I'm not going to tolerate silliness, childishness and a lot of leftist posturing. Throughout the years, "Mad" remained a unique mix of adolescent silliness and political humor. Parents are encouraged to connect playfully with their children through silliness, laughter, and roughhousing. Ellie laughs at his silliness, then observes the passengers around her. I'm more quirky and I play around with slightly more unexpected silliness. I think people are really tired of the mudslinging and the silliness [contemporary politics]. But the apparently casual silliness derives from great theatrical shrewdness. Furthermore, Stiernberg felt that Andy's subplot helped balance the "silliness" of Michael's main plot. We do not have time for this kind of silliness. Because of his silliness, she laughed more until she was all better. It flirts with silliness, as ghost stories do. The film is almost deliriously stylish, which helps mask the silliness. Bananarama's trademark silliness is interspersed throughout. Stella Papamichael of BBC News called the film "a winning blend of sophistication and silliness". The cartoon was intended to be an exercise in silliness.