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They revere the dead-pan avant-garde monotone that has been Mr. Reed's signature since his days as leader of the Velvet Underground, and that highlighted his hit single, Walk on the Wild Side.
A Rocky Start to a Metal Marriage Steve Dougherty 2011
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I love the humor, and again, sorry, but I have to disagree that I thought this was classic Deadpool dead-pan humor.
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But if you love fine English acting, and you like dead-pan comedy, I can guarantee you will meet the less-than tall masters of contemporary farce, and be amused.
Nigel Hamilton: Still Chuckling Over Woody, the Next Day Nigel Hamilton 2010
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Jack Vance's tales of the Dying Earth are great, too, especially the Cugel stories -- some of them grim, some of them hilarious dead-pan humor, and people may not agree on which is which.
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But if you love fine English acting, and you like dead-pan comedy, I can guarantee you will meet the less-than tall masters of contemporary farce, and be amused.
Nigel Hamilton: Still Chuckling Over Woody, the Next Day Nigel Hamilton 2010
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Every obituary has discussed his mid-career turnaround from dull, stolid dramatic leading man to dead-pan comedy actor.
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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What they then omitted was how, once he became known for comedy, the dead-pan was replaced with shameless, cross-eyed mugging and overplaying, until the sublime silliness of Airplane! and Police Squad was replaced with the unwatchable sledgehammer over-broadness of Dracula: Dead & Loving It, and Mr. Magoo.
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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What they then omitted was how, once he became known for comedy, the dead-pan was replaced with shameless, cross-eyed mugging and overplaying, until the sublime silliness of Airplane! and Police Squad was replaced with the unwatchable sledgehammer over-broadness of Dracula: Dead & Loving It, and Mr. Magoo.
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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Every obituary has discussed his mid-career turnaround from dull, stolid dramatic leading man to dead-pan comedy actor.
Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses Tallulah Morehead 2011
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But if you love fine English acting, and you like dead-pan comedy, I can guarantee you will meet the less-than tall masters of contemporary farce, and be amused.
Nigel Hamilton: Still Chuckling Over Woody, the Next Day Nigel Hamilton 2010
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