Sentence examples for as farcical from inspiring English sources

It's less mawkish than "Grey's Anatomy" but not as farcical as "Desperate Housewives".

The election for the presidency of India's venerable Congress party, say many Indians, was as farcical as those under communism.

For him to lead the investigation now is almost as farcical as the PA's entire approach to date.

On that level, the dispute may seem as farcical as the antics on an Italian variety show.

I should add that the spectacle, despite its absurdities, doesn't appear nearly as farcical as the current prelude to the 2012 presidential election in the United States.

But theologically speaking, even in films with the most respectful intentions, the portrayal of nuns tends to be as farcical as a Monty Python sketch.

The language in the song, "Death Final," felt farcical as well as biblical, rich in absurdist detail.

And Mr. Herrin, who directed both plays, deftly elicits the farcical as well as the tragically serious elements in Ms. Reiss's script.

As he performed on Wednesday night with a trio led by his musical director, Sonny Paladino, on piano, with Steve Millhouse on bass and Jared Schonig on drums, I realized that he probably conceived Albin as less a modern drag caricature than as a farcical descendant of the Shakespearean tradition of men disguised as women.

Should we just regard this announcement as a farcical replay of "Springtime for Hitler" and laugh?

(Horne describes the trial as a farcical attempt to "frame a guilty man").