Repartee

But this spiel isn’t just a one-way Morris event: He wants his dancers to be people with lives and interests, not just dance executants, and he enjoys their repartee.

Not only do they need outstanding vocal skills, they must bring their characters to life without benefit of snappy repartee or dramatic speeches, in addition to performing a continuous series of complicated dance moves.

At its heart, though, is the chemistry and repartee between husband and wife, and at a time of year when nerves are often frayed by the appearance of extended family, this is especially charming.

Also getting a little bit country were female songwriting trio Dyson Stringer Cloher, whose on-stage repartee was as seamless as their honeyed harmonies.

He loved whimsy and laughter, dancing wildling around the house with his daughters and witty repartee in the company of women.

In the 90s we saw a surge of TV shows and movies featuring teens with repartee that felt too over-the-top, but Goonies' wit feels real.

His reputation for concise and interesting repartee was building and a pivotal event came when he covered two West Indies cricket matches in 1971 (vs. India and New Zealand) and had gone to Jamaica to cover the Foreman/Frazier championship fight.

It was just jokey repartee about mixing martinis because we both, on occasion, order one then we pretended to check each other out as we walked away.

His charming repartee with each audience makes his music accessible and enjoyable.

The opening salvos of repartee make you think you’re watching a 1950’s situation comedy, but that impression is oh so faux.

Another common element is fast-talking, witty repartee ( You Can't Take It With You (1937) and His Girl Friday (1940)).

Characteristics Films definitive of the genre usually feature farcical situations, a combination of slapstick with fast-paced repartee and show the struggle between economic classes.

Henry Kissinger wrote that he had been extremely impressed with Zhou's intelligence and character, describing him as "equally at home in philosophy, reminiscence, historical analysis, tactical probes, humorous repartee..

Now freed from "living up to any drama more serious than conversation" Wilde could now amuse himself to a fuller extent with quips, bons-mots, epigrams and repartee that really had little to do with the business at hand.

The word (meaning originally "to hit") citation as used to describe quick speech or repartee predates the musical form.