Deadpan

For nigh on 30 years, downtown auteur Maxwell has hewed to a tactic of rigorous minimalism—design stripped down like a rehearsal room, acting deemphasized to the point of amateurish deadpan.

Her dry wit and deadpan comebacks make her oddly likable, as fans can’t help but root for the protagonist (who, perhaps, they see a bit of their own odd self in).

Hoffman, who was one of the best actors of his generation, nails the role of Max, channeling the character's loneliness and self-loathing while also using a monotone voice to emphasize 's pitch-perfect deadpan humor.

Meryl Streep’s funny and brilliantly deadpan delivery here ensures that this quote never fails to get a laugh.

Peter would do and say ridiculous things as a less family-friendly version of Homer Simpson and Brian would react to his antics as the dry, deadpan voice of reason.

The fame-corrupts-the-innocent plot is an elaborate send-up, as is just about everything in the film, which hovers somewhere between a surreal Christopher Guest mockumentary and Hal Hartley’s deadpan irony.

Then the trailer reveals that "M3GAN 2.0" not only features a new model of its titular character (, whose deadpan facial expressions are perfect for the sardonic robot), but this time, she won't be best friends with an elementary school girl.

Though he does provide comic relief much like Fez did for the original show, his deadpan, snarky comedy is more along the lines of what we loved from Donna.

Her deadpan delivery of her lines is impossible to chuckle at, especially when she makes the new RN (Mekki Leeper) wait in the long line of would-be patients.

He simply replies deadpan: "I just hope I'm still around before they fully ripen".

If you’re not guiltily tittering at the deadpan, voyeuristic gawping of two sasquatches (and the bemused reactions of the other forest animals) as the other pair rut away in a crude Nat Geo sex scene five minutes in, it’s unlikely this is for you.

Jordan Savusa is a glue guy of the group, providing some much-needed stability and deadpan amid the organized chaos.

Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard appears born to play the part of the heroine Songbird, dressed in flapper style, fluent in French chanson stylistics and able to sing American English colloquialisms with deadpan delivery.

Much like "The X-Files," it may have just been too deadpan for its time, and with two male leads, crucially lacked an Agent Scully type for female fans to connect with.

Some manga rely on satire, while others amuse audiences through deadpan comedy, all leading to equally comical storylines.

The former Bears QB and the reality star/entrepreneur were married in 2013 and At least we’ll always have “,” which showcased Jay’s flair for dry comedy and deadpan goofiness.

This punctures her deadpan, but she has the advantage of the edit.

Haynes is typically the straight man, Woods the buffoon, although there’s a wrong-footing intro where Haynes’ Algy tinkles the ivories with untrammelled exuberance, while Woods assumes a funereal deadpan as his butler, Lane.

He repeatedly interrupted the neophyte comedian's act, as the tapes were rolling, on the first evening of the deadpan Newhart's two-day Texas nightclub stand.

The self-described “cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest person” writes in a deadpan style about turning forty, marriage and her habit of hiding cookies under her bed.