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He has played self-mocking parts in Wayne's World 2 and Bud Light ads.
It has overcome its penchant for "overblown, chest-beating angst," according to Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone , with its most mature album to date, which features clever, self-mocking lyrics and bears the influence of '70s supergroup Led Zeppelin.
"She's a time-traveling Manhattan Yankee in Plautus's forum, using her distinctive street smarts to find her way, both as a character and as a performer" (Ben Brantley, the New York Times ). Goldberg's self-mocking approach is said to redeem the production from an otherwise overwrought book.
What would be a mundane announcement on radio--"The electric car is here"--becomes on television a compelling, self-mocking event.
Responding to such questions, McCain always smiles, thanks his interrogators, praises his opponents, and deflects the challenge with a self-mocking joke.