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The characters on both sides crack wise all throughout the film.
'Thor: Ragnarok' really rocks
Until then, viewers should gladly submit to the gleefully self-skewering pleasures of "Deadpool," a scabrously funny big-screen showcase for the snarkiest of Marvel's comic-book creations--a disfigured and disreputable mercenary who likes to crack wise, bust heads and generally lay waste to the idea that he's anyone's hero.
Deadpool
Hillary Clinton can advocate policies in the Middle East that would--that have--resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocents, and she is treated respectfully, even reverently, as are bloodlusting Republicans such as John McCain and Lindsey Graham, but don't you dare crack wise about sex.
The zephyr before the storm
It now seemed obvious that all these years when I'd kept people waiting and they had said, "It's OK," they were secretly looking forward to my funeral, where they could crack wise about my being the late Melissa Balmain.
Hate being late? early birds' tips for white rabbits
If they tense up, or they avert their gaze or narrow their eyes, it isn't a good time to crack wise. Most people know the taboos: Divisive racist, ethnic or sexist jokes, are out.
Secrets of Effective Office Humor
Some parents crack wise about putting money into the "couch fund" to pay for the inevitable therapy bills their kids will run up years later as they seek help to deal with the effects of their bad parenting.
Parental guidance requested
Those who ask me to crack wise when I'm offstage or in my private life are like leads to salesmen or bonus points on credit cards: reflecting potential clients and loyal customers.
Funny, it's just business
"RED 2'' PG-13 -- Teens who get a charge out of watching eccentrics in their 60s or thereabouts crack wise, crash cars and shoot guns may find "Red 2'' a minor hoot.
'X-Men' spinoff offers a more moody, violent Wolverine
For all that we like to crack wise, it's a solid point.
Lesbofile: a TV legend comes out, Buckwild goes bisexual and what's next for Lisbeth Salander?
On Twitter, though, opinions were not so evenly divided, at least not among some comedians and media personalities who saw yesterday's ruling as an opportunity to crack wise.
Bloomberg Soda Ban Canned By Judge, Twitter Explodes In Cheers (And Jeers)
Other people felt the same way, too--Notaro was inescapable in print, online and on the radio, dutifully giving updates on her health and continuing to crack wise about her travails.
From the editor
red with laughter when I crack wise. That's how I get them
The Bert Williams/George Walker Paradox
If it can be considered a Jewish tradition to crack wise at the moment of bleakest tragedy, then the obscure comic book character Funnyman fits right in; so argue Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon in Siegel and Shuster's Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero (Feral House, July).
On the Bookshelf
Stand-up comics Steve Lind, Mike Bobbit, Dave Landau and Bob Phillips will crack wise with shows at 6 p.m.
BRIEFLY
It's easy to crack wise at those who really believe in the fake reality of professional wrestling.
Boiling frogs