It was thus a surprise to find the bellicose Mahathir as a grandfatherly man with a wickedly dry humor.

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But Depp has said he's less subservient, honors the proud American Indian warrior and displays a dry sense of humor seen throughout Indian Country.

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"Ford Madox Ford was very witty and dry and the humor comes out of a quite dark place, while Tom has a very strong sense of humor that's more rooted in intellectual wordplay, " she says.

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He has a confidential, understated manner, and his sense of humor is dry to the point of aridity.

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The movie has the sort of dry, bracingly unwholesome humor that relentless mayhem can produce if the characters are mean and abject enough and the storytelling is speedy and laconic.

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