"Nonetheless, all of his work has strong technical qualities and polish; satiric impact, daring and humor, as well as imaginative insight, compassion and originality".
The sketch drew an enormous amount of comment on Twitter and other sites; some took the show to task for crossing a line of taste, some praised the show for the daring (and humor) of the sketch.
It was a mistake for him to sing a ballad, "Young at Heart," but when he turned to scat-singing -- complete with yodels -- his daring and humor came through.
This morning, the item that stopped us was "Ilonka Karasz wallpapers show daring sense of humor.
The narrator (Kevin Spacey) cites the sketch characters Carson sometimes played as his way of revealing "a more daring brand of humor," but that sexual innuendo now mostly looks fatuous.
Be daring in your humor at times.
Ashley Bouder and Gonzalo Garcia, both new in Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," tended to look smaller than the music but sailed through the ballet's technical demands with enchanting humor and daring, in Ms. Bouder's case, and with a velvety finish in Mr. Garcia's turns and buttery stops.
Add humor and hype, daring and dancing, and still the list is incomplete.
Humor, compassion and daring have more often found a place in solo performance.
But the madness ramps up when the women, including Eran Bugge, Jamie Rae Walker and Heather McGinley — a promising addition to the company for her daring and glint of devilish humor — reverse the pursuit.
