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The latter stages of the film, in which a conspiracy is broadly sketched out, would be wobbly enough without Oliver Stone making JFK out to be some sort of saint—but his soft-soaping of JFK’s management of the Bay of Pigs crisis is risible.
OLIVER STONE’S CRACKPOT JFK CONSPIRACY MOVIE IS A HILARIOUS, HEAD-SPINNING MESSCASPAR SALMONJULY 12, 2021THE DAILY BEASTAlthough the Taken movies are mostly risible, Neeson’s persona connected with audiences and his old-school masculinity inspired more talented filmmakers to seize on his popularity.
THE SURPRISINGLY DURABLE SECOND ACT OF LIAM NEESONSCOTT TOBIASJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt was an absurd case brought under a risible legal theory that was widely mocked even by many outspoken opponents of Obamacare.
THE SUPREME COURT SHUT DOWN AN ATTACK ON OBAMACARE IN THE MOST DISMISSIVE WAY POSSIBLEIAN MILLHISERJUNE 17, 2021VOXAnnual property taxes are risible resembling other states’ monthly bills.
LOVELY, LITTLE DELAWARE — LONG FAMOUS FOR CORPORATIONS, CHICKENS AND CREDIT CARDS — IS READY FOR ITS BIG MOMENTKAREN HELLERJANUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTRisible, riz′i-bl, adj. capable of exciting laughter: laughable: amusing.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSHer exclamations, at his extraordinary appearance, were too much for the risible muscles of the rest of the company.
MANNERS, VOL 2 OF 3FRANCES BROOKEToby's breath caught in his throat for a moment, but he stiffened his risible muscle like a man.
MAMMON AND CO.E. F. BENSONHumor operates from within, with its slow and prolonged excitation of your risible soul.
THE KNICKERBOCKER, VOL. 57, NO. 1, JANUARY 1861VARIOUSMan is the only risible animal: risibility may be said, therefore, to be his distinguishing mark.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 64, NO. 398, DECEMBER 1848VARIOUSThe reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
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