He loved its food and the high-spirited humor when Hong Kong friends gathered.
He loved the Cantonese language, a rich Chinese brimming with color and puns; he loved Cantonese food (as he loved all foods), and he loved the high-spirited humor when a group of Hong Kong friends was together.
The Globe and Mail Robert Everett-Green gave Bad Words 1 out of 4 stars, deeming it "a shallow remix" of offensive and clichéd characters with poor acting and "mean-spirited" humor.
Robert Lydiard, in the comic role of Cap'n Andy, provides a colorful performance, while Kiira Schmidt and Sean Montgomery, as the show boat's second-banana dance team, project spirited good humor.
Then, when Todd becomes too fixated on Colton's story despite mounting medical bills and no income, his wife (played with a kind of impishly spirited good humor by Kelly Reilly) throws dishes in the sink and castigates him for thinking so much about the next life instead of this one.
Distaste for sexual topics, as well as aversion to mean-spirited, insulting humor, clearly motivates courts grappling with the form of sex discrimination in employment known as "hostile work environment" harassment.
Her family, friends and patients will always miss her vibrant intelligence and spirited sense of humor.
"I had a unique, mean-spirited sense of humor, a little bit sarcastic," he said.
You can use your brain and imagination to create all sorts of ridiculous situations that can get you laughing, especially if it isn't mean-spirited or sarcastic humor.
In a somewhat mournful coda, out of step with the spirited and generous good humor of the rest of the book, Kashner recounts the deaths of Corso, Burroughs and Ginsberg, and also of his own poetry career.
