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Recent Examples of graciosoMaurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso and Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2.—Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2022 The same praise could be heaped upon Maurice Ravel’s Alborada del gracioso, which opened the evening.—Paul Hodgins, Orange County Register, 19 May 2017
The family is now left with memories of Barbara's smile and her famous tamales, and Aron's playful antics and artwork.
—
Amelia Mugavero,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
The three titular Debras (Sandy Honig, Mitra Jouhari, and Alyssa Stonoha) live in the fake town of Lemoncurd, where their antics are absorbed into a larger background of silly madness.
After the Great Splintering that seemed to occur after the pandemic, digicore artists are dropping posse cuts and random madcap loosies with each other again.
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim were among the first fools brave enough to go live-action on Adult Swim, setting the template for shows like Check It Out!
Much like his namesake, the scaramouch, the Mooch masquerades as a useful idiot and a sly schemer, performing both roles while never forgetting to enthrall the audience and, most important, the boss.
Instead of the buffo landlord Benoit coming for the rent, the four Bohemians impersonate him themselves in a skit that was a little beyond the L.A. cast’s comic skills.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2019
Alessandro Corbelli brought seasoned basso-buffo authority to the manipulative Alfonso.
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John Von Rhein,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Feb. 2018