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Elsewhere in the episode, Rodrigo starred in a slapstick-heavy sketch about a 1980s soap opera where people keep tripping and violently falling down stairs in increasingly absurd ways.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
3 May 2026 -
The novel is by turns slapstick and sincere in its consideration of digital devices.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Neville is there for pitch meetings, where the current cast sits on the floor of Michaels’ office and throws out their zaniest ideas.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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All of the characters are beautifully zany, which keeps this series from imploding.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Black characters that appeared on-screen closely resembled the clownish stereotypes popularized by the minstrels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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The clownish dance is a Fortnite video game gesture, and involves making an L shape with fingers, pressing it to one’s forehead, then high kicking from side to side.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Mar. 2026
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And, as scripted by Craig Mazin (The Last of Us), their dialogue is both mildly amusing and intriguingly philosophical, if at times misguided.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Apr. 2026
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And while the performances and the writing are still spackled with amusing barbs and observations about some of the grossest people in American life, The Audacity is missing a crucial forward momentum.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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Yet entertaining and best-selling as their books may be, those authors don’t write chick lit.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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Arguably the most entertaining, and unforgiving, runway in the world, forget about the Grammys or even MTV Music Awards at its peak.—
Alex Badia,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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“Slapsticky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slapsticky. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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