| 单词 | slapstick |
| 例句 | He snorted and unhooked the slapstick he used to goad Alpha and Beta when they were being lazy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Eliminating those unfamiliar with the Stooges’ slapstick, physical, lowbrow comedy, I found that an overwhelming 8 percent of my sample admitted to such an indulgence. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And to Trip, the whole thing was pure comedy: a glorious slapstick spectacle, complete with bleeped-out tirades and plenty of chair throwing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Laughter came from the living room where my sisters and brothers watched Don Cholito’s slapstick. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It does, however, have a similar slapstick sense of humour. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She snapped a needle from a cactus and with the slapstick pantomime of a circus clown pretended to pick her teeth with it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There was the newsreel that told of amazing inventions and adventures in far-off lands; there were the cartoons and the slapstick comedies, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Many of the same slapstick jokes and gags from Brooks’s film are referenced, too, though they have been retooled to remove any outdated references or obscenity. ‘Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank’ Review: A Tail of Two Samurai 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z But more impressive here are the show's verbal clarity, the fizzy romantic chemistry between adversarial lovers, and some inspired slapstick bits — like the multiple jests arising from a clothesline of flapping white garments. Review: Much to like about outdoor 'Much Ado' 2010-07-16T19:53:00Z “The movie is a slapstick comedy version of ‘A Woman Under the Influence,’ ” he said. Encounters : Shannon Plumb, A Brooklyn Life On the Big Screen 2013-08-28T23:14:51Z The rest of the comedy—except for some slapstick from Will Ferrell—was similarly drab. The 2018 Emmys: The Blah Place 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z All of this is naturally quite funny, and - especially amid summer blockbusters - the low-budget slapstick of “They Came Together” is a cool breeze. Review: ‘They Came Together’ a parody party 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z The scene has a slapstick energy that leavens the sleaze; just don’t expect to leave the theater laughing. ‘Killers,’ a Slasher Film by the Mo Brothers 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z With slapstick and broad, vaudevillian humor, they parody the random illogic and racism of a world where people were killed just for being Jewish. Review: 'The Last Cyclist' is an affecting fable 2013-05-31T00:19:17Z It is filled with slapstick humor and action scenes. Low-cost Chinese film sets new record 2013-01-02T12:59:13Z “I’ve always felt unsafe in this country,” said Johnson, who is Black, “but now it’s almost a slapstick level of unsafe. It’s chaos.” Using Comedy to Push for Abortion Rights 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z For everyone who wants to see chainsaw fights and gory slapstick deaths, this is the place. Preacher: AMC's new hope dances between the diabolical and the divine 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z De Wilde envisioned the movie as part romantic comedy, part slapstick, and got her actors to watch the Cary Grant-Katharine Hepburn classic “Bringing Up Baby” to set the right mood. How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Emma’? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z 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 The floating sweetness of the Chopin preludes, the slapstick with folding chairs and knives, the deliberately unruly corps and out-of-sync ballerinas: Here was an intoxicating immersion into a world of quirkiness, passion and great warmth. Suzanne Farrell Ballet soars in ‘The Concert,’ stumbles in ‘Swan Lake’ On this triangular frame, “Red Eye” hangs assorted musical numbers that modestly take their cues from vaudeville routines, Ziegfeld-style revues, torch songs and the frantic melodies that once accompanied silent slapstick films. Early-’60s Absurdism in ‘Red Eye of Love’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “Death of England: Delroy” will be followed by a pantomime — that curiously British theater form featuring audience participation, dirty jokes and slapstick. Six Months in the Life of a Locked-Down Theater 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z In “Quattro Volte” Mr. Frammartino’s camera often hung back, taking in wide scenes from a distance in a way that facilitated a kind of slapstick silent comedy. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Alberi’ 2013-04-18T19:48:48Z In this tale, a misunderstanding over the fire hazard posed by an unlit cigar devolves into a slapstick battle between two communities that somehow manages to convey a convincing portrait of the mean Depression years. Thomas Berger, ‘Little Big Man’ Author, Is Dead at 89 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Their slapstick comedy and schoolboy humour achieved cult status. Rik Mayall: His best lines 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z "A few years ago we had a lot of physical slapstick, this year there's a lot less of that," said Berkowitz, with digital ad agency MRY. Super Bowl ads: Seinfeld and George, Dylan and Chrysler 2014-02-03T14:07:18Z It then middles adequately and perks up near the end, paradoxically by calming down and laying off the frantic slapstick. Goodbyes abound in 'Night at the Museum' as trilogy comes to an end 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Most impressive of all perhaps is Joseph's ability to balance the increasingly creepy slapstick with the hand-clasping humanity of two characters who, like it or not, are as bonded as brothers. Geffen Playhouse's 'Guards at the Taj' has elements of 'Godot' and gallows humor 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z How familiar those occasions, whether in Rossini, Donizetti or Léhar, when the slapstick grows slappier and stickier and our expressions freeze to a scowl. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z The name straddles the character like a slapstick fate. “What a Pair of Lungs!”: Denis Johnson’s Ecstatic American Voice 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z A few pratfalls and a bit of slapstick later, Lydia has been injected with inhuman strength and Emily treats herself with the remaining serum. ‘Thunder Force’ Review: Saving Chicago, One Mutant at a Time 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z In an online tribute, the band remembered him from a fan’s perspective as “a larger-than-life dynamo of high-energy slapstick, outrageous and spontaneous humor and a genuine childlike joy.” Paul Revere, Rocker Who Founded the Raiders, Dies at 76 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z That slapstick is hardly stinted: The production, running through Saturday at the packed-to-the-gills Muse warehouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn, makes much hilarity, for one thing, of men scrambling for pink nun habits. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z An author who, for example, lacks a sense of irony is always bound to remain mediocre, and irony-less writers have a squeaky voice that achieves either slapstick or sentimentalism or just reportage. André Aciman Would Like to Demote Virginia Woolf From the Canon 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z But that full name sounds a bit too stuffy for a freewheeling group that brashly unites Surrealism, social psychology, slapstick comedy and semiotic theory. | Oct. 17 ? 23 2010-10-15T16:51:00Z I love the sight gags and slapstick from silent films. From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘Disenchantment’ 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z In a news release, the slapstick star of "The Nutty Professor" and "Cinderfella" said he was honored by the library's interest in his archive. Hey laaaaady! Jerry Lewis' personal archive is acquired by the Library of Congress 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Lloyd created with David Croft — was a World War II farce, filled with sexual innuendo, slapstick gags and overwrought accents, in which factions of British, French and Germans clashed in a small French cafe. Jeremy Lloyd, Creator of British TV Comedies, Dies at 84 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The show was always bound to be uneven, partly because it envelops and displays so many different kinds of comedy, intermingling political satire with shameless slapstick and ribald or just plain dirty farce. Secrets of “Saturday Night Live” at 40: “There would never be anything like this again” 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z But all the traditional comedic moments are in evidence: the silly banter, rapid fire gags and slapstick violence. Six to Watch: Comedy double acts 2010-11-23T12:33:00Z Photograph: Allstar In the pioneer days of the 1900s and 1910s, actors had been expected to muck in, from the rough-and-tumble of slapstick comedy, right up to the point of danger. The silent-era film stars who risked life and limb doing their own film stunts 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Each time we slammed into each other, hapless as slapstick Stooges, we were reduced to fits of hysterical laughter — laughter masking fear and frustration. Next Stop: Off Nicaragua, a Quieter Caribbean 2012-11-07T17:48:36Z He would listen to Fine's endless stories about the fractured ribs and broken noses he sustained while doing slapstick. Bob Saget, a dirty daddy: Appreciating the darker elements of the talented comedian's work 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s not all slapstick and sex jokes, though. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Three’s Company’ 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Voiced by the directors in babbling helium-fuelled goobledegook, these yellow weebles are comedy gold, their slapstick antics blending a simplicity of form with a complexity of expression rooted in the traditions of silent cinema. Despicable Me 2 – review 2013-06-29T23:06:01Z Things go operatically wrong, and throughout Bong uses grim slapstick to show how people are driven to mad lengths by money. The Best Jokes of 2019 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z For starters, it became more straightforwardly comic and funny, even slapstick, than the examinations of humiliating sex and unemployment the show began with. Girls Watch: She Takes the Cake 2012-06-18T10:54:00Z He displays a gift for slapstick — watch the way he elastically climbs onto a platform two stairs at a time — and spares no effort, whether in solo songs or leading big numbers. ‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Cinderella, Liberated (Again) 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z In another scene, Stasi officers beat a pregnant woman — just moments after some of the same agents engage in a bit of "Hogan's Heroes" slapstick, bumblingly trying to manufacture an East German rock star. 'Beyond the Horizon' healing wounds of a divided Germany with pop rock 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Waititi likes to play with types of comedy, but he’s partial to modest exaggeration, whether he’s putting the joke across with slapstick, songs, caricature, lovingly deployed insults or a flurry of tableaulike images. Review: In ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople,’ Lighting Out for the Bush 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z That fusion of history, slapstick and menace sets the trajectory for the rest of this lovable novel. Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Austen’s wit — her subtly sharp barbs in the dialogue and her satirical humor — is overshadowed in this production, which relies on exaggerated emotional outbursts, hammy slapstick, quick shifts of cadence and large, clowning gestures. Review: In ‘Persuasion,’ How to Lose Lovers and Influence People 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The film shows the pair’s adventure “with a beautifully coordinated admixture of droll humor, deadpan and slapstick,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Succession’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The subplot wasted nearly a third of an episode on pointless and increasingly unfunny slapstick. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z "I'm very keen on keeping the humour, slapstick and surrealism of the originals, whilst at the same time bringing Morph slightly more in line with the modern world." 'Bring back Morph' campaign launched 2013-10-30T17:22:44Z “It’s a kind of investigative slapstick, throwing things off balance, bumping into them or literally becoming the wrench in the works, breaking things in order to reveal their character.” A Photographer Frames His Own American South 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Baron exploits Fo's open license to slapstick them up as a well-choreographed, Italiano 3 Stooges — bumbling, volatile and guilty as sin. 'Anarchist': 1970 Dario Fo comedy still packs a punch 2012-07-25T20:22:04Z It’s a sign of this young company’s skill that its orchestra, led on this occasion by Sean Kelly, is as persuasive in the score’s subtle moments as in its slapstick ones. Review: In ‘Le Comte Ory,’ a Salacious Rossini Comes Through 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z These criteria gave rise to slapstick based on simple tropes, as well as to the idea that performers could “borrow” and “build off of” other acts. So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z After they leave, LeCours tries to move, and his hobbled dancing, growing freer as it loosens his bonds, walks another line, this time between slapstick and transcendence. Review: In John Jasperse’s ‘Visitation,’ Mortality Seduces 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The films that do sell are for the most part cheap, slapstick comedies, which compose almost 20% of the industry's output. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z But start with “The Lazarus Project,” his grave though often gleefully slapstick novel that tells the fused stories of two Eastern European men who live in Chicago 100 years apart. Dear Match Book: Authors I Can Binge-Read 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It’s a textbook Robinson blend of slapstick — clip after clip of tumbling bodies and screaming mourners — and character portrait: Robinson’s pitchman grows increasingly incensed that the uptight suits are killing his dream. ‘I Think You Should Leave’ Gives Us the Jerks We Deserve 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The novelists who take us into the woods and wilds, Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane invaluably among them, bring along slapstick and irony as critical mosquito repellent. Books: ?Deliverance?: A Dark Heart Still Beating 2010-08-24T22:27:00Z Farce is often sneered at but in my view it's much more than comedy with a bit of extra slapstick. Feeling the farce 2010-12-15T13:01:43Z Our contemporary understanding of slapstick began in the vaudeville era of the late 19th century. A Brief History of Slapstick Humor 2010-10-18T08:00:00Z The firehouse high jinks and sexual slapstick were often hilariously nasty, as cathartic as a good dirty joke. After seven seasons, "Rescue Me" ends with a cough and a smile 2011-09-08T02:01:00Z His screenplay, which he adapted from the 1921 children’s book “The Old Tobacco Shop,” is rife with one-liners and great slapstick that would make Lucille Ball proud. 2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest 2013-05-15T22:38:53Z But there’s so much good slapstick too, like when Marty plays guitar and gets catapulted across the room. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Once upon a studio time, screwball comedy was where men and women redefined gender relations in between zingers and slapstick. Movie Review: ‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ Stars Rashida Jones 2012-08-02T21:33:44Z One of the messages underneath “Broad City’s” nimble slapstick comedy is that vulnerability is strength; it’s the message of this book as well. Review | ‘Broad City’s’ Abbi Jacobson hits the road 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Physical slapstick abounds, and it takes over in “Farcicals,” two twinned one-acts that make good on the promise of their name. ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z That was the animation, psychedelically colorful and chock-full of rapid-fire slapstick gags. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Yet they show grit and perseverance, leavened with slapstick comedy, not the usual reality brew of bad behavior. The Prancing Elites Dance Their Way Up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Lewis was most known for his slapstick humor and his generous philanthropy. Jerry Lewis, comedian and showman, dead at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The troupe, which by the mid-’70s included four men and two women, was known for its antic visual wit; unbridled, even slapstick athleticism; and periodic lack of clothing. Jonathan Wolken, a Founder of Pilobolus, Dies at 60 2010-06-16T05:26:00Z There are many laughs, with some moments bordering on slapstick, and lines played by the strong cast for maximum comic effect. In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play ? review 2012-05-17T17:09:53Z The slapstick in the game comes from its intentionally horrible controls, so, in that sense, the player is creating some of the humor. Video Game Review: Jazzpunk Video Game Commits to Comedy 2014-02-10T22:47:55Z Prone to fits of histrionics and, at times, can rival Phil in terms of breathtaking slapstick. Modern Family: get up to speed with series four 2012-10-05T12:19:20Z In "Spy," she seizes an opportunity to do more than just slapstick — she's also "glamorous, crafty, smart, funny, brave and surpassingly loyal to her female colleagues." 'Spy': Melissa McCarthy's comedic mission accomplished, reviews say 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The rhythms of words and gestures misfiring turn this “Cherry Orchard” into a delicate slapstick ballet. | 'The Cherry Orchard': ?Cherry Orchard? With Turturro at Classic Stage - Review 2011-12-05T03:01:07Z Williams anchored the muddled mystery with intense gazes, a deadpan growl and occasional slapstick flourishes. Where to Stream Michael K. Williams’s Best TV Performances 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z His “Pie Fight” paintings, for example, draw on Hollywood slapstick even as they depict menacing Nazi figures; the smeared faces might have begun to deteriorate or simply been covered in layers of cream. How the Artist Adrian Ghenie Became an Auction Star 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Conceived and choreographed by Keith Michael for ages 3 to 8, the hourlong work is set at an imaginary 50th-anniversary celebration of the publication of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” complete with slapstick and acrobatics. Spare Times for Children for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:40:59Z It is the movie’s interpolated slapstick — along with Arthur and the enormous geranium-shaped bathtub in which she and Milland are planted — that give it distinction. Gifts Galore: ‘Easy Living,’ With Jean Arthur and a Coat From the Heavens 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z If it's to succeed, that film will require an ingenious set of film-makers with a crystal clear understanding of the nuances of slapstick. Despicable Me 2: evil genius or just plain bad? 2013-03-22T13:22:00Z The opera extracts roughly half of the play, meaning we lose some of the slapstick circularity; what’s gained is starkness, each episode standing in harsh isolation. Review: A 92-Year-Old’s ‘Endgame’ Opera Is Patiently Perfect 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Female actors who played popular recurring characters such as Léontine and Cunégonde in slapstick comedies were only credited under their pseudonyms, and film historians are still trying to trace their true identities. Fame at last – was this the world's first film star? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z “Nice,” Ms. Stroman said appreciatively, stopping the rehearsal of her new ballet, “Frankie and Johnny ... and Rose,” to offer corrections to the slapstick scene. A Full-Circle Mentor Moment 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z Giving a wry twist to the overheated debate around bathroom access, the artist assails borders between genders, and between bodies and their accessories, with a kind of dignified slapstick. A Bold Explorer Surfaces in ‘Wandering Lake’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Throughout, the actors switch fluently between registers, from emotional rawness to slapstick to absurdist comedy, in performances that are closely observed, credible and moving. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z He said “I Love Lucy” is his “favorite show of all time,” and the excellent slapstick comedy in Briggs’ film proves he’s been paying close attention. 2013 winners of the 3-Minute Masterpiece film contest 2013-05-15T22:38:53Z This provides an extra dollop of slapstick chaos, but the kids are peripheral to the movie’s main interest, which is in the mismatch and implicit bromance between Ice Cube and Mr. Day. Review: Ice Cube and Charlie Day Face Off in ‘Fist Fight’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Friendship, loyalty, adventure, slapstick, nonstop action: After 90 years, these meticulously drawn books still deliver. Enticing Books for Every Kid This Holiday Season 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Hilarity, whether from some slapstick that Gay's direction precisely puts forth or from some tweaked line of Shakespeare's that sounds Elizabethan by way of Joe Orton, rescues the show from its own excesses. Shakespeare meets the Beatles in lively 'These Paper Bullets!' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The resultant cacophony emphasises the vaudeville and Weimar cabaret elements of Waits's work while possessing the slapstick vim of a Saturday morning kids' TV show. L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits – review 2013-07-03T17:45:00Z What’s left is a tightly choreographed comedy of manners with coolly precise slapstick and the requisite helping of improvised winks at the New York audience. Is ‘The Mikado’ Too Politically Incorrect to Be Fixed? Maybe Not. 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z For the Ugly Sisters, played by men in fine pantomime tradition, he offers us broad comedy that can verge on cartoonish slapstick. Ballet Review: This Ballet Season in Britain, a Cinderella Complex 2010-12-21T13:30:03Z There's a fair bit of slapstick, but the culture-clash humor is light and earnest, and the story even takes a few surreally dark turns towards the end. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'The Muppets' 2011-11-22T18:05:22Z The crowd was drawn to the combination of smart and slapstick humor, and was also roused by a Boyz II Men cameo. The Breakout Movies at SXSW You’ll Want to Know About 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z A biting, whip-smart satire on the thorny subject of organized religion, the Bollywood musical "PK" enlightens and provokes through outrageous slapstick. Bollywood musical 'PK' a radical film in extraterrestrial guise 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z I'm also a massive fan of Buster Keaton as well and so there is a callback to silent shorts and the slapstick humor with wide shots. Ravi Kapoor on his comedy "Four Samosas": "I always wanted to make a lo-fi heist movie" 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Stand-up has grown into a far more bonafide art form than its silly slapstick predecessor, further affirming the immorality of thievery. So a thief walks into a comedy club: Trevor Noah, Louis C.K. and the war over plagiarized punch-lines 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z As a result, despite a rich vein of slapstick humor, “Huck Out West” is a more melancholy novel than Twain’s original. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are back — and all growed up 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The tone was as important as the content: disorienting and ambiguous, veering between detective procedural, soap opera, occult horror, black comedy, even slapstick. Damn fine telly: why everything is now ‘a bit Twin Peaks’ 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Horrible Bosses 2, out Wednesday, keeps the wild slapstick of its predecessor and subtracts the social commentary. 'Horrible Bosses 2' has nothing to say about bosses, and that's okay 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Gorgeously surreal and almost entirely without dialogue, this tour de force marries “Lost in Translation” with Looney Tunes to haunting, slapstick effect. The Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The storytelling leans heavily on action, with the logic of the slapstick animation further emphasizing the retro. HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here's how to watch, plus reviews of every original show 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z "It is amazingly well done, but it is just slapstick. When you watch the last film, 'The Adventurer,' it is absolutely perfect — the timing and the construction." Charlie Chaplin's evolving talent seen in 'Chaplin's Mutual Comedies' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Cue even more slapstick as Ash struggles to loosen himself from this bizarre predicament. Has TV reached peak gore? The Walking Dead and Ash vs Evil Dead push limit 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z I grew into a daydreamy kid, a bit of a ham, prone to musical interludes and baroque slapstick routines, reading books about séances, invertebrates, the Loch Ness Monster. The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z But there was a moment of unexpected slapstick when an older relative began to fret about the graveyard’s confusing layout. Using Fiction to Summon the Glittering, Golden Age of Hollywood 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Time Out's Tom Huddleston writes: "There's a wealth of joyously berserk idiot humour, fusing slapstick and satire, surrealism and stream-of-consciousness improv into what could well prove the funniest movie of the year." The Other Guys: star stand-ins or subs-standard? 2010-09-20T15:01:00Z She still takes TV and movie parts, most recently in the slapstick sequel “Dumb and Dumber To.” Kathleen Turner seeks satisfaction on London stage 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Briggs, on the other hand, arrives on the scene in a literal blast of Looney Tunes slapstick. ‘The Homesman’ Stars Hilary Swank and Tommy Lee Jones 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Balancing the two is a tricky business on a U.S. stage, where slapstick farces crossed with Marxist rallying cries are rare. Intiman fest opens with a hungry farce, Italian-style 2013-07-15T20:09:34Z The key line in “The Thing,” uttered in the aftermath of a particularly gruesome metamorphosis, was a profane version of “you’ve got to be kidding me,” an acknowledgment joining shock and awe with picaresque slapstick. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The Goodies regularly paid homage to silent heroes such as Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, featuring long slapstick sequences without dialogue. Comics stand up to save a festival celebrating the stars of silent movies 2012-06-16T23:06:35Z While he exudes the Lone Ranger's earnest wholesomeness, he's understandably an uncertain straight man alongside Depp's slapstick. Review: 'The Lone Ranger' is a runaway train 2013-07-01T22:48:21Z Of course, good will triumph over evil, Robin will get Maid Marian, and the slapstick jokes will make everyone groan and go home happy. This week's new theatre 2012-12-22T00:04:01Z Then again, the way Derek and Nicole tackled the challenge in practice, it looked more like the dance of slapstick humor - until they got onstage, anyway. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Kate's suffering 2010-04-13T12:14:00Z His violent impulses seem, at first, like slapstick. On TNT's New Soap, Utopia Among the Manicurists 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The cruel laws of physics that rule here are much like those of silent slapstick movies. Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Upends a Whodunit 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Yet in “Ghost lines,” where strangeness and slapstick struggle to coexist, it gradually becomes clear that beyond more imaginative lighting — the blackouts, for one, are overdone — something is missing. Dance Review: Cori Olinghouse at Danspace Project 2013-12-13T22:32:48Z The New York Times called her “an agile and humorous actress who is not afraid of slapstick and who can sing enchantingly”. Patricia Morison, star of Broadway and Hollywood, dies aged 103 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z The tone veers between artful wide-eyed fantasy and the pratfalls of slapstick, and yet that difference is minimal: everything is delivered at the same pressure. Theater Review: ‘Murmurs’ Brings Slapstick to the Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-26T20:44:14Z Too often it’s airbrushed and idealized, rather than a fumbling, awkward, slapstick process of trial and eros. Review: ‘Sex Education,’ a Sweet Teen Comedy of Modern Lust 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z They’re part of the ensemble in the new film, but their easy slapstick chemistry ultimately takes center stage in the trailer, pushing aside even their co-star, the veteran scenery chewer Jack Black. New Trailer: A ‘Jumanji’ for the Video Game Age 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z That opening — a strange mixture of slapstick and peril, immediacy and reminiscence — gives way to a story structured in alternating chapters. Review | Elif Shafak’s new novel is so timely that it seems almost clairvoyant 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Unlike his rival Mack Sennett, who focused solely on rapid-fire slapstick and sight gags, Roach's comedies "have this unmistakable charm and style," said Bann. Hal Roach's film legacy explored in Hollywood Museum exhibition 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Benjamin, meanwhile, continues to keep it together, his facade of confidence occasionally dinged by a bit of slapstick, child trouble and some palpably anguished nights. | 'We Bought a Zoo': ?We Bought a Zoo? - Review 2011-12-22T22:43:00Z Its success will depend on whether audiences embrace or loathe Klang's slapstick, which veers towards the rambunctious rather than the surreal. Our Drugs War 2010-08-16T05:45:00Z Topics for their sketches range from the absurdly commonplace, illustrated with tame slapstick, to outrageous and sometimes dark caricatures of sexist double standards. Salon Exclusive: Watch a clip from IFC's latest episode of "Baroness Von Sketch Show" 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Before Bradley Cooper was making us cry in “A Star Is Born,” he was making audiences laugh in this slapstick comedy. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Roma’ and ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z They signal this by establishing an irreverent tone, usually reinterpreting their source material as slapstick and, until recently, wordless comedy. Critic’s Notebook: Lego Video Games Let Fans Mix, Match and Make Mischief 2014-02-11T22:35:09Z Kichijiro keeps denouncing Christianity to save his own skin, only to run back to Rodrigues for forgiveness: The turnaround time between betrayal and repentance gets shorter and shorter, becoming a kind of bitter slapstick. Review: Scorsese's 'Silence' Gorgeous and Haunting 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z On paper, the mix of coarse humour and yuckity gore seems a slapstick treat, but the resultant movie is as heavy on its feet and as well-timed in its gags as its goofy-footed anti-hero. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-03-03T00:05:21Z In the crowded arena of kiddie blockbusters, the "Ice Age" movies - the fourth of which is the new, 3-D "Ice Age: Continental Drift" - are among the more slapstick. Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z Speaking of silly, clever irreverence, we’ll close out with this utterly gleeful cartoon title sequence from Billy Crystal’s slapstick smash hit. Pillow Talk to Bonnie and Clyde: the greatest Wayne Fitzgerald main titles 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z No matter her age, Ball kept giving her fans what they wanted: slapstick, wisecracks and funny faces. Same role, different show: what happens when TV actors get stuck in a rut 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z What Men Want is important, too, in exploiting Henson’s underused knack for slapstick, pratfalls and mania. Taraji P Henson: 'Hollywood didn't grasp my talent' 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Judging from the trailer, viewable above, "Pitch Perfect 2" will replicate the original film's mix of wacky but undeniably catchy musical numbers, spirited competition, sisterly bonding, slapstick gags and raunchy jokes. 'Pitch Perfect 2' trailer showcases high notes, low comedy 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The scenes between, merging slapstick mishaps with sneaky sensitivity, exemplify the show’s sweetly startling tone and original rhythms. The Startling Sweetness of “The Other Two” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z As a personality and a performer, Mr. Henry had a mild and unassuming aspect that was usually in contrast with the pungently satirical or broadly slapstick material he appeared in — and often wrote. Buck Henry, Who Helped Create ‘Get Smart’ and Adapt ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Variety called it “derivative,” veering from “sitcom slapstick to wannabe black comedy.” Up Close: Tatiana Von Furstenberg on Her Film ?Tanner Hall? 2011-09-15T00:09:57Z Lewis, at his prime, was embraced as the ultimate 20th-century village idiot, a pocket tornado who blended slapstick prowess with squeaky-voiced histrionics. Jerry Lewis, king of comedy, dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z And though style and tone varied from slapstick to sentimental, one character turned up again and again: his adopted hometown, Chicago. The Teen Streets of John Hughes’s Chicago 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z True, the film drags in parts, and it suffers from some gratuitous slapstick — evidence of its creators’ sketch comedy origins. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps more than any other installment, this year's "Night of Too Many Stars" strikes an uncommon balance between heart-rending emotion and knee-slapping slapstick. 'Night of Too Many Stars' shines on one who's not 2012-10-18T17:47:14Z Wisdom specialized in family friendly slapstick comedy in the 1950s and 1960s. British comedian, actor Norman Wisdom dies at 95 2010-10-04T22:40:00Z Forced atmospherics, clichéd action bits and some tone-deaf slapstick weigh things down as well. '50 to 1' can't overcome its long odds 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Lüscher’s style, a hybrid of intellectual posturing and absurd slapstick, is sharply translated by Tess Lewis, who captures Kraft’s pomposity and the indefatigable march of German syntax. Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Branding the film "slothful" and "indulgent", Empire Magazine's Simon Crook its "lumpen slapstick, casual sexism and a smug tone". Grown Ups 2 tops Razzie nominations 2014-01-15T10:46:57Z Alongside the delightful slapstick routines, and fond anecdotes, the show offers bittersweet memories of an unusual yet archetypal father-son relationship. Laughs, and candor, in 'Humor Abuse' 2011-10-07T17:30:06Z In past ages, when families were large and child mortality high, people could more easily laugh at the scenes of slapstick cruelty, not least to relieve the pain of knowing kids died all the time. Punch and Judy moves with the times to pull in crowds 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The series is packed with wit and slapstick humor. Russia has its own TV show like ‘The Americans’ — but it’s a comedy set during Trump’s presidency 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z But there is a more substantial side to the form, celebrated annually since 2005 by Bristol's slapstick festival. This week's new live comedy 2013-05-18T05:00:13Z Framing that centerpiece are two treadmills, which become eerie emblems of control amid eruptions of gory, slapstick chaos and eviscerations of any fourth wall. Review: Boundary-Pushing ‘Apollon’ Strips Myth to Its Marrow 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z It is never one thing or the other; it’s usually both, from Parasite’s steak-and-instant-noodle recipe to slapstick comedy in the face of serial killers and nuclear annihilation. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Their lives were pure slapstick — logical coming from a creator who’d worked earlier in his career with Lucille Ball. Garry Marshall, feminist role model: He told stories about funny, feisty, independent women 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The performances are so crackling that you can imagine Ms. Salazar and Mr. Pally, given richer material, becoming a slapstick comedy team: the spitfire and the nerd. Review: In ‘Night Owls,’ Staying Up Late Leads to Surprises 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I didn’t want to lower the church’s august tone by asking if it was possible that Miller watched slapstick comedies there. In Crete, Henry Miller Found His Muse Amid the Ruins 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z They sustained the atmosphere of mild slapstick fun. Review: Buster Poindexter, a Rocker Who Wants to Be Taken Lightly 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z "R100" is part slapstick, part pulp and part avant-garde; ultimately, it's a meta-comment on how some people have eclectic tastes in "entertainment." Amir Bar-Lev explores tribalism in Penn State-centric 'Happy Valley' 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z In the running allegory of this scathing, slapstick sendup of the American dream, the road to riches — or simple economic security — runs through a feral ecosystem of predators and prey. Review: On ‘Killing It,’ It’s Dog (and Snake and Gator) Eat Dog 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z They didn’t have much to project, as a great deal of the dialogue, and thus context and relevance and provocation, of “Abduction” had been reduced to a some silly remarks and plenty of slapstick. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Adding a mixture of slapstick and humour, she manages to remove some of the acidic sting from her classic "bad" mothers. Clip joint: Mothers 2012-06-06T16:00:00Z Described by another character as “a menopausal toddler,” she injects the political farce with a winning dose of slapstick, playing excellently against more deadpan co-stars like Vanessa Williams and Lea DeLaria. Rachel Dratch’s Comfort Zones: ‘Somebody Somewhere’ and ‘Bad Vegan’ 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z And, in a slapstick sequence, he bounces around the audience, enacting a mad fantasy of prison as, ahem, a liberating sexual playground for a gay man of the 1950s. Taylor Mac’s ‘A 24-Decade History of Popular Music,’ 1930s-1950s 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Even the occasional slapstick proves more sweet than silly. ‘Queen of Glory’ Review: Back to the Bronx 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z For Ladygina, that combination of slapstick, silly humor with biting political commentary has been lost on most Western media. Why Zelenskyy's background in comedy really matters 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Amid the slapstick, “Magic Xylophone” is about the power of music to transform us. A Children’s Show About Everything, Especially Music 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z The red-band trailer surpassed 45 million views in its first 24 hours online — a testament, perhaps, to moviegoers’ too-long-untapped appetite for cheerfully slapstick set pieces and “Can I touch your wiener?” jokes. Bringing Sexy Back to the Movies, With a 2023 Twist 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z "Battle of Gods" delivers not only the familiar look but also the slapstick comedy, character interaction and over-the-top martial arts fights that "Dragon Ball" fans want and expect. 'Battle of Gods' will please 'Dragon Ball Z' fans 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z A lot of crazy things happened, a lot of slapstick, which, of course, I love to do. Veteran showman Dick Van Dyke reflects on lifetime's work 2013-01-24T16:02:18Z Now, in “Hapless Bizarre,” Mr. Elkins embraces vaudeville and slapstick, even inviting an outsider into his creative fold: Mark Gindick, an actor who specializes in physical comedy. Doug Elkins Presents ‘Hapless Bizarre’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z There’s high-speed slapstick in the way the music suddenly shifts tempo and how Mr. Waters’s guitar lines wriggle and jab. Review: Weaves Brings Sonic Slapstick in Shifting Tempos to the CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Looked at through the lens of today’s painting revival, driven by artists romping through styles from Surrealism to neoclassicism, the paintings seem almost sophisticated in their slapstick simplicity. Farm to Gallery: Peter Nadin?s Comeback 2011-07-03T05:30:29Z Drawing the festival to a close is a special performance of The Keystone Cut Ups, with People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz staging a merry dance between surrealism and slapstick. Forget Tribeca online: here's the virtual Flatpack festival 2011-03-23T17:29:08Z Ms. Carne became widely known on “Laugh-In,” an ensemble comedy show composed of brief bits of slapstick antics and verbal nonsense tumbling over one another in furious succession. Judy Carne, ‘Sock It to Me Girl’ on ‘Laugh-In,’ Dies at 76 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z One doesn’t necessarily expect much going into a slapstick stunt animal comedy, and yet even by these softened standards, the director Larry Yang’s “Ride On” cooks up an egregiously, almost comically bad movie. ‘Ride On’ Review: Jackie Chan, Back on the Horse 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Most of "The Spy Next Door" is pretty tired stuff from "Pacifier"-style slapstick to comic relief delivered by, of all people, erstwhile country star Billy Ray Cyrus. 2010-01-14T04:44:00Z Christian Räth, the director, embraces camp and slapstick, down to the whimsically askew sets and natty 1960s business attire by Court Watson. Critic’s Notebook: Glimmerglass Offers an Ambitious Spread of Works 2013-07-22T22:01:46Z And they never pander or patronize with the big annotative gestures or frenzied slapstick common to the “Shakespeare is fun” school of acting. Review: Finding Serenity in a Tempest-Tossed ‘Twelfth Night’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z These pats and puffs generate the soundtrack for Forsythe's fascinatingly oddball composition of tics, triggers, loops and slips – part high-concept choreographic mechanism, part low-key slapstick. The Forsythe Company – review 2013-06-19T12:35:07Z Yet he seems cravenly apologetic in his dealings with her, and his deference makes him slapstick clumsy. Theater Review: ‘AdA,’ Plays by Neil LaBute and Marco Calvani at La MaMa 2012-10-05T22:24:29Z With its breezy mix of opera seria and slapstick, Turkish pastiche and Enlightenment denouement, “Abduction” can be a tough piece to pull together. Review: James Levine Opens Last Run as Metropolitan Opera Music Director 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Expect slapstick, custard pies, and lots of Yorkshire wit in this gold-standard panto. This week's new theatre 2012-12-08T00:05:49Z Professor Luhr said that Mr. Blatty gravitated toward the absurd in his comedy career, usually in the form of slapstick, which is why he was drawn to Mr. Edwards, a slapstick specialist. The Comedic Side of William Peter Blatty, the Author of ‘The Exorcist’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z PG for slapstick action violence and some rude and suggestive humor including language. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2012-04-12T16:27:08Z Danson's George Christopher is a poignant slapstick exploration of what it means to get old. Ted Danson gambles comeback on "CSI" 2011-09-21T16:22:00Z A production such as this offered hours of spectacular entertainment: pretty girls, slapstick comedy, extravagant scenic effects and dazzling choreography. Le Corsaire 2010-08-03T20:30:00Z 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 Beyond the callbacks to the movie and affectionate recreations of Brooks’s slapstick and Jewish humor, the series combines elements of “Kroll Show,” “Drunk History,” “Documentary Now!,” Review: ‘History of the World’ Repeats, as Farce 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Soon enough, in an inspired bit of slapstick, these two are exchanging identical obscenities and facing off as hostile mirror images. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z The Guardian described its slapstick as “fourth-rate Benny Hill”, Vulture said it felt “like a throwback in a bad way”. #MeToo to MAGA: why Curb Your Enthusiasm is still TV's most daring comedy 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z None of these films made the cut on a list that includes highbrow humor and slapstick comedies alike. I can explain #OscarsSoWhite in 2 words: “Annie Hall” 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z "If we hadn't seen 'Bringing up Baby,' I don't think we would have understood the level of slapstick that Autumn wanted us to have," says Taylor-Joy. "Emma." finds its hilarious humanity through the body's betrayals 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Tragedy and comedy shared the same stage in the poems he was writing — as they do in puppet shows and slapstick vaudeville routines. Review | Charles Simic reflects on what set James Tate’s late poetry apart 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z And what I liked about that script was that it wasn’t just dumb action or slapstick – it’s a comedy about strange characters clashing, and that chemistry is what’s funny.” Alicia Vikander: ‘I made five films in a row before I had a scene with another woman’ 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The mood was chaotic and slapstick with Gothic undertones. Downton Abbey: season three, episode two 2013-01-15T18:35:21Z The slapstick hit was also named best new comedy at the 12th annual Whatonstage.com awards show, held at London's Prince of Wales Theatre. Matilda musical tops stage awards 2012-02-20T10:57:17Z Igudesman and Joo brought their international hit program “A Little Nightmare Music,” complete with musical jokes, slapstick and a diverse repertoire, here last time. Classical cutups Igudesman & Joo to join SSO on Jan. 9 2014-01-06T21:29:55Z Mexican actor and screenwriter Roberto Gomez Bolanos, one of Latin America's most beloved comedians, whose slapstick acts charmed fans from Spain to Argentina for over four decades, died on Friday at the age 85. Titan of Latin American comedy, Mexico's beloved 'Chespirito' dead at 85 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Some of the episodes are lighthearted, woven with slapstick and absurdist humor. Review: Making an Epic Visual Impact With Minimal Means 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z This is stridently jolly splatter comedy, the "Saw" of slapstick. Is the appeal of 'Jackass' just a guy thing? 2010-10-22T21:09:00Z Introducing Chan, Tom Hanks acknowledged that the blend of slapstick comedy and martial arts virtuosity for which the star became famous was “historically underrepresented at the Oscars”. After 56 years, 200 films and innumerable injuries, Jackie Chan wins an Oscar 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The show opens with a jolting scene that morphs from somber to slapstick when the drugs don’t work. Review: ‘Mary Kills People,’ but It’s for a Good Reason 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Huang applies his expertise at perpetual motion, but though he keeps up a slapstick pace, easing slightly for touches of sweet whimsy, the piece is low on wit. Dance Review: Cloud Gate 2 at the Joyce Theater 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z Yes, it's a PG-rated kids movie, but it's also an extremely cinematic animated film and a witty slapstick comedy. Capsule reviews: 'Rango,' 'The Adjustment Bureau' 2011-03-03T20:03:25Z In contrast to their comedy predecessors, who favored sketches and slapstick, younger comedians in this nation of 200 million are embracing stand-up, as are their audiences. Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z It’s a loopy little number, set to Scott Joplin, that finds the grace in slapstick awkwardness. Review: A Family Gropes for Words in ‘Incidental Moments’ 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z The basketball scenes are so sloppy and haphazard that the would-be slapstick registers as confusion. Movie Review: In ‘The Hot Flashes,’ Brooke Shields Leads a Team 2013-07-11T21:14:48Z Yet the various slapstick catastrophes in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” were a hit with audiences, who laughed over the loud sighs of critics like Janet Maslin: 10 Classic Christmas Movies That Our Critics Didn’t See Coming 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z This is high-grade slapstick — the blows really seem to take Jones by surprise, and the nasty undercurrent gives the skit a dark bite. Leslie Jones Is Leaving ‘S.N.L.’ Here Are Her 10 Funniest Moments. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z There were a few actual jokes in The Office, and plenty of pranks and slapstick. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z “There’s no sarcasm or even puns in the Vietnamese language and traditional comedy is mostly slapstick. When I started it was 99 percent expats and travelers, but now there are Vietnamese people in the audience.” Ho Chi Minh City’s Hilarious Side 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z Things grow even weirder, alternately pitch-black to the point of slapstick, when Walter’s wife dies and the two men engage in a strange pas de deux. The Essential Patricia Highsmith 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z “Dog the Bounty Hunter” finds pathos and slapstick comedy in the hunting down of fugitives who are usually more pitiful than dangerous. Critic?s Notebook: Criminals, Addicts, Misfits: That?s Entertainment 2011-01-20T00:30:21Z The director, David Kaplan, has a weakness for slapstick that works only occasionally in the kitchen scenes. 'Today's Special': familiar material peppered with charm 2010-11-19T01:01:00Z "The Run" doesn't include a "Cannonball" -style slapstick fistfight, but there is a thrilling racing game that stretches from snowy mountaintops to sunset-lit cities and beyond. Game On: 'Origins' a visual delight; 'The Run' worth a spin 2012-01-05T19:25:03Z I guffawed at the meticulously timed slapstick of “The Play That Goes Wrong,” marveled at the acting in “No Man’s Land,” and reeled at the bitterly funny cynicism of “Adding Machine.” A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z Thanks, Hollywood, for keeping our slapstick visions of drunken violence alive and kicking. Clip joint: the best film clips on bar brawls 2010-05-12T13:14:00Z Dickens characters can sometimes strain to detach from the page, but Iannucci’s playfulness — a bit of slapstick here, a silent-movie homage there — helps realize a child’s point of view or a disturbing memory. ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Review: A Boy’s Story 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z It’s a “slapstick tragedy” in the words of Frank Rich, an executive producer for the show, and a former executive producer of “Veep.” ‘White House Plumbers’ Revisits the Fringes of Watergate 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The designer Guillaume Henry, in his first men’s wear runway show, used as inspiration slapstick French movies, with a race featuring tail-coated waiters all carrying trays of drinks. In Florence, Men’s Wear Shows Are Bright and Light 2012-06-22T14:18:33Z Some of it is slapstick - the Keystone Kops had nothing on the speed at which the police's own story has unravelled. Could you make it up? Phone hacking in literature 2011-07-20T13:42:13Z But Campbell molded Ash into a hero for the average guy by tempering the story’s adrenaline-spiking frights and nausea-inducing gore with a performance steeped in expressive slapstick. In Ash we trust: “Ash vs Evil Dead” returns in our darkest hour to save us 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z More than 40 touring troupes from Mandalay each employed a mix of apolitical slapstick comedy and traditional dance together known as a-nyeint pwe. Skirting Comedy Limits in Myanmar 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z In the South Korean director Yoo Ha’s slapstick action-comedy “Pipeline,” oil traveling through tubes across the country is susceptible to thieves seeking to siphon the precious liquid. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Their slapstick is inventive and comes with an almost encyclopedic exhaustiveness. DVD: New DVDs: ?Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection? 2011-11-04T22:09:41Z These days, particularly in Britain, slapstick is a dirty word, a sign of comedic backwardness. Why Loriot gets lost in translation 2011-08-25T14:45:25Z Her style always accommodates filth that builds from bathroom humor and bedroom slapstick. “Sally4Ever” and “The Bisexual,” Reviewed: Women in Crisis, In and Out of the Bedroom 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Is “The Clockwork Man,” then, serious or slapstick? Review | Who is ‘The Clockwork Man’? He may be literature’s first cyborg. 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z There are new characters, plot twists and some slapstick humor, but the film retains the “stay true to yourself” message at the core of the book. Hitler banned it; Gandhi loved it: ‘The Story of Ferdinand,’ the book and, now, film 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z But mainly it was a direct download from the subconscious of Mr. Lynch, who directed every episode: part horror story, part slapstick, all twisted fantasy. The Best TV Shows of 2017 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The slapstick in the film is also as unfunny as it is uninspired. "See How They Run" is a comic whodunit that falls flat except for the dead guy 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite an admired and Oscar-nominated performance by Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and a potent mix of drama and slapstick humor, “Chaplin” did poorly at the box office. Richard Attenborough, Actor, Director and Giant of British Cinema, Dies at 90 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Grinning again his hawkish grin, he picks up his slapstick. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z The baritone, who is perhaps a little more seasoned a singer than normal for POP, went a step further and proved lovably slapstick. Pacific Opera Project's Forest Lawn 'Falstaff' has an offbeat charm 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z "For the children there is a lot of slapstick. Punch is like a mischievous child and I think kids identify themselves with him doing the same silly things." Punch and Judy moves with the times to pull in crowds 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Contemporary presentations of Chekhov tend to err on the side of either slapstick or pathos, with acting that brings to mind a sweaty vaudeville turn or a Method-style roll in the deep. | 'Uncle Vanya': Chekhov?s Slugfest, With Pratfalls 2011-08-07T21:36:44Z Lessons will be learned, and there is plenty of slapstick. ‘Mack & Rita’ Review: 70 Is the New 30 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z A result is a loopy mixture of fact and slapstick that brings together ninjas, nerds and several elders, including two who recall evading the Nazis in Poland. Last Chance: Emerging ?Young Israelis? at Lesley Heller Workspace 2010-08-11T22:45:00Z Naturally, shenanigans and slapstick ensue, spiced with an abundance of saucy double, and sometimes single entendres. Review: ‘The Alchemist,’ a Play in Search of Comedy Gold 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z "Naruto" owes much of its popularity to a winning mixture of magical ninja techniques, fights, slapstick comedy and friendship. Everything's opposite in 'Road to Ninja's' alternate reality 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z I even tried to be the class clown and brought in slapstick stuff, like whoopee cushions and gum that tasted like fish. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Disarming Humor in ‘Heads of the Colored People’ 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z Otherwise it’s a slapstick goof, a sophomoric parody of a Paul Taylor baroque dance. Dance Review: Momix Performs at the Joyce Theater 2013-12-19T23:36:22Z It’s a well-chosen title, indicating under a scrim of slapstick something far more haunting and serious. In ‘Cyclorama,’ Former Classmates Confront an Extra Problematic Drama Teacher 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z But the slapstick is a preamble: Sloss’s signature move is a pivot to vulnerability. Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z And throughout the evening, the pants-down slapstick never fully punches your ticket to delirium. Review | Splashy ‘Pajama Game’ at Arena Stage aims to seduce with 1950s style 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A large cast of eccentrics surrounds Paperman and drives the mostly slapstick narrative. The Virgin Islands, Rewritten 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Guirgis’s style is unabashedly in-your-face and sometimes slapstick silly, yet he establishes his startlingly deep earnestness right at the top. Forum Theatre’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ Mr. Close’s experiments were grounded in slapstick farce, lowbrow vaudeville corn and controlled spontaneity. Film: Adam McKay Directs Cops Under Arrested Adolescence 2010-08-01T01:53:00Z And more importantly there’s the matter of how he’s going in — not with a controlled dive, but a slapstick spill. Pamela Adlon takes the plunge: Discovering even "Better Things" ahead 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z That principle pays off in “The Nut Job,” a surprisingly simple, funny and often cute slapstick comedy about a squirrel planning a nut heist so that he’ll have enough food to last through winter. ‘The Nut Job’: Animated comedy is a crackup 2014-01-16T21:59:42Z Morris turns Beckett’s dark slapstick into a kind of folk dance. Mark Morris Dance Group Debuts ‘Water’ in Its Element 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z In a story the length of a novella, such overbearing repetition turns into caricature and slapstick, making any dramatic turn or fitful heartbreak seem unwarranted. ‘Paper Lantern’ and ‘Ecstatic Cahoots,’ by Stuart Dybek Created by the team behind “Chicken Run” and the “Wallace and Gromit” series, this movie mixes slapstick humor with visual jokes and sound effects to fill in for absent words. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Get Down’ and ‘The Wine Show’ 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z The Keystone Film Co., under the direction of producer-director Mack Sennett, is considered the birthplace of slapstick comedy. 'Mack Sennett Collection' gathers 50 slapstick classics into one set 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The perfect point of Woody Allen, just when he was stopping being a total slapstick clown but before he became too serious. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Based on the mirror scene in “Duck Soup,” it shows Mr. Lee mimicking his own movements from one screen to another and is a wonderfully subtle bit of slapstick. Art In Review: ‘MARXISM’ 2012-07-19T21:04:57Z “This is so weird and slapstick and raucous.” Hot Vax Summer? Falstaff and Shakespeare in the Park Are Ready. 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Television comedy in its early days was dominated by boisterous veterans of vaudeville and radio who specialized in broad slapstick and snappy one-liners. Sid Caesar, Comedian and One of TV’s First Stars, Dies at 91 2014-02-12T22:07:12Z The show is at its strongest when it pivots harder on truth than slapstick. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: The Season Finale 2013-06-24T14:38:01Z There's some lovely slapstick here, terrific skipping, even a touch of Leonard Rossiter to his delivery – those rat-tat-tat line readings, the guilty flick of eyes to the side. Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – first look review 2013-07-24T14:26:31Z This combination — of silly slapstick and wry humor, of a children’s fairy tale and an adult office comedy — is at the series’s core. In ‘Monsters at Work,’ the Scary Part Is the New Business Model 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The viewer feels no sympathy for Chip, while Galifianakis’s flair for the absurd and postmodern slapstick actually works against the verisimilitude and utterly banal Bakersfield feeling that the show works hard to create. How much Zach Galifianakis is too much? ‘Baskets’ pushes the limits. 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z But about a third of the way in, we suddenly switch gears and “One Cut of the Dead” delightfully transforms into a slapstick backstage farce — think “Noises Off” with blood. When Reality Is Scary Enough, These Movies Are Safe Nightmares 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Conceived and choreographed by Keith Michael for ages 3 to 8, the hourlong work is set at an imaginary 50th-anniversary celebration of the publication of ’‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” complete with slapstick and acrobatics. Spare Times: For Children, for Feb. 10-16 2012-02-09T21:47:27Z But even preschoolers will enjoy the high-kicking sweets and the rollicking slapstick, expertly executed by the puppeteers. Review: In ‘Little Red’s Hood,’ Tweets, Sweets and a Wolf on the Way to Grandma’s 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Ballet, modern, ballroom, slapstick: A plethora of styles fluently coexist. Review: Twyla Tharp’s Choreography Celebrated to Bach and Jazz 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Lewis’s shorthand definition for their relationship was “sex and slapstick.” Jerry Lewis, Mercurial Comedian and Filmmaker, Dies at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z In some ways that scene highlighted the biggest change in the second series of Friday Night Dinner: a broader, more slapstick approach that has replaced much of the nuance and realism. Have you been watching … Friday Night Dinner? 2012-11-07T12:22:15Z North By Northwest never quite sinks to slapstick, but it is a sophisticated rollercoaster. North By Northwest: No 2 2010-10-19T10:53:00Z The slapstick is a hoot but then the lyricism takes you to a much more delicate place. The publishing year 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:02Z He also starred as the leader of the slapstick jihadis in Four Lions. The Reluctant Fundamentalist: How a Nice Islamic Guy Got Mixed Up in Terrorism 2013-04-26T03:30:28Z So he alternates between implausible slapstick and gooey melodrama. "Lottery Ticket" has no winners 2010-08-16T03:01:00Z His initial adventures may have had a slapstick air to them, but it soon became difficult to laugh. Breaking Bad: 10 years on, TV is still in Walter White's shadow 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z The current longest-running play of any kind — a slapstick British farce, “The Play That Goes Wrong” — has been on the boards for a mere nine months. Perspective | As tourist-friendly musicals take over, Broadway no longer belongs to playwrights 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Much of this proceeds in amusing slapstick fashion, often based on the fact that Marco plies his trade as smuggler, enforcer and conflicted hero while using a wheelchair. | 'Carmo, Hit the Road': Romance in Brazil?s Wild West 2010-10-15T00:49:00Z Last week's top earner, How To Train Your Dragon, fell to second place with slapstick comedy Date Night in third. Nightmare slays film competition 2010-05-04T09:12:00Z We repeated the sequence exactly, and somehow turned a slapstick joke into a surreal classic. The “Simpsons” Jokes That Never Quite Made It (and a Few that Barely Did) 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z If you like the combination of violent action, sentimental fantasy, literary pretension and periodic slapstick humor that “Reprisal” offers, you may enjoy it well enough. ‘Reprisal’ Review: A Femme Fatale on the Midnight Train to Revenge 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z It’s more polished and more complicated than the typical entry, and crucially, it’s funnier, with a sense of humor that ranges from reasonably subtle verbal and visual jokes to outright slapstick. In the Long, Paranoid Shadow of ‘24’ 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z The hitman scene is such a relief - After all that confusion, it's suddenly slapstick - punching fat women, really. Watch Mulholland Drive: live! 2010-10-03T17:27:00Z My grandson had even taken me to see him in a film, God help me, a comedy dominated by slapstick and the broad physical humour of what in Britain would have been music hall. Top 10 books set in Hong Kong 2012-07-04T11:00:00Z But The Beatles disliked the TV show featuring slapstick comedy and cartoonish versions of the group, and initially had no interest in a film, its makers said. Beatles "Yellow Submarine" is relaunched 2012-06-15T20:56:43Z With its polished visuals, sharply timed slapstick, and mix of fantastical adventure and domestic reality, it could be a spin-off of The Incredibles. This week's new films 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z This slapstick comedy, which, frankly, runs on too long, is punctuated by the grim nature of Tomás’s quest. Yann Martel’s ‘The High Mountains of Portugal’ is his best since ‘Life of Pi’ 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The focus in this “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is decidedly on the play’s comic side, sacrificing the dreamlike atmosphere and the story’s bittersweet undercurrents in favor of speed and slapstick. Review: A ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ That’s More Speedy Than Dreamy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Brooks and his team of ace comedy writers — including a young Richard Pryor — adopted an “everything but the kitchen sink” approach, throwing in broad slapstick, sophisticated social satire, cheerful vulgarity, witty wordplay and fourth-wall breaks. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z It’s like a marriage of “Lost in Translation” and a Chuck Jones Looney Tunes short, haunting, disorienting and ingeniously slapstick. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Returns for a Hilarious and Hallucinatory Season 3 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The hangings, shootings, scalpings and other grim ends awaiting the hapless cowboys, prospectors and wagon-train pioneers in this anthology of western tales are incidents of mortal slapstick. ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Review: The Coens Go Darkly West Again 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z He and Mayall also created and starred in slapstick comedy series “Bottom.” British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z When Mr. Robbins pointed out that they were in the studio where Ray Bolger filmed his slapstick scarecrow dance in “The Wizard of Oz,” Mr. Carrey’s mouth curled into a beatific smile. A Darker, Deeper Jim Carrey Returns to TV With ‘Kidding’ 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z This philosophy is at the heart of how de Wilde approached retelling "Emma" in a slapstick, yet ultimately humane fashion. "Emma." finds its hilarious humanity through the body's betrayals 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Heiny writes about small-town life without ridicule or slapstick, and never resorts to idyllic depictions of a long-ago day that never existed. Katherine Heiny Shows Readers How to Pay Attention to the Little Things 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Under the precise direction of Sam Buntrock, Mr. Keller and Ms. Dizzia enact this dark night of parental angst with sympathetic humor that occasionally vaults into slapstick. | 'Cradle and All' : A Clock Ticking to Incessant Wailing 2011-05-26T02:01:03Z 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 But his strength was comedy, farce and slapstick that he captured in a visual style trained on silent comedies. Master of farce and slapstick, Blake Edwards, dies 2010-12-16T22:02:10Z The narratives here roam from Scotland to England to Italy to the murky depths far beneath the sea; they change in tone from violent to spooky to slapstick. Review | In ‘Conviction,’ a woman’s innocent podcast addiction turns into something darker 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Some of these are obvious: A triangle “freezes” the action, forcing the players to sit still; a kick drum and a slapstick, cracking like a torture device, cut the action to a different scene. Andrew Norman’s ‘Play,’ a Symphony That Levels Up 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z But the path followed here is comedy -- some of it broad, some of it smart, some of it low, some of it laconically slapstick, some it disturbing, some of it disgusting. 'Last Man on Earth' is dark in a strangely sunny way 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Not every moment is quite so inspired as that one, an intricate, freeze-frame slapstick ballet that fuses the pop playfulness of the old comics with the latest digital gimmickry. Old and New Cast Join in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The whole show started to feel like an off-kilter procedural slapstick comedy. "Dexter" finally goes too far 2009-12-14T20:15:00Z He and a wacky tourist, co-star Wang Baoqiang, experience a series of capers and mishaps in scenes heavy with slapstick humor. Star: 'Lost in Thailand' clicked with modern focus 2013-03-28T12:01:04Z While much of the movie is devoted to gleeful vandalism, the violence sometimes gives way to pure slapstick. The most hated man in art-house cinema 2010-05-07T20:15:00Z In execution, though, the movie was the extension of Pink Panther slapstick. 10 Pink Panthers at Tiffany's: Farewell to Blake Edwards 2010-12-19T14:10:00Z Ironically, the central conflict that drives all the slapstick action in "Hot Pursuit" has more of a story arc than any of the characters. Left cold by 'Hot Pursuit' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong — it’s refreshing to see NBC bring out a comedy that values subtlety over slapstick, but the situations and dialogue here are just a little too subtle to draw viewers in. Summer TV: Quick takes on ‘The Last Ship,’ ‘Legends’ and more “The Simpsons” married the literate and the profane, the culturally sophisticated and the silliest slapstick. Sam Simon, co-creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ dies at 59 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The film is leavened by slapstick and studded with stunt sequences involving actors’ dangling from high places; colliding with movie shoots; outrunning gangsters; and encountering every possible messy, malodorous or dangerous landing place. Review: ‘Lost in Hong Kong’ Is Part Music Video, Part Buddy Film 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z “It’s unprecedented slapstick in the sense that all the violence is real,” said Mr. Tremaine, the director of the series and the movies. Film: Another Dimension of Idiocy 2010-10-08T21:48:00Z Using dance, movement — including Buster Keaton-esque slapstick — spoken dialogue and pop music, primarily in English and German, Macras’s intrepid and indefatigable troupe sets out to investigate. Review: ‘Drama’ Contains Many Things. But Drama Isn’t One. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z By drawing laughs from interviews—and broad slapstick—The Office showed audiences they could laugh even when the TV didn’t tell them to. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z The slapstick becomes more violent, the stakes more naked, the laughs more terrifying and cruel. ‘Parasite’ Review: The Lower Depths Rise With a Vengeance 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z He and Edmondson also created and starred in “Bottom,” a violent slapstick series about two unemployed slobs. British comic Rik Mayall of ‘The Young Ones’ and ‘Drop Dead Fred’ dies at 56 Given the abundance of acrobatic antics, pratfalls and slapstick action, what the Minion movies end up resembling most is silent-era comedies. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The reopening of the Star Wars narrative gave the people a new champion in BB-8, a roly-poly droid prone to slapstick humor and fits of cuteness. Unseen on screen: the secret movie cameos you might not know about 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Aside from its tendency toward leisurely travelogue, “The Self-Propelled Island” consists largely of slapstick comedy, prescient satire of capitalist privilege and melodrama. Michael Dirda takes a new look at a little-known Jules Verne novel 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Mervyn Rothstein of the New York Times called “Fawlty Towers” the “paragon of sitcoms,” and many other reviewers noted its deft blend of slapstick with the angry humor of its embattled characters. Andrew Sachs, who played hapless waiter Manuel on ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 86 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z This is partly because there are slapstick comedy bits and explosions to look at. The Disconnect of ‘The Interview’ 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z In the 1990s, television's America's Funniest Home Videos offered a more reality-based version of slapstick, broadcasting the comedic foibles of everyday people to a national audience. A Brief History of Slapstick Humor 2010-10-18T08:00:00Z But only the silliness of the slapstick stunts ramp up. Left cold by 'Hot Pursuit' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z There was nothing slapstick about any of it. The Virgin Islands, Rewritten 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z With one eye on the screen above him, Mr. Porat meticulously timed his playing to the comic mishaps and slapstick falls and knocks of the movie. Review: Matan Porat Plays an Improvised Score to ‘The General’ 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z An odd mix of Three Stooges slapstick and prewar music hall, it is little more than an intriguing curio. Diana Dors: more than just the British Marilyn Monroe 2010-06-10T22:06:00Z Kahn navigates this slapstick theatre of the absurd with consummate self-deprecating humour. This week's new exhibitions 2012-06-22T23:06:30Z Since the whole aim of Sean Foley's production is to transform the movie into a slapstick farce, this lack of precision matters. The Ladykillers – review 2013-07-10T18:40:00Z But trying to force Nabokov’s exquisitely controlled satire of bourgeois materialism and conventionality into a slapstick would-be youth comedy was a grave error. Nabokov and the Movies 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z Physical attempts to connect are the stuff of both slapstick and the sort of suspense you associate with horror movies. Theater Review: Conor McPherson’s ‘The Night Alive,’ With Ciaran Hinds 2013-12-13T03:00:09Z During a 10-minute spell in The Train Journey, Hancock manages to recite Shakespeare, lampoon the British class system, partake in a bit of slapstick, and even make a gag about Britain’s involvement in Nato. From Python to Seinfeld - are these 12 classic comedies still funny? 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Indeed, if The Way Things Go could be considered a compendium of comic techniques – anticipation, timing, slapstick, punchline – then it is of a particularly dark humour. Fischli and Weiss: the art of humour 2012-06-05T12:03:00Z Read today, the book’s intellectually slapstick vision of corporatism run amok embeds it within the early to mid-1990s as firmly and emblematically as “The Simpsons” and grunge music. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z She has the slapstick verve of the “Broad City” chicks; she also has the brass to delve into the true misery of Andy Daly’s “Review.” Maria Bamford’s Melancholic, Hallucinogenic, and Very Funny “Lady Dynamite” 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z She is instead a vocal slapstick artist of both speech and song, shifting registers and styles with madcap virtuosity. Review: In ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ Jackie Hoffman as Paradoxical Charmer 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z The definition of slapstick can be traced back to the 1500s. A Brief History of Slapstick Humor 2010-10-18T08:00:00Z Mr. Smith finally had a hit in 1997 with “Bean,” a slapstick adventure starring Mr. Atkinson as the bumbling character he created for British television. Mel Smith, TV Actor, Director and Producer, Dies at 60 2013-07-25T02:38:20Z The tone also shifts from intense drama to slapstick comedy to something surreal. The surreal manipulation of "Black Bear," a comic thriller with answers that "hover out of reach" 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z It's a salute to traditional performance and circus, with a lot of clowning, over-the-top humor, slapstick, and a patina, an aura, that spans many decades. Former PNB dancer at home under Cirque du Soleil's grand chapiteau 2010-06-02T00:03:00Z No wonder the cast are so enthusiastic when peripheral set-pieces – a riotous slapstick re-enactment of Sennett's pie-throwing Keystone Cops, a scintillating rendition of Tap Your Troubles Away – allow them to abandon the romance. Mack and Mabel – review 2012-07-13T14:38:35Z It begins at simple double entendre and ends, far better, somewhere near puerile slapstick. | 'State of Georgia': Conquering the Big City, With an Auntie Mame on Her Side 2011-06-28T22:08:37Z "They are not just comedies of slapstick and spectacular stunts. There is a lot of personality and tender feelings — above all else, you like these people." Hal Roach's film legacy explored in Hollywood Museum exhibition 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z For “The Nap” is also a comedy of deception, including self-deception, and the sort of willful, hilarious misunderstandings that have always been a basis for slapstick. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Taking highbrow to the edge of slapstick, Sokurov's idiosyncratic adaptation of ... Highbrow trumps Hollywood at Venice film festival 2011-09-11T08:47:48Z The 2008 movie adaptation, with Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan, managed to bury much of that in adolescent humor and slapstick — surprising, because it was directed, like the stage version, by Phyllida Lloyd. ‘Mamma Mia!’ No Longer Inspires Dancing in the Aisles 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z However, what ensues has a touch of real wisdom in its slapstick hand that will satisfy Kinsella die-hards as well as new readers. Sophie Kinsella goes back to the farm in ‘My (Not So) Perfect Life’ 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z There’s a sense of escapism along with a healthy dose of slapstick. ‘Uncle Drew’: Branding Vehicle or Feature Film? Yes 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Since breaking out in 2011's "Bridesmaids," Melissa McCarthy has become a go-to actress for irreverent slapstick shenanigans, as with "Identity Thief" and "The Heat." Melissa McCarthy road comedy 'Tammy' hits the skids, reviews say 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Despite a prolific filmography of grandiose art house fare that has often wrestled with the vast span of Chinese history, the filmmaker has suffused a dynastic war fable with elements of a slapstick whodunit. ‘Full River Red’ Review: A Song Dynasty Blockbuster 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z “I’m really into slapstick—Chuck Jones and Road Runner and Zucker Brothers stuff, visceral humor,” he said. The Screening Room: “Fire in Cardboard City” 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Fifteen cents bought a ticket to the Palace to see westerns, Bela Lugosi’s latest or slapstick comedies with Buster Keaton, the moody pratfall master, and Laurel and Hardy. At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “Some people like musicals, some people like slapstick comedy, I like violent movies. I think it’s a very cinematic thing to do.” Did Quentin Tarantino Tease His Final Film at Cannes? 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Dismayed by the relentless pace, cruel slapstick and shameless commercialism of the still burgeoning medium of television — and concerned about its effects on children — he set out to create something different. Mister Rogers was actually a badass: New film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” shows his tough side 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z The violent slapstick often involved fires, explosions and hefty blows to the head with a frying pan. Rik Mayall: His best lines 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The movie is romantic slapstick, set far from the bohemian Lower East Side in sylvan Vermont. An Avant-Garde Film That Went for Laughs Instead of Scandal 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Much of the comedy in Dinner for One is slapstick, knockabout stuff: James spills wine, drops food, crashes into furniture and downs the water in the flower vases instead of what's in the port glasses. What's German for funny? 2012-02-12T20:00:13Z The least you can expect with two sets of identical twins are mistaken identities and slapstick comedy — and that is what Shakespeare delivers in this unabashedly goofy romp. Theater to Stream: Pride Goes Online 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The crude slapstick of TV's "Benny Hill Show" or the "Carry On" movies is as central to the British comic tradition as the exalted Hogarth. 'Rude Britannia' looks at 300 years of comic art 2010-06-07T14:47:00Z Rather than epic history, let alone Chinese noir, it offers screeching slapstick and garish caricatures – a broad, Chinese opera-derived comedy style that does not translate with any slickness. Zhang Yimou's adaptation not so Blood Simple after all 2011-03-03T22:50:00Z It’s both bone-crunching and delightful, pairing genuine action mastery with clockwork slapstick ingenuity. The Pleasure of Watching Charlize Theron Throw a Punch 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The “Road” movies, his series of slapstick travelogues with Bob Hope, provided goofy escapist fun for the folks back home. How Bing Crosby Changed the Course of Pop Music 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z The series’s strongest movie, “A Shot in the Dark” blends character comedy with intricately choreographed slapstick, annotated by Clouseau’s hilariously tortured logic. ‘Pink Panther’ and ‘Decoy’ Return on Disc 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Zayas even handles slapstick moments with dreamlike style — an angry tussle may, for example, morph into a pirouette as someone collapses onto a chair. ‘Cancún’: Not your average romp “Dumb can be fun,” A. O. Scott wrote in The Times about Shane Black’s slapstick thriller. What’s on TV Saturday: Ruth Negga in ‘Loving,’ and the new ‘Ghostbusters’ 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Carsen does a beautiful job of choreographing the small gestures, feints and slapstick moments in this opera. Last Chance: ‘Falstaff’ at Metropolitan Opera, a Bundle of Energy 2013-12-26T21:36:22Z The pilot, for instance, builds to a fairly comic slapstick showdown involving the wedding of a woman Craig is still pining for. Review: The Descent of Man Up! 2011-10-18T16:46:00Z SAT-MON Retelling of the Pied Piper legend, using vaudeville and slapstick, not for children, 2 and 8 p.m. Community calendar 2011-11-10T00:20:05Z “The Sisters Brothers,” from 2011, which established his impish reputation, was a slapstick facsimile of a Western, populated by fantastically inept outlaws. The Stealth Absurdism of Patrick deWitt’s “French Exit” 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z As the South Seas islander Queequeg, he delivers a masterclass in slapstick physical comedy as he attempts to climb some stairs and keeps sliding off. Moby Dick 2010-04-26T20:30:00Z After all, violent slapstick is a mainstay of South Korean culture. Netflix, no! What's that penis doing on kids' TV? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Lacroix, meanwhile, gets mugged, spends some time in delirium and, in an almost slapstick scene, comes ashore on a small Scottish island on the back of a cow. While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “It’s a real slapstick reading of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ so the kids can get something out of it,” Ms. Trope-Podell said. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 6-12 2013-12-06T01:34:36Z The tone was knockabout bordering on slapstick, and while neither actor is a born comedian, together they made an entertaining double act. Rewind TV: The Fear; The Town; A Young Doctor's Notebook; The Secret Life of Rubbish; Imagine... Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me; Inside Claridge's – review 2012-12-09T00:06:09Z What follows is a series of hilariously ungallant proposals, with the comedy of embarrassment leavened by slapstick. The Genius of Alfred Hitchcock at the BFI: 10 of his lesser-known gems 2012-07-04T09:38:11Z Papageno, the humorous bird catcher, is a slapstick character, maybe a German version of Harold Lloyd. L.A. Opera again casts an enchanting spell with its silent-movie-styled ' Magic Flute' 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z She also skips over the sleepless nights slapstick — Julie and Jason are fairly natural parents — to focus instead on the challenges of dating as members of the diaper brigade. Friends with Kids: A Potty-Mouthed Mom Rom Com 2012-03-08T11:43:43Z The second half flags, failing in key scenes to evoke the antics of Keaton-like, cream-pie slapstick, just as the dancing pales as well. 'Trials of Busta Keaton' retells comedian's tale 2011-04-18T15:44:14Z Wisdom, who has died aged 95, was almost the last in a great tradition of knockabout, slapstick clowns, a performer who relied less on words than on an acrobatic physical dexterity to gain his laughs. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z Either they went to a traditional pantomime or to one of Stuart Paterson's Christmas shows: big-hearted fables that preferred psychological realism to slapstick and narrative complexity to stock plots. The Snow Queen ? review 2010-12-07T23:30:00Z Corden’s deliriously funny “One Man, Two Guvnors” airs Friday, a slapstick farce about a simpleminded guy who juggles errands for two underworld bosses in an English seaside town in the 1960s. James Corden, Lea Salonga return to happier theatrical days 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “Russian Doll” is more a detective story, with elements of slapstick, sci-fi and even horror. ‘Russian Doll’: Programmer, Debug Thyself 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z What happens next is a meta-marvel of slapstick, butchery and, surprisingly, heart. Summer Horror in the City 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s a silly film with some fun slapstick and corny wordplay, such as “You just mermaid my day!” and “Drew! Barry! More Power!” “Drew! Barry! More Power!”: The 10 best penguin movies ever made 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z These slapstick interludes go on for too long; their timing still needs to be sharpened. Review: In ‘Sisters’ Follies,’ Basil Twist Conjures Two Avant-Garde 1915 Benefactors 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z In fact, the whole of Temple of Doom made Indy look like a chump, played as the film was for witless slapstick and comedy racism. Why I'd like to be … Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z 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 Questions: Do the slapstick interpretations of Wrench’s signing offend? ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Boots on the Ground 2014-04-23T03:22:49Z In Four Lions, he uses slapstick to obscure it. Four Lions may roar, but its laughs are hollow 2010-05-10T10:09:00Z The ensuing mayhem offers a fair share of gore and slapstick. ‘First Love’ Review: Eluding Assassins With the Help of a Boxer 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z An authentic comedy genius and a prince among men” The Young Ones also starred Mayall's comedy partner Ade Edmondson, who he also met at Manchester University and later created cult slapstick sitcom Bottom with. Mayall's death unexplained, says wife 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Keaton gives a profoundly moving double-edged performance as a tersely melancholy has-been and, in flashbacks to the freewheeling days of slapstick silent short films, as the blank-faced, mercurially acrobatic master of uproar. A Nineteen-Fifties TV Series That Let Directors Run Free 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Program A includes their slapstick version of “Swan Lake, Act II” paired with a cheeky take on the 19th-century Petipa ballet “The Little Humpbacked Horse.” 9 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z When it came to sitcoms, her favourites included Are You Being Served? and Fawlty Towers – emerging from her boarding-school bubble in the early 1990s, she found new sitcoms speaking that same silly, slapstick language. Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z We're left with some desperate, lumbering slapstick and shouting in the final few minutes, the sort of thing a bad soap opera does when it tries to be funny. TV highlights 06/07/2012 2012-07-05T19:00:01Z What follows entails arson, murder, and slapstick comedy, all wrapped together with an ingenious framing device that it would be criminal to spoil here. Charmed by 'Arthur'? Other unnecessary remakes from Scarecrow 2011-04-07T22:01:20Z Amid rapidly shifting tones — from slapstick light to grimly dire — the bathroom is soon demolished and its white surfaces predictably redecorated with a bold red accent. ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ and the Bliss of the Hyper-Human Tom Cruise 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Latterly, he lamented the decline of slapstick: "Comedians just don't get that kind of training these days." Wisdom's longevity was incredible. He even made Barry Cryer seem young 2010-10-04T23:14:00Z A slapstick comedy tinged with pathos, “Rooming-House” is set in a London attic hung with metal hooks. Review: Tennessee Williams’s Late-Career Curiosities 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z For instance, last time anybody tried to turn the Fantastic Four into a movie, it ended up being an insultingly stupid muddle of slapstick and silly faces. Reboots are all the rage - so which films would you like to see updated? 2011-03-18T15:00:00Z Beyond funny, the show — which can hardly explain its own premise yet somehow lasted for two seasons — is superbly pointless, except as a platform for Kovacs’s absurdist slapstick and imaginative free associations. Jean Rouch: A Long-Overdue Homage to a Documentary Maker 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Hrabal’s characters share with slapstick comics a strange invulnerability: they survive the wildest exploits, eating poisonous mushrooms and weathering car explosions not only with impunity but with sunny good humor. The Violent Insights of Bohumil Hrabal 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The move fully committed to elemental slapstick and yet it also carried all the sadness and powerlessness in the world: What else could Hamlet do? Best Theater of 2022 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z It's performed with high spirits, a slapstick vigour – and the occasional lit sparkler up the bum. The Comedy of Errors/Richard III ? review 2011-01-30T17:50:01Z There is both overt and implicit violence, only some of it cushioned by the giddy energy of slapstick. | 'I Was Born, but...': Yasujiro Ozu?s Silent Tale of New Kids on the Block 2010-06-24T23:03:00Z He wanted to make a comedy – though in Italy, comedy is rarely slapstick and usually tragic in some way. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z Her inner voice yields jokes and asides, a montage of the metaphysical and the trivial, and Woods’s wry yet intimate images provide the deadpan slapstick contrast to her desperate whirl of thought. Forgotten Treasures of Black Women’s Cinema 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z But then the show pulls clumsily back, into slapstick, a paternity scandal, a subplot about a celebrity stalker. On TV, You Can Go Home Again. But It’s Weird. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Among those pursuing her is a slapstick Javert of a police agent with an old grudge, aided reluctantly by a young pickpocket. Review: ‘April and the Extraordinary World,’ Animated Sci-Fi From France 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Sono’s films may be grotesque or ridiculous, and careen wildly from slapstick violence to religious passion and existential crisis. “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?”: A delirious, hilarious work of Japanese pop genius 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z There is slapstick as well as dread in the way Ducournau stages Alexia’s crimes. ‘Titane’ Review: Auto Erotic 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z But what makes not just tolerable but frivolously entertaining is its slapstick soul; a scene where the presidential limousine does doughnuts on the South Lawn plays like an homage to the Keystone Kops. White House Down: D.C. Meets Die Hard 2013-06-26T20:20:17Z It's great because it collapses the firefighting and domestic worlds and makes them indistinguishable, and because it plays to the show's strength: its knack for down-and-dirty slapstick and on-the-edge-of-ludicrous verbal exchanges. "Rescue Me" recap: Season 7, Episode 2: "Menses" 2011-07-21T14:30:00Z There’s a lot of violent death in these pages, despite frequent slapstick humor. Review | Arthur Conan Doyle wrote more than detective novels. Let’s not forget his more swashbuckling stories. 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules is full of lively slapstick, the best of which might be Greg running through a nursing home in his underwear. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Second Time is Charming 2011-03-24T15:55:00Z That's all rather superficial though: Python is always slapstick, especially since it's talking about the grandiose. Where are all the right-wing comedians when you need them? 2013-03-12T15:03:25Z In the story “The Astonished Woodchopper,” she combines discordant family history with real-time slapstick conversation to capture the cacophonic exhaustion of a wedding. Ann Beattie is one of our few contemporary masters of storytelling 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Others — like the slapstick antics that populate the film — are, Mr. Pritzker said, “mythical wanderings from my imagination.” A Silent Musical 2010-08-27T18:31:00Z Each page unleashes a fusillade of gags and comic sequences, careening from slapstick to blood bath and back again. Two Classic American Novels About the Madness and Beauty of Race 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z It’s hilarious, the kind of brainless, impeccably choreographed slapstick that once ruled comedy. Stop! You're hurting me! Why GLOW's wrestling women aren't just an offence to fashion 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z I would pop the kernels in oil, slather them in butter and salt, and gobble them while watching old slapstick comedies on the couch, battling husband and child for that last craggy crumb. The Secret to Perfect Popcorn Is Already in Your Cupboard 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Punch, freed, grabs up a slapstick and wallops him with it. “Citizen Punch” 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Set in the 1920s, the slapstick plot involves a wealthy orphan on a madcap adventure, inspired by Henley’s love of 1920s movies. ‘Kid Victory,’ new musical from legendary John Kander, to premiere at Signature 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The narratives roam from Scotland to England to Italy to the murky depths far beneath the sea; they change in tone from violent to spooky to slapstick. The best thrillers and mysteries of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Working with a loose, partly improvised script, the film’s young actors drive its endearing rhythms, combining easy laughs and slapstick with an unforced profundity. Stream These Five International Films Now 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Beck, she says, can pull off a strangely soulful deadpan, almost like the slapstick icon Buster Keaton. T Magazine: The Many Mutations of Beck 2011-12-05T19:07:03Z There is a great deal of action, all of it over the top in classic slapstick style. 'Paddington' brings irresistible bear to life 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Played in slow motion, his malfunctions unspool as slapstick with an undertow of dread. In This Norwegian Novel, an Old-School Waiter Tries to Keep Up the Old Ways 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Rush’s command of a slapstick vocabulary is masterly, for sure. | 'Diary of a Madman': Send in the Russian Clown and His Pain and Alienation, Too 2011-02-18T00:36:24Z Ocarina, slapstick, whistling, electric guitar noises, grunts, electronics and howls in the night: Anything was welcome if it had dramatic effect. Ennio Morricone Was More Than Just a Great Film Composer 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z “The day of the rough and tumble and slapstick seems to have passed,” she said, before dying of TB in 1930, aged 37. Eyes on the pies: how Mabel Normand, Chaplin’s mentor, changed cinema 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The book’s fun comes from Gibbs’s deployment of deadpan humor and boisterous slapstick. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In 10 episodes shown last year, it offered an absurdist, slapstick look at two women scraping by in New York. ‘Broad City’ Stars Look Toward Season 2 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The jokes are beyond broad, the slapstick is downright painful, and the vulgarity pushes the limits of the PG-13 rating considerably. Stream These 10 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Directed by Jonathan Kent, from sharp-witted translations by the British dramatist David Hare, these productions show how slapstick and self-lacerating angst breathe the same romantic oxygen in Chekhov’s universe. On the London Stage, Love Doesn’t Just Hurt, It Kills 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z About half of the 1hr. 14min. movie is devoted to the shenanigans of the heroine’s closest companions, a quartet of talking mice, and their slapstick battles with Lady Tremaine’s obnoxious cat Lucifer. Cinderella Review: Disney Rekindles Old Magic 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Early on he has a slapstick cold you're fully expecting to be exposed as a front for a chronic coke habit. Cannes 2013: Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian) - first look review 2013-05-18T13:24:00Z More tribute than parody, this over-egged farce whips slapstick and cheese into an authentic soufflé of tastelessness. ‘Eurovision Song Contest’ Review: Over the Top and Around the Bend 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Pretty much everybody at the Duke on 42nd Street laughs, as people are expected to at this basic bit of slapstick. Theater Review: Tim Crouch’s ‘I, Malvolio,’ at the Duke on 42nd Street 2013-01-15T23:15:07Z His double act with Edmondson included the extreme, violent slapstick of The Dangerous Brothers - a forerunner of their later, hugely successful TV show Bottom. Obituary: Rik Mayall 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z 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 Their YouTube channel is full of filmed pranks — easy, smutty, slapstick stuff — that have made them astonishingly popular. The Janoskians Bring Their Brand to Irving Plaza 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Morella: It works on so many levels — the social message, it’s entertaining, it’s silly, slapstick, dark, scary and bleak. Scrooge summit 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z He was known for doing slapstick, so I recreated some Chaplin shorts – but slowed them down so much that the comedy gets sucked out and they become people beating on each other. James Franco: why I recreated Psycho 2013-06-09T18:30:02Z This week, amid the Sisyphean cacophony of hundreds of acts of all stripes — moody metal, slapstick art-rap, ragged noise rock, and so much more — these new bands will act as virtual palate cleansers. Critic?s Notebook: Indie Scene?s Uncomplicated Side 2010-10-18T22:02:00Z With their absurdly long, bulbous noses and thick mops of hair, the subjects could have their activities played for slapstick, yet a quiet undercurrent of melancholy runs throughout. Full-frontal absurdity: The world of Louise Bonnet's fleshy, surreal portraits 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z The character careened between triumph and slapstick abjection as the puppeteers moved him across a long table with artificial turf. Derek Fordjour, From Anguish to Transcendence 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z One of them was Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors,” presented by the vigorous Propeller troupe as a slapstick fest with a south-of-the-border aspect at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Speaking the Speech, Trippingly 2011-03-24T17:53:23Z While "Planes" is an animated children's film, the director said he was eager to "embrace the family" audience, steering away from slapstick humor and instead focusing on relationships spanning family, friends and love. Disney's animated adventure 'Planes' enters tailwind of 'Cars' 2013-08-09T20:04:11Z "On a compositional level, it almost sounds like compositional slapstick. Because you've got those musical slides where he's anticipating the down beat. It's almost like the sound of somebody slipping on a banana peel." Why "Yakety Sax" makes anything funny and has morphed into the soundtrack of political failure 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Cue a hazing scene that straddles the uncomfortable line between slapstick and violence, down to the kind of probing usually encountered in tales of alien abduction. Review: Rich, Crude and Craving Acceptance in 17th-Century France 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Showalter continues to play with comic tone and mood — he folds in some slapstick, enables the mugging and stages several cringing fantasy sequences that encourage you to laugh at Doris. Review: ‘Hello, My Name Is Doris,’ About an Older Woman’s Love for a Much Younger Man 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Even the cold open with Jake and Rosa culminates in a classic slapstick sequence triggered by a stony-faced Rosa dropping a bomb that changes everything. "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" returns with an appropriate awkward hello to its farewell season 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Boasting the hectic aggression of a silent slapstick short — without the silence — “Young Bodies Heal Quickly” pants to keep up with its rambunctious antiheroes. Review: ‘Young Bodies Heal Quickly’ Follows Brothers on the Run 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The resulting sequence, where Sideshow Bob steps on, and is smacked in the face by, a rake nine times is one of the series' best moments of slapstick. 2010-01-14T11:04:00Z But they were even better at getting laughs, with their spindly-limbed slapstick and funny voices. 'We know we're more than a TV show': how Sesame Street made it to 50 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Emerging from the slacker-daredevil ethos of skate culture, it updated the ambush comedy of “Candid Camera” and the reality slapstick of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” for the age of YouTube exhibitionism. Film: Another Dimension of Idiocy 2010-10-08T21:48:00Z He wasn’t just slapstick, he was joking about sex and modern life. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z There are plenty of opportunities to ponder some enduring questions: Why is good slapstick so hard to pull off? A Very Streaming Christmas 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The Boss gives her too little to work with: a hackneyed backstory and a string of slapstick gags that lead to an all too predictable climax and denouement. The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But while most will watch “Home Alone” for its heartwarming moments, slapstick comedy and family-as-the-greatest-holiday-gift message, I see in it something else entirely—a master class in low-budget museum security. “Home Alone’s” secret lesson: How to foil an art heist 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z In a slapstick scene the men, left alone, break into a stash of wine. A Lively, Stylish Met Debut For Rossini?s Last Comic Opera 2011-03-25T14:01:52Z One would think this limited series would look at everything that flop did wrong and go nuts with dancing all over it, amplifying its flaws into grand slapstick. No amount of wine can make "The Woman in the House" spoof work, despite its charismatic star 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z Mr. Wisdom’s unabashedly slapstick style — embracing spills, pratfalls and all manner of silly walks — made him one of the last living links to the British music hall tradition. Norman Wisdom, Funnyman, Dies at 95 2010-10-06T05:14:00Z The show was a slapstick comedy about an outpost called Fort Courage in Indian country just after the Civil War, and Mr. Storch played Cpl. Larry Storch, Comic Actor Best Known for ‘F Troop,’ Dies at 99 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Now two things need to be established so that the sex tape in the cloud can present a problem big enough to drive all the slapstick comedy that follows. 'Sex Tape' lacks appeal, even with Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z But he’s smart enough to recognize slapstick, and he facepalms well. A Quest to Reclaim a Family Home Unearths a Past Buried by the Holocaust 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z This last bit weaves in nicely with the larger story, though it also relies on some unnecessary weight-based slapstick. Magic Ripples Just Below the Surface in These Novels 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Owing as much to anarchic circus clowning and slapstick as to avant-garde theatre, Dada and Fluxus , these antics have featured flying food, Punch and Judy-style puppetry, live animals – even exploding vegetables. Artist of the week 2010-08-04T16:33:00Z Zhang has taken the basic botched-murder plot of "Blood Simple," along with its grotesque slapstick elements, and translated it from one kind of movie -- and one kind of world -- into another. "A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop": "Blood Simple," Hunan-style 2010-09-03T19:31:00Z To look for an answer, I started by remembering the enduring popularity of pie-in-the-face slapstick and eternal fan favorites like the Three Stooges. Pining for sophisticated comedy in a world of raunch 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Loudon's set privileges comedy, or so it seems: his songs have a way of hiding heartache in slapstick. Rufus Wainwright and Loudon Wainwright III ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:43Z Before long, Cooper and Mrs. Riva — last names suffice until the blossoming of their final-act friendship — are being chased by two sets of gunman and forced into various slapstick- and insult-generating situations. Review: In ‘Hot Pursuit,’ Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon on the Run 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z If the show could still use some tightening, especially of its slapstick riffs, I never checked my watch. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z You can’t be too kind or too patient, or too silly with toddlers: your first response in any difficult situation should be slapstick. How to get your kids to 18, sane and not hating you 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z In the mode of a silent slapstick film, these everyday tableaus imply their comic potential, although the designers provide a list of tasks for those players who require more explicit direction. The Joy of Being a Horrible Goose in a Time of Moral Crisis 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z On the plus side, though, I liked last night’s episode better than the second—with the stomach-flu slapstick and the expected the-President-may-be-dying storyline so soon—so I’m guardedly optimistic. The Morning After: Is Veep Better Off Now Than It Was Two Episodes Ago? 2012-05-07T15:41:47Z At first it was freak-show stuff, either slapstick or schlock in which scientists try melding man and monkey, rarely to happy effect. Monkey business: primates on film 2011-08-03T20:00:00Z “The Society” revels in hammy mystery tropes and slapstick religious symbolism. “The Society,” Reviewed: A Teen Dystopia, but with, Like, Socialism 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z More slapstick directives, however, might have indicated only that he found your presence annoying. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z This production turns many ensembles into dumb slapstick routines, especially a spaghetti dinner near the prince’s palace that devolves into a food fight. Opera Review: DiDonato and Camarena Shine in ‘La Cenerentola’ at the Met 2014-04-22T09:30:43Z The duo, in which singer Martin played the straight guy to Lewis' slapstick comedy, split up acrimoniously in 1956 and both men went on to solo careers. Jerry Lewis plays both straight man and clown at Cannes festival 2013-05-23T16:24:53Z But the whole movie, a pastiche of early film tropes, is a goofy, slapstick silent-film-style romp, only with dialogue. film: Silent-Movie-Era Tributes From the Past 2012-01-06T21:36:22Z But this show eschews the heightened humor and slapstick of those other shows to lean emphatically into situational realism. Evolving "Hair Love" into "Young Love": Matthew A. Cherry's "live action-feeling" animated comedy 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Like its Ice Age predecessors, it swamps any hint of dread in either slapstick or exuberance. Rio's extinction fears are for the birds 2011-04-11T09:48:52Z Photograph: Sky Arguably, Miranda Hart and her brand of slapstick got things moving on BBC2 back in the day, by being curiously old-fashioned and brand new at the same time. From Hunderby to It's Kevin: how TV comedy learned to be silly again 2013-03-19T12:52:00Z The de rigueur slapstick scenes for the title characters don’t even play, as the integration of animation and live action is so clunky that it feels like we’re watching special effects demonstrations rather than gags. ‘Tom & Jerry’ Review: Chasing the Mouse of Nostalgia 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z But the comedy, which was rapturously received by critics in 2016 and went on to win two Emmys and two Golden Globes, was also far from slapstick. The Cast of ‘Atlanta’ on Trump, Race and Fame 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z During the somewhat slapstick “admissions” process, Korean American Hannah — as opposed to Nordic blond Beth — is twice mistaken for the new inmate. Review | A.H. Kim’s ‘A Good Family’ is a domestic suspense story that will keep readers guessing 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Other than a management change, however, movie critics say "Bosses 2" doesn't bring anything new to the table, just more slapstick, vulgarity and occasionally funny bits from its goofy troika. 'Horrible Bosses 2' earns part of its title, reviews say 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Yes, the slapstick of the Stooges figures heavily here, too — another layer in a show that more than anything else could use a wise, vigilant editor. Review | Sex, drugs and rock-and-roll: Sounds good? Turns out the formula’s not foolproof. 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s a stoner detective film so overstuffed with visual gags and gimmicks that the filmmaker said he was inspired by slapstick spoofs like “Top Secret!” and “Airplane!” Paul Thomas Anderson Films ‘Inherent Vice’ 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z These tobacco bits are a bit of slapstick padding; they have a stuntlike aroma. Books of The Times: ‘Traveling Sprinkler’ Is Nicholson Baker’s New Novel 2013-09-09T21:31:25Z All are old-fashioned, certainly, but Miranda includes a knowing wink to the camera and at least does slapstick properly. was laughable, but not in a good way. Do comedians lose their edge as they get older? 2013-04-27T16:59:01Z He was best known for his slapstick film roles in the 1950s and 1960s, famously playing Norman Pitkin against frustrated boss Mr Grimsdale. Famous faces we lost in 2010 2010-12-28T08:38:08Z But no less important is their joyous brand of simple, streamlined comedy, which, in its slapstick zest and nonverbal brio, achieves a kind of borderless comic nirvana. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z "A Castle in Italy," whose mix of family drama and almost slapstick comedy charmed some viewers and bemused others, is a tragicomedy partly inspired by the plays of Anton Chekhov. Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes 2013-05-21T17:46:11Z The threesome sequence is awkward, and Slate, unlike Day, doesn't get to utilize her slapstick skills much. In Amazon's affable rom-com "I Want You Back" Jenny Slate and Charlie Day charm as meddling exes 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z As a comics fan, I was appalled by the slapstick cinematic iteration of a story so dear to my heart. Page to screen evokes passions, screams 2011-05-31T21:39:48Z The marriage of an Afro-American and a Mexican provides the excuse for broad ethnic laughs and goat-related slapstick. This week's new films 2010-06-18T23:06:00Z Lennie plans to flee to Cuba, stirring up slapstick shenanigans reminiscent of “Manhattan Murder Mystery.” What’s on TV Friday: Woody Allen’s ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’ and ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Never a critical favorite — the opening-night reviews were famously derisive — “No Sex Please” still became a cultural fixture in London and, like “The Benny Hill Show” on television, an avatar of slapstick and harmless titillation. Anthony Marriott, British Playwright, Dies at 83 2014-04-28T04:22:30Z His performance is an increasingly tiresome display of sentimental slapstick and attempted scene stealing in which he evokes uncomfortable memories of Roberto Benigni running wild in “Life Is Beautiful.” Review: ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Ups the Ante 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z On each platform, the films are organized into playlists like the National Screening Room, a catchall that includes everything from educational films to slapstick comedies. Film Treasures, Streaming Courtesy of the Library of Congress 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The result is calamity and misunderstanding, which O’Hanlon recounts as jungle slapstick. These epic travel disasters will take the edge off your wanderlust 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The butt dial is slapstick, the most inherently hilarious of twenty-first-century privacy perils. Rudy Giuliani and the Butt-Dialler Within All of Us 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z But as much as Mr. West is ridiculed for his naïveté, the film pays tribute to American action films and slapstick comedies with its strong, simple compositions and dynamically edited nonstop action. DVD: Landmarks of Early Soviet Film Come to DVD 2011-10-09T03:23:03Z A two-time Tony-nominated actor, Karl has long been a prized musical theater stud with a sleek voice and a sneaky gift for slapstick. With a heroic performance by its injured star, 'Groundhog Day' limps through opening night 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The “Holmes & Watson” film “has some smart jokes, but it also has some jokes that are pure slapstick and go for the joke that will make you blush,” Ferrell told Reuters. Will Ferrell promises smart jokes and slapstick in 'Holmes & Watson' 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z When it finally seems like he’s made it to the summit, he’s sent plummeting back to the bottom in full slapstick fashion and has to start from scratch while the clock is ticking. A John Wick Action Scene, Step by Step 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The action sequences, simultaneously thrilling, slapstick and bathetic, served the larger purpose of “Barry,” to tell the story of an antihero without celebrating his antiheroism. The Best TV Episodes of 2022 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z But it was almost as satisfying, and in some ways more surprising because of its emphasis on slapstick misfortune rather than dark-night-of-the-soul emoting. After seven seasons, "Rescue Me" ends with a cough and a smile 2011-09-08T02:01:00Z But Matheson does an awfully good job in an exuberant memoir that doubles as slapstick comedy. ‘Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z That same tone pervades the film: Greek tragedy in expensive suits with a large dash of slapstick. 'The Krays were glamorous guys' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z There’s also a slapstick bit in which a father passes his paste-on mustache to his son. Review: In ‘The Forbidden Room,’ a Submarine Full of Dark Imagery 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z As for “Boomerang,” seen 30 years later the women’s big hair and shoulder-pad suits make it seem dated, while Marcus’s sexism and the film’s slapstick homophobia are jarring. ‘Boomerang’ at 30: Think of It as the Robin Givens Rom-Com 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z It was the kind of slapstick scenario one never experiences within the solitude of writing a book. Gillian Flynn Takes Her Paranoia to Television 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z There is a comic, bumbling aspect to Arvid’s questing, and even, as in the sucker-punch incident, some moments of Scandinavian slapstick, which keep the book from turning into a Strindbergian slog. Books of The Times: ?I Curse the River of Time,? Per Petterson?s Lost Soul 2010-08-11T17:11:00Z The parents’ attempts to reach out and hug their blind son become agonized slapstick ballets. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z It’s a reference to Oliver Hardy, the perennially put-upon, perpetually exasperated half of the slapstick duo Laurel and Hardy. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z Even without the slapstick visuals, there are enough fun moments in this piece to keep young kids engaged. 10 Pieces of Classical Music Your Toddler will Love 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Writer/director Lawrence Michael Levine — who last helmed the hilarious mystery-comedy "Wild Canaries" — plays with genre, mixing suspense and romance with slapstick. The surreal manipulation of "Black Bear," a comic thriller with answers that "hover out of reach" 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The 1987 followup, Evil Dead II, was effectively itself a remake and added a healthy dose of Three Stooges-style slapstick to the mix, resulting in one of the first horror-comedy films. Sam Raimi set to resurrect The Evil Dead for modern remake 2011-01-26T15:33:49Z In this piece of seafront slapstick both protagonists believe that they are playing Judy while their partner stars as Punch. Gone Girl review – a bracing, scalding sketch of a marriage in meltdown 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z It was surely this meld of slapstick and tearfulness that prompted the grand master of the genre, Charlie Chaplin, to embrace Wisdom as his "favourite clown". Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z With this taken into account and with guilt suitably assuaged, it has to be said that this particular punch, thrown in Mel Brooks's seminal slapstick masterpiece, is an absolute peach: quick, clean, and decisive. Clip joint: knockouts 2012-10-03T16:41:34Z Stage combat has been an exciting theatrical staple for centuries — not just in Shakespeare, but in ancient slapstick romps, and modern dramas and comedies. Nuns, swordplay in theater offerings | Bumbershoot 2013 2013-08-29T05:26:24Z The revival is steadier in the next two episodes, where it settles into its nimble mode of zingers, farce and slapstick. Review: The World Changed. NBC’s ‘Will & Grace’ Hasn’t. 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z And children over 6 will enjoy the cast’s slapstick antics, even if they don’t understand the occasional double-entendre or theatrical in-joke. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 26-Jan. 1 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z 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 Mostly, though, it translates the challenges of a notorious problem play into “oh, why not?” parlor tricks and slapstick. Review: Shakespeare Meets Elevator Repair Service. Mayhem Ensues. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Art history, minimalism, dance, vaudeville slapstick and feminism came together in this seminal work. The best visual art event of 2012 2012-12-05T19:00:03Z Essentially it's a piece of slapstick about the male psyche, but there is plenty to delight younger audiences as well as parents in a show that is likely to be a genuine word-of-mouth hit. Edinburgh festival: day two at the fringe 2012-08-07T15:26:56Z Again the percussionists try to exert command, jolting the orchestra with their slapsticks, forcing the players through different sound worlds, becoming shockingly violent. Andrew Norman’s ‘Play,’ a Symphony That Levels Up 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z And a competition that begins as slapstick becomes pointedly and dangerously personal. Review: ‘Ripcord,’ a Comic Tale of Adversaries 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z And a lot of the techniques that once seemed fresh — the fragments, the slapstick, the madcap sound design — now feel like clichés. Review: ‘Field Guide’ Brings Standup to a Dostoyevsky Downer 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Drug sequences are used like crutches, spaces where any image is allowed and imbued with meaning, only to be peppered by sharp slapstick. ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: What About Bob? 2013-06-03T12:47:01Z The sci-fi slapstick tradition of “Little Shop of Horrors” and “The Rocky Horror Show” is alive and well and, now, six-legged. ‘Bedbugs!!!’ the Musical Is at the ArcLight Theater 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z But Gervais, on a divisive show that doesn't get the publicity of its Netflix siblings, easily has the best Emmy submission episode, a superb showcase for his slapstick and verbal comedy. The top Emmy races: Likely winners and possible upsets 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Her gloriously old-fashioned, slapstick sitcom admittedly divides opinion but admirers defend it passionately. TV comedy: is it really a class issue? 2011-01-24T15:42:09Z By turns melodramatic, slapstick, sentimental, racist, misogynist, embarrassing and horrific, “The Sorcery Club” is hardly a great novel of the supernatural. Book World: ‘The Sorcery Club,’ by Elliott O’Donnell Charlie Chaplin's Easy Street becomes a full-on Orphean rescue drama when he gets thrown through a manhole, though he still manages to work it into the slapstick routine once he's got the girl. Clip joint: manhole covers 2011-02-23T13:59:15Z The slapstick can almost automatically take care of itself. | 'The Comedy of Errors': Giving Shakespeare His Sombrero and Kazoo 2011-03-18T11:00:00Z Still, even though Blink-182 emerged from a nurturing, often slapstick Southern California punk scene, playing with groups like Guttermouth, NoFX and the Vandals, the transition to the mainstream wasn’t smooth. Blink-182 Returns With New Album, ?Neighborhoods? 2011-09-18T00:45:05Z Rated PG for slapstick action violence, some rude and suggestive humor including language. 'The Three Stooges': Farrellys' take deserves a poke in the eye 2012-04-11T22:22:04Z Even though they were squarely facing death, these kids derived amusement from the same things that normal children do: silly antics; clumsy adults; slapstick humor. What terminally ill children taught this doctor about how to live 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z It opens with jihadist-video bloopers and uses the firing of a rocket launcher for a slapstick punch line. Film: The Gang That Couldn?t Bomb Straight 2010-10-23T16:08:00Z Clowns remained tricksters, but their slapstick comedy was seen as all in good fun. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z It showcases a sea of change from the once trademark slapstick comedy of Hindi cinema prevalent in the 1990s. Bollywood gets real 2012-09-13T15:12:26Z The movie is not a biographical film and will instead feature a slapstick trio in new comedy sketches based on the original Stooges. ArtsBeat: Calling Dr. Fine: Sean Hayes to Play Larry in 'Three Stooges' Movie 2011-04-05T13:27:52Z The Sandler-Barrymore chemistry is strong, but the comedy here is too driven by slapstick and gender stereotypes as his character struggles with raising daughters and hers worries about raising sons. AIDS drama 'Normal Heart' recalls days of 'gay plague' 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Here, in the midst of mile-a-minute verbal acrobatics and slow-burn slapstick, those eyes register a dimension of sadness — of hunger, of hurt and defiant pride — that the film itself doesn’t really explore. ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Review: Eddie Murphy, Raw and Cooking 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z A western parody, “The Ridiculous 6” has relentlessly cretinous characters, moronic C.G.I. slapstick and cluelessly idiotic ethnic humor. Actors Flock to Netflix to Satisfy Their Most Loyal Fans 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z In “Chaplin,” Downey incarnates Chaplin, not only pulling off the pathos and the genius, but also the slapstick physical genius that lay at the heart of Chaplin’s art. The perfect double bill: Classic Hollywood from “The Artist,” Chaplin 2012-06-26T12:10:00Z While not intended as a compliment, the analogy does speak well of Borowczyk’s Kabuki minimalism and bouts of slapstick. The Art of Animated Reality: Walerian Borowczyk and Jacques Demy 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z And, according to new research, the very first film star face belonged to a French slapstick comedian, who died young in terrible circumstances and then was largely forgotten for decades. Fame at last – was this the world's first film star? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z These various activities constitute a ballet of daily life, reminiscent of Jacques Tati’s subtle slapstick or Robert Wilson’s glacially paced operas. ‘Goodbye, Dragon Inn’: The Last Picture Show in Taipei 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z He revels in their flamboyant playfulness and its earnest purpose, in their fusion of slapstick antics with hieratic exaltation. Ornette Coleman’s Inspired Soundtrack for “Who’s Crazy?” 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Even when guided by authorities, in a slapstick episode that becomes terrifying, she winds up going the wrong way. North to Alaska in Dave Eggers' new 'Heroes of the Frontier' 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s cute, sort of, as well as crudely slapstick and sweetly picaresque, and just a bit misty and crispy. | 'My Friend Pinto': ?My Friend Pinto,? Bollywood Comedy Starring Prateik ? Review 2011-10-16T22:01:55Z Derry Girls has been more of a total immersion – with Jackson committed to throwing herself into the physical, slapstick side of the show. Derry Girl Saoirse-Monica Jackson: ‘Yes, we have a harsh sense of humour’ 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z It’s a dynamic Pop Art video, an obstacle course of pratfalls and slapstick. T Magazine: The Shape Shifter 2014-03-06T21:30:52Z Bullock performs slapstick comedy while hanging out of a car and deadpans about why the body of water they are wading through is warm. Sandra Bullock charms in "The Lost City," which falls short of its screwball-comedy ambitions 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Still, it's more of a work of open desolation, tension, drama and ache than it ever was while affording the audience relief via oases of slapstick and hilarity. Buoyed by Bill Hader's confident directing, "Barry" saves its best hits for last 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z So how about we stick to the slapstick? Review: Family tectonics shift in fourth 'Ice Age' 2012-07-12T13:43:08Z There are moments when the slapstick becomes slapdash – it's debatable whether the digressive improvisations based on Ghostbusters and The Lion King are really necessary, and the whole concept may be too cloying for some. Hamlet the Clown?Prince ? review 2011-03-09T19:45:00Z It was there that he led the project to acquire and restore Chaplin’s Mutual shorts, in which Chaplin’s Little Tramp character evolved from a purely slapstick figure to a rich, comedic personality. David Shepard, Film Preservationist, Dies at 76 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Alone in his studio, he performs their expressions and movements with prosumer facial-recognition technology, sends them through Grand Guignol torments and slapstick pratfalls, and voices their poetic scripts in ghostly voice-over. Ed Atkins and His Mum Are Starring in a Museum Show 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Instead, there is always room for exuberance and slapstick as this consuming, passionate, and ultimately poignant story hurtles to its conclusion. The City of Devi by Manil Suri – review 2013-03-21T09:00:01Z His attempts to consummate their marriage are excruciatingly inept; it is slapstick, of a sort, shot through with painful awkwardness. Hunderby: why this Julia Davis comedy is worth watching 2013-01-14T10:00:00Z It is shot and staged with an old-school slapstick attention to detail and surprise, showing exactly the kind of care that is missing from the noisier, duller car chases and shootouts. | 'The Green Hornet': Have Cool Car and Mask (and Sidekick), Will Travel for Justice 2011-01-13T22:53:25Z Although wrapped in slapstick and sweetened with romance, Bridesmaids is at its core a shrewd examination of female insecurity. Bridesmaids: Kristin Wiig's Merry Band of Party Poopers 2011-05-12T09:10:00Z This adds a touch of vaudevillian slapstick, but the suggestion that women’s relationships with men are often just gentler forms of obliteration is not exactly funny. Art Review: Sanja Ivekovic?s ?Sweet Violence? at Museum of Modern Art - Review 2011-12-15T23:26:19Z It’s a historical footnote now, a moment of chain-of-command slapstick that reinforced the idea of the gung-ho secretary as a loose cannon. The Americans Watch: Honey, I Forgot to Duck 2013-02-21T14:29:25Z Part of the Classic Brunch Matinee Series at the Canal Park Playhouse, it includes acrobatics, juggling, slapstick and music. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z The bubbly “Moon Girl Magic” theme song, which sounds like a G-rated Lizzo track, primes viewers for the show’s frenetic energy, vibrant colors, pop-up lessons on science and history, and slapstick battles with bad guys. A New Marvel Hero Battles Supervillains and Teen Angst 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z But the darker, adult themes of midlife loss and grief sat queasily alongside the jolly sexual slapstick; the film rights were not snapped up. Bridget Jones: how to turn a female character into half a billion dollars 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Also, OWEN’s projection isn’t constrained by the laws of physics; a lot of the humor is visual or slapstick in nature. Building the alternate-universe New York: Novelists Seth Fried and K Chess in conversation 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Shenton recalls the music hall traditions of slapstick and comic dance, "which we tap into". New Art Club's ballet of belly laughs 2010-07-26T21:00:00Z “The Potted Psalm” owes an obvious debt to cinematic Surrealists like Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, along with, as Mr. Sitney rightly points out, screen slapstick artists like Charlie Chaplin. Critic?s Notebook: San Francisco, the Crossroads of the Avant-Garde 2011-05-06T05:30:06Z A late season action scene also plays this out in peerless balance of terror and wheeze-inducing slapstick that keeps raising the level of ridiculousness. "Barry" returns three years later and is funnier and darker than ever 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z However, the slapstick bits and bang-up ending still work like charms. Seattle Rep mounts redo of ‘Inspecting Carol’ romp | Theater review 2012-11-30T23:03:22Z The duo’s intense performances were a highly choreographed whirlwind of unison dancing to pop music and brutal slapstick. The Whitney Embraces Dancenoise, a Brash ’80s Performance Duo 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Also opening this weekend is "The Three Stooges," the Farrelly brothers' homage to the classic slapstick comedy trio. Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies 2012-04-13T21:34:13Z Behind the slapstick veneer, however, the actress wrestled with a host of personal travails. Judy Carne, Actress Known as the 'Sock-It-To-Me Girl', Dies 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Helen’s signature line, “Don’t speak” — uttered by Ms. Wiest in a melodramatic whisper — becomes a noisy part of a sloppy running slapstick routine. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Don’t shy away from the big romance and don’t shy away from the slapstick and the big emotional moments, because all those things together are part of this genre. In a Holiday Lesbian Rom-Com, Kristen Stewart Saw Herself 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z This "in conversation" gig alongside Cryer looks set to be a highlight of Bristol's annual celebration of slapstick comedy, which concludes on Sunday. This week's new comedy 2011-01-29T00:06:31Z It turns out that not just anyone can choreograph a decent slosh routine, a messy staple of slapstick in which whipped cream, custard or shaving cream is wielded as a projectile, hopefully to comic effect. Vaudeville Authenticity at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Thomas Caruso, who directed the winningly slapstick “Around the World in 80 Days” last season, takes a gentler approach with the situation comedy of “Greetings!” | Westchester: I?m an Angel, and I?m Here to Help 2011-05-29T16:24:02Z It capitalizes on the possibilities for slapstick offered by Henry’s constant buck-naked, “Terminator”-style tumbles into unexpected times and places. ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ Review: Making the Leap, Again 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Schnabel’s performance sounds rowdy and mischievous, almost slapstick. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z She is groomed like a Hollywood starlet for the day – hair straight, gown formal – but throws herself around like a slapstick comedian. Tiffany Haddish: ‘If Meryl Streep can go to the Oscars 22 times, why can’t I?' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s the old war of all against all, with fur and feathers, snouts and slapstick, and a guest appearance by Oedipus. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Delivers the Thrills, With a Touch of Humanity 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Think of the slapstick finale of the Eighth Symphony, full of musical pratfalls and deceptive turns. Anthony Tommasini’s Interactive Quest for Surprises 2014-02-28T15:50:53Z These three clowns do so in this new production in the Classic Brunch Matinee Series at the Canal Park Playhouse, pulling their props out of an antique trunk and combining acrobatics, juggling, slapstick and music. Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 6-12 2012-01-05T22:13:31Z There are slapstick interludes of Thor in drag among the giants or of eating, running and drinking contests with opponents who aren’t quite what they seem. Review | Neil Gaiman’s suspenseful and surprising ‘Norse Mythology’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Tower Heist culminates with some slapstick involving a red Ferrari dangling from The Tower. Tower Heist: Occupy the Penthouse 2011-11-03T11:00:38Z Assuming you’re of a middle-class income bracket, these character descriptions may sound exploitative, depressing or rife with slapstick. Forget Florida Man: Summer belongs to the trailer park queens of "Florida Girls" 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Making their New York debut as part of the Just Kidding series, the performers will offer a 70-minute show that’s part circus, part rock concert, part slapstick spectacle. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Loads of slapstick humour to enjoy in the pictures, as well as easy-to-read speech bubbles that support the longer storyline. The best children's books: 5-7 year-olds 2010-05-12T07:00:00Z There will be some slapstick, but it won't just be full of physical gags. UK comedy in crisis and Ant and Dec to go silent 2013-01-15T17:55:17Z She loved many, many things -- among them laughter, slapstick, and the Marx Brothers. That crowded stateroom in "A Night at the Opera" 2010-05-18T17:52:00Z A child's harrowing tale is set on edge by the most wonderfully filmed display of slapstick humour. Clip joint: trees 2010-04-28T15:28:00Z |
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