| 单词 | silliness |
| 例句 | “Now what’s all this silliness about rescuing that baby?” the stranger said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It’s still with me for no reason but the silliness, for how it unpinned me just briefly from the more serious agenda that guided my every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was no longer any fun without Rob’s silliness and Andy’s teasing competition with Rob for points, for food, even for girls. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Ho Chi Kuei,” they say, “what silliness have you been up to now?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a little after eight o’clock, so all the shows were about silliness or murder. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Marly, you get down here and help and no more of that silliness!” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But Grandma warned me not to bother Mother with my silliness. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They gathered at bars and apartments, discussing details of the campaign, mocking the silliness of the news stories. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I laughed at the silliness of it all until she pointed the hose at me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Rufus wearing my glasses is a welcome intimacy, like we’ve known each other for so long that this kind of silliness comes easily to us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sherrie wanted to talk about the disposition of certain funds, but John kept joking with her, stalling her with odd cracks and silliness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Others frowned at her and muttered words like “mischief” and “silliness” and “show-off.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Surely you’ve got something better to do besides speculating about white folks’ silliness,” she said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A bit of an adventure, they said, an expedition, silliness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She turned a cold, hard eye on her classmates and teachers, saw their weaknesses and silliness, and used her strong language skills to lash out. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z This sort of silliness went on until we rounded a mesa and saw the brown mist on the horizon that announced our approach to the city of Phoenix. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She looked like the girl I met yesterday, the girl who said I was cute and bubbled over with energy and silliness and intelligence. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Max swung around and followed him, and I did too, because I was swept up in all the silliness. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Her reverie, once rich in plausible details, had become a passing silliness before the hard mass of the actual. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z —You know, with all that laughter and silliness out there, Andy wasn’t smiling. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z That's where the real clues were buried, among the veiled threats and pompous promises, the slogans and silliness in that hodgepodge of a will. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They stood there facing each other and for a second I thought they had reached that stage of intoxication where silliness gives way to melancholy and self-pity. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z At the last, the two of them were laughing so loudly they were almost paralyzed by their own silliness. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were also a few rough, no-nonsense men with proper gear and hard hands who went about their work with no silliness of any kind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It surprised Brave Orchid that after thirty years she could still get annoyed at her sister’s silliness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked her why and she said, ‘They only let you be this happy if they’re preparing to take something from you,’ and I said, ‘Hush up, now. Enough of this silliness.’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I'm glad Rani is still willing to keep me around, although she must be amazed by my silliness. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “And recall that silliness about ‘It’s lucky a house can’t speak’—I would wager it is Old Timothy, not the house, who could tell the Ashton family secrets, if he so chose!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It is only silliness, thought Mrs Helena Kingshaw, and a little bit of shock and hysteria after the accident, making him say those things about Edmund. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Formal dinners require a procession from the sitting rooms into the dining room, a process I find to be the height of silliness. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When Hailey’s Comet reappears in 1986,1 wonder what political leaders will fear the apparition, what other silliness will then be upon us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Prince Hamlet, who was then about fourteen, sprang about the hall with much silliness and some grace, his dark hair flying wildly about his head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Even though he’d been leading up to this disclosure in the spirit of silliness, when he got to it, it didn’t feel silly. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Plopping ourselves back in the car, Kevin and I are panting and giddy, loaded up on the silliness of what we’ve just done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Yes, Papa,” I said, taking the silliness out of my voice. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But only the silliness of the slapstick stunts ramp up. Left cold by 'Hot Pursuit' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z People are craving sweet froth and silliness right now; this show is going against that grain, and not in a good way. Can we exit this dystopian train already? Alas, "Snowpiercer" & apocalyptic fare keep chugging along 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He always made the effort to provide sublime silliness. Bill Murray finally wins this year's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z But most of the time those gags were a minor side dish, designed to provide parents a few knowing chuckles in between the outbursts of chaotic silliness and slapstick violence. "Rango" and the rise of kidult-oriented animation 2011-03-03T02:02:00Z A later development is so outlandish that it sets the movie wobbling on the edge of willful silliness. Review: ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ but Can I Interest You in a Wild Dystopian Satire? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z “He loves me for who I am,” she added, “my silliness and my quirks.” Two Cups of Coffee and Buckets of Rain 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z But that sounds far drearier than the actual experience of reading this novel, which is leavened with wry silliness that fans will remember from Fox’s previous novels, “Friends Like Us” and “Still Life With Husband.” ‘Days of Awe’ review: A novel of grief and humor 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Aligning Stravinskyan flutter and propulsion with cartoon silliness and jolts of guitar, it was simply — actually, quite intricately — a blast. Music Review: It All Comes Through in the Mix, Even the Kazoos 2011-03-08T23:21:59Z It’s too bad the filmmakers didn’t go broader and push the silliness further, somewhere along the lines of a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby road picture. | 'Your Highness': They Huffed and Puffed and Waited to Exhale 2011-04-07T22:55:33Z Melbourne’s doughnut connoisseurs have welcomed the silliness and optimism of it all, feeling connected through small indulgences. How doughnuts became Australia's symbol of Covid hope 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The play, so clear in its moments of joy and silliness and brotherly bickering, gets squishy and vague in depicting Markus’s anguish. Review: ‘Museum of Memories’ Explores What’s Left of a Life Lost 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Besides the silliness of calling yourself a “farm-to-table chef” and supporting one ingredient from a farm, the shortsightedness of that is just not sustainable. Dan Barber on ‘The Third Plate’: ‘Farm-to-table . . . has a fallacy attached to it’ This Will Forte-led comedy, about a tiny group of people who survived a global plague, sometimes plays up its silliness, and sometimes plays up its nastiness. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Last Man on Earth’ and ‘Being Erica’ 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z "The only thing to do is raise the white flag and surrender to the film's awesome silliness," writes British reviewer Jason Best with the What's On TV website. After foreign haul, 'Battleship' faces choppy seas 2012-05-04T18:35:09Z It’s also full of tenderness, silliness, and small moments of sorrow and grace. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Crandall’s overall performance is of a silliness consistent with that claim. Books of The Times: Rick Moody?s ?Four Fingers of Death? Dips Into Absurd 2010-08-16T22:24:00Z Of course, it's just a piece of summer silliness for kids. The Smurfs ? review 2011-08-11T21:30:02Z It's a hard piece to pull off, especially if you look at the story – not a whole lot of it makes sense, but Nick embraced its sheer silliness along with its more serious aspects. How we made: Ivan Fischer and Tom Randle on ENO's The Magic Flute 2012-10-08T17:51:31Z The more we delight in the book’s silliness, the more seriously we find ourselves taking it. The Practical Magic of Joan Aiken, the Greatest Children’s Writer You’ve Likely Never Read 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z But is there any substance to the silliness? The Many Rebellions of ‘Dobie Gillis’ 2013-06-28T19:45:34Z After all the silliness, “The Forbidden Room” ends on a note of comedic grandeur. Review: In ‘The Forbidden Room,’ a Submarine Full of Dark Imagery 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Its wilful silliness seemed subversive at the time. Readers recommend: children's songs ? the results 2011-02-17T16:01:23Z An episode titled “Slappointment in Slapmarra” was a high point of puns and inspired silliness, taking the characters into a mock martial-arts odyssey to masters of the art in Shanghai and Cleveland. The TV Watch: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Ends With Twists Expected and Sweet 2014-04-01T04:10:26Z There is euphoria and sadness, silliness and thoughtfulness, mirth and melancholy. Review: The Sophisticated Simplicity of a Mark Morris Masterpiece 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Riddle likes to think of “Sherman’s” as “silliness for smart people,” citing “In Living Color,” Robert Townsend’s “Partners in Crime” specials and “The Muppet Show” as inspirations. ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ Is Back, Silly Smarts Intact 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The problem was that there had been so much silliness and exaggeration by that point, it was hard to tell if the comments were real or part of the joke. Opening Ceremony: The Play Is Not the Thing 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Talk about and rehearse alternatives to the silliness with your son, and keep giving examples of times to be funny and times to be more serious. Perspective | An 8-year-old who’s being ‘silly’ in school? Not an emergency. 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z This is how the poet Patricia Lockwood, an exemplar of brilliant silliness who has been called the poet laureate of Twitter, has described her own writing. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z For all its silliness and subplots about a betting ring and a dopey policeman, it's got some terrific songs, and a fantastically kooky heroine. Bells Are Ringing 2010-10-06T22:00:00Z In jazzing up the tale for the screen, Rogers sands down the somberness — Baltese is all fuzzy blues and pinks, with nary a trace of postwar grit — while turning up the silliness for gimmicky thrills. ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ Review: The Promise of a Pachyderm 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z As do Mr. Khan and Ms. Kaur, islands of melancholy calm surrounded by silliness and noise. Movie Review: ‘The Lunchbox,’ With Irrfan Khan: Mumbai Mix-Up 2014-02-27T16:27:45Z There's no problem getting into the spirit of the silliness, but a surfeit of plot and musical numbers threatens to turn this operetta into a marathon. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z It seems this alcohol has vomited silliness into your brain. The Swimming Pool by Jekwu Anyaegbuna 2013-03-16T09:01:08Z With the show’s “ups and downs, tensions and silliness, surprise and excitement,” Alderton said, the seven episodes plot the narrative arc of their relationship like a romantic comedy. Dolly Alderton Gives Female Friendship the Rom-Com Treatment 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z For many people, the average animated series exists as a simple distraction, tapping into the plumbing within our consciousness where reserves of affection have been stored for cartoon silliness. Finally “Rick and Morty” is back with the inspiring nihilism we crave 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z This is especially disappointing given the conceptual wit, visual flair and bonkers imagination of “The Lego Movie” and the sweet silliness of “The Lego Batman Movie.” Review: ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Sticks to the Instruction Manual 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Through a string of out-there movies featuring killer tires, monstrous insects and cursed outerwear, he has remained committed to exposing the sadness behind much of human silliness. ‘Incredible but True’ Review: Track to the Future 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z I think some people focus on the sadness or the melancholy but there's also a lot of silliness in there. Six hours, one song: the National perfect the art of repetition 2013-07-11T18:03:02Z More often, it’s numbness — enlivened by flickers of punch-drunk silliness and the flaring of tried tempers — that descends on the participants in this darkness before the dawn of a new production. Review: In ‘10 out of 12’ at Soho Rep, the Audience Tunes In to the Crew 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Mostly the movie is all shivers and silliness until the High Witch and her minions gather. ‘The Witches’ Review: A Tale of Mice and Women, Toil and Trouble 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The strong influence on Gilbert and Sullivan a few decades later is manifest, but those two kept a better lasso of believability around all the silliness. Virginia Opera’s ‘Orpheus in the Underworld’ is almost heaven 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z I browse the small selection of books and DVDs – all the usual pseudo-scientific silliness, biblical proofs of the Ice Age and Grand Canyon. My return to the Creation Museum 2012-07-31T00:00:00Z The silliness — much of which is clearly intentional — is blended with some genuine grandeur. Movie Review: ?John Carter,? With Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins 2012-03-08T23:03:00Z Still, the lack of originality is offset by sheer silliness, including Classified and Skipper’s Abbott and Costello-style argument over whether there’s a long I in “diversion.” ‘Penguins of Madagascar,’ With Voice of Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z As is typical of Oliver’s delivery, what begins as a simple explanation of facts grows louder and more urgent before escalating to a crescendo of silliness. John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z One straight-faced bit of silliness topples over into another, cutting with surprising sharpness to the bone of human nature. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z It shifts seamlessly from robust silliness to sensual dreaminess, as the mind tends to through the course of successive whiskies. Review: The Devil Went Down to Chelsea to See ‘Prudencia Hart’ 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z There were caring clowns who visit hospitals, ministry clowns who combine faith and silliness, birthday clowns and parading clowns. It’s the worst time in history to be a clown. They just want you to love them again. 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z By the end of it you felt like you’d had a long, weird dream, in public, filled with beauty within and alongside the silliness and camp. A “Rocky Horror” for the “High School Musical” Generation 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Now Season 2, which starts Friday, is here with more tales of violence and chaos, but told with a brash brightness that adds both silliness and genuine depth. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Like the text itself, this production is a hotchpotch of silliness, crude humour and sublimity. Doctor Faustus 2010-09-18T23:09:00Z Domestic violence featured heavily from its earliest writing, the portrayal of it sometimes on the border between seriousness and silliness. Margot Robbie: ‘I asked my girlfriends what they'd been through. And they were angry’ 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z But in amongst this heartfelt silliness, is Bonnie not forgetting something? A word on our sponsors: Total eclipse of the card 2010-04-21T12:06:00Z The mercurial artist’s singular blend of deadpan delivery and self-aware silliness was fully present in his latest left turn, a show titled “New Worlds,” presented Friday to a full house at Strathmore. Review | With Bill Murray, crossing a bridge from America past to America present 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Smiling, laughing, silliness, asking thoughtful questions, getting into his world . . . all of it counts. Perspective | What to do with a biting preschooler 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z And some silliness — how is it that “American Horror Story” is a mini-series again? Emmys shocker: They get it right 2012-07-19T14:34:00Z I started to appreciate Tweetsie for its silliness, sweetness and earnestness. Tweetsie Railroad: A throwback in more ways than one 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s a loving sendup and lightning strike of silliness that represents SNL at its best. How SNL turned prim Queen Elizabeth II into a punk brawler 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Sometimes it needs to be done — before the surface silliness seeps in deep enough to cause foundation damage. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Grandma picks the name ‘Mama,’ an identity with the crisis built-in 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z What follows is much silliness and much doom: the Forest of Doom, the River of Doom, the Chasm of Doom and the Mountains of Doom. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Shapiro slams them for their silliness and ignorance and raunch, the women particularly. Review: In ‘Diaspora,’ an Ancient Siege for the Snapchat Age 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Despite such silliness, The Fall is understated, creepy brilliance. Rewind TV: Henry VII: Winter King; The Fall; Secrets of a Suffragette; Up the Women; Psychobitches – review 2013-06-01T17:00:01Z For all the melodrama, banality and silliness, it evokes a deeply mythic dimension of film to which millions are drawn as if under hypnotic command. Last Chance: Art Made Up of Movies Tells a Story All Its Own 2011-01-06T23:16:31Z This silliness and persistent adolescent approach to criticism through swooning actually insults the reader. Taylor Swift Is a 2017 Pop Machine on ‘Reputation,’ but at What Cost? 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z That show also had plenty of silliness but was so bitingly political that it was eventually censored. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z The gimmick, delivered with a refreshing silliness, is that each week Mr. Wilbur takes some famous but well-guarded marquee recipe and tries to duplicate it, through a combination of stealth, science and educated guesswork. Television Review: ?Top Secret Recipe? With Todd Wilbur - Review 2011-10-06T22:57:18Z Despite all the silliness that’s piling up here — and it is getting almost as tall as Trump Tower — there is a serious principle at hand. Joe Scarborough defends schmoozing with Trump as ‘the Washington way’ 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The 10 songs on the band's debut album, "Haxel Princess," are concocted from a mix of attitude, silliness and garage-born guitar haze, and Clementine Creevy's raw, often witty point of view comes through fast. Cherry Glazerr, a fast-rising rock trio, isn't that kind of cute 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Where Graham Linehan's Father Ted excels in sublime silliness, Rev relies on intensely likeable characters and the warmth generated by their very believable relationships. Hallelujah for Rev 2010-09-16T16:12:00Z Her absolute silliness is the condition of her wisdom, and maybe vice versa. Review: ‘A Madea Family Funeral’ Is No Cause for Tears 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z For “Muppets Most Wanted,” Burrell called on the “Pink Panther” films he watched growing up to find the right level of silliness to play the French detective. Ty Burrell: 2 family friendly films from ‘Modern Family’ star 2014-03-20T17:04:08Z And Ms. Shackner, to her immense credit, manages to shape a touching and sympathetic portrait of Becca, the still center in the show’s swirling silliness, yearning to escape the complications of her life. Review: ‘Iowa’ Is a State of Absurdity at Playwrights Horizons 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z An uncomfortable blend of sickness and silliness, this dancing-past-the-graveyard comedy suggests that the many travails of aging can be endured if you only gather enough friends and surrender enough dignity. ‘POMS’ Review: Shake It Till You Make It 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z It’s easy to take Mr. O’Brien’s gift for refined silliness for granted, since he has been doing the job for nearly a quarter century. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z We get so stuck in the silliness of coverage. ‘This isn’t just a stupid story, it’s a big story’: An oral history of Sharpiegate 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z You’re supposed to scream and throw up your hands as that crow swoops down to strike you on the head, then laugh at the silliness of it, and scream again. Batman in 4DX with fake rain and added smells? Bring it on 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Curtis now acknowledges the silliness of that stunt and insists that he hadn’t permanently lost his mind — or changed his working methods. Making ‘The Dark Horse’: An exceptional process for an exceptional role 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Circus skills, surreal comedy and alfresco theatre full of silliness. This week's new events 2013-04-27T05:00:32Z But their humor was a timeless kind of silliness. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z In Hurley’s songs, he recognized that sincerity and silliness could share space. Michael Hurley, an Original Folk Iconoclast, Turns 80 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Part provocation, part meditation, it embraces silliness, ventures into scariness and from the start demands a measure of participation from audience members. How Do You Make a Play About Water? Drop by Drop 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z A running joke involving a hooded interrogee is the highlight of this week's silliness. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z For your family’s happiness, it’s more important that you are a steward of imagination and silliness and play right now than a homework proctor. Stuck at home: A chance to strengthen sibling bonds 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z In either case, silliness has been the modus operandi, a pox on a historical figure desperate to be respected – a matter complicated by the Trump of it all. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Some of the verse is patriotic doggerel in a variety of languages, with translations in English that mock supernationalist silliness. 'Vanished Kingdoms': the rise and fall of governments 2012-01-11T22:10:08Z It offers songs and silliness for children, many of whom will have already seen the 1983 film version, which is omnipresent on television at this time of year. Theater Review: ‘A Christmas Story,’ at Theater at Madison Square Garden 2013-12-15T22:32:32Z With jolly maximalism and Shrinky Dinks shadings, this is a book that invites children to take off their thinking caps, relax and revel in pure silliness. A Hat Tip to 4 New Picture Books 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z This is a comic who doesn't deal in half measures, so expect a huge amount of manic energy, intermittent audience baiting, and all manner of musical and non-musical silliness. This week's new comedy 2011-03-12T00:08:00Z We’re so pleasantly pummeled by silliness that the film comes to feel like a massage. ‘80 for Brady’ Review: Remember These Titans 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Like the film they made, the creator and cast of “The Last Jedi” can encompass a spectrum of darkness and light, seriousness and silliness, all in the same conversation. The All-Stars of ‘Star Wars’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z After creating a show that seemed to defy the boundaries of a sitcom, blending heady concepts with extreme silliness, Schur felt he had discovered a winning formula that he could deploy in a book. Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z We are in the realms of silliness here. Every Judi Dench film – ranked! 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Still, nearly everything else about Time Traveling Bong is extremely refreshing in its blunt silliness, from the title on up. Time Traveling Bong: Doctor Who for the 4/20 generation 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Such silliness, on the eve of an event that would change the course of human history, and lead to so many lost and mangled lives. A Novelist’s Wartime Education 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z In both cases, he wiggles silliness and seriousness into a dynamic mix. What to see in L.A. galleries: Andrew Masullo's off-kilter world, plus Gary Lang and Ruth Pastine 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z He displays a similar delight in silliness and uck throughout The Trade Secret. The Trade Secret by Robert Newman – review 2013-06-07T17:35:01Z How else to handle the national divertissements but with charming silliness and abundant dance invention? Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ by American Ballet Theater 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z “But I don’t care what people say. I’m proud of my little film. It’s a potpourri of silliness.” Louise Linton Has Made a Movie 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Indignity and grace get inextricably tangled together with a swagger and silliness that's seamless. At Whim W'Him, comedy steals the show 2012-01-21T19:18:03Z Stalter, 29, has become essential escapist entertainment, an oasis of invigorating silliness in feeds dominated by wearying tragedy. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Over the years Mr. Dio became a symbol of the glories and the silliness of metal, and sometimes both at the same time. Ronnie James Dio, Black Sabbath Vocalist, Dies at 67 2010-05-17T05:00:00Z As tends to be the case with successes like these, sequels were greenlit that only helped to diminish the punchdrunk silliness of the first film. The end of Sharknado: saying goodbye to the silliest movie franchise ever 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Embracing silliness without apology and cliché without self-consciousness, the series invites viewers to disable their senses of irony. The New Season of “GLOW” Is Proudly Defiant in Presenting a Camp Eighties Pageant 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Even Jimmy Fallon, whose stage persona remains sunny and easygoing, often takes on politics, mostly by emphasizing the silliness — not the severity — of what unfolds in Washington. Late-Night TV Highlights in 2017: Trump, Russia, Weinstein and More 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Grimmer pokes fun at this in a series of deadpan portraits that, though apparently unashamed silliness, are often quite affecting. This week's new exhibitions 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z But what I really like about pillows as a medium is the equal-opportunity quality of their silliness. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Coolidge doesn't so much crack gags as purr them; her precise, silken tones belying the silliness or spitefulness of the material. Jennifer Coolidge 2010-08-18T16:36:00Z For all the darkness of season six – and this is horribly bleak, at the episode’s start and end – this memory loss episode managed to harness the perfect Buffy silliness that buoyed everything. Demons, death and dynamite dialogue: the 20 best episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Jorgensen promises there will be some silliness and some French in "Redemption," too. Marimba weirdness slated for On the Boards 2012-01-24T22:17:03Z One assumes they would see through the more obvious sillinesses – such as the statement that the "true aim" of the student revolutions of 1968 was "male access to the female dorms". Civilization: The West and the?Rest by Niall Ferguson ? review 2011-03-25T12:37:09Z Interest in anomie, absurdity or paralysis was dismissed as liberal silliness, and an abdication of artistic responsibility. The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z The reason for the road trip this time, other than to provide different locales for all the slapstick silliness and the return of the mutt-mobile, is Harry's medical condition. 'Dumb and Dumber To' just a chip off the older blockheads 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Lustmord and Frost's poker faces just about worked, but a change of a couple of degrees could have turned the seriousness into silliness and misplaced grandiosity. Unsound of the underground ? the festival that feels like a s?ance 2010-10-27T15:33:00Z This film slops over from brilliance to silliness, especially in the Mount Olympus scenes where the gods prance around with contraptions on their heads that look like TV antennas. 'Immortals': powerful Greek gods in weak tale 2011-11-09T23:42:03Z The biggest gag in all this barely coherent silliness is that despite an oft-reprised signature tune called “Christmas of Love,” the humor is pure Borscht Belt. | 'Dollface': Stop Me if You?ve Heard This One ...Oh, You Have? 2010-12-28T22:31:59Z Everybody seems to exist in a sort of trance of ecstatic silliness, a state of punch-drunk, freewheeling looseness. ‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ Handled Properly, Ages Well 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z His brand of heady silliness was long suspected as being too quirky and rarefied for mainstream tastes. Critic’s Notebook: Gee, Conan, That Joke Seems Familiar 2012-11-09T23:47:19Z Describing some of the most notorious profanities in English, McWhorter asks us to think deeply and systematically about language while celebrating its wildness, slipperiness and silliness. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z This is all me, my silliness and my seriousness. Chris Tucker discusses Netflix stand-up special and his disappearing act 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z I have time, perhaps too much time, for the idea that Flush is, at one and the same moment, a consummation of Woolf's style and a thing of supreme silliness. It's a dog's life 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z Still, “Pacific Rim,” with its carefree blend of silliness and solemnity, is clearly the product of an ingenious and playful pop sensibility. Movie Review: In ‘Pacific Rim,’ Pilots Inside Robots Face Alien Invaders 2013-07-11T12:00:01Z Taylor and Spencer don’t seem to realize that they wouldn’t have had to abandon their film’s silliness or its camp gore in order to feel the intellectual pressure of race. Octavia Spencer’s Horror Movie, “Ma,” Is a Misfire Fit for the Moment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Thus the method of Fluxus madness: use silliness to liberate the viewer from the usual categories of knowledge and the structures of power that keep them in place. Art Review: ?Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life? - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z It doesn't minimize the sweetness, silliness, or innocence of it; it just adds another dimension to it. "I am the biggest kid of all": Soleil Moon Frye on the return of "Punky Brewster" & being a survivor 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z How do they sustain these levels of silliness, then, when the world endeavours to bring you down? Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer return to TV with Lucky Sexy Winners 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z But, somehow, this book, with all its silliness, seems far sadder to me. William Goldman’s Strange, Sad, Captivating Children’s Book About a Girl and Her Blanket 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Asked if he thought there was a common style to the scene back in the day, Mirman pointed to “a sort of sincerity to themselves, an authenticity, a silliness.” He Made Brooklyn Comedy a Scene. But His Life Took a Different Turn. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z It’s pure, delirious silliness that ends with Belfort beating his chest in pride like an ape. ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z Her lyrics are interesting, too: fluid, ambiguous, hard to decipher, they mix up gangsta talk – "Some some some I murder" – with patois, London slang, silliness, personal observation. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z There's lots of trademark Hunter silliness, and theatrical jokes that are either hysterical or irritating, depending on what tickles you. Too Clever by Half – review 2013-07-18T16:53:53Z There is always something new to mock — so much seriousness and silliness, so much sound and spectacle, so much strenuous novelty and lazy cliché, so many anthems and earworms to sample and subvert. Review: Andy Samberg Spoofs Pop Stars Without Spite. And That’s 4 Real. 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Oliver explained that he and his writers always try to leaven darker, more depressing subjects with moments of silliness, a la the salmon cannon or dogs dressed up as Supreme Court justices. Seven things we learned at breakfast with John Oliver 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z “We’re not trying to play up the silliness because it already comes through naturally.” With ‘New York Ninja,’ Lights, Camera and, Finally, Action 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z What Miss Manners finds even sadder is that this apparently sparks depressing envy in those who read such silliness and find their own lives wanting in comparison. Perspective | Miss Manners: Friend ‘reinvents’ herself with tall tales 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z An attractively produced mix of quick-hit jokes, cartoons, fake advertisements, interviews, first-person essays and deep-dive satire, the magazine is united by an arch tone that provides a nice backdrop for its periodic descent into silliness. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z It's upbeat and jangly and intentionally silly, although its silliness pales into insignificance when compared to the final track on this week's list. Readers recommend: songs about aliens – results 2013-05-09T13:00:02Z Blake, too, whose lurid menopause monologue is a highlight, is attuned to the silliness of the enterprise. Grumpy Old Women 2010-04-28T22:20:00Z Photograph: Christopher Baines Aside from trump gags, which they are very good at, there's also an acute perceptiveness to their humour that's often overlooked as mere silliness. Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer return to TV with Lucky Sexy Winners 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z But there's a serious subtext to the silliness, and the metaphors are brought back down to earth for a satisfying landing. I'm So Excited, The Eye Of The Storm, Gimme The Loot: what to see at the cinema this week 2013-05-04T05:00:12Z The newly released second season of “Cupcake & Dino” is as perky and warm as the first, and its cheery silliness is appropriate for most ages. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z While it’s nominally funny to see some of English literature’s most famous characters represented by children’s toys, the silliness necessarily undermines the seriousness of the story. Theater Review: ‘Hamlet, Prince of Grief’ at the Public Theater 2013-01-14T21:58:50Z Only a curmudgeon would demand a piece of summer silliness for kids that is also good. The Smurfs ? review 2011-08-11T21:30:02Z The Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Transformers and Treasure Trolls have graduated from small-screen Saturday morning silliness to blockbuster entertainments. CNN’s “The Nineties”: Empty nostalgia for a decade we should let die 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z There is a silliness to the juxtaposition, between the breezy yet subtly subversive tone of the TV show and the self-important bombast of the New York stage. Squidward Tentacles, voice of millennial despair 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Yet the silliness is so untamed it overwhelms the production’s potential for a truly affecting experience. Theater Review: Death, Sewage ... and a Few Laughs 2011-09-25T21:13:44Z In this context, at least, the overt silliness of the work has an intellectual basis. Facing Violence With Brushes and Ballots 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Her writing is characterized by a lightness that often belies its own heaviness, a silliness that can turn somber with the drop of a single phrase. Review | At Met premiere, ‘Eurydice’ offers a beguiling visit to the underworld 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Renee’s new attitude begets silliness and slapstick, and it also brings her woe as her confidence sours into imperiousness and worse. Review: ‘I Feel Pretty’ Doesn’t Even Go Skin Deep 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z It leaves out the album’s bravado, cheeky humor, and plain silliness. Haters Gonna Hate: Listening to Ryan Adams's "1989" 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The familiar Spymonkey hallmarks are all there: strenuous silliness, visual gags, vulgar sexual references, physical comedy and theatrical in-jokes. Oedipussy ? review 2012-02-09T17:55:01Z It would be unfair to apply the same verdict to this novel – it rises above its silliness – but it's not a million miles off the mark. The Coincidence Engine by Sam Leith ? review 2011-04-02T23:17:32Z One of the most delightful things about “To Rome With Love” is how casually it blends the plausible and the surreal, and how unabashedly it revels in pure silliness. Movie Review: Woody Allen’s Latest, ‘To Rome With Love’ 2012-06-21T12:00:00Z Among other studios, I’m planning on visiting Radiant Neon, the Belltown studio of Alleson Buchanan whose work, according to a statement, explores “body positivity and the divine feminine, infused with some general play and silliness.” What to see at Refract glass arts festival, celebrating innovative Pacific Northwest glassmaking 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The best bits are those in which she talks about what she got from him: not just inspiration, but actual material, her looks to camera, the dressing up, the lovable silliness. My Hero – TV review 2013-03-29T23:30:01Z But it was as cynical about comedians as it was suits, the result being a joke machine with few limits on its satire or its silliness. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Starting in 2015 with “Holy Cow” — narrated by an itinerant Holstein — he’s been publishing charming novels that glitter with silliness. Review | As a novelist, David Duchovny is no Sean Penn 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z “I’ve been angry every day of my life,” Mrs. March says matter-of-factly, and while “Little Women” is full of silliness and sorrow, sweetness and warmth, it doesn’t minimize or apologize for that anger. ‘Little Women’ Review: This Movie Is Big 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z If this sounds like so much conceptual sculptural silliness, you need to experience the work in the flesh to garner the full power of its sensitivity and sadness. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z There is none of the too clever by half schtick of "The Gentlemen," or the silliness of "Sherlock Holmes," or the louche panache of the horrible but stylish "The Man from U.N.C.L. E." In "Wrath of Man," Jason Statham shoots his way through an overblown, yet fun revenge thriller 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z But for several months now, her mini restaurant has given her joy and silliness, helping her cope with the challenging year. Georgia writer opens restaurant for chipmunk on front porch complete with tiny table, impressive meals 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Proud of her accomplishments in “The Miracle Worker,” Ms. Duke said that she resented the silliness that was forced upon her in the sitcom. Patty Duke, child star, Oscar winner and advocate for mental health, dies at 69 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Only the whimsical Stephen Jones bird’s nest hats, light but flat on the head, kept something of the former romantic silliness. Fashion Review: At Givenchy, Sweet Tranquility 2012-10-01T18:52:38Z The identity of the brand rests on twin foundations of silliness and sincerity, both of which are honored here. ‘F9’ Review: Objects in Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z She found that she loved being an editorial assistant at Glamour, loved the mix of fashion and politics, civics and silliness. How to Quit a Magazine, by Cindi Leive 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z This statement is slightly disingenuous; amid the absurdity and pleasure in silliness, Davies slips some serious truths under the radar. Edinburgh fringe comedy round-up 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z But it is typical of the author of Black Watch and Gagarin Way that, even in a piece of whimsical sci-fi silliness, he will throw in such a big ethical problem. Battery Farm | Theatre review 2010-03-17T23:20:00Z The bolder the swindle, the more likely some of us are to buy in regardless of its impossibility, potential damage or its utter silliness. Elizabeth Holmes' all-American scam: HBO's "The Inventor" reveals the science of the con 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z I’m not going to try to adjudicate this dispute, largely because, for purposes of the silliness of the labeling requirements, it’s irrelevant. Perspective | The ‘uncured’ bacon illusion: It’s actually cured, and it’s not better for you. 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z He has that solid, low centre of gravity you find in men who are unusually at ease in their own skin, and a twinkly air of old-fashioned amazement at the silliness of modern metropolitan ideas. 'I used to be a raving lunatic' 2010-09-02T20:00:00Z “On the other hand, I think if you do approach a language as a grown-up and then use it to write, you also bypass a lot of silliness.” Yiyun Li’s ‘Kinder Than Solitude’ Echoes a Beijing Childhood 2014-02-24T22:58:48Z To match their silliness, Jarmusch illustrates some wilder Stooges anecdotes with playful animation and campy stock footage from old TV shows — including, naturally, the Three Stooges. The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z It is hard to argue against that, but if you take the movie for what it is – a modernized version of mid-century musclemen silliness – the exercise makes a little more sense. The best films of 2016 ... that you probably didn't see 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z I want him to know that there are other ways to feel safe besides silliness. Motherlode Blog: Raising, and Understanding, the Class Clown 2014-03-05T22:16:39Z Effective immediately, supernatural silliness and ectoplasmic slime will take their rightful place, in the temperature- and humidity-controlled vaults of the nation, along with some of cinema’s finest and most perishable artworks. ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Imitation of Life’ enter the National Film Registry 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z In a note of silliness, the magic fabric also stinks of body odor. ‘The Main Event’ Review: A Kid Pro Wrestler, in a Magic Mask 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z “Batman Forever” may not have proven a bellwether of big-screen superhero entertainment, though a dose of self-aware silliness wouldn’t hurt the Very Serious Filmmakers at both Marvel and DC one bit. Don’t Forget That Joel Schumacher Briefly Saved Batman 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z For all its silliness, this is a tale of cataclysm and its aftermath: The birds, it emerges, left Earth to escape the effects of global warming. After a Climate Catastrophe, These Birds Flocked to the Moon 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z She is ably assisted by co-star Michael Cera, who throws off his Superbad silliness, to find a darkly unsettling but still very funny persona in Brink. Sundance 2013: Magic Magic – first look review 2013-01-25T09:35:00Z She’s a real partner for Mozart, indulging his silliness but never permitting him to turn her into a joke. Review | ‘Amadeus’ at the Folger will be music to your ears 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Like “This Is the End,” Mr. Goldberg and Mr. Rogen’s 2013 apocalypse comedy, it embraces the darkness of its premise and answers despair with bursts of nasty, knowing silliness. ‘Sausage Party’ Is an Animated Sex Comedy About Food ... and God 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of deadly serious stuff in here — about war and peace, justice and racism, democracy and order — and a fair bit of silliness as well, some of it intentional. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z The movie’s silliness is, in short, the work of intelligence and talent—which aren’t the same thing as inspiration and urgency. The Limits of Gags: “Dumb and Dumber To” 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z He deserves bonus points, however, for embracing silliness: One car crash involves a truck filled with flour. ‘Bloodshot’ Review: Shoot to Kill? Good Luck With That. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Rosenstiehl's simple story is punctuated with silliness, as befits her heroine, while her attractive, stylized artwork extends the humor. 5 new books for beginning readers 2011-04-30T01:15:25Z Whether the prettiness outweighs the silliness will involve a personal calculus. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z That love and silliness can get you through just about everything. "50-50": What's so funny about cancer? 2011-09-30T13:31:00Z Then last month, he took he took his argument against the silliness of “two sides” to another divisive — and absurdly political – scientific issue: evolution. Bill Nye: Creationism is not science 2012-09-25T16:16:00Z Of course, you can’t have a video featuring Lawrence without there being at least a little silliness. 'Hunger Games' Stars Unite to Fight Ebola 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z But he's a goofball about that, too – the silliness here is multilayered. Arj Barker 2010-08-15T20:46:00Z At the end, he removed his belt, laid his guitar on the stage, and whipped it, silliness that I found myself enjoying. “The Bells”: Lou Reed Out of Doors 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Still, there’s a genuineness to Vallance’s silliness — to parodies that nonetheless ruminate on serious themes of the capacity for knowledge, human empathy and inevitable death. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Quirky humor remains a hallmark of the franchise, but some of the silliness is gone. ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Retooled for Nickelodeon 2012-09-26T18:35:17Z How did this inert piece of silliness see the light of day? Hereafter ? review 2011-01-27T22:15:02Z On one hand, there's the prize's obvious absurdity – its inevitable subjectivity, not to mention the plain silliness of deeming one book better than another. Michael Cunningham: My fantasy Folio goes to Ulysses and To the Lighthouse 2013-07-16T14:44:16Z The silliness of the notion of genre is that it’s not only audiences who become accustomed to the pigeonholes that marketers craft for them. “The Curse of La Llorona” Exemplifies the Problem with Genre 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z The pretty Idaho locations just can't add any atmospheric heft to Friedenberg's schematic characters and merry-go-round of dysfunction, leaving the performances as a real grab bag of seriousness and silliness. Dreary 'Among Ravens' has little to crow about 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z On the phone from her home in Happy Valley, Ore., her Republican opponent dismissed talk of a curse as “silliness.” Everyone who’s won this seat in Congress has gotten divorced afterward 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z But what keeps “Separation Anxiety” from spinning off into some surreal parallel universe of silliness is Zigman’s attention to the ordinary absurdities of middle-class life. Review | Laura Zigman’s ‘Separation Anxiety’ tackles middle-aged loneliness with a perfect mix of grief and humor 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z He provides puns and one-liners in bulk, and while his persona depends on obvious stereotypes, the core of his appeal is a pure silliness with a mischievous streak. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z I savor the silliness as much as the next person. ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Who Wrote Shakespeare? Who Cares? 2011-10-27T15:42:53Z Either might have been a fitting finish for a fourth season of a show that, after a shaky start, managed to rein in its worst silliness and become a focused, tight international thriller again. Homeland Watch: Mother's Day 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Gotham also successfully conjures up the darkling eccentricities of Batman’s home town and its larger-than-life inhabitants without ever descending into the pantomime silliness of the worst screen adaptations. The Incredible Hulk, Jessica Jones and the best comic book TV shows ever 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z "Pet Sematary" lacks the overwrought silliness of the original, which gave it a certain charm, and has none of its iconic moments nor original ones to replace them. "Pet Sematary" stinks like a rotting corpse: Stay away and watch the original 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z There are people who will crucify me for putting an Adam Sandler movie in my list, but the pure silliness of Happy Gilmore gave a teenage me such joy. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Even in such spotty passages, it is the movie’s saving grace that its family acting troupe faces the gobbledygook with openhearted silliness and sincerity. Review: ‘The Year of Spectacular Men’ Is a Family Affair, Clichés Included 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There are moments of unabated vulgar silliness, as when a rich woman gazing out the window of a Manhattan luxury hotel gets an unexpected faceful of wobbly Aladeen dong. ?Battleship?: Dumbest military spectacle ever? 2012-05-17T00:00:00Z "Perhaps foremost, 'The Marriage Ref' provides light entertainment at a time when silliness represents a balm to grim tidings elsewhere," said Daily Variety. NBC gets silver for Olympics, Seinfeld no medal 2010-03-02T00:07:00Z The first act floats along on a wave of silliness, with cooking taking place only haphazardly but singing breaking out repeatedly. Review: Cooking Their Way Out of the ’50s, Singing 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Later, in her home, Ms. Finneran said she still hadn’t settled on the balance between bitterness and silliness. Katie Finneran Takes on ‘Annie’ 2012-10-21T02:47:17Z By highlighting the story’s silliness, Lycett was able to skewer it. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “The Strain” successfully walks a line between the solemnity of “The Walking Dead” and the silliness and cheesiness of most other horror shows. ‘The Strain’ Rolls Out Season 2 of Its Vampire Invasion Tale 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z But the escalating silliness of her response, climaxing as the queen and princess traded barbs over the clutched dagger until Alicent finally drew blood, tipped the drama into farce. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: An Ugly Game 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The sublime silliness of Monty Python has always had an intellectual underpinning; not many comedy troupes have sung about Heidegger and Descartes or joked about summarizing Proust. Nudge Nudge: New Books by Eric Idle and John Cleese 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Every time when the overall silliness of the story overwhelms common sense, the next scene reminds us that Gwyneth Paltrow is in this mess, and she does look stunning in daytime couture. "The Politician" is a show about ambition – Ryan Murphy's 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The musical tale, revolving around Dolly’s scheme of marrying the cantankerous but comfortable Mr. Vandergelder herself, revels in its own time-tested silliness. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Do you allow yourself some fun and silliness? How parents can learn to say yes again 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Signaling the show’s silliness in the opening scene are over-the-top knitwear appendages by the costume designer, Christopher Metzger. Review: ‘Sehnsucht’ Navigates the Inexact Science of Nostalgia 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “Jack Paar would spend 90 minutes with Noël Coward, and Johnny did Art Fern. The stories would say, ‘When is “The Tonight Show” going stop the silliness and get back to substantive issues?’” Jimmy Fallon Was on Top of the World. Then Came Trump. 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z “I’ve always had this openness to color and silliness and jumble,” she said. T Magazine: The Aesthetes 2014-04-11T18:32:15Z In a centrally commanded, “progressive,” utilitarian Soviet society it was a gesture of subversive silliness. Special Report: Contemporary Art: A Russian Guru at Work in Venice 2011-06-13T12:00:06Z You could, as the series winds along and pads out the time with a subplot about Dalby’s former Soviet lover, wish for some of the film’s silliness to enliven the lovely photography and bespoke nostalgia. ‘The Ipcress File’ Review: In the Footsteps of Michael Caine 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Jacobs appreciates the silliness of much self-help writing, and he is happy to add his own. Books of The Times : In ?Drop Dead Healthy,? A. J. Jacobs Gets Relentlessly Fit 2012-04-15T20:58:30Z To me this one looks far closer to the gathering dread of Requiem for a Dream than The Wrestler's classy bathos, or – God forbid – The Fountain's grandiose silliness. In which direction is Black Swan flying? 2010-08-18T16:10:00Z The Tony-winning show, based on the cult movie comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," leaves no silliness unturned as it affectionately sends up the Broadway musical. 'Spamalot' a summer treat at Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Film Awards, held in early November, avoided the subject; the ceremony’s host, James Corden, instead offered banter about the silliness of the night. As Red Carpets Roll Out, Spotlight Stays on Harassment 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z It turns sentimental now and then, but it knows — Mr. Carrey knows — that what the audience wants from him is silliness. | 'Mr. Popper?s Penguins': A Home Invasion by the Antarcticans 2011-06-16T22:03:05Z He leads a bill of comics who, like him, combine verbal wit with outrageous silliness and a proper slapstick sensibility. This week's new live comedy 2013-05-18T05:00:13Z They will reunite the cast of children for more inspirational fun and silliness, which we all could benefit from right about now. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z She’s really friendly and kind of like down with silliness and stuff. Date Lab: A touch of the jitters, with a hint of ‘flirty banter’ 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Being part of the foie gras silliness is cool. Hot Doug's: The exit interview 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z This mix – jokes with movement, silliness with twinkle-toes – is a novelty on the comedy circuit; in the dance world, the pair have been acclaimed for a decade. New Art Club's ballet of belly laughs 2010-07-26T21:00:00Z That’s fuel in the tank for a vehicle like this, which sometimes glides merrily downhill with silliness but also groans under all the luggage. The adaptation game’s afoot: Ludwig’s five-person ‘Baskerville’ opens at Arena 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z As I drank in the movie in its soggy silliness, I recall a feeling of dismay stealing over me. A Ship Sinks, and a Boy Is Enthralled 2013-08-21T16:31:12Z The ratio of jokes to screen time is satisfyingly high, and there are few stretches that aren’t enlivened by humor that, joke by joke, with silliness and caustic asides, also deepens the movie. Review: In ‘The Big Sick,’ Comedy Is Hard, Love Harder 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z “It is a bit magic but it’s magic you can deconstruct. It’s about using fun and silliness and not being afraid, because there is already so much fear about periods.” 'We're having a menstrual liberation': how periods got woke 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z All you really need to know is that those who map its perilous paths onstage are experts in pursuing silliness seriously. Review: ‘Tumacho,’ a Rootin’-Tootin’ Musical, Keeps Its Poker Face 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z “Over days and weeks and months, he helped me feel that I was part of humanity, and with his kindness alone; it was his silliness, his humor, his dirtiness that rekindled my spirit.” Review | A new novel explores the nuance of #MeToo accusations. Are we ready for that? 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Burn's comedy mixes grand flights of artistic fancy with the basest kind of silliness, and is all the better for it. This week's new live comedy 2013-06-08T05:00:14Z They are phone friends, she tells us, and they banter about sex, stardom, silliness and strategy. Maureen Dowd’s Latest Book on Everything Hillary and Donald 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Obviously there’s a lot of silliness that goes under the name “tantra,” but you also suggest that there’s some sort of real continuity between Indian tantra and contemporary New Age spirituality. What most Americans don’t know about yoga 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z “Austenland” is silliness without charm; something the real Miss Austen would never countenance. ‘Austenland’: a pale replica of a literary romantic comedy 2013-08-29T20:35:44Z ‘Delirium’s Daughters’ Nicholas Korn’s comedy about four Italian suitors asking for the hands-in-marriage of three young women is mostly just silliness, good-natured and competently executed. Theater Listings for Sept. 11-17 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Playing at the 13th Street Repertory Theater, the production combines “Rapunzel,” “Cinderella” and “Snow White” into an hour of silliness that celebrates its source material at the same time that it spoofs it. Spare Times for Children for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The problem is, that approach didn’t work for “The Family,” and after two episodes it’s nudging “American Gothic” toward silliness. Review: In ‘American Gothic,’ Another Rich Family With Secrets 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z "Jonah Hex" is one of those movies that combines a certain amount of being ridiculous on purpose with a great deal of pseudo-profound silliness. "Jonah Hex": Hard-boiled heavy-metal idiocy 2010-06-18T18:01:00Z Fans of heraldic silliness like “The Princess Bride” and “Shrek” will delight in “Once Upon a Tim,” a charming take on the traditional knightly adventure. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Landau was utterly superb, perhaps drawing on his own experience of knuckling down to the silliness that was Space: 1999 – affectionately as that show is still remembered, along with Landau in it. A great actor who grew into his gravitas: Martin Landau remembered 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z The silliness of the Oscar choice reflected poorly on the academy, but the loss didn’t ding a masterpiece. Why MacArthur fellowships matter: In modern culture, expertise is under fire 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The scripts overhaul the moldiest genre tropes -- interstellar invasions, time travel loops, dimension-hopping inventions -- and infuse them with such warmth and silliness that they seem fresh again. The sci-fi vaudeville charm of "Futurama" 2011-06-23T18:24:00Z There is a little bit of silliness in that, but it's not necessarily mocking stuff. Inside "Taco Bell Quarterly," the seriously delicious literary magazine honoring the fast food chain 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z You say your action stemmed from insecurity and high school silliness. Psychic change or con job? 2012-11-13T01:00:00Z So is a sense of urgency, no matter the seeming silliness in the dances of desire and ambition being portrayed. Review: Exploring the Edge of Soap Opera in ‘Shadowland’ at La MaMa 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z To some, there's not a squeak of silliness here—of course the road to love is paved with marinated egg yolk over zucchini flowers and pea cream. Movies: Italy Porn (For Ladies Only) 2010-06-05T01:57:00Z It scrolls across an electronic screen, first revving up the audience with a little participatory silliness. Review: Blue Man Group Shows a Sense of Fun at Astor Place Theater 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Annie is funny and some of her friends are funny, so there’s plenty of conversational silliness — jokes made for other characters’ benefit and not for the audience’s. Review: The Find-Yourself Beauty of ‘Shrill’ 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Their silliness and innocence and spontaneity helps me unwind. This top pediatric allergist swears by meditation and thinks it can fight medical burnout 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z It's salutary to discover that both her cosy in-jokes about middle-class silliness and her sharp political fury over sexual inequality and the divide between rich and poor remain remarkably undated. Christmas gifts 2012: the best fiction 2012-11-29T08:30:02Z Let there be laughter, silliness and more joy, even if it is for five minutes. A parent of three needs advice on how to handle oldest child’s ‘selfish’ behavior 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s the silliness I think were its high points,” he added. New Host Needed: Be Prepared to Fill Big Shoes 2011-05-14T04:00:03Z Unabashedly retro, with plenty of high- and low-tech silliness — "a henge!" 'The Librarians,' with Noah Wyle, opens fun new chapter on TNT 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Over days and weeks and months, he helped me feel that I was part of humanity, and not with his kindness alone; it was his silliness, his humor, his dirtiness that rekindled my spirit. “This Is Pleasure” 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z To be fair, if you look at what she said in 2008, apart from some of the silliness, she was not anti-immigration. Conservative William Kristol: ‘We’re really going to pay a price for this terrible failure in leadership’ 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Not all the dancers looked entirely comfortable with either the expansiveness or the silliness. Tanztheater Wuppertal Stages ‘Palermo’; Ratmansky Returns to Paris Opera 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z His likable persona balances the snark and the silliness, and it’s hard not to be sympathetic to his dilemma as “the Silkwood of Swag.” Theater Review: ‘The Junket,’ Mike Albo’s Take on the Freelancer’s Life 2014-03-24T22:49:15Z Mr. Stevenson shifted easily from light social commentary to a silliness that often had its roots in art, current events or old jokes. James Stevenson, Ex-New Yorker Illustrator, Dies at 87 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z “While I might in my car be singing along, I have to agree that some of it is just a bunch of silliness.” They Specialize in Cutting Your Favorite Music Down to Size 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The Finale was joyous — majestic and exciting, even teasing out the touches of silliness. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, a Podium Hero, Returns 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Slade uses that to his advantage here and there, lightening up on the relentless gloom of the earlier movies by making fun of some of the franchise's silliness. Capsule reviews: `Eclipse' and others 2010-06-30T22:17:00Z This will vary from family to family and parent to parent, but the beauty is that there is room for all types of play and silliness. Five things that can make you a better parent right now 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Troy Patterson explains “the beauty of GLOW”: “Embracing silliness without apology and cliché without self-consciousness,” he writes, it “invites viewers to disable their senses of irony.” The 2018 Emmy Nominees in The New Yorker 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z The Monty Python troupe burst forth from Britain as the 1960s became the ’70s, with a delirious blend of satire, surrealism and silliness. The men of Monty Python prove they’re (mostly) still a gas in live London shows Crack open our silliness and seriousness comes gushing out. Perspective | ‘Old Town Road’ is a smash. Will it mutate into ‘Baby Shark’? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Power Rangers unquestionably follows the Marvel route to success: using just the right amount of self-reflexive smarts and crackling badinage to paper over the high-octane silliness. How the Power Rangers reboot morphed into a surprising triumph 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The original Star Trek series is often derided for its 1960s campy silliness and for effects that barely held up to scrutiny even then, but it was incredibly progressive in matters of race and gender. Star Trek v Star Wars: Star Trek v Star Wars: fans weigh in on the timeless debate 2013-05-17T13:50:00Z While it’s continually funny, a sprightlier pace would probably help, given the feathery silliness of the material. Review: In ‘Head Over Heels,’ Jukebox Musical Meets Elizabethan Romance 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z To my way of thinking, this is utter silliness. Your Vacation Mission? Find This Stolen Horse 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of silliness and a lot of setup before the film’s main caper gets under way. Movie Review: From Bollywood: Making a Movie to Cover Up a Crime 2010-12-23T21:26:22Z He got it all: the rhyme sequence, the high nobility of the language and the silliness of some of the text. How we made: Ivan Fischer and Tom Randle on ENO's The Magic Flute 2012-10-08T17:51:31Z If you're looking for elitism and hypocrisy and silliness, you need only look to food. Foodie fatigue 2010-12-27T06:00:00Z But the silliness isn’t easy to recover from. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Much silliness ensues, a few lessons are broached, and the characters now and then burst into song. | 'Winnie the Pooh': Hundred Acre Gang Is Back in Town 2011-07-14T23:35:54Z As dialogue goes, this isn’t exactly zippy, but Leslie Mann, as she does with all of her lines in “The Other Woman,” spins it into a happy cobweb of silliness. ‘The Other Woman’: Mistress mischief is featherweight fun 2014-04-24T20:35:44Z The event even offers a little silliness: a free screening of the 2009 film “Star Trek” on Friday evening and a space-related version of the video game Angry Birds developed by a festival sponsor, Samsung. Spare Times for Kids for July 20-26 2012-07-19T22:05:49Z When Jacob peeled off his T-shirt after Bella cut her head falling off the motorcycle, the theater shook with shrieks and giggles, registering both the hotness of the scene and its unapologetic silliness. Unexpected Lessons From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The office was a minefield of pettiness, greed and neurotic silliness. There's more to the office than "The Office" 2011-09-05T17:01:00Z If you like absurdity and silliness you'll grow to like my show. Conan O'Brien brings Team Coco to the UK 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z “Extreme silliness seems more relevant now than it ever was.” Pine no more! Monty Python celebrates 50 years of silliness 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Much of the comedy comes from the absurdities of Henri’s deceptions and the increasing absurdities of his efforts to regain her love—as well as the silliness and frivolity of Robert’s own romantic exertions. An Essential Retrospective of the French Filmmaker Jacques Becker at the Newly Renovated Film Forum 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Meshing his own text with swatches of “Hamlet,” he makes a sort of backstage drama that places “Who’s on First?”-style verbal silliness alongside meditations on death. Theater Review: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,’ but Returned 2014-01-22T03:00:02Z Plenty of those people must find zombie battles exciting, whole fields of yuckos scrapping and yelling and dying; to me, they’re just a lot of frantic silliness. An Open Letter to the White Walker Army 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z A little more silliness, a touch more naughtiness would be welcome. Review: ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ Is a Tribute to the Less Flashy Toy 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The show, closing this weekend, combines “Rapunzel,” “Cinderella” and “Snow White” into an hour of inspired silliness that celebrates its source material at the same time that it spoofs it. Spare Times for Children for June 12-18 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z When confirming the project to Deadline, Seinfeld said, "Stuck at home watching endless sad faces on TV, I thought this would be a good time to make something based on pure silliness." What's the deal with Jerry Seinfeld's $70 million Pop-Tarts movie? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z And rather than rationalize the silliness of that premise—cops who clearly look too old to be teens going undercover at a high school—the Jump Street movie leans into it. 21 Jump Street, and How to Turn a TV Show Into a Movie 2012-03-20T12:41:17Z And given that director Tarsem Singh’s film is an “original” property, not based on an existing movie, graphic novel, comic book or Tweet, has nothing to be ashamed of, other than its own solemn silliness. Immortals Outmuscles Adam Sandler. But Still Proves a 97-Pound Weakling 2011-11-13T20:42:54Z There are many modern lessons in this story, with several poignant themes, but mostly it is about the magnificent silliness of journalism. Perspective | How to make the Internet bug out 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Ostensibly a lecture on the history of HMS Nottingham, complete with powerpoint presentation, Sweet's manic, squeakily nervous persona and the increasing silliness of his digressions keep the energy level and the laughs consistently high. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z Watts’ toothy smile and stoned stage presence are the perfect foil for Corden’s polite British silliness. Reggie Watts, the weirdest guy on late night TV: How “The Late Late Show” bandleader is redefining the sidekick role 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z If you watch this with your favorite young people, be warned: There’s a lot more here than just 90 minutes of silliness. ‘Zombies 3’ Review: Take Me to Your Cheerleader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Then there is the sheer silliness of the ballet with cradles and baby devilettes. Plácido Domingo's sound and fury in L.A. Opera's 'Macbeth' 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z He's an entertainer -- funny and raunchy, with what appears to be a refreshing degree of awareness of his own silliness. Don't eulogize Bret Michaels yet 2010-04-26T16:12:00Z These are all lonely, arguably damaged people, and once you get past the silliness it's all rather crushingly sad. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea 2011-08-09T22:00:01Z I’ll go to see its “Don Quixote” for some lead dancers, but only a few can make me tolerate its silliness. Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z And while his lyrics feel as lazy and careless as ever, Thicke is also shrewd enough to defuse his most provocative lines with silliness. Robin Thicke ignites discussion with ‘Paula,’ but these songs aren’t worth talking about What Scott delivers in “Alien: Covenant” is the simulacrum of seriousness without the sense of self-conscious silliness, a grim earnestness that’s reinforced by a thudding, grandiose aesthetic that utterly lacks originality. “Alien: Covenant” Bursts with Pomposity 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “This is how I am coping, laying out a picnic, watching tiny hands hold my tiny food. It’s silly, yes, but sometimes silliness is needed.” Georgia writer opens restaurant for chipmunk on front porch complete with tiny table, impressive meals 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z America was made by immigrants, but it was these children of immigrants who helped to define Jewish-American comedy, with its mix of joyful silliness and whaddya-gonna-do shrugs. 'Love and free food': Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner share the secrets of their 70-year friendship 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z So, too, for the silliness of Trump asking the Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau whether “you guys” once tried to burn the White House well before Canada was a country. Why cable news networks could use a reality check 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z If it ever lets the audience come up for air, the silliness of the story might be revealed as the wrong kind of distraction. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z There’s an inherent silliness to bouncy club music, songs designed to trigger full-scale abandon. Best Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Not that much, maybe, and she’s only allowed to drive once, but Ms. Poots is a good sport and a deft enough actress to find the balance of silliness and gravity that the movie requires. Movie Review: ‘Need for Speed’ Puts Video Gamers in the Passenger Seat 2014-03-13T21:41:59Z Molnar’s script — refreshed by the Mint’s producing artistic director, Jonathan Bank — offers plenty of opportunities for silliness and fun. Review: ‘Fashions for Men,’ a Revival at the Mint Theater 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z “He is just all about fun and silliness,” he said of Mr. Fallon. Norm Macdonald Compounds Problems With Down Syndrome Comment 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Powers, slithering expertly up and down the fingerboard, milked it for all its silliness, and most of the audience got it and laughed along. Review | A well-hidden Bach festival offers cheerful relief on a summer afternoon 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Although none of the far-fetched shenanigans that follow match the story's initial conceit in real-life absurdity, the movie desperately piles on more and more silliness with a fundamental absence of credibility. 'Why Stop Now': Rehab comedy/drama overdoses on silliness 2012-08-23T20:56:12Z Ms. Marchant is careful to emphasize that she will not countenance silliness. Review: In ‘Cure,’ Accepting the Mind’s Role in a Body’s Health 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z There is plenty of low comedy as well, a bracing silliness that places Austen in the line of British humor that extends through P. G. Wodehouse to Monty Python. Review: In ‘Love & Friendship,’ Austen Meets Whit Stillman 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z As with any story of this nature in Washington, the Very Serious People who traffic in it are obliged to emphasize that such silliness is beneath them. 2010-01-09T03:27:00Z A lesser writer might not be able to pull off this wondrous mix of intensity, silliness and despair. Diane Williams is at her unconventional best in 'Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine' 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Speaking to BBC Scotland after receiving his award, Doctor Brown said it was great that people recognised his kind of work, which he described as "play, silliness, fun and relaxation." Silent clown scoops comedy award 2012-08-25T15:39:29Z Neil Patrick Harris opening the show with an insane amount of dancers, glitter and silliness. The top 5 moments of the Tonys telecast 2013-06-10T03:51:11Z Also, “idiotic is one of our favorite things to aim for,” she explained cheerfully, on the theory that injecting a little silliness into dance attracts more than the usual high-postured balletomanes. Don’t Stand There. The Dance Cartel Wants You to Shake It! 2014-04-11T00:17:04Z The only way to respond to interactive shows is to leave your self-consciousness at the door and embrace the silliness. Go on, make an interactive idiot of yourself 2011-08-18T11:56:31Z The reason jokes are so effective is that silliness, openness, storytelling and fun are the ingredients that will keep your kids coming back to the table. Perspective | Taking back the family dinner: How we created a mealtime renaissance 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z It's some inspired silliness involving a tall ladder, skin-diving flippers and a stapler. Laughs, and candor, in 'Humor Abuse' 2011-10-07T17:30:06Z The show’s magical realism sometimes lent a buoyant and surprising silliness, and at other times created a sense of unease. Best TV Shows of 2022 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z And if the Hesses carry the viewer, and Don, toward a higher truth, they bear us upward on wings of pure silliness. Review: ‘Don Verdean,’ a Sendup of Ambitious Pastors and the Lure of Religious Relics 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z His voice, heavy at times and occasionally tired, doesn’t detract from the narrative, but rather allows for the occasional silliness to vibrate through the doldrums. Jonathan Van Ness, Ali Wong and John Hodgman Walk Into a Bar … 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z But the musical was given just by the Financial Times for taking "the silliness too far". Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 'entertains' 2014-04-03T11:09:18Z It's all perfectly normal, except every few minutes there's an eruption of silliness. Le Morte d'Arthur: The RSC throw down the gauntlet 2010-06-06T20:31:00Z He emphasized little of Sagi's silliness, letting it speak or not for itself, yet taking care to keep Rossini's tricky ensembles musically sure. Singing best part of L.A. Opera's slapsticky 'Barber of Seville' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z By the end, the show is operating both as a masterpiece of silliness and a hymn to camaraderie and carefree youth. Pappy's: Last Show Ever – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-22T14:26:35Z Spiked with phobic silliness — Miranda suffers a panic attack at the sight of Terry’s ornate Boston bedroom — “Misconceptions” is an asinine pileup of improbabilities. 2010-01-22T04:49:00Z Lots of laughter, silliness, sleeping, eating delicious food and relaxing. Daughter refuses help with her ADHD, but parents are afraid she’s wasting her potential 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z I thought, especially, of how a few white friends had sent me the article aghast, expecting me to roll my eyes at the silliness of the notion. Stuff white people like: Yoga, tacos and pretending the white supremacy that fuels cultural appropriation doesn’t exist 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Not that her runway collections are all that serious, but it takes an extra shot of silliness to show a minidress blazing with Valentino-box hearts. Front Row: Resort Collections are a Walk on the Whimsical Side 2013-06-12T22:59:22Z Then again, the movie’s concessions to silliness keep it from being the dour, self-important exercise that Cloverfield was. Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane Is a Nonsequel That Delivers 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Even the overt objectification and silliness of the show coordinated neatly with the “Sex and the City” energy percolating in pop culture. Why Did We Fall for the Angels? 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z That potential is mostly squandered in “The Dictator,” which gestures halfheartedly toward topicality and, with equal lack of conviction, toward pure, anarchic silliness. Movie Review: ?The Dictator,? With Sacha Baron Cohen 2012-05-15T16:30:09Z The rest of the Sugar Plum land in Act II — despite a real wealth of dance detail — is just a return to charming silliness. Critic?s Notebook: Ratmansky?s ?Nutcracker? Occurs in a Child?s World 2012-01-01T23:17:55Z Despite his silliness, Lewis had a dark side. Analysis | The two sides of Jerry Lewis 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The show is funny and alert to the silliness of the spectacle, but maybe not quite funny or alert enough for its two-hour length. The Cardinals – review 2013-01-15T18:17:53Z And that fablelike quality, which absolves “Phoebe in Winter” from any demands of realism, sometimes tips it over into abstraction or silliness. Theater Review: ‘Phoebe in Winter,’ by Jen Silverman, at the Wild Project 2013-06-11T19:21:07Z Jack Daw, in the silliness of his vanity, takes the comparison as an insult. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z And the "Think Pink!" number was more than a take-off of generic magazine silliness. Diana Vreeland by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart – review 2013-03-01T12:00:01Z That all happens to hapless dupes Murray and Howard in "Iron Curtain," a kind of "The Producers"-on-the-Volga, Hope-and-Crosby romp of silliness that benefits greatly from a whiz-bang mounting at Village Theatre. Review: 'Iron Curtain' turns Cold War into a splashy romp 2011-04-07T19:24:04Z A win for him would celebrate untrammelled silliness, from a man who's more ringleader of mayhem than comedian per se. Edinburgh 2011 comedy awards: who should have the last laugh? 2011-08-24T16:56:37Z What we said: It’s impossible not to laugh at the inspired silliness and charm of Park’s universe. Best films of 2018 so far 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But for all the self-conscious silliness of the endeavor, last year’s winners see something more exalted in it. Peeps Dioramas and Their Surprisingly Long Prehistory 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z There's also an ebullient kind of schoolboy silliness here too, which yields good stuff if you're prepared to listen. Comedy gold – Rowan Atkinson Live 2013-02-28T16:26:02Z Here, the pleasures of antic silliness, random juxtaposition, chaos and indignity are celebrated for their own sake. Harry Hill – review 2013-02-10T12:43:00Z “There is a lot of silliness this season, which is a good change of pace,” she says. You're the Worst's Aya Cash: 'There's bad stuff about all of us' 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The work is expressly intended to divert, and while the situation is overextended, it largely succeeds through the silliness of the otherworldly plot and the playwright's diamond-sharp wit. Angela Lansbury keeps spirits high in 'Blithe Spirit' 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Joo, born in England to South Korean parents, and the Leningrad-born Igudesman, both 40, performed “BIG” with the New York Philharmonic on New Year’s Eve, drawing members of the orchestra into their calculated silliness. Classical cutups Igudesman & Joo to join SSO on Jan. 9 2014-01-06T21:29:55Z It embraces an anything-goes spirit that is both in keeping with the distinctive silliness of Gilbert and Sullivan at their best, and establishes its own brand of inspired goofing. Review: On the High Seas, Anything Goes in ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z A small spurt of silliness, that began last year with shows such as Hunderby and Cardinal Burns, is threatening to become a full-blown gush of surreal exuberance. From Hunderby to It's Kevin: how TV comedy learned to be silly again 2013-03-19T12:52:00Z In “Base Pairs” and “Romanesco Suite,” Mr. Tynek demonstrates enough rhythmic sense to forgo music successfully, but the vocalizing is a step into silliness. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance Theater Plays BAM Fisher 2013-09-05T20:20:56Z But that franchise fizzled out by its third sequel in 1987 as yawning audiences turned away from the growing silliness, so there was no industry momentum leading up to “Batman.” How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Popping with crayon-bright hues and bubbly diversity, the gentle silliness unfolds in contemporary Tel Aviv, where six friends' off-the-cuff music video unexpectedly lands them a spot in the UniverSong competition. Songs and love, served with 'Cupcakes' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z There is, Nashawaty says, "enough slapstick and silliness to keep kids entertained. … But the film also has a bittersweet streak about the loss of innocence and the fleetingness of childhood." 'Inside Out': Pixar delivers a rewarding head trip, reviews say 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Reid — finally found a comfort zone in which they nicely combined a lot of silliness with a little snark. ArtsBeat Blog: 'X Factor' Recap: This Viewer Has a Change of Heart 2011-09-30T12:39:48Z And partly it was because four years of war and its difficult aftermath were finally lifting, allowing America to indulge a long-suppressed taste for silliness. Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The Beatles, or at least their corporate surrogates, have embraced Jackson’s retelling, and a preview of the film highlighted moments of brotherly silliness, like the band dancing and clowning in the studio. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z He does get saddled with romantic silliness and lots of “half-breed” put-downs. ‘Aquaman’ Review: Our Hero Swims. His Movie Sinks. 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z BBC2 TV is full of quiz shows, but the sheer silliness of Shooting Stars separates it from the bullying boys' clubs its peers regularly descend into. The Ugly Face of Beauty 2010-07-20T07:00:00Z A mishap with a folding boat is a particular high point – a moment of elegantly executed silliness which nods back to the work of the clowns of silent cinema. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But there’s not one cast member who doesn’t have a moment of starry silliness, transforming low humor into high comedy. Theater Review: ?Peter and the Starcatcher,? With Christian Borle 2012-04-16T02:57:15Z It’s a reminder that for all its silliness and sometimes flabby comedy, there’s blood pooling in the basement of this story. Book review: ‘The Global War on Morris,’ a political satire by Congressman Steve Israel 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z In a deliberately campy film, the silliness of the story — both its underlying concept and how events proceed in the plot — would be rubbed in our faces. Nic Cage's 4th of July classic 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z The key to “Everything” is that the proliferating timelines and possibilities, though full of danger and silliness, don’t so much represent an alternative to reality’s drabness as an extension of its complexity. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Review: It’s Messy, and Glorious 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z He was serious about silliness and worked hard to get a moo exactly right and the cluck too, and the woof. 'Prairie Home' sound effects man Keith dies at 64 2011-11-01T02:01:04Z Memorable episodes of “The Leftovers” take on a dreamlike and even an unapologetic silliness, but the soul of this series is feeling. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Yet its mix of slapstick silliness and gentle satire has given it a successful afterlife on DVD and streaming services. ‘Zoolander 2’ Creates a Model-Slash-Juggernaut 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z But here he's usually in on the joke versus playing the buffoon, and suffers the silliness of his employer with the tolerance of a parent with a bilious child. In PBS' playful "Around the World in 80 Days" David Tennant channels Jules Verne's liberated spirit 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Westworld at least hasn't devolved into that much silliness so far, though I'm now wondering which characters might turn out to be undercover hosts. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 3: Don’t Make Arnold’s Mistake 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z She offers more sage honesty mixed with silliness in this special, in which comics discuss love and dating. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘This Close’ and ‘When We First Met’ 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z “The silliness, the humor, the uncensored part that I tap into, it’s just me,” she said. A ‘Hamilton’ Star Discovers Lunatic Comedy With ‘Girls5eva’ 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Viewers are left to wonder whether the extreme silliness of Jo's marriage is "real" or fictional within the fiction of the movie. How both "Hustlers" and "Little Women" anticipated their own Oscar snubs 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z But the superficial silliness of the works belie Ms. Khalil’s intelligence and compassion. Scene/Seen: Things Are Happening in Hamra 2010-10-01T17:30:00Z He didn’t have just one mode; his songs were generous with moments of wisdom, humor, sadness, anger, silliness, tenderness, mystery. Perspective | If a human being was capable of feeling it, David Berman could write it and render it profound 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z This weekend “The Rabbit of Seville and Other Cartoons” will include Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, some classical music and a lot of silliness. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 8-14 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z And for silliness, there was Procol Harum’s “Conquistador” with the Forces of Nature dancers in bell-bottoms and fringed tops, prancing like some 1960s shindig. It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z “Corporate” is live action, but it had a cartoon sensibility and episodic style, and it tempered its nihilism with straightforward silliness and a kind of resigned sense of wonder. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z “There is plenty of silliness out there to make fun of on both sides.” What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Despite the silliness and histrionics, it's a lot of fun, but also suffers from a severe case of recap-itis, reminding everyone what happened mere seconds ago with voiceovers and flashbacks. America: The Story of the US 2010-09-06T05:45:00Z Mr. Noah’s punch line is more polished, patiently established and less confrontational, underlining the silliness of the situation. ‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z He appreciates that meaninglessness needs legwork, that to sweat over silliness is the silliest joke of all. Harry Hill – review 2013-02-10T12:43:00Z And then it hits you that all this silliness is only a frame for the contemplation of something profoundly serious. Kneehigh Theater's ‘Tristan & Yseult’ 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Such silliness aside, “Termination Shock” deals brilliantly and innovatively with our era’s most pressing existential matter — while delivering stratospheric gigatons of carefully engineered delight. Review | Neal Stephenson’s ‘Termination Shock’ is another prescient page-turner 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z And the movie sinks into its own silliness with him. A Failing Grade to X-Men: First Class 2011-06-02T17:35:00Z But we got them all together to discuss the silliness behind the genius, and they absorbed it. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z “It’s dark. I remember I laughed uncomfortably, but I think it’s powerful, too. It makes the silliness stronger.” A Queer Punk Vaudevillian’s Surreal Take on ‘Titanic’ 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Beauty and dread coexist; there is whimsy, even silliness, but also palpable anxiety, peril, and despair in Steig’s world—or maybe this is just the real world. William Steig’s Books Explored the Reality That Adults Don’t Want Children to Know About 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Clearly tired, they were still considerate with their answers and nonstop with their silliness. Amy Poehler and Tina Fey: When Leaning In, Laughing Matters 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Constructed of snapshot recollections of a teenager who killed himself, it’s clear in its moments of joy and silliness but squishy and vague in depicting anguish. Theater Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z "They don't do silliness funny, they do grounded funny, and so that told me they would mesh well," Levy said. Fey, Bateman improv sibling love in 'This is Where I Leave You' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z What Mr. O’Brien’s production provides so beautifully and distinctively is a sense of context that puts the silliness in perspective. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z The musical returns to the eccentricity and silliness that got readers on board in the first place. A Message From the Gods: Keep ‘Lightning Thief’ Fans Happy 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z But the spirit of horror that pervades Mr. Bacon’s work at its best is missing, replaced by a silliness that doesn’t quite rise to the level of parody. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z Then there was a lot of silliness about Rose not being Jewish, I seem to remember, and not getting on with her new in-laws. Downton Abbey: where did we leave them, and will we get any answers? 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Since Season 1, Black Cindy has stood out for her particularly foul mouth, dirty jokes and general silliness. God is a verb: “Orange Is the New Black” dares to show faith in a positive light 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z There’s more than a whiff of desperation in that misguided silliness. Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z It's mildly pleasant to see Cox and Arquette work their shtick together, and Campbell manages to keep her sober, haunted demeanor intact throughout the silliness. "Scream 4": More meta than ever! And almost as much fun 2011-04-14T00:35:00Z It's a scene in which physical danger, implied threat, rampant ego and colossal silliness combine, with few rivals in this year's live calendar. Jay-Z and Kanye West – review 2012-05-26T23:05:46Z Somebody pulls out a knife and carves that awful septagram silliness into his forehead. “Game of Thrones” Season Finale: Women and Wildfire 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Another issue, according to LaSalle, is that "Falcone has trouble maintaining a specific tone — the movie wobbles back and forth between sentimentality and silliness, sometimes even within the same scene." Melissa McCarthy road comedy 'Tammy' hits the skids, reviews say 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Despite the odd non sequitur and a slight leaning towards American high school scenarios, it's a hugely addictive process and one that throws up way more than its fair share of silliness and hilarity. This week's games news 2013-03-16T06:00:11Z Mr. O’Neal is the weak link, even though he is probably the most committed to silliness. Zaniness of 'Inside the N.B.A.' Doesn’t Depend on the Score 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Done with the silliness, done with good intentions spun into an excuse to get high again. My heroin addict friend: 'As her rehab story collapsed, my anger increased' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The lyrics of “Mockingbird Sally” strain to recapture the old 1950s silliness, but no matter: Little Richard makes the song an unhinged holler. Little Richard: An Ecstasy You Couldn’t Refuse 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z A classic bit of YouTube silliness— a trailer for a romantic comedy called “The Shining”—illustrates the same principle. Composing for Hollywood 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z On Thursday, a YouTube video of his performance was widely circulated on Twitter by rap fans, sports writers and young Russians charmed by somber-faced Prokhorov's rare moment of silliness. Russian billionaire wins Internet fame with rap 2012-02-24T13:09:10Z Latifah puts a human face on the formulaic silliness and incapacitates faceless bad guys with aplomb, but there’s nothing in the pilot that requires her to do anything but coast on her charm. ‘The Equalizer’ Review: Queen Latifah on the CBS Assembly Line 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z McConaughey’s book provided good fodder for their blend of improvised skits, dramatic reading and general silliness. ‘Celebrity Book Club’ Goes Live 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z The best way to treat silliness is to laugh at that silliness. “I was going to gay bars, having affairs”: George Takei on the torments of life in the closet 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z An inarguably horrible idea, then; after Fincher took umbrage at such silliness, it was shelved and years later, refashioned back into a non-sequel. The sequel paradox: when studios rewrite movies to fit into a franchise 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z And the silliness somehow adds to the enjoyment rather than detracting from it. Tron Legacy: film review 2010-12-05T22:00:00Z “That’s the silliness of Trump’s tweet saying Obama tapped him,” Mr. Dean said. John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The show’s mistake is playing it too safe, relying on the audience to supply the silliness. Review: ‘Mad Libs Live!,’ a Musical With a Few Missing Pieces 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z His sense of humor may read as pure silliness, but the trademark comedic timing stems from sharp intelligence simplified for the amusement of others. 2 Chainz brings his music, timing and humor to Fillmore Silver Spring 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Biggs grew up in Wilmington, Del., and as a printmaking student at the Rhode Island School of Design, he was a huge fan of Burden, whose whimsical blend of art, science and silliness moved him. Building an airship with Chris Burden 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z We all succumb to the holiday silliness in different ways. Santa’s little voyeur 2012-12-10T15:37:00Z Still, the silliness put an aptly weird spin on Verdi’s nod to the sardonic, French-styled humor. Music Review: ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-09T21:13:05Z In an intentional move to distinguish themselves from David Letterman’s detached approach, O’Brien and Richter didn’t double down on ironic distance, with the sidekick bringing his own earnest silliness to the show. Does the Job of Talk-Show Sidekick Even Make Sense Anymore? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z But in their pursuit of silliness, he and Mr. Brooks never firmly establish that milieu, leaving their antihero without a foil and their play without a context. Review: A Molière-Born Cad for the Ages in ‘Don Juan’ 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z No one can accuse Stieg Larsson of crafting deathless works of literature, but for sheer, unadulterated silliness, Dicker has the Swede beaten, hands down. VIP boxes and seven-figure advances: How fiction gets the publishing industry laughably wrong 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z In Germany, comedy still patrols the closely guarded border between seriousness and silliness, between work and leisure; in post-industrial Britain, however, those borders are increasingly being broken down. What's German for funny? 2012-02-12T20:00:13Z But Weitz’s script doesn’t give her that much to say, and wavers between silliness and social consciousness without making room for its story. ‘Moving On’ Review: Cracking Jokes and Settling Scores 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Instead, his panicked brain distracts itself with complete silliness. My 3-year-old’s silly antics in front of strangers leave me worried 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Shrader’s bright singing grew warmer as the brief show wore on, and he played a scene as Rosina’s substitute music teacher with ample silliness. Music Review: ‘The Barber of Seville’ at the Met 2012-12-23T22:31:35Z But while Mr. Foreman’s distinctive dreamscapes are crazy quilts with silliness stitched in, “Tube,” directed and conceived by Mark Sitko, is more derivative. Theater Review: Van Cougar Re-enacts Videos at St. Mark’s Church 2012-12-05T21:51:20Z "Skylanders," for all its silliness, will subtly encourage players to buy more figures by keeping certain content off-limits. Toys-to-life gaming at E3 is set to land big, but it's not all child's play 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Because the instances I have quoted are chosen almost casually from a myriad competing instances of overstatement, false generalisation, self-congratulation and self-deception, pure silliness, inanity. Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z The world premiere of “Knightlife” struck a refreshing balance of silliness and sophistication, as it lovingly parodied ballet’s chivalrous conventions. Review: ‘Knightlife’ Pokes Fun at Ballet With Silliness and Sophistication 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z Instead, McWhorter deftly models a way for us to think deeply and systematically about language while celebrating its wildness, its slipperiness and its silliness. John McWhorter Takes a Serious Look at Profanity 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Cliff's storyline constantly offers Fraser heartrending interludes to break up the silliness of "Doom Patrol." Is the new DC Studios regime the apocalypse that "Doom Patrol" can't survive? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s a convoluted plot and hurtful — and a shame she can’t own up to its silliness retrospectively. I’m Still Salty About My Sister’s Elopement 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z For me, Kick-Ass was an enjoyably throwaway, fluid and vibrant slice of comic-book silliness, which made great viewing on the big screen. Kick-Ass 2: are fans in for a long wait? 2010-09-02T13:49:00Z “Freaky Friday,” in all its rebellious silliness, is another form of redemption between parents and kids. Beyond 'Freaky Friday': An Appreciation of Mary Rodgers 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z In a time of silliness and frivolity, a young writer captured something golden in the dreams of a rich man whose money wouldn’t buy what he wanted. ‘Careless People’: the true story that inspired ‘Gatsby’ 2014-02-05T21:18:30Z Though bursting with chaotic silliness, the play has the formal patterning of a dance, and Marshall choreographs the comic action with lustrous panache. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z But the silliness masks a cynicism that blunts some of the fun. Review: In This ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ Love Is a Zero-Sum Game 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z In both books Ms. Sittenfeld’s gifts for portraying the inner lives of her heroines manage to transcend the silliness and contrivance of her plots. Books of The Times: The Psychic Siblings of ‘Sisterland,’ by Curtis Sittenfeld 2013-06-16T21:11:48Z William is three dimensional but not exactly realistic; besides the daredevilry and naive silliness, he has a wild imagination, and a magnificent line in sulky rhetoric. From the archive, 13 January 1969: The Peter Pan world of William 2011-01-13T11:26:35Z Here he leans into a digitized warble, delivering a dreamlike incantation with an undercurrent of silliness. Jazmine Sullivan’s Meditation on Courage, and 10 More New Songs 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z “Now I think this kind of work is very important — there’s something very profound in silliness right now, because that’s something everybody needs after what we’ve all been through.” British Comedy ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’ Plans Spring Broadway Bow 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z RA: I think the best parts of fashion are the bits that overlap with everything good about food, which is silliness and fun and sharing and community. Rachel Antonoff details her love for food, fashion and their inextricable connection 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z His afterlife is more likely to be on YouTube, where his best bits can be pulled out of context and assembled into a free-form collage of dour silliness. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z Here he plays several bizarre characters – ostensibly trying to tackle "the stigma of being typecast", but more as a means to indulge in inspired high-energy silliness. Edinburgh fringe festival comedy special 2012-08-03T23:05:22Z The script by Melissa Rosenberg offers a few more opportunities like this that wink at its own silliness. "Twilight" finally hits its stride with third film 2010-06-28T05:27:00Z I wasn't a good writer – what I'd done was full of flaws and holes and silliness – but somebody qualified had read my work and thought it had enough merit to deserve close examination. The best gift for a writer is a good reader ? and a cup of cocoa 2011-03-22T11:27:33Z Curiosity and compassion, love and silliness have been edited out. Jim Jefferies ? review 2010-12-20T22:00:04Z The past year has been particularly trying for Insane Clown Posse, which, with an attitude that mixes silliness and over-the-top aggression, has built a worshipful cadre of fans, known as Juggalos. Crisis for Insane Clown Posse: Getting Saner 2013-12-08T22:39:59Z As a result, its silliness becomes rather touching, and there is never any doubt that this is not a send-up of village life, but a genuine celebration. The Marvellous and Unlikely Fete of Little Upper Downing ? review 2011-02-28T22:45:00Z It is the bleakest, most mournful book by an author celebrated for his barbed tongue and high silliness. A New Novel Stars the Dupes, Villains and Victims of America’s Forever War 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z By 2015, however, it seemed the country was ready for silliness again, he said, and he began posting new strips on Facebook which have continued occasionally through this year. Magnum Opus: ‘Bloom County’ 40 Years Later 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z All of us like humor, wit, a little bit of silliness. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Benefits and Moral Quandaries of a World Run by Code 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Yet there’s nothing to match the original Arnold for grand-scale serious silliness, as amply displayed in The Last Stand. Hero Glock Dirty: Arnold’s Back, Guns Blazing, in The Last Stand 2013-01-18T13:00:02Z Mr. O’Brien’s brand of silliness has always been delightfully, often gruesomely askew. The Most Riveting Host in Late Night (and the Most Overlooked) 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z But that didn't stop the visionary sculptor behind this piece of extraordinary silliness dedicated to James Watt. Where not to spend your bank holiday: a guide to Britain's worst days out 2011-08-20T23:06:23Z Like all truly ludicrous people, Henry has no self-pity and no sense of his own silliness. "The Extra Man": Kevin Kline's magnificent oddness 2010-07-28T00:30:00Z Most of the work’s winning silliness, though, seems to arise from the specific performers. Dance Review: Yvonne Rainer Retrospective at Dia:Beacon 2012-02-27T23:17:52Z All of that elation now has to be put in the rearview mirror as a different silliness comes to College Park this week: the craziness surrounding No. 2 Michigan’s sign-stealing scandal. Maryland vows no distractions as No. 2 Michigan and its sign-stealing scandal come to College Park 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Hayek said she would "continue to cherish your silliness, your perseverance and your lovely heart". Matthew Perry was in a good place in recent conversation, Friends creator says 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Plus, the horror elements have actual life-or-death stakes; for a while that makes the silliness of the film’s amuse-bouche jolts and set pieces diverting enough. Review: In 'Five Nights at Freddy's,' a moldering pizza parlor hides after-dark secrets 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s a “cuddle puddle,” as Darragh calls the evening activity, adding that silliness and laughter activates the parasympathetic nervous system and relieves stress. Scream therapy! Inner child play! Inside a Malibu wellness retreat for 'bad bitches' doing all the things 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z “That’s why I sponsored an appropriations amendment to end this silliness.” Rep. Max Miller says no to non-U.S. flags in Congress after Tlaib office displays Palestinian banner 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z |
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