Given this irrefutable statistic, only in the never never land of the New York Times' oil patch reporting would the Prince's confusion be presented with deadpan seriousness without further query.
Now we have Jonathan Glazer's science fiction film of Michel Faber's novel Under the Skin, in which she is present, deadpan and dead-eyed, throughout, but barely says a word.
While Markus Schleinzer's Michael presented a terrifyingly deadpan account of a comparable scenario, this merely gestures toward character insight before insulting its audience with a dumbo WTF? plot twist that will have you groaning in pain.
"I would like to congratulate Scotland and Mr MacLeod on the team they presented to us," deadpanned the Peru manager, Marcos Calderón, after his side's 3-1 win.
Give deadpan, teasing responses to silly questions.
These stories partook of American absurdism, à la Donald Barthelme, Guy Davenport, Robert Coover: effects of cryptic collage, hostile whimsy, and learned fancy were presented in a clipped, deadpan style.
"David just presents it as deadpan, and people don't know whether to laugh or not," he said.
But that is Jonze's way: he presents a totally deadpan face to the world, however outlandish the material he's dealing with.
Luigi Ghirri: Kodachrome, Mack £25 For the 20th anniversary of Ghirri's death, Mack have republished his first book, Kodachrome, which presents a beautifully deadpan view of Italy and, occasionally, Paris and Amsterdam.
I first encountered Apple via "Cubed," a spectacularly compact, deadpan office comedy presented under the auspices of Above Average, the Internet arm of Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video.
