His plays are called "the comedy of menace" due to his emphasis on the universally ominous threat.

品特的喜剧强调一种普遍存在的威胁，因而被称为“威胁的喜剧”。

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If they make a movie of the scene, perhaps Jack Nicholson could capture the glowering menace and dark comedy of some of the older Mr Murdoch's lines, but few others.

如果将这一幕拍成电影的话，也许杰克·尼科尔森，少有其他人，能把握住老默多克的台词中的咄咄逼人和黑色喜剧效果。

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