11.   The show is styled as cinema verite, with waggish musical interludes playing counterpoint to the deadpan humor.

12.   The stylish black-and-white film turns into an eerie ghost story exploring oppressive racial and sexual stereotypes in wartime America with deadpan humor.

13.   Their stream-of-consciousness tone seems deadpan humor when juxtaposed with simple-as-dirt illustrations.

14.   What could better represent Texas than his wonderful deadpan humor and his astonishing eclectic collection of songs?

15.   While the Waitsian world is one of sorrow, darkness and demons of the mind, it also celebrates dreams, deadpan humor and human oddities.