Sentence examples for role of humor from inspiring English sources
And his eccentric, only mildly remunerative career thus far offers clues to two lines of inquiry: What's the role of humor in country music?
LM: The thought of Klee reminds me that I wanted to ask you about the role of humor in your work.
At Yale, he made a documentary about the role of Jewish humor in the lives of 15 nursing home residents.
Laughing Matter Spanning the years from 1907 to 1992, films examining the role of Jewish humor in American culture will be shown in a nine-night series beginning at 7 tonight at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street in Manhattan.
True to these roots, he pulls off this grim film role with flashes of humor, like the wicked but tiny flicker of self-satisfaction he manages after killing a girl by throwing a knife across the classroom and hitting her in the forehead.
Politics also plays a role in "The Senses of Humor, Self and Laughter in Modern America" (Cornell University Press), by Daniel Wickberg, a professor at University of Texas at Dallas.
Mr. Brodsky's final screen performance in one of his richest roles finds overlapping layers of humor and pathos in a man whose best defense against his wife's harangues is to put on a poker face and tune out.
Ms. Diaz is entirely believable as an ambitious, tough-minded woman whose ferocious protectiveness makes her at once heroic and a little monstrous, and Ms. Breslin and Ms. Vassilieva both nimbly navigate tricky roles, finding a vein of humor that undercuts some of the maudlin moments and adds to the emotional impact of the story.
I'll personally miss his wonderful sense of humor and his role as a mentor and advisor to a generation of African American leadership.
