Sentences with phrase «characters as punchlines»

Gaby of Girl From The Machine looked at «Queerness in Metal Gear Solid» series and the problematic ways it presents its queer characters as punchlines or vessels of villainy.

It's momentarily difficult in situations where Nick Moorcoft and Meg Leonard's writing lapses by using minority characters as a punchline for its jokes.

Not exact matches

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.

The role (written by Joe Eszterhas, a few years before he turned into a punchline) is one - dimensional, and the film (directed by Costa - Gavras) has largely been forgotten, but Lange manages to dig in and find a few gut - wrenching moments as her character struggles to come to terms with a grim family history.

It blows empathy in all directions, even toward characters who seem to exist as punchlines or villains.

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.

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.

What's so impressive about Marguerite is the beguiling credulity with which it handles it central character, a woman who could so easily be portrayed as either a punchline or an obnoxious shrew.

Sonic as a character had become a bit of a punchline, and as a Sonic veteran, this made me sad.