’s work as well as the comical challenges to masculinity that close quarters pose. Spare Times for March 21-27 2014-03-21T03:18:35Z “Ez views himself in some ways as the black sheep of the family — which is comical when you look at his body of accomplishment,” he said. Meet the man who has finally explained O.J. Simpson to the world 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Their exchanges — cutting, fierce and comical — speak to the nation’s rancor in an era when even the Supreme Court has been tainted by allegations of partisan politics. Shining a light into the political chasm of America through Scalia and 'The Originalist' 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z From dress rehearsal to closing night, we are privy to the lurid backstage and painful onstage antics of extravagant eccentrics who rival one another in sheer hubris, drunkenness and comical degeneracy. The 99-Seat Beat: 'ICE," 'Noises Off,' 'Bad Jews' and more 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z "We do not jam," he asserts, with comical sternness. Phoenix: 'We are French, we are romantic by essence' 2013-04-20T05:00:00Z Dickens, a pint-sized comical performer measuring just 4-foot-11 inches, died of cardiac arrest in a Nashville area hospital after he suffered a stroke on Christmas Day. Grand Ole Opry star 'Little Jimmy' Dickens dies at 94 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z Stein's comical text is perfectly complemented by his illustrations, created "in watercolor, water-soluble crayon, china marker, pen, opaque white ink and tea." Kids' books that honor an artist, celebrate storytelling 2011-01-28T23:47:04Z Shaw gave a thorough pre-dive briefing including reef navigation, safety procedures and a dryly comical and detailed history of the statue, although a line about Linda’s beauty fell flat with me. In Key Largo, fin-to-fin with the denizens of Florida’s revitalized coral barrier reef 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The experience was, at times, demeaning, comical and extremely painful – but in the months after the operation, as a semblance of normality returned, I mostly felt relief. 'I had to adjust to life with a different penis' – the pain and positives of an elective circumcision 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The discourse, achingly knowing and bracingly comical, will ring familiar to fans of Amazon’s “Catastrophe” and its gloriously sniping Sharon Horgan, this series’s creator. Sarah Jessica Parker Returns to HBO With ‘Divorce’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z We’re often treated to the unintentionally comical spectacle of critics reviewing not movies but the audience, reviewing the world. The Cinema Isn’t a Place; It’s An Idea 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z A comical figure emerges in the unctuous developer Joseph Sitt, who does his interview in front of a statue of a horse. Movie Review: Amy Nicholson’s ‘Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride’ 2013-08-09T00:51:34Z The comical 4-foot-11-inch performer died Jan. 2 of cardiac arrest at a Nashville hospital after suffering a stroke on Christmas Day. Country stars sing adieu to Grand Ole Opry's Little Jimmy Dickens 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z “I think everything is comical at some level,” he said. Paul Beatty, Author of ‘The Sellout,’ on Finding Humor in Issues of Race 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z At 61 Mr. Waits is acclaimed as an American marvel: a songwriter who can be smart and primal, raucous and meticulous, ethereal and earthy, bleak and comical. Arts & Leisure: Tom Waits?s New Album, ?Bad as Me? 2011-10-20T11:01:09Z Dixie's timing with Tupperware has allowed her to provide comical first aid to audiences reeling from America's worst 21st century experiences. Dixie Longate rings up laughs and sales in 'Dixie's Tupperware Party' 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z Alongside these promotional tour mishaps and professional mortifications runs a steady stream of racial insults, rendered comical by time but still with the power to sting. New Work From Two Masters of the Graphic Novel 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z He approached me after our dry spell with candles and comical suavity. Plastic surgery after the baby 2013-04-27T22:00:00Z Many of the pickups involved snippets, and their juxtaposition was sometimes comical. Malcolm Gladwell Polishes His Podcast in a Brooklyn Studio 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z The perils of Rose are almost comical — she keeps finding herself at police headquarters in corsets and petticoats. The TV Watch: ‘Spiral’ and 3 Other French Shows Worth Seeking Out 2013-08-29T21:31:17Z These collages are the more ghastly and comical for once again being perfectly aligned: clumps of rock become noses, the arches of a stone bridge a pair of gawping eyes. Brian Dillon on John Stezaker at the Whitechapel Gallery 2011-01-29T00:06:00Z The next year, he played a Damon Runyon comical mobster in Capra's "Pocketful of Miracles." Actor Peter Falk renowned for TV role 'Columbo' 2011-06-25T04:41:43Z Mr. Jodorowsky’s reputation for extremity and surrealist inventiveness is upheld by grotesque, horrifying and comical images that seek out zones of maximum sexual, social and political sensitivity. ‘The Dance of Reality,’ Jodorowsky’s Comeback Film 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z With notifying dings and whooshes, the online peanut gallery promptly reveals itself as a comical mob of protective, Google-educated parents. Review | Mosaic Theater’s ‘Eureka Day’ slyly takes aim at self-righteous liberalism 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z What's comical about this stuff is not so much its implicit arrogance – the assumption that we all want to share using Facebook – as its historical naivety. Facebook is the just the latest sensation to contract a case of megalomania 2010-05-01T23:08:00Z Variously comical, stately, architectural and gestural, these pieces erupt from the gallery’s expansive concrete floors like unusually well-shaped mesas, turning the totality into an exhilarating indoor landscape. Art Review: Sculpture in High Relief 2011-05-19T22:00:20Z In many instances, the musicians played with the affective power of motion, especially where Beethoven interrupts the momentum with incessant questions, some profound, some comical. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace at Zankel Hall 2014-03-05T23:16:12Z Every month or so, when it’s been my turn to write this series, I’ve searched for a way to fit a comical, high-concept art project called Foodmasku into my theme — but I never succeeded. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Ringer lays out a comical litany of her onstage gaffes: the blanking out, the falling down, the making stuff up to hide the gaping hole a dancer missing in action has left. Books of The Times: Jenifer Ringer and Misty Copeland Have New Memoirs 2014-03-16T21:00:25Z They are meant to be comical films – there are many ways to reproduce – but scientifically accurate. Isabella Rossellini's guide to the sex life of the wild 2011-02-06T00:04:04Z The naivety of that, she says, is now comical. The Big Sick's Kumail Najiani and Emily Gordon: 'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial' 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Those comical bunnies were once imported to feed starving North Koreans, while the lobster is now a symbol of civilised cruelty. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z “As in life, weird or comical developments don’t announce themselves before they happen: They just start happening, and your consciousness has to catch up.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘grown-ish’ and ‘Atlanta’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z It’s comical, harrowing, audacious and sobering all at the same time. Better Things and Atlanta: FX delivers fresh new comedy voices 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Their good intentions usually backfire, leading to rather comical attempts at damage control. Popples Get a Netflix Series 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Surprisingly generous to the exaggerated objects of its comical disaffection. Fall TV: A day-by-day list of new shows 2011-09-13T22:09:08Z She is comical and, as a therapist depicted in tells her, adorable, a quality that allows her to carry readers where they might not otherwise be keen to go. Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel – review 2012-05-24T08:00:02Z Throughout Tuesday, Takei also posted a few comical variations on the avatar theme, including my inevitable favorite, the one featuring Grumpy Cat. In support of Facebook’s sea of red for equality 2013-03-27T15:05:00Z “It’s going to be such an incredible comical thing in 50 years time — they broke up because Yoko sat on an amp,” he says. ‘Get Back’ series dispels, and confirms, some Beatle myths 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Never has the show aspired to color the goings-on in Washington D.C. as comical, though. “The Circus” host calls Steve Bannon’s propaganda film “a cinematic reach-around” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z There is something comical about the imperialist ranting of twin sister Paula, who slanders the neighbouring Peruvians for their panpipe music and the Bolivians for wearing too many clothes. Diciembre 2010-09-05T16:28:00Z Another reason the worry about Daylight Savings is so comical is that so many of us don’t get enough sleep anyway. Daylight Savings kills sleep: Will it kill you? 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z They are ripe for parody, the film explains, as owners and fans enjoy analyzing their seemingly ungovernable behavior and relish projecting comical personalities onto their expressive faces and bizarre behavior. ArtsBeat: Lil Bub Hits the Tribeca Film Festival 2013-04-25T12:00:18Z Written by Richard Marino, the company’s managing director, “Skeletons,” closing this weekend, portrays the comical adventures that result when Grandpa and other departed relatives try to help Jimmy get on with his life. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 31-Nov. 6 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z There’s nothing cute or comical about her rhyming. White Female Rappers Challenging Hip-Hop?s Masculine Ideal 2011-12-23T14:30:39Z Sometimes the shocks were luridly comical, like the adventure that ended with Elektra entombing a dead man in the closet. "Pose" kicks off its final fabulous walk by ratcheting up the nonsense as well as its optimism 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z And Ra, like this show’s excellent cast of five, proves adept at lightning-quick switches between the crushing and the comical. ‘In the Southern Breeze’ Review: A Dark Night of the Soul 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z From there things descend into a comical maelstrom of Milgram-esque psychiatric malpractice as Saunders burrows into questions about free will and the unsettling possibility that our desires could be manipulated, even chemically reconstructed. Tenth of December by George Saunders – review 2013-01-03T16:10:01Z It’s the grimly comical situation of the future creeping into the now. T. Coraghessan Boyle on Man and Machines 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z But they seem more comical, like parodies of Rococo mirrors, than tragic. Art Review: Artifacts of an Imagined Time 2011-01-27T21:07:41Z Probably one of the most comical things in the film was Egan. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z An unidentified writer intersperses her own story — including the loneliness and grief that inspired her comical Twitter account — with the tale of her fictional alter-ego, an opinionated 81-year-old literary icon. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The juxtaposition, there is something almost comical about it. "The Truffle Hunters" filmmakers on the fungi's mystique: "Everything about this world is a secret" 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z These include a suite of mordantly comical prints called “See America First” by the woodworking genius H. C. Westermann, who was revered by almost everyone else in the exhibition. ‘What Nerve!’ at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The portrait, from the Bodleian Library, is a comical image but he really did own a mule, a present from the French ambassador, and was known to relax by riding it around his garden. National Portrait Gallery buys postcard-sized portrait of Elizabeth I 2013-05-08T14:07:01Z The musical’s book incorporates several other Steinman songs, and happens to be oddly similar to the unabashedly comical one Ben Elton cooked up for “We Will Rock You.” The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Tensions among scientists, engineers and the military sometimes led to comical results. In deft, distressing ‘Apocalypse Factory,’ Seattle author details Hanford’s role in the dawn of the nuclear age 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z The disconnect is comical, the release of humor being the play’s own considerable charm, but Andy does not want coffee. ‘Downstate’ Review: A Foulness in the Very Air They Breathe 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z It's one of the more comical moments in the story: this blond twentysomething, completely unprepared except for her iron will. Cheryl Strayed let life run 'Wild' — and look at her now 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In the hands of this virtuoso, the sound of the tool-turned-concert-novelty is both comical and poignant, like “Moxie” itself. Happenstance’s gleeful hat tip to vaudeville with a wink to the present-day 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z “Combine that with an inability for self-examination, an almost comical degree of self-exculpatory rhetoric, flag pins, a little bit of leg, and a complete immunity to irony, you’ve got yourself a full-blown case of Foxabetes.” Jon Stewart calls out Fox News for Charleston hypocrisy: It’s only “politicizing a tragedy” if Fox doesn’t like it 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z For New Year’s Eve, the show promises to be “extra drunken,” with champagne and a comical year in review focused on the presidential election. Eat, Drink, Dance and Be Part of the Play 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The writer in devolution is called Logan Mountstuart, a vaguely comical name assigned to a man too easily distracted by the hedonism of England’s inter-war years. | ?Any Human Heart?: A Long Life That Peaks Quite Young 2011-02-11T23:18:14Z So it’s easy to forget that McCoy gave one of the most layered portrayals of the Doc — comical warmth that barely concealed a dark, manipulative streak. Doctor Who: A Longtime Fan Looks Back at a Show That Became an Obsession 2013-11-22T21:04:46Z That such monumental, comical figures harbor such poignant emotions is what makes them more than just oversized tchotchkes. 2010-02-16T22:40:00Z I have a teenage niece, and some of that was drawn from her and the fights she has with my sister, which are comical because they're so brutal. The art of making "vagina movies" 2010-04-29T17:55:00Z I'm totally serious about the tsunami-to-book fair arc, and that might seem comical if anything about "Hereafter" were even remotely funny. "Hereafter": Clint sees dead people 2010-10-15T18:45:00Z She dismisses the insights of her observant little brother Milton in favor of sleuthing tactics from her favorite mystery series, often to comical effect. Talking to kids about the Constitution and other best books for young readers 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z The piece shifts from frenzied bursts to comical exchanges for tuba and solo strings. Ode to Meredith Monk From American Composers Orchestra 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, for an actor who ascended playing comical pretty boys, Reynolds belies neither as an unknown fate unfolds in his uniquely stylized tomb. 'Buried': An agonizing, ingenious experience from inside a box 2010-09-30T20:43:00Z There’s something pagan and comical about the excess, the acres of time, the extravagance of dress, the big prose, but none of that is what holds each one apart from any other. I do, again: ‘There is nothing as deadly serious as a second marriage’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z There are comical images that stayed in my mind: the cartoon figure "morose in tweed", and the voice quoted in the third stanza that might have come from a Hammer horror film. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Graeber's stories of the infighting between the different anarchist and socialist groups in the runup to Occupy are inadvertently comical: it's the Judean People's Front v the People's Front of Judea. The Democracy Project: a History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber – review 2013-03-28T16:10:18Z Bones, in fact, appear everywhere as decorations during the Day of the Dead, but they tend to be comical, and even sweet. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 30-Nov. 5 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Of course, there are also the servants, friends and hangers-on who frequent the estate, a gloriously comical and rich assemblage intended to amuse and frustrate in equal measure. Pacing, casting mar 'Cherry Orchard' at Pacific Resident Theatre 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Ghosts, animals and an assortment of oddballs accompany him on a trek that’s sometimes comical and sometimes melancholy, but never less than clever. Theater Review: ‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’ at the Gym at Judson 2012-10-09T22:59:41Z They’d almost be comical, if one of them weren’t endangering the future of the republic and if they weren’t working so hard to reinforce the entire world’s negative stereotypes about Americans. Ryan Lochte, Donald Trump and the steep decline of American democracy 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z The finalists compete in a comical and vaguely literary game aimed at determining a winner while exploring new ways to bring writing off the page. Spare Times for March 4-10 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Malvolio stands before us in his dirty smalls, a comical and pathetic figure desperate to hang on to his dignity. I, Malvolio ? review 2011-08-24T17:24:35Z Many of us will try a little of all three, devoting a comical amount of real estate on our plates to the beigest of foods. These mashed potatoes are so good they’ll be the star of Thanksgiving dinner 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z I wanted to find a comical way to say all that without talking about politics. Cannes film festival: Mathieu Amalric 2010-05-17T20:35:00Z It is a slightly surprising, comical flash of vanity – not least because Hollander has never been leading man material. Meet the Rev 2010-07-22T19:30:00Z Her eggshell landscapes are both the comical hobby‑craft of a lonely woman and profound exercises in the control of creation and loss. Asunder by Chloe Aridjis – review 2013-05-31T08:00:06Z And a comical trending topic emerged on Twitter Monday with the hash tag, #ThingsBetterThanTheCarterIV. Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter IV" falls short with critics 2011-08-29T23:12:59Z The furious list of insults with which she proceeds to indict him is comical, ridiculous, as self-dramatizing as anything on reality TV — and sympathetic, too. Review: In ‘The Comedy of Errors,’ Twins Lead to Confusion 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They add comical sound effects to Morricone’s compositions by blowing on bottles and crushing cornflakes, and playing coat hangers and nail clippers. In Transit Blog: Ennio Morricone's Music Gets Comic Treatment in London 2012-01-04T11:00:59Z The characters in “The Seagull” are vain, sometimes miserable creatures, but they are also aware of the comical aspects of their existence. Review: In ‘The Seagull,’ a Great Play, a Great Cast and Yet ... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z It’s an everyday, comical scene, with undercurrents of dread. Review | For Dana Schutz, a new show after her controversial painting of Emmett Till 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z This is a comical book in more sense than one. The Book Bunch - group review selection 2013-02-06T09:00:00Z This is a story of many acts: anguished, frustrating, uplifting and sometimes comical. Best audiobooks of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z But in a thoughtful and comical letter, the "Daily Show" women denounced "the bitter rantings of ex-employees." `Daily Show' women defend program's diversity 2010-07-06T22:56:00Z So while all the performers are game and comical, Mr. Thomas has the funniest musical number, a gospel hootenanny called “Banking on Jesus” that whips the audience into a lather. ‘Pageant,’ a Musical Parody, Is Revived 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z We no longer see her as victim of one or another comical shock, an object of pity or ridicule, or a hopeless case of repression and neuroses. Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell – rereading 2012-06-08T21:55:17Z Or is that just because being a teenager is inherently comical on the precipice of sadness? Get to know Griffin Gluck, your next new favorite boy next door with a dark side 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z As Harbour and Wirkola fleshed out their Santa, they decided he couldn’t be comical or the movie wouldn’t work. Playing Santa Onscreen Takes Much More Than Just Donning a Red Suit 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z This was comical to me but also felt a little sinister as it is a million miles from the beliefs and practices of my liberal Muslim family. Four Lions: Laugh? I roared 2010-05-07T10:20:00Z The regret and longing are moving at first, then things take a more comical turn. 'I had this image of my husband making love to a tree': directors on filming shorts for Netflix's Homemade 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z He once described James Agee’s sartorial style as “knowingly comical inverted dandyism.” Review: ‘Hold Still,’ Sally Mann’s Memoir, Reveals a Rich Life 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Even Oliver Stone's accidentally comical biopic or the fact that loads of backpacking Eurotrash students seem to like them, too, is not enough to put me off. The Doors are as respect-worthy as MC5 2010-04-05T10:06:00Z While “Boy” has traumatic undertones — the title character lost his mother at an early age and spent seven years apart from his imprisoned father — it’s light and comical all the way through. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The State’ and ‘The Commander’ 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z That the self-described “old Italian filmmaker” identified with his heroine in “Stealing Beauty” sounds comical. Film: Shifting Amid, and Asserting, His Own Cinema 2010-12-10T21:22:00Z The comical character from Illumination's "Minions: The Rise of Gru" is traveling down the Parade route soon with his favorite food, a banana, in hand. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: 8 new floats and balloons to watch out for this year 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Harry Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Some toilet-oriented regurgitation was involved, followed by comical sweating, like you see in “The Wizard of Id” comic strip from a peasant before he is hanged. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This hot sauce is a killer 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Then, one day, he falls down, and the film subtly shifts from a quietly comical character study to a delicate reflection on loneliness and mortality. Review: A Cranky Loner Faces Mortality in ‘Lucky’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s somewhat comical to see him carry this head to Claire and Mary’s feet saying: “I kept my word. I lay your vengeance at your feet.” ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 11: Off With His Head 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z So, her parents wonder during a comical dinner in her cramped dorm room: Is this serious? The messiness of ‘Love & Sex’ anatomized at Signature Theatre 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z As the unctuous, morally blank Oscar, Mr. Tufts is similarly restrained, to good effect, while Mr. Rhoads’s Count is a comical friend turned rival. Review: ‘Fashions for Men,’ a Revival at the Mint Theater 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z As a result Weezer’s rousing take shifts several times in a blink from fantastic to comical and then back. Playlist: Cover to Cover: The Why and Wherefore 2010-11-20T19:40:00Z And “for your consideration” mailers have reached comical proportions, with Netflix sending out a package to Emmy voters so hefty that it could crush a toe. Emmy Awards 2016: Emmys Welcome Surprises Along With the Favorites 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z In his first major show, utopian aspiration is offset by a comical air of failure. Winter Arts Calendar 2010-12-26T00:05:15Z “It’s the most comical thing in the world.” Richard Lewis is not as miserable as he appears. But he’s still miserable. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z The essays are often humiliatingly comical, but not without pathos. Davy Rothbart on Tour for Book; Peter Rothbart, for Album 2012-09-19T22:57:14Z He liked sketching comical figures and learned to weld from his father, a musician who also had a metal shop. A Mexican American Artist Finds Heroes in Farmworkers 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In movies and on TV, characters with high-pitched voices are often portrayed as comical, dim-witted and generally undesirable. What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z “And then came a shriek like calico ripping — comical but also alarming. ‘How dare you pontificate to me about Leger!’ he yelled. John Richardson, critic and Picasso biographer, dies at 95 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z And its make-do culture, using whatever is at hand, which often led to comical scenes in settings like museums. Fernando Campana, Provocateur of Furniture Design, Is Dead at 61 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z We watch auditions, hearing the physiques of aspiring dancers discussed with unsparing candor, and witness rehearsals where the attention to detail is almost comical. | 'Crazy Horse': ?Crazy Horse? by Frederick Wiseman - Review 2012-01-17T23:09:27Z And, amigos, I’m happy to report that this effort is just as clever, comical and boisterous. Review: ‘Skippyjon Jones Snow What’ Continues Tale of a Conflicted Cat 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Hanks nicely underplays here, amusing without being overly comical. As "A Man Called Otto," Tom Hanks' gruff yet noble curmudgeon will warm your heart 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z His brash, outrageous and often comical style began to revolutionize American political culture as an army of “Dittoheads” flocked to “Rush Rooms” set up in restaurants nationwide to eat lunch and hear their hero. Rush Limbaugh is ailing. And so is the conservative talk-radio industry. 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s the situations that are comical, not the characters. | 'The Swimsuit Issue': Splashing Through Comedy 2010-05-11T23:23:00Z The growing list of add-on fees would be comical were they not at our expense. The Getaway: Fleeced by Fees When You Travel? 2012-09-21T17:43:38Z In what he calls his “most famous dance,” “To a Hero Slain,” he looks merely wooden and ridiculous, his maroon smock flapping, his comical sword flailing. Review: ‘Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone,’ but First, He’s Dévastaté 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The high point of the show is a delightfully comical room. Haute Culture: General Idea - review 2011-03-01T14:00:59Z In a mesmerizing and surprisingly comical turn, Melville gleans every ounce of nefarious gusto from Richard, eliciting hoots and hisses from an appreciative audience. A rocking, rollicking 'Richard III' kicks off Griffith Park Shakespeare festival 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z These series tap into some of the most comical missteps of the auto-correct age and the boneheaded things people do when communication is instant, constant, indelible and irreversible. ‘Selfie,’ ‘A to Z’ and Others Refresh the Romantic Comedy 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z As a new musical in Germany about Barack Obama's rise to the top demonstrates, politics takes on a whole new comical meaning when set to music. 2010-01-21T17:20:00Z This depiction of the West was sophisticated and deeply layered, sometimes comical but always brutal. Revisiting ‘Deadwood,’ a Lawless Prelude to TV’s New Golden Age 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Pop music censorship tends to be unwittingly comical because censors show so little understanding of the art form. Lady Gaga and Katy Perry: banned in China for 'being vulgar' 2011-08-24T19:30:01Z The tweets inspired “So Sad Today,” a book of personal essays that negotiated a comical, uneasy struggle with aging, sex and death. The Merman of Her Dreams 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The film reveals their back stories in increments, so that we discover the two characters as they discover each other, through awkward, endearingly comical exchanges. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z In the video, Thug is surrounded by a comical amount of guns and drugs — all props, his manager said. Weathering Young Thug’s Tornado 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z A room filled with portraits of children dressed as royalty or clergy, which also includes a darkly comical child-size suit of armor, is funny and nostalgic, but its significance stops there. Wes Anderson, Curator? The Filmmaker Gives It a Try 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Other patients, comical or desperate to a suitably entertaining measure, contribute to the mounting tension. Review: ‘Three’ Asks, Any Mozart Aficionados in the House? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “I’ll be in a group of people, thinking as this evil, twisted woman, of people exploding, or cutting them up,” she said, curling her lip into a comical snarl, before breaking back into a grin. Cara Delevingne, Ready to Conquer Hollywood, Immerses Herself in ‘Paper Towns’ 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z With a sweetly comical spirit, it spoofs a kitschy romance of bohemian avant-gardism. Two Critics Sample the Frieze Art Fair 2014-05-09T23:47:01Z Throughout the works are elements of the human body — a wooden hand here, a set of legs there — for effects that are both comical and grotesque. Watts to Joshua Tree: A tour of Noah Purifoy's Outdoor Museum 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Malick’s film is not especially comical, and he is surely one of the least Jewish directors in the annals of American cinema, but his ending has a similarly startling effect. Review: In ‘Knight of Cups,’ a Writer’s Flesh Is Willing but His Spirit Is Weak 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It is a mad world, an abominable but comical world in which the knaves are also fools. A novel by Hilaire Belloc with twenty-two drawings by G.K. Chesterton 2012-06-05T06:30:00Z |
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