There, Chapman displayed a gift for deadpan comedy ( particularly evident in the sketch " The Minister Who Falls to Pieces ") and for imitating various British dialects.

He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname " The Great Stone Face ".

marked a shift from dramatic roles to a new focus on deadpan comedy.

Known for his improvisation skill, his humour is rooted in deadpan, surreal and sometimes dark comedy.

Stranger Than Paradise is a 1984 American absurdist / deadpan comedy film.

It currently holds a 94 % " Certified Fresh " approval rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 46 reviews ; the sites consensus called the film " An infectiously fun blend of special effects and comedy, with Bill Murray's hilarious deadpan performance leading a cast of great comic turns.

After a breakup with his brothers in the early 1980s, Hui developed a new brand of satirical comedy, one which capitalized on his deadpan comic timing, using a more character-driven storyline.

Droopy's meek, deadpan voice and personality were modeled after the character Wallace Wimple on the radio comedy Fibber McGee and Molly ; actor Bill Thompson, who played Wimple, was the original voice of Droopy.

Elliot Goblet is one of Australia's most original comedy characters and he is renowned for his deadpan delivery of classic one liners one-liners-his style can draw comparisons with that of the American comic Steven Wright.

Audrey Meadows ( February 8, 1922 — February 3, 1996 ) was an American actress best known for her role as the deadpan housewife Alice Kramden on the 1950s American television comedy The Honeymooners.

Giliap went in a decidedly different direction than A Swedish Love Story -- replacing crowd-pleasing joy and soft humour with dark comedy and unforgiving deadpan.

He can also be seen in Turbocharge-the Unauthorized Story of the Cars, a comedy biopic about 80's rock band The Cars, playing the role of Cars ' manager Elliot Roberts in his usual deadpan comedic delivery.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 88 % of critics liked the film, based on 184 reviews, with the site's consensus stating: " Bill Murray's subtle and understated style complements director Jim Jarmusch's minimalist storytelling in this quirky, but deadpan comedy.

" Barbara Scharres of the Chicago Reader said that Kaurismäki " perfects his trademark formula of deadpan humor and arctic circle pathos in this brilliantly ironic 2002 comedy.

Film critic Roger Ebert liked the screenplay of the film, and wrote, " And on and on, around and around, in an elegant and sly deadpan comedy.

Carlo Santos from Anime News Network has described Strawberry Marshmallow as " a clever little comedy that delivers laughs via its straight-faced approach " and has mentioned that " There is something uniquely appealing about Marshmallows deadpan delivery ".

The band is most often noted for three things: the prominence of DiFiore's trumpet lines, McCrea's ironic, sarcastic lyrics, and his " droll, deadpan ... monotone " vocals.

" However, many punk rock lyrics deal in more traditional rock ' n ' roll themes of courtship, heartbreak, and hanging out ; the approach ranges from the deadpan, aggressive simplicity of Ramones standards such as " I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend " to the more unambiguously sincere style of many later pop punk groups.

Noticing that this drew fewer laughs from the audience, he adopted his famous deadpan expression whenever he was working.

The ECC is probably best known for its song " Rocked By Rape ", consisting of samples of Dan Rather's deadpan delivery describing various atrocities over looped riffs from AC / DC's " Back in Black ".

It features deadpan commentary from actor / director Sam Neill and director and film archivist John O ' Shea, as well as critical praise from international industry notables including film historian Leonard Maltin, and Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films.

Much of her comic appeal comes from her deadpan delivery.

Hall's performance style is also eclectic, his delivery ranging from a deadpan monotone to melodic tenor singing to overwrought screaming.

Hammer's over-the-top but deadpan antics have ranged from pulling a rocket launcher from his trunk and firing it at the building where a sniper is stationed, to forcing a purse-snatcher to beat himself up in order to avoid brutality charges.

Virginia O ' Brien, a comic actress known for her deadpan style of singing, was pregnant at the time The Harvey Girls was filmed, and as a result some of her scripted scenes with Ray Bolger were never filmed, because her condition was becoming difficult to hide, while others that were filmed were cut from the final print.

Lancaster follows the changing fortunes of the architectural development from village to small city, and wittily captures the foibles and fashions of the inhabitants, all rendered in flawlessly deadpan camp.

The humor derives from the deadpan responses of family members to circumstances beyond their control.

Toward the top of the heap was the string of two-line gags known as ' Good Idea, Bad Idea ', wherein a hapless soul named Mr. Skullhead would perform a ' good idea ', then receive some sort of violent comeuppance from a related ' bad idea ', all narrated in a brilliant deadpan by Tom ' We'll leave the light on for ya ' Bodett.

His films are often marked by high camp, melodrama, deadpan humor, ennui, often using music, archival footage and excerpts from Hollywood films.

Anthony Lane, a film reviewer for The New Yorker, agreed with the usual criticism of Anderson's deadpan style: that the underreaction of Anderson's characters used to be " hip " but has now become " frozen into a mannerism.

The " Los Angeles Times " recently called her " a brilliant contributor to the New Yorker and the quirky dark lady of Manhattan's literary scene, celebrated for her deadpan essays and revolving-door sex life.

Neer's deadpan, unemotional style of speaking has prompted Bob Raissman, sports media reporter for the New York Daily News, to refer to Neer as " Sir Sominex ," suggesting that Neer's delivery is soporific.

Sometimes, it is the straight man who gets the laughs through his or her sarcastic reactions to the comic's antics, as was often the case with Stewart Lee's deadpan, reasoned reactions to Richard Herring's more ridiculous antics in their pairing.

Reviewer Ken Tucker reminisces upon " the all-purpose image of Cooper that's taken hold in the popular imagination: the gaunt, chiseled stone face, a stoic deadpan that rendered Cooper the leading-man, romantic-actor equivalent of Buster Keaton .... By contrast, Skerritt saunters through the new Noon as if he were still the easygoing, ironic lawman of Picket Fences.

Jarmusch's approach to filmmaking — in the words of The Salt Lake Tribune critic Sean P. Means — involves " blending film styles and genres with sharp wit and dark humor ", and is pervaded by a signature deadpan comedic tone.

Variety < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s film reviewer complimented the actor, writing that he had enjoyed his performance, stating that he displayed " a winning, if rather deadpan, personality along with good comic timing ".

Shortly after seeing the film, Madonna sent over a half-finished bottle of warm champagne as a dubious gift, to salute Brown's deadpan impersonation.

Time Out London found that the film " hit on a pleasing vein of deadpan stoner humour, especially in the character of a hearse-driving hippie who comes along for the ride " and " could easily become a a cult favourite ".

In the film, Kitano develops his more delicate, romantic side along with his trademark deadpan approach.

She was studying film and had no musical experience, but Fisk and Saunier agreed that her deadpan singing style was exactly what they wanted.

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars, saying that the film " is not very interesting ", however praising Jones ' ability to play " a tricky role with the right note of deadpan delight ".

Although Stierlitz was a much-loved character, he was also the butt of a common genre of Russian jokes, often satirising his deductive trains of thought, with unexpected twists, delivered in the deadpan style of the voice-overs in the film adaptations ; for example:

Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the film, " Breakdown use old-fashioned ingenuity — plus a compelling star, a fast-paced mystery and a deadpan villain — to come up with a sizzler.

Boston Globe reviewer Wesley Morris wrote that Rogen, along with co-stars Rudd and Romany Malco, were each hilarious in their own right and Orlando Sentinel Roger Moore believed that Rogen had his moments in the film whereas Moira Macdonald of the Seattle Times said the actor was " droopily deadpan.