Lubel's show, which I wrote about the week before last, details the American standup's terrifying relationship with his mother, and makes merry with the self-esteem issues resulting from it.
It is easy to make merry with the game of Great Writers Who Were Passed Over, in discussions of the Nobel.
I went to see Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday," and, along with a large audience, I had a merry time with its action football.
It did nothing of the sort.The problem was not so much the winner, John Bercow, though many accuse him of self-promotion, travelling lightly when it comes to fixed beliefs and making merry with taxpayers' money himself.
All of the action -- including the major hotels, dining and drinking establishments, civic attractions and big games -- revolve around the city's historic River Walk, so hoofing it is the norm, as is making merry with a margarita or two.
A critical interaction between Conrad and Ali in Act I -- to the extent that any interaction in this silly plot could be called critical -- was entirely lost on everyone in the audience except those in the nosebleed seats, as it took place behind a band of pirates making merry with their girlfriends.
Richard aims to "get inside" weather, a phrase I never want to hear a media personality in his mid-40s utter again, and one that is televisual shorthand for Richard hamming it up on icy mountainsides, doing doughnuts in the outback, and making merry with state-of-the-art geographical equipment.
That went down like a leaden periwig with Charles II's merry courtiers: "It was worth observing... that they all laugh in the chapel when he reflected on their ill actions and courses".
The show also frequently makes merry with "Nutcracker" allusions.
America's monthly trade figures will make merry with the dollar.
