All the assured charm, the self-mockery, disappeared from Johnny Fontane's face.

所有自信的魅力，自嘲，从约翰尼·丰塔纳的脸上消失了。

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Any actor who doesn't want to reek of despair should avoid such self-mockery at all costs.

任何不想透出穷途末路感觉的演员都应该尽一切可能避免自讽。

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And while Briton enjoys no monopoly in self-mockery, she does, I feel, consistently push its boundaries.

尽管自嘲并非英国的专利，但是我觉得她确实持续不断的推动着自嘲的边界。

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It is also a rare moment of self-mockery and one of the last sequences I was on board for in the series.

NEWYORKER: Broken News

This archness is purposeful it is Ms. Edson's way of showing us how completely Vivian is out of touch with her feelings but the cute self-mockery to which she stoops, which is italicized and underlined by Ms. Nixon's acting, is no more believable than the haze of sentiment through which her agonizing death is seen.

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The absurd self-paid bonuses in the face of utter failure simply add mockery to the malice.

ECONOMIST: A voice of dissent