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Recent Examples of unfunny
Bill Hader says Ye would tell cast 'on the regular' that Saturday Night Live was 'incredibly unfunny'
West has a history of memorable awards show moments.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Not all movies need to serve up profound insights into the human condition, but the ones that don’t should at least be entertaining, and Twohy’s particular strain of absurdism is not just contrived, but deeply unfunny.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
The former Pittsburgh Steeler then hit back Jemele Hill, calling her comment unfunny.
Jemele Hill and Antonio Brown’s barbs arrive in the aftermath of Faraji’s explosive lawsuit.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The film’s last half-hour collapses into an unfunny, extended appearance by that aforementioned legacy artist — the kind of star cameo that The Simpsons often succumbs to these days, passing off a famous person playing themselves as the height of comedy.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Not all movies need to serve up profound insights into the human condition, but the ones that don’t should at least be entertaining, and Twohy’s particular strain of absurdism is not just contrived, but deeply unfunny.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
The former Pittsburgh Steeler then hit back Jemele Hill, calling her comment unfunny.
Jemele Hill and Antonio Brown’s barbs arrive in the aftermath of Faraji’s explosive lawsuit.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
The film’s last half-hour collapses into an unfunny, extended appearance by that aforementioned legacy artist — the kind of star cameo that The Simpsons often succumbs to these days, passing off a famous person playing themselves as the height of comedy.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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