How To Use Pratfall In A Sentence
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And, finally, pratfalls are a universal language, and Moliere never betrayed his debt to the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte.
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Comity takes another pratfall at the Kirkland household with this compelling argument
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional
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Singin' in the Rain: "Make 'Em Laugh" (Donald O'Connor, many pratfalls, also that whole backflipping-off-the-walls thing), "Moses Supposes" (O'Connor and Kelly harass a specialist in elocution), part of the "Broadway Melody" (not really my favorite ballet sequence, but I'll sometimes watch Kelly's pas de deux with Cyd Charisse)
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Moneyrunner: Comity takes another pratfall at the Kirkland household with this compelling argumentArthur then makes the case for partisan posturing rather than principle.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional
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Surging onto the floor to call a second-half timeout, WSU coach Ken Bone slipped and fell to the Hec Edmundson Pavilion deck, maybe the most celebrated pratfall in Seattle since Tommy Lasorda's keister hit the third-base coach's box at the 2001 All-Star Game at Safeco Field.
The Seattle Times
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The segment, with a voice-over explaining the action, consisted largely of speeded up film and slapstick pratfalls.
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It's a strange combination of burlesque - hamming, self-parody, staged pratfalls and the gradual abrasion of the fourth wall - and the truly affecting and sinister.
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Not many actors can sing, dance, wear a puffy shirt and do pratfalls while still looking macho.
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I think of it more as a no-system system with the same pitfalls and pratfalls as every other system, due to human involvement more than anything.
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You could have knocked us over with a feather when we saw her doing Lucystyle pratfalls and found ourselves laughing.
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Or consider what psychologists call the "pratfall effect": Attractive people, it turns out, become more attractive if they commit a blunder.
In Fiction, Opposites Attract
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A good pratfall is what turned the silent screen into an audience's roar.
Nancy Chuda: The Artist: A Review With an Extra Big Shout Out to Uggy
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The hardest part in confessing all this is that aside from my pronounced predilection for pratfalls, I really can't justify our forbidden love.
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Of course, there are a lot more pratfalls, comedic lines, wacky mishaps and longing glances, but you get the picture.
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Not because he's just a dog but because he's the only character in the film who knows how to do a pratfall and that trick is no small feat by any means.
Nancy Chuda: The Artist: A Review With an Extra Big Shout Out to Uggy
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Most of us get over the pratfalls of childhood.
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The movie contains many of the staples - physical pratfalls, moments of gross-out exuberance, and extreme expressions of political incorrectness - but the energy is missing.
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In an attempt to lighten the mood, the camera follows the pratfalls of the galley crew trying to catch the food falling off the counters as the ship takes evasive maneuvers.
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They certainly had their fair share of political pratfalls.
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Clark has been protected from media scrutiny by the awful pratfalls that marked the beginning of his campaign.
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Pratfalls and other physical gags are typical of Carey's shtick.
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I documented lots of Kevin Madden's goofs, gaffs, pratfalls, moments of disfluency, attempts to botch even the simplest of messages, and naive and transparent lies on my "who is Willard Milton Romney" blog.
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Pratfalls and other physical gags are typical of Carey's shtick.
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It helps that the two kids involved in the romance are of college age, so as to avoid the truly stupid pratfalls apparently inherent in screenplays involving high-school-age types.
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They did every convention, from pratfalls to bad catch phrases to a live audience that laughed uproariously at the stupidest jokes - and were then accentuated by a laugh track.
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The show thrived on Ritter's rubbery pratfalls.
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No 'whatever happened to Spangles' routine – just pratfall after pratfall.
Wigan Athletic Premier League 2011-12 team guide
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As You Like It is Shakespeare at his most lighthearted - his romcom phase, if you will - full of cross-dressing, pratfalls and playfully abysmal puns.
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He also shows off his well-known aptitude for pratfalls and physical comedy in this skit.
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The show ends where it began, balancing on the edge of a pratfall.
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It was indeed a volatile matrix of uncertainty that excited the imagination and the pen, giving us a play, Romeo and Juliet, a sublime mixture of pratfalls and poetry that appealed to crowd and Queen alike.
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From the commedia dell'arte to Jackie Chan, the pratfall and other seemingly unpremeditated mishaps of physical humor have had a timeless appeal.
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Some of the most common pratfalls will actually help in this regard.
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It was a misplay by the Spurs' best player, and teams don't come back from that kind of pratfall.
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Bingol Boswell never minded taking a pratfall if it could inspire a laugh, or better yet a scrap of wit, however offensive, for him to snap up and record in his entertaining, indiscreet journal.
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For every philosophical joke there is a pratfall or sight gag offered to balance things out.
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But the film suffers many of the pratfalls associated with remakes, in particular the warmed-up leftovers syndrome.
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Now, before you start up those emails, I'm not saying that movies shouldn't have pratfalls and physical comedy in them.
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They were used to seeing Beau hit his head and make a fool of himself - it was the kind of thing he liked to do to entertain the folks; always jumping around and dancing on tabletops and doing pratfalls.
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As well as being a sad commentary on the state of the American comedy - a genre that once stood tall and proud - it appears as a cautionary tale about the pratfalls of pursuing an acting career.
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True that, somehow, a pratfall is always funnier than a straight walk, even on a high wire.
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He plays innocent puppy passion perfectly and actually makes you feel Tom's pain without relying on a pratfall or incredibly idiotic double take.
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And he also had a nation's sides splitting in the second-placed moment, a classic old-fashioned pratfall in which he falls through a raised bar flap while trying to impress two women in a pub.
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It's simply not the right setting for a play so full of movement and slapstick pratfalls: the cramped stage forces the cast to huddle together, while the echoey acoustics magnify every trip and body-slam.
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an amusing film with a steady stream of pranks and pratfalls
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The fall, of course, was a choreographed pratfall, spoofing all the negative stories surrounding ‘Sweet Charity.’
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Not many actors can sing, dance, wear a puffy shirt and do pratfalls while still looking macho.
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The show often revolves around her I Love Lucy-esque pratfalls and goof-ups.
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Naturally, things don't proceed quite as planned, with emotional pratfalls complicating the addled pair's marriage contract.
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You'd think the team's long history of past playoff pratfalls would be motivation enough.
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Extreme gore and hysterical pratfalls all combine in a truly memorable mix.
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All the while we're privy to Bridget's innermost thoughts as she discovers the pratfalls and perils of being a single woman in the city.
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In American English up to about forty or fifty years ago, it meant "buttocks" -- but in present-day American English it survives only in the word "pratfall.
On being linguistically defeated
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It waits for somebody like you to pratfall and then it jumps.
Tina Brown left looking for new print partner as Newsweek-Daily Beast talks collapse
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Faith in the perfectibility of man has caused more pratfalls than the banana peel.
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Boris, playing to the crowd, mimed the pratfall from his side of the court.
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There was more to the joke than just the pratfall or its equivalent.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Due Date
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If you can’t tell a joke without yelling into the mic or making some kind of pratfall, then I suggest you invest your money well, you’ll need it very soon and for a long time. —
Can Anyone Explain Dane Cook to Me? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
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He is constantly involved in physical pratfalls, more cartoon figure than a person.
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It's 80 endless minutes of unfunny pratfalls, pointless chases and awful, awful songs.
