A romp based on a Georgette Heyer novel, The Reluctant Widow, was followed by My Death Is a Mockery, then an excellent docudrama, Life in Her Hands, directed by Philip Leacock.
"I'm mockery-proof," says Quivers. "I'm enjoying life so much".
In one of my earlier (and mollifying?) blog posts (White Hindu Converts: Mimicry Or Mockery?) I addressed the sincerity and post-colonial complexities of white Hindu converts whose actions could be perceived as mimicry morphing to mockery.
"The prize might be a stage for mockery — I might make a fool of myself on a grand scale.
I intend no mockery: those were all juicy roles (and "Jezebel," at least, is a great film), and Davis brought to them her flashing eyes and scalding voice, her mastery of movement and emotional detail, her willingness to be unlikable; she was a truly great and daring movie actress.
Excerpt: The Romans make a mockery, I know, of "Punic faith".
But for all the mockery, I'd always assumed that we only kid because we love.
In high school, after years of elementary school mockery, I attempt--not unlike the young Barry Obanglicizenglicize my name, going by "Jason" instead, a stratagem that those who become my friends quickly reject after only a few weeks.
I say parody, but the effect is more intentional self-mockery.
Reynolds says he has always been good at self-mockery: "I laugh at myself more than anything else".
