horseplay
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Fortunately, Wilson and Mandvi are adept enough comics not to fall into that trap even as they avoid the equally damaging peril of too much audience-pandering horseplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Video of the horseplay prompted a good deal of online hilarity, with even the transportation department getting into the snarky act.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2024
“Peter Pan Goes Wrong,” directed by Adam Meggido, too often belabors the horseplay, making it feel mechanical.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
But we’ll need a good start, So the star learns his part, Or this horseplay could get out of hand.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2022
All the talk and horseplay ended within a few seconds of the instant when the first person, that is myself, heard the footsteps returning along the marble stairway and corridors toward us.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
