| 单词 | humorless |
| 例句 | He pictured himself like a defendant in a movie court-martial, interrogated by three humorless inquisitors about suspicious acquaintances he barely remembered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The humorless TSA guy lets them get into the slow-moving crawl to the metal detector, which has issues with his facial rings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The wide, humorless smile reappeared, made macabre by the blood running down his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Father Judge was a “humorless cement box” with numerous stairwells and endless hallways that at class changes became a swirling sea of boys in matching blue jackets and red ties. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Always, their ranks were made up of humorless civilians culled from the lowest species of southerner that could plug in an electric clipper. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Her dour frown met Sandoval’s humorless eyes, and it looked like a competition to see who could take my situation more seriously. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Grace was beginning to wonder if her sister was really a humorless robot, but she assumed that even robots knew how to send the winking emoji. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They began to invent humorless, glum jokes of their own and disastrous rumors about the destruction awaiting them at Bologna. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Henry Clinton’s class in Law School at the University was composed of bright, humorless young veterans. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This guard seemed even more stern-faced and humorless than the others. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a humorless irony in the ludicrous panic of the man screaming for help to the police while policemen were all around him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Julian gave a humorless laugh, but said nothing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Bull spoke to the boy in a frozen, humorless voice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she gives a bark of humorless laughter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Shadow was aware at all times of Wednesday’s eyes upon him, of Wednesday’s humorless grin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Philip slants a harsh, humorless laugh at him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The woman seated next to Aunty Ifeoma had piercing academic eyes and humorless lips and wore no makeup. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m in no hurry to go in there to be a fifth wheel, treated like I’m hopelessly out of it, old-fashioned and humorless, by the freewheeling Richard. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I let out a single, desperate, humorless laugh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He reached for his drink and offered a humorless shrug when I tried to catch his eye. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If I wasn’t already halfway to sleep, the droning from the humorless newscaster would have put me there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I ate alone and walked back to my room in the snowy twilight, with a sour, humorless feeling as if I were the victim of a practical joke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was an ambitious and humorless Lieutenant Scheisskopf, who confronted his responsibilities soberly and smiled only when some rival officer at the Santa Ana Army Air Force Base came down with a lingering disease. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The doctor, nearly half his age, had an affinity for bell-bottom trousers and made humorless jokes about the Congress party. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Clancy must have seen the realization in my eyes, because he let out a low, humorless laugh. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Malfoy stopped short at the sight of Harry, then gave a short, humorless laugh and continued walking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Better too cold than not cold enough,” he said with a humorless chuckle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had nicknamed a particularly tyrannical, humorless, and rosy steward “Pink Whiskers,” a sobriquet that was soon used by all the jockeys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes glinted with humorless conviction and I had to drop my head to hide my grin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the day, he might have derided me as an overly arch and artsy "new waver" and I might have spurned him as a humorless and overly macho avatar of hardcore. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z But these passages are fleeting and too few; "The Japanese Lover" is a humorless and earthbound disappointment. Isabel Allende is a star, but 'The Japanese Lover' doesn't shine 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A lot of those had adhered dishonestly were man-hating, sexless, humorless, all that stuff that had been attached dishonestly to feminism of the second wave, of the 1970s. Rebecca Traister: “We know what [MAGA] is code for. It’s not even a secret” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Diesel, a rigorously humorless onscreen presence, plays Dom as the designated man of feeling, with a history of grief and sorrow resting on his ripped shoulders. ‘F9’ Review: Objects in Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z The government has been creating cartoon characters since at least World War II, when it commissioned a humorless Smokey Bear to admonish the public about forest-fire risk. How a federal bureaucrat uses astronaut babies and dogs riding pigeons to try to save your life 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Lee isn’t a humorless writer, and he surely sees some mischief here too. Chang-rae Lee’s Latest Is Fueled by Harrowing Travel, Witness Protection and Food, Food and More Food 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The problem with treating ennui like an action sport is that you begin to seem completely humorless, even if that isn’t really the case. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-17T22:03:49Z I was suddenly writing these essays, trying to explain myself to the humorless, explain comedy, what context means. What comedian Patton Oswalt did on his Twitter-free summer vacation These scenes are too humorless for satire and too artificial to support the film’s eventual, deluded attempt to shift into a somewhat sincere coming-of-age tale. ‘Sharp Stick’ Review: The Babysitter’s Schlubs 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z He is brutal on Tiger Woods, whom he found detached and humorless, and on pro football, which he finds too corporate. Books of The Times: ‘His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir,’ by Dan Jenkins 2014-03-04T20:04:03Z In retrospect, Nuzzi said, “the entire episode just further confirmed for me that Washington is run in every department by humorless, frightened people who hate themselves.” In the waning days of Trump’s presidency, White House press pool reports are getting snarkier 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z He passes an adult judgment on his navel-gazing politics, labeling it self-righteous and earnest and humorless. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z And I was very intense, and sort of humorless. Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Maybe a second immersion in this great but humorless and hugely flawed film will reveal the answer; then again, maybe not. Authority, From God to Dad 2011-07-14T22:53:02Z “TED is many things, and humorless is generally one of them,” Mr. Ryan said. Chris Anderson, Curator of TED Talks, Builds his Brand 2014-03-07T21:53:45Z Eschenbach’s direction was ponderous and humorless, with no lilt to the phrasing, and the audience couldn’t muster enough applause for a single curtain call. NSO and Eschenbach venture to Spain, taking the well-trod route 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z James’s ghost stories aren’t really cozy or humorless; they can be quite grisly — a necromancer tears out the hearts of small children — and many of the characters are comically Dickensian. Review | ‘The Visual History of Science Fiction Fandom’ beautifully demonstrates the evolution of a genre 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The Adventures of Gerard was a humorless costume adventure that seemed beyond his grasp. David Thomson on Jerzy Skolimowski 2011-03-24T22:17:00Z It is equally humorless, equally self-enclosed, and equally unlikely to lead to the production and enjoyment of great literature. The joy of literary destruction: Writers who broke all the rules 2014-01-19T15:00:00Z American newspapers duly reported this, often making fun of these humorless despots, without mentioning an awkward truth: We’ve been hearing the identical rant from our own readers since essentially forever. A wonton abuse of power 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z With this book I turn my back on the prospect of amusing an audience and embrace the humorless passions of the artisanal craftsman. Artisinal pencil sharpening 2012-06-07T00:00:00Z Nearly every course began with a clunky, humorless history lesson about steakhouses, appetizing stores, clambakes, cheesecakes and even Times Square scam artists. Restaurant Review: Eleven Madison Park in Midtown South 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Still, in Eisa Davis’s terrific performance, a character who might seem a humorless, civics-spouting Ms. Deeds instead comes across as one of those politicians, like Elizabeth Warren, who makes superiority feel almost glamorous. Review: In ‘Kings,’ Washington Is Where Idealism Goes to Die 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z The two women are severe and humorless, yet they exude joy as they remain on Reich's treadmill to the degree it is humanly possible. Dance review: 'Fase' a mesmerizing Minimalism map to Steve Reich's music 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z For years, this island country was considered oppressive and humorless. The 41 Places to Go in 2011 2011-01-07T21:03:56Z The witty tale follows an idealistic school-bus driver who copes with surly and excitable student passengers, bad weather, a failing clutch and a humorless boss. Oscar shorts 2015: a look at animated, live-action nominees 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Readers accused her of being humorless, of ruining something beloved. Perspective | Love-struck hero or creepy harasser? Suddenly we’re seeing our favorite rom-coms in a new light. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The Daily Telegraph called her sacking humorless and unjust. Oxford librarian 'sacked' for Harlem Shake video 2013-03-20T15:22:08Z There’s nothing a girl likes more than an unsmiling humorless dolt. Science Explains Why Men Get Wasted Together 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This year's festival closes in somber contrast the following night with Simon Rattle leading the Vienna Philharmonic in Elgar's profoundly humorless spiritual epic of repentance, "The Dream of Gerontius." At the Lucerne Festival, even hip-hop skateboarders love Pierre Boulez 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Here, the few glimpses into Penny’s perspective invariably reveal her to be petulant, humorless, selfish and unimaginative. ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Now, in case you think I'm just being a humorless prig -- and I may be! Is "Your Highness" the worst film ever made? 2011-04-07T01:01:00Z "No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire," he said. Satire site The Onion apologizes for offensive Oscar tweet 2013-02-25T17:52:20Z But his acting was humorless, failing to convey the complexity of the buffoon-philosopher that the Don's man-servant is meant to be. Going to hell in style: 'Don Giovanni' in Vienna 2013-03-08T13:30:14Z “Say what you will about Bill Buckley,” he added, “he was not humorless.” Conservative Group Withdraws Lawsuit Against Left-Wing Podcast 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Then again, in a season thus far of disappointing musicals, the mysteries encompassing this earnestly humorless show, which marked its official opening Wednesday at the Walter Kerr Theatre, hardly seem worth unraveling. Review | ‘Hadestown’ arrives on Broadway, and well, it all goes to you-know-where 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z She was tall, humorless, and deeply committed to the church. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z “Her enemies, for example, accused her of taking herself too seriously, of being rigid and humorless.” In ‘Sontag,’ the Author’s Myth Takes Center Stage 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Wehn’s comedy works partly because stereotypes of efficient but humorless Germans still linger. A German Comedian in London: Working Out the War in Punch Lines 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Compared with the humorless, grimly responsible Claire, Justine is impulsive, self-indulgent and charming: the flighty grasshopper to her sister’s responsible, dutiful ant. | 'Melancholia': Lars von Trier?s ?Melancholia? - Review 2011-11-10T13:00:00Z But Shang-Chi, one of the very few Asian characters in the Marvel universe, cinematic or otherwise, has always been remarkably humorless even by superhero standards — yet another stereotype the creators set out to overcome. How Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, Knocked Down Stereotypes 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z He came across as a humorless, mean-spirited, almost abusive husband and father. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z "I hope the writing I do is timeless," reflected the soft-spoken McCraney, who has a politely serious, but not humorless, air about him. Preview: Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney makes NW debut at Seattle Rep 2011-01-27T00:44:04Z Years later, Highsmith would become involved with sociologist Ellen Hill, whom the author characterized as “humorless,” and the pair would fight so violently that Hill once tore the shirt off Highsmith’s back. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z His humorless descendants evicted them, but one statue turned up years later hidden in the rocks. Antiques: The Fall of Gnomes: Tasteful to Tacky 2013-05-30T20:04:26Z What I was not prepared for was his utterly dour and humorless demeanor. The sheikh and I: Ghostwriting for a crown prince in exhile 2013-01-12T14:00:00Z Mr. Hobson’s rather dour interpretation of the Schumann sometimes sounded labored and humorless, lacking an essential dramatic flair. Music Review: Chopin and Schumann, at 200, and Their Inspirations 2010-08-25T21:13:00Z “She has her father’s sense of humor, which is a good thing. People who’ve held that job before are humorless.” Sarah Huckabee Sanders is suddenly the star of the feel-bad story of the day 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Accompanying her to school, he visits a class where this humorless, bossy little girl recites an Emily Dickinson poem in English and in Mandarin. Emmy Rossum in Shawn Christensen’s ‘Before I Disappear’ 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z That's not to say Wilson is humorless or overly reverent about his work; quite the opposite, according to Daniels, who says the actor is "very mischievous and profane" on set. For 'Backstrom's Rainn Wilson, oddball roles just come naturally 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z "No person should be subjected to such a senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire." The Onion apologizes for offensive actress tweet 2013-02-25T17:16:11Z The new “Evil Dead” sequel, “Evil Dead Rise,” hits theaters on April 21, though it continues in the grim, humorless vein of the series’s 2013 installment. Stream These 9 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in April 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Had the artist formerly known as Posh Spice, routinely caricatured by British tabloids as a humorless mannequin, just made a self-aware joke? A Spice Girl at the Frick and Hugh Jackman’s Tight Sweater 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Italo Calvino tried it and, caught jaywalking and lacking a passport, was hassled by a humorless cop. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z The post was quickly deleted, and the company CEO called it a “senseless, humorless comment masquerading as satire.” 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z The proper way to respond to your visitors’ rudeness is with a humorless silence. Perspective | Miss Manners: Am I ‘psycho’ for saying ‘stop flirting with my husband’? 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z At the same time, I had many days I felt totally humorless about it. Jessi Klein really wants you to get the epidural: “There’s pressure on all women that’s absurd” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z And without Samuel L. Jackson, we're stuck with humorless one-liners, colorless performances and perfunctory digital shark attacks. 'Shark Night 3D': Attack of the watered down fright film 2011-09-02T17:15:05Z The bit was supposed to be a joke, but many on Twitter found it humorless, tone-deaf and even racist, considering how few people of color are nominated at this year’s Oscars. Twitter Is Not Happy With Neil Patrick Harris' Octavia Spencer Bit at the Oscars 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s just a flat, dumb and, yes I’m going to say because I guess I’m just a humorless feminist, sexist comment. Girls would love science, if it was more like Katy Perry 2012-06-25T15:25:00Z There are substantive aspects of Amis’s critique, but the gist — the “gravamen,” as he might say — is that Corbyn, a humorless, teetotaling vegetarian wedded to an antiquated style of leftism, is woefully uncool. In His New Collection, ‘The Rub of Time,’ Martin Amis Takes On Everyone From Travolta to Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Conceptual art had not yet become the behemoth it is today: a humorless exercise favored by people who believe that feelings have no place in art, which is really meant to be criticism. Jennifer Moon's mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z "Clash of the Titans" was a nearly humorless, overly digitized remake of a piece of sword-and-sorcery cheese from the 1980s, an inoffensive big-budget trifle whose biggest sin was a postproduction conversion to 3-D. 'Wrath of the Titans' has a little fun on its way to Hades 2012-03-28T20:11:16Z “Warumuk” felt like a version of precolonial Australia served up for tourists, with everyone humorless, unenlightened, harmonious and earnestly in touch with the earth. Dance Review: Australian Ballet at the Koch Theater 2012-06-13T22:18:36Z The movie, filled with rainbows — and tension over some of the more poisonous and humorless elements of adult life — is a bit like that explosion. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’ and ‘Unicorn Store’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z And if that partnership affords the sometimes humorless fashion industry a chance to loosen up and laugh at itself, as with the "Zoolander 2" stunt, so much the better. Fashion and movies strut the runway together 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The Deltas are staunch in their opposition to every form the Man might take, from a humorless dean to the local authorities. Animal House at 40: why the slobs v snobs comedy remains essential 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z This humorless book whispers when you wish it would scream. Review: ‘The Girls’ Has a Great Start. Too Bad About the Rest. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Lawrence is among those hoping for improvements, though she doesn’t see the situation as humorless. Can You Hear Me Now, in the Hamptons? 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z But even Leguizamo is done in by a production, directed by Scott Elliott, that is almost entirely — and, it would seem, deliberately — humorless. Review: ‘Waiting for Godot’ in the Bleakest Zoom Room Ever 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z It can be difficult to take genre movies that are this clichéd seriously, and doubly so when they insist on regurgitating tropes in a humorless register. Review: ‘There Are No Saints.’ Neither Are There New Plots. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z The reviews tended to be harsh, with novelist Salman Rushdie pronouncing it “humorless, devoid of character, entirely free of anything resembling a credible spoken word, and mind-numbingly full of gobbledygook of all sorts.” Umberto Eco, best-selling author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dies at 84 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Seymour is cleareyed but gentle, ably redeeming a steely, resourceful woman from her decades as a “humorless despot.” Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Not all of the shows are humorless, of course, because Oprah loves to laugh. ArtsBeat: A No Cynicism Zone on Oprah?s Network 2011-01-02T15:41:57Z Mr. McDonagh lamented the result — “the director was humorless,” he said — but he resolved to direct the next film he wrote. John Michael McDonagh Carves His Own Niche With ‘Calvary’ 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z He also turns the title song into a wordless dance solo for Ms. Charisse in which she touchingly evokes her character’s transformation from humorless ideologue to willing sexual object. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And of course, that was then followed up by new outcry from Twitter users who thought the police shouldn’t apologize to “humorless tossers” and who suggested to critics, “Lighten up, you stiff-arsed clowns.” Cops joking about rape on Twitter: And people wonder why so many women don’t report sexual assaults? 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z At first glance, banning Christmas celebrations might seem like a natural extension of a stereotype of the Puritans as joyless and humorless that persists to this day. Why the Puritans cracked down on celebrating Christmas 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z And the accusations, again and again, of that notoriously humorless feminism. Girls would love science, if it was more like Katy Perry 2012-06-25T15:25:00Z Compare him with Hitler, the dank, sexless, humorless, milk-drinking vegetarian invert, nursing dreams, in his Viennese flophouse, of Judaeocide and world domination. Martin Amis on Lenin’s Deadly Revolution 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z Yet the real problem with these roasts is not that they have crossed some final line of propriety, orr even that they are mostly humorless. Please Kill the Celebrity Roast 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Now, “it’s seen as very humorless,” Anthony said. The 2016 first lady cookie contest is just as weird as the rest of the election 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Or: “The humorless will just have to deal with their own feelings.” Perspective | Elon Musk’s Twitter is a safe space for bros who think they’re funny 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z And having humorless production executives making phone calls down to the stage every night didn't help. Q&A: Chevy Chase 2010-12-14T05:15:00Z But “Portnoy” had harvested antagonists who could hardly be dismissed as unsophisticated humorless philistines. Cynthia Ozick Calls the New Philip Roth Biography a ‘Narrative Masterwork’ 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z She was, it was thought, a humorless scold. ‘The Power of Adrienne Rich’ Captures a Forceful and Complicated Poet 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Its brilliant white linens and Tiepolo blues make it seem as if the black-clad Washington has teleported into some Napoleonic-era palace, a grim, sober interloper from a humorless land of republican virtue. Perspective | The White House may be chaos, but our old presidents are looking dignified 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z From impossibly long lines to intrusive searches by humorless agents, today’s airport screening process is a hassle for many fliers. Perspective | What does the future of airport screening hold? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z When applied to contemporary cultural politics, Bergson confirms what is sometimes seen as a fatal indictment of liberalism, that it is humorless. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z But you’d just end up making a point about how mundane and humorless this sort of project can be. Watch List: ‘H+,’ a Web series, Imagines a Human Extinction 2012-08-07T21:49:58Z The German edition, published last year, is rendered in heavy dark ink, neo-gothic and humorless. Illustrating Murakami 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z But mostly, it’s because many superhero roles — especially the more traditionally macho and humorless characters like Thor, Superman and Captain America — provide very little opportunity to let the actor’s relatability and humanity shine through. Chris Hemsworth comes out of his shell: How “SNL” humanized our dullest superhero 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z To judge from most of the entries the Empress received, this challenge turned much of the Greater Loser Community into humorless scolds with gibes as irritating as the miscreants they were tut-tutting. Style Invitational: Vowel movement—a new wordplay game 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z The reason he’s found himself cast in this public drama as the humorless square, the Comstockian scold, is that while labeling something parody might be bad for comedy, it can be essential for credibility. Hey, Elon Musk, Comedy Doesn’t Want to Be Legal 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z And when you speak up and say that something is offensive, you inevitably run the risk of being labeled a humorless scold. "Go the F**k to Sleep" and Tracy Morgan's comedy battle 2011-06-28T16:50:00Z And yes, here comes the humorless feminist part of the story you've been itching to write that scathing rebuttal to. "It's Always Sunny" star gets fat -- for laughs 2011-06-17T20:18:00Z Office affairs are conducted with the humorless intensity of “9 ½ Weeks.” Television Review: ?Boss,? With Kelsey Grammer on Starz - Review 2011-10-20T20:03:50Z In this episode, the humorless Sylvester jokes that he might be able to give Madam of Mayhem Maeve a better sense of humor about her doomed situation. 5 Illuminating Westworld Discoveries 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Of course it tends to be humorless, or at least very self-conscious about humor, because underlying the liberal impulse is a desire to expand ideas of inclusion, sympathy and human understanding. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z To pretend otherwise is to risk being accused of sports hubris, an attitude that the humorless, mystically fortified golfing movie “Seven Days in Utopia” embraces unashamedly. | 'Seven Days in Utopia': ?Seven Days in Utopia,? a Golf Movie - Review 2011-09-01T23:24:59Z Ms. McKay is, if anything, the opposite of Hayward, whose screen alter egos tended to be embattled, humorless victims, weighed down by heavy psychological baggage. Music Review: Bringing Out the Bad Girl for Some Tough Times 2011-03-24T22:06:02Z His willingness to engage and be ridiculous with Stewart serves as proof that the employees at Fox News aren’t all humorless conservative zombies, as Stewart and other liberals often paint them. The Stewart-O’Reilly Debate: An Inside View of a Seriously Hilarious Rumble 2012-10-07T17:23:24Z They expect me to be humorless and, with Shane, not very smart. Television: A Son of the South With Many Accents 2011-01-30T02:30:04Z That was fast — all it took was Hardy being the humorless grump that he is, and some takeout food, for Claire to abandon the status quo and jump back into Lee’s arms. 'Broadchurch' Recap: Going Rogue 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Strong emotions — desperation, dread, desire — are indicated but not really communicated, and everything happens in a hazy atmosphere of humorless homage and exquisite good taste. Movie Review: ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Examines Honor and Sacrifice 2013-08-15T21:57:24Z This show has devolved into a turgid, implausible, humorless soap opera. ‘The Affair,’ Season 3, Episode 5: Back to Block Island 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z As Sally Kohn wrote at The New Republic after the Dunham incident: “The minute feminism becomes hypercritical and humorless, it becomes too easy for the mainstream to dismiss our more valid complaints.” Don't Tear Down Patricia Arquette for a Well-Intentioned Speech 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Replacing their childhood comedy idols with women was a kind of narrative murder, committed by a cabal of Hollywood moguls and humorless feminists. The Trouble With Hollywood’s Gender Flips 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z In addition to his taste for political pugilism, the humorless Johnson was a “thoroughgoing racist,” Stewart said. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Shephard seems to proceed from the fallacy that a steady stream of humorless unpleasantness automatically equals powerful drama, and lays on the portent accordingly. Review: ‘Blame’ Conjures ‘Carrie,’ but Without Telekinesis 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Hence Ray Milland, who portrayed Oliver’s humorless, overbearing father, invariably elicits hisses. Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z You cheer her on for fighting the good fight, or you dismiss her as a humorless try-hard who won’t stop telling you how to live your life. Climate anxiety doesn’t have to ruin your life. Here’s how to manage it. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z He’s the determined, humorless center around which a swirl of black comedy is deployed, topped off by a final flourish that ends this grim story on a ghoulish smile. Review: ‘In Order of Disappearance’ Emits a Dash of ‘Fargo’ 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z To me, the most illuminating aspect of this book is that it’s absolutely humorless. Murder, Murder, Everywhere 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In “Photograph 51,” the word on Franklin among her fellow scientists — all male, needless to say — is that she is exacting, humorless, brilliant and disciplined to the point of rigidity. Review: In ‘Photograph 51,’ Nicole Kidman Is a Steely DNA Scientist 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Despite Mr. Yen’s impressive physical virtuosity, his stoic, often humorless presence tends to neutralize the emotional temperature. Review: In ‘Ip Man 3,’ Donnie Yen Brawls With Mike Tyson and Others 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Famous for playing glib, charming rascals, Mr. Vaughn is humorless, wary and reserved as Frank. Review: ‘True Detective,’ Season 2 on HBO, Plays a Symphony of Misery 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z This book is humorless, indifferent, close to unendurable, a word pudding seemingly written on autopilot. William T. Vollmann’s ‘Last Stories and Other Stories’ 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z That word, stupid, is important, and it is the best hope for humor in an age that seems increasingly humorless. Perspective | A humor exhibition at NGA might not be funny, but it reminds us to laugh at what’s stupid 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z If they accuse someone of assault, they’re either crazy or humorless or conniving, or a hat trick of all three. Perspective | ‘Believe Women’ doesn’t mean women never lie. It means accepting that men sometimes do, too. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Except ... that nobody involved in this enterprise, other than a seemingly humorless academic who doesn’t quite seem in on the joke, thinks there was anything more to disco than that relentless beat. A sparkly spin on ‘The Secret Disco Revolution’ 2013-06-27T21:14:03Z We live in humorless times, and Wtewael is a funny artist. For this Dutch master, a cigar is rarely just a cigar 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Not that I’m necessarily rooting for this humorless little dude with a knit mask and a dumb logo to grow big muscles, acquire sidekicks and all the rest. ‘Brightburn’ Review: What if He Doesn’t Use His Powers for Good? 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z "Liberals are generally humorless, but they think hate is hilarious." Jennifer Saunders blasts Viva Forever! critics and Psycho was a comedy 2013-02-12T17:51:54Z He never subscribed to the full objectivist program — Ms. Rand’s views on art and sex were too narrow for his taste — and he found most of the objectivist true believers humorless. Jerome Tuccille, Libertarian Author and Trump Biographer, Dies at 79 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z It verges on humorless, though it also contains moments of grace and some truly transporting pieces. Berlin Biennale Wrestles With Big Issues (and Itself) 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z In the Times piece, Millennial self-revelation is presented as a humorless enterprise. Bridget Jones and the Millennial Workplace 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z I suppose this fits into the theme of the dangers of analyzing the past, but mostly this oddly humorless dialogue comes off haphazardly. | 'Our Lot': When What?s Left of a Man Is Found in His Collections 2011-06-14T22:30:35Z So why exactly are some of the funniest people in the country supporting the most humorless candidate? Bernie Sanders is the most humorless 2016 candidate. How did he land the comedian vote? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z There are the movies, reverential and humorless, in which soldiers are so damaged by their years on the front lines that they never feel at home on the homefront again. ‘You’re the Worst’ mines comedy from an unlikely source — PTSD 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Most of all I liked that shot of Michael walking away from the camera towards an uncertain future in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and her humorless mom. "Goodbye, Michael," and goodbye Steve Carell 2011-04-29T04:29:00Z Her book can be humorless to the point of self-pity, and sometimes this becomes tiresome; even the dying can find grace in some levity sprinkled through their narratives of decay. How a Mystery Illness Cost One Writer a Decade of Health 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z He was vainglorious, unctuous, gullible, humorless, vulnerable, fascistic. ‘The Bassoon King’ review: There’s more to Rainn Wilson than Dwight Schrute 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Balding, bespectacled, pipe-smoking, “humorless and severe,” he fumbles through a lecture for a Jewish organization. A New Translation of an Anti-Heroic German Doorstopper of 1968 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z It was one of those strange moments when the stodgy, humorless, official world was acknowledging an insular corner of the underground. The Dank Memes That Are “Disrupting” Politics 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “Survivor’s Remorse” is not suitable for sensitive or humorless audiences. ‘Survivor’s Remorse,’ a Comedy About a Basketball Star 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z For most of their history they had a reputation, at least among their gentile neighbors, for being humorless and glum. Why Are Jews Funny? 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The pinched of mind and the humorless need not bother. Review: Horses, sound effects and unusual attractions swirl in the arty, challenging 'Piaffe' 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z “The student intended the images to be tongue-in-cheek commentary satirizing a school administrator he perceived as humorless,” the foundation said in a statement. A Student Was Suspended After Posting Memes About His Principal 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z They crave power, are as humorless as a commissar, and entirely lack introspection as to their own fallibility. There's no such thing as a conservative intellectual — only apologists for right-wing power 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z They believe that to survive in a godless America, Catholicism must be a grim, humorless orthodoxy, exemplified by the five conservative Catholics who make up the majority on the U.S. Column: Dodgers shouldn’t side with homophobic Catholics — invite the drag nuns 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The character charms as a foil to the humorless Mudge crew, though LaValle slightly overindulges this “soothe the savage beast” trope. Review | Victor LaValle’s ‘Lone Women’ recasts the American frontier narrative 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Today we are less about news and more about trying to preach our own version of the truth, and in so doing we are humorless, shameless and feckless. Adults in the playroom: Biden and Romney try to rescue order from chaos — but is that enough? 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Inevitably, they team up to “sting” Shaw, an ugly humorless Irishman who “don’t drink, don’t smoke, and don’t chase women.” How to watch every best picture winner from 1970 through 1979 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z After “Alien,” I was sent a lot of humorless characters that said, “All right, people, let’s do this.” How Sigourney Weaver brings out her inner teen in the new 'Avatar' 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z And managing in periods of flux doesn’t have to be humorless. The Risks of ‘Yes, and’ Leadership 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Now that he’s in charge, he’s trying out some of his own humorless material. Opinion | Elon Musk can’t run Twitter if he’s still trying to win Twitter 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z However, the more I get to know her, the less I like her; she’s prim, pretentious and humorless. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Spontaneity isn’t the only way to spice up their sex life 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Hence the youthful millions who are sour, humorless and disappointed — with America, and everything else less perfect than they. Opinion | How millennials became aggressively illiberal, censorious young adults 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z His replacement was Dennis Swanson, a proud and humorless former Marine hired to trim the fat and moderate the often inexcusable behavior of the production royalty. Inside 'Winning Time's' era of eye-popping debauchery in sports TV 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Julian ‘Downton Abbey’ Fellowes fields an American period drama and turns a chaotic time in an exciting city into humorless historical bullet points. What's on TV Monday: ‘March’ on The CW; Winter Olympics on NBC and USA; ‘Twenties,’ Showtime 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z Righting wrongs — and there are always more than enough to choose from — is virtuous, if sometimes humorless. Perspective | Miss Manners: My daughter says it’s inappropriate for me to use an automatic door button 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z At comedy clubs, humorless plainclothes men have begun filming shows on their cellphones. For Russian comedians, political satire is no joke. It can now land them in jail. 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z It helps to be hopeful to live in this hard, unforgiving land of rattlesnakes, cactus, blue northers and humorless political zealots. Perspective | Like many Texas women, I had a safe, legal abortion. What happened to our state? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z It’s extremely funny, and a great character moment — a sister ragging on one of the most humorless heroes in the MCU. It’s too late for Black Widow 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z As a columnist, he was neither a cheerleader nor a humorless scold; he was thoughtful. ‘The best baseball writer of them all’: Colleagues, readers toast Thomas Boswell as he retires 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Oh, how earnest I was then — how fierce and humorless! 'Oh, how earnest I was then': President Obama’s political awakening in ‘A Promised Land’ excerpt 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z "Started out as a good idea - Let's be nice to people' - and finished up as a humorless, censorious, literal-minded, posturing idiocy," he wrote. John Cleese mocks Hank Azaria for apologizing about voicing Apu on 'The Simpsons' 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The role saw him as an Austrian captain who must flee the country with his folk-singing family to escape service in the Nazi navy, a role he lamented was "humorless and one-dimensional." Christopher Plummer's most memorable roles from 'The Sound of Music' to 'Knives Out' 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z At one point, the housemaid Maggie observes that white children “would be the same dreary, covetous creatures they were destined to be, a blight their humorless god encouraged.” Robert Jones Jr. makes an early case for book of the year with ‘The Prophets’ 2021-01-06T05:00:00Z Even our beloved comedians have been rendered humorless and ordinary by the pandemic. Opinion | What the pandemic has taught us about ourselves 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z The late British essayist Christopher Hitchens once described Pakistan as a “humorless, paranoid, insecure” nation. Review | Revisiting Pakistan’s tangle of contradictions and violence 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Last week, a humorless group of comics and comedy club owners gathered outside the New York Comedy Club on East Fourth Street, in Manhattan’s East Village, to get the governor’s attention. Why New York Comedy Has Gone Underground (and onto the Rooftops) 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Friends called her shy, and detractors and even her family said she could be humorless. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice and legal pioneer for gender equality, dies at 87 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “This inability, along with his humorless demeanor, soon branded Jackson as an unpopular faculty member, one who was the target of many pranks.” At VMI, Black alumni want Stonewall Jackson’s statue removed. The school refuses. 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In truth, the man accused of being humorless was spontaneously mischievous. Remembering Slade Gorton and his quest for truth 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Profiles described Mr. Lewis as squat, scowling, wooden, humorless. John Lewis, front-line civil rights leader and eminence of Capitol Hill, dies at 80 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z As a prosecutor, Mr. Gleeson had a reputation for being aggressive — perhaps, some said, overly so — and for taking a humorless, even cold, approach to lawyering. Outsider Tapped in Flynn Case Regarded as ‘Straight Arrow’ 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z But I choose to believe the Seahawks are humorless, and the New York Giants would be cracking up in true appreciation of great comedy. Some actual athletic feats happened this weekend, for a change - Golf Digest 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Their witty performances offer a counter to the stereotype of the shrill, humorless feminist. She was 'the most liberated woman in America.' Now, pop culture is paying attention 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z But please don’t accuse Jim Morrison of being humorless. Readers respond to coronavirus quarantine culture, our new way of socially distant living 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “Nicklaus courses,” Thomson said, parsing his words, “are like Jack himself—grim and humorless, with sharp edges.” Looking for golf courses my grandmother would love - Golf Digest 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z He is a humorless fussbudget forever fiddling with the dials of his instruments while she, a veteran balloon pilot, is a showboat and a performer with a gift for exciting the launch crowd. Review: Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne can't help hot air balloon drama 'The Aeronauts' lift off 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It is obvious that responding with such po-faced opprobrium is humorless in the extreme. Can South America Produce a Superclub? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Sanders has been accused of sometimes being humorless and a little dry — even overly angry. Analysis | Winners and losers from the October Democratic debate 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Sanders has been accused of being humorless and a little dry — even overly angry — sometimes. Winners and losers from the October Democratic debate 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z The media not only treat Sanders as a humorless fringe demagogue, but they also understate his popularity. The pundit class continues to misunderstand Bernie Sanders – and it shows | Nathan Robinson 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Some of Miike’s crime dramas can be humorless, dour, or overwhelmingly gory — he’s an extremely prolific director, sometimes averaging four films per year, and he’s worked in a lot of different modes. Takashi Miike’s crime thriller First Love is a wild ride 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Her enemies, for example, accused her of taking herself too seriously, of being rigid and humorless, of possessing a baffling inability to relinquish control of even the most trivial matters. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The depictions she saw in popular culture were always “so gray and masculine” and — worst of all — humorless. 'Derry Girls' creator on the hit show bringing Northern Ireland together 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The event was marred by a scuffle between American and South Korean journalists and Kim's personal security force, whom Carlson described as "the most humorless people I think I've ever seen." WATCH: Tucker Carlson goes behind the scenes of Trump-Kim meeting at DMZ 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Instead, they rallied around issues like free speech and antifeminism, portraying themselves as truth-telling rebels doing battle against humorless “social justice warriors.” The Making of a YouTube Radical 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z That polarity drew the attention of Pushkin, who has his humorless, embittered Salieri say: Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z The rulers of hell are grotesque, petty, and humorless, unable to grasp Crowley’s achievements, because they don’t understand modern technology. At heart, Amazon’s Good Omens is a gay cosmic rom-com 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z More than a dozen years later, at a magazine-sponsored gathering of sixties radicals, Lenny is the most self-important and humorless of the lot. Hippies and Yippies in Historical Fiction 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Convincing the masses that stereotyping Native Americans as savage, ignorant or humorless is insulating has been a slow movement, scholars say, and one they aren’t sure will gain steam. Native Americans say movement to end ‘redface’ is slow 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Carlson's response to this exposé, at least so far, has been predictable: He paints himself as the victim of a campaign of political correctness run by humorless scolds. Tucker Carlson says his grotesque sexist comments were just jokes. Don't buy it 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “The organization in those days was somewhat po-faced and risk-averse,” Mr. Donaldson said, using a phrase to describe a humorless stance. George Orwell Gets an Apology for a Rejection Letter (but Not for His Marmalade Recipe) 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The sharp editing turns the film into a comedy about how wickedly successful the Temple’s trolling is, and how humorless and easily riled their opponents are. Hail Satan? puts the fun in Satanic fundamentalism 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Even grimmer, darker superhero pictures like Avengers: Infinity War and Venom pride themselves on their moments of levity; superhero movies without substantial jokes are usually derided as oppressively humorless. Holmes & Watson’s failure shows how film comedy is changing 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Here is a Christmas gift to my critics, many of whom have accused me of being a humorless, feminist man-hater: Baby, there's nothing wrong with a little sexy banter at Christmastime 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Ultimately, some robots will be charming and fun, others designed to do their task with humorless efficiency. The Robot Revolution Is Coming, and Dang Is It Cute 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Too infatuated with his own cleverness and too busy tormenting his humorless, square-jawed opponent to do the numbers, he misses the point. The monster inside us: How movies and TV have made the case against humans - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z "Humor is a part of what we try to bring to this show, but sometimes that is lost on the humorless," she said. Megyn Kelly’s self-titled hour of “Today” on chopping block after ex-Fox News star defends... 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z His pursed lips identify him as a humorless sort, but perhaps life hasn’t given him much to be cheerful about. Review: A fast-food worker fights to be an 'American Hero,' but big business has her sandwiched - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z As a prosecutor before he took the bench, he was known as humorless and uncompromising, once saying, “I live to put people in jail.” Senators recommend prosecutor, magistrate for Richmond federal judgeship 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z Already, Donald Trump Jr, a son who loyally emulates his father with every crude gesture, has posted on Instagram a humorless joke ridiculing Ford’s accusations. Kavanaugh's confirmation would be a victory for Trump – and no one else | Walter Shapiro 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But as women from time immemorial in both social situations and audiences can attest, it’s usually easier to laugh something off than to be singled out as humorless or a buzzkill. Opinion | Who Gets a Second Chance? 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z We found them posing stiffly in a cracked black-and-white photograph—lean, humorless Protestants in bedsheets and cone hats, staring straight into the photographer’s lens. Shall We Have Civil War or Second Thoughts? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z If you’re interested in Oates’s dark, generally humorless and almost-always-absorbing stories of the “grotesque,” try one of her earlier collections first, such as “The Collector of Hearts” or “Haunted.” Books that are delightfully strange, frightening and have parent issues 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z "Humor is a part of what we try to bring to this show, but sometimes that is lost on the humorless," she claimed. On “Today,” Megyn Kelly preaches about civility. At Fox News, she sowed deep divisions 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z First, at McGill University, he became editor in chief of the student newspaper after his predecessor was ousted over what Krauthammer called his “mindless, humorless Maoism.” Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist and pundit, dies 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z “Nicklaus courses are like Jack himself—grim and humorless, with sharp edges,” he said. Peter Thomson: Remembering the outdoor intellectual - Golf Digest 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Critics jumped all over the idea, labeling the women hairy-legged and humorless. The year women refused to stay silent, tossed their bras and redefined politics 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Kelly asked Nielsen to be his deputy and trusted enforcer, and she quickly grated on White House staffers who viewed her as a humorless scold who did not communicate with aides. The hostile border between Trump and the head of DHS 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Suddenly weary of even trying, he barked a humorless laugh and said, “And why should you?” A futurist imagines the Earth populated exclusively by the 1 percent 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Determined to break the film medium open and create a new language rooted in the radical politics of the day, Godard is humorless, jealous and not a little ridiculous. Review | ‘Godard Mon Amour,’ from the Oscar-winning director of ‘The Artist,’ is visually bold but shallow 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Crucially, they also made me feel better about being a rather humorless person, seeing how the protagonist is even more humorless and sensitive. Today is World Book Day — here’s what we’re reading 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z And Mr. Comey said while he himself is funny, Mr. Trump is humorless. Drama queen James Comey throws an embarrassing tantrum 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z “Legal liability arises from a reasonable investors’s standard, not that of a humorless irony-ignorant automaton,” he said. Analysis | Elon Musk’s April Fools’ tweets were ‘not a joking matter,’ experts say 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Here was a man dressed like your humorless boss, acting like a national jester. Is the Suit Dying? Not on Late-Night TV 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Thus anyone who mentions the colossal waste the project involves, or the various social uses to which these resources could be put, can be dismissed as a humorless killjoy. Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch is utterly depressing | Nathan Robinson 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Some readers might dislike Burke’s generally humorless and occasionally overwrought prose style, and they may tire of the themes and character types he has returned to over the decades. Crime fiction: James Lee Burke’s latest brings back deputy ‘Robicheaux’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z But the State of Alabama is humorless when it comes to write-in votes. No to Jones. No to Moore. But Yes to Bugs, Elmer, Mickey and SpongeBob. 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Irving said Gere played his character as “nasty, manipulative and humorless.” Clifford Irving, author of notorious Howard Hughes literary hoax, dies at 87 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Throughout, the detective is his usual reserved, nearly humorless, pipe-smoking self, gifted at gazing at human interactions with a cool eye and a keen mind. New crime fiction: Time to get reacquainted with Commissaire Jules Maigret? 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Yale partisans may be tempted to take delight in the fact that their school has not taken such a humorless stand against a venerable form of undergraduate socializing. A look inside Yale’s secret societies — and why they may no longer matter 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The thing about the Internet Research Agency is that they have made any sort of harsh, humorless, stiffly ungrammatical criticism of United States policy open to suspicion. The Agency 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z It reminds you more than a little of Coach Jay Gruden, who has avoided becoming one of those stolid, humorless, drill sergeant types, and whose players clearly appreciate him for it. Perspective | Where’s the Redskins’ defensive coordinator? He might be hiding in a porta-potty. 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “What’s troublesome is that we are all so humorless about it, so relentless, so determined to punish the overweight.” Jack Rosenthal, Times Journalist and Civic Leader, Is Dead at 82 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z The novelist fired back in an interview with the Guardian, calling Kakutani “tone-deaf and humorless”. The literary life of Michiko Kakutani: the book critic's best feuds and reviews 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Conway later tweeted a link to an article about her segment and said: “Apologies to the humorless.” Cards against humanity: Kellyanne Conway mocked for Fox News stunt 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Professor P is looking for a humorless mindset he can duplicate throughout the school. Review: ‘Captain Underpants’ delights with humor for all 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z In fifth grade my homeroom teacher was William Younger, a prim, rather humorless man. Weird, wonderful, or both? We asked the newsroom which teachers they’ve changed their minds about 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z In fact, what makes Demme such an appealing film maker is his affection for all his characters, even ones like Tony the Tiger who might normally be portrayed as humorless clods. Jonathan Demme on making 'Married to the Mob' and why he's attracted to movies about independent women 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Diana Trilling told him that the book was “crudely boastful” and humorless. The Book That Scandalized the New York Intellectuals 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z To many young people, science seems like a solitary and humorless pursuit dominated by white men. The March for Science could break stubborn stereotypes about scientists 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z It’s perfectly fine, in some online circles, to say terrible things about others and then to laugh it off as just a meaningless joke that only offends humorless “snowflakes.” Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: A Letter From Zuckerberg and the Fall of PewDiePie 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Cube is Strickland, a humorless history teacher who’s carrying a bat and wearing a scowl when we first see him onscreen. Review: ‘Fist Fight’ an indulgence in pre-teen male fantasy 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Wagner is a classic humorless authority figure, but Visel smartly demonstrates how to gradually escalate a character’s neuroses, her patience deteriorating as Miller devises new ways to avoid eviction. Checking in with a Marx Brothers comedy at Taproot 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z If that all sounds rather serious, though by no means humorless, there’s the purportedly uproarious The Play That Goes Wrong, a farce about a disastrous evening of amateur dramatics. What to see on Broadway in 2017: Bette Midler, Amélie and a chocolate factory 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Fans of the game may enjoy the movie, but otherwise, it’s a confusing, humorless, boring mess. ‘Sing,’ ‘Hidden Figures’ and other films to watch with your kids 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z He is not humorless, but he does often wear an expression of some asperity, which I took as his signature combination of German restraint and Japanese restraint. The Great A.I. Awakening 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Conservative local blogs and humorless online commentators quickly pounced on the story, decrying behavior they deemed unfitting of a lawmaker, and of a woman. The 25-Year-Old at the Heart of Hong Kong's Political Crisis 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But conspiracy theorists are a notoriously humorless lot. The Clinton BS Files: Hillary is not building a New World Order out to destroy the white man 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Weathers is strictly business, emotionless and humorless in a slim-fitting black suit. Review: ‘Morgan’ a cool, if predictable, exploration of AI 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In 2013 he did an interview with Rolling Stone that resulted in the following words being used by media outlets to describe him: humorless, insufferable, angry, defensive, pompous jerk, and “20 Most Hated Celebrities!” Jonah Hill Is No Joke 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z This was a compelling text that turned into more than an hour of humorless shouting. The Dark Knight emerges 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z It was too long, too angry, too humorless, too mendacious, too repetitious, not at all poetic and poorly delivered — but it might have worked. With law and order his priority, Trump declares, 'I am your voice' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Maybe the trick to enjoying South Park as I get older, and become a soft, humorless grown-up, is to compartmentalize. South Park: The Fractured but Whole reminds a lapsed fan why he loved the series 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z And what’s with the bogus laugh track every second attempting to punch up a humorless script, or lack of? Readers sound off on L.A. Times' 'academy diversity' proposal: Not diverse enough 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z He’s also humorless and incapable of admitting error. Donald Trump’s response to Republicans worried about his racist statements: Relax, don’t be so “politically correct” 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The Republican front-runner is running as standup-in-chief this year, convulsing stadiums with his borscht-belt timing; meanwhile, Hillary gets dinged as humorless—and, when she does make jokes, unfunny. A Woman Comes to Late Night 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The historical Zia was humorless and self-regarding, a violent autocrat who liked to be spoken of as a “man of faith” and a “man of truth.” A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Certain corners of Reddit have long served as an assembly line for posts mocking “SJWs,” slang for “social justice warriors,” whom they view as a humorless cabal of left-wing oppressors. How an army of pro-Donald Trump trolls are taking over Reddit 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z She still fights the public perception that she’s an ice queen, an iron lady and every other stereotype of the stiff, humorless, ball-busting female boss that has dogged her since first lady days. Covering Clinton, then and now: ‘Girls in the Van’ excerpt 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z “Batman v Superman,” as heavy and humorless as a Supreme Court decision, is an 18-wheeler of a movie lumbering through a fallen world. MOVEI REVIEW: Worlds collide in ‘Batman v Superman’ 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z A humorless stickler for the rules, Erin is taken aback when Jimmy tries to win favors from a courthouse clerk by offering a stuffed toy. 'Better Call Saul' recap: Chuck and Jimmy's backstory grows clearer 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z On the film set, Mr. Schreiber would eventually portray him as “a stoic, humorless, somewhat dour character that many professional colleagues instantly recognize,” Mr. Baron wrote. ‘Spotlight’ Journalists Grapple With Big-Screen Portrayals 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Though Simon’s work is highly conceptual and often quite humorless, it is also strangely relatable. Fleurs du mal: how artist Taryn Simon constructs political bouquets 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Stories like that are fun because it’s so easy to demonize the pinhead zoning officers, humorless neighbors and mean old bureaucrats. There is no ‘war on childhood,’ just zoning laws that serve a purpose 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Jurassic World originally featured a scene in which the shrewd humorless business woman learns to lighten up when her rugged manly hero encourages her to cover her thigh and chest in dinosaur poo. Jurassic World's deleted poop-coated flirtation scene is even worse than you're imagining 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z But aside from that moment, he was a humorless Old Testament Jeremiah, not the sort of person you’d want holding forth in your living room for State of the Union addresses or declarations of war. The Ideas Weren’t the Freshest, But the Democratic Debate Was a Clear Win for Hillary Clinton 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He’s the classic humorless football coach — which, again, is acceptable as long as you’re winning. Marriage of Randy Edsall and Maryland was doomed from the start 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The currency that “Friends” has generated among young people was even the subject of a joke during the second and otherwise entirely humorless season of “True Detective.” ‘Friends’ Has New BFFs: New York Teenagers 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Three examples: ●A possibly mad scientist named Dr. Kroger monitors the youngsters, and Dan Crane plays the humorless doctor with a German accent and oddball attention to the high-security, low-budget doors to his laboratory. Women’s voices, from the halfway house to a perky fantasy 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z In an otherwise humorless foursome, Graham delivered the jokes that were the night’s most repeated lines. Lindsey Graham tops the undercard debate, but Donald Trump dominates 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z His official description is: "vigilant law officer on a mostly lawless world, the tough and humorless Constable Zuvio keeps order in a frontier trading post." 'Star Wars' toys reveal universe of new 'Force Awakens' characters 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z I won't explain what happens inside Escape from the Man-sized Cabinet, because there's nothing quite as humorless as explaining a joke. Stephen Colbert just released a free video game you can play in your browser 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z A few of these liberal comedy fans may take some jokes too personally, but to brush this entire group as humorless and PC is dishonest and lazy. Political Correctness Is Not Ruining Stand-Up Comedy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z That wouldn't work on a show that wasn't as committed to its cause, no matter how humorless and nihilistic. Review: True Detective's overpopulated second season 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Entertainment Weekly labeled Saints Row 2 as the worst game of 2008, citing overwhelming instances of misogyny, racism, crude and sophomoric themes, as well as humorless and stupid. GTA Vs. Saint's Row: A Battle Of Satire 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The weakness of the ideologue is that he is humorless, lacking in nuance. Editorials from around New England 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z Mantel’s interest in the ways that consciousness—specifically, religious consciousness—rubs up against the barbarism that made England a world power is explored in scenes that are short and expedient but often humorless. Haves and Have-Nots 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Some found his demeanor aloof, condescending and humorless. Robert Schuller's California brand of Christianity 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “But they are based on real fear. They are humorless, sad jokes.” Poland Steels for Battle, Seeing Echoes of Cold War in Ukraine Crisis 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z But radical Islamists seem particularly humorless and impervious to self-reflection in this regard. ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Defending free speech without advocating hate 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z It doesn’t say or do anything new except maybe supplant Richard Gere’s character in “Pretty Woman” with a far more humorless, tortured version. Why America has already been sold on 'Fifty Shades of Grey' 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z Dornan’s Christian is a humorless caricature, while Johnson’s Ana is actually quite likable, funny and strong-willed. Review: Fifty Shades of dissatisfaction 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z “It’s a pitfall of all faiths: They are utterly humorless and serious,” he said. Religion satirist James Morrow on the Charlie Hebdo killings 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z “He seems rather humorless,” said Michael Kazin, a Georgetown University historian who wrote in The New Republic this spring that a Sanders run would be good for Democrats. A Socialist in 2016? For Bernie Sanders, at Least, It’s a Question Worth Asking 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z He is unfailingly humorless, both in his public appearances and his interactions with his players. Why So Serious, Roger Goodell? 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z They became withdrawn, humorless and possessive about their food. Remembering the Minnesota Starvation Experiment 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Terrific acting and cinematography can’t lift the movie out of its gloomy, lumbering, humorless funk. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1’ and ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ I could no more have worked with that humorless zombie than I could pilot the space shuttle. How To Cheat On Your Boss 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z A hop, a skip or a jump – anything but stern-faced, humorless marching. Climate change is real. Want to live? It's up to people like you 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z It is a relentlessly grim and mostly humorless picture, buoyed by strong performances and an effective ticking clock scenario. Review: Liam Neeson's 'A Walk Among The Tombstones' Is A Hard-Boiled Winner 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z “It’s a serious issue, but we want to demonstrate that we are not humorless, politically correct downers.” ‘Robot march’ to protest Iowa’s pink locker room 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Are we getting what amounts to a humorless DC Comics cinematic universe from Warner Bros. Hollywood Needs To Rewatch 'The Dark Knight' 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z But when the First Lady made the quip – at an event with former first lady Laura Bush, while addressing the spouses of African leaders – it wasn’t a humorless dig at men. Michelle Obama told a joke about men they didn't find funny. That's hilarious 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z And is there anything remotely amusing about watching a guy using his considerable talents to simultaneously mock the stupid and needle the allegedly “humorless” online? Why I unfollowed Patton Oswalt — and you should too 2014-05-09T13:35:00Z But it is my sacred duty as a humorless feminist to point out here that the comic — while obviously well intentioned and important — is a product of its time. Marvel and Planned Parenthood made a Spiderman comic in 1976 and it is awesome and weird 2014-04-25T16:46:00Z People seem to think that what we’re calling for is fake and overly positive representation of our own minority and others — which would amount to a humorless landscape. #CancelColbert Activists: We Will Protest This Until It Ends 2014-04-11T00:20:55Z If O’Reilly wants to damage Colbert’s prospects, all he’s really doing is cementing a public perception of Colbert as a target of both the humorless right and the humorless left. Why Is Bill O’Reilly Trying to Get Stephen Colbert David Letterman’s Job? 2014-04-09T16:13:04Z Like Putin’s presidency, the ceremony was majestic, grandiose and quite humorless — with much of the artful theatricality but none of the self-deprecating touches that distinguished the London Olympics in 2012. The TV Watch: Little Bit of ‘Fantasia’ as NBC Begins Olympic Show 2014-02-08T04:07:48Z If 2013 was the year of the worried well, the authors imply that 2014 is poised to be the year of the humorless healthy. Well: Who Says Laughter’s the Best Medicine? 2013-12-20T05:01:04Z “Humor is part of what we try to bring to the show. Sometimes that’s lost on the humorless,” she said of her declaration of Santa’s whiteness. Jesus Wasn’t White, But Santa Definitely Is 2013-12-18T10:45:05Z Unfortunately, in person he was humorless and disagreeable. My Story: How I Found Love and Companionship Online 2013-12-17T13:00:00Z In a sport known for its humorless straight-arrows, he's madcap and relentlessly mischievous. Scorecard From The Edge 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z So the satirical proposal aimed at pointing out and ending Republican childishness has been received with a humorless gravity and is now taking up Congressional attention. The platinum coin joke falls flat 2013-01-08T18:06:00Z The “big guys with guns” were known in the action as backers, humorless troglodytes who financed bowlers in big-money matches. When Thugs and Hustlers Ruled Dark Alleys in New York 2012-11-09T04:10:24Z That’s useful because there’s nothing less popular these days than a humorless feminist. Romney’s Binders: The Meme Women Love to Hate 2012-10-19T11:48:17Z After you called it homophobic hate speech, she said you confirmed her suspicions that liberals are humorless. Talk: Sandra Fluke’s Rocky Path to Feminist Superstardom 2012-06-22T14:43:10Z Too many commencement speeches are, well, boring — too long, too conventional, utterly humorless. Sanjay Gupta?s great speech at U Michigan commencement 2012-04-30T08:00:00Z And probably this sense of humor was one of the strongest fetters that bound to her the love veteran, who was sick of a succession of statelily humorless Roman beauties. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z But I also wish so much of it wasn’t so humorless. Why school should be funnier 2012-03-03T16:30:00Z In 2005, the show’s first season, Colbert interviewed a humorless and expressionless Barney Frank, who said, “Ignorance does not offend me” when Colbert seemed surprised to discover that he was gay. How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? 2012-01-04T10:00:37Z That day, without saying a word, I turned a searing, humorless gaze upon my potential attackers, whose faces were forever branded in my memory. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z They meant it in the ironic sense, since Evans often appeared humorless, prone to excuses, excessively private and ill-tempered. With New Outlook, Evans Becomes First Australian to Win Tour de France 2011-07-24T17:02:06Z The only pity of it is that it was all wasted on one humorless person. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z But some great joke tellers who are also pretty humorless. Why school should be funnier 2012-03-03T16:30:00Z “A more inept, moronic or humorless show has never appeared on the home tube,” wrote Rick DuBrow of United Press International. Sherwood Schwartz, creator of ?Gilligan?s Island? and ?Brady Bunch,? dies at 94 2011-07-12T23:12:00Z Perhaps Best Buy should unleash a team of mischievous advertising professionals on Newegg and let its humorless lawyers pursue some other project. Digital Domain: Our Geeks Are Better Than Your Geeks 2011-06-25T17:35:55Z He was smiling as he spoke, belying the widely held notion that he is humorless. Tuning in for a Letdown 2011-06-23T00:35:54Z The three students who created the anti-gay comic also apologized, calling it an "offensive, distasteful and completely humorless joke." Thursday News Overload 2010-01-21T21:19:00Z Instead of seeing a situation as threatening or the student as a problem, we see the humor in what otherwise appears to be a humorless situation. Why school should be funnier 2012-03-03T16:30:00Z How the young men were humorless and easily offended. Rough Boys 2011-02-26T16:45:10Z You may also add to that, humorless and vindictive. City Room: Safer?s Century Club E-Mails 2011-02-14T16:01:08Z That year a teammate of mine was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys and we were both exposed to the often harsh and humorless business side of the game. Sports of The Times: For a Son of Chicago, a Nostalgic Dish of Crow 2011-01-24T02:24:01Z Now, moving through a sea of geeks after his presentation, Bewkes resembles a Time Warner character himself—one of those well-dressed, humorless robot agents from The Matrix, surrounded by younger, hipper renegades. Time Warner and the War Against Free 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z As an executive, Coen was a humorless zealot, and not really the kind of chap whose tactics will soon be taught at Wharton. Off the Shelf: When Companies Were Conquerors 2010-12-18T19:58:42Z Some people assume he’s humorless, but I did not find that to be the case. Joe Sestak, the 60th Democrat 2010-08-19T17:20:00Z New York's troopers are a humorless lot when it comes to speeding. Warren Brown reviews the 2011 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT 2010-07-25T04:00:00Z Detractors were merely stuck in the throes of humorless jealousy. I don't buy it anymore, LeBron James 2010-07-09T17:55:00Z Indeed, the new phone applications seem to promise hours of unrelieved, humorless argument. A War of Apps for and Against Belief 2010-07-03T02:10:00Z Bradley often appears to be humorless, a portrayal he rejects. For Bradley, hardly a moment to enjoy at World Cup 2010-06-26T07:09:00Z Britain's right-leaning Daily Telegraph newspaper called the campaign "dour and humorless" and some bloggers were nastier still. Sexist Toys, Stereotypes Opposed in Pinkstinks Campaign 2010-03-31T10:35:00Z A savage, humorless smile played over the other's lips. The Time Mirror Gibson was linguist-ethnologist of the crew, a blocky man in his early thirties with thick black hair and heavy brows that shaded a square, humorless face. The Anglers of Arz Another voice answered from the shoulder-box, bringing a second mental picture of a face—square and brown, black-browed and taciturnly humorless—that he had known and forgotten. Pet Farm His thin lips set in a humorless smile, showing an even line of white teeth against his tanned skin. The Variable Man The captain was grinning, a nasty, evil grin, his eyes hard and humorless as he stood there flanked by three crewmen. Derelict Shaggy men ridden in from distant cabins on shaggier horses; men who probably nursed guilty knowledge of illicit stills, gazed at the passing train out of humorless and illiterate eyes. The Portal of Dreams He paused and allowed himself a humorless smile. Call Him Savage There was a hoarse, humorless chuckle from the man in the next cell. Thin Edge But what struck nearest to him was the fact that the people in the streets were not broken spirited depressed, humorless drudges. Combat Like many another humorless fellow, he prided himself upon a gift of mimicry signally denied to him. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel While this goes on the fool does not cease to interpolate his humorless jokes. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare "Thank God that thing had a one-track mind, and was concentrating on the spider," said Jim, with a rather humorless laugh. The Raid on the Termites A harassed, honorable, studious, ignorant, humorless, joke-popping, genuinely conscientious thumb of a man. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life At first Una had thought him humorless and negligible, but she discovered that it was he who pulled Mr. Truax out of his ruts, his pious trickeries, his cramping economies. The Job An American Novel He shrugged thick bare shoulders, his humorless black-browed face unmoved, when Farrell included him in his scowl. Control Group Black showed his teeth in a humorless smile. Watch the Sky Eben Tollman used, in his correspondence, a stilted formality which conjured up the portrait of one somewhat staid and humorless. The Tyranny of Weakness It was a stony smile, humorless as a crevasse in a rock-face. Highways in Hiding Again that curious, humorless smile flickered about the corners of his mouth. The Lost Valley And humorless folk sometimes have a hard, sad time of it in Green Valley. Green Valley His father had died of a complication of bhang-drinking and opium-eating; and as a consequence, James was full of humorless imagination, spells of moodiness and outbursts of hilarious politics. Parrot & Co. He might have been forty, though the humorless immobility of his face gave him a seeming of greater age. The Tyranny of Weakness A black-visaged malcontent of humorless eyes made his way to the margin of the gathering and, with a pie for which he neglected to pay, opened a fusillade upon the rich man's car. Destiny He was by no means humorless and his smile was pleasant. A Hoosier Chronicle One pictures instinctively a humorless tyrant whose "correct" manner plainly reveals her true purpose, which is to take the joy out of life. Etiquette His carefully combed dark hair made him look almost strikingly handsome, but his eyes were black and humorless. The Runaway Asteroid A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. The Devil's Dictionary He was a serious and literal person, and rather humorless. Main Street From the broad spirit of its frank and vivid burlesque not even the most stolidly Teutonic of humorless critics ever thought of demanding a "picture of life." The Dramatic Values in Plautus It belies the logical precision of the long-faced, humorless writer on politics and ethics, whose works rarely deal with man at all, but are a stupid form of metaphysics. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform Nevertheless, the righteous wrath inspired by the situation shall not draw us into that dangerous and humorless thing, a general indictment. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism Besides, his remarkable unselfishness compelled their esteem, a shy vein of innocent, humorless sweetness their affection. Angel Island A weak Prince Hal, without inheritance or sword, he drifted downward to meet his humorless Falstaff, and to pick the crusts of the streets with him. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million The prosecution was in charge of the United States District Attorney, George Hay—serious, humorless, faithful to Jefferson's interests, and absolutely devoid of the personal authority demanded by so grave a cause. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Variants of this can be seen in other BSD versions, though it has been excised from some versions by humorless management droids. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 And now—he laughed a sharp bark of humorless annoyance—Douglas couldn't have timed it better if he had tried! The Lani People This badinage was greatly relished by Rose, but not at all by the baroness, who was as humorless as a swan. White Lies |
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