Sentences with phrase «as low brow»

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I got my head turned away from iceburg lettus years ago when the foodie establishment at that time poo - poo'd it as being too bland and too low brow!

Adding to a growing list of «low - brow» food such as popcorn and fish and chips, French fries are yet another pairing perfect for Champagne according to Moët & Chandon, in line with the principle that Champagne's zesty acidity cuts through the saltiness and fat of junk food.

Given, now, a handsome señorita, with fine oval face and large, soft eyes, and broad, low brow and a strain of pure Castilian blood, to show red - warm through olive cheeks, a white kerchief over her bosom, and a glimpse of amber or gold beads about her throat, and the low, gray, wide - roofed adobe, scarlet - hued with festoons of red peppers, the whole seen against the burnt umber or yellow of the hills and under the pearly haze of a morning in September, and you have a grouping of such splendid color as would delight the heart of a painter.

As you switch between apps and books telling you more and more about your baby's growth and development, you might come across the fact that babies have loads of facial expressions, like brow lowering, frowning, lip parting and nose wrinkling.

Too much time is squandered on weaving back and forth through the twists of the political scandal, with more than enough shots of Crowe walking hurriedly in time to an edgy bass - heavy soundtrack, his head lowered, his brow furrowed as he thinks Really Big Thoughts.

ANGER: Both the lower and upper eyelids tighten as the brows lower and draw together.

With the first relief well nearly two months away, however, BP has wiped a bit of sweat from its collective brow as the lower marine riser package (LMRP) cap installed June 3 has begun collecting an increasing amount of oil each day, according to the company.

Actually, Neandertals are usually classified as Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, a subspecies of humans, in recognition of consistent differences such as heavy brow ridges, a long low skull, a robust skeleton, and others.

I wanted to use this in a multipurpose way, unfortunately it was a little too waxy for the lower lash line, but it had great staying power as a cheek highlighter and of course as it's intended, as a brow highlighter.

And with such a vast slate of small - screen comedic options — ranging from low - brow to high, broad to eccentrically specific, and including network standouts like Black - ish and cable / streaming gems such as Veep, Insecure, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and many more — it's hard to argue that anyone should spend time or money on this.

Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School) directed this low - brow but sporadically inspired movie, and it has already earned a reputation as the boundary - pushing comedy movie of the summer, thanks to word of mouth and clever preview trailers.

That these people are naturally funny and these characters come across as good, decent people gives weight to the low - brow ambition of this adaptation of Judith Viorst's 1972 novel of the same long - winded name.

The humour is reminiscent of recent low - brow aging actors behaving badly comedies such as Last Vegas (2013) and Going in Style (2017).

So stay tuned to A&E for the upcoming TV adventures of Ken Dougey and the whole American Goof - Ems crew, as they threaten hogs and transcend nultural corms in their search for a lasting comedy legacy — one that definitely won't flatline 40 years later, in a slew of low - brow garbage and transphobic, direct - to - DVD trash.

John Michael McDonagh delivered a hell of a whopper with Calvary, proving that he was every bit as talented as older brother Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), and his latest, War on Everyone, looks to dial things back into police corruption (The Guard) and high brow, low kick laughs.

A character devoid of dimension, most notably in the humor department, and a stiff at that — he is getting married very soon, as he repeats over and again, and he can't afford to party like an animal as the others wish to — Adam Jr. represents a new low in a decidedly low - brow franchise.

A supporting role in Dolly Dearest certainly isn't among Rip Torn's career high points, but this is a fun low - brow popcorn flick that merges Child's Play and The Exorcist and gains momentum as it builds to a rousing climax in which a family must battle a small army of little girl dolls possessed by an evil Mayan spirit.

This time it's a little more hit than miss as the movie is still lots of fun even if the comedy is a bit on the low - brow side.

It boasts a very mature, smart sense of humour — no low - brow poop and dick jokes, as we'd expect from something like, say, most mainstream R - rated comedies (here's looking to you Baywatch).

While it may give you what you expect, this cuts both ways, as it gives you the same idiotic plot elements, wafer - thin characterizations, and low - brow angst that made the first film so painfully trite to begin with.

Much of the humor is very low - brow, as Farley runs into windows while Spade makes insulting wise - cracks.

An event that mixes high class and low brow beautifully, seamlessly and effortlessly as the afternoon draws to an end.

With a healthy mix of high and low brow humour, the artists turn to sculptures, installations, and text to excavate and explore a geography that is equally imagined as it is political.

As in much of Friedman's practice, which culls from art historical tradition with an intent to subvert, the work combines an investigation of low - brow materials — in this case, baking tins — with massive scale and the permanence of steel.

An active internet presence was at the core of his practice: his online TV show, The Social Media Takeaway, use d the quick - fix, low - brow, throw - away nature of YouTube as a platform to produce artworks and performances.

At first glance, Jiha Moon's work appears as a mash - up of high - and - low brow cultural references.

Nicholls» early career success began in the California Pop Surrealist and «Low Brow» movements, appearing regularly in Juxtapoz Magazine, and as a Van's Artist Brand Ambassador.

Because between Aimee Heinemann's gleefully low - brow reference to Chris Crocker's emotional plea in «Alter (Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels)» (2013), with «LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE» spray painted on a survival blanket, and Rachel Lord's tribute to the pink «girl» Angry Bird in «Stella with flowers» (2013), THE ANGRY SHOW already willingly rejects the «refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity» that Kent's «crass» is defined as being lacking in.

A general category describing works of art which focus on relatively low - brow subjects to do with eveyday life, as opposed to the «ideal» or romantic settings employed by artists up until the 19th century.

Important themes since 1960, such as the formal and contextual extension of the term «art», the «upgrading» of the trivial, and the ensuing related debate on whether low - brow and high - brow are equal in status are at the center of extensive groups of works by Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Georg Baselitz, Jeff Wall, Rosemarie Trockel, and Anselm Kiefer.

Viewed as a signature movement of artists immersed in subversive or Low Brow culture, Street Art is increasingly making its way into fine art practice.

Lowe's choice of medium has always been low - tech and low - brow, allowing him as an artist to explore unorthodox new directions and materials in his work.

As a self - taught artist my works vacillate between high brow and low brow art.

Although not as highly thought of, by art critics, as his friend and fellow artist Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 88), Haring attracted a widespread following for his brand of public art, exhibited with New York's most influential dealer Leo Castelli, and successfully bridged the gap between contemporary art proper and the more low - brow mass market.

In addition, by including a range of low - brow «found objects», his pop art also addresses many of the issues tackled by the movement as a whole: such as, what can art be made from?

I agree, but in your case, you must first lift yourself out of the wagon rut, grow a stiffer spine, transform yourself from a low - brow to a high - brow, and come out of the dark closet, so that you can not be browbeaten any longer as a non-entity by me, a powerless, but otherwise known, person.