But child protection advocates took the case more seriously, accusing the samba troupe of child exploitation.
His playing was so hypnotizing that throughout his life he was quite seriously accused of being a sorcerer.
On Thursday, the protesters urged the Bangladeshi authorities to take the killing seriously, accusing them of having fostered a culture of impunity in the past.
People have called Hain a lot of things - arrogant, clever, shameless - but no one had seriously accused him of incompetence before.
His partner, the political journalist Valérie Trierweiler, then wrote a tell-all book about their tumultuous relationship, in which she described their relationship breakdown in excruciating detail and, most seriously, accused Hollande of mocking poor people as "toothless".
No one has seriously accused him of doing anything untoward with Big Brown, but he's been fined or suspended for doping in each of the last eight years, including two instances in January.
The real estate link between Mr. McDonald and Mr. Catsimatidis, both Republican candidates, resurfaced recently after the two hopefuls sparred at a debate, with Mr. McDonald semi-seriously accusing his opponent of arranging a Mafia-like hit on him.
Perhaps Oracle has managed to antagonise Ms Kroes by not taking her seriously and accusing the commission of destroying jobs by holding up the merger.
We know from contemporary sources that the Soviets took the issue seriously and accused the Allies, especially the Americans, of secretly cooperating with the SS.
It consults widely and has produced excellent and useful reports, which cannot seriously be accused of bias by anyone who has read them.
Conservative MP Cheryl Gillan said she took UKIP seriously but accused its leader of "playing to the gallery" as she debated with Labour's Tessa Jowell and Liberal Democrat Sir Menzies Campbell.
