sight gag
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Unfortunately, this sight gag appears to be a bit of television magic. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Was There Really a Member of the Romanov Family That Looked Exactly Like Corey Stoll?," 13 Oct. 2018 In season three, everyone is watching a faux rebooted ’90s sitcom called Kevin, about the members of an extended black family who mill around a homey set doing sight gags and telling corny jokes about Colin Kaepernick and police brutality. — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, "How Insecure Gets Political While Ignoring Trump," 10 Aug. 2018 Your filmography’s full of great visual humor, sight gags, things like that. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "The folks behind Ant-Man and the Wasp on why Marvel doesn’t always have to save the world," 5 July 2018 But the toughest to master for Rudd involved a brief sight gag in which his suit malfunctions, zapping him to the size of a toddler. — Eli Wolfe, SFChronicle.com, "‘Ant-Man’ Paul Rudd talks tiny insects and Skywalker Ranch," 2 July 2018 Her performance is among the strongest, propelled by an iconic outfit and great sight gags. — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10 recap: Cher-ing is not always caring," 10 May 2018 To watch an entire movie with a young woman at the center whom no one is abusing/resenting/seething with anger toward was refreshing in ways that more than made up for the mediocrity of the plot/dialogue/sight gags. — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, "Why Melissa McCarthy's 'Life of the Party' could spark a quiet revolution," 24 May 2018 The writing is alternately wry and outlandish, delivering jokes and sight gags at a rapid clip. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'Arrested Development' returns with more dysfunctional fun," 22 May 2018 Think about it: His whole deal is goofy sight gags, shrinking and growing his person and other stuff at will, and just otherwise being Paul Rudd. — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, "Everyone We Hope Dies in Avengers: Infinity War," 24 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sight gag.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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