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BY FRAZIER MOORE Cheery, brisk and efficient (AP) -- the Emmycast seemed to fall in step with the style of host Seth Meyers. There were few if any surprises in Monday's awards. (In this respect ...
Repetition is the essential comedic device and is often used in combination with other devices to reinforce them. The "callback" in comedy writing—in which a statement or theme is recalled as the punchline or close of a scene—is a classic example of the tension and release that are possible using repetition. It is also the basis for ...
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).
Wit is a form of intelligent humour—the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. [1] Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. [1] [2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack.
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The opening ceremony began with a pre-recorded video of French soccer legend Zinedine Zidane carrying the famous Olympic torch and running through the streets of Paris, before passing it off to a ...
1940: Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat, a phrase used by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1897 but popularized by Winston Churchill in the first of three inspirational radio addresses during the opening months of World War II. 1940: We Shall Fight on the Beaches, from the second radio talk by Winston Churchill, promising to never surrender.
Former President Obama did not deliver the opening remarks to the 2016 convention, but rather spoke on the last day and touted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s qualifications for the ...