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• There is a fair amount of gore, not all of it played for laughs.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2023
• The line is played for laughs, but its meaning is pointed.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
• Dads just trying to do their best and, in turn, failing at it for laughs for the first two acts.
  — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
• Performing for laughs seems to have kept Mr. Amer from going off the rails.
  — Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• In 2018, the report said, footage of the shot to the groin was used, but seemingly more for laughs than for instruction.
  — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
• In so many movies, a cat is run over for laughs or something bad happens to a dog for shock value.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• The escape is played mostly for laughs, but a current of unease and even violence lurks in the scene.
  — Tomi Obaro, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• There was a time when the Ducks and Beavers played mainly for laughs – who can forget that infamous scoreless draw from 1983?
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• Then there are Valley of the Stupid Gasbags who will replay calls of these new Yankees voices just for laughs.
  — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
• Bob Hope played a Casanova impersonator for laughs in the nineteen-fifties.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• It was played for laughs, but definitely also a moment of pure joy.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
• When Reyes turned one into a fireplace, somebody in the neighborhood put an old recliner next to it for laughs.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2023
• The disaster that results might have been played merely for laughs on another show.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
• In previous episodes this year, Tanya was played almost entirely for laughs.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• The production is a zippy romp that plays its murders for laughs and leans into the physical comedy of its set-ups with aplomb.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
• Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.
  — Cord Jefferson, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
• For instance, Jules has some rather dangerous, even deadly powers, but they’re played mostly for laughs.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
• The critics are also gaga about Only Murders in the Building, which seemed more forced for laughs in this nominated season.
  — Marc Berman, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Such a thing is built (and in this case being sold) for laughs, intentional or otherwise — when all else fails, let the viewer drinking games begin.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• Will Ferrell is no longer interested in performing in drag for laughs.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
• This sounds bleak, but based on Juicy’s super-cute mourning outfit — a half-up pair of black overalls, adorably distressed — the situation is being played for laughs.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 26 May 2022
• Prepare yourself for laughs, tears and best of all, that rare gem of a contemporary gay character heading into his life's third act.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
• Pine as the pure-hearted thief Edgin is in full-on charm mode, and Michelle Rodriguez’s brute barbarian fighter Holga is also often played for laughs.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• The scene is often played for laughs, with Curly smirking over Jud’s shoulder, slyly comparing the farmhand to vermin and making fun of his dirty fingernails.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
• His uncle, a parish priest in Ohio, figures into another of the few religious anecdotes that DeSantis shares for laughs on the campaign trail.
  — Tiffany Stanley, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
• There is elegance, of course, and sensitivity; a wink or two of wit even breaks through, though Uchida is not exactly looking for laughs.
  — New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Maybe not in Nora Ephron movies, but in Judd Apatow movies, there’s nudity and raunchiness that’s played for laughs and can also be really poignant.
  — Kyle Buchanan, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
• Here, Harrelson and Theroux discuss playing the worst people for laughs.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 1 May 2023
• The sketch featured Ferrell in drag as the eponymous attorney general, with his appearance dressing up as a woman being used for laughs.
  — Variety, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
• Instead, the writer and director will reportedly focus on a movie about climate change, a topic that seems about as ripe for laughs as murderers.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024