sight gag
noun
: a comic bit or episode whose effect is produced by pantomime or camera shot rather than by words
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Even the smaller roles are choice, including Nicole Byer and Quinn Beswick as beleaguered staffers at the elder care community from which Ben has gone AWOL and David Giuliani as Ben’s roommate, who becomes a kind of running sight gag that keeps paying off.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
A lot of the comedy is right there in Holmes’ script, but director Rob Ruggiero adds some wonderfully silly sight gags, generally involving lively dancing.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Director Gordon Greenberg applies a light touch and a bit of wit to the proceedings, inserting sight gags whenever possible.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
Though larded with audacious jokes and sight gags, the play had a strong emotive core.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
A lot of the comedy is right there in Holmes’ script, but director Rob Ruggiero adds some wonderfully silly sight gags, generally involving lively dancing.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Director Gordon Greenberg applies a light touch and a bit of wit to the proceedings, inserting sight gags whenever possible.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2024
Though larded with audacious jokes and sight gags, the play had a strong emotive core.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Sight gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sight%20gag. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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