Bob had spread it himself, in a farcical version that was very different from what Verna herself remembered.
Instead, it allows him to tell his quirky, whimsical — critics might say farcical — version of American history to fans through a unique medium.
Mr. Michaels made a splash on Broadway in 1962 with his play "Tchin-Tchin," an Americanized version of a farcical, bittersweet French comedy about a pair of betrayed spouses attempting, ineptly, to gain their revenge by having an affair of their own.
Or, to put it less starkly, a farcical defense of transcendent moral values.
He has erected a farcical house of cards that can't stand up.
In this way, a long string of numbers becomes a farcical tour of fantastical images, distributed in a memory palace.
Monolithic statues of scowling Soviet heroes loom over public squares and parks, a farcical reminder of old victories, old illusions.
"Le Magnifique," his first collaboration with Michel-Jean Sedaine, is a farcical tale of mistaken identities and madcap contretemps.
Should we just regard this announcement as a farcical replay of "Springtime for Hitler" and laugh?
The whole thing is a farcical misunderstanding of five characters who see five different things".
