Francona's 2011 Red Sox had crumbled in September, and the team was surly and unlikable, humiliated by comical reports of mid-game chicken and beer soirees in the clubhouse.

WSJ: Bobby Valentine: Back to School��Jason Gay

Javier Bardem, his menace half-masked by a comical haircut, plays a calm, unstoppable psychopath on the trail of a stolen two million dollars. (His presence is both frightening and entertaining, if never wholly credible.) Various unfortunates cross his path and suffer the consequences, but his principal target is Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a passing hunter who took the money.

NEWYORKER: No Country for Old Men

The patient known only as Mother, (a brave performance by Catherine Cox) opens with a comical number about how annoying doctors can be, constantly asking her who the president is.

WSJ: Review: 'Memory Show' is poignant musical on loss

But the public is exhausted by stories like this, worn down by baseball's lost PED era, comical obfuscations and investigations that fail to offer resolution.

WSJ: Jason Gay: A Late Finish to an Endless Day

The comical, witty and very well-acted production by Primary Stages opened Tuesday night at 59E59 Theaters.

WSJ: Review: 'All in the Timing' has wordplay and wit

Device makers try to speed things up by anticipating what we are trying to write and offering solutions, often with vexing or comical results (obscene examples abound at Damn You, Autocorrect).

FORBES: The Key(board) to Google-Apple Competition

President Vladimir Putin signed the bill Dec. 28 in what appears to be a lackluster, if not somewhat comical, retaliation against a much stronger law signed in the U.S. last month by both houses of Congress.

FORBES: Russian 'Baby Ban' Goes Into Full Effect