Sentence examples for funny characterization from inspiring English sources

Who can forget portrayals — Dana Carvey's George Herbert Walker Bush, "Not gonna do it"?... Who can forget, in 2008, "Saturday Night Live" 's wickedly funny characterization of the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin?

If the impoverished black background in which Mr. Domingo grew up gives the coming-out story only a modestly new slant, his gift for sharply funny characterization definitely enlivens the journey.

Who can forget portrayals Dana Carvey's George Herbert Walker Bush, "Not gonna do it"?... Who can forget, in 2008, "Saturday Night Live" 's wickedly funny characterization of the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin?

Who can forget portrayals — Dana Carvey's George Herbert Walker Bush, "Not gonna do it"?… Who can forget, in 2008, "Saturday Night Live" 's wickedly funny characterization of the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin?

There were no jokes to play or funny characterizations to hide behind.

Her portrayal of a solemn, inarticulate little girl is one of the most meticulously observed, most heartfelt, and funniest characterizations on Broadway.

If I had one quibble, it's that the funny bits — broad characterizations and breezy, sardonic quips — play better than occasionally overwrought emotional moments.

My favorite book is "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type," which achieves a perfect balance of plot, characterization, and funny sounds.

The story lines were negligible; there were no catch phrases; it was surreal in a way we hadn't seen since Monty Python; and the cast were actors being funny from inside a characterization, not stand-up comics bolting a cartoon persona onto the back of gags".

My colleague Charles Isherwood wrote that it is "full of blistering funny dialogue, acid-etched characterizations and scenes of no-holds-barred emotional combat".

"August: Osage County" is a ripsnorter full of blistering, funny dialogue, acid-etched characterizations and scenes of no-holds-barred emotional combat, but I would not say it possesses the penetrating truth or the revelatory originality of a fully achieved work of art.