pratfall
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He went on to suggest an improvement to one of Ms. Thompson’s lines and add a little pratfall at the end, and the set brightened with laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
“The role was something like ‘Sweat Mopper’ — it was for something with basketball,” he says of an audition requiring a pratfall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023
In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023
I am glad my every pratfall doesn’t end up on social media.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
“Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang; boff, and wow!”
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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