| If there's one thing that's duller than an Academy Awards ceremony, it's the red-carpet dumbshow that precedes it. |
| Sadly, it seems that for much of our uncertain times the conversation between art and science remains a dumbshow. |
| Now, one reason for not assigning names to the characters in our dumbshow above was to avoid any personal issues entering the discussion. |
| Then, with not enough Gentlemen available, the revelation at the court of Sicilia was reduced to a dumbshow with voice-over. |
| A scene between her and a man plays out in a dumbshow in a doorway, like a ritualistic re-enactment of an everyday scene. |
| The whole thing could almost be played as a dumbshow, with flourishes of grand guignol. |
