Sentences with phrase «for audience laughter»

«President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans --[bites lip and pauses for audience laughter -LRB-!)-RSB-

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They've already picked Perez,» Nader said — garnering laughter from the audience of 60 people — after Brana argued that Ellison was becoming the safe choice for Democrats for the position.

«What I can't understand is why we are expected to show respect for good scientists, even great scientists, who at the same time believe in a god who does things like listen to our prayers, forgive our sins, perform cheap miracles,» he said, prompting a burst of nervous laughter to ripple through the audience, «which go against, presumably, everything that the god of the physicist, the divine cosmologist, set up when he set up his great laws of nature.

When a crucial and surprising bit of information about Jack is disclosed, the audience at my screening erupted in sustained laughter that drowned out the dialogue onscreen for almost a full minute.

No fake audience laughter here telling you which parts are supposed to be funny - you'll discover those easily enough for yourself.

No wonder the audience laughs derisively through scenes not meant for laughter.

Outside of this, there are many other cameo appearances, but there's little for them to do save make these popular icons curse whenever possible, as if the shock value of Robert Stack or Reggie Jackson using bad language would be enough to strike laughter in the audience.

The shocking imagery generated a round of applause and laughter from the audience during the film's premiere on Thursday night, and set the tone for what the director calls his «playful» new movie.

He's incredibly egotistical and mouthy which could be off - putting for some, but the target audience will holler with laughter.

The audience hold back their laughter since, after all, the concert is for a good cause.

It's a feeble joke extended for over four minutes, as words are carefully chosen and arranged («tawny eagle... aerial unit», «cape buffalo... lion producers», «cattle egret... heron make up», etc.) in anticipation of the payoff of recurring audience laughter.

A confused and uninspired rehash of a number of movies (EVENT HORIZON, GRAVITY, LIFE), it reconnects most strongly with its source (and, for those with longer memories, Paramount's PROPHECY, 1979) in an absolute groaner of an ending, which would have had theater audiences heaving with laughter.

Nothing against Michael Angarano, but he's just not right for the role, and while the audience should be excited to see him go from dorky dud to ass - kicking stud, his «Karate Kid» - esque transformation is instead met with laughter.

This theatrical bent to the dialogue (to the point that it feels like Bailey, for example, frequently pauses to allow the laughter of an imagined audience to die down) is merciless, and so clearly en - un-ci-at-ed that it's a little like being trapped in an ongoing elocution lesson.

His awkward attempts to pump information from her drew laughter from the audience, exposing a script that aims for drama with elements of black comedy, but lands somewhat wide of the mark.

As the audience buzzed with surprise and laughter, Brennan urged them to tuck their cards away for later reflection.

After telling the audience in Birmingham «the education system is in much better shape than it was five years ago, the evidence speaks for itself,» Morgan paused to allow some laughter to subside, and admonished delegates: «You should listen to your achievements.»

Mindaugas employs an actor for each performance: it is a one man tour de force — a torrent of abuse and humiliation lightened by the laughter of the audience's embarrassment.

It took a couple of seconds for that last point to sink in and generate a wave of laughter from the musicians and the audience.