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	Deadpan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done by a person, while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
		The term "deadpan" first emerged as an adjective or adverb in the 1920s, as a compound word combining "dead" and "pan" (a slang term for "the face").
		Finally, the verb deadpan 'to speak, act, or utter in a deadpan manner; to maintain a dead pan' arose by the early 1940s, apparently as a journalistic coinage rather than a theatrical one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deadpan (895 words)

	Deadpan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Deadpan is the result of a discontinued cybernetics development program at the Los Alamos labs, with the goal of grafting Artificial Intelligence components into the cortex of brain damage sufferers.
		The name Deadpan began to arise as an urban legend in New York City over the intervening years, until he surfaced in a kidnapping attempt at MIT in Boston, Massachusetts.
		Deadpan is currently at large following a mass jailbreak from Boston Pa.Co.'s Lockdown facility in Fitchberg, MA.
	www.bigfella.com.cob-web.org:8888 /base.dir/wanted.dir/vdeadpan_bio.html (170 words)

	Current Columns
		Since I have the NSOED open, I might as well quote its definition of "deadpan," which is "expressionless, impassive, unemotional; detached, impersonal." Although "deadpan" can be used to mean simply "unemotional," it's most often heard in the context of humor or joke-telling, where a "deadpan" mock-serious delivery often amplifies the effect of a good joke.
		"Deadpan" does indeed have a theatrical origin, first appearing in the New York Times in 1928 (in an article citing actor Buster Keaton as the quintessential "dead-pan" comic) and was frequently used in the show-business daily Variety around that time.
		The key to "deadpan" is the use of "pan" as theatrical slang for "the face" (reflecting the use of "pan" to mean "skull," found as early as 1330).
	www.word-detective.com /121800.html (3906 words)

	The GameCubes problems, and limitations described. - Xbox 360 & Xbox Forums
		Deadpan: you've provided the evidence beautifully, now what are the real-world consequences for the xbox and the gamecube?
		Deadpan, the memorybus of the gamecube is 2.6GB but there is one thing you are forgetting.
		Deadpan, your memory bus comparison is a little flawed.
	forum.teamxbox.com /showthread.php?t=18182 (2880 words)

	Deadpan Fury (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Deadpan Fury is a private community in which the members, or contributors, present their thoughts in a real-time format, and then find themselves mocked endlessly.
		The contributors of Deadpan Fury all have one thing in common.
		Deadpan Fury is for those with something to say, and a level of pride in how they say it.
	www.deadpanfury.com (368 words)

	Telegraph \| Entertainment \| The new passion for deadpan
		In the world of photography, it would seem that deadpan is the new in thing.
		The resulting images are utterly deadpan: the women, about whom we can surmise nothing except that they are open to being persuaded to have their photo taken by a stranger, simply face the camera and wait for it to be over.
		The deadpan look has crept into fashion photography, too, so it is no surprise to see that Juergen Teller, a leading fashion photographer, was also selected by this year's jury.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/02/11/bfss11.xml (779 words)

	Deadpan Alley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Deadpan Alley is Gould's first and only amateur theater company.
		We were brought together offically as Deadpan Alley Productions under the leadership and direction of Janet K. Graham two years ago.
		We are a diverse group, and vary greatly in age, background and occupation.
	www.deadpanalley.ca (145 words)

	Article on public speaking humor technique -- deadpan expression
		He was going over his material which talked about thinkers, doers etc, and said, 'A thinker is a person who is thinking about something.' The whole room cracked up.
		Deadpan expression is the technique of combining a serious demeanor with a funny line.
		He says, 'I am an earth sign and my wife is a water sign.
	www.public-speaking.org /public-speaking-deadpan-article.htm (226 words)

	Kirpal Gordon \| Books > Deadpan Parables (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In Deadpan Parables he asks us to see the Big Picture, suggesting the god may not be dead but exiled to the underworld of consciousness where he inhabits the nightmare and film noir of contemporary culture.
		Though tied to a world as real as the inner city, these tales pull successfully toward release in mythic space, like a zeppelin held down by shoe strings.
		Deadpan Parables delivers the oddest of personal affirmations: exact memories of hard core streets meet the rare possibility of escape.
	www.kirpalg.com.cob-web.org:8888 /bk_deadpanparables.htm (217 words)

	news
		The award was not only a very special honor due to it being this company's first, but also because of the heavyweight competition of the other entries...
		The studio which gave birth to the Toxic Avenger, along with many other colorful and charmingly offensive characters, Troma and DeadPan would seem an unlike pair of opposites to join forces (our subtle chills compared to their over-the-top gore gags).
		However, DeadPan is nonetheless honored to be joining in the festivites and having our film feautred as part of the show is humbling and flattering.
	www.deadpanfilms.com /news.html (515 words)

	Bill Murray at his deadpan best in journey to find unknown son
		The only thing to do is be polite about it and yet maintain some dignity, some private space around the self to ward off commotion and stay in touch with the truth.
		The extent to which one respects Murray's acting is, to a large degree, the extent to which one believes he's actually communicating those things, rather than sleeping behind a deadpan expression and letting the audience work for him.
		To be sure, "Broken Flowers" features the most minimalist performance of a minimalist performer, and, at times, Murray plays it a little too close to the vest, especially when we compare him with his generous female co-stars here.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/08/05/DDG3PE2CBB13.DTL (735 words)

	CD Baby: DEADPAN ALLEY: Impedance Tube
		Ecstatically enigmatic, independently forthright: DeadPan Alley combines the this with the that of the those, and they all comingle into these.
		DeadPan Alley: 'Impedance Tube':our debut release, of independent nature.
		An adventerous, chaotic debut from Atlanta's DEADPAN ALLEY.
	cdbaby.com /cd/deadpanalley (185 words)

	Jack Mangan’s Deadpan
		We spoke a lot about Deadpan, my writing, and my music - and he even played two of my songs on his show.
		WNDRWolf, a good friend of mine and of the Deadpan, has created a 37:59 minute audio drama of my short story, “16 Pieces at a Time”.
		Long-time Deadpan listeners have heard the story in installments on my show — well now you can hear the entire thing in one file, plus a few extra goodies, hence the “Director’s Cut” label.
	jackmangan.com (790 words)

	Review/Rock; Wire's Deadpan Songs - New York Times
		Since its 1984 reunion, the band has turned to another extreme - steady-state rock that encases pop-song structures in deadpan repetitions.
		At the Ritz on Saturday night, Robert Gotobed dispensed unswerving, nearly uninflected rhythm patterns on a drum kit that included only a bass drum, a snare and a hi-hat cymbal.
		Gotobed gave each phrase a slow hi-hat crescendo again and again - and its smoothness has nothing to do with pop ingratiation.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D81531F937A35754C0A96E948260 (360 words)

	Artist, deadpan, floats a proposal - The Boston Globe
		Artist, deadpan, floats a proposal - The Boston Globe
		Senator Edward M. Kennedy has flexed his considerable political muscle to try to block a wind farm in Nantucket Sound.
		In the Senate, the chairman and the ranking Democrat on the Energy Committee say they will try to block the Cape Wind provision when the bill comes to the floor.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2006/05/02/artist_deadpan_floats_a_proposal (588 words)

	A deadpan view of the surreal world of war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The revelations of "Jarhead" -- based on Anthony Swofford's book about his stint in the Marines during the first Persian Gulf War -- may come as a shock to those of us who've never been in the military.
		Sam Mendes' exceptionally well-acted drama straddles a strange line: It's a straight, almost deadpan presentation of events so extreme they border on the surreal.
		The great virtue of "Jarhead," which some will mistake as a fault, is that it doesn't try to make sense of it.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/07/DDGHGHJDQB1.DTL&... (545 words)

	Digital Deadpan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		I'll be keeping, maybe not a daily record, but a frequent chronicle of my progress here.
		Basically, as with pretty much everything he's written up to this point, Ministry of Space is another shining example of why Warren Ellis and whoever collaberates with him deserve your money.
		Much like you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't judge a story by its multiple variant, foil-embossed cover packaged in a poly bag with a trading card.
	digitaldeadpan.blogspot.com (1896 words)

	Sabu takes crime genre to edgy, deadpan comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The crazed comic doom of Japanese director Sabu has won him a Seattle International Film Festival following for the past three years, though his once energetic freshness and absurdist twist on violence has grown increasingly forced and pious with time.
		As mob war brews and cops arm for combat, the trio continues the marathon chase through the night, losing all reason and running on pure adrenaline.
		He lets the sheer absurdity of the situation and the whimsical spectacle of off-center imagery carry the humor while he pushes the film with rat-a-tat editing, a maze of inventive flashbacks and fantasy sequences, and driving, high energy pace.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/stopq.shtml (601 words)

	CD Baby: DEADPAN: Deadpan
		Deadpan is indie rock at its finest, recalling the dynamic styles of Husker Du and the Pixies, with the melodic sensibilities of the Beatles.
		Loud and distorted guitars dominate the mix, and hard-hitting, intricate drumming keeps the music moving.
		Deadpan's debut album is aggressive and fast-paced, but with great emphasis on song structure.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/deadpan (85 words)

	Deadpan Cool by Six Going on Seven: Song Music Downloads
		Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Deadpan Cool" on album Self-Made Mess.
		Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Deadpan Cool" on album Self-Made Mess.
		Deadpan Cool by Six Going on Seven: Song Music Downloads
	www.mp3.com /tracks/1232822/dl_streams.html (118 words)

	Deadpan Hands - Band page with free MP3 music downloads on SoundClick
		Deadpan Hands is actually the second name I've gone through; I started as Eagle Feather Falling, which is the name I released my first album under.
		"Deadpan Hands" started out as a song title off my first album.
		I lifted it as my band name after deciding that my original band name wasn't really fitting for a white guy with no Native American blood (albeit with a deep respect for Native American culture).
	www.soundclick.com /bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=460424 (777 words)

	Deadpan Pizza - Schwarzenegger dismisses questions on 'issues' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Deadpan Pizza - Schwarzenegger dismisses questions on 'issues'
		California Governor candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has angrily brushed aside questions about 'real issues' at a press conference.
		He said that Mr Schwarzenegger would decide what his policies were then, but all he could say for the time being was that the policies would be 'somewhat Republican'.
	home.btconnect.com /deadpan/Schwarzenegger_run.html (244 words)

	The Mavens' Word of the Day
		A recent review of a performance-art piece by Beck (yes, that Beck) noted that the musicians performing the strange, dada-esque piece were "totally deadpan," as in surprisingly serious considering the strange subject matter.
		The word deadpan rarely has any denotation about the subject matter or circumstances.
		Its usual meaning, as an adjective or adverb, is 'displaying no humor or emotion; impassive', and insofar as the word comments on the circumstances, it's only connotative, in that the circumstances might be expected to require some humor or emotion.
	www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19980515 (168 words)

	deadpan - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		deadpan : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Words similar to deadpan: deadpanned, deadpanner, deadpanning, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=deadpan (154 words)

	CNN.com - Deadpan and deadly - September 11, 2000
		This film stars James Spader, Marisa Tomei and Keanu Reeves, so be forewarned: Any performance by Reeves is usually a waste of perfectly good make-up.
		But, in this role as a psychotic killer being chased by FBI Agent Joel Campbell (Spader), Reeves' patented deadpan look and emotionless delivery actually works -- to a point.
		Once again -- as with "Speed" (1994) and "The Matrix" (1999) -- the special effects are the star of the film, and Reeves is basically just swept along with the action in this psychological thriller.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/11/review.watcher/index.html (677 words)

	Synonyms of deadpan — Infoplease.com
		deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive, uncommunicative (vs. communicative), incommunicative
		usage: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
		usage: without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"
	www.infoplease.com /thesaurus/deadpan (51 words)

	Beerology - View Feedback: deadpan
		Bought a hitachi 16x DVD ROM and daughter is now pleased.
		Payment was sent quickly, and deadpan was always very reachable via e-mail.
		Deadpan agreed to my payment terms and paid the amount asked promptly and then verified with me that he had received the sold item in good working condition.
	www.beerology.com /ars/view.cfm?id=1721 (84 words)

	Murray-Jarmusch team set off fora richly weird deadpan odyssey
		It was bound to happen sooner or later.
		Bill Murray, the movies' greatest deadpan comedian since Buster Keaton, was destined to make a movie with Jim Jarmusch -- the director who invented the deadpan hip style that's been the dominant tone of U.S. indie cinema since the early 1980s.
		The result is called "Broken Flowers," and it's a consciousness-raising personal odyssey in the tradition of such recent indie hits as "Sideways" and "About Schmidt" -- only less obviously comedic and, as always with Jarmusch, blissfully unresolved.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/235288_broken05q.html (596 words)

	Deadpan news
		The unexpected popularity of Woog also came with an unexpected cost: the exorbitant bill for going waaay over our bandwidth limit.
		So if you've got a couple of extra bucks to spare, please feel free to donate some to help us cover that bill.
		Oh, and for the first time ever in a Deadpan Entertainment video, we're going to invite anyone who wants to make a cameo to...
	www.deadpan-entertainment.com /newspage.htm (2240 words)

	Spaced Out Forum -> Spaced stars in "deadpan sitcom" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Spaced stars in "deadpan sitcom", 15 Storeys High
		The most original new comedy on our screens at the moment is Sean Lock's TV adaptation of his Radio 4 show 15 Storeys High.
		It is described by radiotimes.com as a "Deadpan sitcom about two very different men in a flat in a council tower block." And how boldly it lives up to that description.
	www.spaced-out.org.uk /forums/index.php?showtopic=1800 (263 words)

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