Fey and Poehler get laughs with the smart, incorrect dialogue, their timing, the easy swing of their relationship, their ingrained song'n'dance relish for the material.
Underworld is a rousingly impressive achievement in almost every novelistic department - dialogue, structure, timing, precise description, heartfelt veracity and the rest.
People usually try to "draw cool" and then rely on dialogue and timing to make jokes work.
"Jerry and the board have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we all agree that now is the right time to make the transition to a new C.E.O. who can take the company to the next level," Roy J. Bostock, Yahoo's chairman, wrote in a statement.
"Jerry and the board have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we all agree that now is the right time to make the transition to a new CEO who can take the company to the next level.
During the 65-minute work the dancers build on a rich movement dialogue that integrates timing, weight sharing, dynamics, precision, concentration and, without effort, sensuality.
While a reviewer for The Globe and Mail complained of "lots of big, colorful, one-dimensional characters and the endless rat-a-tat of wisecracks, good, bad and ugly," the blog Torontoist praised the play for its "genius dialogue" and "impeccable timing and some truly awe-inspiring one-liners".
But if you take a moment to let the genius dialogue, effortless comedic timing and genuinely novel approach to female characterization set in, it's easy to see the truth.
While Louie tries for the same balance, and often fails with routine dives into the morbid and melodramatic, and Master of None makes the same attempt yet fails with stilted dialogue and comedic timing that rarely dips below the surface, Atlanta, at least in its first two episodes, succeeds.
Mr. AuCoin and in particular Ms. Morris handle frantic volleys of dialogue with acuity and timing.
