humorless

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The Philadelphia choreographer and performer returns to this Brooklyn space with “At Home With the Humorless Bastard,” which uses audience participation to explore grief and intimacy.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2018

Humorless people have always had this habit of dressing up their tedious character flaw as a virtue.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2016

Most viewers won't want to give it another hour of their lives each week unless there's a chance that someone could get eaten by a bear -- preferably Rupert and his Beard Of Humorless Judgment.

From Salon • May 17, 2010

Humorless and cautious, often inflexible, yet straightforward and unaffected at the same time, he has something of the air of a high school math teacher.

From Time Magazine Archive