jokiness

  Some argue that any kind of jokiness or laughter within sight of a flag is just never acceptable.

Did You Know? Fun Facts about Flaggish Things (for Flag Day) 2010

What Vampire adds is a kind of knowing, self-referential jokiness that lightens the tension without dissipating it.

'Vampire Diaries' stakes its claim in a populated genre 2009

Through it all the gray-haired Peterson maintained an easy man-about-town jokiness.

A Story of Two Wives Dorothy Rabinowitz 2012

That's bad news for those who love the jokiness of NCIS, good news for everyone else — and possibly bad news for LA, because the people it needs to please are the people who like NCIS.

'NCIS' popularity should keep spinoff in hunt 2009

Even by his own high standards, Terry King's fights are exceptional, not least in the way the big set-to between Tybalt and Mercutio starts at a level of lethal jokiness and rapidly escalates.

Romeo and Juliet - review 2011

All one gets is some high-grade performances in a play that, in its relentless jokiness, might be dubbed 1183 And All That.

The Lion in Winter - review 2011

Aside from the heinous grammar, I find the rape-jokiness of this very offensive.

Tew's Day! taura_g 2009

There is no hokey-jokiness that ruins most sequels – Psycho II is straight-up suspense and takes itself seriously.

Psycho II (1983) 2010

The jokiness works best in the early chapters devoted to deaths, and lives, predating the fall of Rome.

Exit Wisely 2009

The jokiness works best in the early chapters devoted to deaths, and lives, predating the fall of Rome.

Exit Wisely 2009