And it's especially funny if someone else is doing the saying and showing, thus shifting responsibility.

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We know women (especially these women) are funny, and that women are just as capable of commanding a stage for hours on end as men.

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The movie is well acted and very funny about delusions, especially the writerly kind.

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Bad shots are funny, too, especially when somebody else hits them.

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Some were funny about the students, especially the crazies, the ones who brought the two thousand handwritten pages of their novel in a plastic bag, or wrote from the perspective of a donkey abused by its owner.

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"The plots have gotten rehashed, the jokes have gotten less funny, and the characters have dropped in quality, especially Homer, " writes one poster, noting that Homer is now dumber than ever.

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It's exactly the kind of role that, you know, is tailor-made for Oscar recognition because especially lately, it seems like the Academy loves it when a funny man, you know, turns it around and takes on a serious role.

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