Not exact matches
I promise that in between
laughs and
tears will relate in more
than one way.
It's one of those sad
laughs that you smile while a
tear sheds down your cheek at the end of an episode and makes you want to go outside and do something that makes you feel alive rather
than staying inside watching TV.
We did get some good ones: Annette Bening on the verge of
tears of disappointment when Natalie Portman went up on stage; Helena Bonham Carter saying (correctly, as it turned out) to her seat neighbour, «I won't win» during the best supporting actress announcements; Harvey Weinstein glowering menacingly every time any movie other
than The King's Bloody Speech was mentioned; Justin Timberlake only starting to
laugh at Randy Newman's speech when he noticed the camera was on him — but it was not enough.
The sequel is equally as filled with that unique mix of culture and shtick, but it's still enough to wring more
than a few
laughs (and
tears) from today's jaded audiences (there was even applause at the screening I attended).
More often
than not, Payne's preferred method of trying to squeeze
laughs and
tears from the same moment — or rather, following a lump - in - the - throat moment with a carefully timed comic jab — simply cancels itself out.
Ant - Man and the Wasp, the sequel to 2015's tiny super-hero hit, should be a playful, comparably low - stakes joyride that's more concerned with making you
laugh than working your
tear ducts.
It's this shock combo which presumably earned her a Golden Globe nomination alongside Streep, rather
than the much - fancied Anna Kendrick, who makes less of an impression as indecisive Cinders — a part played for
tears not
laughs.
Before you
laugh yourself to
tears, on a recent drive Toyota proved that less oxymoronic
than it sounds... but maybe still not the best idea.
I'd say that other
than participating in this campaign (
laughs), I'm a little
torn between something more proactive, like buying green power, which I can do here in Palo Alto, but isn't available from every utility yet — it costs a bit more, but can make a huge change — and doing something that's easier and can deliver more context, like changing a light bulb, which can actually save you money.
Well, drinking wine in significant amounts comes immediately to mind; but seriously, I find communicating with peers, talking through issues, having a few
laughs amid more
than a few
tears, brainstorming, creating, and planning are not only professionally beneficial but personally rewarding.