One element, however, that is not a part of farce, is breaking the fourth wall.
Diners are often so disarmed by the food that they break the fourth wall to consult with their neighbors.
It was when they're speaking to camera and breaking the fourth wall.
Over appetizers her friends have analyzed how Kevin Spacey's character in Netflix's "House of Cards" adapts the Brechtian strategy of breaking the "fourth wall" speaking to the audience directly as if from a three-walled stage.
Claptrap breaks the fourth wall with gusto, assigning absurd MMO-styled instructions (collect brown rocks, then defeat a high-level monster, find a lost staff, bring him the head of the Destroyer of Worlds and then dance for his amusement) to complete a quest which, it turns out, can be finished by clicking on a door six feet away.
Apple's fourth quarter profits missed Wall Street forecasts as iPad sales fell short of analysts' predictions.
Costco, the largest warehouse retailers by sales, posted fourth quarter earnings, meeting Wall Street expectations on income and beating them on revenue.
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Apple missed fourth-quarter estimates and missed Wall Street consensus again this quarter.
The paint and chemicals supplier reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street estimates, but its earnings fell short of expectations.
In a typical economic climate, offering a fourth-quarter outlook slightly above Wall Street's expectations would be little cause for celebration--but that's not the case these days.
Walt Disney reported fourth quarter earnings Thursday that matched Wall Street estimates, but the stock is down more than 5% Friday after revenues came up just short of expectations.
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Updated: Zynga posted fourth quarter 2012 earnings Tuesday that beat Wall Street expectations, sending shares higher.
Citigroup missed Wall Street estimates in the fourth quarter but was able to post its first full-year profit since the credit crisis.
Wall Street capped off its fourth consecutive daily gain on Thursday as coordinated action by global central banks to support the European financial sector fed the risk-on trade.
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As the market sinks and other e-businesses flounder, Dallas-based i2 (nasdaq: ITWO - news - people) says it will beat Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter.
After Toronto took a 2-1 lead against Phil Hughes on Lind's RBI single in the fourth and Izturis' run-scoring double off the base of the right-field wall in the sixth, the Yankees overcame a deficit for the fourth straight day when Lyle Overbay hit two-run homer in the seventh that was caught on the fly by Yankees reliever David Robertson in the right-field bullpen.
The fourth side was partly closed by a high wall, surmounted by jagged edges of broken glass set firmly in old lime plaster, and pierced in its center by a wide entrance-way.
Wall Street is currently expecting a fourth-quarter profit of 19 cents per share from Amazon, a figure that is down sharply from earnings of 91 cents per share in the same quarter last year.
Although the Wal-Mart's fourth-quarter earnings were exactly in line with Wall Street's expectations, its first-quarter and full-year guidance range were on the wrong side of analyst's predictions.
The Chicago-based online commerce company reported fourth quarter results yesterday that were much worse than Wall Street expected, with the company in the midst of a business model pivot.
Although the exact reason for the drawback is not known yet, Harman's fourth quarter and full year results did fall short of Wall Street's expectations.
Morgan Stanley climbed 1.63, or 7.9%, to 22.38, after the Wall Street firm reported it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, helped by surging investment-banking and trading revenue.
European shares closed lower on Friday on what was a relatively light day of trading due to the American Fourth of July holiday and the closure of trading on Wall Street.
Let's start with the announcement last week from Apple that its fourth-quarter earnings would be "substantially below" Wall Street estimates--as low as 30 cents per share instead of the predicted 45 cents.
Currently, Wall Street is expecting the company to post a fourth-quarter profit of 60 cents per share, an improvement of about 30% over the same period last year.
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On Feb. 7, the oil and gas services company met Wall Street expectations of 91 cents a share for its fourth-quarter earnings.
The company particularly disappointed Wall Street by booking just 55 cents a share in fourth-quarter profit, less than the 57 cents that analysts predicted.
That performance led to an upgraded prediction in fourth-quarter earnings of 48 cents per share, a penny above Wall Street estimates.
Investors on Monday were partly reacting to Wall Street analysts who expect Hebralife might pre-release its fourth quarter profit figures this week and also announce a big new share repurchase move.
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