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deadpan
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dead·pan  (ddpn)
n.
1. A blank, expressionless face.
2. A person, especially a performer, who has or assumes a blank expression.
adj.
Impassively matter-of-fact, as in style, behavior, or expression: deadpan delivery of the joke.
adv.
With a blank, expressionless face.
v. dead·panned, dead·pan·ning, dead·pans
v.tr.
To express in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.
v.intr.
To express oneself in an impassive, matter-of-fact way.

deadpan [ˈdɛdˌpæn]
adj & adv
with a deliberately emotionless face or manner deadpan humour
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deadpandeadpan - deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Adv.1.deadpan - without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"

deadpan
Translations
deadpan [ˈdedˌpæn] ADJ [face, humour] → inexpresivo
deadpan [ˈdɛdpæn] adj [humour] → pince-sans-rire inv; [performer] → impassible
deadpan [ˈdɛdˌpæn]
1. adj (face) → impassibile; (humour) → all'inglese
2. adv (with a straight face) → senza fare una piega

deadpan [ˈdɛdˌpæn]
1. adj (face) → impassibile; (humour) → all'inglese
2. adv (with a straight face) → senza fare una piega


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The account of architectural theory is so dead-pan that one suspects a lack of architectural response, and this is supported when, for example, the architecturally finest of `tower blocks' are confused: a picture of Goldfinger's Balfron Tower is mislabelled Trellick Tower, and Basil Spence's impressive and lamented Hutchesontown flats are described merely as `elaborate' when Bunton's appalling Red Road (Glasgow) is a `mighty outcrop'.
Set against a backdrop of silly cloud formations (read: impoverished nature trope), Lovers in the Country, 1993, Lovers, 1993, and The Owens, 1994, depict these various gentleman accompanied by their buxom-blond significant others, and it is with these wacky icons of interpersonal devotion that Currin stages a dead-pan comedy of manners in which noxious kitsch romanticism has bought out the competition to become the final "truth.
The music is doo-wop being funny by cross-breeding itself with various pop styles (David Byrne, the Beatles) and by bouncing off of its polished, dead-pan surface lyrics that satirize contemporary life.
 
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