| 单词 | screwball |
| 例句 | As we shall see, many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “No, and neither does a screwball like you,” George said, looking at the watering eye behind the monocle and the moistness at the mouth of the beard. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't want to look like a screwball or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He'd used the word screwball, but I knew what he really meant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The nation’s corner theaters hosted 85 million people a week for 25-cent viewings of an endless array of cheery musicals and screwball comedies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z An amazing kind of Darwinian level playing field between apes and humans is established by the screwball genre. Monkey Business ? it's an ace ape jape 2011-02-17T11:23:36Z “It’s a science-fiction screwball tragedy,” she said, “like Euripides meets Howard Hawks.” Athina Rachel Tsangari Directs ?Attenberg? 2012-03-02T19:13:03Z Elsewhere in the series, Ms. Streisand shows a knack for screwball timing in “What’s Up, Doc?” Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z "The Good Place" proves she is as at home with screwball comedy as she is with drama. No amount of wine can make "The Woman in the House" spoof work, despite its charismatic star 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Tender and artful, Prose’s 15th novel is a sophisticated satire, a gently spiritual celebration of life, a dark and thoroughly grim depiction of despair, a screwball comedy, a screwball tragedy. High Praise for a Novel About an Awful Children’s Musical 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z And then I saw this one — part screwball comedy, part romance, part literary pastiche, all joy. 10 awesome movies ? and 10 awful ones 2011-12-30T01:16:29Z “The Fault in Our Stars,” which was simultaneously an implacable tragedy and a screwball comedy about two teenage cancer patients, was of a piece with everything Green has ever done. In John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down,’ a Teenager’s Mind Is at War With Itself 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Johnson said he had the writers watch the 1940 screwball comedy “His Girl Friday” to get a taste of the snappy repartee he wanted. Don Johnson Is Back as ‘Nash Bridges.’ Why? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z What transformed Lombard into a 1930s screwball goddess, the most highly paid in Hollywood in her day, were her gorgeous costumes, flowing, ornate and bias-cut. Hollywood Costume – dressing the part 2012-10-12T21:55:14Z At a time when romantic comedy has abandoned its tradition of witty dialogue in favor of either simpering or crudity, apparently it falls to a comic book spectacle to keep the screwball tradition alive. Movie Review: Superhero Sequel With Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke 2010-05-06T19:33:00Z When Miss Janus toys with Mr. Brewer, the screwball sparring has tiny daggers and bits of broken glass in it. Theater Review: ‘London Wall,’ an Old Romantic Comedy Resurrected 2014-02-25T21:37:33Z Her voice is as low and hardboiled as that of a film noir femme fatale, but her freewheeling air is pure 1930s screwball. Chloë Sevigny: ‘I now have total disdain for directors’ 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z In his study “Pursuits of Happiness,” Stanley Cavell writes that certain screwball films of the 1930s and ’40s involve the creation of a new woman or what he calls “a new creation of the human.” ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Here, the comedy has somewhere to go — to old screwballs, for one thing; to centuries of erotic interracial paranoia for another. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Bogdanovich made a screwball comedy in retro-style—the style of Howard Hawks—and added the colossal catastrophe comedy of silent films and of such moderns as Frank Tashlin and Blake Edwards. Movie of the Week: “What’s Up, Doc?” 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z He made nearly 30 films, with a screwball touch and a fondness for connivers and scoundrels, that often drew comparisons to the director Billy Wilder. Eldar Ryazanov, Russian Film Director Known for His Satire, Dies at 88 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z With a frothy, sophisticated, quick-witted script, Mr. Ozon’s film follows in the tradition of the American screwball comedies of the 1940s. Review: A Rich Field of In-Competition Films at Venice 2010-09-07T15:30:00Z “There’s Something About Mary”: Is it a screwball rom-com, in which no man can help but fall in love with Cameron Diaz, or a bizarre movie about stalkers? Perspective | Love-struck hero or creepy harasser? Suddenly we’re seeing our favorite rom-coms in a new light. 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z It’s also a screwball comedy and a romance. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah’ and ‘Something Wild’ 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Unswervingly devoted to her boss, she is his screwball sparring partner and the manager of his ego. Review: ‘Steve Jobs,’ Apple’s Visionary C.E.O. Dissected 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z As a couple whose destination wedding is interrupted by hostage-taking pirate-terrorists, the two bicker and banter with classic screwball brio, with a love-hate rapport that is both delightful and effortlessly convincing. ‘Shotgun Wedding’ Review: ‘Die Hard’ With Refreshments 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z This screwball comedy, reminiscent of a Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn romp, is no classic, but it is very entertaining. César Winners Fill Roster at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z But as it’s a screwball, something nastier will follow. My streaming gem: why you should watch My Man Godfrey 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The movie draws on a range of classics, from silent adventure serials to screwball mysteries like “The Thin Man” to the swashbuckling epics of Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn. ‘Inspector Sun’ Review: A Web of Cinema Classics 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Released in 1937, toward the end of the screwball comedy cycle inaugurated three years earlier with “It Happened One Night,” “Easy Living” has risen in critical favor over the decades. Gifts Galore: ‘Easy Living,’ With Jean Arthur and a Coat From the Heavens 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z “Standards of usage are desirable in many arenas of communication,” he writes, and yet “any prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons.” Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z When characters talk in that screwball Sorkin rhythm, it’s fun to listen to them. “The Newsroom” ’s Crazy-Making Campus-Rape Episode 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z If this wispy subplot were detached from the rest of the movie and developed, it might be the basis of an amusing screwball farce. Review: ‘Ashby’ Pairs a Retired C.I.A. Killer With a High School Nerd 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Like Father is a screwball romantic comedy powered by paternal love. Kelsey Grammer: 'People are so swift to judge, to react, to punish' 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z He might have gone down in movie history as Mae West’s rather stiff and distracted love interest had he not been mysteriously unleashed by a string of late-1930s screwball comedies. Review | In ‘Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise,’ working-class Archie Leach becomes a Hollywood legend 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z This rather basic feminism is all subtext though, as "Starstruck" maintains a screwball sensibility. "Starstruck" creator Rose Matafeo shares her rom-com secrets, including how to woo a funny woman 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z This book’s tone would be screwball if its story didn’t have a body count. Books of The Times: Two Refreshing Splashes of Summertime Homicide 2011-07-03T21:37:35Z As Mr. Goldwyn transitioned to producing, a pivotal ally was Lorne Michaels, the “Saturday Night Live” creator who became Mr. Goldwyn’s business partner; together they delivered screwball comedies like “Hot Rod” and “MacGruber.” ‘Walter Mitty’ Producer John Goldwyn Feels the Pressure 2013-12-23T22:57:14Z The screwball musical comedy, about three Navy men on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, unfolds the romantic mishaps of six major characters against the backdrop of a madcap midcentury metropolis pulsating with possibility. Review | ‘On the Town’ is off its mark in fumbling production 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z By contrast, the movie felt liberating — a sort of screwball move on her own part. Rebecca Miller Is Brainy, and Very, Very Funny 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Carelessly framed and halfheartedly lighted, the actors strain to accommodate unfamiliar screwball rhythms and an abundance of screaming and slapping. Review: ‘She’s Funny That Way’ Offers Tomfoolery Amid the Floodlights 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z There’s a reason for all that flakiness and fidgeting: “The Newsroom” weaves an underlay of screwball comedy into the drama, and MacKenzie’s madcap missteps and stuttering dismay are part the show’s lighter touch. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z Everyone else — including the characters from the 1936 screwball comedy “My Man Godfrey,” seen briefly on Michael’s hotel room TV — has more or less the same face and speaks with the voice of Tom Noonan. In ‘The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,’ Practice Makes Pandemonium 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z In any case, the four unconsciously form a support group that’s enjoyably screwball and not particularly taxing. Review: In ‘Weird Loners,’ Four Single New Yorkers Dodge Commitment 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z He had a cameo in that stoned screwball comedy as Knox Harrington, a Liverpudlian video artist with a pencil moustache and an abrasive cackle. 'My brain was on fire': David Thewlis on Naked, Fargo and creeping out the Coens 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Certain moments in this novel struck me as mawkish and conventional, as though it were written with a screwball TV family comedy in mind, but Dean's writing is generally funnier and darker than that. Dean comes by sentiment honestly in 'Old Romantic' 2011-02-16T17:01:05Z In the 1930s and ’40s screwballs that the philosopher Stanley Cavell calls the comedies of remarriage, men and women trade insults and seductive looks as they work through what it means to be modern. Review: In ‘Sleeping With Other People,’ Star-Crossed Sex Addicts Make a Pact 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z He’s a waiter in the club who takes a shine to the frilled innocent who has somehow wandered in, and their dances are bright exercises in screwball theatrics expressed through astounding acrobatic movement. Theater Review: Dancing to Twyla Tharp and Sinatra?s Music 2010-03-26T04:27:00Z The screwball comedy “His Girl Friday,” starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, had a direct influence on aspects of Season Two’s plot. How Rose Matafeo Shaped the Romance in ‘Starstruck’ 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z She is a crisp dramatic actor with a facility for screwball, as well as a knack, best exhibited in last year's "cancer " 50/50, for being adorable without lapsing into kookiness. Anna Kendrick: 'It's all about that fatal flaw' 2012-05-24T19:30:00Z They went on to make the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? Polly Platt obituary 2011-08-07T17:12:18Z Like the romance in a screwball comedy, though, Grindhaus gets its energy from the meeting of opposites: Mr. Taber’s large ambitions and his tiny work space, the carefully considered cooking and Ms. Norris’s wild paraphernalia. Restaurant Review: Grindhaus in Red Hook, Brooklyn 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z They end up joining — in cross-dressing disguise, a narrative device beloved by Shakespeare, opera and screwball comedy alike — an all-male quartet called the Singing Sicilians on a ship sailing to Sicily. Lend Me a Jukebox Opera. Yuks and Tenor Required. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Thankfully, on Sunday, The Criterion Channel will launch an eight-film series of the screwball master — a body of work that stands as one of the sublime and most absurdly entertaining in all of movies. New this week: ‘Cherry,’ ‘Bloodlands,’ Nick Jonas & Grammys 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z A popular anthology from the olden days, which treats the reader to all sorts of screwball marriage-based stories. Valentine's Day reading: Dan Rhodes's top 10 marriage tales 2013-02-13T12:02:23Z Newbery Medal Committee Chair Viki Ash describes the book as both a "screwball mystery" and an "achingly funny romp through a dying New Deal town." 'Daisy' runs off with Caldecott and 'Dead End' takes Newbery 2012-01-28T06:24:08Z While news writers in films aren’t always likable, at least there’s a spectrum, running from screwball joker to heroic investigator to peddler of false headlines. Breaking news: why does Hollywood gloss over the world of magazine journalism? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The movie’s race around Manhattan is a good excuse to give “Bachelorette” some air, along with a screwball energy lacking in the play, which was set entirely in one room. Movie Review: ‘Bachelorette’ by Leslye Headland, With Kirsten Dunst 2012-09-06T12:00:00Z Like the writer-heroine in one of these stories, Ms. Moore is a skilled craftsman, capable of doing “quasi-amusing phone dialogue,” “succinct descriptions of weather” and “screwball outings with the family pet” with her left hand. 38 Years on Books: The Essential Michiko Kakutani Reader 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z One, involving the heist of a lemur, is like a Coen Brothers screwball caper; another is convincing “Lord of the Rings” high fantasy. Review: ‘Maniac’ Is a Hallucinatory, Emotional Dream Machine 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The season builds screwball momentum as Jack and company try to outrun the consequences of their choices. ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: It’s Only a Paper Moon 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Season 2 of “Espookys” leveled up its winsome magic realism with a serial story that combined presidential politics and beauty-pageant intrigue, and Ana Fabrega continues to give one of TV’s great screwball performances. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Think “Romancing the Stone” and the screwball adventures of the 1980s. The tortured history of action-film heroines and their high heels. (‘Jurassic World,’ anyone?) 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z And Murray is unlikely to replicate the financial success of the screwball comedies that helped him break into the business decades ago. Bill Murray Starts a Quiet Box Office Coup 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z It’s Scorsese’s first movie at the event since his nightmarish screwball “After Hours” was presented in 1986, winning him best director. ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z More of a surprise was David O Russell's victory in the adapted screenplay category for his work on the script of Silver Linings Playbook, the screwball romcom he also directed. Happy days for Les Miserables … and Argo 2013-02-10T21:28:00Z Dense with puns, discursive musings and conceptual jokes, his act moves like a one-man screwball comedy in which his silly and brainy sides bicker. Patton Oswalt, Morgan Murphy and Others Have Comedy Specials 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z There is sometimes something inspired in its screwball craziness. 22 Jump Street review – supremely watchable silliness 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z But suspend our morality and things start to take on a deliriously entertaining and madcap sparkle, with films like "The Master" and "Phantom Thread" playing like nihilistic screwball, cracked comedies. Comedies in serious clothing: an introduction to the films of Paul Thomas Anderson 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z If not for the unbridled drinking, it might easily have been a screwball comedy. Review: In ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Two Souls Lost in an Ocean of Booze 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z It’s often amusing, on the strength of the duo’s screwball charm. ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Reports differ on how much was scripted and how much was ad-libbed, but the resulting repartee feels akin to both tightly scripted screwball comedy and the loose freewheeling improvisation of The Trip. My streaming gem: why you should watch Road to Bali 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Film noir can be shot in the fog; a screwball comedy can bounce along hilly streets. Rock, bridge, bay: San Francisco's movie landmarks 2012-10-01T20:08:16Z It’s a screwball comedy with a dash of mental illness; a conventional tale of family pathos; a sendup of Big Pharma; a meditation on consumption, marriage, the nature of work. Review: Facing Marriage and Befriending a Squirrel in ‘The Portable Veblen’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z As is often the case with screwball comedy, the slighter episodes are the funniest. Review | Obama and Biden are the ultimate crime-fighting team in ‘Hope Never Dies’ 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The show proceeds as a deliberate pastiche, dense with references to movies ranging from thirties screwballs to the work of David Lynch. Ryan Murphy’s “The Politician” Is a Funhouse-Mirror Reflection of the So-Called Meritocracy 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z As Manohla Dargis argued in her review in The New York Times, the well-balanced triangle at its center helps makes this “pure Scorsese screwball.” ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z Cary Grant actually bellows the song “The Peanut Vendor” minutes after a colleague’s death in this Howard Hawks gem that can best be described as a screwball romantic action flyboy melodrama. Movie Listings for Nov. 7-13 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Beauman’s fourth novel is a kitchen-sink sendup of spy novels, 1930s Hollywood and screwball newspaper comedies, with a pinch of Pynchon thrown in for fun. Jungle Mold, Ornithology and Lawn Care: 3 New Novels Find Hilarity in Unexpected Places 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z With some tweaks and judicious edits, Ms. Knight might turn Valerie into a sharp comic character, a cousin to screwball types like Katharine Hepburn’s Susan in “Bringing Up Baby.” ‘Primal Play,’ by Krista Knight, Focuses on a Scientist 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Sturges wrote this play about a decade before he made indelible screwball films like “The Lady Eve” and “The Palm Beach Story.” ‘Strictly Dishonorable,’ a Sexual Morality Tale 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z The first pages of "The Metamorphosis," where Gregor tries to communicate through the bedroom door with his family, who think he's merely being lazy, is vintage screwball comedy. 12 unsettling facts about "The Metamorphosis" 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Once upon a studio time, screwball comedy was where men and women redefined gender relations in between zingers and slapstick. Movie Review: ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ Stars Rashida Jones 2012-08-02T21:33:44Z In a world increasingly starved for good dialogue, Ginder’s is bountiful and crackling, like the screwball comedies of yore. ‘Let’s Not Do That Again,’ a Crackling Satire Set Against a Senate Run 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Watching and listening to Ms. Fairchild, 33, who strings sentences together as rapidly as an actress in a screwball comedy, was a window into her dancing as much as into her agile mind. Megan Fairchild, the Swan With the Screwball Spark 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The screwball absurdity of the spot — and an accompanying dance tutorial, in which the Lad paid tribute to his late “mummy” — seemed to scratch a specific itch. The Little Lad? Berries and Cream? Call It Performance Art. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z “Throughout her writing, she succeeds in capturing the wild, woolly heart of America, from its screwball wit to its every last detail. She is an American original.” Annie Proulx wins Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Their taunting banter — spoken in heavy Bronx accents that never quite become caricature, even if “squirm” does sound like “squoim” — vibrates with a screwball energy that spins into violent territory, both physical and emotional. Review: ‘Awake and Sing!,’ a Depression-Era Family Drama 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Gitter’s “How My Grandparents Fell in Love” is a gorgeous high note to end on: a Jewish screwball romance set in Poland in 1933. Review: One-Act Highlights Find the Laughs in Political Anxiety 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, the screwball spirit is in short supply these days. ‘Down With Love’ 20 Years Later: Celebrating the Phoniness of Rom-Coms 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z It had a screwball authority, as Philip Roth once said of a Saul Bellow novel. Review: In Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid,’ a Lesbian on the Run Masquerades as Black 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z "Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a screwball romantic comedy that takes place in the 1920s and tells the story of a female bootlegger who meets a wealthy, often-drunken playboy. Matthew Broderick stays; Kelli O'Hara goes 2013-02-20T23:00:13Z The 1930s were the golden age for Oscar-nominated newspaper movies, albeit those in the screwball comedy vein — reporters were the heroes, but not exactly exemplars of the Fourth Estate. Friday File: A Look at the Golden Age for Oscar-Nominated Newspaper Movies 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Producers said Thursday that Broderick will star in the new screwball romantic comedy "Nice Work If You Can Get It." Matthew Broderick to return to Broadway 2011-06-16T19:14:11Z Ms. Ebersole has the same ability to infuse darkness with a screwball levity and make you laugh at yourself. Music Review: Christine Ebersole Performs at Caf? Carlyle 2012-02-01T22:16:27Z A wide velvet belt accentuated her small waist, and, in fact, with her smooth, light blond bob, Ms. Gazinskaya looked a little like an updated version of a screwball comedy actress. On the Runway Blog: Russian Revelation 2013-05-10T17:39:36Z For all the screwball comedy, droll retorts, and kinetic action, "Bullet Train" entertains, until it goes over-the-top, which is not long before the train literally goes off the rails. Brad Pitt hops aboard the ridiculous, rollicking "Bullet Train" packed with gleefully violent stars 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z One of the first inductees into the Television Hall of Fame, he transformed the situation comedy from a vehicle for cheap, screwball gags into a medium for profound reflection. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z More recently, documentaries such as Grizzly Man and Encounters at the End of the World mixed soul-searching gravitas with screwball flights of fancy. Werner Herzog to direct Killers webcast 2012-08-30T12:09:30Z But in a fight between screwball irony and blockbuster bombast, the heavy-metal action unfortunately wins. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-05-02T11:52:10Z It’s a heady concept, part Sartre, part Durang, and when “Space” clicks, it rides an impressive line between dark screwball comedy and sweeping metaphysical study. Long-buried family truths emerge in the dark comedy 'Space' 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z If that’s what the writers believed, fine, but the real point was the unusually expansive and detailed presentation of a large cast of extraordinary eccentrics — screwball versions of familiar workplace types. ArtsBeat: ‘The Office’ Ends the Way It Began: Modestly 2013-05-17T15:26:38Z If this premise sounds familiar to you, then you have probably seen Hollywood screwball comedies like “The Awful Truth” and “The Philadelphia Story,” which used divorce as a plot-curling kink in antic made-for-each-other stories. | 'The New York Idea': Love in City of Intemperate Mores 2011-01-27T03:01:13Z Slant magazine calls it a "splashy, squishy screwball gem." Looking ahead at the local art house scene 2010-12-31T06:00:00Z On paper, “The Little Dog Laughed” sounds like a madcap screwball affair, but ArtsWest’s production achieves more than breezy mishap comedy. ‘Little Dog Laughed’ balances emotions, showbiz barbs 2014-01-28T04:07:07Z Behold Ginny Baker, a screwball pitcher and the first woman to play Major League Baseball. 7 Fall Shows You Should Be Watching — And How to Catch Up 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Just be forewarned: After enduring the horror and screwball absurdities of the novel’s extended grand and bloody climax, readers may well feel that they, like IQ himself, need a restorative break. Review | Joe Ide’s IQ series continues with the idiosyncratic marvel ‘Smoke’ 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The movie is built like an escalating farce, rich in visual gags and sustained by machine-gun dialogue worthy of the best screwball comedies — albeit a lot blunter. The Roles Are L.G.B.T.Q., but the Movies Are Not About Self-Discovery 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Price-Francis has no problem convincing us that King is the smartest cop in the room, and she easily dispatches the squad-room repartee, which strains for screwball but mostly lands on sitcom. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z Some of that is because the show’s humor is so surreal, buoyant, and loose—an effortless sort of screwball comedy that rolls from farce to farce with enthusiasm. “Broad City”’s radical potty humor: The intimate truths inside Abbi and Ilana’s screwball comedy 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Petzold’s “Beats Being Dead” is an unstable compound of B-noir, screwball romance and romantic tragedy that focuses on two young people who cross paths with the killer. Movies: Somber Themes Dominate Berlin International Film Festival 2011-02-16T12:30:06Z With her wry grin and screwball banter, Deutch is especially delightful, bounding through the cavalcade of holiday mix-ups with the buoyant verve of a bona fide romantic lead. ‘Something From Tiffany’s’ Review: Put a Ring on It 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Not like the western, screwball comedy or film noir – these genres are different. Cowboys & Aliens: the Versus movie without Versus in its name 2011-08-12T23:11:02Z Though the shows are very different, they share unconventional female leads and the fizziness of the classic screwball comedies. The Great American Musical, Side B, in ‘My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z But Ms. Semple, diabolical screwball that she is, is just warming up. Maria Semple’s ‘Today Will Be Different’ Serves Up Screwball With Soul 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Though there is not much romantic chemistry between them — the man’s code forbids it — she and Mr. Statham achieve a certain screwball energy, lightening the brutality that is the picture’s main business. Movie Review: ‘Parker,’ Starring Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham 2013-01-24T23:27:56Z Last month, the screwball detective show “Moonlighting” finally became available to stream. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The old screwball idea of heterosexual courtship as a battle of equally matched, contending forces is close to extinct. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z It includes foreign films, documentaries and performance films, old screwball comedies, horror and sci-fi flicks, even a few films that were pretty widely seen. The 82 rarely seen films Jonathan Demme wanted you to see 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z An exemplary chapter, on traveling with Gus, punctuates screwball comedy with thoughtful melancholy. ‘To Siri With Love’: The tale of a mother, a son and a phone 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z At the film’s end, in a stormy scene with distant echoes of both “The Quiet Man” and “I Know Where I’m Going,” Blunt and Dornan face off in passionate screwball mode, and sparks fly. ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’ Review: Finding Love Down on the Farm 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z She is due to return to Broadway early next year in the stylish screwball musical “On the Twentieth Century.” Andrew Lippa’s Harvey Milk concert coming to NYC 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The whole evening was unraveling along with the ballerina’s costume, replaced by a screwball comedy. In ballet, conductors are the dancers’ guardian angels 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook, an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters. Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last? 2013-01-11T14:12:00Z The office scenes are by the far the series’s funniest, showcasing an arrogant and idiotic boss who talks in screwball staccato. Television Review: Navigating Bromances and Romances 2011-02-07T23:25:55Z “Fleabag,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s screwball dirge on sex and death, won four awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series. The Joyous, Fragmented, and Slightly Anxious 2019 Emmy Awards 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Both are impetuous screwball heroines who could have been created only by women. Movie Review: ‘Ruby Sparks,’ Written by and Starring Zoe Kazan 2012-07-24T21:46:52Z Juliette Binoche stars in the French director’s film about a middle-aged woman’s romantic adventures, which refracts personal experience in the form of a modernistic screwball comedy. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Arthur” drew reviews that compared it approvingly to 1930s screwball comedies. film: Much Taller, Still Plastered 2010-08-27T19:23:00Z The story of earthquake scientist Charlie Richter and the Hollywood players who want to maximize his earthquake predictions — including his attractive neighbor, Grace — is part satire, part screwball comedy and part social novel. How David L. Ulin and Paul Kolsby co-wrote their satiric earthquake novel, 'Ear to the Ground' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z The show generates a good deal of screwball energy with these constant scrambles to its own verbal surface, which variously evokes “Airplane!” and Pirandello. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The backdrop would be an idyllic Connecticut town full of oddballs and eccentrics, and the tone would be a blend of character-driven comedy and drama, all set to a screwball pace. Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Endures 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Howard Hawks was set to direct but then he ran over schedule and budget on the studio’s 1938 screwball comedy “Bringing Up Baby” with Grant and Katharine Hepburn. TCM Classic Film Festival: Oscar winners discuss making of 'Gunga Din' 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Now the playwright Nikole Beckwith has given us a stage version for the second decade of the 21st century, the screwball satire “Everything Is Ours” at Here, in the South Village. Theater Review: In ‘Everything Is Ours’ an Old Story Is Updated 2013-09-04T21:24:53Z Mr. Sanz compared their weekly adventures — like trying to turn a character’s home into a Lee Harvey Oswald museum and theme park called Lee Harvey Osworld — to a bygone era of screwball comedy. Television: Chris Gethard Carries Comedy Central?s ?Big Lake? 2010-08-13T17:38:00Z The term derives from cricket; originally a nasty screwball pitch, it has come to signify an insult, a warning — bad news. Review | Decades after the raucous ‘Harbart’ became a cult classic in India, a translation finally arrives 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Rosebiani's irrational characterizations are better suited to the screwball comedy "One Candle, Two Candles," the superior of the two films. Jano Rosebiani's pedestrian explorations of Kurdish culture 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Emerging the year after “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “All Stars” was a screwball contrast to its more thoughtful predecessor. It’s an Obscure Special, Charlie Brown 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z As gender relations evolved, the romantic comedy rarely rose to the great screwball occasion, dragged down by antediluvian stereotypes and formulas. Movie Review: ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ Stars Rashida Jones 2012-08-02T21:33:44Z And two-thirds of the way through, there’s an elating good-news revelation worthy of a 1930s screwball comedy. Review: In ‘Going Away,’ Everyone Is Leaving 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The plastic deer onstage did not fall, but the three straight-faced screwballs did, many times. Dance Review: Yvonne Meier’s ‘This Is Not a Pink Pony,’ at the Abrons Arts Center 2013-06-02T21:24:55Z He has always been able to look at the world slightly askance and emerge with a screwball observation, a cleverly roundabout jeer, or a loopy pop-culture reference. The Screwball Poetry of Lil Wayne’s Prison Diary 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z James is a writer to watch, one with a fresh take on American flaws and virtues that nevertheless feels old-school screwball. Review | ‘Cheer Up, Mr. Widdicombe’ author Evan James is a writer to watch 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z At such times, it is difficult to shake the suspicion that Pinker’s list of “screwball” rules simply seeks to justify bad habits that certain people would rather not be bothered to unlearn. Steven Pinker’s Bad Grammar 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Daphne objects; Geneva doggedly holds on to the book — and soon scandalous secrets from the past erupt, generating a vastly entertaining screwball comedy held together with improbabilities. Review | These three audiobooks can be your sound of spring 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z This farcical narrative was buttressed by a murder mystery, all of which came to a happy ending, turning the novel into a sort of 1930s-style screwball comedy. Comics: Vertigo Crime's 'Noche Roja' set on border of terror 2011-01-18T20:05:04Z In some screwball romances a man and a woman battle their way into marriage; in others it’s an estranged couple who fight their way back into love. Movie Review: ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ Stars Rashida Jones 2012-08-02T21:33:44Z So do performances that suggest vintage screwball archetypes. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z “Bombshell” is a loud, frenetic farce, marked by breakaway pacing and editing — the prototype of the show-biz screwball comedy. Film: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Camera 2010-02-27T03:00:00Z At first glance, it looks like a box of circus equipment; closer, a circuit of screwball scramble. Kitchen gadgets review: Kogel Mogel whisk – I’m 42% happier with it in my life | Rhik Samadder 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Not long after this scene, Daniel Warth’s “Dim the Fluorescents” evolves from a screwball roommate comedy to a melodrama about artistic frustration. Review: ‘Dim the Fluorescents’ Unites Two Roommates in Art and Commerce 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Most of the pilot trailers left me cold, but I’m intrigued by “Pitch,” Fox’s drama about a screwball pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Party Down,’ ‘Preacher’ and ‘Phoenix’ 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But “Parenthood,” which after six seasons ended last month, had a much more conventionally sweet, even smarmy, sensibility beneath its screwball banter. Review: In ‘The Slap,’ Culture Clash and Family Dysfunction 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Bunbury’s character, Ginny Baker, possesses a mediocre fastball but a fine screwball in an era when few can throw one. That Padres Pitcher in ‘Pitch,’ She’s Got a Mean Screwball 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It may be hyperbolic to describe the film “as a screwball ‘Citizen Kane,’” Stephen Holden wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Project Runway’ and ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Oddest of all, it was a 1940s-style screwball comedy about reporters filled with sanctimony, not cynicism: a “His Girl Friday” by Allen Drury. ‘The Newsroom’ Ends Its Final Season on HBO 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z The hook is that a middle-aged woman takes a job in a newsroom alongside her high-achieving daughter, but really this is just a relentless screwball of a show. Forget Friends! The 25 greatest overlooked sitcoms – from Lovesick to Younger 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z There are many other complications and characters, of course—situations and types worthy of screwball comedy, complete with disguises and surprises. “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Met 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Jennifer Senior called McKenzie’s latest novel “a screwball comedy with a dash of mental illness; a conventional tale of family pathos; a sendup of Big Pharma; a meditation on consumption, marriage, the nature of work.” Reader’s Guide to This Fall’s Big Book Awards 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Jesse Armstrong’s opus is tightly written, though – at points almost a screwball comedy. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z With a deadly aim, Braithwaite lobs jokes, japes and screwball comedy at the reader. In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z This screwball road movie of dirty jokes and bad manners pairs Russell Brand's brainy madness with the sardonic shtick of Jonah Hill. The Week Ahead: Tom Petty, Joe Cocker, 'Cider House Rules' on stage are arts highlights 2010-06-02T22:29:00Z The reason for all this screwball chaos in “Bad Monkey” is clear: Mr. Hiassen does not write serious novels about the human condition. Books of The Times: Carl Hiaasen’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Features a Cast of Oddballs 2013-06-17T20:34:20Z Beautifully painted on a paperback-size copper panel, it’s a funny picture of gender role reversal, but there’s more to it than just screwball comedy — or, at least, there was for its intended, culturally sophisticated audience. Getting to Know Bartholomeus Spranger at the Met 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z As Howard Hawks's Monkey Business showed, you could even set a screwball comedy in a vivisection lab. Monkey business: primates on film 2011-08-03T20:00:00Z Mr. Lee said it was a mistake to tie trends too simply to social developments, but in this case, it was inevitable to think of “things like the 1930s and screwball comedies.” In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback 2011-10-23T23:40:12Z The writer-director's affection for characters in late middle age is clear, but it's not enough to overcome the creaky contrivances of wannabe screwball "The Love Punch." 'The Love Punch' not a direct comedy hit 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “A screwball comedy that turns into a film noir, as life itself does.” Something Genre Crossing, Something Bold 2011-05-13T23:03:02Z As Sin-Dee and Alexandra make their way up and down the boulevard, the film becomes an unusual blend of a screwball buddy comedy and a dramatic adventure. 'Misery loves comedy' in 'Tangerine,' a seriocomic film about trans sex workers 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z But in Mr. Richie — who’ll join Ms. Perry and the country dreamboat Luke Bryan at the judges’ table beginning on March 11 — the show may have found an ideal counterweight for Ms. Perry’s screwball enthusiasm. Lionel Richie Wants to Teach You How to Be a Real ‘American Idol’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z After that, they devolve into generic crime pictures with screwball interludes. Perry Mason Is Coming to HBO. Here’s What to Know About His History. 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Below the movie’s screwball shenanigans is a core of romanticism signaled in its soundtrack. Review: ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Features Warren Beatty as Howard Hughes 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z I happened to be a person who's watched a lot of screwball 1930s comedies, so it's something that I've known and loved since childhood. "Oh, Britta's in this?": Gillian Jacobs on playing a WWII hero and never leaving "Community" behind 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The rehearsal period for the premiere of “The Threepenny Opera” is the stuff of theatrical legend: calamities worthy of a screwball comedy. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Mank flings bons mots and brickbats with mischievous relish, and there are a handful of smart people around who can return his volleys with proper screwball topspin. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z David Perlman as Murray and Todd Alan Johnson as Howard are a pleasure to watch, as is Maria Couch as Shirley, Howard’s girlfriend, who sets out on a screwball trek to find him. | 'Iron Curtain': ?Iron Curtain? at Baruch Performing Arts - Review 2011-11-16T22:59:30Z In large and small ways, Bogdanovich is self-consciously riffing on screwball comedy in general, the Hawks in specific, with O’Neal stepping into the Cary Grant role and Streisand taking over for Katharine Hepburn. When Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal Went Screwball 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s relatively easy to watch Frank Capra’s screwball comedies without imposing a 21st-century social lens on to them, but it’s harder for products from the late 1980s and 90s. I've never seen … Sleepless in Seattle 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z He transformed the situation comedy from a vehicle for cheap, screwball gags into a medium for profound reflection. Celebrating Norman Lear, progressive architect of the Archie-verse, as he turns 100 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z On release, most critics seemed to decide that this screwball divorce comedy with Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney was no good. The Coen brothers’ films – ranked! 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “It quickly became clear what kind of movie it wanted to become. I started with that fast pace, like the screwball comedies, where the dialogue waits for no man.” Rebecca Miller Is Brainy, and Very, Very Funny 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Monsoon contorts her face with the rubbery magic of Lucille Ball, while Scales, in addition to being a virtuosic pianist, has mastered the cadences and affectations of 1930s screwball film. | Jinkx Monsoon’s Joyfully Cracked Ode to Vaudeville 2013-07-17T22:20:27Z Claim to fame: Ms. Harrison is an actress, comedy writer and screwball performer who doesn’t take her rising profile in Hollywood too seriously. Patti Harrison Bucks Transgender Stereotypes, One Joke at a Time 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The actor, who is known for what he calls “screwball comedies” such as “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and its sequel, describes himself as “fidgety and hyperactive” by nature. In ‘Lion,’ Dev Patel brings the incredible true story of Saroo Brierley to life 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The first act, in which Vera angles for a role, is in the style of a screwball comedy. Review: Early Hollywood in Black and White in ‘Vera Stark’ 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z There’s an ongoing gag in the TV show “Arrested Development” about the home of the Bluths, the family around which the screwball comedy revolves. Why we love to hate McMansions, but still buy them 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z It's sort of a screwball Western, if you will, with vivid performances and strikingly vast, picturesque vistas, the always gorgeous work of the always great Roger Deakins, the Coens' frequent cinematographer. Capsule reviews: 'True Grit,' 'Little Fockers' 2010-12-22T18:47:15Z The role of Hildy Johnson, played by Rosalind Russell in Billy Wilder’s “His Girl Friday,” was originated by Pat O’Brien in “The Front Page,” the film on which the screwball classic was based. Hollywood’s gender-swapping problem: It looks like progress for actresses — but women of color are still mostly shut out 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Viewing the Olympics through the prism of style can be a screwball proposition, since the pinnacle of sport is also pretty reliably the height of sartorial kitsch. Embracing Fashion, Saggers to Sequins, at the Winter Games 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Anna Winger, the show's creator, describes it as a screwball melodrama. "Oh, Britta's in this?": Gillian Jacobs on playing a WWII hero and never leaving "Community" behind 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Yes, it's a screwball romance featuring two exceptionally good-looking people and lots of nudity and it's a disease-of-the-month weeper, but we're just getting started. "Love and Other Drugs": Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway get naked 2010-11-23T20:37:00Z There’s even one that grasps a hot button and plays it for comedy in a way that’s audacious, irreverent and honest without relinquishing any of the story’s screwball tone. IFC’s “Brockmire” pitches a perfect offensive first season 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z "Don't Look Up" makes a few decent points and gets a chuckle or two, but mostly, it is leaden when it could be farcical, sluggish when it could be screwball. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z The episode was one of the show’s timeouts for screwball comedy, without a lot of story advancement but with a lot of comical running around in circles that set up future story lines. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Absence of Yes 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z My favorite performance from this ’70s run of hers is in “The Main Event,” a frothy, filthy, solidly funny screwball hit from 1979. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z There’s a touch of screwball to the setup, and at times, the movie seems on the verge of becoming a fresh contemporary gloss on what the philosopher Stanley Cavell calls the comedy of remarriage. ‘The One I Love,’ With Elisabeth Moss and Mark Duplass 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z She has left the assassination business and joined a church, where she applies her screwball energy and guileless vanity to the job of being baptized and expunging her sins. ‘Killing Eve’ Review: The End of the Road 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Femme fatale, cattle rancher, screwball comedian or melodrama queen: Stanwyck inhabited them all, but her best characters were always fighters who had tasted the bitterness of life. From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z And if you still feel down, you can always fire off one of your screwball missives to my office. What would a theater critic write to the creator of 'Letters From a Nut'? Well, let's start with ... 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Gould says the show’s creators had old screwball comedies in mind, even though things get dark sometimes. The Working-Woman Hero of ‘Better Call Saul’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Some of his best films — the modern-day screwball “What’s Up, Doc?” Poitier and Bogdanovich: The Defiant Ones 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z This pitch was followed by two “white life” stories, a screwball comedy and a procedural drama, both concerned with the difficulties of soldiers returning to civilian life after the Second World War. “Native Son” and the Cinematic Aspirations of Richard Wright 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Add the pregnant ex-girlfriend and Paul’s living in his own special romantic comedy, complete with screwball subplot. “True Detective” recap: Internal investigations and the shoot-out of the century 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z There’s something occasionally mannered and artificial about his dialogue, which tends toward the screwball or the Socratic, depending on the moment. ‘The Long Haul’ Is a Trucker’s Slangy Tour of the Road 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The screwball comedies in which Loy excelled eventually went out of fashion; the perfect wife on screen found fewer and fewer roles. Myrna Loy 'a wonderful companion' for biographer Emily Leider 2012-08-01T20:26:05Z You want to know if screwball can be used as an offensive weapon? The Loss of Jonathan Demme 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Then he downs some grog with his pirate father, played by Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones guitarist whose real-life persona served as inspiration for Jack Sparrow’s screwball mannerisms. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z Act I quickly takes on the trappings of a screwball romantic comedy a la “The Philadelphia Story,” set in a much posher Grey Gardens, the Beales’ home in exclusive East Hampton, Long Island. ‘Grey Gardens’: Freak show or poignant portrait? 2013-03-22T23:51:30Z That also make "Kim's Convenience" a show about immigrants where the folks are living their lives and dealing with the same screwball situations as mainly white sitcoms. Comfort TV: 9 comedies to binge as an escape from our nation's madness 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The tightly wound script conjures a classic-Hollywood tone, as does the precisely timed comic direction of two local romantics who bring grand screwball fantasies to life. Richard Brody: Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Annual BAMcinemaFest 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z That screwball energy resurfaces here and there later in the series, particularly in a running gag featuring David Chang as Molly’s personal chef, constantly apologizing that his restaurants take his attention away from her. ‘Loot’ Review: Maya Rudolph Among the .001 Percent 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z For every cheesy pun in the script, there's a wisecrack worthy of vintage screwball comedy; for every character who is a caricature – the flamboyant British director, the dreamy understudy – there's another pulsing with individual life. Curtains – review 2012-08-03T17:27:29Z The last time we virtually assembled it was for “His Girl Friday,” a classic Hollywood screwball. Viewing Party! Let’s All Watch ‘Groundhog Day’ Together! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z It seems that today’s updates of ’30s gals like Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard and the screwball heiresses they played are happy to stimulate the economy if there’s a flattering frock in it for them. New York Fashion Week: All Eyes on 4 Not-So-New Designers 2011-02-09T19:14:05Z Hardened, self-sufficient female characters are not uncommon in action-adventure and sci-fi films nowadays, but they are less frequently found in screwball comedies. Review: ‘Love at First Fight,’ a Romance in the Wild 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s talking as a means of treading water, which is why Michelle’s light, funny, screwball speeches are occasionally tinged with sadness. “Bunheads” Adorable Nihilism 2012-07-17T14:22:00Z It’s the same fantasy nurtured in the period’s great, giddy screwball comedies, which often include escape-from-the city driving idylls. The Failed Dream of the Easy Commute 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z We see artificial, snappy battles that might call to mind the screwball comedies of the ’30s and ’40s, if they weren’t so resolutely cute in a 21st century, self-absorbed kind of way. Apatow’s This Is 40: Way Too Many Scenes From a Marriage 2012-12-19T15:00:17Z This screwball French comedy about a talent agency scrambling to serve the needs of its A-list clients consistently attracts high-caliber guest stars willing to play themselves in sometimes less-than-flattering circumstances. Winter TV Preview: 21 Shows to Watch 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z And then there’s his inborn ear for every shade of human babble, here a transcendent four-hander, there a screwball travelogue, everywhere argot and idiolect and argument. What if, Instead of the Internet, We Had Xenobots? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z This is shot in black and white, perhaps to look like a 1930s screwball, or for general added classiness, and everyone involved speaks clearly, carefully, conscientiously. Much Ado About Nothing – review 2013-06-13T20:30:01Z The actor does tint his performance with moments of screwball comedy: a scene in which his Wilson tries to tell Ledbetter about matzo ball soup or an elaborate runaround to avoid Landy. Brian Wilson biopic 'Love & Mercy' a complex venture for Cusack, Giamatti 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In “The Rose and the Ring,” William Makepeace Thackeray presents a fairy tale farce, half Christmas pantomime, half screwball comedy, its plot roughly that of “Hamlet” played for laughs. Review | What we all could use right now: Tales of magic, wonder and the triumph of goodness 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Sorkin’s gotten accolades, and rightly so, for his screenplays that seem to move twice as fast as the competition — fitting two scripts’ worth of dialogue in just one, like Howard Hawks’ screwball comedies. The smuggest superhero show on TV: “The Newsroom” blusters into its final season 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z Jinqiang soon reveals his own American dream, and before long all their hopes are tangled in a screwball story that features everything from dance numbers to fantasy sequences to absurd plot twists. Theater Review | 'Ching Chong Chinaman': At West End Theater, a Family Defies Asian Stereotypes 2010-03-31T21:44:00Z Her voice had the sophisticated snap of a screwball heroine. ArtsBeat: Phyllis Diller and Her Comic Craft 2012-08-22T16:23:43Z The aria will be a fleeting — but important — moment in the new season of “Mozart in the Jungle,” which combines screwball comedy and magical realism to tell the story of a fictional New York orchestra. An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The image lends the proceedings a screwball feel, even as the strategic questions are highly serious. HBO's 'The Brink,' with Jack Black, is satiric about the geopolitical 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z As well as her movie musicals, she played screwball heroines in What's Up, Doc and The Owl And The Pussycat, and the romantic lead in the hugely successful The Way We Were. Barbra Streisand: I haven't had much fun in my life 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z It’s called “She Came to Me,” a mishmash of flimsy, fanciful and far-fetched notions dressed up as a screwball New York rom-com. Review: 'She Came to Me' overdoses on rom-com whimsy, while an ace cast is wasted 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z “Doing very little is not everybody’s instinct on a show that’s as funny and screwball as this one, so it felt special.” Inside Meryl Streep's 'lightning-in-a-bottle' lullaby on 'Only Murders in the Building' 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z It retold the story of a young, pudgy 20-year-old from Etchohuaquila, Sonora, whose iconic screwball helped earn the franchise its fourth championshi, and forever transformed the makeup of the team’s fan base. Latino fans recall the importance of Fernando's Dodgers career 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Generally, you watched whatever was on, be it screwball comedy, film noir, war movie, swashbuckling adventure, costume drama or romantic melodrama — good or bad, it was broadening. Long live TCM! Our culture would be worse off without movies on TV 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z A veteran TV producer, Caron created the 1980s detective series “Moonlighting,” which earned critical acclaim and strong ratings in its day for its innovative blend of fourth-wall-breaking screwball comedy, mystery and romance. Streaming's most wanted: Why it's so hard to find these iconic film and TV titles 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z I love old screwball comedies, like “His Girl Friday” or “Bringing Up Baby,” and in those movies the characters often behave really awfully toward one another. 'It's all in the lead-up': Hollywood stars open up about role-play, sex scenes and more 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z “History of the World, Part II” is a screwball tour of civilization. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The small-town Mexican kid with the funny delivery and vicious screwball overcame the odds again. Plaschke: Dodgers are finally retiring Fernando Valenzuela's number 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z And yet it still manages to tonally feel more like a screwball 1930s short, with a train springing apart and taking riders into tropical hideways, down waterfalls and into a dance lesson with Daisy Duck. Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway uses innovation to deliver old-school Disney 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Against Danson on ‘Cheers,’ as in ‘Veronica’s Closet’ and ‘Fat Actress,’ Alley, who died Monday at age 71, was a screwball heroine of the small screen. Say what you want: Kirstie Alley never backed down from defending Scientology 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Uncertainties aside, one thing is clear: The existence of these asteroid-comet screwballs complicates the urge to put natural phenomena into neat little boxes. The Mysterious Comets That Hide in the Asteroid Belt 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z His persona is too dignified and dapper for him to return to the kind of screwball roles that launched him, like “Bringing Up Baby” and “The Awful Truth.” Review: Cary Grant takes acid. Fiction ensues 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The film lacks the quick wit of such 1990s rom-coms as “Notting Hill” — much less such 1930s screwball classics as “The Awful Truth,” whose storyline of remarriage is vaguely parroted here. Review | ‘Ticket to Paradise’: Plot of Bali-set rom-com is skimpy as a bikini 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Neither new release caught fire with moviegoers but the disappointment was most acute for “Amsterdam,” a poorly reviewed $80 million screwball romp starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington. ‘Amsterdam’ and ‘Lyle Lyle’ struggle, letting ‘Smile’ repeat 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Her books blend a sense of vertiginous wonder, what her best friend, the writer Jenny Offill, calls a “sensitivity to the sublime,” with an oddball, screwball, sometimes manic comic sensibility. The Climate Novelist Who Transcends Despair 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “Lend Me a Soprano” inverts Ludwig’s madcap screwball comedy “Lend Me a Tenor” by having women take the three lead parts, a change he initiated so that a whole new raft of comedians could shine. Playwright Ken Ludwig reworks genders of ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z There’s a screwball comedy playing, but it’s not on the screen; it’s in the corporate office of Mercury Pictures. Review | Anthony Marra’s cinematic novel captures the intricate cruelties of war 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z The new novel may be about the dawn of the American horror movie, but it runs on the energy of screwball comedy. How a father-son battle spawned Hollywood's classic monsters 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z That’s some of the enjoyably kooky plot in “Missed Connections,” the charming if occasionally roughhewn screwball comedy that Faction of Fools Theatre Company is staging outdoors at the Parks at Walter Reed. Review | Outdoor setting suits Faction of Fools’ merry ‘Missed Connections’ 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z What starts out as a screwball “Squid Game” ultimately yields a paltry payoff in the case of “Stanleyville,” a self-consciously quirky social satire that is content to coast on its waning surface weirdness. Review: Run, don't walk, away from quirky social satire 'Stanleyville' 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Ludwig is undoubtedly the king of the modern farce, but he prefers to use other terms, like musical comedy or screwball comedy. Playwright Ken Ludwig reworks genders of ‘Lend Me a Tenor’ 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The ensuing complications verge on screwball comedy, but along the way the Calcutta-born Guha also briefly explores, in a more serious vein, Raj’s hesitant relationship to his own heritage as a South Asian American. Review | At Keegan Theatre, satirical ‘Yoga Play’ strikes a warrior pose 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z ‘His Girl Friday’ with ‘Bring Up Baby’ A salute to Howard Hawks continues and includes this double bill of the director’s classic screwball comedies. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Bowfinger,’ ‘Fight Club,’ ‘Kagemusha,’ Laurel & Hardy and more 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Sandra Bullock, as a reclusive author, and Channing Tatum, as the model for her book series, take hold of the material and turn it into an enchanted screwball. 2 movies open March 25 at Seattle-area theaters; here’s what to see 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z ‘Ball of Fire’ with ‘Twentieth Century’ A salute to director Howard Hawks includes this double bill of the filmmaker’s classic screwball comedies. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Vertigo,’ ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Double Indemnity’ and more 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But Bullock and Tatum take hold of the material and turn it into an enchanted screwball. ‘The Lost City’ review: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum find a chemistry that’s off the charts 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Teen TV god Kevin Williamson wrote witty, wordy reams of dialogue, rat-a-tat analyses of horror tropes that made “Scream” something of a screwball slasher. Review: New 'Scream' delivers the same classic self-aware chills as its forerunners 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Teen TV god Kevin Williamson wrote witty, wordy reams of dialogue for these characters, rat-a-tat analyses of horror tropes that made “Scream” something of a screwball slasher. ‘Scream’ review: Ghostface is back, along with some new blood, in this fifth installment 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Or maybe she’s a budding screwball comedian superstar in the making. Here are your Oscars 2022 actors power rankings 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z In one of the 1930s’ signature screwball comedies, “Nothing Sacred,” Carole Lombard is a “radium girl” mistakenly diagnosed as dying of radium poisoning. From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California's hot springs 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z She mastered the show’s screwball banter and played the part of a gorgeous oddball with two PhDs convincingly, even if to some it served as evidence of Sorkin’s supposed “woman problem.” In a no-win situation, Olivia Munn decided not to 'play the game' at all 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The debate careered from sensible to screwball to strange. Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Then, in the 1890s, the great audience-pleasing stage comedies came roaring along, from “An Ideal Husband” to “The Importance of Being Earnest,” in which he pioneered yet another American genre, the “screwball comedy.” Review: Oscar Wilde's life was a tragic work of art. A new biography sketches it perfectly 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Later, at Gallagher’s murder trial, a Marine combat veteran on the jury asks a similar question: “How could these screwballs have risen up through the ranks to leadership positions?” Review | Are the Navy SEALs actually awful at their jobs? 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z Though Valenzuela’s fastball velocity had dropped to the low 80-mph range and his screwball lacked its usual lively movement, the Angels initially intended to give Valenzuela another chance to prove it. Fernando Valenzuela has fond memories of his brief stint with the Angels 30 years ago 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z He was known for throwing the screwball, an elusive pitch that breaks in the opposite direction of a slider or curveball. Mike Marshall, first relief pitcher to win baseball’s Cy Young Award, dies at 78 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z He later become known for his screwball pitch and his ability to seemingly play day after day without being tired. Mike Marshall, screwball-pitching reliever who won Cy Young Award, dead at 78 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Guests are constantly looking around them, and often above them, to pick up on the screwball hijinks. Robotic alley cats? Universal's 'The Secret Life of Pets' is old school and devastatingly cute 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Yang throws out screwball ideas — like putting a casino on park-filled Governors Island, which would be illegal — to see what sticks. Opinion | Wait, Could Andrew Yang Really Be New York’s Next Mayor? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The 20-year-old rookie left-hander from the small town of Etchohuaquila, Mexico, became a sensation for his baseball prowess and his quirks — the hair, the windup, the screwball. Everybody wants to have a hero | 'Fernandomania @ 40' Ep. 1 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z His screwball was proof enough that we could beat all competitors on our terms without losing our mexicanidad. Column: The Gospel of Fernandomania: Fernando Valenzuela remains a Mexican American icon 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Thankfully, on Sunday, The Criterion Channel will launch an eight-film series of the screwball master - a body of work that stands as one of the sublime and most absurdly entertaining in all of movies. New this week: ‘Cherry,’ ‘Bloodlands’ & Kids’ Choice Awards 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Noël Coward’s 1941 play “Blithe Spirit” is classic material: a screwball comedy about a mystery novelist with writer’s block, who is haunted by his late first wife after she is inadvertently summoned by a medium. Review: Why revive Noël Coward's 'Blithe Spirit'? Why, indeed 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refused to discipline the Georgia Republican in the face of withering criticism from members of both parties over inflammatory rhetoric and screwball conspiracy theories she’s espoused in the past. Liz Cheney survives leadership challenge over Trump impeachment vote 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “I guess he was trying to throw me a screwball or something. Whatever it was, I got enough of it.” Hank Aaron, baseball’s one-time home run king, dies at 86 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z For all their screwball speechifying, the actors are in decent form here; their characters get on each other’s nerves and ours too, which under the circumstances is only fitting. Review: Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor shout a lot in the mixed-bag COVID caper 'Locked Down' 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z She navigates the rhythms of Amy Sherman-Palladino’s screwball dialogue with punch and comic verve, earning an Emmy and two Golden Globes over the show’s three seasons. Rachel Brosnahan spins 180 degrees away from 'Mrs. Maisel' for 'I'm Your Woman' 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z He threw fastballs, curves, screwballs and even “blooper” pitches — not a single knuckleball — until Tony Fernandez had doubled with two out in the ninth inning. Phil Niekro, Hall of Fame Knuckleball Pitcher, Dies at 81 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Best in the first “Wonder Woman” were the screwball fish-out-of-water scenes of Diana experiencing London with Trevor; this time the roles are reversed, and the charm a little less. Review: Wonder Woman combats a huckster’s rise in ‘1984’ 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Gadot and Pine give great pillow talk, and their easy screwball rhythms provide not just levity but ballast: They ground a movie in which time, for all its malleability, always feels like it’s slipping away. Review: With big villains and bigger hair, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is a gloriously overstuffed sequel 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Her portrait, in which she is theatrically lit like a screwball heroine, and symbolically holds a pencil, brings this to life. From Martha Washington to Melania Trump: 250 years of first lady portraiture 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z His bright-eyed charm and, yes, screwball energy give the film a joyful momentum that makes it an enduring pleasure. Michael J Fox: ‘Every step now is a frigging math problem, so I take it slow’ 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Ashleigh is by far the more interesting character, and Fanning certainly gives the more energetic, engaging performance as a screwball heroine who keeps mixing up the names of luxury hotels in New York. Review: Woody Allen is back with 'A Rainy Day in New York.' But it's just more of the same 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It’s classified as a changeup but acts more like a screwball, the rare offering from a right-hander that fades down and away from a left-handed batter. Dodgers must contend with the unhittable 'Airbender' pitch of Brewers' Devin Williams 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z “On the Rocks” is Coppola’s most straightforwardly comedic film — she mentions the work of Blake Edwards and banter-fueled classic screwball comedies as reference points. How Sofia Coppola and Rashida Jones put their own family lives into 'On the Rocks' 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z “Sixteen Candles” offers a perfect mix of teen and family life crammed with heartwarming dialogue and enough screwball comedy elements to make it a classic. Blu-ray review: ‘Sixteen Candles: Special Edition’ 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z It’s interesting to think how he might have deployed it on the screwball Midnite Vultures – seven years later, on The Information, it makes for a moodier proposition. Beck's greatest songs – ranked! 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Fortunately for the truth, Zelensky, a comedian by trade, was too smart to take the bait in Trump's screwball plot. Trump, Barr and the Obamagate scam: There's no there there — and the Red Hats won't care 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Moviegoers, yearning for escape, flocked to lavish musicals, delirious screwball comedies and shadowy film noirs. Had enough of ‘Contagion’? Here are some warm blanket movies 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The time has never been wrong for this delirious screwball romp but seldom has it been more right. New Dua Lipa, ‘Just Mercy’ among streaming options this week 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Released Friday, “Emma” is the directorial debut of photographer Autumn de Wilde, who puts her own spin on the oft-adapted novel by injecting it with the DNA of a screwball comedy. How horror star Anya Taylor-Joy became the ideal heroine for a screwball ‘Emma’ 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z But this year saw a proliferation of headlines that read like a screwball patchwork of incongruous cultural references. Everything is Mad Libs now 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The ultimate answer to that is that it would not be the most ridiculous rankings decision in the sport’s screwball history — or even in the top thousand. Perspective | Ohio State or LSU? Let the premature argument begin. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z It has the pedantry of “The Newsroom,” minus its screwball zest, and the sleekness of “The Good Wife,” minus its canny wit. Mixed Débuts on Apple TV+ in “The Morning Show” and “Dickinson” 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z A turning point was her starring role in the 2015 revival of “On the Twentieth Century,” a musical inspired by the 1930s screwball comedy “Twentieth Century.” Kristin Chenoweth’s private stage has an evolving aesthetic | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Italy has been Pepper’s home for nearly seven decades, but her voice and screwball humor are all Brooklyn. Woman of Steel 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s worth going for the screwball exuberance of the Café Momus scene alone. Review: For an embattled L.A. Opera, a 'La Bohème' that points the way forward 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z According to Variety, De Niro was a pretty common target for jokes throughout the evening as well, with Roast Master Sean Hayes jabbing him for some of his more screwball roles in recent years. Alec Baldwin takes jabs from daughter Ireland, Robert De Niro at Comedy Central Roast 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z A screwball blackmails dishonest collegians into helping him win the heart of a beautiful girl. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Little things like that felt like a screwball setup. The Farewell’s Lulu Wang on the joys of laughing at human nature 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The adjacent boxing ring, mostly used for conditioning, sits like a keepsake from O’Neal’s career, which included the screwball boxing comedy “The Main Event” with Barbra Streisand. In one corner, Ryan O’Neal. In another, his sportscaster son. The outcome may surprise you 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The descriptions along the way — of outfits, of drinks, of faces — are delicious, and the smart, snappy dialogue races along like a screwball movie. Summer Book Bingo is back! Here are some page turners to get you started. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z In the opening sequence, before seemingly every door is thrown open in this farce, Blier shows a solid flair for the sparkle of screwball logic. Review: Evaluating Oscar winner ‘Get Out Your Handkerchiefs’ 40 years later 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z But those bizarre twists are nothing compared to the screwball comedy that was the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, as its Republicans grilled Trump’s former fixer, henchman and bagman, Michael Cohen. Loyalty to Trump cost Michael Cohen everything. Republicans pay heed | Richard Wolffe 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z It was like the punchline from a scene in a 1950s screwball comedy. Donald Trump's China syndrome: More proof he can't tell Fox News fantasy from the real world 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Hecht refined and subtilized the banter of the old screwball comedies into ironic japery, and Hitchcock directed with an unparalleled mastery of sexual tension. The Great Hollywood Screenwriter Who Hated Hollywood 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z "It may look like a screwball, a slider here or there, but it'll get to you eventually." Top NFL awards go to Mahomes, Nagy, Luck, Barkley, Long 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z “He can find new ways to get you the ball. It may look like a screwball, a slider here or there, but it’ll get to you eventually.” On N.F.L. Awards Night, a Young M.V.P. Named Mahomes and 8 New Hall of Famers 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z It helped when she directed her 2016 first feature, “Posthumous,” an indie screwball romantic comedy starring Brit Marling and Jack Huston, giving her parents their first glimpse of her filmmaking destiny. A tearful premiere, a Sundance sale, and the stranger-than-fiction family drama behind Lulu Wang's ‘The Farewell’ 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “It may look like a screwball, a slider here or there, but it’ll get to you eventually.” Pats’ Brady, Chiefs’ Mahomes achieve success different ways 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “Instead, it portrayed the film more as a purely warm romance… almost a screwball comedy. But the film isn’t really that, and it’s possible audiences were turned off by its bleaker side.” ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ film secrets you probably haven’t heard 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z As mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, Reeve could do light screwball comedy behind oversized specs — especially after studying Cary Grant in “Bringing Up Baby.” How ‘Superman’ gave rise to superhero movies 40 years ago 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z And thus began the screwball story, spanning decades, mystifying everyone, of the patrician president and the impertinent reporter. Opinion | The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z In this sparkling screwball comedy, Lily Tomlin’s soul transmigrates into Steve Martin’s body. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “The reason why people are flocking to watch comedies is because they’re so depressed,” he said, comparing contemporary Iran to Depression-era America and the golden age of the Hollywood screwball comedy. Iranian comedies thrive at box office as audiences look to lift gloom 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Roaming college football remains arguably the best way to roam and understand the United States, that aberrant screwball of a land. Perspective | College football is crazy, and we’re crazy for college football 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z These, apparently, include a screwball, a riser, a slider, a super curve, and a change-up drop, among others, thrown from various arm angles. The Men Who Have Taken Wiffle Ball to a Crazy, Competitive Place 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Milne and his son, Christopher Robin Milne, but that it arrives a few months after the screwball radiance of “Paddington 2.” Review: ‘Christopher Robin’ a return to Hundred Acre Wood 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Paris, Art and Crime on Film The four-week film series kicks off with the 1939 romantic screwball comedy Midnight starring Claudette Colbert as a penniless American showgirl in Paris who poses as a European aristocrat. The Moviegoer, July 1-7 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z More than three years ago, the American movie studio owned of Sony suffered a crippling hack prior to its release of “The Interview,” a film centered on a screwball satire of Kim. North Korea’s hacking fails to make summit talking points 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z They also provided some light screwball action during scenes of commotion. Hollywood Bowl's 'Beauty and the Beast' highlights the enduring power of the film's music 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z And it’s got a dash of screwball romantic comedy as well. Solo: A Star Wars Story — our spoiler-free review 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Particularly in the 1930s and '40s, an interest in tabloid journalism led filmmakers to show aspects of the profession that ranged from scathing to screwball. Journalists in the movies present the dogged fight for truth — as in 'The Post' — as well as the scoundrels – LA Times 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Two starring the queen of screwball comedy, Carole Lombard, who died too young in a plane crash at age 33, screen Dec. 30. The Moviegoer, Dec. 24-Dec. 30 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z His tweets, his immaturity, his screwball resentments and self-pity alienate and offend. Alabama Teaches America a Lesson 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Amid all the self-help efforts, witchblr frequently congregates to decide what to do about President Trump, with posters offering screwball suggestions, real curses, and commiseration over the fact that they’ve failed so far. How witches took over Tumblr in 2017 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Although they were released nearly 60 years apart, these sparkling screwball comedies each epitomize the era in which they were made. Great gifts for movie lovers 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z The indie science-fiction movie “Anti Matter” sets itself apart from similar arty genre exercises by adopting a screwball comedy pace, and a visual style akin to a hyperactive action film. Rapid-fire indie sci-fi 'Anti Matter' is more interesting than entertaining 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z More streaming TV: Kristen Bell is a self-absorbed woman who dies and finds herself in “The Good Place: Season 1,” a screwball comedy of afterlife and redemption. Now streaming: ‘The Tick,’ ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z No doubt, Democrats would prefer the Republican legislation to either end up as a murder mystery or screwball farce — and they are ramping up an intense production. Inside the Beltway: Democrats stage a healthcare drama 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Counterpart Cheyenne Van Pelt responded with a left-handed screwball that twisted away from bats. Woodgrove wins Virginia 4A softball title in a pitchers’ duel with Freedom-South Riding 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z And, of course, Jim Brewer taught her how to throw a screwball. Before traveling the world, this young organist was taken out to the ballgame by the Dodgers 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The film shakes off superhero clichés, our critic writes, with touches of screwball comedy and romantic adventure. Paris Agreement, Kabul, North Korea: Your Morning Briefing 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The screws were visible in this screwball comedy, and fans loved it. On the set: The new crew takes us behind the scenes on set for the revival of 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Beatty attempts to deliver a screwball romantic comedy, but the laughs and love succumb to the death grip of a semi-biographical, sexual melodrama while the portrayal of Hughes spiraling into madness overshadows any fun. Blu-ray reviews: ‘Jackie’ and ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Palm Beach’s reputation as a rich man’s playground had become so established by the 1940s that Hollywood writer-director Preston Sturges set one of his screwball comedies there, calling it The Palm Beach Story. Trump's paradise: how Mar-a-Lago became a presidential playground 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z This daffy, predictable romantic comedy recalls the screwball antics of another era. ‘Bakery in Brooklyn’ review: Rom-com quickly goes stale 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z His father, Arthur, was a playwright whose screwball comedy “The Awful Truth” was made into a movie starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. John M. Richman, Chief of Kraft Who Oversaw Merger With Philip Morris, Dies at 89 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Even with the passage of time and against the roar of their fans, Leia and Fisher remained their screwball tells-it-like-it-is selves. While the general issued orders, the actress fretted. Remembering Carrie Fisher: actress, writer, icon 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z A combination screwball comedy and social-realism film that made you think in between the laughter. Best films of 2016 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Rebecca Miller’s love-among-academics comedy is faintly Shakespearean, faintly screwball, and entirely charming. Top 10 movies of 2016: Here are our critic’s favorites 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But in classic screwball fashion, their early animosity has given way to a powerful mutual attraction — one that carries some of the deep, improvisatory feeling of Seb’s favorite music. 'La La Land,' with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, breathes new life into the movie musical 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z In 1952 Mr. Bloch went to work at IBM where he was “looked at as a screwball” who wanted to “play around with computers,” Mr. Bloch told the alumni magazine. Erich Bloch Helped Pioneer IBM’s Most Successful Computer 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z “When I started at IBM, I was looked at as a screwball: ‘Yeah, he wants to play around with computers,’ ” Mr. Bloch said last year in an interview with AtBuffalo, the university’s alumni magazine. Erich Bloch, Who Helped Develop IBM Mainframe, Dies at 91 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Although Goldberg acknowledges that she is a workaholic who spends much of her time thinking about men who cause women “irreparable misery,” she maintains the bright, squiggly demeanor of a screwball heroine. The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z So far, so screwball — even if the pacing is off. Warren Beatty returns to the screen in ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z It was an odd show whose shoe-string budget and screwball tone often mimicked the very movies it skewered. 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' returns with new blood for the Turkey Day marathon 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Instead Trump this morning is grabbing hold of a “phony polls” conspiracy theory floated on Zero Hedge, a financial analysis site that also specializes in screwball politics headlines. Hillary Clinton's lead in polls surges as campaign enters final stretch – live 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z But Crosstalk is pointed and specific about linking screwball humor and the world of social media, where users face a constant barrage of input, and a low signal-to-noise ratio. Novelist Connie Willis explains why telepathy is a terrible superpower 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Arianda took Broadway by storm several years ago in a revival of the 1940s comedy “Born Yesterday,” and she lends “Goliath” a similar kind of screwball energy. Amazon's 'Goliath' finds David E. Kelley back in the courtroom 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z She seems to belong to another era, like she should have been one of the smart, stylish, independent women in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. Kathleen Turner: 'Americans really don't want to deal with death' 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The show’s small-town scandal, creeping nightmares and screwball humor remain beguiling. New releases: Why the underrated 'Free State of Jones' should win over history buffs 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z But many of these beats are then interrupted with moments of left-field screwball and slapstick. Remembering Gene Wilder: In (not-quite) defense of 'Silver Streak' 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z He’s not just reckless, he’s ridiculous—a fraud in business, a screwball, unserious and uninformed about policy. A Disunited Party’s Successful Convention 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Think you'll be up for a wacky screwball comedy sometime soon? Hugh Dancy goes big as a cult leader in 'The Path' 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Its main competition is the circus on the nightly news, screwball comedy so nuts, says "Veep" cast member Tony Hale, "it makes you wonder just how crazy it is behind the scenes." 'Veep' can't get crazy enough to satirize real-life politics, cast says 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z It’s the stuff of classic screwball comedy, a genre Miller eagerly embraces, if not with the deft command of the masters. The ungainly but warm and wacky ‘Maggie’s Plan’ exerts irresistible charm 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z We also discovered a shared love of musicals and screwball 40s comedies. Vivien Goldman: my Kid Creole musical was a hard nut to crack 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z In effect, censorship created plot, and in the process yielded one of the greatest of American film genres: thirties romantic comedy, including the dizzier versions celebrated as screwball comedy. What Movie Censors Did for Women 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Good luck finding anyone wearing stirrups, or throwing a screwball, or plowing over the catcher at the plate. Baseball’s Endangered Species 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z It’s true that in Hollywood’s golden age, Biblical epics were just as common as westerns and screwball comedies. 'Miracles From Heaven' becomes latest faith-based film to hit big 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z “I had a hell of a curve ball and a hell of a screwball.” Muskogee man spends life basking in baseball, blues 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z They also wonder if the Chinese audience just doesn't get the American screwball sense of humour. China's on-off relationship with The Simpsons - BBC News 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Some accounts of Arroyo’s career say he developed his screwball with the Yankees, though there is evidence that it was part of his repertoire much earlier. Luis Arroyo, Baseball’s Best Reliever in ’61, Dies at 88 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Featuring a screwball, he was 40-32 with 45 saves and a 3.93 ERA in eight seasons with the Cardinals, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and the Yankees. 2-time All-Star pitcher Luis Arroyo dies at 88 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Its first known use was in the Daily Mail in 1960, which said: "A kook, Daddy-O, is a screwball who is 'gone' farther than most." David Bowie's anthem for the outsider - BBC News 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Police said they had a suspect and described him as "a screwball" with no apparent motive for shooting Lennon. AP WAS THERE: John Lennon shot 35 years ago; suspect described as 'screwball' with no motive 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The featurette then switches from its serious tone to a screwball sensibility, giving the "Sisters" highlight reel a "Star Wars"-style blooper treatment. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler take on the Force in 'Star Wars'-inspired featurette 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z The washed-up male supermodel played by Ben Stiller and his rival-turned-pal Hansel, played by Owen Wilson, returned to the runway on Wednesday in Paramount's trailer for the follow-up to the 2001 screwball comedy. Zoolander and Hansel try to prove they're not 'Old' and 'Lame' in 'Zoolander 2' trailer 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z It has the structure of screwball, filed with broad characters and wacky misunderstandings. It's full steam ahead for Amy Schumer in 'Trainwreck' 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z The philosophy is equal parts screwball and mystical. From the quirky brain of Laurie Anderson comes 'Heart of a Dog' 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z There’s a sense we in the West have entered a new screwball phase. Two Departures and a Grilling 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Brosh McKenna traces her starting point as a writer to discovering 1930s screwball comedies, and she likens Bloom’s talent and appeal to that of Claudette Colbert, one of the era’s great stars. YouTube star Rachel Bloom is CW’s ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Brosh McKenna traces her starting point as a writer to discovering 1930s screwball comedies, and she likens Bloom's talent and appeal to that of Claudette Colbert, one of the era's great stars. Rachel Bloom goes from YouTube star to CW's 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'; laughs, tears, wild videos 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z As told by Karp, the making of the unfinished “The Other Side of the Wind” could be a satire on Hollywood if not a screwball comedy. How Orson Welles and John Huston tried to make 1 more film 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z That was true of many screwball heroines, and whether Gerwig—Baumbach’s muse, what with “Greenberg” and “Frances Ha”—belongs in such company depends on whether you find her manner grating, endearing, or both. Cold-War Bromance 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z The visit turns into an extended screwball play that calls to mind the Howard Hawks comedies of the 1940s. ‘Mistress America’ stars Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke on myths of college life 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Whether screwball or satire, comedy only works when it feels bracingly alive. With a new ‘Vacation’, a look at laughable comedy remakes 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z That was the 1930s, the era of the screwball comedy, in which glamorous actresses were prized for being funny. A long list of funny women 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z In subject matter, this atmospheric bagatelle is the stuff of either melodrama or screwball comedy, with its twists, turns, coincidences and domestic disasters. Love, coincidence and fate intertwine in the romantic drama ‘3 Hearts’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z In the screwball comedy “Living On Love,” Chlumsky and O’Connell play rival writers who are hired to ghost write autobiographies of two classical musicians at a crossroads in their marriage and careers. Ex-child stars Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O’Connell bond offstage 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z In the screwball comedy "Living On Love," Chlumsky and O'Connell play rival writers who are hired to ghost write autobiographies of two classical musicians at a crossroads in their marriage and careers. Ex-child stars Anna Chlumsky, Jerry O'Connell bond offstage 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Here, she shows a knack for screwball comedy, whether delivering droll comebacks or chewing defiantly on the meat a tearful Hailey has just learned is “bunny.” ‘Women Who Flirt’ movie review: Rom-com covers familiar territory, with style Sunset Overdrive taps the same screwball vein as developer Insomniac’s Ratchet & Clank series, only with a grownup twist. These Are the Top 10 Video Games of 2014 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Lovers of vintage screwball comedy — a kind of lightweight cousin of absurdism — will dig its splashy return to Broadway. Review: Vintage is the operative word for Broadway’s “You Can’t Take It With You” You describe Inherent Vice as a screwball comedy, and a lot has already been made about Anderson citing Top Secret! and Airplane! as inspirations for the film. Inherent Vice is the best or worst movie of the season, depending on who you ask 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z He taught me to see the screwball comedy that always surrounds us. How Can We Honor The Teachers Who Shape Tomorrow's World? 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z Kaufman and Hart were men who knew how to pitch a perfect screwball, but someone should really throw roses at the feet of the casting director. You Can't Take It With You: an ode to oddity returns to Broadway – review 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The Guardian thought it felt “musty and dated,” but London’s Evening Standard called it “a triumph, a retro screwball comedy that easily matches the classics of the genre.” Owen Wilson in Venice with ‘She’s Funny That Way’ 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z Many prescriptive rules originated for screwball reasons, impede clear and graceful prose, and have been flouted by the best writers for centuries. Steven Pinker: 10 'grammar rules' it's OK to break (sometimes) 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z “Shanghai Blues ,” Tsui Hark’s 1984 screwball comedy film about a love triangle that spans World War II, in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. D.C. community calendar, July 31-Aug. 7, 2014 He was demonstrating how he throws his screwball, which is the best in baseball mostly because nobody else has one. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The senior struck out four batters in five shutout innings with a solid mix of riseballs and screwballs. Virginia 4A softball: Woodgrove sets a state mark with 24 runs in title-winning performance The director, part of a generation that injected grit into American cinema in the 1970s, revives the froth and fun of classic screwball comedies with his latest film, “She’s Funny That Way.” Owen Wilson in Venice with ‘She’s Funny That Way’ 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z That might throw a screwball into the notoriously under-staffed FCC office. AT&T Aiming at Comcast With Planned $50 Billion DirecTV Merger 2014-05-13T05:18:51Z “Since I knew the screwball wasn’t working, I went to my drop curve.” Softball: Julie Swarr hits a two-run triple as No. 1 Sherwood tops Blair, 2-0 2014-05-03T21:31:59Z Many of baseball’s best hitters have never seen a screwball. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z People would hear about the screwball who was so far gone even AA couldn't help him.” How cherry coke saved my life 2013-10-23T17:21:25.537Z While relentlessly mocking each other, the Robertsons drive pickup trucks through backcountry roads and dive headlong into screwball adventures, guns blazing. A+E Networks CEO Nancy Dubuc, the Duck Whisperer 2013-06-20T09:50:07Z The result is arguably the most significant and screwball race in the country, a Cannonball Run that could elect the first Democratic mayor here in more than 20 years. NYC mayoral field is packed with characters, including Anthony Weiner 2013-06-20T00:12:55Z Santiago, making his fifth major league start, relied on his screwball to strike out six in a 92-pitch outing. Flowers provides offense for Sox 2013-05-03T03:31:00Z “But I’ve never sat in a hitters’ meeting and heard, ‘This guy’s got a screwball.’ The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But Santiago's screwball makes him just as effective against right-handed hitters as left-handers. Versatile Santiago may not get his wish right away 2013-02-25T01:29:00Z Santiago's surge: Left-hander Hector Santiago credited a sharper screwball with helping him throw 142/3 scoreless innings in three starts before his promotion from Triple-A Charlotte. 'You don't care about anything' 2012-08-18T02:25:00Z Why aren't they letting him throw his other pitches with more timely frequency -- especially the screwball? Reader Q&A: Gonzales' Sox mailbag 2012-05-07T04:28:00Z But it’s one of those tools, like a pitcher with a crazy screwball that he might throw once in a while. To Combat Infield Shift, Yankees? Teixeira Considers a Shift of His Own 2012-03-10T16:55:20Z The apotheosis of the screwball in modern baseball history took place on Oct. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z A sawed-off lefty with hair flowing out the back of his cap, Herrera throws fluttering screwballs and looping curves, anything that’s not straight. Bryce Harper hits ?Ichiro? single, hustles, goes 2 for 2 against the Mets 2012-03-06T04:00:07Z But director William Wellman, known as “Wild Bill” from his days as a World War I fighter pilot, seemed like an odd choice for a screwball comedy. Shady Reporter Probes Poisoning in Classic 1930s Satire: DVDs 2012-01-09T15:34:12Z There’s a good dose of screwball comedy to oil the political machinations. Flirty Joanna Lumley Betrays Lion King Robert Lindsay in London 2011-11-18T00:37:33Z But I gave the edge to “How to Succeed” because it’s a satirical book show, which is harder to pull off than a screwball shipboard pastiche. ArtsBeat: Tony Picks, Courtesy of Michael Musto 2011-06-08T19:00:41Z Though no records exist to confirm it, Valenzuela probably threw more screwballs that day than most ballparks have seen in the past decade. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z If the arm motion behind a curveball is akin to a man gracefully sweeping a woman into his arm, then a screwball requires the opposite: the pushing away of an assailant. The Phillies? Four Aces 2011-04-01T12:00:00Z But every once in a while the show's class-conflict comedy gave a hint of the charming, satiric screwball romance it sounded like on paper--and that TV could use. 'A' for Effort: Doling Out the Cincy Awards 2010-12-21T22:30:00Z Anyone who would do that, he said, is a “real screwball.” Baby Alligator Turns Up Beneath a Car in Queens 2010-08-23T03:20:00Z As for her repertory, she threw a fastball, a slider, a circle change, a screwball. Mamie Johnson, a Pitcher Who Faced Men 2010-06-12T18:20:00Z “The screwball has saved a lot of pitchers,” says Ron Swoboda, a former teammate of McGraw’s. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Breaking stuff included a curveball, a slider and a screwball, pitches that radically changed direction as they approached the plate. The Phillies? Four Aces 2011-04-01T12:00:00Z When it comes to screwball comedies, Tommy Boy is a quality film. Top 10 Dubious Walk of Fame Stars 2010-04-12T17:45:00Z I think it was a screwball hard and in, and it was right about mid-thigh. Danielle Lawrie, Huskies blank Arizona, 7-0 | UW softball 2010-04-11T03:39:00Z You're entitled to be called a fool, idiot, bonehead, slob, screwball. Alan Simpson on Washington: 'It's All BS' 2010-04-02T18:00:00Z He would throw only five or six screwballs a game, but once batters were looking for it, his other pitches became more effective. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He has shown excellent control of several pitches including a screwball, and he changes speeds well. Three Fringe Pitchers Make Cases for Mets? Staff 2010-03-20T20:22:00Z Meeting strangers online might feel subversive and screwball, but the ultimate lesson is pure "Sesame Street." 2010-02-17T05:00:00Z Even if this particular character isn't just playing the screwball, my question is just a special case. The Unlearned He was a screwball about holes and force fields and dimensional worlds but for that music of his I'd baby him the rest of his life. The Holes and John Smith It was fortunate for Santiago that his coaches even let him dabble in the screwball, with its reputation for destroying arms. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There was only one extraterrestrial in the little screwball health-cult with which I had become rather loosely acquainted in the past two weeks, and this was him. The Telenizer Whatever came up—a screwball flying saucer or a berserk psycho waving a gun. Twelve Times Zero But the screwball raises the hardware and—wham—Homer hits him. "And That's How It Was, Officer" "This is what I got out of checking all the screwball factories I could reach personal and by mail," Clocker said. At the Post Just how a screwball causes injury was open to debate. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The screwball sculpture Erich had tried to smash was a foot from my nose and I saw a faint trail of white stuff where it had skidded. The Big Time An unpredictable, erratic screwball but one of the finest rocket riders who ever flashed through the void. Larson's Luck In defense of my convictions, I have always sought friends among the underprivileged brotherhood sometimes scathingly referred to as bums, tramps, screwballs, and I've found them, on the whole, to be pretty swell people. "And That's How It Was, Officer" Disdainfully she indicated the display collection of screwball items we call our Chamber of Horrors. Lighter Than You Think When I spoke to players and coaches about the screwball, the expectation of certain injury was never far from the conversation. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There are plenty of quarters available since the retreat of settlers almost emptied this world of terrestrial intrusion—except for us here and the die-hard desert rats, and the new, screwball adventurers... The Planet Strappers I thought it was just one more of his screwball ideas! Tinker's Dam "The Indians were a bunch of idealistic screwballs." Revolution It’s obviously what reactivated the gate—but whoever made it did a screwball job. Stairway to the Stars Santiago was thrilled that his new manager had a connection to Valenzuela, the screwball’s patron saint. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z There still are helicopter patrols—watching for signs of a long list of missing people, and keeping tabs on late comers who might turn out to be screwballs. The Planet Strappers Meanwhile, we've got to decide what to do about the rest of those screwballs. Suite Mentale I'd been drawn to the bunch of screwballs—the only name possible—more and more. Question of Comfort Anyway, he was just a space jockey, doing his job in this screwball fight out here in the empty reaches. Slingshot He wanted to throw his screwball for Valenzuela, to discuss technique; he wanted to revel in their shared spiritual tie, their membership in the same strange monastic order. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Secondly, many of the inquiries come from saucer screwballs and these people are like a hypochondriac at the doctor's; nothing will make them believe the diagnosis unless it is what they came in to hear. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects He was considered something of a mystic, but not a crackpot, or a screwball. Suite Mentale The publicized story of this "space ship" set off another scare--also the usual cracks about screwball pilots. The Flying Saucers are Real The screwball was working well, but nearly everything else was problematic: his delivery, his pitch placement, his hyperintensity. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z After months of canvassing orthopedists, I was convinced that no existing research could settle the question of whether throwing a screwball hurt the arm. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z I was less certain, though, that a doctor could revive the flatlining screwball. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Unlike the knuckleball, which is easy to throw but hard to master, the screwball requires special expertise just to get it to the plate. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z But Chiles and Whitted were not screwballs; they were highly respected pilots. The Flying Saucers are Real The successful screwball pitcher must overcome an awkward sensation that feels like tightening a pickle jar while simultaneously thrusting the wrist forward with extreme velocity. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Four months into the season, it’s safe to say that Santiago is the only pitcher who has thrown the screwball in a game this year. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The last great practitioner was Fernando Valenzuela, most famously a Dodger, who threw a wide assortment of pitches, none more prominent — or effective — than his screwball. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z A screwball can make a hitter look silly, but it is not especially a strikeout pitch. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z And on top of that, I found out later the F.B.I. had checked up on me to find out if I was a liar or a screwball. The Flying Saucers are Real In a power culture, the screwball’s potency has been forgotten. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The screwball’s decline can be attributed partly to the emergence of other deceptive off-speed pitches: the circle change, the cutter, the split-finger. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z He had not seen Santiago’s screwball before, and he nearly jumped from his seat. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Santiago’s career was languishing when he started throwing the screwball. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z As a natural result of this, the first serious rocket experiments in this country were labeled screwball stunts, about on a par with efforts to break through the sonic barrier. The Flying Saucers are Real The screwball has a history of helping pitchers do just that. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z If an area of opportunity for the screwball exists in today’s game, it is in these interstices between success and failure. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “So by the time a screwball becomes a screwball,” he concluded, “an injury has either happened or not. The screwball has nothing to do with it.” The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z The force exerted on Bartolomei’s elbow while throwing the screwball was almost identical to that of the fastball and below that of the curveball. The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “In fact,” Sethi said, “the screwball doesn’t exceed the fastball in any parameter.” The Mystery of the Vanishing Screwball 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z |
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