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The dialogue is witty and entertaining, with the banter between Julianna and Colt particularly enjoyable.
DON’T READ THIS ‘DEATHLOOP’ PREVIEWMIKE HUMEAUGUST 26, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOnly sometimes, our screen freezes, the call drops and what would have been goofy banter loses its moment.
SHALL WE, 5G? THE HIGH-SPEED NETWORK CHANGING YOUR WORLDSOHINI DAS GUPTAAUGUST 23, 2021OZYThere’s been a lot of political banter during the pandemic that’s made it very hard at points for us to have a consistent public health message regarding mitigation strategies and vaccination.
MOST EMPLOYERS SHY AWAY FROM MANDATING CORONAVIRUS VACCINESDAN DIAMONDMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPerhaps the crown jewel has been SmartLess, with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes and Will Arnett, who bring listeners along for an entertaining ride of witty banter, inside jokes and A-list guests.
THE FUNNIEST LISTENS OF THE WEEKTRACY MORANMAY 13, 2021OZYThere were no random pairings of celebrity presenters, and thus no awkward banter.
THE PANDEMIC OSCARS WERE SURPRISINGLY DECENT. BUT WILL THE ACADEMY LEARN ANYTHING FROM ITS BREAK WITH TRADITION?JUDY BERMANAPRIL 26, 2021TIMESongwriters Chip Davis and Bill Fries filled “Convoy” with banter and lingo based on communications they heard between truck drivers on CB radio during the 1973 oil crisis.
HOW TRUCKER COUNTRY MUSIC BECAME A ’70S FADANTONELLA CRESCIMBENIAPRIL 23, 2021VOXThe passenger next to me, a security consultant for an arms shipment, was convinced I was a spy, offering champagne and banter.
TAKING TO THE SKIES IN ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPÉRY’S ‘WIND, SAND AND STARS’MARY WINSTON NICKLINAPRIL 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThere’s no nice lunches, no banter among teammates and there’s no fun work trips.
‘CHRONICALLY UNDERSTAFFED’: CONFESSIONS OF AN AGENCY EXEC ON THE COST OF ONLINE ADVERTISING’S COVID GROWTHSEB JOSEPHFEBRUARY 11, 2021DIGIDAYPowers’s script lends a fly-on-the-wall appeal to the fictionalized banter among Cooke, Clay, Brown and X, as their larger-than-life personas fuel a crackling dialogue on faith and philosophy.
AFTER ‘HAMILTON,’ LESLIE ODOM JR. JUST WANTED TO BE HIMSELF. THEN THE ROLE OF SAM COOKE CAME CALLING.THOMAS FLOYDJANUARY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEllie is often on her own, which is a shame since creator Naughty Dog has historically excelled at building relationships through banter in both The Last of Us and the Uncharted series.
THE 10 BEST VIDEO GAMES OF 2020ALEX FITZPATRICKNOVEMBER 20, 2020TIMEWORDS RELATED TO BANTER
- amusement
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- clowning
- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- facetiousness
- farce
- farcicality
- flippancy
- fun
- funniness
- gag
- gaiety
- happiness
- high spirits
- humorousness
- jest
- jesting
- jocoseness
- jocularity
- joke
- joking
- joyfulness
- kidding
- levity
- lightness
- ludicrousness
- playfulness
- pleasantry
- raillery
- ridiculousness
- tomfoolery
- whimsy
- wisecrack
- wit
- witticism
- wittiness
- zaniness
- bantered
- chaffed
- deceived
- derided
- fooled
- frolicked
- funned
- gambolled
- horse around
- japed
- jested
- jived
- jollied
- joshed
- kidded around
- laughed
- made merry
- mocked
- needled
- played
- played the clown
- played tricks
- poked fun
- pulled one's leg
- punned
- put on
- quipped
- ragged
- reveled
- ribbed
- ridiculed
- roasted
- spoofed
- sported
- taunted
- tricked
- wisecracked
- banters
- chaffs
- deceives
- derides
- fools
- frolics
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- gambols
- horse around
- japes
- jests
- jives
- jollies
- joshes
- kids around
- laughs
- makes merry
- mocks
- needles
- plays
- plays the clown
- plays tricks
- pokes fun
- pulls one's leg
- puns
- puts on
- quips
- rags
- revels
- ribs
- ridicules
- roasts
- spoofs
- sports
- taunts
- tricks
- wisecracks
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