Sentences with phrase «as a punchline of»

Malice is so generic and mediocre that its release only serves to spoil what little status it had as the punchline of a joke.

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Despite complaints over hard - to - define bias, many shows and movies have made Christianity a part of on - screen characters» lives, portraying the faith as an important element of a bigger story — instead of just a punchline.

A: It's easy to tell on the first page if a film is taking its characters seriously, rather than as punchlines in and of themselves.

Grand Prize: Punchline by Scott Winn follows a high school student who lives in a world with many everyday items such as alarm clocks and pens made of Idaho Potatoes.

It was loud, it was loud, it was as loud as I've ever heard a ballpark, the kind of loud that's steeped in catharsis and of shedding those decades of being the punchline, of finally getting that chance to float to the top of the stagnant, sad water and breathe deep of delights of which you've never dreamed and...

The A's have always been rumored to be ready to leave, but the odds are much better of them staying, getting a beautiful new ballpark, and making the same transition as the Giants, who moved out of a concrete punchline and into a brick mint.

Hence at the end of the Asda film we see mum finally get to sit down with a glass of wine after 2 months» graft, as dad delivers the final, inevitable punchline: «What's for tea, love?».

Just like breastfeeding mothers on TV are often used as punchlines or morality tales, so are breastfeeding children and regardless of the fact that studies have shown prolonged breastfeeding has no psychological effects.

It speaks volumes about the priorities of the Conservative party that they see benefit cuts for the working poor as a crowd - pleasing punchline for a conference speech.»

In New Hampshire Pataki is treated like one of the many back - of - the - pack candidates, rather than the punchline New Yorkers regard him as.

This initial model was tested in a study where participants rated the funniness of verbal puns, as well as the funniness of variants of these jokes (e.g. the punchline on its own, the set - up on its own).

Even though hurricanes had slammed into two Republican National Conventions in a row, no one seemed to notice, and Romney's only mention of climate changes was as a punchline.

To be dwarfed by an even larger adversary served as a punchline to the sight gag of a group of hyper - masculine men.

The second half of «I, Tonya» sidelines Harding, even as it deals with the incident that turned her into a punchline.

And then there was Tonya Harding, the Olympic figure skater whose connection to a 1994 attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan ensured she'd become as much of a household name — and late - night comedy punchline — as O.J. or JonBenét, or Bill Clinton, for that matter.

Unfortunately, Carrey is more of a distraction, especially as we constantly expect him to break his dour, morose expression at every turn for a visual gag or punchline.

Richie's trauma - inducing role in the fatal beat - down of a promoter (beached whale Andrew Dice Clay, who keeps saying Donny Osmond's name as if it's a self - fulfilling punchline) who's gone coke - rabid is what knocks him off the wagon.

The Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart (a top repeat offender in this annual survey) buddy comedy is described as «a near two - hour gay panic joke that relies on the long - running homophobic «sissy» stereotype for most of the lm's intended punchlines.»

As throughout his oeuvre, Kaurismäki utilizes sight gags as a source of comedy, though a few of the punchlines here are curiously tone deaAs throughout his oeuvre, Kaurismäki utilizes sight gags as a source of comedy, though a few of the punchlines here are curiously tone deaas a source of comedy, though a few of the punchlines here are curiously tone deaf.

I, Tonya gets a lot of credit for not shying away from the uglier aspects of her life, but is it ever okay to treat trauma as a punchline?

McHale's gift with sarcasm makes some of the stale punchlines work and he's always willing to look like a fool as long as he simultaneously looks good doing it.

One would be a broad Hollywood satire about the thin line separating Barry's old profession from his new one, featuring abundant cartoonish violence and punchlines with double meaning for thespian and assassins both, all while treating Barry's day job as a joke in and of itself.

It's a hard lesson to learn, as Billy is provoked by cartoon - evil contender Miguel (Miguel Gomez) to the point of Billy's wife Mo (Rachel McAdams) getting gunned down one day in an incident that is just this side of racist punchline.

The first act builds to a standout sequence, visually reminiscent of «THX 1138,» that follows Paul as he undergoes the shrinking procedure, and that culminates with a sublime punchline that completely upends the story.

Franco gives an impressive and accurate portrayal of Wiseau, but dismissing his eccentricities as punchlines, as well as forcing the story into a linear three - act structure, doesn't serve such a unique man or his movie well.

In the venerable teen - movie tradition of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe (and in the warm comic spirit of James L. Brooks, who produced the film), Fremon Craig sees her heroine's inner life not as grist for punchlines and gross - out shenanigans but instead as something to be treated with warmth, sensitivity and nary a trace of condescension.

Shandling was a regular Buddhist too, hence the title of this four - hour film, which will delve into the comedian's influential work both as a stand - up mining punchlines from neurosis and as the creator and star of two innovative series, It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show.

Both deserve better than their punchlines, even as each represents what it is about The Girl Next Door that succeeds: the feeling of danger on the one side and of fond fantasy fulfilled on the other.

King and his writing partner Simon Farnaby have proved themselves dab hands at wacky call - backs and long - lead punchlines, as off - the - cuff details from the beginning of the film all end up having deeper relevance later on.

He's among the finest explanations we've had thus far of why the Left can't seem to muster a compelling resistance: in the face of all this outrage and insult, under the weight of almost four decades of poisoned passion, the voices of our best intentions find themselves tongue - tied and thunderstruck, sick on smack with their heads against a toilet — as slow in coming to our defense as the punchline that serves as this picture's surprisingly understated grace note.

Even characters who seem to exist as punchlines or villains, like Sam Rockwell's lumbering idiot brute of an officer or the abusive ex-husband played by John Hawkes, are afforded a measure of humanity.

If you were alive and at least somewhat cognizant of the news in the «90s, you probably remember Lorena Bobbitt as a punchline.

«AML is giant leap forward, as the juvenile raps / punchlines of previous records are replaced with deep - felt yearning.»

That seems inevitable since the portions of Williams (or Cronauer, though as supplements reveal, there seems to be more of Williams than the real life Cronauer to the character) in the radio booth rely heavily on pure punchlines.

In the hands of a more capable filmmaker, «Don Verdean» might have been better, but as it stands, it's a joke without a punchline.

«I, Tonya» digs deeper into the life of Tonya Harding to reveal an individual whose troubled life has far more nuance than the simplistically trashy perception depicted by the insane tabloid media frenzy of 1994, nor the erroneous punchline image of Harding as a talentless skating wannabe cemented by nearly a quarter century of late night comedians» monologue jokes and others.

And then we get the two true standouts of the piece: Marvel, in a pair of mousy glasses and as unflattering a straight - hair hairstyle as you can imagine, shines as the oft - neglected Meyerowitz sister one deadpan punchline at a time («Jean, do you want to say something?»

Indeed, it looks like he already has: In addition to small roles in this year's «Testament of Youth» and «Legend,» Egerton has already completed filming on the biopic of indomitable 1980s aspiring Olympic ski - jumper / punchline «Eddie the Eagle» (also starring Hugh Jackman and Christopher Walken) and has the title role in «Robin Hood: Origins» (alongside «The Knick ««s Eve Hewson as Maid Marion) as well as the inevitable «Kingsman» sequel coming up.

Most of the humor entails jokes of masturbation, castration, and the occasional «motherf * cker» as the punchline, but that all goes without saying.

No accident, I think, that Runt gets to deliver the scene's punchline (something along the lines of how accurate it all is), as the muddy rivulets running off Chicken Little's main tributary mean more than I think they mean to mean.

As for Rudd, one of the most charismatic actors in films ranging from David Wain or Judd Apatow comedies to «Ant - Man,» he was recently a punchline in a beer commercial featuring Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen, where they briefly diverged from marketing to say the truth: «Everybody loves Paul Rudd.»

Some of the best punchlines come courtesy of Elton John — playing himself in an extended cameo as Poppy's catty hostage.

Most odiously, the movie gave rise to the prolific shit machine of co-screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, which for many years polluted movie theaters with its audience - insulting, pop - culture - reference - as - punchline brand of dispiritingly popular spoofery, as seen in such abominations as Date Movie, Epic Movie and The Starving Games, whose title, I would imagine, is some manner of humorous allusion to the popular book and movie franchise The Hunger Games.

Most segments have a fair share of cheap scares, but they also delve into the art of the build - up, as if delivering a series of grim jokes with bloody punchlines.

Mia Hanson - Løve brings it up in her film «Things To Come» as a kind of punchline, so clearly its fate is sealed.

Many of the film's depictions of Japanese culture — including a series of plays on the best - known Nihonga paintings, such as Hokusai's «The Great Wave off Kanagawa» — are these punchlines held in pregnant abeyance: we anticipate something off - colour or ill - considered to find that perhaps the only thing happening is a certain blithe, meaningfully meaningless cultural appropriation.

Late in the film, as if delivering the punchline to the joke that Anderson and Pynchon have been slowly telling their audiences all along (i.e. that, through sheer attention, you might possibly be able to unravel all of this — ha ha!)

closes the book on this incarnation of Chucky, as the family sits down to share their vacation slides of a cross-country tour — a fairly weak attempt at comedy that continues to extract awful punchlines from the idea that, gee, Chucky sure likes to kill people.

The dry delivery of the DJ amuses, always backed up with a killer tune as the punchline.

Magnussen gives Ryan a terrific amount of energy, even as he repeats the same punchline again and again.