Levity

levity



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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    輕率;輕浮

          2.    不穩定;多變





　

What sets this film apart from their others is the refusal to let their comedic impulses [temper] the material. (使溫和)



As always, they get chuckles out of the Texas patois, 



and there are characters on the fringe who stick in the memory because of their distinct speaking patterns. 



However none of the levity breaks from the remarkably serious intentions or tone. 



patois

[pat-wah, pah-twah]

方言,土語

(任一行業的) 行話





　

Both speak fluent "Woodyish," 

a too-often humorless, overly articulate patois 



that usually serves little more purpose than to advance the plot -- almost every line of dialogue sounds like subtitles being read out loud. The young American actresses playing the leads, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson, 



try their damnedest, 



but never quite make these women seem like anything more than story [constructs].









Bernie Mac Is Dead at 50



In my own experience, I have always found him to be able to bring levity to whatever project he was involved in. Most recently, I look back quite fondly on his his creepy salesman role in Ocean’s Eleven; that forceful handshake still haunts my dreams, in a hilarious way. That his talent has been taken away from us so soon is as tragic as it is shocking. Rest in peace, Bernie. You will be missed.





parlance 

a way or manner of speaking

legal [parlance]

cf. vernacular 

parse 

analyze in terms of grammatical constituents

it’s unclear if it’s a [tic] or if he’s [parsing] his words as carefully as possible. 

people whose education 

taught them to [parse] others' sentences for [slight][s] 



elliptical

syntax

corollary

an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion

as a kind of microcosmic [analogue] (and [corollary]) 

Castigate