MacKay’s droll style and lack of charisma failed to impress voters, but colleagues and the media loved his self-deprecating sense of humor.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
Armisen voices a number of droll characters and is hilariously — and fittingly — deadpan as the figure of Death who becomes seduced by show biz via a clever agent (Kind).
Photo: Sundance Institute / A24 When the trailer for A24’s The Legend of Ochi first premiered, some social media wags surmised (absurdly) that the film had been generated by artificial intelligence, thus stirring up a bizarre online brouhaha.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
Image For Wynne, the buttons are not only entirely superfluous to the communication humans and dogs already have but also potentially a distraction from their natural barks and howls, their tail wags and tucks.
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Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.
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airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.
But in his everyday style, the comedian is all about striking a balance: Americana with whimsy, streetwear with formalwear.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Jan. 2025
The comedian hopes the city and its population can all take some time to process, but understands his responsibility in bringing everyone together and helping people to move forward.
But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.
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Armond White,
National Review,
29 Nov. 2024
The doll, which is called the Witch Weaver, wears flared bell-bottoms, a gossamer harlequin blouse, gold waistcoat and crystal headpiece — taking inspiration from Reed’s signature design codes, personal style and even Lady Gaga.
The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
The comedian, who is currently gearing up to begin her sixth season on the sketch comedy show, was recently asked by PEOPLE to offer some words of wisdom to the show’s newest jokesters, and her message was fairly simple.
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