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My attempt to carve the turkey was a source of great hilarity at the dinner table.
hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death
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Heard agrees that the theme of family is central to this play, even with all its sometimes uproarious hilarity.
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Despite how dark things get, This Life of Mine does manage to leave the viewer with a sense of hope — not necessarily that mental illness can be fully cured or even escaped, but that portraying it with this level of honesty and hilarity is already a kind of victory.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
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David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
Despite how dark things get, This Life of Mine does manage to leave the viewer with a sense of hope — not necessarily that mental illness can be fully cured or even escaped, but that portraying it with this level of honesty and hilarity is already a kind of victory.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2024
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“Hilarity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hilarity. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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hilarity
noun
hi·lar·i·ty
hil-ˈar-ət-ē 
-ˈer-;
hī-ˈlar-,
-ˈler-
: noisy fun
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