Word: humorously
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...will play to full houses and the resultant full cash boxes in Boston regardless of what the critics say. The natural temptation is to follow the lead of Messrs. Benchley, Broun, and Nathan, and make a joke of the whole thing. Here is a play ideal for the humorous review, and the seats in Row V--V not, in this case, meaning five--which the management graciously bestowed upon this department might reasonably inspire humor of the citrous sort. "Abie's Irish Rose" has, however, become a phenomenon--the press notices boastfully say so--and, whatever it may deserve...
...stage, which intensifies personality, throwing into sharp relief often dangerously year to exaggerating each peculiarity of character. This, of course, is meat and drink to the playwright. In "Seventh Heaven", Austin Strong took a handful of such individuals and into the story of their lives injected humor, tradedy, more than a little pathos, a bit of melodrama, and out of it all produced an immensely effective comedy...
...Hara To Discuss Humor...
...Georgia Congressman Upshaw is not regarded as carrying on the tradition of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill and Gordon, since his nickname is 'Pshaw.' That he should speak of law enforcement above a whisper seems to show a lack of any sense of humor, since the enforcement of the 14th and 15th Amendment would certainly de prive him of a seat in the House of Representatives and give him an opportunity for usefulness in spraying the boll weevil on a Georgia cotton plantation...
They set forth in a carriage, smartly drawn by six white horses. At a village, the seat of King Alexander's predecessors, an old nurse gave him a blessing. Queen Marie, diplomatically attired in a Montenegrin national costume, sparkled with good humor beside her husband and evinced no sign of mistrusting the people...