pantomime
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
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There is no way to slice this that doesn't serve the fascists. We have to treat all hate crimes equally seriously irrespective of the target groups. We protect everybody - and protect them properly, not just as a pant…
There’s a third option: do they love the ritual and pantomime of “family” with no real ability to hear or listen or connect emotionally to anyone around them 🙃
NB: This is why I really hate the "cross country pantomime" stuff regarding LRP. It started as a flippant joke which is fine. But now it feels like it's being wielded like a cudgel against anyone who wants to take L…
Thinking of changing the title of my memoir to "Words Good, Pantomime Better".
Goober is a clownfish who actually doesn't speak, but he emotes though pantomime and bike horns. Think of him as the Ray Teller of performers. 🤡🎈 #furryart #clown
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(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.
With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.
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(UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, call and response and fairy-tale plots.
Wilson is no stranger to pantoland: “I have fun memories of seeing pantomimes in Australia when I was a kid. They were on at our local Returned and Services League club – my relatives fought in the wars. My mum also said that when I was …
“There is no way to slice this that doesn't serve the fascists. We have to treat all hate crimes equally seriously irrespective of the target groups. We protect everybody - and protect them properly, not just as a pantomime - or we will end up protecting nobody!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There’s a third option: do they love the ritual and pantomime of “family” with no real ability to hear or listen or connect emotionally to anyone around them 🙃”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(now, _, rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
“NB: This is why I really hate the "cross country pantomime" stuff regarding LRP. It started as a flippant joke which is fine. But now it feels like it's being wielded like a cudgel against anyone who wants to take LRP seriously at ALL.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Thinking of changing the title of my memoir to "Words Good, Pantomime Better".”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Goober is a clownfish who actually doesn't speak, but he emotes though pantomime and bike horns. Think of him as the Ray Teller of performers. 🤡🎈 #furryart #clown”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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