Sentences with phrase «chorus commenting»

And Chris» periodic phone calls to his hilariously skeptical black friend at home (LilRel Howery) are like a merry - prankster Greek chorus commenting on the whole get - the - hell - out - of - the - houseness of Chris» situation.

The enactment, however, must still at some point include a «speech act» pointing out the meaning of the action, and here once more Shakespeare is able to exploit the resources of folk wisdom, to turn it into music, and to place it in the mouth of one of his characters, who at that moment becomes the chorus commenting on the meaning of the play.

The folk wisdom that gets expressed from time to time by various actors thus serves as a kind of implicit Greek chorus commenting on the action.

The Evangelist tells the story in direct narrative style, soloists act out the various roles of Jesus, Mary, the High Priest, Peter and others, while the chorus comments on the betrayal, death and resurrection.

And of course, there will always be those who, like you, can not think objectively and chorus your comments.

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Inspired, the 24 - year - old wrote a blog post about the experience, and the chorus of comments from fellow converts came fast: «This has changed my life!»

I see lots of positive comments on this site the are made in opposition to all the dissenters of Wenger, the board or Arsenal but, despite trying to be positive or even neutral they are met with a chorus of derision, labelled and put into some non existent camp, told that they enjoy mediocrity and given a thumbs down!

And certainly, this observation has been met with choruses of sarcastic comments, both from within the Liverpool fandom and from wider football circles.

The prime minister's own chief secretary to the Treasury joined the chorus of criticism against his comments on Jimmy Carr today.

The comments from high - ranking local and state officials joined a chorus of outrage that started late Thursday evening after the alternative weekly newspaper Artvoice published Paladino's response to a survey inquiring about his wishes for the New Year.

His comments came after a chorus of calls from the international community for him to calm his supporters.

The catty comments of the community Greek chorus running in the background of each episode truly made me lol.

The film is basically one extended shootout sequence with the occasional diversion for a purely stylish interlude of silhouettes against the Italian sky that play out somewhat like a Greek chorus physically commenting on the action.

And it's also quite conscious of its place in the horror genre, occasionally turning to a Greek chorus - style figure, a TSA agent friend of Chris's named Rod (LilRel Howery), who comically comments on the action as Chris calls him with progressively stranger updates.

But it loses most of those points with its odd choice of turning outdoor snowmen, gingerbread men and chocolate figurines into a Greek chorus that comments on the action with their silent scowls.

Meanwhile, the rest of the Romantics hang around, commenting on the action like a preppy Greek chorus.

After a black - and - white reminiscence introducing Williams's music publisher, Fred Rose (Bradley Whitford), who appears throughout the film as a kind of one - man Greek chorus, commenting on the action, the movie jumps to a strangely dreamlike, a cappella rendition of «Cold, Cold Heart.»

The role of the Greek Chorus was to observe and comment on the action during a play.

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The claim in repeated once again in a recent Guardian article, which led to the usual triumphalist chorus of comments and tweets affirming that the printed past remains largely in place.

Rajiv has also taught Farooq a couple of things about home life — they are now «much more vocal in the kitchen and quite a chorus at mealtime,» commented Steve.

The Globe and Mail commented on the Québec bill, «the number of terminally ill people seeking help in ending lives that have become intolerable has grown from the voice of one lone woman to a chorus.»