Sentence examples for comic opportunities from inspiring English sources

Mid-book, Asbo wins the lottery, a Dickensian turn of fortune that not only leads to some unforgettable comic opportunities but deepens matters as well.

So there are all the comic opportunities of bridesmaids, bachelor-party strippers and the dying grandmother who is trying to hang on until the ceremony.

Mr. DeShields's affection for the show is apparent in his direction, which builds contagious energy and takes advantage of multiple comic opportunities, often as counterpoint to a number's overall mood.

He gives a sense of an actor stretching by doing less — reducing the shtick, tamping down the mannerisms — and, in a role replete with comic opportunities, gets at the pain.

"Wet Hot American Summer" is generous in its comic opportunities, and the cast -- especially Molly Shannon and Christopher Meloni -- gamely pushes even some of the weaker ideas for a laugh or two.

Round-bellied, socially inept and not the least bit shy about walking around without any pants on, he's the wackiest of the movie's characters; the others have their comic opportunities, but they're straight men by comparison.

The examination becomes a comic opportunity for an up-close survey of Mr. Atkinson's facial mobility.

His anti-Semitic outburst opens up a daring comic opportunity, which Mamet seizes with all his hyperbolic gifts.

This challenge, which could have been milked for farce, is another missed comic opportunity in a movie so timid it seems afraid of its own shadow.

The role of Bottom, the most egotistical of the workingmen-actors, is always a golden comic opportunity for an actor, and Anthony Vaughn Merchant runs with it, especially in his supremely ridiculous death scene.

Pekar saw in comics an opportunity to create something akin to film, only easier, cheaper and quicker.