straight-faced

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In “Photographic Memory,” Mr. Griffith takes a straight-faced, graphic-narrative approach to his forbear’s eventful life as a traveler and innovative photographer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

But Schaffer’s take — not a new direction, but rather an ironically straight-faced reboot of the deadpan ZAZ style — supplies the well-trodden gag with a necessary contemporary jolt.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

This five-performance power punch ends as every performance should — with Charli XCX, who’s straight-faced and hidden behind straight-edged sunglasses, giving a nod of approval.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2025

Instead, it’s just a very good Amin Joseph playing his scenes straight-faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Samir turned back to the crowd and nodded at a straight-faced horseman, who said, “I heard about the Rogue Legion, and those guys in Khotan really hated the saddles you sold them.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri