"There's an abundance of
gallows humor in John Darnton's new novel, Black & White and Dead All Over, that is appropriate for a murder mystery set in the modern-day killing fields of print journalism.
Black & White and Dead all Over
In the back of the room, between chip munching, legislative aides share the
gallows humor with right-wing journalists about getting "murdered in Indiana.
Social adjustment: Washington's young conservatives ponder life in the minority
In this new study of the first four chapters of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, we find a logical explanation in Paul's knowledge of philosophic-comic tradition within popular culture, an element of which includes a significant amount of "
gallows humor." This treatment examines such topics as traditional interpretations of the "fool for Christ" passages, the provenance of the concept, the generic meaning, confirmation and clarification of the interpretation, the reasons why Paul appropriated the role, and an evaluation of the role.
Paul, the fool of Christ; a study of 1 Corinthians 1-4 in the comic-philosophic tradition
Lopez extrapolates from the illogical, lobs in some
gallows humor, and creates new absurdities.
Nicola Lopez: Irvine Contemporary Art
All the poems in Erica Dawson's group have some of the
gallows humor cut with lightness of "Disorder," but none has its clarity and verve.
2004 Morton Marr Poetry Prize
gallows humor is designed precisely to uncover the naked truth, however painful that flaying may be.
When is it okay to joke? (Excerpt)
Zingeris writes with a sort of dry
gallows humor that serves basically as a protective cover over the deep wound of pity for his evanescent heroes, his love for them, and his fragile pride in their noble humanity.
Aplink fontan, arba Mazasis Paryzius
With an odd blend of cool compassion and
gallows humor, Plays Well With Others depicts the '80s as a decade marked by the gay community's great artistic expression and enormous loss.
Plays Well with Others
* Excessive
gallows humor: "If the project team begins wearing black shirts to the office, or piping funeral dirges through the Muzak system, you're in trouble."
How to spot a project in trouble
But all 20th-century ambiguity and
gallows humor aside, I must confess I've come around to relics.
A display of faith
For example, police officers often are seen as having a warped sense of humor, sometimes referred to as "
gallows humor."(9) The condition results from the many negative aspects of human nature that confront officers on a regular basis.
Critical incident stress in law enforcement
Although at first glance The Cat Inside looks like a cute little book about kitties, closer inspection will find Burroughs's celebrated irony,
gallows humor, apocalyptic fears, brutal lyricism, and mythological interests.
The Cat Inside
Commonly referred to as
gallows humor, it is used by groups in dire circumstances to help them endure their fate by looking it in the eye and laughing at it.
An exploration of the social functions of humor among college students in wheelchairs
Having spent a good portion of his youth in jail, he utilized this experience as the basis of his two plays, The Quare Fellow (1956), a memorable exercise of
gallows humor, and The Hostage (1958).
Behan, Brendan
Voigt's
gallows humor keeps heavier scenes moving while also acknowledging what's at stake if he cracks under pressure.
Rip the Angels from Heaven