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Llewyn is at least partly depressed about the way mediocrities do well in this world: silly singing acts in cable-knit sweaters.
You know, something that'll let you join the conversation and sound supersmart when your girlfriend (oh, sorry, dude, boyfriend) starts talking about these silly singing shows that put you to sleep?
The two of them seem completely detached from the goings on: the silly singing; the constant fanning of everyone around them, which has now become some kind of communal gesture of contempt for the Mexican bureaucracy.
I had a short but uplifting conversation during the Thanksgiving meal with my nephew Paul-Emile Cendron, the son of my sister-in-law who put up with my silly singing in the movie theater a few months ago.
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There Kimmie hopes to get over her fear of speaking in public (how did she manage to get through law school?), which means we get to see Wilson do a fine cover of "I'd Do Anything for Love" before it devolves into a pretty silly sing-off with Jenkinson's character.
The blue sky dazzled after days of heat and rain, and there was a cool breeze and a spot of green on which to sit and listen to silly men singing silly songs.
Soon he's having a whale of a time hanging out on a Spanish beach, wearing a silly hat, singing songs and indulging in a light holiday romance.
Today the Japanese find the sort of wild amusement that the original Kabuki offered in the ridiculous talent or variety shows that dominate prime-time television, with pretty women, funny-looking men, cross-dressers, celebrities and old people sitting on stages answering silly questions, singing silly songs and happily making fools of themselves.
After some new employee introductions the meeting shifts to a birthday celebration — there's silly string, singing, and an overwhelming sense that everyone there is just happy (or will be as soon as they get their cake).
It's great fun to cause stuffy engineers to turn into silly schoolboys singing rounds while using finger puppets.
The shows hewing partially or completely to this formula range from the cheerfully acrid "Urinetown" to the merry "Spamalot" to the sweet-spirited "Hairspray" to the larky "Xanadu," but the essential spirit is the same: We know it's silly to sing the stuff, so we'll wink along with you.
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