Sentences with phrase «as cynical»

Am I as cynical / naive as my thoughts suggest?

For example, one parent may use custody as a cynical bargaining chip, such as a father in a divorce who has no realistic chance of winning custody (and even no real interest in having the children live with him) threatening to sue for custody because he knows it may prompt the mother to negotiate away some of her financial rights.

I'm as cynical about the three wise men as I am about the Coca - Cola Santa, but like it or hate it, Christmas is still woven into the fabric of western civilization, replacing as it were, the Druid festival of Nolagh, the Roman festival of Saturnalia, and other celebrations that happened around the winter solstice.

It was soon revealed as a cynical exercise in cost cutting.

This is not as cynical as it sounds.

«We see this whole attempt as a cynical attempt to undermine both renewable energy and land conservation,» he said.

It is being promoted by envi onmentalists as a cynical ploy to raise...

I think he's as cynical as the empires he mocks, ultimately, and knows more about his fictional creations than he lets on.

This deal to lift the export ban is a disaster for the climate and for American communities that our children will view as a cynical indictment of a corrupt political system not yet willing to confront the powerful interests behind the climate crisis.

Maneuvering to dupe schoolchildren is about as cynical as it gets.

Sceptics would see it as a cynical ploy to reduce the amount wasted by diverting some of it to something useful.

I do not view him as an unintelligent or misinformed, but rather as a cynical manipulator who world rather wield power in his life than preserve the planet for his progeny.

If her paintings are sometimes sweet, they are never ingratiating — but neither are they as cynical as, say, Richard Prince's (to cite another artist who favors cartoons).

I didn't see the original 1998 version at the Pat Hearn and Matthew Marks galleries, which this show reprises (with only the reliable Mary Heilmann appearing in both incarnations), but I can't imagine it was as enervated as this cynical mélange.

Some reviewers of the New York - based collective's biennale criticized it as a cynical and sarcastic, overly surface - oriented survey of a time whose crises and political upheavals call for somber and serious reflection.

Having said that, these paintings are not meant to be read as cynical, but rather as honest attempts at articulating the frustrating task of determining what is art, what is not, what is work, what is not, what is pleasurable, what is not, and so on.

That strikes me as cynical on Mr. Zwirner's part, and an odd marriage for Jeff (not his first).

The social metaphor still operates, along with as cynical — and as accurate — a take on the art market as anyone could want.

However, «Cowboys» can be seen not only as a cynical representation of reality, but also, in the critical tradition of Conceptual art, as a piercing inquiry into the ethos of the American vernacular, and even as the existential gesture of a figurative and realist artist.

As a descendent of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol, and after Pop art had magnified critical interest in consumerist culture, Prince's «rephotographs» could be seen as a cynical representation of reality, and as a piercing inquiry into the ethos of the American vernacular.

This and Dying Light are as cynical as they come.

Lawsuits are great fun... provided that we get to observe them as a cynical outsider.

That's the beauty of doing more interesting takes on the universe, with different styles, with the various projects, it gives them a little breathing room and makes them interesting by themselves, not just as some cynical corporate tie - in product.

As a fan of free online services, I was good and ready to lay into Sony's monetized online system as a cynical play for more of our hard - earned cash... but it appears that Premium PSN may well be an attractive proposition for PS3 fans.

As far as my cynical, negative side goes..

While I'm not nearly as cynical as Branford, I do believe that a growing sense of entitlement is a real trend in modern society and I definitely don't think games are immune to it.

I only discovered them because the final one unlocks after the credits and features you playing as the human Wonder Boy (or, optionally, Wonder Girl, which changes nothing but allows the game to be listed under the «female protagonist» tag on Steam, a tag which in no way feels like it's mostly used as a cynical way of monetizing political correctness and equality.

One could read all of this trained helplessness as a cynical slap to those that love games, a $ 1.99 trick to fool those trusting enough to believe in something unique.

As cynical as it might sound, I'm expecting the first wave of reviews, sales and forum reactions to be untrustworthy.

There is room for speculation, as cynical as it may sound, to suggest that the developers are keeping it in Early Access to avoid criticism, a theory reinforced by the fact that they seem unwilling to provide much of the press with download codes to preview the game.

But if you aren't as cynical as we are about such things, then it's a great spot to relax and cool off, especially as a reward after a hot sweaty bike ride on bone jarring dirt road.

As Crunchyroll translates, 2ch users are just as cynical, with comments like «It's going to be longer than the Arrancar arc,» and «When it gets popular again, the title is going to change to Bleach2 and it'll enter a new arc...»

As a cynical idealist, she prefers to write happy endings whenever possible.

I'm Simon Hardman Lea and describe myself on my author pages as a cynical romantic who tries to write novels.

I was inclined to write off the Jetta Hybrid as a cynical ploy to undo all of Volkswagen's goodwill towards its TDI program; a car that merely pays lip service to the hybrid trend, a true compliance car if there ever was one.

Okay, maybe it's not quite as cynical as that.

Making a platform - sharing SUV with a Lamborghini badge is as cynical as it gets.

The Harold Radford - modified Bentley Mk VI shooting brake might look glamorous today, but it was designed as a cynical way of dodging Purchase Tax.

Corenna Haythorpe, federal president of the Australian Education Union described the review as cynical and illustrated «shambolic their schools funding policy is».

This is neither as cynical or as desperate as it sounds.

Starting with the trades, Variety's Justin Chang calls the film «well - wrought,» singling out Harrelson by offering that the actor «is excellent as a cynical, trigger - happy officer oblivious to the fresh winds of change and accountability sweeping through his embattled department.»

Did consumers see this as a cynical marketing attempt by Sony to tell their audience «this is cool»?

3:30 am (22nd)-- TCM — Some Came Running Frank Sinatra gets to prove his acting chops again as a cynical soldier returning to his small - town home.

They include the green - skinned assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana, hiding her looks far less than she did in Avatar) as well as cynical, genetically engineered upright raccoon bounty hunter Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper, doing his best Baby Herman) and his tree - like humanoid protector of very few words, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel).

It's easy to look at a movie like «Draft Day» as a cynical attempt to promote the upcoming NFL draft in the form of a feature - length film, and to be honest, we wouldn't argue.

Each episode is richly imaginative, directed with seat - edge - gripping tension, and peopled with strikingly strong performers (Chaplin, Spall, and Benedict Wong, as a cynical tour - spaceship operator, are standouts, but there's not really any significant dead space here).

The other actors play characters who are too narrowly conceived to make for much interesting acting — Bruce Davison and Janet McTeer are cast as an American couple, Chris Walker and Lia Williams as an English couple, David Calder as a cynical Brit wrestling with a midlife crisis, the late Brion James (who played Leon, one of the replicants in Blade Runner) as an alcoholic businessman, and Vusi Kunene as the bus driver.

Good for Crowley and his efforts to secure funding for the R&D to tackle diseases like this, but the premise has «TV movie» written all over it; as cynical as this sounds, the story simply isn't sexy enough for the silver screen.

The class discomfort is basically identical to the first movie; Vaughn caricatures politicians as cynical opportunists and the people who elect them as mindless mobs, while his camera bends down to lick the dirt off his posh old - money conspirators» black leather Oxfords.

And, unlike the recent «The Ugly Truth,» where the flip - flop between gross and wholesome comes across as a cynical connivance, the back and forth in Apatow's movies seems genuine.