31. The television program " Absolutely Fabulous " is another contemporary example of the comedy of manners . 32. The result is a comedy of manners , as if Austen had written about some modern-day Californians. 33. Critics compared the comedies of manners as were the frequent deflations of Frasier s pomposity ." 34. You know this is no comedy of manners . 35. Now, however, Reza's new comedy of manners has opened almost simultaneously in four languages in four cities. 36. "Country Life " is Chekhov Lite, and it works best as a terrifically acted comedy of manners . 37. The comedy of manners was first developed in the new comedy of the Ancient Greek playwright Menander. 38. It's all frankly preposterous _ a comedy of manners can't work when there's too much at stake. 39. Wendy Wasserstein's latest comedy of manners , which features a fastidiously chic, but faintly weary climber, Flinty McGee. 40. As this comedy of manners unfolds, it is played for all-out action as well as satiric humor.
