Yet they have a sweet, almost comical aspect, too, and their old-fashioned, determinedly earthbound humanism is reassuring.
The film, not devoid of comical aspects, is also seen as an important step in anthropological cinematography.
Red Deer are such sober-looking snobs, however, that sometimes their flight can have comical aspects.
Sometimes, admittedly, the objects of that astonishment had their comical aspect and were not to be found in the guidebooks.
The 2012 revival focuses more on the comical aspects of the piece, but still forces the harshness of 1931 Germany.
It too has its comical aspects - Mensheviks are referred to as "Mensche-vicks."
We have trained our searchlight on the comical aspect right now.
Somehow, the comical aspect had gone.
Will ran a block in the thick fog, too shaken to be amused by some of the brawl's comical aspects.
An impressive arch-villain, his initial appearance is that of a visionary evil genius, but the comical aspects of the character soon come through.