(now, _, rare) A Classical comic actor, especially one who works mainly through gesture and mime.
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 🙃
(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.”
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(British) A character archetype in pantomime entertainment.
(Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
(British, figurative) A person who has become a designated villain, often seen as cartoonishly villainous; someone people "love to hate".
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…
“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”
“Thinking of changing the title of my memoir to "Words Good, Pantomime Better".”
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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!”
“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 🙃”
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