Sentence examples for proportion of comedy from inspiring English sources
Yet again, it's bigger than ever, with an even greater proportion of comedy shows.
The harshness of his comedy, the proportion of comedy to political anger, the flattery or mockery of the audience, the number and type of swearwords he uses — all are adjusted second by second while he's onstage.
It's a show in which the proportions of comedy to melancholy have been measured out with forensic attention.
"To me, it's a question of proportion," Mr. Costas said of comedy during games.
His decision to read the company's ridiculous memo aloud on the air and blow the entire thing so hilariously out of proportion not only served the purpose of comedy, but even won the cracker brand a marketing award (yes, they loved it).
In the decades since Lucy threw her first tantrum, the anger of TV writers, and their frustration at TV's limitations, has inspired a startling proportion of TV's best comedies.
Jonathan Steuer, chief research officer for TiVo, has observed that dramas have the highest proportion of long-delayed viewing, while comedies have far less.
Through his palavering narrators and theatrical characters, Hrabal discovered a crucial law of comedy: we are most funny precisely in proportion to how seriously we take ourselves - to how absolutely we have lost our sense of humour.
There are flashes of comedy.
Masters of comedy, not commerce.
