as in playfulness
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Noun
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Though Duck Soup is often lauded as a satire of the vagaries of international geopolitics, its greatness doesn’t depend on justification from serious beard-strokers.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025 -
Battlestar Galactica watch on prime video The Boys Years: 2019-present Length: 4 seasons, 32 episodes Creator: Eric Kripke One of Prime’s biggest hits is this satire of superhero culture based on the graphic novel by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
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The actor, who originally starred on SNL from 1989 to 1995, appeared as the tech billionaire — and head of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — in a spoof of Trump’s heated Feb. 28 White House exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Olive Sturgess, who appeared on about two dozen TV Westerns and got to act alongside Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre and Jack Nicholson in the Roger Corman 1963 cult horror spoof The Raven, died Feb. 19, her family announced.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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The main romance is dull, but there’s plenty of fun slapstick and creative set-pieces in John Hughes’ script to make up for it.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Then there was the slapstick comedy of bellhop Esteban and janitor/inventor Arwin.—
Skyler Trepel,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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And while this production is an incredible blast, teetering on farce, Ostermeier and co-adaptor Duncan Macmillan (People, Places & Things) actually ramp up the duality.—
Demetrios Matheou,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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And there was ample opportunity for it in this uproarious farce, which finds Keeley meeting the gay parents (played by Robin Williams and Nathan Lane) of the man who's set to marry his daughter.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Expect a heavy-hitting lineup of live music, rotating DJs, and burlesque shows that will carry you well into the late night hours.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 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 the March 8 episode of the late-night comedy sketch series, which saw Lady Gaga pull double duty as the host and the musical guest, Myers, 61, reprised his parody of the Tesla CEO during the show's Cold Open, after doing the same last weekend.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Next up, a Midnight Matinee, one of the digital shorts written by Dan Bulla, seemingly a Stuart Little-style parody where Gaga once again sings, this time at the piano.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
8 Mar. 2025
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