Depending on how you look at things, Parvin is either the capital's funniest serious speechwriter or its most serious funny one.
He told Mr. Lake that Mr. Ryan was "relaxed, serious, funny, very smart, and knows more about foreign policy than people may think, in view of his concentration on the economy".
I made a stab at listing some of the outstanding things about her work: playful, postmodern, serious, funny, theatrical, bold, innovative, poetic, political, surreal … In what way could these qualities be said to be specifically "female"?
Everything about it may scream "Bonkers!" but you're about to return to sender one of the most brilliant, serious, funny, life-crammed novels any reader is likely to lay their mitts on.
A comedy star turned liberal pundit turned liberal icon, he was serious when he wanted to be serious, funny when he wanted to be funny, and popular with a broad swath of Democratic voters.
Hosting the Academy Awards is serious funny business, and you need a performer at the top of his or her game — someone who can poke through the ceremonial stuffiness (as last year's hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, could not) while easing the tensions in the room (as Ricky Gervais, at the Golden Globes, most certainly did not).
"Seriously Funny" is neither serious nor funny.
His editor there thought McCay's highly skilled cartooning "serious, not funny", and had McCay give up comic strips in favor of editorial cartooning.
His work was deemed by editor Arthur Brisbane to be "serious, not funny", and he was made to give up his comic strips (including Rarebit Fiend and Nemo) to work full-time illustrating editorials.
You cannot be both serious and funny".
It's more serious than funny.
