| 单词 | deadpan |
| 例句 | “I am a brave warrior in my internal Battle of Valhalla,” I deadpanned. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Seanie said in his usual deadpan, focusing on his food and opening the note. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He picked up a corner of the tablecloth and put it over his handsome, deadpan little face. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I look like a demented carbonated fountain,” he deadpanned. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Believe it or not, droppings don’t come stamped with a species label,” Dad deadpans. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Shame you didn’t,” I deadpanned, and they laughed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Diego’s deadpan delivery was so good that I didn’t know whether he was telling the truth, and I busted up laughing at the image of grumpy cats in ugly sweaters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I don’t have the energy or acting skills to make my voice sound chirpy, like I want to, so my delivery is totally deadpan, which I suppose fits with how I feel. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He said this in such a deadpan way I thought he was joking, and I laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “That’s just small potatoes, Mama. Let’s pray for something big,” Mary Anne deadpanned. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “They burn like the fire of ten thousand suns,” Colin said, deadpan. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, your sister and a girl who is also a supercomputer,” Luna deadpans. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She said, deadpan, “I don’t know what you mean, Pete. I like the business. It’s a good one. I make good money, meet nice people.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right,” he said, and then deadpanned, “but we don’t get along very well.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Sosie did a wild Watusi in the sand while Jennifer stood next to her pointing one finger up and down in a deadpan disco. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He deadpanned, “Oh, you’re waiting for an answer. What were the questions again?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Keeping his expression deadpan, he suggested that I climb it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He looked like a figure out of a Tarzan movie; he was dressed in animal bones, shells, bladders and skins, and his fat body and deadpan face were caked with red clay. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My face was always a deadpan or a mask of general friendliness; no word or event could jar me into a gesture of enthusiasm or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to understand that no one has mastered the art of deadpan delivery like Leah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She shook her head almost imperceptibly, then resumed her own deadpan stare at the opposite wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “So far in our relationship, Pudge, I’ve seen your chicken legs entirely too often,” the Colonel deadpanned. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I can't think of a way to find out that does not put our lives in considerable danger,” the Colonel deadpanned. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z A deadpan was something she’d cultivated herself, and she knew from experience that such a perfect one was not easily come by. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Olmsted watched, deadpan, as he listened to a roaring in his ears that would not subside. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He can be amazingly unflappable in the face of the surprising and bizarre things that occur in schools, and sometimes deadpan in ways that make me laugh. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Be careful what you wish for,” Coach deadpans. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Hailey looks at me, I look at her, and we have the same deadpan expression that we’ve had mastered since fifth grade, mouths slightly open, eyes ready to roll at any moment. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that never occurred to me before,” I deadpanned. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Some of the more intelligent ones were striving to keep deadpan faces. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s here for the same reason we all are. To have a great time,” Sean deadpanned before letting out an unapologetic burp. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Same boat,” repeated Citra with deadpan dullness but daggers in her eyes as sharp as the ones that used to hang in Faraday’s weapons den. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Curie, with deadpan irony, “how proud your sponsoring scythe must be to have the first perfect pupil in human history.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mr. DeNiro, after a long, weighty pause: “Pretty good,” he said, totally deadpan. The Carpetbagger: Jean Dujardin of 'The Artist' Impersonates De Niro at New York Film Critics Circle Dinner 2012-01-10T15:42:29Z And while a lot of us will miss Bill Murray’s deadpan cool of the original, this looks quite funny. Angry Video Game Nerds, calm down about “Ghostbusters”: It’s still a comedy about ghosts and those who bust them 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “I love 60 Minutes, I just wish they would hurry up,” Handler deadpanned. Chelsea Handler On Her Netflix Risk And Overcoming Career Setbacks 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z He's drily funny, almost disarmingly deadpan, and mulls over questions. Man Of Steel: eye to eye with Michael Shannon, the new General Zod 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z In a recent interview with NME.com, the Web arm of the hyperventilatory British music magazine the New Musical Express, the Drums frontman Jonathan Pierce says deadpan, “We’re not that excited about surfing.” 2010-01-15T04:19:00Z Refn announces his intentions with much deadpan provocation and gnomic iconoclasm. Nicolas Winding Refn: 'Cinema is dead. And now it is resurrected' 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Even that doesn't seem like a crisis that can't be solved by some quality time with a couple of recording devices, a bit of deadpan banter, and a murder map. "Only Murders in the Building" is the more the merrier this season 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z Pitched somewhere between allegory and documentary, the film looks at its characters in a dispassionate, almost deadpan way. Movie Review: Santiago Mitre’s ‘Estudiante’ Is a Study of Behavior 2013-08-21T22:32:30Z But more than the physical symptoms, the comorbid psychological trauma is what tips James into a hellish downward spiral, which Lee draws us into with unrelenting dread and deadpan wit. In This Novel, a Man’s Face Becomes Distorted. His Sanity Follows. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Telex were different, too – among the earliest proponents of electro-pop, with their own, very Belgian, deadpan humour. Hidden treasures: Telex – Looking for Saint Tropez 2013-01-22T15:04:00Z She dragged out syllables, pivoted into pauses, raised eyebrows, deadpanned, and when the crowd started to clap, she let out her laugh, like a pro, goosing a round of applause. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z “Did you just threaten me?” he asked, deadpan. She’s considered the mother of disability rights — and she’s a ‘badass’ 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z “That’s how I can go about life free as an idiot: because I have no idea what I’m doing,” she said, deadpan. Jennifer Lawrence in ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ 2012-11-09T22:03:41Z He added, deadpan and possibly sincere, “I don’t curse for the sake of cursing — that’s the actual truth.” Bob Saget, Comic Who Portrayed Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ Dies at 65 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton played it strictly deadpan while parrying decidedly off-the-wall questions from comedian Zach Galifianakis on his online parody talk show, "Between Two Ferns," released on Thursday. Hillary Clinton spars with comedian on parody talk-show interview 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Zacarias also adds deadpan factoids intoned into microphones — statistics and statements gauged to add depth to the shenanigans. Lure of telenovelas drives Arena’s ‘Destiny’ 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Casablancas would become famous as the deadpan, elegantly wasted personification of New York cool. Julian Casablancas' Radical Reinvention 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z “I’m in a good deadpan zone,” he said. How the ‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Elevates Cousin Greg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z So did Gill's occasional sing-speak deliveries and deadpan refrains, which heightened dichotomies on "Anthrax" and "Ether." Gang of Four turn back the clock with vital, aggressive show 2011-02-12T11:21:00Z Is there room in the history of cinema for one more Mafia movie, full of guns and deep-voiced deadpan gentlemen and delicious-looking Italian food? ‘Rob the Mob’: Gangsters of love, stealing from wrong crowd 2014-04-10T20:46:58Z His podcast persona is a cross between the deadpan comedian Steven Wright and Cliff Clavin of “Cheers” — transposed to a Manchester pub. Television Review | 'The Ricky Gervais Show': Taking the Podcast Back to a Simpler Time 2010-02-19T07:08:00Z Carell’s terrific in the role, but if his name draws people in expecting some zany, “Office”-style, deadpan humor, they’ll be sorely disappointed. Pick of the week: Couples therapy with Meryl and Tommy Lee 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z As poor Joshua’s life gets snarled in more absurd complications with ever-more bizarre characters, his deadpan reactions grow funnier and more bewildered. ‘The Making of Zombie Wars’ goes beyond the undead 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The music’s tensions arise elsewhere: in lyrics full of regrets and brushes with death, in the way Matt Berninger’s doleful baritone moves beyond its usual deadpan, in the gradual but eventually overpowering buildups. New Music: The National, Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums 2013-05-20T21:46:46Z Despite the retrospective segments and the love going around, starting with a lengthy standing ovation to open the show, the finale mostly avoided mawkish sentiment and stayed true to the host’s deadpan, self-deprecating sensibility. Highlights From David Letterman's Last 'Late Show' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z "She's closing down her namesake fashion brand, because she wants to spend more time with her namesake fascism brand," he deadpanned. Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump “is a racist, horny old burger goblin who literally steals childr... 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z And Hatch hit his stride on the app not by dancing but by deadpanning. A printing press operator and a snail expert? These museum workers have become unlikely TikTok stars. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Hall deadpans to the camera, in her elaborate pastel-yellow church dress and matching hat, her face caked in a thick white-and-black mime makeup. God Loves a Show: Religious Satires Reveal the Art of Acting Faithful 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z She displays a formidable comic gift—deadpan spontaneity with a puckish wit whirling behind it—along with that rarest of traits, star power. The Accurate Erotics of “Fifty Shades of Grey” 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In “Beijing Flickers,” presented at the Museum of Modern Art as part of Global Lens 2013, Mr. Zhang piles on the pain but then considers it with a deadpan gaze. Movie Review: ‘Beijing Flickers’ Directed by Zhang Yuan 2013-01-09T23:58:06Z He’s the classic haunted private eye, but the anguish is underplayed, with the writers and Mr. Pearce emphasizing Irish’s doggedness, decency and deadpan humor. Watch List: Hero on the Page Moves Doggedly to the Screen 2013-07-21T22:08:20Z He also has his father's likably deadpan tone. Radio head: Tom Ravenscroft 2010-10-27T07:00:00Z “When it happened,” Mr. Duchovny deadpanned, “I said that I was finally really impressed by the Fox publicity department, that they were able to plant a story like that to sell the show.” David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Basgallop dresses up basic horror premises with curlicues of mordant, deadpan humor, and creates an ambient pea soup of unease that, for his well-employed but economically insecure young characters, constitutes a reign of terror. ‘The Consultant’ Review: Silicon Valley Goes to the Devil 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Is there pent-up demand for books that span the life of a deadpan dead man? How Buster Keaton Turned Slapstick — and Movies — Into Art 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Employing his trademark deadpan expression, the governor stated there might be some “metaphorical reality” to Chris’s vision and pondered the mental toll of the disease on the man he calls his best friend. Perspective | The Cuomo brothers put on quite a show. Should the journalism-ethics police shut it down? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “Julia is not afraid to be unlikeable, not on screen and not in person,” Fey deadpanned. Julia Louis-Dreyfus accepts the Twain Prize: ‘Anybody would be lucky to be part of a night like this honoring someone like me’ 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z She and her partner, Stéphano Candreva, played their parts like deadpan dolls, but also with wide-eyed amusement at their own antics. Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z He has a deadpan conversational style and an instantly identifiable nasal drawl, but if you close your eyes and listen for a while, you realize that he sometimes sounds like Owen Wilson. Nicolas Cage Is in on the Nicolas Cage Jokes 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Borders” As a song, “Borders” is starkly functional: two chords, a modal Middle Eastern-sounding hook and verses made from terse, pointed lists — “police shots,” “identities,” “privilege” — punctuated by a deadpan refrain: “What’s up with that?” The Year in Music Videos 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z “A rabbi walks into a bar,” he deadpans at one point. ‘Wrestling Jerusalem’ revives Roth’s Middle East Festival at Mosaic 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Marji sneaks into the weeping girl’s bedroom to comfort her, reflecting, deadpan, “We were not in the same social class but at least we were in the same bed.” Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The questions are often barely veiled insults, delivered in a mirthless deadpan that’s somewhere between stupidity and sociopathy — the exact opposite of the breezy sycophancy that passes for most late-night banter. How ‘Between Two Ferns’ went from hilariously awkward web series to hilariously awkward Netflix movie 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z In 2010, Steve Martin deadpanned: "This show was so long that Avatar now takes place in the past." Academy Awards A to Z 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “And I had my French face on, completely deadpan.” Louis XIV Brought Them Together in Paris 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Miller was a steady, deadpan anchor throughout. Neil Genzlinger on the Emmy Awards 2015: Predictions, Wishes and What-Ifs 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z “I got it from your maid,” she deadpans. 25 Years Later, It Turns Out Phoebe Was the Best Friend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z His innocent face and deadpan attitude serves him well as he preys on his unsuspecting victims. TV highlights 15/08/2012 2012-08-14T19:00:02Z “I didn’t know this was going to be this long,” he deadpanned. Chris Christie’s Memoir Praises Trump, but Says, ‘I Told You So’ 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z She drives a deadpan line home with aplomb and audacity and owned every second of Megan’s weirdness. Bridesmaids' Melissa McCarthy: Hilarious Performance, Not Oscar Worthy 2012-01-25T18:38:22Z On "Late Night," Meyers mentioned the ad and deadpanned that Trump couldn't possibly be talking about him. Let there be late night: A report card on the hosts' return episodes, some better than others 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z This is a familiar strategy often used to accentuate deadpan comedy; here, Mr. Côté uses it to create a sense that the characters are waiting. Movie Review: ‘Vic + Flo Saw a Bear,’ Denis Côté’s Tale of Ex-Cons in Quebec 2014-02-07T00:13:15Z Granted, Tyson is a notorious deadpan wit, and that drug money remark might have been a joke. "The Hangover 2's" Mel Gibson hypocrisy 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z The problem is simple: many of the songs start with sturdy loping riffs influenced by Malian desert blues, but the laid-back, deadpan vocals by all three Dirtmusicians manage to sap the energy from the music. Dirtmusic: BKO 2010-04-15T22:30:00Z On Twitter, Stasey’s feminism sometimes takes the form of deadpan misandry along the lines of, “My resolution for 2015 – kill all the men.” The many layers of Caitlin Stasey: 'A lot of people think I'm a really angry person' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z “My boombox,” he deadpanned, “would only have nothing but traffic and weather updates.” The Screenwriting Team Behind ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z It is the boredom and deadpan hilarity that keeps you glued. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z He favors lurid, borderline-ugly colors and finds a tone that somehow erases the distinction between deadpan comedy and overwrought melodrama. Movie Review: Todd Solondz’s ‘Dark Horse’ Stars Jordan Gelber 2012-06-07T21:43:01Z The Final Destination movies are like inspired Kentucky Fried Movie sketches, but also like deadpan satires of a particular sub-genre they invented in the first place. Final Destination 5 ? review 2011-08-25T21:10:00Z Delivering deadpan snark as absurd clips played, the comedian provided a sort of color commentary for the reality TV era and launched his own Hollywood career in the process. Streaming TV and Podcasting Feed Into a Fast-Growing Talk-Show Universe 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Then he deadpans: “And I’ve found that in every role since.” Chris O’Dowd puts his body on the line on Broadway 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The Right One, which samples the Human Leagues's Don't You Want Me?, is a hilariously deadpan, wordy chant about competitiveness, while The Written Word and the title track are bonanzas for fans of arm-waving disco-house. Phenomenal Handclap Band: Form & Control ? review 2012-02-09T23:00:01Z And while the flag paintings’ inexpressive, deadpan air was, for some viewers, an existential problem, for others it was a solution. Jasper Johns: Divide and Conquer 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z "I haven't even seen 'The Tourist.' Who has? It must be good because it's nominated," he deadpanned at the 2011 awards, his last as host. Blunders begone! Golden Globes burnish Hollywood credibility 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Highlights include Lynne Ramsay's gorgeous Swimmer – a deadpan collision of ancient Highlanders and modern tourists – and a Moroccan village drama The Curse. This week's new films 2013-04-13T05:00:11Z More entertaining are the dozens of images of her rendered in every conceivable medium — as nail art and shoulder tattoos, as needlepoint samplers and bronze busts, as surrealist watercolors, deadpan cartoons and somber illustrations. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z “That’s led to catastrophic flooding and sewage overflows around the country, and not just in the liberal urban hellholes you’d expect, but also in the red states that God doesn’t hate,” she deadpanned. For one night, TV comics focus their shows on climate change 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z "It turns out that the banjo," she announced with deadpan panache, "is a real chick magnet." k.d. lang a treat to hear, a hoot to behold at ZooTunes 2011-08-11T20:59:05Z Later, after making Spaced, Simon Pegg and I had this wild notion of making a film that took place in George’s universe, but with a distinctly deadpan north London response to his Pittsburgh zombie epics. Edgar Wright, Alice Lowe, John Landis and Ben Wheatley on zombie king George A Romero 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z “He doesn’t seem to be racing to the airport,” Letterman deadpanned. David Letterman would finish off Donald Trump: Yes, we miss Jon Stewart, but no one deflated demagogues like Dave 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z When Perry left the room, Gilbert deadpanned, “We’re so much alike, right?” Sara Gilbert Balances Her Lives on ‘The Conners’ and ‘The Talk’ 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The thumbnail summary — “Aubrey Plaza becomes a thief” — conjures up a bone-dry comedy in which her deadpan persona creates ironic friction with the criminal underworld. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Imprinting in me that great deadpan of Bob Newhart — and something about that at an early age caught my eye. Q&A: 'Frasier' Star and Broadway Actor David Hyde Pierce 2010-10-15T09:05:00Z Now our military engages three objects, and we demand firm answers while thrilling to the possibility of spycraft or science fiction, or reverting to deadpan humor. There’s a ton of crap in the sky we haven’t shot down (yet) 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The dialogue somehow sounds believable even at its most deadpan hilarious, and the multi-pronged satire — of Florida, corrupt cops, bumbling criminals and, most exquisitely, the entertainment industry — is gentle but merciless. Carl Hiaasen’s raucous new novel, ‘Razor Girl’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z She often spies on her parents and their friends using binoculars, and the movie in many ways shares her deadpan detachment. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z Growing up, you were the class clown — albeit a deadpan class clown. Q&A: 'Frasier' Star and Broadway Actor David Hyde Pierce 2010-10-15T09:05:00Z Another cackle, then a deadpan: “Yeah, this is a real piece of art.” When Patti LuPone Haunted a Laundromat 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Isaac, wearing a deadpan expression that wavers between the soulful and soul-sick, plays Llewyn, a New York folk musician groping to find his existential way in the turbulent wake of a tragedy. Critic’s Notebook: Coen Brothers’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Is Popular at Cannes 2013-05-19T20:30:52Z And he delivers his sardonic monologue, a deadpan treat in an age of overenthusiastic and wildly gesticulating television presenting. The Mary Berry Story; Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex – TV review 2013-01-30T07:01:08Z Mr. Pierce, who is 34, is now the 85-year-old Mr. Kander’s new collaborator — more earnest and less deadpan than Ebb, but just as determined and, lately, just as busy. Kander & Pierce, a New Team in the Musical Theater 2012-05-23T21:58:57Z “Let me tell you of my love of Mexico,” Ms. Graham deadpanned. Lauren Graham’s Taste of Tokyo 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Herzog brings the beauty and provides the on-and-off narration, the probing questions and the occasional glint of characteristic deadpan comedy, but he also relies on Mr. Oppenheimer as an on-camera interpreter. Review: ‘Into the Inferno,’ Staring Down the Terrors of Nature 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z A tribute to his late mother, “Tears of Joy” finds the lyrical New York rapper/producer feeling his way through a cloud of grief over flickering beats, his low-register deadpan perfectly suiting the melancholic fog. 8 artists to watch at Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z It's deadpan funny in parts but there is also tension when Susie investigates. "Susie Searches": A cautionary tale of a podcaster who finds a missing student & "insta-celebrity" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z “Soon, in about six months, you’ll start to see the Sorry to Bother You-style movies, except with dinosaurs and the Rock,” he deadpans. Boots Riley: how the outspoken musician is taking on Hollywood 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z The one performer who makes an impression is Mr. Laurie, whose ability to mix charm, menace and deadpan humor is well suited for Roper. Review: Le Carré’s ‘The Night Manager,’ With Amoral Arms Dealing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Just this summer, President Obama sat on a stool with a deadpan look on his face as he slow-jammed the news with late-night host Jimmy Fallon; it was the president’s second time doing the segment. Obama dropped the mic. And made the pop culture world see politics as cool. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z “And there you are on a cold Tuesday morning, licking his nipples,” he added, deadpan. For Hugh Grant, a Smaller Screen Brings a More Complex Role 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Known for deadpan delivery, Notaro takes viewers on a bluntly honest journey through her travails. Sundance 2015: After tragedy, Tig Notaro finds love in new documentary 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z They are actually deadpan narrative lessons in how to pay attention like Lydia Davis — both to the word and the world. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Stein, whose own comic disposition suggests a fatalistic deadpan, said he wasn’t aware of how many Locksmith Isidore albums were sold last week. Jason Stein Puts a Jazz Spin on the Stand-Up of His Half-Sister Amy Schumer 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z New songs such as “Like Exploding Stones” and “Hey Like a Child” offer a spaced-out sound behind Vile’s deadpan vocals, often said as much as sung. Kurt Vile turns out ‘fried or sizzled out’ rock tunes 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “Great storefront,” the tour guide says, in a deadpan. ‘Real Housewives’ Invited Me In. How Could I Say No? 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z "What would I do if I was the last person on Earth?" he asks in his deadpan California drawl. 'Last Man on Earth' has the last laugh 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z A few scenes in “Jack Ryan” play up Krasinski’s deadpan comedy mannerisms, like the quiet bewilderment that plays around his eyes as he presses his mouth into a thin line of stress. Smart Watch: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Ava DuVernay’s “August 28″ and more top TV thi... 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Tsang, who is softly spoken and often deadpan in conversation, said that she aimed, through her art, to find ways of bringing together people who might not otherwise see each other as worthy of interaction. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z The meticulous deadpan of the performances diverts attention from the absurdity of the circumstances. Review: In ‘The Untamed,’ Close Encounters. No, Even Closer. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z He doesn’t deliver outsize, scene-stealing performances but, rather, reacts to others with a signature combination of understated wit and deadpan exasperation. Arts & Leisure: The Team Player Who Blends Into the Comedy 2011-06-30T15:23:03Z While his imagination runs riot, he addresses some of life’s greatest joys and worst traumas in a voice that’s deadpan, unflappable and understated. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 The main character’s interior monologue, a deadpan account of life as a zombie, wins you over from the start. Warm Bodies: A Hot-Zom Rom-Com 2013-02-01T14:00:11Z "What is this, the Watergate hearings?" he deadpanned when sitting down with three colleagues to face a reporter on the other side of a conference room table. 'The Simpsons' set to invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z In a bored, deadpan voice, she delivered each line off-camera: “Who are we kidding? The men you’re dancing on are going to sweat all over you too.” StripTok: Where the Workers are V.I.P.s 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “Welcome to nowhere,” the denizens sing with deadpan gazes and fleeting, sarcastic dance gestures. Review | ‘The Band’s Visit’ settles in at the Kennedy Center 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Much of the humor in “The Little Hours” relies on your deadpan comic timing. Aubrey Plaza: “I’m way more boring that people would hope” 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Throughout it all, Wiedeman is an appropriately understated guide, aware that his subject is so laden with self-regard that it only takes a deadpan clause to convey the absurdity of it all. ‘Billion Dollar Loser’ Recounts WeWork’s Big Dreams and Its Harsh Wake-Up Call 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Of these Mr. Church, buoyed by his comic deadpan and inherently funny slurry, whiny intonation, comes off the best. Movie Review: ‘Killer Joe,’ Directed by William Friedkin 2012-07-26T17:03:26Z His deadpan delivery, as he strums away in the downpour, seems to say, “I’m singin’ in the rain. Singin' in the Rain Is Back: What a Glorious Feeling! 2012-07-12T20:14:04Z Somehow, it’s all in here, a mash-up of deadpan vibes and manic melodrama made brighter and prettier: all the best parts, underlined to death. Review | Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Politician’ is cool and cynical — and difficult to fully endorse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The undisputed king of deadpan one-liners, Carr's personal fortune is estimated at many millions. Jimmy Carr: Laughing on the other side of his face 2012-06-23T23:06:26Z “Oh great idea,” Lord said in deadpan with a little laugh. Fun moments before, during and after the Oscars luncheon 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z The swirl of deadpan everydayness and “Twin Peaks”-y foreboding would sit easily alongside Bolaño’s earlier stories. Roberto Bolaño Recenters His Mythic World 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z After the people in the 007 tribute thanked Sony for "being gracious enough" to make James Bond, as Mr. Affleck put it, he deadpanned: "Universal would kill Paramount for a third of 'James Bond.'" The Carpetbagger: A Gala of Stars and Bleeps 2013-01-09T15:00:30Z Sofia Coppola’s latest movie, “The Bling Ring,” is another American Dream parable, a deadpan, curiously touching story of young people who believe the finer things in life are theirs for the taking. The Luxe Life in ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Bling Ring’ and Other Films 2013-05-16T12:00:01Z “There is sexual content that is not appropriate for him,” Hoang deadpans. A romance novelist struggled with Asperger’s. Now she writes about love on the spectrum. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The performer hits the sweet spot several times in his oddball solo show “The Object Lesson,” running at Studio Theatre as a kind of deadpan clown piece amid stacks and stacks of cardboard boxes. Clowning around with yesterday’s junk in ‘The Object Lesson’ 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s a curious object, but like most of Mr. Lee’s work, it’s so deadpan you’re not sure whether it’s a challenge or an anachronism, or just an antidote to our large-print, bold-statement art moment. ‘Jim Lee and the Cream Tones’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z For a moment, he looks almost entirely serious – deadpan bordering on dead earnest – as though we have finally penetrated through to the questions in life that really matter. Larry David: 'I'm cranky' 2010-06-25T23:02:00Z “It’s a preposterous hook, of course, but Ms. Barthes introduces her absurd premise with deadpan restraint,” Ms. Dargis wrote in The Times in August. DVDs: Another Trippy Rabbit Hole 2010-02-27T03:01:00Z "I kept telling my mom that reading comic books would pay off," he deadpans. Joss Whedon: 'I kept telling my mum reading comics would pay off' 2013-06-02T05:00:01Z He doesn’t think of anything he does as deadpan. Rachel Weisz Is the Passion Pick, Online and on Awards Shows 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The images here suggest that Hugo is moving towards straight documentary, though he retains the detached, almost deadpan gaze of someone still dedicated to merging that medium with fine art. Deutsche Börse photography prize 2012 – review 2012-07-14T23:06:08Z This may sound a lot like the old Silverman—raunchy, deadpan, obliviously in bad taste—but “A Speck of Dust” also represents a strange form of comedic maturation. Sarah Silverman’s Comedy Is Changing with the Times 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The episode gets its most deadpan disgusting moment, when a vamp tries to snack on Arlene’s femoral artery and is immediately — and mysteriously — reduced to pink slime. RECAP: True Blood Watch: Lost and Found 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z But unlike most of the great deadpan comics, he stays off camera, telling his stories through narration, interviews with strangers and carefully curated scenes of New York. The Most Adventurous Comedy Right Now Is Also the Most Real 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z They move Electric Cafe into the middle of the run and finish on Sex Object, which is somehow funnier live, the deadpan vocals made even more alien by that hint of a human wobble. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night six: Techno Pop 2013-02-13T12:05:42Z One is Mr. Khan, who plays an imperious jerk with deadpan élan. | 'Thank You': The Bollywood Treatment, for Husbands 2011-04-10T21:23:23Z The film’s misguided flatness is perhaps its fatal flaw, not so much deadpan or existential as just monotonous. ‘Wrong’: Where, oh where did comedy go right? 2013-04-04T22:15:44Z "Ever eat a pine tree?" he deadpanned, donning a Gibbons-esque flannel shirt, bushy white eyebrows and a flyaway white wig. In defense of Grape-Nuts, a cereal for the self-deprecating humorist 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z One reason that “Girls” is unsettling is that it is an acerbic, deadpan reminder that human nature doesn’t change. Television Review: Lena Dunham?s ?Girls? Begins on HBO 2012-04-12T18:49:02Z Mr. Kiba’s Nakata naturally wins our hearts with his deadpan confessions of his own stupidity and genial ability to catch each of life’s curveballs as if it were nothing out of the ordinary. Review: ‘Kafka on the Shore,’ a Metaphysical Odyssey Adapted From Murakami’s Novel 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Reality has grown so ridiculous as to render that once-lethal antic spirit redundant, leaving deadpan the new recourse. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Cresswell and McNicholas found the punk downtown — far from the bright lights of Broadway — a perfect fit for their deadpan show. Farewell to ‘Stomp,’ a Show at the Beating Heart of New York 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Kevin Abstract begins “Miserable America,” an arrestingly powerful single from his forthcoming album “American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story,” with these lines, delivered deadpan, rapped in a style that recalls the incantations of P.M. The Playlist: The Gospel According to Alicia Keys 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Squirming, deadpanning in his distinctive Home Counties caw, Bird is very funny throughout. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z The author’s deadpan humor has not been switched off. Review: In Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid,’ a Lesbian on the Run Masquerades as Black 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z I sat stunned by the deadpan nonsense of these lines. There’s Nowhere to Hide on the Internet 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Throughout the performance, Mr. Hill reminded me of the comedian Martin Short in his hawk-eyed deadpan mode. Review: Arlo Hill, Always in Love With Loesser 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The performers rap, deadpan: "Stop the demolition / dissent for destruction / let art and music be your armaments." Brazil's occupying artists propel Bienal Sao Paulo's theme 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z You laugh to break the tension, and also you can’t help but intuit a comic intention under the cast’s deadpan. Review: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z “I think the Internet message boards used to be a lot funnier 10 years ago,” Matt Warburton says deadpan. 2010-01-08T17:06:00Z Marvel at the deadpan humor and philosophical economy of a print showing four parallel views of a single right humerus — back, front, left and right. Summer Art Trek: Gallery Hopping in the Hudson Valley 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Each page presents a pithy quotation enlivened by one of Andrews’s deadpan line drawings. ‘Shakespeare’s Guide to Parenting’: Wry advice from the Bard 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Helping along the second season of “Patriot” is a supporting cast Conrad gifts with comedic situations tasking them to walking a tightrope between deadpan delivery and utter lunacy. A spy like us: Amazon’s “Patriot” is the screw-up’s answer to TV’s super-agents 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Their music – finest when plucked and twanged on acoustic instruments – and their Kiwi deadpan are better suited to smaller auditoriums: tonight's event is low-key by arena standards. Flight of the Conchords 2010-05-11T20:35:00Z In its stately, deadpan way, the song is quite the sendup. The Playlist: The War on Drugs and Lana Del Rey Deliver Two Kinds of Reveries 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z As it proceeds to ramble through the next four centuries of American frontier-busting, “Mission Drift” mixes such deadpan, juvenile humor with interludes of stylized dance and more sober storytelling forms. | 'Mission Drift': ?Mission Drift,? a Musical at the Coil Festival - Review 2012-01-12T00:17:21Z But once in a while he lets his deadpan side run loose, to good effect. Television Review: ‘Edge of America,’ on Travel Channel, on Bizarre Trips 2013-01-21T21:47:54Z At the National Gallery here, in a room where the crowds tend to thin, hang Rembrandt’s two Trips: There’s Jacob, the grumpy Dordrecht merchant, with that eyebrow raised and that vaguely disapproving, deadpan glare. Postcard From London: On a Gallery?s Walls, the Circle of Life 2011-06-15T20:23:29Z With its dry, deadpan tone, “Living With Yourself” is a show that might not work half as well without Rudd’s inherent duality. Paul Rudd, the One-Man Double Act 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The consensus is that Schumer’s first film is mostly hilarious and full of good performances, especially from a deadpan LeBron James. Schumer’s unfortunate “Trainwreck” lesson: Amy’s casual racism isn’t one of her bad habits to overcome 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Statham ... remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves. In "Operation Fortune," Aubrey Plaza saves Guy Ritchie's latest action-packed but lackluster caper 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Instead, the turmoil behind the deadpan singing is conveyed through the music. Album review: St. Vincent, 'Strange Mercy' 2011-09-12T02:34:00Z Actors read these lines with deadpan intonation, making vivid the dehumanizing effects of bureaucratic jargon. ‘Uppercase Print’ Review: Between the Lines 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Galifianakis’s Gleasonesque movements and deadpan, behind-the-beat timing serve him well in this role, as does his ability to seem completely in earnest even when his actions and utterances are bizarre or nonsensical. | 'It?s Kind of a Funny Story': A Coming-of-Age Tale, Set Among the Sad 2010-10-07T23:19:00Z The scene was charming and, in the driest, most deadpan way, hilarious. In Luxembourg, a Long Ride Across a Small Country 2012-09-21T18:37:43Z Always an understated writer, who prefers innuendo to inflection, in this book he evinces a talent for the deadpan. Colm Toibin on the Fathers of Geniuses 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z But watching those shows again, I even see a timelessness in the blank deadpan of Carson that is absent in the knowing irony of Letterman. As a Teenager, I Hated Johnny Carson. Then Came the Pandemic. 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Drexler deserves credit for adding a whiff of romantic plot to the deadpan blankness of Pop Art. Mad for Art: A Look Back and Up the Avenue at Women Gallerists 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z "It will," he deadpans, "feature at least 10 helicopters." The Knife: 'Music history is written by privileged white men' 2013-03-23T06:00:00Z Wintour deadpans in the darkened club, still rocking her signature oversized sunglasses. Watch Amy Schumer and Anna Wintour Swap Jobs 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “If the evening has a star,” Arthur Gelb of The Times wrote, “it is Pat Carroll, a blue-eyed blonde with a genius for the deadpan and double take.” Pat Carroll, TV Mainstay Turned Stage Star, Dies at 95 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “It’s good to not be wearing prison wear,” Ms. Lyonne deadpanned. On the Runway Blog: Stargazing: Earning a Spot in the Front Row 2013-09-06T21:44:08Z At SXSW, Hal and I were doing interviews, and someone brought up the word deadpan, which for me is a word that I’m like, “Ugh, please, God, I don’t want to hear that word anymore.” Aubrey Plaza on Life After 'Parks' and Hating the Word 'Deadpan' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Yes, maybe it all comes out of boredom,” Mr. Weiss once deadpanned to an interviewer. Fischli and Weiss: Anarchy at the Guggenheim 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z “Ask for the fine art fraud-detection squad,” he deadpans in one episode, when Frasier calls the police to report a forged painting and is met with helpless cackles on the other end of the phone. John Mahoney: Frasier's 'cranky' dad was the stove at the heart of the show 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Then the centurion asks Marcellus perhaps the most hilarious, deadpan question in the history of cinema: “Your first crucifixion?” A Nineteen-Fifties Jewish-American Christmas Story 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z “There is no risk to America,” he says in his deadpan baritone, sitting in a Washington hotel room a few paces from the Capitol dome. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future “I really couldn’t care less, to be honest,” said Mr. Houellebecq, France’s best-known world-weary bad-boy novelist, letting out a little laugh that interrupted his usual deadpan delivery. Michel Houellebecq, Casually Provocative 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Can you talk about the deadpan nature of this film in particular, and your films in general? "Dual" director on a world where Karen Gillan duels her own clone for survival: "Karen is a maestro" 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “I’ve already submitted my application to replace her,” the mayor said, deadpan. Barry Lubin, Grandma the Clown, in Final Big Apple Tour 2011-09-20T22:02:29Z “The number one thing I think should be happening is that I get to see every script before they make it,” Davis deadpans. 25 years ago, ‘Thelma & Louise’ was a radical statement. Sadly, it still is. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z His ruminative deadpan meets a deceptively simple backdrop: some masterly guitar work, some drums and flute, all put together with sly serenity. Craig Taborn, Wayne Shorter and Bill Callahan Achieve 2013-12-13T18:35:06Z Wilson has a world-class goofball deadpan, displayed in the Mike Judge film "Idiocracy" and in the Will Ferrell comedies "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Blades of Glory." Luke Wilson: How it feels to be America's boyfriend 2010-08-04T11:01:00Z Nathan Fielder, a gifted deadpan comedian, offers brilliantly bad business advice to small companies willing to try anything, and they film the results. Summer Is Flying By. Plan Accordingly. 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Aaron Paul, playing Sarah’s solemn and supportive combat coach, offers by far the most effective performance among a cast devoted to deadpan enunciation and blank stares. ‘Dual’ Review: Seeing Double, Inviting Trouble 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z "Shows like Modern Family have a hint of that same sort of deadpan ridiculousness." Marx Brothers' enduring appeal 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The director's description of the "The Last Kiss," as "very moving," despite being "tonally, very you know, slippery," is delivered with perfect deadpan by Bagley. 'Stage Kiss' elicits lots of giggles but not much emotion at Geffen Playhouse 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “With all her little gestures with the cigarette, the clipped speech, the big eyes, the deadpan - I was just as much an actress as she was, even though I wasn’t trained for the stage.” ‘I wouldn’t sit on her toilet …’ Screen revival of Davis and Crawford feud sparks sexism debate 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Heath’s funeral wishes are so unlikely that you start to suspect that, in everything he does, he’s less a master of facts than of deadpan comedy. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z But she also provides moments of sarcasm and deadpan humor in the series. "I'm not tough": Jennifer Jason Leigh on her career playing challenging roles nothing like herself 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Jepsen employs her deadpan sense of humor as she lists off the red flags and deal-breakers that marred relationships with “Boy No. 1” to “Boy No. I Can’t Keep Count Anymore.” Carly Rae Jepsen’s Brand-New Boy Problems, and 7 More New Songs 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z What saves this novel from being impossibly bleak is Ms. Thompson’s deadpan impatience with the very suffering she presents. Books of The Times: ‘The Humanity Project,’ Jean Thompson’s Latest Novel 2013-04-17T20:28:21Z Many of her anecdotes are outlandish, drawing moral lines in unexpected places, and delivered with a deadpan wit. In ‘The Folded Clock,’ Heidi Julavits takes you inside her real/fake diary 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "That pretty much sums it up," Roberts deadpanned of his company's failed $45-billion merger. Comcast's Brian Roberts kicks off INTX with 'Furious 7' explosion 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z She’s a deadpan comedian, her sentences funny yet plump with existential dread. Review: Nell Zink’s ‘Nicotine’ Is Hard to Put Down, Despite Its Unruly Plot 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z While Linda developed an effective vocal style over her years with Wings and beyond, "Wide Prairie" masterfully showcases her penchant for spoken-word deadpan. La la la la lovely Linda: Remembering love and laughter with Linda McCartney’s "Wide Prairie" 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Meanwhile Roman, Martin Starr's deadpan "hard sci-fi" writer, is still slinging appetizer trays while pondering how to crack his magnum opus. The "Party Down" cater waiters are back, but has the now-famous cast outgrown the pink bow ties? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Asked on French TV about the timing of this concession, Sy, who is of Senegalese-Mauritanian origin and grew up in France, deadpanned: “You know, coincidences do exist.” Movie Honors the African Soldiers France Tried to Forget 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Offerman has the same deadpan delivery as his character, and he's a guy's guy, who loves carpentry. Nick Offerman talks new movie, love for wife 2012-10-22T14:35:12Z On Protomartyr’s taut third album, “The Agent Intellect,” the Detroit frontman is alone at the end of the bar, scribbling deadpan poetry on coasters, sketching escape routes out of this doomed world. The best music of 2015: Young Thug, Ellie Goulding and Kelela shine 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Action star and pin-up Mark Wahlberg spends his time on screen as a deadpan hero unable to wear a shirt - much to the amusement of Fey. Fright night 2010-04-15T08:00:00Z The princess, a curiously deadpan character in the original, has been turned into a rebel. De Frutos and Pet Shop Boys reach for the moon 2011-03-09T21:29:01Z She does so with an unsentimental, appraiser’s eye, as if they were racehorses or hunting dogs, and deems them, with a perfect deadpan, “unwieldy.” It’s the Ultimate TV Prize: An Unscripted Queen Elizabeth 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z What came out of his mouth was unmistakable, vintage Leonard - a crisply written narrative with lines of deadpan dialogue uttered by morally ambiguous characters. Author Elmore Leonard wins prestigious book award 2012-09-19T13:26:31Z Though the tone is quiet and the pacing serenely unhurried, “Sleeping Beauty” is at times almost screamingly funny, a pointed, deadpan surrealist sex farce that Luis Buñuel might have admired. | 'Sleeping Beauty': Julia Leigh?s ?Sleeping Beauty? - Review 2011-12-02T00:02:07Z Set in the weathered French coastal town of its title, the film brings deadpan humor to this tale of a kind shoeshine man who shelters a refugee boy from Africa . Top arts and entertainment picks for Nov. 13-19 2011-11-10T20:56:48Z There are a few — O.K., more than a few — priceless moments of deadpan humor, of the black and Rabelaisian varieties. Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z Ms. Mason, her face deadpan, replied, “They told me ‘It’s your decision.’ ” Critic’s Notebook: Monica Mason Reflects on Leadership of Royal Ballet 2012-07-20T22:03:05Z That film is at once a brutal deadpan comedy and a devastating anatomy of the ambiguous legacy of the Eastern European revolutions of 1989. Review: In ‘The Treasure,’ Digging for Something of Value in Romania 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The mercurial artist’s singular blend of deadpan delivery and self-aware silliness was fully present in his latest left turn, a show titled “New Worlds,” presented Friday to a full house at Strathmore. Review | With Bill Murray, crossing a bridge from America past to America present 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z This is the arch-sounding premise of Kevin Wilson’s novel “The Family Fang,” which in less adroit hands might have been a string of twee, deadpan moments and not much more. Books of The Times: Mom and Dad and the Two Kids They Damage 2011-08-03T22:00:29Z When the motion-sensor lights kept blinking off, he said, with a deadpan, “Very energy efficient.” Rupert Friend Is Tired of Killing 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s deadpan and funny, and it explains a lot about the characters in how they behave and interact. Zachary Quinto on his Tribeca comedy “Aardvark”: “It’s a film about people who are lost to themselves” 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Anchored by Bongiovanni's deadpan performance, the performers tear into their roles as if they were playing grand opera -- just the right tack for their overblown material. 'Thicker Than Water,' a sitcom with a side of spaghetti at Theatre West 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Coates’s pulling at that tear is less deadpan than Whitehead’s, and more constant. With ‘The Water Dancer,’ Ta-Nehisi Coates Makes His Fiction Debut 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer is notable for his deadpan visual wit and his interest in odd jobs. Review: ‘1001 Grams,’ by the Norwegian Filmmaker Bent Hamer, Mixes Levity and Gravity 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Bengson, who exudes a defensive deadpan calm that hints at demons scrambling beneath, sums up their chronicle with the jaunty disclaimer, “So here it is, the sound of introverts pining!” Review: Waltzing With Love and Death in ‘Hundred Days’ 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s not until they show up that they realize the deadpan skinheads in attendance aren’t their ideal audience. Review: Green Room Is More Unpleasant Than Pleasurably Tense 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Over a familiarly tuneful electronic backing, Tennant intoned, in his deadpan way, the immortal words "SIX… FREE… STICKERS… " Amazing. Rewind radio: Victoria Derbyshire; Neil Tennant's Smash Hits Christmas; Andrew Sachs: The Revenge 2012-12-23T00:04:16Z There, framed by windows, they face each other and open up, talking in that somewhat deadpan, patently Anderson-screwball way that puts up a snappy, performative front which slowly gives way to deep feeling. ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In the movie “Liberal Arts,” Josh Radnor deadpans that his major was “English, with a minor in history, just to make sure I was fully unemployable.” Hooray for “worthless” education! 2014-03-27T17:07:00Z Sennott is a revelation, and that matters; she carries much of the picture’s weight on her face, and its ability to express the mounting levels of stress and deadpan reactions. ‘Shiva Baby’ Review: It’s Complicated 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Ali is just as funny for being utterly deadpan throughout a performance that makes the most of his magnetically regal bearing. Perspective | Theaters are filled with films telling black stories. It’s about time. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Mrs. Mendelsohn, who has crack comic timing, deadpanned, “I taught him everything.” O Suburbia, With a Touch of the Cosmic 2011-03-05T05:23:05Z No wonder he had a request, delivered in a deadpan voice: “Please make the entire article about my painting.” Directing the Beatles Was Just One Part of His Long and Winding Career 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z And when the 90s came, and Mike Myers’s comedy international spy Austin Powers became a smash hit, his style of Bond became increasingly adored: raffish, deadpan, devil-may-care. Roger Moore: the modest, self-deprecating 007 who brought some serious aplomb | Peter Bradshaw 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z After touring the facilities, he asked in a deadpan manner whether his yacht might also be equipped with a torpedo. Books of The Times: The Reclusive Other Half of Microsoft?s Odd Couple Breaks His Silence 2011-04-18T23:23:20Z Between songs, Pecknold told short, funny stories in his deadpan voice. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at the Paramount 09/06/11 2011-09-07T17:34:07Z "Nothing in my life prepared me for this ballroom," the Pittsburgh native deadpanned to the bejeweled fans, including Princess Madeleine of Sweden. Opera awards go to Peter Sellars and 4 singers 2012-04-30T09:46:04Z But the balance between dread and deadpan laughs is adroitly maintained, and there’s an appealingly casual, improvisatory vibe. Review: In ‘Mr. Inbetween,’ the Hit Man Feels Your Pain 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Galifianakis’s unwavering deadpan — which, as in his brilliant “Between Two Ferns,” can read as confrontational or terrorized — may be for specialized tastes, but if you fall for “Baskets,” you’ll probably love it unreasonably. Television This Winter: 20 Shows to Keep on Your Radar Screen 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z “It means ‘stick it to the man,’” Ms. Delevingne deadpanned, before dashing away from the paparazzi to find an available restroom. ‘Stick It to the Man’ and Other Lessons From the Met Gala Cocktails 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Soon after arriving in the Big Apple, the famous fir caught the eye of social media influencer Rex Chapman, who deadpanned that that it didn’t quite look ready for its close-up. Twitter users troll Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, liken it to 'Charlie Brown' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z There is room for despair in Christmas song, especially if you handle it with the deadpan panache of the erstwhile Mothercare heiress, Harvard graduate and "socialite nihilist" Cristina. Bob Stanley's guide to writing the perfect Christmas hit 2010-12-16T22:15:01Z As he deadpans after one bawdy confession, “This is the good stuff you just don’t get from the guy from Nickelback.” ‘Lonely Boy’ review: Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones riffs on an era of theft, drugs and punk 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z "Legal highs" have often been sold under the deadpan rubric of "bath salts" or "plant food"; and it's important to give a new chemical a pronounceable brand name. Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That's Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review 2013-05-02T07:00:02Z But like Buster Keaton, another deadpan philosopher who preferred to keep quiet, Frank is never allowed to get what he’s after. Book review: ‘Let Me be Frank With You,’ a new Frank Bascombe book by Richard Ford The actor and his deadpan delivery are why "Wrath of Man" succeeds. In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z She knows the look she wants — she favors elegantly symmetrical stage compositions here — and the tone: deadpan and dreamlike, with comedy and menace battling for the upper hand. | 'Dreamless Land' : Julia Jarcho?s ?Dreamless Land? - Review 2011-11-10T22:54:11Z Thorgerson was an impish visionary, a charming figure of bodily droop and deadpan wit. Review: ‘Taken by Storm,’ About the Mind Behind a Design 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z An avalanche of raw internal dialogue, hook-heavy garage rock and Barnett's own deadpan delivery are at the heart of "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit." Singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett lets her lyrics do the talking 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He has also used deadpan phrases to evoke life on the road, whether that’s an endless stretch of barren highway or the tangle of urban sprawl. Inside Art: Contemporary Photos Given to National Gallery 2014-03-13T21:18:12Z As ever, Tessa is determined to persuade dad George to move back to New York, and enlists the help of high-school nemesis and doyen of deadpan put-downs Dalia to hatch the perfect plan. TV highlights 07/08/2012 2012-08-06T19:00:01Z Stealth being essential to stand-up, many of the best male comics — Jack Benny, George Gobel, Tommy Smothers — understood how much better laugh lines play when your wardrobe is the sartorial equivalent of deadpan. The Late-Night Fashion Wars 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Now 81, Felsen is casual and compact, with a direct, deadpan manner — not the sort of dealer perennially in "sell" mode. Why Rosamund Felsen left Santa Monica for downtown's industrial arts district 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In “Public Domain” he’s much more aware of the audience but still wholly deadpan. Dance Review: Revealing New Facets of a Choreographer?s Gemstones 2010-03-01T23:06:00Z The dancers are intimately connected, slow-dancing in ballroom position in twos and even threes, but they also keep getting in one another’s way, brushing up close, bumping, flicking others’ body parts aside with deadpan effect. Dance Review: Vicky Shick’s ‘Everything You See’ at Danspace Project 2013-04-19T20:20:37Z With Baldwin's stentorian voice as a focal point and guide, the podcast regularly delivers a mix of pitch-black humor and deadpan chills. 'Welcome to Night Vale' podcast becomes an equally weird, haunted yet humorous novel 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Oh, yes, the recorded voice of the newscaster Anderson Cooper is heard as the narrator, exuding an appropriate deadpan wryness. | 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying': Wizard of Corporate Climbing 2011-03-28T02:00:00Z In a brief 30 minutes, Notaro relates the events of her year in a “this can’t get worse, can it?” deadpan, the audience audibly gasping and groaning. Tig Notaro Live: The Best Medicine 2012-10-10T14:30:16Z "It afforded me the luxury of travelling separately from the rest of the band," he deadpans. Ready to be heard 2012-02-12T00:05:15Z Nick Offerman, the deadpan comedian from “Parks and Recreation,” has long been a fan of Mark Twain, the cigar-chomping master of deadpan comedy. Review | Nick Offerman would like to invite you to dinner 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Chaos “Chaos,” a new series beginning Friday on CBS is at once a deadpan sendup of the spy genre, in the manner of “Get Smart,” and something considerably less ambitious. Television Review: Can You Wear Silly Hats With Your Cloak and Dagger? 2011-03-30T23:51:48Z She stopped for a moment, then deadpanned the answer that she always thinks but never says: “Yes. It is.” The Amy Adams Method 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z And that clan's sinister yet lusty lifestyle and deadpan morbidity delighted readers of The New Yorker, which carried Addams' work for five decades. From cartoon frame to 5th Avenue Stage: 'The Addams Family' (snap, snap!) 2012-10-17T21:51:13Z In their deadpan, laconic way they seem to speak eloquently of life in 20th-century America. Review: A ’60s View of Warhol’s Soup Cans, at MoMA 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z “The ice and gold is just a double code; it’s a metaphor,” frontman Damon Albarn sings in his deadpan way on the oddly titled “The Puritan.” Olympics theme songs: Still terrible 2012-07-19T16:40:00Z It’s the smile at the end of a deadpan punch line. Review: Netflix’s Tig Notaro Documentary, ‘Tig,’ Recalls a Time of Uncomfortable Laughs 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z This deadpan sensibility, staying earnest in the face of extreme stupidity, has found its classiest practitioners in Joel and Ethan Coen. Airplane at 30! The ride of their lives 2010-08-22T20:30:00Z “I really can’t explain it,” he says, deadpan, about that now. Arts & Leisure Preview: Keith Richards, With Memories to Burn 2010-10-21T13:44:00Z All seem in tune with Mr. Jones’s deadpan humor, which gives his dialogue plenty of comic bite even when the plot starts fraying at the seams. Review: In ‘Important Hats of the Twentieth Century,’ Saggy Jeans and Sweatshirts Make a 1930s Incursion 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Between these films, Plaza took opportunities to tinker with her deadpan reputation. The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z But while movies were a smaller part of Macdonald’s output, his plainspoken, deadpan comedy could be all the more distinct on the big screen. New this week: ‘The Starling,’ Diddy and Billy Bob Thornton 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Hammond turns in his seat, a deadpan look on his face, the levers of power beyond his reach. This Hill staffer (maybe) saved the free world. But all he wants is a career in theater. 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Elaborately layered like a vast lavender profiterole, Dawn French returned to the speaking role of La Duchesse, delivering her Franglais with expert deadpan timing. Tosca; La fille du r?giment; Takacs Quartet 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z It also works for the subtly escalating comedy that Ms. Hausner, with finesse and fine timing, sneaks into her story with dogs, sidelong looks and deadpan. Review: ‘Amour Fou,’ About the Woman in a Poet’s Suicide Pact 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Those trademark shades, along with the character's deadpan personality, helped a lot in creating the illusion. Arnold Schwarzenegger freaks out Hollywood tourists as the Terminator 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Even so, Mr. Pally, Ms. Burns and the rest of the cast deliver sharp dialogue in weapons-grade deadpan. Review: In ‘Slow Learners,’ Aspirational Hedonists Doff Their Glasses 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z In a sense, the playwright is as naked as several of his characters are in various scenes in this deadpan drama. Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Fulfillment,’ on One Man’s Ceiling, and His Frustrations 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z The combination of new and antiquated could descend into gimmickry, but Mr. Kurland’s approach feels like a deadpan update of the classic memento mori, in which perishable items serve as reminders of human transience. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z For decades now, Ron Padgett has built up a body of work that, like the tenderly deadpan ballads of Jonathan Richman, has at its heart a sort of wry, pickled innocence. Review: Looking Inward in Poetry Books From Ron Padgett and Nick Flynn 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z In Aldous Harding’s droll, dreamlike work, there’s not a lot of because, just a lot of glorious, deadpan is. Aldous Harding’s Gloriously Peculiar World of Songs 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z The Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is a deadpan dystopian comedian, an inventor of absurd, highly regulated societies that seem to exist in hidden pockets of everyday reality. Review: In ‘The Lobster,’ Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z They maintained a deadpan cool for much of the second movement of the A minor sonata, where the musical material is simple to the point of being obtuse. Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace at Zankel Hall 2014-03-05T23:16:12Z The first-rate cast gleams with professional polish, while specializing in a mannered deadpan hysteria, and nobody oversells the cute eccentricity. ‘Fly by Night,’ a Metaphysical Musical 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z It has something to do with the ambiguous gray of their coats, the deadpan dignity of their countenances, those skeptically raised eyebrows. Wegman, the Weimaraner artist, brings cheer to kids at Georgetown cancer clinic 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z He makes no claim to inside knowledge; his film is a quiet, deadpan statement. A rum take on Cuba 2012-07-05T19:59:01Z Shipnuck generally admires Mickelson, and takes note of his philanthropy, his sunny disposition, his deadpan wit, his many acts of random kindness and the fact that he’s not a sore loser. Phil Mickelson, Game for Anything and All Too Human 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z But the staid structure of the installation is more than a deadpan mask, and the Teddy bear’s often incongruent presence is more than simply comedic. A Piercing View of the Twentieth Century, Through the Eyes of the Teddy Bear 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z It is Mr. Druid, though, who temporarily rescues the film from its own carefulness, piercing its bubble of high-minded complacency with his slow-burning anger and deadpan humor. Review: In ‘Louder Than Bombs,’ a Father and Sons Grieving 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z For several decades, Andy Warhol was the patron saint of artists obsessed with mass media and celebrity culture, a fixation he expressed to the mainstream in a deadpan, affectless demeanor. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The Australian songwriter Katie Dey is both deadpan and devastating as she sings about an abusive relationship and her own self-destructive impulses in “Real Love.” glaive Showcases His Less Hyper Pop, and 13 More New Songs 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z There are currently no plans for another series of Getting On, the sublimely bleak and bluff BBC4 comedy series set on a hospital ward, whose devoted viewers revel in its deadpan approach to bedpans. Joanna Scanlan: 'People find Getting On funny because it's accurate' 2012-12-22T19:00:01Z Maier’s writing is funny, in a typically deadpan, French nihilist way. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Lin’s prose has been compared to that of Bret Easton Ellis’s deadpan early work, and Mr. Ellis has done a blurb for “Taipei.” Books of The Times: ‘Taipei,’ by Tao Lin 2013-06-04T12:00:01Z Sharp, ironic, deadpan and light enough to slip in a backpack for those moments of holiday torpor. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Hangdog and deadpan, he is a former baker. Abroad: When in Rome: Newsstands as Mini-Malls 2010-06-04T22:53:00Z She looked us and with perfect deadpan comic timing, she told us, “It’s Robin.” The crime we committed for her 2014-03-10T00:00:00Z Kimmel, known for his genial but deadpan delivery, got high marks as last year’s Academy Awards host when then-newly elected Trump and his policies became a running gag. Jimmy Kimmel's mission impossible - Oscar host in midst of #MeToo 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z “Des Moines” showcases many of his signatures: deadpan absurdism, misfit characters, heavy drinking and drug addiction, deception, and statements on the bleak, incontestable fact of human mortality. ‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z He grafts, he's deadpan, he's not a milker. Should Andy Murray receive a knighthood? 2013-07-14T08:09:02Z In contrast, Walls' Kamal is the film's point guard, carrying the film with his dexterity as well as his deadpan and hangdog expressions. In "White Men Can't Jump" remake, Sinqua Walls outshines Wesley Snipes' original basketball hustler 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “I’m going to die soon anyway,” her grandmother counsels, deadpan. Polish Film's Amoral New Wave 2010-06-14T12:30:00Z In Bullwinkel’s creepy, deadpan debut, bodies become objects, objects become bodies, and bodies and objects fuse and part in fascinating, unsettling ways. These Short Story Debuts Are ‘Squirmy,’ ‘Virtuosic,’ ‘Claustrophobic’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Well she looks like a pigtailed Puritan minister's daughter and quotes deadpan from the Old Testament. First sight: Hailee Steinfeld 2010-12-16T22:22:00Z The role doesn’t make use of Mr. Lithgow’s deep talents, but he gets the most out of the deadpan naïveté the part requires. Review: ‘Trial & Error’ Features a Confederacy of Dunces 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But the deadpan style that best serves these antics often slips into a kind of winking archness that announces an awareness of the inspired lunacy of it all. Theater Review: Joe Orton’s ‘Loot’ Is a Comedy of Bad Manners 2014-01-19T21:36:48Z “Sorry, it’s a boy,” she deadpans to a new mom. Super Bowl commercials still sassy, but a little more classy as sexism fades in 2015 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z Their primary success ingredients are capuchin monkey urine and Stiller's deadpan reactions to the latest amazement or indignity. Goodbyes abound in 'Night at the Museum' as trilogy comes to an end 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The humor is dry and the acting deadpan in “Women Who Kill,” a comedy that plays it droll and is all the funnier for it. Review: She Hosts ‘Women Who Kill,’ and May Be in Love With One 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Franken — who moves effortlessly from inside-showbiz yarns to political ones — is less deadpan offstage than on, with a slightly quicker delivery, puncturing many sentences with a booming laugh that sounds like a baritone quack. For Al Franken, a Comeback Attempt Goes Through Comedy Clubs 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Surveying the quietly admiring bookstore crowd in TriBeCa on Thursday night, he cleared his throat and deadpanned: “This isn’t exactly Madison Square Garden, but I think it will do.” Village Green, Preserved: Brian May?s Photo Recovery 2010-07-23T23:25:00Z Galifianakis — the deadpan foil of Due Date, HBO's Bored to Death and the movies — doesn't care about the kinds of things other people care about. Zach Galifianakis Hates to Be Loved 2011-05-19T09:05:00Z It got a nomination for Michael Shannon’s great supporting performance as the deadpan Texan lawman. Nocturnal Animals snub is failure of nerve as La La Land steamrolls Oscars | Peter Bradshaw 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z He was very charming, very low-key and amusingly deadpan in his delivery. ‘He Missed Nothing’: Nathan Lane, Chita Rivera and Others on Joe Allen 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z A new cast will continue in London at the Theatre Royal Haymarket - something Bean referred to in his deadpan acceptance speech. Matilda musical tops stage awards 2012-02-20T10:57:17Z Photograph: Edward Moore There are deadpan comedians, and then there's Daniel Simonsen, a comic who it's impossible to imagine doing anything warm and normal. Edinburgh fringe festival comedy special 2012-08-03T23:05:22Z The other is a deadpan sense of humor that he sneaks into his patter. Music Review: Making Standards Swing, With a Wink for Jack Benny 2011-04-22T22:56:03Z Eno’s text takes a route of calculated whimsy: Ibsen’s trolls are changed to real estate agents, characters make knowing references to the original story and the dialogue is tuned to a cheeky deadpan. Review: ‘Gnit’ Seeks Itself in a Mist of Magic and Mischief 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Best known for gently absurdist novels that combine affection for his region with deadpan despair—especially “Death and the Penguin”—Mr Kurkov lives in Kiev, close to Independence Square. I witness 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Parodying the loose tongues and petty aspirations of kooky small-town types, White’s film borrows the mockumentary trappings of deadpan comedies like “The Office.” ‘This Town’ Review: Love and Rifles 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z When asked why he’d asked her to marry him, Anderson answers in that typically Aussie bloke deadpan: “She’s the only one stupid enough to stay yes.” How we stay together: 'When something bad happens, it doesn’t mean everything is bad' 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z But to his admirers, Don, played with hoot-owl deadpan by Sam Rockwell, is every bit as charismatic as his fellow archaeologist. Review: ‘Don Verdean,’ a Sendup of Ambitious Pastors and the Lure of Religious Relics 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z But even at her liveliest, Notaro’s modus operandi is deadpan so while there is a pervasive levity it’s not exactly hardy-har-har. One Mississippi: Tig Notaro bares her scars in intensely dark comedy 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z He brought with him a crisp visual style and a pinpoint, deadpan approach to parody that put the magazine on the cultural map. Michael Gross, Who Designed the ‘Ghostbusters’ Logo, Dies at 70 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z At adjacent makeup mirrors, French and Wax nodded in deadpan agreement. Going for an Indian with Jennifer Saunders 2012-12-09T00:09:00Z His “Small Fates” series was composed of deadpan summaries of tragic news from Nigeria. Teju Cole’s ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ Comes to the U.S. 2014-03-19T21:01:25Z When disco turned tacky, she abandoned it for reggae-inflected New Wave rock, sung in her signature deadpan purr. The Power of Grace Jones 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z She let the question hang in the air a moment, then answered, deadpan, "Like, four." Star in the making? Not if 'Tomorrowland's' Britt Robertson has her way 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Woodward and Costa write, in a rare bit of deadpan: “Pence finally agreed acting to overturn the election would be antithetical to his traditional view of conservatism.” Bob Woodward Extends His Trump Chronicles With the Chaotic Transfer of Power 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Bee deadpans: “Some Americans are black, some Americans are white, some Americans are gay, some Americans are white supremacists…” Donald Trump is playing them, too: Even Samantha Bee and John Oliver are complicit in giving Trump exactly what he wants — free airtime 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Those two albums established the band’s sound, a mix of nervous beats accented with syncopated handclaps, deadpan vocals and even more deadpan lyrics about femme fatales in “nuclear boots and drip-dry gloves.” Concert review: Cars at the Riviera 2011-05-19T05:43:10Z The remarkable thing about these vignettes, complex, anticipatory, elegiac, is that they are rendered with all the deadpan flatness of a DIY manual. Patrick Caulfield/Gary Hume – review 2013-06-06T06:00:05Z There is still plenty of “shrill” in this show, but there is also a wealth of “droll” and “deadpan”: CBS’s ‘Mom’ Handles Issues Beyond Kissing Boo-Boos 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Dancer Lauren Grant, a 20-year veteran and truly the luminous heart of the company, was perfectly clear and deadpan as the wronged woman who gets her man in the end. The colorful restraint of the Mark Morris Dance Group 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z "As far as deadpan hipster comedies are concerned, Scott Pilgrim is the Godfather of the genre," drools Todd Gilchrist of cinematical.com. Scott Pilgrim vs the adults 2010-08-05T13:50:00Z “She doesn’t deserve it,” the husbands deadpan, with a gentle eye roll. Divorce TV: Bravo's Untying the Knot 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z His delivery creates a persona — deadpan tough guy, syllables spat out. Fall/winter album roundup: La, Cold Jungle, THEESatisfaction, Butts, DJ Nphared 2010-12-10T18:32:00Z Old-school Bill Murray, deadpan and gonzo, spices up the amiable mess that is Rock the Kasbah. Review: Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Baldessari’s deadpan videos, paintings, photographs and assemblages, which he adapts from existing imagery, provoke laughter, puzzlement and admiration, often all at once. 2010-01-28T13:21:00Z Kim somehow maintains a deadpan amusement at the follies of carnal desire. ‘Moebius’: a twisted, grotesque comedy 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Something about the fall palette and the once-bustling streets lined by rows of shuttered businesses strongly suggested the work of the photographer William Eggleston and his knack for forlorn, deadpan details. How a French Artist Turned a Stay in North Carolina Into Conceptual Art 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z You have terrific deadpan comic delivery as Manny, but what is extraordinary about your performance is your sheer physical qualities. Definitely not Harry Potter anymore: Daniel Radcliffe on “Swiss Army Man”’s absurd bromance, prosthetic butt effects and his desert island albums 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z His whites are many and his paint-handling often lush in a deadpan sort of way. In ‘Robert Ryman,’ One Color With the Power of Many 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z I always use the word “deadpan,” but he hates it! Rachel Weisz Is the Passion Pick, Online and on Awards Shows 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Li Hongqi’s “Winter Vacation,” from China, unfolds in a no man’s land between documentary and highly stylized comedy, assembling deadpan observations of unhappy souls in a wind-swept industrial town. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z In her banter, as in her lyrics, a likably self-deprecating deadpan reigned. | Young Jean Lee’s Goofy Pop Existentialism 2013-06-26T18:14:31Z He has a flair for deadpan sarcasm and cynicism, a great hangdog expression, and you get him to sing in one scene. Nick Jonas "has in him a real mystery": Director on why he's compelling in grief in "The Good Half" 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Clements works wonders with a deadpan expression, imbuing his role with a repressed melancholy, a nice match for the poignant emotionalism of Mr. Gould’s Bob. Review: In ‘Humor Me,’ a Dose of Borscht Belt for a Midlife Crisis 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z “You know,” we said, deadpan and obnoxious, amusing only ourselves with this weak pun. My Mademoiselle Summer 2013-07-19T20:55:07Z This is an anthology of dark, deadpan comic vignettes, punctuated by an amusing fake intermission and sealed with a grim sight gag. Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The latest film from the Argentine director Martín Rejtman is, for me, the sleeper of the festival, though its oblique narrative style and deadpan tone may be more baffling than beguiling for some viewers. A Brief Look at 10 New York Film Festival Features 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “It’s all part of the adventure,” Eva deadpanned, as Óscar cranked up the dance mix, shimmying behind the wheel. Overnighter: Valle de Bravo, an Upscale Refuge Near Mexico City 2011-02-18T19:55:00Z Violence, deadpan humor and observational oddity mix on this show in a way that no other current series quite matches — not “Bates Motel,” not “Salem,” not even that other FX curiosity, “American Horror Story.” Review: ‘Fargo’ Returns With a Triple Murder at a Waffle Hut 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Just as “Hamlet” is full of humor, so too is “Fat Ham,” from Juicy’s deadpan sarcasm to Rev’s elaborately singsong sermon of a mealtime prayer. ‘Fat Ham’ Review: Dismantling Shakespeare to Liberate a Gay Black ‘Hamlet’ 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “I don’t really deal with topics or subjects,” Parreno agreed, deadpan. An Art of Loopholes 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Cunningham told that story deadpan, which was like him. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z Every ludicrous bit of church dogma is served up deadpan. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Inside Scientology 2013-01-18T19:49:42Z “I said, ‘This is exactly how Dickens planned it,’” she deadpanned. Eddie Izzard Plays Which Part in ‘Great Expectations’? All of Them 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Beck’s deadpan, and his omnivorous craftsmanship, are back on “Wow,” his first solo single in nearly a year. The Playlist: Beck Wows, the Avalanches Collapse and Kanye West Finds a Few Champions 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z "After all this time," he deadpans, "you must know that I love you too." Lou Reed ? review 2011-07-06T17:30:02Z She told a bland story about starring in a TV show, but her material sharpens when returning to her deadpan awfulness. Critic?s Notebook: Female Comedians Are Confidently Breaking Taste Taboos 2011-11-15T21:38:24Z Her takes on #MeToo, the racism of “white man ambition” and transgender identity reflect an eccentric mind working through issues, her startlingly funny jackhammer punch lines emerging from a deadpan glare. Sam Jay: A Comic Who Belongs to No Camp 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z 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 “Kármán” is loving, tragic, and empathetic, with a wryness so delicate it’s almost holding its breath; “Clouds” is gently deadpan, interweaving the quotidian and the absurd. The Screening Room: “People Are Becoming Clouds” 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z He’s discursive, suave, inhumanly cool, confident, superior, deadpan, sinister, patronizing and asexual. The Story of a Voice: HAL in ‘2001’ Wasn’t Always So Eerily Calm 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z There's a close-up picture of an eye recaptured against a stark black background, and an image of a romantic landscape re-photographed with deadpan irony propped against a wall. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-29T00:06:24Z “I think it is so frightfully clever of them to go night after night to the theater and know so little about it,” he deadpanned. Review | ‘Noël Coward On (and In) Theatre’ reveals the playwright’s nimble way with words 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Rhodes's gift is to sketch a situation deadpan, and to imply the world it arises from. Marry Me by Dan Rhodes – review 2013-02-08T11:00:01Z The burly actor said no, then, a moment later, replied with deadpan timing: "Sarah Palin has a channel?" Inside the Beltway with the residents of 'Alpha House' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z His cast gives wonderfully understated performances that pair nicely with a script, written by Ohs and his actors, that tackles grief and guilt with deadpan humor and a subversive understanding of the afterlife. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Or is it a deadpan satire of his own vainglorious ambitions and that of filmmakers in general? | 'Road to Nowhere': Trouble Ahead: Director Falls for Leading Lady 2011-06-09T22:50:55Z Even in her heeled sandals, she walked with poise, critiquing the show with a teenager’s devastating deadpan. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan of ‘Never Have I Ever’ Loves Van Gogh 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z With his nerd glasses and deadpan demeanor, Morton is more or less the ideal Viceland ambassador, down to his references to controlled substances. The new Viceland channel perfects the modern journalistic art of playing dumb 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Twain marveled at Gillis' deadpan delivery — a style he would soon emulate with great success when he took to the stage in 1866. The frog that jump-started Mark Twain's career 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "Let's hope he means my courage," deadpans the actor. Prankster's paradise: Fonejacker hits the streets 2010-04-09T23:11:00Z The reason a title such as "North By Northwest" endures is a matter of deadpan calm as well as a lovely in-joke, the joke being there is no such point on a compass. Titles that take 2011-02-10T20:35:47Z “You heard me,” he deadpans, regaining his confidence as an attorney. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z His deadpan narration spoofs the voice of God of many documentaries, often mumbling, shifting gears, tripping over itself. The Best Half-Hour of Comedy in 2020 Is About … Scaffolding? 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “The most expensive fire in the U.S., I think,” deadpans Murga, who ran his own farm in the south of Spain for 30 years. Can U.S. farms produce pork from a prized Spanish breed? When pigs fly. 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Yet, Timbers and Korins say, the show will cling to the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic of Burton’s movie, which featured stop-motion effects that, along with its deadpan wit, made the picture such a charmer. The creators of the ‘Beetlejuice’ musical ‘tried to run toward Burton’ visually 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z The actor, who had been lamenting his inability to eat undisturbed at Waffle House, replied with a deadpan rhetorical wrist slap: “That’s none of your business.” Reintroducing Sam Sanders 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z A racially charged drama, or a demented, deadpan comedy? The Paperboy: Down and Dirty with Zac, Matthew and Nicole 2012-10-04T14:30:59Z For the last three years, he’s played musical emcee on Scott Aukerman’s IFC series “Comedy Bang! Bang!,” a talk show parody that plays to Watts’ improv-heavy strengths with deadpan asides and surreal non-sequiturs. Reggie Watts, the weirdest guy on late night TV: How “The Late Late Show” bandleader is redefining the sidekick role 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Their so-called “insane journey” is full of deadpan humor stemming from the young women’s awkward encounters with friends and strangers to a truth-telling session that arises after a series of bad decisions. The 10 best movies that take place in one day 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Pratt then deadpans, joking ". . . you guys took a hit of acid, too?" Make a splash! The 8 best vinegars and how to use them 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Christie deadpans, before the two share a giggle. Like You, Jon Snow Wants Brienne and Tormund to Be Together 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Terry is fascinating, equal parts opportunistic and justice-seeking; Greyeyes plays him as if Terry believed he was in a drama, which makes him better grounded and more deadpan funny. ‘Girls5Eva,’ ‘Rutherford Falls’ and the Nostalgia Trap 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Its most striking feature is a contrapuntal poem, recited by Mr. Pride and three other vocalists, intended to evoke a kind of deadpan Dadaist horror. New Music: The National, Mike Pride and Hush Point Release Albums 2013-05-20T21:46:46Z I first encountered Apple via "Cubed," a spectacularly compact, deadpan office comedy presented under the auspices of Above Average, the Internet arm of Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video. Smaller Internet gems reign supreme in the year on TV 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Traub, as Perfect Lena, is an exception, finding deadpan comedy in lines like “Grace took my bedroom and made it into her special space.” Poking Fun in ‘Too Many Lenas 3: Let Them Eat Cake’ 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Her comic style varies nicely from straight-faced to vivacious, from deadpan to a pan that is very much alive, especially her irresistible, maniacal grin. When Life’s a Crazy Mess, Try Going Onstage 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Is the author that convinced that his deadpan catalogue of the minutiae of daily life is that fascinating, just as it is? I Hate This Book So Much: A Meditation 2012-07-25T14:00:20Z “I’m just trying to help you,” Glass deadpans in a little-girl coo alongside assessments like “You screw up everything” and “I’m so embarrassed for us.” Tame Impala’s Disco-Prog Shrug, and 9 More New Songs 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Maybe they’re just interesting, like characters in the Wes Anderson movie this one sometimes resembles, both in its deadpan humor and in its attention to architectural space and interior decoration. Review: In ‘Hereditary,’ the Horror is Slow-Cooked and Homemade 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Those qualities are a constant in Stephens's own writing too: despite being touched by despair or haunted by death, it often flickers with deadpan wit. Playwright Simon Stephens: 'The same old agonies return to haunt you' 2011-04-08T11:18:34Z I ask because the affectlessness of it, even the deadpan quality of it, suits the material. 'L.A. Plays Itself,' but do films get it right? 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z The deadpan extremity of his performance is almost funny, except that in light of what we know now about Neeson’s past, it’s not funny at all. ‘Cold Pursuit’ Review: Liam Neeson Is a Killer Snowplow Driver 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z "Predicting the impact of actions on other people is incredibly difficult," he explains, deadpan. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – review 2013-04-28T08:59:01Z Her talent for deadpan comedy didn’t go unnoticed, and Colman began to pick up bigger roles, mostly in sitcoms and comedies. Olivia Colman: Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the Crowns 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z Ty Dolla Sign is a deadpan singer, barely impressed by the feats of seduction that make up the whole of his interest set, but via vocal effects he sounds both heroic and sensual. Critic’s Notebook: He’s Acting Out; It’s on Purpose 2013-07-10T21:52:21Z Mr. Black is perhaps too sardonic a presence, but Ms. Blanchett — as a fellow spell-caster — takes evident pleasure in deadpanning lines like “I melted Salvador Dalí’s watch once, right off his wrist.” Review: ‘The House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Is Demented Fun (for Kids) 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z My favorite thing about the rapper formerly known as Language Arts, now La, is how deadpan he is about his lyrical dominance. SEA music videos: Shabazz Palaces, The Physics, La 2011-09-20T17:44:05Z Last year, Steve Martin deadpanned: "This show was so long that Avatar now takes place in the past." Academy Awards A to Z 2011-01-24T16:19:17Z At the same time, with maximum faith in the ability of modest objects to carry meaning, he extends the tradition that began with Duchamp’s deadpan ready-mades. Danh Vo: An Artist at the Crossroads of History and Diary 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Statham is less violent here than in previous Ritchie outings, but he remains unflappable, which is why he charms as he disarms with his patented deadpanning and action moves. In "Operation Fortune," Aubrey Plaza saves Guy Ritchie's latest action-packed but lackluster caper 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Most lines are delivered with deadpan snap, or bursts of crankiness. Review: 'This' serves up all flavors of 30-something ennui 2011-04-15T00:34:58Z This novel shares themes with Murata’s acclaimed English-language debut, “Convenience Store Woman”: a deadpan, detached narrative style, a woman caught between her own feelings of being an outsider and society’s pressure to conform. 17 New Books to Watch For in October 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z "Talk is Cheap" by Language Arts The other night in Capitol Hill, I closed my eyes and listened to Seattle rapper Language Arts lob punch line grenades over deadpan syllable napalm. Friday Favorites: Language Arts, Caribou, Gonjasufi 2010-05-21T18:48:00Z “That guy’s right,” he deadpans in The Big Sick. 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 When he was heckled with a slur one night, he turned and deadpanned, “Did you hear what that guy just called me? Roy Rogers’s horse ‘Trigger’!” Dick Gregory, a Humorist With Many Passions and a Singular Gift 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Do you feel like your role on the show as the deadpan straight woman was a reflection of your role offstage as the peacemaker, or the person who wasn’t doing the drugs? Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Ordered, analytical, rigorous and unsentimental, the images were a deadpan chronicle of the built landscape, hinting at the environmental and social consequences of extracting natural resources. Hilla Becher, Photographer Who Chronicled Industrial Scenery, Dies at 81 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z For the most part, Gorr simply gives Thor another chance to play the hero, which Hemsworth does with a stellar deadpan and appreciable suppleness. ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Review: A God’s Comic Twilight 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The role is ideally suited to Mr. Reeves’s deadpan blankness, which some might confuse with a Zen-like serenity. Movie Review: ‘generation Um ...’ With Keanu Reeves 2013-05-02T23:11:56Z Bale interjects with a wink and a deadpan nod, "because your dad, your real dad, kind of prefers me to you. So we could draw on our own lives." Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' casts a wide net of spectacle and family 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Yet Mr. Gioni, 40, ignored it all, speaking earnestly with his usual intellectual intensity jolted with unexpected moments of deadpan humor. Massimiliano Gioni, of Venice Biennale 2013-05-23T12:00:01Z When Mr. Yang grabbed Mikey Day’s crotch in a skit with J-Lo, the deadpan Mr. Michaels mused to himself, “Oh, we just did that on television. And it was really funny.” Bowen Yang of ‘S.N.L.’ Is a Smash. And a Mensch. 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z As deadpan as Buster Keaton, Mr. Kitano has the title role, shambling through the mean streets of Yokohama, often to a disco version of Erik Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1. Ida Lupino, a Woman of Spine on Both Sides of the Lens 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z His red hair and rumpled good looks made him instantly recognizable, and Mr. Letterman gave him ample opportunities to display his aptitude for both deadpan and over-the-top comedy. Alan Kalter, Longtime Voice of Letterman’s ‘Late Show,’ Dies at 78 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “I just wanted to remind the audience that the only thing more frightening than watching a black man be honest in America is being an honest black man in America,” Mr. Chappelle said, deadpan. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Tom Colicchio fired off his usual deadpan gripes about lackluster flavors and foolhardy choices. "Top Chef" just improves with age 2010-07-15T13:10:00Z The late, great Graham Chapman was my favorite Python, and his deadpan delivery here is just perfect. The 10 Best Monty Python Sketches 2013-11-19T20:20:44Z Kermode brings his sprawling, idiosyncratic movie knowledge to bear on the week’s new releases, his impassioned raves and furious rants offset by the deadpan Mayo. 7 Podcasts for the Movie Buff 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z He was deadpan, seated with short-shorts-clad legs demurely crossed, playing the perennial New Yorker game of who’s busiest. Dance Review: Jack Ferver’s ‘Mon Ma Mes,’ at Le Skyroom 2012-10-10T21:10:44Z “I guess I like to be busy,” he said in his characteristic deadpan. Glenn O’Brien Reinvents Himself (Yet Again) 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z "They tell us global warming has no benefits," Charlie deadpanned after the screening. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-12T13:42:39Z “Wish we could talk things through/Wish I could click Undo,” sings the impeccable, deadpan, piping-voiced Hannah Diamond in “Fade Away,” the leadoff track on the new compilation “PC Music Volume 2.” The Playlist: New Songs From Prince and Garth Brooks, if You Can Find Them 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z He wears it not as a mask of deadpan irony but as a mark of deep sincerity, which can be a source of comedy or pathos, sometimes both at once. Summer Movies: Mark Wahlberg Joins Will Ferrell in ?The Other Guys? 2010-05-01T03:47:00Z Choreographers moved the audience closer to the stage, limited the seating and favored a deadpan display of body parts. Dance Review: Taking the Audience Up Close and Personal, and Beyond Skin Deep 2011-05-13T22:33:10Z A police officer, played with deadpan humor by Brooke Bloom, asks him to identify the remains. Theater Review: ‘Somewhere Fun,’ by Jenny Schwartz, at Vineyard Theater 2013-06-05T02:00:01Z Strickland maintains an unflinching tone throughout the film, and he is ably abetted by his cast who all recite their lines with deadpan glee. "Flux Gourmet" is an absurdist adventure in pretentious performance art made from food sounds 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The material was funny and provocative, and her deadpan delivery wowed the sellout crowd. What Moves Nina Stibbe Most in a Book? ‘Dogs’ 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z With a combination of unvarnished meanness and deadpan jokiness, he keeps lashing away at his nearest and dearest, who have gathered in the living room for an informal reunion occasioned by the parents’ wedding anniversary. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z At an interview in Manhattan, the sweetly audacious Ms. Plaza, 32, talked about life after April Ludgate, her deadpan politico on “Parks and Recreation,” and just how far she’s willing to go for a role. Aubrey Plaza on Life After ‘Parks and Recreation’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z "This is a new old song," deadpans Sumner, introducing I'll Stay With You from last year's Lost Sirens collection of Hook-era leftovers. New Order – review 2013-07-08T17:12:39Z The films combine a focus on nefarious schemes, deadpan delivery and persistent politeness — all set against the backdrop of bombed-out post-World War II London. In London, a Look Back at Ealing Classics 2010-08-24T10:00:00Z Shires added, in her characteristic bone-dry deadpan, “She hasn’t gotten any taller.” Amanda Shires Isn’t Letting Nashville, or Her Marriage, Off the Hook 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Fforde writes witty, chewy sentences, full of morsels, and delivers them deadpan. A Brilliantly Funny and Slightly Bonkers New Novel From Jasper Fforde 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z But he provides a necessary centering presence in a production that, under the direction of Simon Evans, leans toward hysteria when a deadpan matter-of-factness is required. Orlando Bloom and Aidan Turner Are Drenched in Blood in London 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z “The book is dark, I am aware,” she said in her natural, deadpan mode. Krysten Ritter Spins Her Own Mystery in Her Debut Novel, ‘Bonfire’ 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z Rizzo made cameo appearances on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In," the 1960s comedy show on which he delivered deadpan lines in his thick New York accent. Parole battle pits Sinatras against killer of singer's close friend 2010-07-24T22:34:00Z “Years of rejecting publicity and now, the irony,” Mr. Lewis deadpanned in a recent phone interview from North Carolina, where he was filming “Homeland.” ‘The Forsyte Saga’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ 2012-09-21T19:08:42Z “We all need a sense of closure,” he said, deadpan. Possessed: On His Sleeve 2011-04-15T15:57:32Z The 2003 piece, which consists of 10 large photographs, documents the artist sewing his right hand to his face in an act of deadpan martyrdom. Photography in the Raw 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Even the deadpan bridge — “Somebody come get this man” — is cleverer than it needs to be. Will Lizzo Rule the Grammys Like She Owned 2019? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z She speaks carefully, slowly, with a kind of deadpan delivery. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z Ruffalo's deadpan style of acting, as humorous as it was somber, made it hard for me to imagine another actor in the part. Three bright performances on Broadway: Nathan Lane, Michael Cera and Alex Sharp 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z The room got raucous and a bit tense, but Mr. Buress’s deadpan never wavered. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z “I’m not ready for Eileen Fisher,” she said in characteristic deadpan. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Eddie’s insistent affection and optimism is comically at odds with Ani’s dry deadpan. ‘Cost of Living’ Review: Worth Its Weight in Gold 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Oddly enough, it's a role that seems to suit him, a lifestyle that chimes with his peculiarly deadpan, freeze-dried sensibility. Why is Greece's finest young director making London his home? 2012-11-11T18:00:01Z But more often, and almost exclusively by the 1990s, Mr. Nielsen showed up in movies, series and commercials, representing in his own archetypal silver-haired persona an ideal of genial, deadpan nonseriousness. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z In the late 1970s and early ’80s the Cars’ sleek, deadpan new wave songs were ubiquitous on pop and rock radio. Music Review: Back to New Wave, Older and Somewhat Wiser 2011-05-26T22:08:09Z Throughout, the voice of J. D. Salinger’s Holden Caulfield echoed, as did the sentence style of Hemingway — terse, declarative, deadpan descriptive and even masculine! Sally Rooney’s Riposte, Ralph Nader’s Candidacy and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Jones is hilarious in a subdued way, and Angie’s deadpan dialogue is made for her. Review: ‘Angie Tribeca,’ Steve and Nancy Carell’s Modern-Day ‘Police Squad!’ 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And when he thanked Marx for providing him with his first concert, Marx replied deadpan: "Glad it wasn't Bryan Adams." 'American Idol' recap: Caleb Johnson wins and other highlights 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Barry speaks in a deadpan northern accent, intended to evoke a lovable Corrie character or a droll 6 Music DJ. The new First Direct advert: featuring a platypus 2013-06-08T05:00:00Z In the same way he can write, with pure deadpan, “They ate. The food was good,” he says with his titles: These are some scenes. A Portrait of the Artist as a Droll Slacker 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z At one point, a brief but delectable sight gag has the street urchins deadpanning through a window, wearing sunglasses, while Seymour sings about a solar eclipse. Despite exotic botany, Constellation’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is an old chestnut 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Price's work has a violent lyricism and an incredibly deadpan restraint. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z “When you lose everything, you don’t die,” the older Rooney deadpans. ‘The Fall of Princes’ review: the rise and fall of a Master of the Universe 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Though deadpan humor can often be mean — a way to leave a straight man twisting in the wind — Mr. Asghari is not. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z “I’d give you a tissue,” she deadpanned, “if my hands weren’t so full of your hair.” The Wedding That Wasn’t Sad 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In the mold of Lee Marvin or Lee Van Cleef, he was a first-rate thug, and his deadpan look was perfect for disaster pictures or comedies. George Kennedy, Versatile Actor Who Won an Oscar for ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z “I don’t think I can handle another one, ” Ray deadpanned. True Detective season two, episode four recap – Down Will Come 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Nicely understated and deadpan funny, Ms. Sullivan’s video is a canny satire of foolishly romantic, extended-adolescent narcissism. Art in Review: JENNIFER SULLIVAN: ?One-Week Walden? 2010-12-09T23:20:00Z Especially now, when our political rhetoric is so overheated — not to say overblown — readers can find sanctuary in Flaubert’s oblique humor, his deadpan narration. ‘Flaubert in the Ruins of Paris,’ by Peter Brooks 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z “If I had a dollar for every time I heard that,” he deadpanned. Boise and Trey McIntyre Project in a Deep Passion 2010-08-13T19:05:00Z My most recent obsession was Sky Atlantic's Hunderby, a darkly deadpan, strangely filthy sitcom from Julia Davis set in bleak 1830s Cornwall that finished earlier this week. Top TV spoofs: 'Don't I know you from Lark Pies To Cranchesterford?' 2012-10-11T14:27:05Z In the weird world of her fourth album, “Warm Chris,” there’s not a lot of because, just a lot of deadpan, and glorious, is. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Who among us,” his brother deadpanned, “hasn’t had a four-month relationship with a woman who turned out to be a dude?” Davy Rothbart on Tour for Book; Peter Rothbart, for Album 2012-09-19T22:57:14Z Tudyk deftly dispenses both deadpan stares and comic apoplexy, and through the first half of its initial season, the show was consistently clever and astringently funny. When a Break From TV Brings More TV 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z It lasted about 85 minutes; the dancers include some of New York’s finest, with Ms. Rainer herself, now 83, making two deadpan appearances. Review: The Humanity of Yvonne Rainer’s Natural and Peculiar Dances 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Ms. Caruso, the precocious teenage actress who was an incandescent presence in the David Bowie musical “Lazarus,” lacks the devilish, deadpan piquancy that Winona Ryder brought to the same role in the film. Review: In ‘Beetlejuice,’ the Afterlife Is Exhausting 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Her character, Karen, the youngest child, combines an angelic appearance with a bloodthirsty imagination, conveyed in a wonderful deadpan. Television Review: Two British Families Crack Jokes In Ways Familiar and Strange 2011-07-29T21:17:23Z Comic and talk show star Ellen DeGeneres returned as Oscar host on Sunday, bringing a deadpan affability, and pizza, to the Academy Awards show while still poking fun at Hollywood royalty. '12 Years a Slave' makes history with best picture Oscar 2014-03-03T21:54:03Z Her clean, mellow voice isn’t rangy or expressive — she speaks the songs as much as sings them — but it’s perfectly suited to the deadpan lyrics and cuts easily through the band’s amiable indie-rock grooves. | 'We?re Gonna Die': Amid Catchy Choruses, Personal Tales of Life?s Brutal Verities 2011-04-10T21:32:33Z Bullock performs slapstick comedy while hanging out of a car and deadpans about why the body of water they are wading through is warm. Sandra Bullock charms in "The Lost City," which falls short of its screwball-comedy ambitions 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z “I don’t trust people who don’t drink,” she says in her signature deadpan as she heads onstage. I?m Chelsea Handler. And You?re Not. 2010-04-09T20:20:00Z “The reason to go to Cannes, I think, is because they said yes,” he deadpanned. Cannes 2023: The Films We’ve Excited About Seeing 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Speaking in a gravelly deadpan that increasingly resembles the voice of the stand-up Steven Wright, Dylan sounds like he scorns canned laughs, a betrayal of one of the last things you could trust. Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z ONN is darker and more deadpan, an immersive satire that, much like the Onion's Web and print editions, skewers the medium's form above all. Faking News 2011-01-20T06:05:00Z “She wound up dead. I mostly didn’t,” Gurba writes, in her signature deadpan. An Account of Surviving Assault Mixes Horror and Humor 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Everything is deadpan: the skimpy mechanical beat, the hesitant guitar, the unassuming lead vocal. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Ravel's dreamy opening sounded otherworldly and exploratory, and the Blues movement was brilliantly deadpan. Pekka Kuusisto/Olli Mustonen – review 2013-04-14T17:12:07Z Mr. Bujalski, 36, previously known as a wry, deadpan observer of his own generation, shoots their interactions in state-of-the-art late-’70s analog, which is to say in bracingly hideous and therefore strangely beautiful black-and-white video. Movie Review: ‘Computer Chess’ Depicts Programmers in 1980 2013-07-16T22:06:36Z In The Blues Brothers, they’re more like the eye of the hurricane, the deadpan center of an unholy maelstrom of activity that swirls around them. The Blues Brothers at 40: a manic musical romp that still sings today 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z He sits for an interview, barely stirring, answering questions in a deadpan tone, wearing a jowly frown that conceals occasional flashes of humor. | Peter Ackroyd’s London Calling 2013-09-12T13:00:12Z Here he pays tribute to the broadcasting legend whose deadpan wit, enthusiasm and everyman demeanour made him a favourite of gangly punks and grandmas. From Pulp to Prokofiev: Jarvis Cocker narrates Peter and the Wolf 2010-12-29T17:57:43Z Much of that success was down to host Nick Hancock, who managed to get the tone right by belittling sporting icons Gary Lineker and David Gower while keeping up an endless stream of deadpan put-downs. Six to watch: panel show hosts 2010-10-21T14:49:00Z The result is a traditional conflation of sex and death, but also a deadpan dissection of the body's and the image's "supports." Hard truths and savage intensity 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z In paintings and a series of photography books, he set about both cataloging the architecture of the city with a deadpan eye and taking advantage of its blank-canvas reputation to further his own artistic one. What a big Ed Ruscha exhibition misses about Southern California 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Like leading lady Nina Hoss, whose extraordinary face is alive with mystery even as it holds the camera with its deadpan stare, Petzold's work is troubling, hard to read and all the better for it. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-02-03T00:05:13Z Her deadpan delivery here earns a genuine guffaw. With "Me You Madness," Steve Mnuchin's wife creates a bold, bipartisan comedy to annoy us all 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z But there’s nothing deadpan or straightforward about the way Mr. Friedlander composes his pictures. Art Review: Landscapes Framed by a Chevy 2010-09-02T22:45:00Z There are moments of deadpan comedy and whimsy woven throughout writer/director Ben Sharrock's outstanding drama, "Limbo," but mostly this story about refugees on a fictional Scottish island is heartbreaking. "Limbo" will break your heart with the whimsical yet agonizing in-between life of refugees 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z The show’s light touch never falters, and Ms. Shaw’s delivery maintains its deadpan edge even when she’s lamenting the loss of cherished memories and the frustrating sensation of not even knowing what was lost. Theater Review: ‘Ruff,’ Peggy Shaw’s New Solo Show at Performance Space 122 2013-01-13T22:41:46Z But it's the deadpan nonchalance that gets me most. Deadpan humor with a point of view: Why critic John Perreault will be missed 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Even when his characters are at their most deadpan, their most inexplicably ignorant, there’s a wink—something real lurks beneath the mask, a hint of truthiness. The Best Bit of Steve Carell’s Turn on “S.N.L.” This Week 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Salomon, whose pictures are in deadpan black-and-white, has previously shown photos of dense forests, sometimes clicked with the camera in motion to create a ghostly sense of flux. Review | In the galleries: Finding inspiration in a mythical herb 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z She is a deadpan comedian of the driest vintage, and her face remained stolid. Tig Notaro’s Topless Set 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Macdonald had a deadpan style honed on the stand-up circuit, first in his native Canada and then in the United States. Norm Macdonald, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedian, Dies at 61 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z This time, he mixed in a few heartfelt, even melancholy notes into his virtuosic deadpan rhythms to eulogize the passing of a legendary comedy room. Dave Attell Bids a Heartfelt (and Hilarious) Farewell to Carolines 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z There seems to be a My Lai-style massacre every 35 pages, so often that Mr. Platt can be almost deadpan about them. Books of The Times: ?Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom,? by Stephen R. Platt 2012-02-06T22:05:43Z The Los Angeles Times praised her "calm demeanour and deadpan wit". 2010-02-10T10:24:00Z Beck, she says, can pull off a strangely soulful deadpan, almost like the slapstick icon Buster Keaton. T Magazine: The Many Mutations of Beck 2011-12-05T19:07:03Z “Give him a microphone and he’ll sing for all of us,” she deadpanned. Names in Bold: The nonprofit 826 Seattle dresses for success 2013-02-19T03:59:50Z After six seasons swilling whiskey and deadpanning, the sweater-wearing title character of this animated Hollywood satire is putting down the reins. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Bojack Horseman’ and ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z And in the tricky romantic scenes, which are the most challenging to make colorful, Greg Hess performs deadpan earnestness with a wonderful ease that resists overstatement. The Improvised Shakespeare Company’s Couplets Off the Cuff 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z In “House of Glass,” the band revs up to barbed, dissonant punk as the deadpan singer notes that he’s just “Another mirrored image/Corrupted and distorted.” Cage the Elephant Returns, Suspended Between Rowdiness and Regret 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z The track edges toward funk, and the women sing, but Prince doesn’t; he simply talks, deadpan, about information overload, high-tech distractions, privilege, fame and culture, asking, “Think today’s music will last?” Prince Made ‘Welcome 2 America’ in 2010. It Speaks to 2021. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But there was so much more to the "Unsolved Mysteries" successful, terrifying formula than Robert Stack's world-weary deadpan. Think the new "Unsolved Mysteries" is scary? The original will freak you out 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z A wonderfully deadpan homage to the American road, this 36-foot-long picture was created in 1967 by Mason Williams, who, the following year, would win three Grammy Awards for his guitar instrumental “Classical Gas.” ‘Double Standard,’ at Alden Projects, Takes a Photographic Trip to the Past 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The characters here talk to each other in a kind of deadpan, emotionless way, though the movie is very emotional. Yorgos Lanthimos Narrates a Scene From ‘The Lobster’ 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z The music revisits some of her favorite devices: a slowly pulsing beat, a skulking bass line, a vaudeville bounce to the chords, a switch between whispery singing and deadpan rapping with a dismissive chuckle. Billie Eilish’s Kiss-Off, and 14 More New Songs 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z “I didn’t say anything,” Mr. Rose said, deadpan. Daniel Rose, an American in Paris, Comes Home to Cook 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z He also cited the suspiciously similar numbers for “Sex Education” in a deadpan tone that earned some soft laughter from the group. What we could lose when — not if — Netflix and its kind take over TV 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Wide swaths of modern comedy, including the work of Fielder, depend on deadpan and ambiguity. Hey, Elon Musk, Comedy Doesn’t Want to Be Legal 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Aykroyd’s deadpan one-liner would have to be rewritten, “The new tomatoes are in early this year.” Review | The Block food hall is a daily party down in Annandale 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Videos of Mr. Reed showed him performing as a bleached-blonde rocker, deadpanning his way through droll interviews and popping up in films. Critic’s Notebook: Lou Reed’s Complex Spirit Is Invoked at a Reunion of His Inner Circle 2013-12-17T22:39:52Z In vaguely autobiographical drawings, artist books and even a cookbook — which features deadpan lines about her life interwoven with recipes — Iannone has tackled issues of love, sexual awakening and her marriage to artist Dieter Roth. Art cookbooks to Chicano zines: What to see at the L.A. Art Book Fair 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z In his first solo outing, Denise matches stellar deadpan wordplay with an Old Masters-style chiaroscuro technique that’s pure derring-do — a perfect fit for a book about a small owl with big ambitions. Party Animals? 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Lulu deflates Alwa’s outpouring with her deadpan, spoken reminder about his father and the sofa. In ‘Lulu,’ the Question That Stops an Opera 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z A few passengers groaned, but I was wise to his deadpan sense of humor. Lighter than air in the Shenandoah Valley: Lifting off in a hot-air balloon 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z For some, the evening’s high point was a deadpan rendition of a comic obscurity by Sidney Myer, a beloved latter-day vaudevillian and New York nightclub manager. Review: The New York Cabaret Convention Branches Out 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Then one might begin to appreciate the deadpan delight in his conversion of the Fruitmarket staircase into a synthesizer to be played on by visitors' feet. This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z With his deadpan solemnity, stars-and-stripes stage sets and fusty bow ties, Mr. Russell looked more like a senator than a comic. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z “Believe me, it’s not,” Tomlin said recently in her distinctive deadpan. Continuing ‘The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe’ 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Sure,” Allison scoffs, before deadpanning that her initial email, “sounds creepy – it wasn’t”. Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “I do understand that, sir — reality versus fantasy,” she said, in the withering deadpan of a woman who has endured her share of mansplaining over the years. Lena Headey, Cersei in ‘Game of Thrones,’ Has Her Own Power Moves 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z His poster designs for avant-garde theater groups became well known for their wordplay and their deadpan style, in which symbols of protest were often stitched into the graphics. Jan Sawka, Polish Artist, Dies at 65 2012-08-28T07:23:01Z Still, the frontman has a wry sense of humour and his knowing, deadpan lyrics subtly poke fun at the genre's usual cliches. Bring Me the Horizon – review 2013-04-03T17:45:54Z There is a plot here, though it’s somewhat incidental to the book’s success, which rests on the narrator’s deadpan skewering of everything from podcasts to Instagram feminism to online dating. Review | Two authors expose the deceptive, self-aggrandizing absurdity of online life 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The man looks around this godforsaken stretch of land and deadpans, “And they’re welcome to it.” Before 1917: revisiting the greatest first world war movies 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z “I was mad — I always had grand anger as a kid about how status and stardom were out of my grasp, like most 7-year-olds,” he deadpanned. The Stealth Success of John Mulaney 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z In the end this book made me think of Joy Williams, who deadpanned in one of her short stories: “Kids. They’re in a different lane.” ‘Raising Raffi,’ a Father’s Lucid Book About a Chaotic Scene 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z At first, the comedy, cleverly constructed through sly directorial indirections, prevails: Cassius’s job interview, for instance, involves a deadpan, over-the-top display of his qualifications, which, we soon find out, is full of falsehoods. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z In response to her interjection, Lagarde furrowed her brow in confusion while Macron deadpanned in her direction. Ivanka Trump's new hair style: Is the bob a nod to her growing ambitions? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z "What I'm seeing," she said, deadpan, "is a bloodbath." Lizzy Caplan goes from 'Freaks' to killing Kim Jong Un 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z With irony and finesse, his works portray objects and spaces with a deadpan realism that is undermined by sheer impossibilities.• Cy Twombly, Ren? Magritte and Thomas Struth ? the week in art 2011-07-08T16:17:00Z But describing him as merely a master of joke writing misses his quickness, wryly deadpan delivery and, most of all, a unique level of commitment. Here’s Why Norm Macdonald Was Comedy Royalty. It’s Not ‘S.N.L.’ 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z There are 16 episodes left: Is that enough time for Walt to kill Mike, the phlegmatic security maven who, in this new season, becomes even more deadpan and likable than he was in the last? I hate Walter White 2012-07-11T00:00:00Z Then, after a pause, he deadpans, "I would like to live in Downton Abbey." Hollywood Powerhouse Sandy Gallin Shifts His Talents to Interior Design 2014-02-20T05:00:00Z Explicit moments of premeditated violence are in fact the less successful aspects of the film – the unending normal violence of country life, presented deadpan, is far more disturbing. Wake Wood ? review 2011-03-24T15:00:01Z Not a drop of acid mars the surface of this deadpan satire as it darts along, mocking and skewering the racist, homophobic and generally dingbat ideals of its characters. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z DeGeneres' deadpan affability hearkened back to the more genteel hosts of the past like Bob Hope and Johnny Carson. Oscars telecast scores highest audience in a decade 2014-03-03T22:51:00Z If the gorilla had the best line, Smith had the more expressive countenance, mugging with a deadpan virtuosity rarely seen since Oliver Hardy in his pomp. Mel Smith 2013-07-21T16:12:44Z Kilmer deadpans with a drawl, “What an ugly thing to say. I abhor ugliness. Does this mean we’re not friends any more?” Before the profane delights of "Deadwood," silver-tongued "Tombstone" rode in 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The deadpan style of the acting functions as a vaccine against sentimentality, but there is no doubting the sincerity of this movie’s motives or the effectiveness of its methods. Review: In ‘The Other Side of Hope,’ an Old-Fashioned Humanist Fable 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The show works simultaneously as family-values-affirming drama and deadpan surrealist farce: Father Knows Best meets Twin Peaks. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z “Not helping,” said Mr. Lindelof, who said of his biggest nightmare, deadpan: “Get ready to scratch your heads, America.” 2010-01-29T04:08:00Z He delivers this stuff in such a deadpan way that it is impossible to work out whether he is slathering on the Eeyore-ishness for comic effect or not. Bill Nighy: ‘I’m not in any trouble, everybody can relax’ 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z In Ms. Williams’s video, she first appears with a deadpan stare directly at the camera, standing in front of the train. How to Make Your Life Into a Wes Anderson Film 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He occasionally spoke between pieces in a dry deadpan tone, and offered to answer any questions afterward. Music Review: Jazz Twists From Steve Lehman and His Octet 2014-01-16T23:02:16Z In his favor: From his unlikely camera setups to the perverse deadpan tone, you can identify a Yorgos Lanthimos film in a matter of seconds. Who Will Be Nominated for Best Director? 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z In a backstage interview, Kenny Jr. answered Mr. O’Brien’s sardonic questions about “Mr. and Mrs. Sanmagnetron Claus” with deadpan sincerity, seemingly oblivious to the incongruity of a man in full Islamic dress designing Christmas decorations. House Proud: Pink Robots at the Gate 2013-08-21T22:22:38Z On his late-night show, David Letterman deadpanned that “The thief is being described as ‘armed and fabulous.’” Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z I just think Hades needs to be dangerous — dangerously deadpan, at first. The Emails Behind the Opera ‘Eurydice’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z He was suffering, he says, with a likably deadpan humour, from a "really bad case of the twenty-ones". Joyland by Stephen King – review 2013-06-22T15:00:00Z He has a dry, deadpan manner, and he was already worried about how his performance in “It Chapter Two” would be measured against the work of his co-stars. The Many Fears of Bill Hader 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z We lose the deadpan delivery: "At the city police station we found two officers but they were having a fight and were not available for enquiries." Reading group: Truest grit 2012-12-06T11:09:52Z Happily, the pandemic version of “Sondheim Unplugged” is quite nice, too: elegant, consoling, peppered with deadpan humor. 5 Things to Do This Christmas Weekend 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z "Dance number," he deadpanned to the crowd of more than 4,000 fans. 'Game of Thrones' teases season 2 at Comic-Con 2011-07-22T00:19:09Z In a manner that agreeably juggles deadpan self-deprecation, brash caricature, wry observation and emotional candor, Ms. Gold explains that she grew up addicted to television. | ?The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom?: She Wanted a TV Show, but the Stage Will Do, Too 2011-07-08T22:02:02Z The mood is affably garrulous, the narration deadpan and droll. ‘The Owl’s Legacy’ Explores the Glory That Was Greece 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z Its deadpan lyrics about transportation, media and ubiquitous technology are still tersely prescient. Talking to Ralf H?tter of Kraftwerk 2012-04-15T21:15:41Z "I just want my children to be proud of me," he says, utterly deadpan. TV highlights 14/02/2013 2013-02-14T07:00:12Z “I did not know I had visitors,” she says, deadpan, taking in the playgoers seated on all sides. On London Stages, Finding Something Fresh in Tragedy 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z In the best of them, he extrapolates melancholy narratives from Ruscha-esque Polaroids of motel exteriors — introducing emotion to a deadpan form. Art in Review: Jonathan Monk 2011-04-01T01:54:46Z But they’re delivered in such a deadpan way that the novel reads less as a character study than as an absurdist parable about the impossibility of human connection in the modern world. Heroines of Self-Hate 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z But as Jemele Hill, the show’s “full-time critic,” asserts with deadpan seriousness, “Our history is more than just Negro spirituals and being chased by dogs along rivers.” Review: ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Tests Whether It’s OK to Laugh 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The early going is a gush of sharing and borderline TMI, with lots of deadpan humor. Review | Metzler’s comic ‘Cry It Out’ sings the new-parent blues 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z As this strained, foul-mouthed exercise in gallows humor proceeds, “God’s Pocket” sustains a facade of meanspirited deadpan comedy. Movie Review: ‘God’s Pocket’ Is John Slattery’s Directorial Debut 2014-05-08T23:52:09Z Himes, who wrote his noir books about Harlem while living as an expat in Paris, had a vigorous prose style, a deadpan sense of humor and unending cynicism about human charity. Literary Idol: Nelson George on Chester Himes 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z It’s seven minutes of tightly paced dread, with a delightfully deadpan performance by Adam Blackstone Jr. as the creeped-out boy from the title. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Aiken, a children’s-book author, treated her fanciful premises with deadpan seriousness, creating an atmosphere that’s ironic and enchanted all at once. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z It's a grisly and unedifying tale in which a somewhat typecast Michael Shannon gives a stolid, unsmiling performance as the psycho killer himself – truly, the guy who put the "dead" in "deadpan". The Iceman – review 2012-08-30T14:22:32Z On the spacecraft, he’s forced to watch a movie about the entirety of human history, and things slide toward gibbering insanity until Schrauwen concludes with a deadpan tribute to his art form. A Long Visit to Weimar-Era Berlin Through an Epic Graphic Novel 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But it's the supremely deadpan tragicomic performance by Galifianakis that gives the movie its heart. "It's Kind of a Funny Story": Zach Galifianakis' dramatic breakthrough 2010-10-09T14:20:00Z There was so much controversy surrounding its deadpan footage of townsfolk and debutantes at the town's graduation ball that it led directly to him leaving the Vienna Film Academy. Ulrich Seidl: 'Those who say I despise people do not understand me' 2013-06-13T13:00:02Z Ryan Hill’s deadpan rendering of five cats was done in gouache, but it’s modeled on an Internet photo collage. In the galleries: Photos that take twists and turns at Civilian Art Projects 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Kimmel, known for his genial but deadpan delivery, got high marks as last year’s Academy Awards host when then-newly elected Trump and his policies became a running gag. Jimmy Kimmel's mission impossible - Oscar host in midst of #MeToo 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z When the host of “The Dennis Miller Show” made a joke about her Doc Martens, she deadpanned: “I’m the alternative queen.” Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Nigel stops chewing his gum momentarily and deadpans: “Oh, this piece is called Lick My Love Pump.” Five Easy Pieces at 50: a troubling yet thrilling arrival of a new leading man 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Those respectful nods to classical music seem carefully considered, as does the deadpan title of a sturdy hard-boppish tune elsewhere on the menu: “Things Were Done Yesterday.” Playlist: Hard-Swinging Sounds, With the Help of Friends 2013-08-16T19:26:20Z The cast and crew of “The Lego Batman Movie” sustain that joke admirably, filling in its 104-minute running time with loads of busy action, deadpan humor, visual comedy, reflexive bits and an overfamiliar story line. Review: In ‘The Lego Batman Movie,’ Toys and Heroes, What’s Not to Like? 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z This is the kind of scary movie that needs a lead performance that is strong not fragile, deadpan not showy. ‘M3gan’ Review: Wherever I Go, She Goes 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z It's meant to be deadpan humor, but it is just dead on arrival. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z "We've never played this song live before and, depending on the next five minutes, may never play it again," deadpans Martin, before Moving to Mars. Coldplay ? review 2011-07-24T17:27:01Z I was pretty good at looking like a guy who liked kids, but I realise now I despised them,” he deadpans. Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z “I am older at 20 than a lot of people who have died,” he deadpans. Riff: How William Faulkner Tackled Race — and Freed the South From Itself 2012-06-30T04:00:04Z “Also, seeing me playing guitar in 3D is gonna be amazing,” she adds, deadpan. ‘If you hate heights, you won’t be comfortable watching’: Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on high-wire drama The Walk 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z On the next, her ruse misfires and the deadpan falters; the mark assaults her and pursues her in a white knuckle car chase, which she manages to win. The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The vocals are midway between Tom Verlaine's beatnik yelp and David Byrne's deadpan drone. New band of the day – Parquet Courts (No 1,442) 2013-01-30T18:17:10Z Mr. Comstock’s expression while singing the song, written by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray with added lyrics by Coward, was a deadpan believe-it-or-not stare. Review: Eric Comstock Waxes Worldly Wise in Broadway Songs at Pangea 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But Cho is the one carrying most of the weight, and he largely does justice to Spike by balancing a sanguine warmth and deadpan delivery to create his action-ready romantic. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Asked who they’re more accustomed to being around, a deadpan Ms. Glazer said, “Stoners.” A Naughty Gotham Awards With Helen Mirren, Robert Redford, ‘Broad City’ Stars and Others 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Sometimes, this deadpan affect, slightly slower than normal speech, is used to play dumb. Four Stand-Up Specials That Punch Above Their Weight 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z “Nobody cared about the Jump Street reboot,” Hardy deadpans, staring at the guys while all but winking at the camera. ’22 Jump Street’ Puts Cops on Campus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Depending on one’s sense of humor, the deadpan, unassuming nature of the plan—its odd simplicity—is simply funny. The Potato Salad Guy Should Keep Every Penny 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The next phase of Mr. Reiner’s career found him again in the role of deadpan interviewer. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z His style is sleepily deadpan, which somehow lends him an air of incontrovertible authority. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z "I had a dog," she deadpans, "a very big dog." Bérénice Bejo: 'The Artist was a gift. But I thought I was really good' 2013-05-25T18:00:02Z “It wasn’t some people, it was me. I thought that,” Eagle deadpans. "The New Negroes": The comedy you get "if you say 'James Baldwin' 3 times in the bathroom mirror" 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z She delivers wicked one-liners with deadpan aplomb and does witty impressions. Cheers to Maya Erskine, flawless life of the "Plus One" party 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The hilariously deadpan video for that record’s sultry first single, “Never Say Never,” sicced a twerking robot upon the unprepared populace. Pop & Rock Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z "Goodbye, Daddy," says Sally at the end, her raging emotions turned deadpan, as if she's given up hope. Monday morning "Mad Men" 2010-09-20T17:12:00Z With its casual deadpan attitude, “Buzzard” offers a nightmare portrait of arrested development and anomie for the age of inequality. Review: In ‘Buzzard,’ an Angry, Unkempt Antihero 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Quay and Ms. Pedlow make a pair easy to root for, and Ms. Karpen has an earthy deadpan style that well suits her character’s frequent exclamations of disgust at her employer’s behavior. Theater Review: ‘The Heir Apparent,’ by Way of David Ives 2014-04-10T02:00:01Z And the notion that we should worry about human beings — even poor Matt Walsh, heroically staying deadpan as lead storm chaser — becomes a source of humor in what is otherwise a showcase for extreme weather. Tornadoes Target a Town in ‘Into the Storm’ 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z This British comic, whose deadpan style might remind you of Chris Elliott, asks an audience member for cash, takes a bill and immediately sticks it through a paper shredder. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z Even in the Men is Black movies, the actor’s cool was deadpan; the smile had to be inferred. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z This show also a reminder of the peerless deadpan performer de Rossi is when given the right material, which isn’t nearly often enough. Portia de Rossi is the secret weapon of “Santa Clarita Diet” 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The 29 pieces in the exhibition touch on big-picture topics like labor, gentrification, immigration and fossil fuels, which are elaborated in deadpan, retrofuturist labels. Cheeseburgers, Oil and Minimum Wage: Building a Museum of Capitalism 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z She channels Warhol's blank deadpan perfectly, sums up his hangers-on in biting vignettes, and captures scene after scene of naked bodies, half-drugged characters and their outrageous stories at the original 1963-67 Factory. True adventures of bold women 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z “Those are awful magazines, detective,” she replies, deadpan, in one of the better lines of the night. 'Gotham' Recap: The Story of Harvey Bullock 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z “I loved you truly,” she sings, deadpan, then almost cackles the next line, “You gotta laugh at the stupidity.” Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ Takes a Note From Taylor Swift: Leave a Mark 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z “When Chita Rivera first saw the place, she said” — here, Mr. Nardicio recreated her deadpan pauses — “ ‘this looks like an Atlantis Cruise ... that sank ... five years ago.’ ” Daniel Nardicio: Closing a Gay Generation Gap 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Staring at the camera with sensitive adorable moon eyes, Martin shares his loneliness and insecurities with the viewer in rambling deadpan monologues. “Downward Dog”: A surprisingly agile take on the TV romantic comedy 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Pawson's palette is austere but none the less capable of deadpan surprises that would liven the place up – perhaps an unexpected cantilever or moment of structural daring. Designs of the Year 2012 ? review 2012-02-12T00:05:52Z The novel hangs on the delicate tension of that deadpan adolescent voice — never cute, never cloying. ‘The Book of Aron,’ by Jim Shepard, is a masterpiece 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Guiraudie, whose earlier films include “Stranger by the Lake,” has an eye for rural French landscapes and an ear for deadpan conversation. Review: The French Countryside Holds Surprises in ‘Staying Vertical’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Many of Sabi’s habits of gesture and expression are Baig all the way — the long pauses, the crushing deadpan, the purposefully blank expression. Is Bilal Baig Ready for Fame? Sort Of. 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Cage plays a deadpan, stone-cold avenger who travels the highways on a personal mission. Drive Angry ? review 2011-02-24T22:05:01Z They have aspects of Surrealism’s exquisite corpses, Conceptual Art’s deadpan humor and especially appropriation art’s penchant for repurposing existing images and genres. Maira Kalman’s Irreverent Pictures for the Grammar Bible 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The Belgian electronic group Soulwax deadpans these lyrics in “Transient Program for Drums and Machinery,” which is both a free download from its website and the name of a touring project next year. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Flips Mannequins Into Barbies 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Such is the absurdity of the ZAZ world, which plays its comedy with deadpan seriousness, and why "Airplane!" is so uproarious. "When stupidity is elevated": "Airplane!" filmmakers reveal the secrets to their deadpan success 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “And,” he deadpanned, “everyone is stoned and sitting in cafes in the middle of the day.” A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z In the most riveting section, Mr. Andrieux — who remains stiffly deadpan throughout — performs the long routine with which the Cunningham dancers begin their daily class. Dance Review: Snapshots of One Dancer?s Life Give a Glimpse Into an Art Form 2010-09-19T22:09:00Z “Private ownership of vast tracts of land appears to be an anachronism,” she writes at one point, in a deadpan I can only describe as enviable. Love, Icelandically: On Oddny Eir's novel 'Land of Love and Ruins' 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s candid and deadpan and plays with the whole idea of a novel in interesting ways. My girl problems 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Walken played only Hook, and was his usual deadpan, way-out self. “Peter Pan Live!” and a Night of Protests 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z "No," Bronn deadpans, indicating the knight he just chucked out the Moon Door. Game of Thrones Watch: Talk to the Hand 2011-05-23T16:45:00Z As Ms. Streisand says, in a deadpan aside, “I made Jane Fonda’s career.” Barbra Streisand Sets the Record Straight 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z A deadpan stunt with sexual overtones, it has the odd Pavlovian effect of causing anyone later passing the cactuses in the botanical garden suddenly to have the desperate urge to shave them. Abroad: The Arts Become Monaco?s Newest Luxury Goods 2010-10-13T14:32:00Z She draws on Wednesday’s deadpan charm with a start-and-stop sequencing of movements. The Wednesday Dance Is an Invitation. Be Weird. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Its soul is in the style, starting with the voice — that deadpan sneer, wisecracking her understated one-liners. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z “Bob’s Burgers” has a lackadaisical vibe; its humor, no matter how anarchic, slides by in a deadpan monotone. | 'Bob?s Burgers': This Family Restaurant Is All About the People 2011-01-06T22:55:57Z Movies by people like Billy Wilder, Wes Anderson, and Buster Keaton have given me color palettes, compositions, and a love of dry, deadpan humor. Mark Ulriksen’s “Downtime” 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Black, with a face like a demonic cherub, has carved a happy niche for himself as Hollywood's cackling ball of deadpan, quip-laden fury. Jack Black: 'I was getting tired of the frat-guy comedies' 2013-04-18T16:00:01Z My eyes aimed forward in a deadpan stare. I’m Not Mad. That’s Just My RBF. 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z Here's some fried chicken," she deadpanned, musing, "What is happening at NBC? 2010-02-05T12:06:00Z The young players treated the anarchic Fluxus works from the early '60s with an encouraging degree of genuine understanding and captivating deadpan humor. wasteLAnd and rest of new music scene in L.A. is thriving with a lowercase T 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Which Gerhardt son is “the pincher” and which is “the crusher”? • The deadpan exchanges at the Blumquist butcher shop are becoming a consistent comic highlight: “Never trust anything that comes from the sea.” ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 2: Crime Isn’t for Amateurs 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z First you must watch a series of amusing movies by Mr. Sachs in which basic, often nonsensical tenets and rules of his enterprise are explained in a deadpan delivery mimicking that of real training films. Art Review: Tom Sachs, ‘Space Program: Mars,’ at Park Avenue Armory 2012-05-24T22:30:07Z Servin, in particular, does deadpan about as well as Stephen Colbert. The Yes Men: Revenge of the Pranksters 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Compressed quotes can't give the full flavour of Parks's raconteurish charm; his fondness for looping tangents, pungent opinions, historical trivia, useful quotes, deadpan puns, colourful aphorisms and mischievous asides. Van Dyke Parks: 'I was victimised by Brian Wilson's buffoonery' 2013-05-09T17:30:01Z You may realize, when it's all over, that Wilson and Sudeikis have handled their ludicrous, caricatured roles with deadpan delicacy and that the whole project has a consistent tone you might call gentle, chaotic self-parody. "Hall Pass": Suburban dads gone wild! 2011-02-24T23:01:00Z They draw from illustration and the comics, often involve language and collage and evince a mixture of romance, intrigue and deadpan humor that might be called Eastern European Noir. At the Shed, Frieze II Takes Off 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z “Whassssup,” Cedric the Entertainer said after grabbing the microphone, echoing the introduction of many other comics, before the deadpan punch line, “I wrote that.” Why ‘Def Comedy Jam’ Gets No Respect 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Theo signs, in one of his trademark deadpan quips that made me scream with the truth of it all: "Yeah, well, deaf people don't get to write a lot of movies." “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z He paused, then said, deadpan: “I try not to get change.” The Secret Art History on Your Money 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “I said, ‘None that I could tell you,’” Mr. Caine recalled in his Cockney deadpan. Michael Caine on Elderly Roles and Why He Snubbed Cannes After 'Alfie' 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z After discussing the racism of Asian fetishes, he deadpans: “I think it’s doubly racist if you have an Asian fetish and are not attracted to me specifically.” 5 Smart Comedy Specials From Veteran Standups 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z The opening track of Joyce Manor’s fourth album, “Cody” — out today — is somehow more deadpan and also more wry than this excellent band’s prior work, which has ample servings of each of those approaches. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z And in this deadpan Plains-state comedy, the actor never gets to tear a passion to tatters — an implicit prerequisite for an Acting Oscar. Oscars 2014: Why Matthew McConaughey Will Win Best Actor 2014-02-24T18:20:39Z The second surprise is that he's funny – in a dry, deadpan way that is all about the delivery. Irrfan Khan: 'I object to the term Bollywood' 2013-07-25T18:00:00Z The tattoo artist mustered all the enthusiasm his deadpan self could in telling me that the Arabic script I had printed off the internet “looked nice.” Two Tattoos Gone Wrong 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “If they left it any longer, I think we may have all been dead,” deadpanned Carlyle, 62. In This ‘Full Monty,’ the Clothes Stay On 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “This is weird,” she says in a loud deadpan. Comedy, and sex, in the cancer ward? 'A Funny Thing Happened' goes there with glee 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z MacDonald, who was 61, was best known for his five-year stint on "Saturday Night Live" during the 1990s, and in particular, his deadpan performance as a "Weekend Update" anchor on the show. Norm MacDonald, beloved comedian and “SNL” star, dies at 61 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “Turn your cellphone off,” Baby Boof chants in drowsy deadpan, politely requesting that we give this weird, warbling, X-rated lullaby our undivided attention. Perspective | The best DMV rap songs and albums of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Before she started writing books, Semple was a consulting producer on the third season of “Arrested Development,” and it just so happens that Eleanor Flood also has experience with deadpan comedy. Maria Semple's 'Today Will Be Different' will make you actually laugh out loud 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z "The house was condemned due to mold," he deadpanned. A tiny gingerbread house got listed on Zillow for 31 days, and the price felt all too real 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The fast, fluent one-linerism of his youth has morphed into the funniest and saddest deadpan on the silver screen. Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z Ms. Stewart, who is 70, hasn’t aged much in 20 years, so when she said, deadpan, that it was her 50th birthday, there was no reason to disbelieve her. The Tv Watch: Celebrity Chefs on ?The Chew? on ABC 2011-10-02T22:01:29Z “Well, he wrote it for us,” Mr. Jacobsen, one of the ensemble’s artistic directors, answered deadpan. The Knights Play Stravinsky and Bartok in Central Park 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Kelly stayed dour and unsmiling, singing in an unpretty deadpan and playing terse guitar solos edged with psychedelic fuzz. Music Review: Staring Down Death And Lust With a Sly Eye 2010-10-07T22:23:00Z Verses and choruses dominate, and Nic Offer chant-sings, in his testy deadpan, about romance, rancor and the power of pop itself. Playlistjon Pareles: A Symphony on a Chip Packed in a Jewel Box, And Visions of Love 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z Allison, who can go giddy when discussing video games or “The Vampire Diaries” but usually defaults to a self-deprecating deadpan, knowingly leaning into her internet sad-girl persona, was obviously the ringleader. Soccer Mommy Is Pushing Through the Indie-Rock Growing Pains 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Characters deadpan lines like: “One doesn’t have to smell like a salami if one doesn’t wish it.” Review: Novels by Alexandra Kleeman, Edward St. Aubyn and More 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z He has also typically been blessed with actors skilled at selling dotty setups with deadpan ease. ‘Incredible but True’ Review: Track to the Future 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z After decades of refinement, honing his low-key deadpan into something flexible and distinctive, he can turn a sentence inside-out with the mildest shift in intonation, instantly divorcing what he says from what he means. 5 Standup Specials to Stream for the Labor Day Weekend 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Thomas views it all with a clear-eyed, deadpan naivete. A young Irishman falls into the horrors of the American Civil War 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z That deadpan exposé, not , is the most enthralling movie of the week. End of Watch: City of Angels in Blue 2012-09-21T15:31:53Z His sober manner is especially effective in conveying Baker’s ironical description of British condescension to the colonized and deadpan accounts of the romantic entanglements of these unconventional, impossible characters. Review | The best audiobooks to listen to this month 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z As Farrier, the Auckland journalist who serves as the deadpan Kiwi-Michael Moore centerpiece of “Tickled,” observes late in the film, this isn’t a story about tickling. Unveiling the international tickle-porn conspiracy — it’s not as funny as you think 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “I suspect if I were just trying to play catch-up in the fame game, there are probably easier ways to accomplish it than writing literary fiction,” she said, in her deadpan tone. Up Close: Lisa Grunwald?s True Colors 2010-04-21T21:07:00Z “I think I negotiated a couple Oreos or something,” Benjamin deadpanned. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Peel was never one for hype or eulogy, but somewhere within the lugubrious voice and deadpan delivery, I thought I heard a little note of excitement and perhaps even an adjective of praise. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z And she sings about all of it in a sweetened deadpan that softly underscores her message: Quiet your mind and you’ll see mystery all around. Best music of 2018: Serpentwithfeet has a voice unlike any other 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z "I went home to Vancouver recently, and I got off the plane, and it was like I was Godzilla," he said, deadpanning. Tobias Jesso Jr. has new album, 'Goon,' and rising cred as songwriter 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z But there’s deadpan wit, too, as when Ms. Mering repeats the only line in the chorus, with funeral gravity: “Y-O-L-O, why?” The Playlist: David Bowie’s Unreleased Songs and a ‘Putin’ Satire 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Which makes his playfulness and deadpan delivery even more surprisingly charming.” Carl Kasell’s retirement will wait wait no longer It’s a poignant, creepy showcase for the deadpan Lakeith Stanfield and for Glover, who depicted entertainment culture as a mask for nightmares in “This Is America,” and here plays a monster made out of dreams. The Most Memorable TV Episodes of 2018 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z She adopted a strategy early in life of simply deadpanning, “I am smiling.” Masks are off — which means men will start telling women to ‘Smile!’ again 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z More audacious but coolly deadpan oddness from the Dogtooth director, this time following a secretive group who provide a surreal service for grieving relatives. This week's new films 2012-11-10T00:05:50Z “Life’s Too Short” feels in many ways like a mathematical average of the deadpan vérité style of “The Office” and the celebrity-skewering satire of “Extras.” Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z Her natural warmth and her affinity for Ruth’s deadpan, self-deprecating humor kept reminding me of Sandra Bullock. 'Inner Voices': Judith Blazer Seeks Divine Clarity at 59E59 Theaters 2010-04-07T21:51:00Z "Yeah, so finally a funeral Trump will be allowed to attend!" the comedian deadpanned. Conan O’Brien joked about Trump not being invited to McCain’s funeral, but suggested an alter... 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z They are often fragments of rock song lyrics, and they tend toward the deadpan. Words and images conjure new meanings in Joe Wardwell’s paintings 2013-04-25T22:44:36Z Top deadpanning from Terence Stamp, by the way. More than 30m people have watched Netflix's Murder Mystery – why? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z SpongeBob regards the evil little green organism for a moment and replies, deadpan, “Good luck with that.” When SpongeBob SquarePants Was Just a Sketch on a Beach in Baja 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z “Lanthimos detests the word ‘deadpan,’ which appears in almost every review of his work. What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z His deadpan manner never waivered as he wandered around the ring and into the audience, crooning his choruses and falsetto hooks. Music Review: The Circus Tumbles In, to the Sound of the ?70s 2011-01-05T23:16:37Z The rhythm of the show matches the unhurried deadpan of his album. Bob Newhart, Master of the One-Sided Conversation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z At least Jacinto is diverting and wonderfully deadpan as the intense Logan. In Amazon's affable rom-com "I Want You Back" Jenny Slate and Charlie Day charm as meddling exes 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Leonard, who died in 2013, would surely be pleased with how Davey Holmes, the show’s creator, has appropriated signature Leonardesque touches — deadpan humor; casually deployed violence; incongruous eloquence. Review: For ‘Get Shorty,’ an Amusing Epix Makeover 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z On two new songs, Lortz sings and plays acoustic guitar with female backup singers, and the sound is not so different from his previous work: sturdy songwriting, deadpan delivery, bitterly realistic lyrics. From Case Studies to The Physics, a hot week in Seattle music 2011-01-13T20:25:05Z “You said we need to weaponize space,” Levy told Gutfeld, one night, deadpan. In Praise of Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z The film shows the pair’s adventure “with a beautifully coordinated admixture of droll humor, deadpan and slapstick,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Succession’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Kraftwerk's minimalist lyrics and deadpan delivery mean someone else could remake Computer Love in the opposite direction, as a nightmare worthy of Black Mirror, and it would be no more or less true. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night five: Computer World 2013-02-12T15:13:31Z “Everything is very, very bad,” a television newscaster deadpans in “I’ve Got Issues,” Steve Collins’s surreal comedy of despair and deliverance. ‘I’ve Got Issues’ Review: Seeking a Point, Starting to Break 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Davidson also appeared in the sketch as the “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek, as he stared eerily into the camera and deadpanned, “Maybe something fun and super high energy. Does that work?” ‘S.N.L.’: Pete Davidson Largely Absent From Last Show of Year 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Mostly, Will gets to work, or rather Mr. Johnson does, as the character undergoes the hero’s crucible of suffering with throbbing muscles, an impressive deadpan and yards of duct tape. Review: In ‘Skyscraper,’ Dwayne Johnson Scales a Tower of Clichés 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z “I’d like it to be clearer which side I’m on,” the deadpan satirist told Slate. Randy Newman's Faust: The Devil Laughs and Cries 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z The pair clearly have chemistry, sharing vocals on a couple of songs and performing some deadpan formation dancing. Solange – review 2013-01-17T17:48:30Z Her tone is deadpan, suggesting that it all seemed perfectly normal. Poem of the week: Relational Epistemology by Heather Phillipson 2013-05-07T10:35:31Z "It's not crazy like psychotic, it's crazy like zany," she said of the book, while her father quickly deadpanned: "You are not psychotic." Robert Crumb, daughter look at life in "Crazy Artist" 2010-11-22T20:11:00Z Their songs are delivered in broad northern accents with a studious deadpan - sort of like a less charismatic Pet Shop Boys - and they've won a legion of followers. Youtube if you want to... 2011-02-16T02:52:54Z Eventually, the shopping channel producer pulled the plug with a withering “We are dying right now”, prompting a deadpan “Is that bad?” from Tre Azam. 10 years of The Apprentice: the oddest, funniest and most awkward moments 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z I'm sure we can chalk this up to her svelte, deadpan cynicism. Review: ‘Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates,’ Antics to Not Love nor Cherish 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z “Well, he was a really important cultural figure,” Jarmusch explains, deadpan. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Jenkins brings a deadpan humor to the quirky Christopher, who has a few of Mr. Mitnick’s more incisively funny lines. | 'Sex Lives of Our Parents': That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse 2011-06-23T02:01:25Z Jack also makes classic von Trier deadpan observations meant to elicit laughs. Is Lars von Trier Trolling Us? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Not only does Gomez hold her own among the acting legends, her expert deadpan delivery and soulful looks recall the performances of classic film comedians. These MVPs of television delivered greatness in a year that almost broke us 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Hal Hartley is no longer as dominant a figure in independent cinema as he was in the 1990s, when his deadpan humor was a mainstay in art-house theaters. Review: In Hal Hartley’s ‘Ned Rifle,’ Closure for a Son and a Series 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The movie juggles flashbacks to the recent past with several cleverly constructed set pieces in which Zhou meets escape challenges with deadpan ingenuity. ‘The Wild Goose Lake’ Review: A Noir Thriller in Wuhan 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z "North Korea predictably remained without a pin," records deadpan Don. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion – review 2013-04-05T08:01:01Z "So you went from teacher to preacher because, what, it f**kin' rhymes?" she deadpans. "The Last of Us" makes an unholy meal of starving childhood innocence, served bloody 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z At moments, the novel pokes deadpan fun at that divide: “Their new table arrived, that was exciting.” A First Novel Pays Tribute to the Iconoclastic Kathy Acker 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z “Now I’m going to play a ballad,” Ryan Adams deadpanned partway through his solo concert on Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall. Music Review: Ryan Adams at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-12-07T22:57:44Z Keaton’s smooth brow and melancholy deadpan, customarily shadowed by a porkpie hat, express an ingenious, innocent determination to surmount whatever obstacles the universe imposes. Review: ‘Notfilm’ Tells How Beckett and Keaton Collaborated 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The show’s attitudes and comic strategies are still in place, too, with the not-too-subtle punch lines delivered in an affectless deadpan and the reflexive undercutting of sincerity or sentiment. Review: It’s ‘The End’ of the World, and You’ll Know It 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z As I learned later, they were all perishable, so the deadpan photos are all that remains of this triumph of make-do inspiration. Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Adrian A. Franks’s “10 Shots for Help” is a deadpan target-image of an unarmed man shot by police officers while begging for help after a car crash. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z For example, her famous ghost story, “The Portobello Road,” is both macabre and funny, its unsettling mixture of tones building to a shocking, magnificently deadpan sentence that will take any reader’s breath away. Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” But instead he just gave me a strange look and said, deadpan, “No, those babies are generally not fine.” My accidental, alcohol-drinking pregnancy adventure 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z Rainer’s brand of humor lands firmly in the land of deadpan. Yvonne Rainer, a Giant of Choreography, Makes Her Last Dance 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But the dancers, led by a deadpan Rashaun Mitchell in Cunningham’s old role, made the choreography’s oddities astonishingly fresh. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z Typical of his approach is a deadpan yarn about a “terminally ill” 9-year-old with “a simple wish.” For Norm Macdonald, facts are just starting points for comedy 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z But the mix of deadpan comedy and growing menace in "Borgman" takes it into even darker territory. Devilish Dutch drama 'Borgman' debuts at Cannes 2013-05-19T13:13:23Z His work has a deadpan surrealist undertone and a definable signature. Deutsche Börse photography prize 2012 – review 2012-07-14T23:06:08Z Smith's deadpan style, along with his lugubrious manner and large build, quickly established him as one of the country's favourite television performers in the early 1980s. Mel Smith remembered: 'A gentleman and a scholar, a gambler and a wit' 2013-07-20T19:59:16Z Her character, Carol Barrett, is an agent for the F.B.I. whose reddish wig, plumy lashes and cavalcade of weary sighs and devastating deadpan stares are among the movie’s best special effects. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Maxwell crossed similar terrain in 2007 in his deadpan riff on the horse opera, “Ode to the Man Who Kneels.” Review: Lost and Found in a Steve Earle Soundscape in ‘Samara’ 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z At 32, the actor is finally getting the chance to move away from his deadpan shtick in this month's "I'll See You in My Dreams." Martin Starr would rather avoid the fame game 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z The mix of deadpan humour and flowery voiceovers doesn't always work, but there are sympathetic performances from the two leads. Soul of Flies – review 2012-07-12T21:10:03Z “I don’t think the president would be that petty,” Pelosi deadpanned. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z That none of Mr. Fielder’s business solutions ever work should not disqualify him from laureate consideration, because his deadpan genius is in defining the age, not solving its problems. ‘Nathan for You,’ on Comedy Central, Mixes Absurdity and Economics 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z “But in March 2013, I was transferred to another diocese,” he deadpans. Pope Francis’ book explores George Floyd, virus skeptics 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z He even shows up to his own divorce proceeding, “to support my wife,” an action so radical that the judge deadpans, “That’s very modern. It’s almost French.” The marvelous men of "Maisel" on how Joel and Abe are evolving in season 3 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z In the mesmeric, deadpan fever dream of a play that is “Distant Observer,” at La MaMa, you grasp onto what you can in trying to keep track of who’s who, and what’s occurring. Review: ‘Distant Observer’ Shifts Shape as Authors Take Turns 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z On its website, the institute greets visitors with such deadpan sales pitches as, “What will death mean when our digital souls outlive our physical bodies?” Young Digital Artists, Anxious About ... Technology 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z The "I Kissed a Girl" singer's answer was clearly a deadpan joke -- and thankfully a much funnier one than her attempt to riff off Deflategate. Katy Perry channels Marshawn Lynch at her Super Bowl news conference 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z “I have learned that I’m an idiot, you know, through doing this, too,” he deadpanned. How does country music really work? Bobby Bones’s podcast is an unlikely gold mine of insider info. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Dunn’s wit is deadpan and subtle, and these dancers tend either to kill it through overemphasis or play it so limply that it loses any bite. Review: Douglas Dunn’s ‘Aidos’ Is Set to Bach at BAM Fisher 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In some ways, Notaro’s deadpan style might seem like an odd fit for animation. Tig Notaro’s ‘Drawn’ Explores Strange New Worlds: Animated Ones 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z She’s the best, going through life in a knowing, matter-of-fact state of confident deadpan that Samuel L. Jackson would envy. Review: In ‘The Animals,’ What Schoolteachers Learned at the Lounge Room 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z It was really all he needed, beyond the hulking gravity of his singing, in a bone-dry baritone, and the intrigue of his lyrics, with their startling imagery and deadpan philosophy. Music Review: Bill Callahan Show at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-02-09T23:04:37Z It's the kind of drop-dead deadpan you suspect he's been waiting some time to deliver. This week's new live music 2013-01-19T06:00:03Z His sensibility is so deadpan that it borders on a kind of derangement. In ‘The Changeling,’ the Dark Fears of Parents, Memorably Etched 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z His photographs, deadpan and unconventionally cropped, have the feel of someone standing on the outside, intently looking on. Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Then, after a gun fight clip from "Grand Budapest Hotel" showed, Murray returned, deadpanning: "He's one of the greatest action directors we've got." Inarritu wins Directors Guild Award, giving 'Birdman' another major prize 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z As the movie’s biggest name, Vaughn regresses to his second-rate deadpan comedy roles of old, forcing his way through a comedically constipated performance. ‘The Binge’ Review: They’ll Drink to That 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z As the team argue over special lanes for VIPs, and special special lanes for Americans, he deadpans: "Yeah, but what happens if you want to have some sort of… baby, or heart attack." Rewind TV: The Newsroom; Twenty Twelve; Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies; Volcano Live – review 2012-07-14T23:06:06Z This is a very fine one, something of an inverse to the famous Monty Python cheese shop sketch, and Agee’s cartoonish but deadpan watercolors strike just the right comic tone. Are You a Dog Person or a Cat Person? Or Hamster, or Turtle, or ... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Breillat may be as deadpan as her sad-faced heroine, but “Romance” does not lack a comic dimension. ‘Romance’: But What Does She Really Want? 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z And there’s a whole menagerie of more bizarre side characters, described in deadpan, outrageous ways. ‘Panic in a Suitcase,’ by Yelena Akhtiorskaya "My government was a stranger thing than anyone knew," Nixon observes in one of the many deadpan asides that make "Crooked" a droll riff on 20th century politics. In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Described by another character as “a menopausal toddler,” she injects the political farce with a winning dose of slapstick, playing excellently against more deadpan co-stars like Vanessa Williams and Lea DeLaria. Rachel Dratch’s Comfort Zones: ‘Somebody Somewhere’ and ‘Bad Vegan’ 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z When asked why he’s not wearing the Geek Squad shirt, he deadpans, “I spilled coffee on it. I’m a neeeerd.” ‘Silicon Valley’ Season 3, Episode 5: The Scrappy Innovator 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The wit is beyond deadpan, and it was heightened by the staging at Dia:Beacon. Steve Paxton Reprises Dance Works at Dia:Beacon 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But his deadpan manner and ability to play the straight man gave him a career that extended for more than seven decades from a debut in 1940. Frank Thornton obituary 2013-03-18T12:54:23Z Ms. Bartlett’s deadpan aside could also be a creed for the Resonant Bodies Festival, of which Thursday’s concert was the second of three evenings. Review: The Resonant Bodies Festival Completes Its Third Year 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The band revels in taboo topics, but its deadpan descriptions of death in every imaginable form don’t sound like propaganda for viciousness. Jeff Hanneman, Guitarist for Slayer, Dies at 49 2013-05-04T02:34:45Z Mr. Key seems at ease with his role, generating humor with a deadpan delivery. Television Review: In ‘Playing House’ on USA, Best Friends Raise an Infant 2014-04-28T19:59:17Z Giant images of Mr. Ruscha’s deadpan paintings were projected on one wall of the dinner tent. Scene City: The Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art + Film Gala Draws Celebrities 2012-11-05T22:37:08Z With a sharp, deadpan eye for doomed romantic entanglements and lust-fueled bad behavior, Mr. Hong is often called the most French of Asian directors. ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: A Return Visit for a Director Fond of Repetition 2012-05-23T18:10:16Z Rovère’s baleful deadpan is a constant amusement as the director, inspired by mold on her ceiling, sets off on a late-in-life search for the excitement she no longer feels. ‘Documentary Now!’ Review: The Comfort We’ve Been Waiting For 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z "If our next movie sucks, it'll be because of that," Goldberg said, deadpan. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg like that Kim Jong Un doesn't get the joke “As long as it’s deadpan, then you’re golden,” Ms. Williams said, adding that characters in Mr. Anderson’s films often “act more in body language as opposed to showcasing any real emotion.” How to Make Your Life Into a Wes Anderson Film 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Bell deadpanned: "Yes, a lot! Quite a bit." Cast gives 'Hair' a quick styling before Hollywood Bowl shows 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z With masterly comic timing — Mr. Elliott with a nasal deadpan, Goulding with booming authority — Bob and Ray mocked the cliches and banalities of newscasts, politics, sports and advertising. Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Ms. Neuwirth, whose priceless deadpan manner is one of Broadway’s great assets, here uses it as a means of distancing herself from an icky show and a formless part. | 'The Addams Family': Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth on Broadway 2010-04-09T02:29:00Z It’s part of the language of the show to play things in a deadpan, unflowery way. He Gives ‘Atlanta’ Anxiety. And That’s a Good Thing. 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The story of a rundown neighbourhood overrun by ravaging kids whose spirits are to be quelled is delivered in deadpan, Queenly accents, with songs drawled impeccably by women in leopardskin. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z ZAZ prided their humor on getting audiences to appreciate the deadpan tone. "When stupidity is elevated": "Airplane!" filmmakers reveal the secrets to their deadpan success 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z "The president tweeted about me 11 times . . . I don't think Donald Trump hates me. I think he's in love with my boyfriend," Stewart said, then read some of the tweets with expert, deadpan delivery. In defense of the overlooked Kristen Stewart 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z “Pull your pants up, black people, I was on TV in the 80s,” he mocked, then deadpanned. Bill Cosby: the downfall of ‘America’s dad’ 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The supporting cast — except Ms. Soules, whose wry deadpan covers a multitude of emotional bases — is more at home with the comic froth than with the dramatic suds. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z When Branagh said deadpan: "I'm basically quite a cheerful person," how we laughed. TV review: Wallander; Shakespeare Uncovered; Henry IV Part 1 2012-07-08T21:35:01Z And it continues just as strong from then on; a masterpiece of straight-backed deadpan. Reading group: True Grit – a reliable narrator? 2012-11-15T12:49:37Z I tried curling the end slyly into a question or dropping it in a deadpan. ’90s Sitcoms Shaped Me as an Immigrant Child. What if They Hadn’t? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Between takes, Cohen recalled, Ferrell deadpanned to him: “This is good. Some of it may actually make it in the movie.” 'Get Hard's (sort of) loftier intentions 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Burnham and Macdonald are from different generations and have clashing styles, one theatrical and flamboyantly satirical, the other deadpan and folksy. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Fary suggested that this might actually hamper stand-up’s efforts to be taken seriously, before deadpanning: “Maybe it needs more white people, actually.” Fary Isn’t Joking About Race in France Right Now 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z When Luciano asked Haizlip why he invited the famously unpredictable Kirk on the show, he recalled his deadpan response: “Because he’s totally crazy.” ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Later, when Jack Benny jumps on Crosby’s back as part of a routine, Crosby deadpans, “First comic I’ve carried since Hope.” Watchlist: Mishaps in Politicking, Single-Parenthood and Finding a Partner 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z "It is very much based on our own life experience," deadpans Bird. Chickens: What The Inbetweeners did next 2011-08-29T21:00:00Z WHY: Who knew deadpan Diane is a master of the party game? EW Ranks the 50 Best TV Scenes of the Past Year 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z “That’s going to be a big hit with the Catholic folks,” he said deadpan, receiving a big laugh from the group. Massimiliano Gioni, of Venice Biennale 2013-05-23T12:00:01Z Emotional ambiguity has been one of her great strengths in the past — on “Golden Hour,” her space-cookie deadpan made uncomplicated lyrics about feeling “happy and sad at the same time” resonate like cosmogonic poetry. Review | Kacey Musgraves made a divorce album that sounds like easy-listening 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z His deadpan delivery took the Albert Hall roof off. A Night Out With ... Sir Michael Caine review – relaxed, charming, and faintly bemused all by the fuss 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z “Jonah from ‘Veep’ spilled red wine on me, so that was a new experience,” he deadpanned. White House correspondents’ dinner: Now with even more empty calories! 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The result was “Mary Berry,” a delightful, deadpan ode to life in small-town Britain. What Happens When You Get Famous Off One Song? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Shot in a deadpan documentary style with splashes of camp, the film includes a guest appearance by Washington Congressman Jim McDermott. A Lake Washington sea monster debuts at Seattle's True Independent Film Festival 2010-05-28T21:48:00Z When I asked if becoming a father had frightened him, he deadpanned, “It’s hard to be scared of things after prison.” A Decade After Prison, a Poet Studies for the Bar Exam 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z “My experience filming the third season was just a steady anxiety attack,” she deadpanned. Zoë Chao Identified With ‘Party Down’ a Little Too Well for a While 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel “The Graduate” was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has died. Charles Webb, author of ‘The Graduate,’ dies in England 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z But in the hands of a skilled practitioner of the punning craft – such as Milton Jones, deadpan Canadian Stewart Francis or the evergreen Tim Vine – it yields spectacularly funny results. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-06T05:00:17Z The visual style, like the deadpan absurdism of the performances, achieves a tone that is somehow dry and campy at once. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z When presenting the most distressing historical analogies, the authors’ understatement is so subdued it verges on deadpan. Will Democracy Survive President Trump? Two New Books Aren’t So Sure 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Daniel Simonsen, a deadpan absurdist from Norway, leaned into this, emphasizing his accent and mechanical delivery, pointing out in his set that the expression on his face was no different from the mask. Live Comedy Is Back in New York! But Outdoors. Is This a Good Thing? 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Whether dancing or singing, the performers hovered on the edge of earnest and deadpan, and the repetitive choreography, which served to accent the music or the topic at hand, was purposely rough. Dance Review: Insects Flee, and Kitty Seeks Revenge 2011-05-22T20:58:11Z "I want you to be my slave forever," she deadpans. Seattle improv ? fun made fresh daily 2010-12-16T21:53:06Z “It could help you tell time,” Swift said, perfectly deadpan, in a recent Instagram video. The Clock Strikes: Time for Taylor Swift’s New LP, ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z But eventually you have to acknowledge that this unpleasant drama set on Coney Island isn’t deadpan; it’s just dead. | 'Lucky Days': A Creepy Hostage Thriller by J Blakeson 2010-08-06T02:02:00Z Now bristling, now deadpan, now exultant, Kitson is alive to the moment. Review | Comedian Daniel Kitson rants about the joy — and tyranny — of stuff 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The role requires Pierce to do a lot of deadpan reacting — something he's quite familiar with. Q&A: 'Frasier' Star and Broadway Actor David Hyde Pierce 2010-10-15T09:05:00Z In Rickman’s deadpan performance, Gruber seems to possess a strange fatalism, as if he expects to lose, and to die, all along. The Unforgettable Villainy of Alan Rickman in “Die Hard” 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z “It’s just inherently funny when people treat him as if he’s in on the joke, like, ‘Oh hello, Santa,’” he said, “and he’s completely deadpan because he is Santa.” Playing Santa Onscreen Takes Much More Than Just Donning a Red Suit 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Later, the bunny agrees to pretend to be eaten so the bear will look cool to a judgmental clique of nearby bears, deadpanning: “Oh … no. I am being eaten. What a bummer. Ouch.” What’s So Funny, Kid? 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Both “Stories” and “Songs” interspersed material with words — most often recited in Ms. Anderson’s calm, amiably noncommittal deadpan — and brooding instrumentals. Music Review: Laurie Anderson Gets Political at River to River Shows 2013-06-20T22:39:21Z What began as a deadpan quip became something much broader, more physical, exposing a sillier side of Lynch. What TikTok Taught One Stand-Up Comic 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z Beginning with his opening line welcoming guests to “Negro night,” the comedian brought his deadpan style of political-racial humor to the Washington Hilton’s grand ballroom. Larry Wilmore on his WHCA dinner speech: ‘I know I lost the room early’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Quizzed about what determines whether or not he performs his own stunts, he went for deadpan. From Tron to Angelina Jolie (via peanut butter) 2010-07-23T11:02:00Z “And the day grows ugly …” Rhaenys deadpanned as the crowd delighted in the brutality, which was one way to put it. ‘House of the Dragon’ Premiere: Another Game of Thrones 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z He was also something of a raconteur on set — "He loved telling stories. Not always originals," McKellen deadpanned. Christopher Lee's Olivier (and Gandalfian) ambitions 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z So was David Letterman, who, for years, proved an ideal foil to Stewart, who was his frequent guest, delivering top-ten lists and deadpanning while Letterman teased her. Martha Stewart, Comedy Genius? 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Clyde is an exemplar of clarity and reason in a wrongheaded world, and the character works because of the inherent trustworthiness of Driver’s face — he’s expressive even when he’s deadpan. Review: 'Logan Lucky' Is a Magnificent Movie Disguised as a Modest One 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z The sentence that flickered on my beeper had the staccato and deadpan force of a true medical emergency: "Carla Reed/New patient with leukaemia/14th floor/Please see as soon as you arrive." Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z “That has certainly happened to me,” Mr. Faxon said, and added, deadpan, “Just showing up in a wet suit and sandy hair — I can’t believe I didn’t get away with it.” The Easy Banter and the Vicious Retorts of ‘Married’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Francis, with his fantastically deadpan one-liners, is unarguably the biggest name of the trio at present. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-20T05:00:20Z Murray’s deadpan dialogue thrives in finance’s theater of the absurd, but his humanist touch lifts The Mark and the Void into something unexpectedly moving, a paean to personal relations amid spreadsheets and speculation. Top 10 Fiction Books 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The film has some classic Coen tropes: wide establishing shots of eerily empty spaces and interiors with receding perspective lines, deadpan faces, querulously bespectacled old ladies and the mandatory old guy in a semi-darkened office. Cannes 2013: Inside Llewyn Davis - first look review 2013-05-18T22:10:24Z In the first episode, a male model from Miami said, in complete deadpan, “The females are perfect. The settings are perfect. Honestly, this is a paradise.” The Glorious Depravity of the British “Love Island” 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z He got whacked in hospital by heart failure at the age of 69, and not by the deadpan wiseguy he reportedly anticipated every day of his life, exacting revenge for his betrayal. Why wasn't Goodfellas' Henry Hill murdered by the mob? 2012-06-13T15:51:01Z “I was under the impression that Twitter would be the mechanism by which truth was told around the world,” Letterman says in his trademark deadpan. Review | Letterman sits down with Obama, but both men seem rusty and off their game 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z For the Velvets’ debut album, Andy Warhol created the album cover and teamed them up with the deadpan German chanteuse Nico, who delivered some of Mr. Reed’s barbed ballads. Review: John Cale of the Velvet Underground, Still Bristling at 75 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Such searing, often painful subject matter makes for a curious mix of deadpan comedy and irony. Dear Boy by Emily Berry – review 2013-03-22T19:00:01Z Brolin does a better rendition of Jones' drawled, Texan deadpan than Jones himself, and he brings the movie to life after a sluggish set-up. Men in Black III – review 2012-05-24T20:31:01Z He has a way of appearing simultaneously deadpan and deeply sincere. The Artist Sam McKinniss on Capturing Lorde in the Twilight 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z On a simple set of folding chairs flanked by ferns, Galifianakis interviews celebrities with deadpan insults and blatantly condescending questions. Galifiniakis' series makes TV debut, ferns in tow 2012-05-03T20:06:14Z “Guess I don’t need a needle to get my ears pierced,” deadpans Baranski. ‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ Review: Holiday Winks 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Authors such as Samuel Beckett or Julio Cortázar influence some of her stories, featuring amateur actors deadpanning their way through intricate, poetic scripts. Artist of the week 124: Keren Cytter 2011-02-04T17:31:26Z It's one of that decade's best comedies, with writer/director Steve Gordon's clever script punctuated by Gielgud's deadpan delivery and Moore's infectious cackle. Charmed by 'Arthur'? Other unnecessary remakes from Scarecrow 2011-04-07T22:01:20Z Jazz With a Humorist Urge and a Whiff of Mystery The Respect Sextet stamps ambitious music with a smart-alecky affect, ranging broadly from the antic to the deadpan. Music Review: Jazz With a Humorist Urge and a Whiff of Mystery 2010-10-25T22:19:00Z With “The Juniper Tree,” he passed on a literary masterpiece of gory fantasy, level and cool and laconic, structured with musical repetition and told with a masterly deadpan command of the horrible. Evil Stepmother, Reimagined 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z How else do you describe the shots of Matt Dillon — who’s fully committed to the deadpan mania of this part, by the way — tossing cue cards like Bob Dylan? ‘The House That Jack Built’ Review: Sick, Violent and a Total Bore 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “I’m looking forward to getting hate mail on both sides,” Gero deadpans. Enter, stage (far) right: new play about Justice Scalia in production at Arena 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z "Meryl Streep holds the record for most nominations as an actress, or as I like to think of it, most losses," Martin deadpanned, eliciting a hearty laugh from Streep herself. Martin, Baldwin give stars comic one-two punch 2010-03-08T06:07:00Z Each ensuing sentence has the same deadpan straightforwardness, peppered with a few fun, fractured rhymes. Grandmas and Grandpas Are a Kid’s Natural Allies in These Books 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Thanks to Mr. Majors’s deadpan delivery, it was never quite clear if Austin was more machine than man, or vice versa. On DVD, Better ... Stronger ... Faster 2010-12-10T20:18:00Z “I have not always been completely comfortable being shoved into the brightest, most blinding spotlight you can imagine,” she tells me, in her trademark deadpan. EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Stewart: “People think I don’t care, but no one gives more of a F*** than me” 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, country star Kacey Musgraves seemed to be dialing into that same frequency with “Golden Hour,” an album of deadpan lullabies about the world’s everyday wonders. Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Oct. 2nd: The bluntest political statement of the musical year came, a bit surprisingly, from Laurie Anderson, famous for her deadpan irony. Notable Performances and Recordings of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Watching his working-class students eat chicken and rice out of plastic foam containers while he’s lecturing, he deadpans: “I feel like Robert Goulet doing dinner theater.” Books of The Times: An Academic Hit Man Brings More Bad News 2011-04-05T21:12:11Z Gary Owens, a television and radio announcer best known as the droll, deadpan voice of “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” died on Thursday at his home in Los Angeles. Gary Owens, Announcer on ‘Laugh-In,’ Dies at 80 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “A narcoleptic attending an insomnia clinic could be seen as the height of insensitivity,” he deadpans. ‘Narcolepsy isn’t funny’ – living with a sleep disorder 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Thanks for the memories, thanks for the deadpans. Five things we learned from “The Office” 2012-08-27T20:43:00Z This is Mr. Khan’s movie, and once he sheds Shekhar’s droopy locks, he shines as the deadpan, action-hero robot with digital snot and smooth moves on the dance floor. | 'Ra.One': ?Ra.One,? a Sci-Fi Thriller From Bollywood ? Review 2011-10-26T21:46:19Z This film by Serge Bozon is two parts deadpan farce, one part conceptual mystery. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Good Doctor’ and ‘The Schouwendam 12’ 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z “I will say my original script was called ‘California,’ and it was about a couple of teenage boys trying to score some weed,” Mr. Nelson, a one-time comedian, deadpanned. The Carpetbagger: At the Indie Spirits, Oscar Warm-Ups and Also-Ran Quips 2014-03-02T14:47:13Z Williams anchored the muddled mystery with intense gazes, a deadpan growl and occasional slapstick flourishes. Where to Stream Michael K. Williams’s Best TV Performances 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z Asked what he thought of the collection after Theron praised Simons effusively, Penn deadpanned: "I just follow her." Raf Simons makes Christian Dior travel through history 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z That's quite amazing actually," he adds, as if this realisation has only just come to him, and then adding with great deadpan timing: "I love the introduction into people's lives. The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z It’s peak Bill Murray with a minimalism that exerts a powerful gravitational force and a deadpan that recast Mad Magazine’s what-me-worry grin with the sickness-unto-death laughter of National Lampoon. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The deadpan reiteration of my words alarmed me. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z The comedy sidles up on you in deadpan exchanges, as when Alfred argues that it’s disturbing for Darius to call his gun “Daddy.” Review: In FX’s ‘Atlanta,’ a Princeton Dropout Works the Angles Back Home 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s not smart enough to be the kind of deadpan darling that it’s trying to be. Watch List: Louis C. K. Releases His ‘Tomorrow Night,’ From 1998 2014-01-29T21:00:35Z My ingratiating request usually guaranteed a modest tip, but Mike’s halting, deadpan delivery would often net him a disgruntled reply, “Consider it lost.” It took me 25 years — after marriage and 2 kids — to come out 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z He says Anderson’s films, with their detailed tableaus, cross-section pans, and cross and deadpan characters, make for a different experience. Jeff Goldblum settles in at ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ 2014-03-12T19:07:19Z Mensah pokes gentle fun at her heroine and treats the failings of some of the menfolk here with deadpan wit and little rancor. ‘Queen of Glory’ Review: Back to the Bronx 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “It went perfectly,” Farrow deadpans, “except for getting shot.” Artist recycles guns, ammo into provocative models of houses of worship 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Some of the juiciest laughs come from Sonny’s interactions with the gnomic Knight, a showboating supporting role that Affleck embraces with a sly, vacant deadpan and tragically unhip styling. ‘Air’ Review: The Game Changers 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z A deadpan simulation of a mission to Mars, it was a collaboration with the filmmaker Van Neistat, who once worked at the Sachs studio. Tom Sachs’s Workshop: Willy Wonka Would Approve 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z When told it was a book on math, Trillin peered at him and deadpanned, “For or against?” Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Penciled in comic book frames in a deadpan, illustrative style, they detail banal and bizarre episodes with an equal lack of affect — as if they were made by a police sketch artist. Jim Shaw at the New Museum: A Kaleidoscope of Giddy Delirium 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Her inner voice yields jokes and asides, a montage of the metaphysical and the trivial, and Woods’s wry yet intimate images provide the deadpan slapstick contrast to her desperate whirl of thought. Forgotten Treasures of Black Women’s Cinema 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Her still lifes, whether of single items or lavish table settings, testify to an acute, affectionately deadpan eye for the real thing. Art Review: Dispatches From the Kvetchnyan Ambassador 2011-03-17T22:25:33Z Ms. Gasteyer’s brand of wised-up deadpan humor is of the sort that a waitress in a ’40s movie might snap out of the corner of her mouth while making her rounds. Ana Gasteyer, Belting Out the Zany (With Kazoo, Too) 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z “They probably thought it was fake,” she deadpanned. A Descendant’s Daring Homage to Pushkin 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z "These are pretty straight-ahead characters that I think everyone would love to see. And I would like to say a word to all the beautiful Nielsen families," he deadpans. From The Archives: Behind the scenes of 'Twin Peaks' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z “I love the deadpan,” Mr. Robinson said of his trademark style. Craig Robinson’s Turtles Give Him Guilt Trips 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z “My 15 minutes of fame are over,” he deadpanned. Lewis Capaldi Will Break Your Heart. (But Don’t Take Him Too Seriously.) 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z "They say that you roast the ones you love, but I don't like you at all, man. I'm just here because it's a real good opportunity for me," he deadpanned. Justin Bieber aims for redemption during Comedy Central roast 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z But while James Murphy's barbed nihilism is a deadpan dissection of New York living, Mount's rose-tinted love letter to Torbay paints a picture of a home to which he'd like to return. Feels like Devon 2011-04-01T23:01:00Z Mr. Snowden’s deadpan reply: “I would like to avoid that association.” Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Gives Comic-Con Its Moment of Gravity 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Of his eight excellent dancers, Lindsey Jones has the sharpest knack for his style of deadpan, which requires keeping a straight face as fanciful, ridiculous moves swoop in from out of left field. Review: A Dance Heginbotham Deserving of the Hype 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z In The New York Times, Ben Brantley applauded that version of the “raw but tasty” musical for being “poised between deadpan wonder and frat-house humor.” Alex Timbers and Les Freres Corbusier Do History as Mash-Up 2010-04-04T02:53:00Z Luna held on to the deadpan, three-chord, steady-state rock that was pioneered by the Velvet Underground in the 1960s and extended by Television a decade later. Review: A Reunited Luna Plays Brooklyn’s Northside Festival 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Down an Instagram rabbit hole recently, I found a short video of a young composer and his husband at home, doing — deadpan — the start of “Santorini,” the stirring opener in 1993, on piano and maracas. Yanni Is Still Chilling, 25 Years After the Acropolis 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The chilling and transgressive flourishes are carried off with deadpan confidence; it's a distinctive and brutally unsettling piece of work. Sightseers – review 2012-11-29T21:00:01Z From the 1950s on, many of America’s best artists took to treating “hot” subject matter with deadpan cool. Ed Ruscha’s stunning Sunset Strip art project lets you tour its full length, east to west — and back in time 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z Dalton ticks this box, but that's not to say he's devoid of humour; it's just that the wit is drier and more deadpan. My favourite Bond film: The Living Daylights 2012-10-05T09:48:12Z The deadpan, the small-d democratic, the city in literal and painted flames. Consider the social-architectural context of LACMA's 1965 design 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z A typical example of Roper banter happens when Mr. Roper is asking about financial investments, and his wife deadpans: “Forget it, Stanley. If you own it, it’s sure to go down.” Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Three’s Company’ 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z When I ask, in the middle of a discussion about directors, whether he would ever consider being directed by Affleck, he replies deadpan: “Sure, if the right thing came along.” Matt Damon: 'You're a better actor the less people know about you' 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z ‘Anytime people see an emotion that is not extremely emotional, they call it deadpan.’ What to Read About ‘Green Book’ and the Other Best Picture Nominees 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z The British comedian Ricky Gervais stood out with a brief bit of stand-up, saying with his usual deadpan that he wasn’t going to make fun of Mel Gibson. The TV Watch: Fast-Moving and Manic, and All the Better for It 2010-08-30T04:33:00Z The film’s deadpan perspective and unhurried pacing can diffuse its surprises, but Ohs has an offbeat style that’s fresh and fun. ‘Jethica’ Review: Slow Stalker 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z “Let’s see if you like it first,” he said, deadpan. Dance Review | Avi Scher & Dancers: Marcelo Gomes Among Guests of Avi Scher Troupe 2010-04-04T21:42:00Z Wright usually waves away any grand intent behind his work, saying his deadpan style is just how he talks. Steven Wright, Master of the One-Liner, Tries His Hand at a Novel 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The sparer, more spacious arrangements allow Cohen to inject his deadpan baritone with a subtle theatricality. Album review: Leonard Cohen, 'Old Ideas' 2012-01-24T20:31:00Z Born in Oklahoma but based for much of his life in Southern California, Cale built his sound from deadpan vocals layered over a propulsive yet unhurried groove. Eric Clapton honors J.J. Cale with low-key style on 'The Breeze' 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The blanket description “deadpan” annoys her because it misses the subtle shades of gray she works with. Dry Cleaning: It’s Spoken Rock ’n’ Roll, but We Like It 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Amy Ryan is quickly resonant in a deadpan role, and the script offers a surprisingly unforced amiability, emotional clarity, and deft espionage entanglements. The Good and the Bad in “Central Intelligence” 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Hanks stepped in as moderator Chris Wallace, doing an excellent deadpan of a man desperately trying to give Donald Trump a chance. SNL: Hanks makes American dads great again as Baldwin’s Trump tics on 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z Tightly coordinated and deadpan yet displaying her talent and whimsy, her musical performances both juxtaposed with yet complemented the show’s season finale. 'SNL' season finale teases Maya Rudolph's new show 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Short and compact, he has a deadpan stand-up face that is indistinguishable from the one he wears on “Meet the Press.” ArtsBeat Blog: Senators and Congressmen, All Trying for a Laugh 2011-12-05T16:53:17Z The right to enlist, she deadpanned, is like how “I don’t want to go to your baby shower, but I want the invite.” Patti Harrison Bucks Transgender Stereotypes, One Joke at a Time 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The Irish writer’s 2017 “Conversations With Friends” won over American readers with its deadpan wit, following a young woman’s attempt to create an artistic life. The 10 books to read in April 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The titles of Kelly Link’s three previous collections — “Stranger Things Happen,” “Magic for Beginners” and “Pretty Monsters” — better suggest her deadpan tone and fantastic subject matter than “Get in Trouble.” Book review: Kelly Link’s fantastic, fantastical ‘Get in Trouble’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Backstage after the show, Mr. Finochio, who has Christ-length hair and a deadpan sense of humor, admitted that he had been so nervous that he verged on panic. Hillsong Unites Believers and Those Old Agnostics John, Paul, George and Ringo 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Campy but deadpan, they’re arguably part of the boy band revival, however fringe, brought on by their European contemporaries One Direction and the Wanted. Kazaky, a Boy Band, Is Everywhere 2012-08-01T23:09:08Z “I’ve never been so happy to be in New York in my life,” he deadpans. In ‘Sully,’ New York Is Clint Eastwood’s Latest Star 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z “It’s been a really interesting year for me because a lot of my guy friends came out as predators,” she deadpans. A Netflix Experiment Gives Deserving Comics Their 15 Minutes 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Those who don’t like Mother! are those who don’t get or don’t like the third element, the deadpan black comedy it offers in the von Trier vein. What the F? How Mother! joined the 'bad movie' club 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z An overly chirpy ad for a smoking cessation pharmaceutical plays on an upturned screen, its deranged tenor contributing to the deadpan darkness. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “They say crack kills,” he deadpans on “No Heart,” before shrugging, “My crack sells.” Lil Yachty and 21 Savage: Atlanta Shows a Range of Hip-Hop 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z More enchantment lies in Kelly Link’s deadpan, winsome collection of short stories “Magic for Beginners,” though angst haunts these pages, too. Dear Match Book: I’m Seeking Satirical, Semifantastical and Stand-Out Literary Fiction 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Michael Ian Black is the wonderfully deadpan moderator, overseeing a debate between two two-person teams that uses the familiar structure: arguments, responses, closing arguments and so on. Review: ‘Debate Wars,’ Where Nothing Is Too Frivolous for Argument 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Part of the wonderful deadpan humor of the novels is that no matter how logical her objections are, no one ever revises his or her story. Rachel Cusk Strips the Novel Down to Its Frame. Again. 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z His deadpan reactions to Coogan’s spurtling nonsense are the best moments in the film—he’s cutting without saying a word, and he still manages to make it all funny. Review: 'The Trip to Spain' Is More of the Same, and That's OK 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z “I’m a female in it,” Ms. Fisher said just one notch up from deadpan, of her role as General Leia. At Cannes, Women Turn Out in Force 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z He was a fantastic narrator: deadpan, but never boring. From Pulp to Prokofiev: Jarvis Cocker narrates Peter and the Wolf 2010-12-29T17:57:43Z Its origins are virtually medieval, the protagonists are locked into deadpan mode, and the chances of reconciliation stand at zero: everything, in short, that you want from a celebrity tiff. A Shambolic, Kind of Fabulous Oscars Ceremony 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z “Theater in Dublin is more than just Yeats nowadays,” Mr. McMahon deadpanned. Off Off Off Broadway? Try Dublin 2010-09-04T04:45:00Z Watching it again, I felt the film was still filled with the deadpan naturalism that became Leigh's signature. Double take: Tim Roth and Gary Oldman, the perfect shooting match 2010-10-22T13:08:00Z The head cleaner, who would rather be an air steward and who could reel off another company motto – "evaluate, learn and improve" – with a deadpan irony beyond his boss, wasn't far behind. Run; My £9.50 Holiday; Broken by Battle – TV review 2013-07-15T22:15:00Z Matthew Warchus's revival of the 60's French farce earns Rylance a Tony award for his deadpan performance as Robert, a Wisconsin lad who is unsuspectingly sucked into his friend's playboy antics. Mark Rylance: 'You have to move into the chaos' 2013-07-01T06:30:01Z “The six stages of grief,” she said, deadpan, before her infectious laugh crept out. ‘I’m Sick of Seeing My Face,’ Says the Internet’s Kombucha Connoisseur 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The late Leslie Nielsen was ushered off on a ripple of laughter at the ceremony in Los Angeles, as the event paid tribute to the famously deadpan actor. Academy awards 2011: Leslie Nielsen remembered by Oscar 2011-02-28T03:58:51Z Theo signs, in one of his trademark deadpan quips that made me scream with the truth of it all: "Yeah, well, deaf people don't get to write a lot of movies." “Only Murders in the Building” star on the creation of Theo, the show’s conscience 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert once did a whole segment lampooning the obvious metaphors in the painting: "Barack Obama represents President Obama," Colbert deadpanned. The most famous pro-Trump artist in the U.S. has moved into his ‘Mueller’ phase. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Sarah Millican embraces her rotundity as a liberation, Les Dawson used his to give a ridiculous wobble to his deadpan patter. Comedy gold: John Pinette's I Say Nay Nay 2012-12-28T11:13:32Z His comments were as gnomic and deadpan as ever. The digested Hay festival 2010-05-31T13:15:00Z Baltz grew up in Joliet, Ill., near Chicago, and he has the kind of boyish blond looks, deadpan delivery and cheery Midwestern affect that can make it difficult to tell whether he’s putting you on. Tim Baltz on How B.J. Grabbed a Win in ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z A Los Angeles native, Mr. Negron used his sharp facial features, piercing eyes and deadpan delivery to commandeer screen roles that were intended to last only a few moments. Taylor Negron, of ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High,’ Dies at 57 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z As ever, the movie is told in a series of deadpan comic scenes, superbly controlled and composed in the manner of Tati and Keaton. Film review: The Time That Remains 2010-05-27T21:25:00Z “I’ve been in the building,” the host responded, deadpanning, “What I means is, what is it like? From the outside, it looks like a dumpster fire.” Anthony Scaramucci rails on Steve Bannon to Stephen Colbert 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z That is literary deadpan at is finest and my first big cathartic laugh almost since election night. John Hodgman: By the Book 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Onstage, Notaro turns these and other downbeat personal subjects into bits of deadpan humor so dry it would make a forest ranger nervous. Pamela Adlon goes on to ‘Better Things,’ while Tig Notaro revisits the same old thing 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z There’s a good deal of Andy Warhol in his deadpan attack. Books of The Times: ‘Seven American Deaths and Disasters’ Transcribes the News 2013-06-18T19:13:23Z Garry Shandling, a deadpan comic’s comic who found his great fame playing a fake talk show host with real insecurities, died on Thursday. No Flipping: Remembering Garry Shandling 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z "We only did that so we could fit the entire band and all our gear in an estate car," Singh deadpans. Cornershop on their new album, six years in the making 2011-02-17T21:30:00Z For the past 20 years he’s also been quietly producing collages like these, notecard-size pieces of delicately layered newsprint on cardstock that echo a similar worldview, scrambling imagery to create alternatingly deadpan and revelatory compositions. Jim Jarmusch’s Collages Are Ready for Their Close-Up 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z As her husband, Mr. O’Hare goes for a deadpan affectlessness, even as we yearn to connect empathetically with his beleaguered Baker. Theater Review: ‘Into the Woods,’ by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 2012-08-10T04:58:42Z As a host, Friedman is an intriguing blend of concern, coyness and deadpan wit. Jena Friedman: the outrageous talkshow host women have been waiting for 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “I was A. K. — you know, for AK-47,” he added, deadpan. Chicago News Cooperative: Writer Gets New Vision From Film 2011-07-31T02:50:05Z It is an image both mysterious and deadpan, like much of Brohm's work, which conveys the ordinary and the everyday in landscapes that – even when they show people doing things – seem oddly empty. How Joachim Brohm set the world of landscape photography on fire 2013-03-28T11:25:50Z The second project will involve transforming comedian and New Zealand TV regular Angella Dravid’s dark and deadpan stand-up comedy show Down the Rabbit Hole into a feature film. 'Indignenous voices at the centre': Taika Waititi signs on Māori writers for colonisation projects 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z The examples of his awful behavior in the Monkee years — and to an extent beyond — are chilling but also, because of the deadpan way he recounts them, often very funny. Hot Tracks: Summer’s Big Books on Rock, Pop, Soul and Jazz 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z In person, Oliver is as witty as he is on camera, but unlike his deadpan TV alter ego, he exhibits a toothy grin, a generous guffaw and a palpable delight in mining ideas for humor. Fill-in host Oliver to keep the news fake, funny 2013-06-06T13:00:10Z For fellow actors who did not achieve that level of success, “It’s absolutely devastating,” Mr. Black deadpanned. ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’ Continues the Comedy on Netflix 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The second role was widely acknowledged as an exercise in brilliant deadpan comedy. Gene Wilder, actor known for nimble comic portrayals of neurotics, dies at 83 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “Woo-hoo,” she said in a deadpan voice that fooled no one. Twyla Tharp’s 50 Years of Forward Movement 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Now, though, the new movie’s cyborg has abruptly come deadpan to deadpan with an unlined, recently minted identical twin that, like the original Terminator in 1984, has entered without any clothes. Review: ‘Terminator Genisys’ Shows That Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Most Assuredly Back 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z In the short videos, Garner gets her deadpan on, playing multiple roles with just the right measure of earnestness and folly. Pippa Garner at Redling Fine Art: Vehicles for clever satire 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Her homage to Mr. Anderson — featuring a deadpan stare into the camera, then quick cuts of a ticket stub, her sneakers and other ordinary objects — soon inspired others. How to Make Your Life Into a Wes Anderson Film 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The deadpan photographs of August Sander and Albert Renger-Patzsch catalog people, places and things, asserting the incontrovertible authenticity of stark visual facts. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The book’s fun comes from Gibbs’s deployment of deadpan humor and boisterous slapstick. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Along with her genius for physical comedy and deadpan inflection — “don’t get me started,” she’d intone, as the mediocre stand-up Jeannie Darcy — Shannon has an uncanny knack for transgression in pursuit of higher truth. Molly Shannon’s Memoir Is Filled With Mischief and Pathos 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z It’s a thrill to watch him channel his deadpan side into this quietly conflicted killer. Review | Worried that ‘Barry’ can’t possibly outdo its perfect first season? Well, don’t be. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Grimmer pokes fun at this in a series of deadpan portraits that, though apparently unashamed silliness, are often quite affecting. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z It is a change of pace from his recent deadpan work as an art dealer in "The French Dispatch," or as Josh Aaronson, a potential investor in the hit HBO series "Succession." "Clean" star Adrien Brody talks "Succession" & daily injustice: "There is a lot to be angry about" 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Steeped in the obsolete language of revolutionary art, Mr. Finn’s meticulous, deadpan mockumentaries often play like unearthed artifacts from an alternate universe. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z The poet’s own deadpan reading did not provide an answer, but Irons comes down on uncertainty with three different intonations. Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Likewise, the world of 2136 is evoked with a deadpan sense of wonder. Review | An ‘app whisperer’ teams up with time travelers in William Gibson’s ‘Agency’ 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Anderson's signature meticulous, deadpan retro-chic works best when it's tethered to something tangibly real, as this is, historically and emotionally. This week's new films 2012-05-25T23:05:15Z It’s an anarchic deadpan comedy that evolves into a romance just around the time the story explodes. ‘Give Me Liberty’ Review: A Wild Ride With a Virtuoso of Chaos 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z At the age of 33 he has built a profile as a writer of distinctive art songs that show his compositional ingenuity and his knack for pop-inspired directness, all delivered in his smooth, deadpan baritone. A Voice Where Romance and Dysfunction Meet 2011-04-29T18:00:32Z It's probably supposed to be a deadpan comedy but it's more an exercise in audience frustration. Film review: Frontier Blues 2010-07-29T21:58:00Z “It’s not a comedy,” the film’s star, Matt Damon, deadpanned to reporters after landing a Globe for best actor in a comedy. Studio Two-Step Sometimes Defies Oscar Labels 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z “Sit still long enough to listen to yourself/Or maybe just long enough for you to atrophy to hell,” she deadpans over a disco thump with scrubbing guitars. Everything But the Girl’s Long-Awaited Return, and 12 More New Songs 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The New York City-based hero earns her living as a private investigator, which gives the show its engrossing noir vibe, along with Jessica’s deadpan — occasionally corny — narration, which is delivered sporadically throughout each episode. For Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones,’ the struggle is real 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Mr. Robbins deadpans: “Needless to say, I never worked for him again after that conversation. Also, he was personally transforming the Oscars into an advertising campaign that was about a relentless pursuit of gold.” ‘Hollywood Is Changing,’ Says Its Veteran Activist, Tim Robbins 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z If Scovel courts failure, Christopher hugs it tightly in “Street Special,” a deadpan, self-consciously awkward special, one of the first produced on Peacock. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z I just started to say "recessive genes" in a deadpan that invited no more conversation. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Dealing with a widowed parent’s dating life (or lack thereof) 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z With his sneering deadpan delivery and endless litany of complaints against those who've done him wrong, his work sits squarely in the great tradition of loser comedy. This week's new live comedy 2012-06-08T23:05:23Z “Well, that’ll last for 10 minutes,” he deadpanned, “and then something else will come along.” Spend Halloween with John Carpenter: Why the horror movie man wants to play scary music, just for you 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Every bit as deadpan loopy as , it imagines that four people have formed a service in which they impersonate the recently dead as a consolation for surviving relatives. Postcards from Venice: 10 for the Show 2011-09-09T02:50:00Z And that makes Pain & Gain either the dead end for Hollywood in its Gargantuan era, or a deadpan takedown. Michael Bay’s Pain & Gain: The Second Time as Farce 2013-04-26T03:30:45Z “Products that would reduce the likelihood of men wanting to assault,” May deadpans. Locking panties and man-repelling bracelets: Is this what the women of 2018 need? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “His deadpan genius is in defining the age, not solving its problems,” wrote Neil Genzlinger in a review in The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Nathan for You’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z And then deadpans: “So obviously a theory invented by a man.” Bloodletting, voodoo and opium: New Orleans museum spotlights medical methods of the past 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Asked if he has any interest in revivals of “The King and I,” “Miss Saigon” or “South Pacific,” he offered a deadpan “no” before laughing. Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “Poor manners can really interfere with the fun of the party,” the narrator deadpanned after Bob, who was gesticulating wildly while telling an exciting story, knocked over a quarter-full glass of milk. Table manners aren't dying. They are changing, though 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z As panic set in and she ran to catch up, Ms. Moremong deadpanned, “Teenagers are a problem.” The Wonder Women of Botswana Safari 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Tension has given way to deadpan wit: the headrushing Ceremony is "a song we wrote as Joy Division, before our singer inconveniently died". New Order – review 2013-07-08T17:12:39Z He is so deadpan he would perfect for puppet-style clowning or a puppet mime artist. Polly Dunbar's top 10 books that would make great puppet shows 2013-04-18T13:24:46Z James Michael Tyler, who played the deadpan, smitten barista Gunther on the TV show “Friends,” died on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. James Michael Tyler, Who Played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ Dies at 59 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z "When they rang me up and asked if I would present this award to Mike Leigh, I said 'Mike Leigh? I hate Mike Leigh,'" Sheridan said, deadpan. At BAFTA event, Emma Watson dedicates award to her long dead hamster 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z “They only slightly changed in size over the years,” he deadpans. The Sorcerers of Stagecraft 2011-07-08T16:09:28Z Mr. Wolohan is excellent as the sympathetic but frustrated Josh, and Mr. Hollmann is a real find as the deadpan young Lincoln, whose tastes in recreation run to the macabre. Review: ‘Verité’ With Anna Camp, About a Memoir or a Tale Barely Like It 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Ryan didn’t realize that Ava’s proclivity to create characters and do deadpan impersonations of them would attract a wider audience. Kids Make the Darndest Viral Videos 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Lyrically, the adventurous song is also very characteristic of the Los Angeles band's approach, mixing a deadpan delivery with some subtle commentary. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z While he exhibited it sparingly, Mr. Asghari has a genuine knack for deadpan humor. More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z When our conversation is interrupted, at one point, by the distant sound of a neighbor’s violently phlegmatic cough, Wilson breaks into a mockingly repulsed “eww” and adds a deadpan side-eye. John Wilson Reveals the Absurd Poetry of New York 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But it maintains a tricky, entertaining balance between the violence and suspense of its conspiracy-minded mysteries and a continuous current of deadpan, fondly cynical wit. Review: Guy Pearce Is ‘Jack Irish’ in a Noir Down Under 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z All the characters were funny and well imagined, but Aubrey Plaza was particularly memorable as April, the unpleasant, uncooperative and deadpan office intern who kept being promoted. ‘Parks and Recreation’ Finale Ends Show’s Run, Sunny as Ever 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Elliot’s Beau is the real star of the show, with his deadpan humor and caveman attitudes about life. Ashton Kutcher's The Ranch: story of a family’s implosion with a laugh track 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z He was also sly and avuncular, making droll, deadpan comments in his sepulchral voice. An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Rosa is best known to fans for her anger management issues, deadpan disposition and secrecy. ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Is Back, and Stephanie Beatriz Is Making the Most of It 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But it is not laugh-out-loud funny on a page-by-page basis, because much of the humour derives from the deadpan reaction of the narrator, Lemuel Gulliver, to the astonishing things he experiences. Why Gulliver's jokes just don't travel 2011-01-06T22:30:01Z “Suddenly Summer Somewhere,” a work from 2007 for Anna Bass and herself, explores links between the deadpan and the awkward. Dance Review: Serving Whimsy and Goofiness on a Dining Room Table 2011-06-03T22:28:29Z In the movie’s climactic scene, Veronica looks on, deadpan, from the school’s front steps, as J.D. blows himself up, the cigarette she has placed in her mouth smoldering from the heat of the explosion. “Heathers” Blew Up the High-School Comedy 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z "The fact that I need 14 hours of sleep, you know," deadpans Martin, "is not something I should have to feel bad about." Comfort food for your eyes: Here are 7 easily bingeable sitcoms you haven't seen 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z “It helped that they wanted me, that’s an important thing,” he deadpans. David Cronenberg: 'Movies were made for sex' 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z While he talked about her in a previous stand-up special, this lucid account, deadpan but too impertinent to be called clinical, is even more harrowing and funny. A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Alena Smith, who’s written for “The Newsroom” and “The Affair,” created the show, with its high-low, deadpan spoof of both melodrama and sitcom conventions. Apple TV Plus: More Than ‘The Morning Show’ 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z “Some of the stuff I’ll be doing tonight I’ve only done a few times on stage,” the country musician, mystery novelist, and former gubernatorial candidate of Texas, Kinky Friedman, warns, with his deadpan, mellow rasp. The Summer of Kinky Friedman 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z One of the most famous paintings in the series, a self-portrait, showed Mr. Leslie with hands in pockets, shirt open, expression deadpan — a giant, unignorable fact on canvas. Alfred Leslie, Artist Who Turned Away From Abstraction, Dies at 95 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z For the most part it is played deadpan. | 'Elektra Luxx': Subject Is Sex (Sort Of), Milieu Is Zany (Sort Of) 2011-03-11T01:28:29Z This offbeat jam session is also peculiarly funny; the deadpan absurdism of the writing is accentuated by Iwaisawa’s bold direction, which uses long periods of stillness and silence and odd shifts in action. ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound’ Review: They Will Rock You 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z It helped that he was played by Messina, whose manly deadpan and stripper moves made Danny feel like someone worth loving whatever his flaws. Mindy’s Happy Ending 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z “I’m dedicated to creating pop products that promote a different type of energy,” she said, wide-eyed and deadpan. Review: PC Music and Sophie in a High-Concept Extravaganza at BRIC House 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z Beneath a vocal with a hazy, deadpan cool that recalls Mary Timony, Sohn retraces the melody line with her guitar, snaking and sparking like a lit fuse. Cardi B’s Gleefully Relentless ‘Up,’ and 12 More New Songs 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z That’s particularly necessary because Ken’s comic obtuseness and arc — as well as Gosling’s deadpan and boy-band dance moves — recurrently draw attention away from the actress and her character. ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “Aardvark” is a comedy, but the humor is more brown than black, with deadpan moments and some satirical bits in between the awkward, uncomfortable and melancholic scenes. Zachary Quinto on his Tribeca comedy “Aardvark”: “It’s a film about people who are lost to themselves” 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z At the end of the special, he thanks the crowd then says in a blankly affectless deadpan, “I hope you’re happy.” Bo Burnham, Discovered on the Internet, Now Challenges It 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “Look for the 10 percent who didn’t want to join the European Union,” deadpanned Dmytrovych. Is There Anything Funny About the War in Ukraine? 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Without hesitation, she will jiggle her trunk sideways, hands flailing at her sides, deadpan. Doing ‘The Washing Machine’ With My 84-Year-Old Mother 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Yes, she rules the place with an iron deadpan. Watch Seth Meyers Reveal That Anna Wintour Is the Brains Behind 'Late Night' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Between solving crime and hunting zombies, “Why don’t you ever suggest anything whimsical?” she deadpans. 'iZombie' recap: It's double trouble for Liv in 'The Exterminator' 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z This deadpan directness characterizes Maya Kosa and Sergio da Costa’s whimsical hourlong feature about a sanctuary where injured birds are treated before being returned to the wild. ‘Bird Island’ Review: Avian Therapy 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z While the performances adopt the ironic "Oh hey man" deadpan tone of much current comedy, and cartooning, there is something felt and even spiritual here. TV Picks: 'Altman,' 'Poirot,' Cartoon Hangover shorts, 'The Killing' 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z He never overplays even the stupidest comic situation, delivers a deadpan comeback with the best of them, and never compromises his basic likability. "Horrible Bosses": Hostile work environment 2011-07-06T20:30:00Z For over half a century, the exquisitely literate, deadpan humor of Edward Gorey’s illustrated books and his distinctive pen-and-ink... ‘Gorey’s Worlds’ Review: The Man Behind the Manically Macabre 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z He presents each creaky trick with a deadpan fastidious flourish and a raised forefinger, like a distracted sommelier in an empty restaurant. Film review: The Illusionist 2010-08-19T21:52:00Z But if you don't recognize H. Jon Benjamin by sight, it's understandable — it's his deadpan voice that's his claim to fame. “Archer” and “Bob’s Burgers” star H. Jon Benjamin is more than just a pretty voice 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Dinklage also had the best one liner when cast members were asked how they would like to see the series end, responding, deadpan: "Dance number." Game of Thrones: we should go out with a dance number, says Dinklage 2011-07-22T09:13:22Z A deadpan Prince Albert read her a lame joke from a magazine to cheer her up. A Woman at the Helm, Bringing ‘Victoria’ to Life 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Paul Merton is a Bafta award-winning presenter, writer, actor and comedian, known for his improvisation skills and deadpan humour. Top 10 tips for being a comedian 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Ruiz was a playful man who played by his own rules, exuding a deadpan, perhaps third world disregard for European culture. The Films of Raúl Ruiz Come to Lincoln Center 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z “And I painted a bathroom once,” he added, deadpan. Once More Into the Vaults: Blondie on the Music That Defined Its Legacy 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Bob replies, with an edge in his deadpan. Theater Review: ‘Realistic Joneses’ Stars Toni Collette and Michael C. Hall 2014-04-07T02:00:12Z McKenzie’s portrayal of a particular type of socially awkward, deadpan New Zealander helped put the country’s dry humour on the map. 'It's fine not to do it their way': Bret McKenzie on home, Hollywood and the oddness of fame 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “Hamlet seems to be dressed as a sort of androgynous superhero,” he notes, then adds in deadpan actor-speak, “It’s a choice.” | ‘Shakespeare Uncovered’: ‘Shakespeare Uncovered,’ on PBS 2013-01-24T23:43:07Z The music, partly updated, was sleek and pulsating and insistent, the 3-D videos precisely coordinated, the setting immersive, the performance deadpan. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z “Exactly,” Mr. Charles said, then deadpanned: “And yet she still can’t manage a smile.” For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z “Big Lake Big City” is a remorselessly dense comedy that often plays like a deadpan sendup of films noirs and television cop shows. Critic’s Notebook: Back in Chicago, Michael Shannon and David Schwimmer 2013-08-09T20:44:12Z But over all both the deadpan humor and the occasional bits of violence are tepid. Television Review: Steven Van Zandt in Norwegian Netflix Series ?Lilyhammer? 2012-02-05T17:43:53Z Lively has a tendency toward deadpan humor, often delivered with a laconic stare that can make it difficult to figure out whether she is joking or not. The 7 Most Ridiculous Things in Vogue's Blake Lively Profile 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Olympia singer/rapper Xperience acquits himself gracefully on the deadpan hook, crooning a message of perseverance in the face of unwanted police intervention. Music Monday: Slowwave, Yuk, Lil B 2010-12-06T18:18:00Z “It’s supposed to be like ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ but all about eating,” a deadpan Van Deusen says. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z Relentlessly chilly and methodically violent, “Snowman’s Land” is an escalating tragicomedy of errors that uses deadpan humor to emphasize its characters’ narcissism and lack of finesse. Movie Review: ‘Snowman’s Land’ 2012-09-14T04:43:01Z It was the gloriously deadpan People Like Us, now off our screens for over a decade, which really nailed the hyper-real study of comic characters; making them zoo animals for our inspection. Have you been watching ? Twenty Twelve? 2011-04-04T14:37:06Z The story kicks off in the aftermath of Star’s suicide attempt, the film’s tone at once bleakly clinical and deadpan absurd. ‘Queens of the Qing Dynasty’ Review: Secret Soul Mates 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “Being funny with doing nothing at all is a skill that some people have honed that is really hard,” Plaza told Rogue Magazine in a 2017 interview, laying out her frustrations with the “deadpan” label. The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z At the end, says Mr. Lutken, a deadpan sense of place always evident in his remarks, he promises a big medley “just like ‘Mamma Mia!”’ Theater Review: 'Faith Healer' Casts Its Spell Again 2011-02-22T13:30:04Z One Josh points to the map with a Green Apple Dum-Dum sucker; other Josh leans in, eyes wide, and deadpans, “Tell me about these feet rugs!” MTV Other: The Cool, Edgy, Other MTV You Didn't Know Existed 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z And without ever entirely abandoning Seymour’s initial deadpan mien or milquetoast voice, Groff charts a precise evolution of a man becoming drunk on the prospect of world renown. ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Review: Jonathan Groff Feeds the Beast 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “Pain & Gain,” though it compresses some events and characters, hews fairly close to the facts as related in Mr. Collins’s astonishing, deadpan chronicle of idiotic criminality and sloppy police work. Movie Review: Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain,’ With Mark Wahlberg 2013-04-25T14:00:02Z Certainly this Emmys telecast was one of most exciting to view in recent memory, owing much to host Jimmy Kimmel’s playful deadpan style. Emmy Awards catch up to fans: Finally, Academy voters are watching the same shows we are 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Set in the everyday drabness of Bucharest or other, even less glamorous Romanian cities, they turn the grievances, frustrations and hopes of ordinary people into deadpan philosophical case studies. ‘The Whistlers’ Review: From Bucharest With Ambivalence 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Palace — played by the artist Diamond Stingily, with bright orange hair and a deadly deadpan — holds her own. ‘The African Desperate’ Expands the Movies’ Narrow View of the Art World 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z This includes a running gag based on a black and gay London police commissioner Sully Kassam, played with deadpan dumbness by Aaron Neill, whose officers seem to have a penchant for killing unarmed black men. 'Great Britain' taps phone-hacking laughs, but not for all 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z We were soon treated to his deadpan humor, encyclopedic memory and an accent that begged for subtitles. A Beatles Tour in England? You Know That Can’t be Bad 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z The deadpan living-room scene at the uncle’s house is among the most memorable of film family visits. What road movies tell us about travel — and ourselves 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Minimalist deadpan brilliance from Buster Keaton in this clip from The General. Clip joint: poetry 2010-06-02T15:37:00Z Hubert says she explored the concept of deadpan beginning with Marcel Duchamp’s “Comb.” Summer Stage: David Zwirner Director Bellatrix Hubert 2012-06-28T20:17:19Z Graham deadpanned: “I’m on the Ted Train. What’s not to like?” Comedy Central, hire Lindsey Graham! The trash-talking senator upstages Trevor Noah with unflappable ease 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Harold's methods of trying to kill himself in a quest for his elusive mother's attention are varied and inventive, but offered in their deadpan way, they're a consistent source of laughs. `Klown' inspires list of 5 inappropriate comedies 2012-07-27T16:10:10Z Though perhaps “deadpan” is a poor choice of words, given that Mr. Rollins’s character, Jack, seems unable to die. Review: In ‘He Never Died,’ Mastering Longevity if Not Social Skills 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z "I'm inspired by Elton in many things, but not in this case," he deadpans. Alan Cumming: King of off-message 2011-01-24T21:30:00Z |
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