Witty as Greenberg is, he doesn't snag the drollness of Hitchcock's humor as well as he might. |
So he looked back, and nodded with a drollness that his immobile face did not mask. |
I had inferred his wry sense of humor from the reciprocal drollness of his handwritten exchanges with Robert Kennedy. |
The drollness makes a nice counter to the other plays, which are fairly heavy. |
Indeed, they were all about anarchy in atrophy, a chance to witness real drollness and intelligence in an unforced and incredibly clever manner. |
But most people appreciate the candor behind the drollness and understand that the intention was well meant. |