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He is considered as one of the best humorists in Gujarati literature. Dave's first humorous sketches were published in literary journals from 1927 to 1932 under the pseudonym of Gupta. It was well received by the readers and was published later as Mari Nondhapothi , followed by Rangatarang Vol. 1-6 (1932 - 1946), which contains humorous essays ...
Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪aːd̪a koːɳɖke]; 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer.He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre dialogues in movies.
After mid 2000s, Gujarati theatre experienced a revival and has been growing steadily. [19] [20] However, the struggle for dominance between double meaning comedies, big stars-led commercial theatre and experimental theatre continues well into the present times, though many have tried to straddle the middle road and bridge the gap.
Lodgings to Let, an 1814 engraving featuring a double entendre. He: "My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the Lodgins!" She: "No, sir, I am to be let alone".. A double entendre [note 1] (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that ...
In ethnic jokes he finds that the "stupid" ethnic target in the joke is no stranger to the culture, but rather a peripheral social group (geographic, economic, cultural, linguistic) well known to the joke tellers. [65] So Americans tell jokes about Polacks and Italians, Germans tell jokes about Ostfriesens, and the English tell jokes about the ...
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky comment in their book Manufacturing Consent: the Political Economy of the Mass Media that Orwellian doublespeak is an important component of the manipulation of the English language in American media, through a process called dichotomization, a component of media propaganda involving "deeply embedded double standards in the reporting of news."
A mathematical joke is a form of humor which relies on aspects of mathematics or a stereotype of mathematicians.The humor may come from a pun, or from a double meaning of a mathematical term, or from a lay person's misunderstanding of a mathematical concept.
A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, [1] and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act, often highlighting differences in their characters' personalities.