"in playtime" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, "The children used their imaginations to create worlds in playtime."
There is brilliance and disappointment in Playtime.
But in Playtime, one of the defining works of 1960s cinema, something strange happens.
In "Playtime," all of French society seems to exist under the subjection of technology; as a result, it is suffused with a sad, tender tolerance.
I wonder whether the Philharmonie's dishevelled state might be part of its initial popular appeal: perhaps, as in "Playtime," the disarray serves to loosen everyone up.
In "Playtime," Tati keeps his characters in public view, even filming families at home through all-revealing wall-size windows that face the street.
And social relations are what Julien is trying to depict in Playtime, even when the relations he depicts are, on a human level, atomised and alienated by capital itself.
Cat Magic, in Nagoya in south central Japan, offers an extensive set menu (complete with beer and sake) priced to include some built-in playtime.
And of course, I remember, too, the tuck-ins and playtimes and that awesome ability I once had to kiss away tears.
They're more likely to clock in their playtime on buses, waiting in lines, and upsetting flight attendants before takeoff.
I probably won't live to see grandchildren, so I got down in the sand box and dug in for some playtime.
If parents are actually interested in having more spontaneous fun with their kids, in expanding playtime and play experiences with and without props, then the best thing for them to do is let their kids show them how.
