wisecrack

Yet none of the furry or feathered stars of this meditative, wondrous adventure need to wisecrack their way into our hearts.

An early example shows Mahesh’s new landlord making a wisecrack that he might be a terrorist.

In an era when Islamophobia remains a pervasive set-up, he’s learned that elevating wisecracks over resentment is his preferred, and often only, path forward.

More powerful than any wisecrack was the space she left for anticipation not only of what she might say but how she might say it.

Here again is that combination of lightly developed workplace issues, romantic complications and wisecracking banter one finds in most every broadcast procedural, a formula that can keep viewers watching for years.