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A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. [1] Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.
The Heavenly Kings (2006), follows the fictional Cantopop boy band Alive, fronted by Daniel Wu, who also directed the film. A Hole in My Heart (2004), about a man who films a porn in his apartment with the help of a friend and an attention-seeking starlet. Houston, We Have a Problem! (film) (2016), about the Yugoslavia space program sold to the ...
Following is a list of comedians, comedy groups, and comedy writers. Comedians (sorted alphabetically by surname) A. Rose Abdoo (born 1962) Raymond ...
Here are our favorite examples of famous, funny malapropisms. For more linguistic fun, ... Next, check out 12 grammatical errors even smart people make. Sources: Your Dictionary: ...
Many people who knew Larissa strongly suspected that she was the former grand duchess of Russia. Nadezhda Vasilyeva, appeared in the 1920s in Russia and claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia. She died in a psychiatric ward in 1971 in Kazan, Russia. Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 1499), pretender to the throne of England
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
The Funny Man, a demonic jester from the British comedy horror film, Funny Man, with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humour. Jester, Court jester of King Cradock in the TV series Jane and the Dragon. Jester, the Harlequin puppet in the Puppet Master films; Kyoami, in Akira Kurosawa's film Ran
In addition to the above, there have been literally hundreds of films made around the world parodying the spy film genre of the 1960s, if not directly parodying James Bond. One example is the 1966 film Modesty Blaise, which was a parody of the spy genre rather than a faithful adaptation of the (generally serious) comic strip.