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Noun
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Not brilliant or ambitious in its satire, but solid.—
Andy Hoglund,
EW.com,
19 Jan. 2025 -
In between his many obligations, Wood Jr. caught up with TIME to discuss his time in the food service industry, the impact of President Trump’s victory on satire, and whether the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a tougher room than the Apollo Theater.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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For Sony Repertory — studio executive Jeff Blake, who had hired him at Paramount, brought him there — Schlesinger was a vp who oversaw a 70mm restoration of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the release of the B-movie spoof The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (1981).—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Neumayer detected the spoof by checking the headers and IDing the tool used.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
27 Dec. 2024
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The film's slapstick comedy and script launched the career of screenwriters Peter and Bobby Farrelly, displayed Daniels' range as an actor and established Carrey as a box office draw.—
Brendan Le,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Strap-on dildos are often tools of slapstick humor on TV or around the internet — as Broad City or And Just Like That viewers can vouch — and often the joke relies on the difficulty or cumbersome nature of using one.—
Sofia Barrett-Ibarria,
Them,
8 Jan. 2025
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Everything else in the (relative) warmth of Portugal smelled of glorious farce.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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And the final chase scene is truly a perfect piece of farce.—
Claire Reilly,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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The comedy derived from pie-in-the-face burlesque, but what distinguished the show was its frenetic pacing.—
Susan Morrison,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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During a stop on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in June, Roan said horror movies, burlesque and theater also inspire her and her stylist Genesis Webb.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
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By combining the monikers of two government agencies, the FBI: CIA title may inspire some sendups in the vein of Adult Swim’s crime procedural parody NTSF:SD:SUV::.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Could one match the popularity of the parody of the Brooks & Dunn song?—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Jocularity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocularity. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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