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humorless



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With a short season, smaller scope and much lighter tone, this could be the welcome antidote to the humorless, plodding “HotD,” and get Westeros fans excited again.

From MarketWatch Dec. 31, 2025

It would be campy if it weren't so humorless.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2025

“My set is not humorless, but it is fairly serious and very demanding,” the director says.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2024

Rosendale is a self-defeating, humorless member of the House Freedom Caucus who cannot, in any form or fashion, mitigate his sharp Maryland accent.

From Slate Feb. 10, 2024

“Raizel, I don’t need a derasha,” I said, earning a humorless look for comparing her enthusiastic explanation to a sermon.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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