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From Kevin Kwan, the author of Crazy Rich Asians, a high comedy sure to delight fans of Jane Austen.
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
That particular transformation comes off as high comedy; despite his tragic life, Schulz was a very funny writer.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
In a scene of high comedy, French Inspector Lavalle, insists that the criminal mastermind behind the theft must be French.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
Its other engine is humor: The scenes that take place in 1809 are, for a long time, high comedy in the Oscar Wilde vein, and the play’s modern characters are no slouches in the wit department either.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
Performing for a Dutch audience presents a high comedy bar, Meyers explained.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 19 June 2023
The hosts’ easy banter buoys the conversation from debate to high comedy.
—Time, 16 June 2023
Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy.
—Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
There’s high fantasy, high comedy, and high jinks in this trailer.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 July 2022
Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 May 2024
That particular transformation comes off as high comedy; despite his tragic life, Schulz was a very funny writer.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
In a scene of high comedy, French Inspector Lavalle, insists that the criminal mastermind behind the theft must be French.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 18 Dec. 2023
Its other engine is humor: The scenes that take place in 1809 are, for a long time, high comedy in the Oscar Wilde vein, and the play’s modern characters are no slouches in the wit department either.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023
Performing for a Dutch audience presents a high comedy bar, Meyers explained.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 19 June 2023
The hosts’ easy banter buoys the conversation from debate to high comedy.
—Time, 16 June 2023
Certainly Gunda’s days, though they’re mostly spent suckling, snoozing or snuffling, seem full to bursting with the business of getting on with things, punctuated with periods of lazy contentment or high comedy.
—Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
There’s high fantasy, high comedy, and high jinks in this trailer.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 July 2022
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