Sentences with phrase «something of a buffoon»

Falstaff is far from the only comedic pole of the film — in fact, Hal's rival and foil Hotspur, sometimes played as a dashing, formidable opponent, is something of a buffoon in Norman Rodway's portrayal.

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And just what kind of buffoon do you think would believe in something with can not be proven??? Oh right, religious people, sorry I forgot about them.

The whole point of satire is that the writer throws up a recognizable characiture — usually a buffoon with hallmark characteristics that identify him / her to something readily knowable — that is used to tear down a power system through ridicule.

The two teams aren't opposed to trading with each other — Howie Kendrick was something of a favorite in Anaheim, remember — but this has the potential to make the Dodgers look like absolute buffoons.

This is I suppose part of the attempt at aping Westerns lying buried in the screenplay (though Westerns never unequivocally adored guns as much as this one seems too, even the movies named after guns like Anthony Mann's Winchester» 73), just as Harrelson's character is supposed to recall Long John Silver or something (though with his unfortunate haircut all he reminds me of is Nazi buffoon Richard Spencer).

There is something inherently satisfying about taking the exemplars of pure evil and making them buffoons.

Elias is a sex - starved buffoon who thinks he's something of a Lothario.

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