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humorless people who can't see the lighter side of life
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As such, Eddy is off to tour the South as a salesman as the boys spend the summer with their
humorless granny (Ellen Ratner) and their childlike Aunt Bella (Renee Rogoff), who works in
the store.
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Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
The film’s premise is almost as ill-advised and cringeworthy as its execution is crushingly humorless.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Credit perhaps goes to Belew’s fellowship with Zappa, or Fripp’s growing resistance to being pegged as some humorless tyrant.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
Funny novels are invariably more serious than humorless ones.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
The film’s premise is almost as ill-advised and cringeworthy as its execution is crushingly humorless.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Credit perhaps goes to Belew’s fellowship with Zappa, or Fripp’s growing resistance to being pegged as some humorless tyrant.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2026
Funny novels are invariably more serious than humorless ones.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Humorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humorless. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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