The champ is unquestionably "Rock of Ages," a seriously silly, absurdly enjoyable arena-rock musical that thrashed open at the Brooks Atkinson Theater on Tuesday night in front of a bobbing sea of cigarette lighters waved aloft.
But even he can't take the dry ice billowing from underneath the curtain seriously, and walks an enjoyable line between fashion authority – "I'm an international fashion designer!" – and man with vague interest in clothes: "I wasn't around in the 60s, but I've seen pictures".
While many American players view the series in Japan as an enjoyable sideshow, the Japanese take them seriously, using them to measure their skills against the major leaguers.
Superficially, it is an enjoyable picture book about old America, but taken more seriously – and Evans certainly took these cards seriously – it encourages a retrospective reading of Evans's own photographs.
It's hard to take this too seriously and, initially, the schoolboy score-settling is rather enjoyable.
If you don't take anything too seriously, all of life lightens up and becomes more enjoyable.
It was an enjoyable way to pass the time, but it was taken extremely seriously, whether in pursuit of a painting or the perfect chocolate.
And when I carried on, reading the book only as "nerdy speculation", not taking it too seriously or expecting it to explain the essence of human being, a very enjoyable one it turned out to be, too.
"Passion" is often sleek and enjoyable, dispensing titillation, suspense and a few laughs without taking itself too seriously.
No wonder the foreign press is taken so seriously.Despite those failings, Italy is still one of the world's most dynamic, enjoyable and in many ways admirable countries.
