Sentences with phrase «also poked fun at»

The hackers also poked fun at Homeland Security, saying in a tweet that it took it a week to realize that it has been breached.

Since 2004 Muller has also poked fun at identity - definition and categorization in his acrylic star paintings of genre headings as they appear in magazines like The New Yorker, Time Out, and New York Times.

Olivia also poked fun at the critically acclaimed black comedy I, Tonya starring Best Actress winner Margot Robbie, 27, as figure skater Tonya Harding.

The comics also poked fun at themselves, as when Kasha Patel riffed on a NASA press release describing the recent Space - X test - rocket explosion as a «non-nominal launch» to lament a recent «non-nominal» date.

The plain speaking Scot also poked fun at humiliated Tory leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom, who withdrew after a string of allegations about dodgy CV entries and the backlash from comments about Mrs May's lack of children in an interview.

Mr Gove also poked fun at the private school - educated Londoner Luciana Berger - who sits for the constituency of Liverpool Wavertree - during the following exchange:

He also poked fun at rumors of the mayor's marijuana use, quipping that he and his wife, Chirlane McCray, used celery every day at 4:20 p.m.

Other generations have also poked fun at how connected millennials are to technology; but this generation grew up with technology all around them so it's not really a big shocker there.

He also poked fun at Gilbert's massive real estate investments, which will appreciate in value dramatically if property values in the city continue to climb.

Several of the allegorical stories are from the my own life, but I also poke fun at some of the popular evangelistic techniques and strategies endorsed and practiced by many Christians in today's churches.

It also pokes fun at the superficial premise of Tinder.

He also pokes fun at the E Harmony case by including 7 sample cases in which other groups of people could sue companies for not providing a certain service.

The original film celebrated the diverse inclinations of the horror genre, while also poking fun at it thanks to veteran director Craven helming the vehicle.

Helping along the way is a script that is pretty ingenious, the sort of script that has quotable lines and also pokes fun at 1950s icons and lifestyles during the frequent bouts of time travelling.

It also pokes fun at their secluded nature, such as Max's terrible lies to exclude Gary.

Director / star James Franco somehow crafted a love letter to that film while also poking fun at yet paying tribute to the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau, «The Room's» director and star.

The critics also poke fun at some of the year's lesser titles by naming the Worst Film of the Year.

She also pokes fun at academic chitchat and ultra-competitiveness between ficto - critical anthropology professor John (Ethan Hawke) and his super successful wife Georgette (Julianne Moore).

At the same time, it also pokes fun at the «birth to death» biopic concept.

Reeder also pokes fun at minimalist and conceptual artists with abstract, crumpled forms rendered in aluminum that dot the floor of the gallery — evocative of John Chamberlain or Frank Gehry's sculptures — entitled Bad Ideas.

His paintings of people immersed in books caricature the loneliness of the reader, the author and the painter but they also poke fun at our absorption into our mobile devices.

Aside from such poetic expression, Kwade also pokes fun at time.

Birdcalls is a witty rejoinder to the perceived earnestness that is associated with many of the artists named, acknowledging their mantle while also poking fun at their plumage.

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Also consider a humorous critique, ads that lightheartedly poke fun at the competition.

But if Mets fans are cynical, they're also willing — eager even — to poke fun at themselves.

Questioning Christian beliefs is not bigoted, poking fun at Christians is also not bigoted.

Those who, in this enlightened age think it appropriate and clever to poke fun at a minor and totally unimportant speech impediment (which many Gooners players of recent times also have by the way) belong in the nineteenth century.

But he also likes the notion of poking fun at those old ideals of fatherhood.

The Prime Minister began his statement by poking fun at Mr Corbyn's party management problems — while also acknowledging his own.

Few can poke fun at themselves like Karl can (no one else would dare or do it as well as he would), and you have to wonder if his versions of the Chanel woman — in her tweed suit and full array of Chanel accessories (the chain bag, the statement shoe, the sunglasses, the gloves, the earrings) wasn't also a wink - wink look at the cult of shopping he himself has inspired.

I also find a lot of joy in poking fun at the...

She has evolved from simply poking fun at her own experiences, and also directs her writing to providing straightforward advice to singles, especially newly - single 40somethings, on how to navigate today's online dating world.

He also pokes affectionate fun at certain excesses, such as the statuesque gallery owner whose clothes are such works of art that they make noise whenever she walks.

Where Austin Powers poked fun at the James Bond movies» familiar tropes and old - fashioned misogyny by imitating them to exaggerated levels, Spy's female focus allows for a different and more knowing kind of parody, while also giving McCarthy her most nuanced role to date.

Unsurprisingly, Daniel Day - Lewis took Best Actor for Lincoln with the night's most self - deprecating speech, poking fun at his own Method reputation, while in a more surprising turn Emmanuelle Riva took Best Actress for Amour, which also took Film Not In The English Language.

Also of interest is a short mockumentary titled The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy of Lies which pokes fun at your typical breathless, overdramatic UFOs are real!

We also got to see a more humorous scene with Nicholas Hoult and Eleanor Tomlinson that pokes a bit of fun at the dynamic between the humans and the giants.

The script, from the pair of «Neighbors» writers, includes lots of opportunities for big laughs, not just from over-the-top stunts and sexual content, but also some quick one - liners and facial expressions from the cast that poke fun at other rom - coms, including «Wedding Crashers».

It also pokes vicious fun at America, the rural south, the fascination with NASCAR and speed in general, and our love of winning and general disregard for losers.

It's also funny because it knowingly, gently pokes fun at our culture of «you can be anything you want to be,» the source of more sometimes - murderous disappointment than any other child - rearing strategy endemic to the West.

Back to the Future is, at the same time, an embracing of the cultures of the 1950s and the 1980s, while also a satire poking fun at all of the differences.

Stars Tatum and Hill also seem game and poke fun at their own personalities throughout.

There are also several meta jokes (and a jumping jack scene) that poke fun at the toy's physical limitations.

«I wanted to play with rom - com conventions and poke fun at them a bit,» said Gordon - Levitt, who also wrote and starred in the lead role.

What makes the ES a delight at low speeds — running errands in a nimble pile of mashed potatoes is actually kind of fun — also makes the ES inured to pokes by the enthusiasm stick.

She also pokes a lot of fun at character and genre stereotypes.

What's truly so astounding about this author's ever - increasing catalog of titles is his ability to not only poke fun at a topic, but also to be standing at the ready with a new title the moment it makes for a good headline.

Apple also didn't resist poking fun at Android claiming, «there's no need to wander around the room bumping your phone.»

«Many people assumed it was,» they wrote yesterday, «mostly because the announcement came the day before April Fool's, but also because the idea seemed to poke fun at Amazon's omnipresence, making it visibly manifest with little plastic one - click shopping buttons adhered to surfaces all over your home.»

Pogue pokes fun at the similarities between both devices and the fact that the TouchPad lacks a few of the iPad's features but then also points out the TouchPad's innovations in Touch To Share, wireless charging as well as Flash capability and HP Synergy plus the possibility that with HP's will and determination, webOS will transcend mobile and make it to PCs and printers.