Sentence examples for understanding of comedy from inspiring English sources

"He is very good at uncomfortable humor, and he has an amazing understanding of comedy in all of its aspects".

The OED may offer a wider range of definitions, but the general understanding of comedy is something that makes people laugh.

None of Nimoy's previous directing efforts suggested that he had any greater understanding of comedy than Spock himself: there were two Star Trek films, of course, and occasional TV episodes of shows such as TJ Hooker.

His comedic signature was the free-form, free-wheeling monologue, a frothy torrent of words and voices and sounds that poured out of him in no apparent order, save his own essential, mysterious understanding of comedy.

Inside SNL, Thompson's innate understanding of sketch comedy, built over a lifetime of practice, has become an anchor for the show, providing a steadiness that can be hard to come by, even among the world's best comic actors.  .

This maiden offering is at its best when it draws from Mr. Alessandrini's rich understanding of musical-comedy technique and traditions.

No one reads the Fables rightly who does not read them with a smile not only of amusement but also of complicity with the poet in the understanding of the human comedy and in the enjoyment of his art.

While the SF Sketchfest helps to expand an understanding of the art of comedy, local promoters and clubs need to play a role year-round too.

Mr. McCarthy, who has written and directed two other features — and who is a first-rate character actor specializing in second-rate characters — has a deep and nuanced understanding of the rules of comedy, which is at once the most rigorous and the most elastic of narrative genres.

And in "Unarmed and Dangerous" he displays an inherent understanding of the fact that comedy and tragedy, both on the page and off, coexist more often than not.

They all have a love and understanding of how a musical comedy works, and with Casey at the bat, and (Producer) Kevin McCollum in full support, they've written something entirely new and yet delightfully familiar.