| 单词 | high comedy |
| 例句 | But what captured my attention even more was the sheer everydayness of the documented conversations, whose polite blandness, in the context of their apparent criminality, often led to high comedy. The College-Admissions Scandal and the Banality of Scamming 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Performing for a Dutch audience presents a high comedy bar, Meyers explained. This Little Amsterdam Improv Club Launched Big American Careers 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z In British television shows like “Gavin and Stacey” and “The Wrong Mans,” he perfected characters who achieved high comedy through constant pressure. ‘Mammals’ Review: James Corden Gets Back to What He Does Best 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z TIME’s original review in 1950 noted that is “probably Hollywood’s closest original approach to the bite, sheen and wisdom of high comedy,” which was high praise indeed. Which Is The Better Best Picture: All About Eve or The Silence of the Lambs? 2012-02-14T14:00:09Z The back-and-forth, at once mutually admiring and desperately competitive, between Lowell’s Bostonian abstraction and Mailer’s New York Jewish caginess is the material of high comedy, expertly analyzed even as it is experienced. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z In his second film, “Barcelona,” Stillman dramatized that idea with high comedy and exquisite irony, setting the burden of power and the pleasure of romance into conflict. “Metropolitan” and the Enduring Plight of the U.H.B. 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z McCabe’s accounts of his baffled interactions with Jeff Sessions, the former attorney general, would be high comedy if they were not so dire. In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z He also has an unsentimental, sometimes chilly sense of the ways that ordinary human amorality, ethical confusion and sexual longing can turn banal circumstances into the stuff of high comedy. Movie Review: Death and Desire in ‘Stranger by the Lake’ 2014-01-23T23:17:56Z But there is a true, high comedy of these continuities, too, made by the genuine universality of human character. Baby Faces and the Myth of the Child’s Mind 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z There is poetry both epic and lyric, and dance, too, as well as ribald and high comedy. Review | In New York, a blowout, blockbuster retrospective of Bruce Nauman 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z From that moment, Michael started understanding that this was not a high comedy. Michael Keaton, Alejandro Iñárritu detail bumpy flights in 'Birdman' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Barks wrote tales of high adventure generously peppered with moments of high comedy. ArtsBeat Blog: Jeff Kinney's Favorite Books From Childhood 2011-11-15T14:36:14Z Naughton, who died in 1992, described the play as a "high comedy in low places" - but he was never completely happy with the finished product. Peter Kay records theatre cameo 2012-10-05T09:33:11Z But there’s not one cast member who doesn’t have a moment of starry silliness, transforming low humor into high comedy. Theater Review: ?Peter and the Starcatcher,? With Christian Borle 2012-04-16T02:57:15Z Even later, there are moments of high comedy. Reading group: Is it OK to find The Bell Jar funny? 2013-01-31T11:37:44Z And both play those emotions to the hilt, unfolding with a grandiose intensity that occasionally tips over into high comedy. ‘Billions’ Recap, Season 1 Premiere: Money and Sin 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z We're talking about working-class guys with raw edges and frayed nerves who are not without their moments of both high comedy and deeply-felt introspection. 'Lakeboat': Salty language and guy insecurities worth 3 1/2 stars 2011-01-21T18:28:01Z I wonder if that was part of your education in finding that tension between the sorrow and the high comedy? Zach Braff on Florence Pugh singing and the "Garden State" Easter egg in his new movie 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The misadventures of these four foul-mouthed fools provide high comedy, even after they start killing one another over the money. ‘The Redeemers,’ by Ace Atkins 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z There’s a great deal of high comedy in “Poisoning the Press,” Mark Feldstein’s meticulous recounting of Anderson’s life and times. Books of The Times: The Supersnooper Pursuing the Paranoid Politician 2010-09-28T22:31:00Z The affair begins in high comedy and ends in sadness after the two discover that infidelity is terrifically hard to schedule. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z That would seem hopelessly extreme in its absurdity if this wasn't an election year where real headlines have often seemed the stuff of high comedy. In election year, a Ferrell-Galifianakis ticket 2012-08-06T16:57:11Z Although it's true that The Finkler Question has its moments of high comedy, it also has moments of heartbreaking sadness; the two are, indeed, intertwined. Is Howard Jacobson the only person writing British Jewish novels? 2010-10-15T11:03:00Z “Loving Day” tips over into high comedy — and into absurdity — when Tal becomes a student at the cultlike Mélange Center for Multiracial Life. Review: Mat Johnson’s ‘Loving Day’ Takes a Satirical Slant on Racial Identities 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Moreover, scenes of Kempton on the witness stand in the courtroom provide moments of high comedy. In "The Duke," Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a real-life art heist charming 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This makes for page after page of high comedy. A 'canceled' author falls for a cringe icon in 'The Book of Ayn' (Rand, of course) 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Williams was careful to make that moment of high comedy fit the tone. 'Pam & Tommy': A tale of up-dos, fake breasts, tattoos ... and a talking penis 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy. Review: 'Gunda' proves to be a wordlessly sublime slice of porcine life down on the farm 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z For golf fans of a certain age, televised interviews with Masters winners by Augusta National chairmen were once considered high comedy. 50 defining moments in Masters history, ranked - Golf Digest 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z So to literally every sane person outside New England, you're welcome for the high comedy. The mystery's over: Zion Williamson will be an NBA star - Golf Digest 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The fact he asked Joey if he was "interested" is high comedy. Joe LaCava recalls his hilarious response when Tiger Woods asked him to be his caddie - Golf Digest 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Legal professionals -- whether they’ve done criminal investigative work or criminal trial advocacy -- would likely see this as high comedy if it were not a national tragedy. Attorney and author Seth Abramson: Donald Trump sets “new paradigm for treachery.” Part 1 of 2 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z The zone where normalcy collides with extremity — where high comedy and psychological terror keep company — is her sweet spot. The 10 Best Actors of the Year 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Late-night US satirists find in this an unending source of high comedy. The Observer view on Donald Trump’s unfitness for office | Observer editorial 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z She came to see in her work high comedy; but she also recognized that her efforts, and those of other missionaries who followed, brought tragedy. The Lives They Lived 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z But Zink, who has the courage of her convictions and the buffer of the Atlantic Ocean, creates in “Mislaid” a high comedy of racial identity: “The Human Stain,” backward, by David Sedaris. Bricklayer, Bird-Watcher, Literary Sensation 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z “Their lightness and honesty is the stuff of high comedy,” a Los Angeles Times critic wrote. Elizabeth Norment, D.C.-born actress with role in ‘House of Cards,’ dies at 61 It was a moment of high comedy, before the inevitably grim consequences. The Soviet broadcaster who defied Moscow 2014-03-08T01:14:21Z In all likelihood, high comedy Washington-style lurks just around the corner. Send in the clowns! 2013-09-09T11:40:00Z Haase’s aristocratic appearance and elegant manner fitted him specially to play high comedy parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z He was, I believe, one of the finest Italian baritones that ever lived, and he succeeded in getting a degree of genuine high comedy out of the part that I have never seen surpassed. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Her eagerness burst through, her high comedy manner vanished. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Herr Becker is an excellent actor in tragedy and high comedy. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Then followed a scene of high comedy, if one could laugh at negligence that has caused so much bloodshed. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Hayley’s patronage of Blake is a piece of high comedy perfect in its way. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z Even in high comedy he was not so interesting as in tragedy. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Hoskins was an English actor of great and varied experience, and in high comedy roles was greatly admired. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z Leigh Hunt compared him favourably with Garrick; Byron thought him inimitable in high comedy; Macready praised his versatility. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z It was high comedy after Lankester's own heart, and so on. The Return of the Prodigal The three were smiling in full enjoyment of the high comedy of disaster. A Journal of Impressions in Belgium I may confess that I have only once appeared in theatricals, and that was in high comedy as a member of the Dublin Amateur Theatrical Society. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Never have I seen such splendid high comedy. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. He laughed as though the matter were one of high comedy. The Range Boss Voltaire's incomparable gift of satirical wit did not make him a writer of high comedy: he could be grotesque without lightness or brightness. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Her art, luminous and sparkling, especially fitted her for high comedy, and it was there that she achieved her greatest distinction. American Men of Mind Leech sketched and Tenniel drew; Leech gave us farce and drama, and Tenniel, high comedy and tragedy; and the freedom of the one heightened the severer beauties of the other. The History of "Punch" There is a mood in which a deprivation of high comedy may drive one to low-down farce. On the Stairs "Thank you," said Miriam with a laugh as of high comedy. The Tragic Muse Rather we must adopt the mental attitude of spectators of a scene of high comedy—the comedy which is dashed with satire and has a tragical side to it. Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Thus, some years ago, at the Français, where the performances should be confined to tragedy, high comedy, and drama, a play interspersed with songs was brought out. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Mr. Turner however has chosen the more ambitious path of high comedy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 But the question that must occur to the critical mind is, "Did the author mean this piece for high comedy, or farcical comedy?" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891 Garrick was no doubt his superior in parts of high comedy; he was more polished, more vivacious—his manner more distinguished, and his versatility more striking. The Drama But Doris's fancy at once divined a score of links between it and the high comedy yonder. A Great Success The past half-hour tossed itself into the foreground of his mind, clad in the skirts of high comedy. The Conqueror You play high comedy to perfection, and you should not let your extreme modesty prevent your aspiring to a more brilliant theatre. The Cross of Berny Never have I seen such splendid high comedy! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections She was excellent in high comedy and recited poetry effectively. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. He ranges boldly from high comedy to farce. Les Misérables If the contrast is a dignified one we have high comedy; but if the reverse, low comedy. Cambridge Sketches First among the dramatists of the popular stage he discarded rime, and taking and vitalizing the stiff pentameter line of 'Gorboduc,' gave it an immediate and lasting vogue for tragedy and high comedy. A History of English Literature It is only in high comedy that people seem to know what I am driving at! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections So it is that high comedy, as Plato long ago observed, lies very close to tragedy. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne In high comedy the social refinement of the nation affords great advantages to their actors. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature His surprise when I imperatively ordered plain boiled rice, instead of a mess dripping with grease; and when told to boil the fish in sea water and to serve up the bouillon, was high comedy. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 It was as unsubstantial as an evening's performance, in temporary finery, of a high comedy of manners. Cytherea "Is it meant for a roaring farce?" asked Mr. Fairfield, politely, "or merely high comedy?" Patty's Butterfly Days The acting throughout—owing to the real gravity of the vast basso Lebruno's burlesque, and Vittoria's archness—was that of high comedy with a lurid background. Vittoria — Complete The histrionic art, particularly in high comedy and tragedy, has been long carried in France to great perfection. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The acting throughout— owing to the real gravity of the vast basso Lebruno's burlesque, and Vittoria's archness—was that of high comedy with a lurid background. Vittoria — Volume 4 What common ground can we find between the grimace of a merry-andrew, a play upon words, an equivocal situation in a burlesque and a scene of high comedy? Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic All the while he talked in a strain of high comedy interlarded with grim little phrases, revealing an underlying sense of tragedy and despair, until his speech thickened and he became less fluent. Now It Can Be Told But for the seriousness of this frank display, and the unflagging interest of the spectators, there would have been an element of high comedy in it. Their Pilgrimage His voice was raised slightly, with a high comedy jauntiness, for the benefit of the Chinese waiters who might be lingering to see the "Mellican man" assume their functions. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories At this time, de Marsay had just been employing his friend, our friend de Trailles, in the high comedy of politics. A Man of Business His undistracted eye stayed fixed upon the dissembling foe, and the gravity of his horse-expression made the matter one of high comedy. The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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