"There is good humor or bad humor.
They are buoyed by a sense of humor, skillful acrobatics, admirable creativity and praiseworthy recall of the sort of high jinks that provide an enjoyable outing for young children, who tend to respond with laughter, applause, awe and intermittent cheers.
"Why Schools Kill Creativity," by Sir Ken Robinson (Skillful use of humor and storytelling).
The book Playing with Videogames called it "extraordinarily skillful and humorous", citing it as both a suspension of the game's normal purpose by players with "parodic humor" and one of the defining moments in machinima.
Yan Zhu quipped "We Call the Conference HOPE because there's none in the talks". But it was clear that the community is skillful at using fun and humor to maintain optimism, as well as to engage with others.
As versatile as he is, Klever is not skillful enough to avoid the subtle humor of Joe Klecko, the sergeant-at-arms of the Jet clubhouse.
In the rear gallery a display of Mr. Ross's drawings of goofy organic structures and textures gives a more intimate experience of his impressively skillful and versatile draftsmanship and his visionary humor.
Giovanna Sardelli's direction is skillful, using small moments and movements to heighten the humor, while Lap Chi Chu's lighting is equally effective.
It's not easy territory, but we have skillful book creators to help our younger kids explore it with imagination, humor and hope.
It's such bracing confidence in the snarled gamesmanship of the bad end — keeping you never fully secure in who will prevail — that you may forget to admire the skillful acting (including that of "Blue Ruin" star Macon Blair) and strokes of grim humor along the way.
But Solomon is a skillful guide who presents beauty and complex ideas in clear, accessible prose, with frequent punches of laugh-out-loud humor.
