More erudite and poetic writers than me are probably able to wax lyrical about the glorious summer holidays of their youth; how the days slipped past in a sun-dappled haze while they frolicked gaily, using only their imaginations and the dressing-up box to construct endlessly entertaining role-playing games involving kings and queens, cats and dogs or fantasy worlds.
The first half in particular has real swing, as well-worked jokes unspool about the lifespan of the butterfly and the "rich tapestry of life" cliche, while Matafeo's mum, her shrink and others are evoked with great relish in entertaining role-plays.
IGN ranked McClure first in their 2006 list of the "Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters", calling him "a wonderfully bizarre and entertaining character that showcases the best of what small roles on The Simpsons can be".
As a very rich mental patient, Mr. Pitt is wild-eyed with some interesting physical tics and a tendency toward irrational but entertaining outbursts; the role earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor.
While those in this group acknowledged egao's role in entertaining citizens, they lamented the existence of online public opinion management.
Besides Mr. Guadagnino and the celebrities he entertains in his bedroom, living room, and garage-turned-man cave (which he joyously defines as "really ghetto"), family and food play a crucial role, providing entertaining but stereotyped vignettes of a particular strand of Italian-American culture, Staten Island style.
All of which raises some familiar but entertaining questions: What is the role of good looks in politics?
In his role as the entertaining raconteur, Reiner avoids getting too personal -- except for those instances when he reveals more of himself than he intends.
Bill Hader has been a second-stringer in fratpack comedies for years; now he moves up to a leading role in this entertaining, bleak comedy-drama about estranged twins who are brought back together in early middle age, after each makes a bungled attempt at suicide.
