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<p>&quot;I believe [Sarah] Silverman is a comedian of amazing structural acrobatics rather than a theoretician of content, a fact easily missed given the associational intensity of the words she uses to fill in those gravity-defying blanks. Her gifts come precisely from her ability to understand the ways in which our motivations get conveyed in tone and facial expression rather than a strict dictionary unspooling of our words. Silverman&#8217;s genius is that she creates isometric tension in meaning, where the actual words completely betray her inflection, something akin to making high-pitched &quot;poochy poochy&quot; sounds to get your dog to come close enough to swat it with a rolled magazine.&quot; &#8211; <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/columns/sawyer/060120.shtml">Terry Sawyer</a>, Pop Matters.</p>
<p>(For an Award Glossary, click <a href="http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/awards.html">here</a>.)</p>
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