Sentences with phrase «culture references where»

Simply spouting pop culture references where jokes are supposed to be is cheap, lazy and stupid comedy writing.

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And I suppose that you are using the word «comrade» as some sort of reference to Communism, which you associate with every person or idea that does not fit in with your ignorant view of the world, however during the Cold War the minority of the Middle Eastern Muslim cultures that hated the US tended to be even more hostile to the Soviets (who where officially Atheist).

MacAuthur uses language like the following in describing the Charismatic movement: spiritual aids, false teachers, in it for the money, casual carnal culture, reference to Leviticus where God burns those that didn't make the right alter sacrifice (that's how he gets «Strange Fire» for his book title).

It's where we watch pop culture for birth and parenting references and then chuckle amongst ourselves about how terribly one or both are portrayed in Hollywood.

And there were a lot of pop culture references: the defendants regularly used the term «ziti» in emails in reference to The Sopranos, where it was a code word for money.

Popular culture is becoming increasingly pornified, where Playboy merchandising and pole - dancing kits are targeted at children and pornography references such as «barely legal» and «MILF» are understood in the mainstream.

Referencing the dark stairwell where Liang shot Gurley, Chin blasted «the culture of neglect» in the city's public housing projects.

As for the EWGâ $ «referenced studies suggesting the dangers of cosmetic ingredients, Bailey says, «Many of these studies involve cell cultures where you take cells out of the body and you expose them to very high concentrations of a material.»

As with any MacFarlane effort, where he once again teams with co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, pop - culture references is the first port of call for joke - central, and the sequel is again over-loaded with them: the Planes, Trains and Automobiles and The Breakfast Club sequences are a hoot, but the Comic Con finale feels flat, more creative auto - pilot than uncharted waters.

Bee Movie doesn't depart from too many DreamWorks conventions; there are jokes aimed at adults, pop culture references, and star voice casting where it's not needed.

In a dystopian future where everyone plays video games and makes references to «80s pop - culture, only one man can be the best at video games and «80s pop - culture references.

Where else have you seen Halloween / Michael Myers referenced in pop culture?

DreamWorks Animation have predominantly distinguished themselves for having an irreverent and casual style, where pop - culture references and throw - away gags took precedence, but with How to Train You Dragon and now Kung Fu Panda 2, DreamWorks have demonstrated they can deliver heartfelt stories amid the excitement and laughs.

As expected, the company won't give out the names that will become available, but Major Nelson did provide a list of the categories where they belong to, from proper names, pop culture references, types of food, geography and travel to science and technology, math and numbers, animals and «some of the greatest inventions of all time.»

Artist Gary Simmons — who recently returned to Los Angeles, where in 1990 he received his MFA at CalArts — references film, architecture, and American popular culture in paintings and drawings that address race, class, and memory.

He often works with found objects and materials drawn from stereotypical references to African American culture such as chicken wings, dreadlock clippings and Night Train liquor bottles and the outdoors have served as his exhibition space where he has sold snow balls in the street and installed real porcelain urinals on trees.

Always rich in colour and technique, de Balincourt's work is a bountiful confluence of reality and fantasy, where references to society, politics, or popular culture are never less than equalled by free association and painterly invention.

From this, Kentridge developed a work that draws on the propulsive theatricality of his grand opera productions to address a running theme in his fine art practice: the impulse of Western countries to colonize the bodies and souls of non-Western cultures, with special reference to his native South Africa, where Kentridge still lives and works.

Different in scale and style, his painterly production contemplates both intimate and delicate paintings where figuration fades into abstraction, as well as more exuberant and confrontational works that deploy references to pop culture, sexuality and consumerism.

Poolside Magic, in which a man in coat - tails serves a naked woman beside a swimming pool, riffs on themes of sexuality, mutability, magic and the occult, making reference to the vibrant and sensuous landscape and culture of Trinidad, where the artist lives and works.

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Curry studied in Chicago and in Los Angeles where he still resides.Known Primarily for his large, flashy sculptures made of painted wood and aluminum, Curry's work is a puzzling exploration of popular culture as well as consumerism, and it features a rather dense range of aesthetic references — from graffiti and comics to Cubism and Pop Art.

The series, in which a man in coat - tails serves a naked woman beside a swimming pool, riffs on themes of sexuality, mutability, magic and the occult, making reference to the vibrant and sensuous landscape and culture of Trinidad, where Chris Ofili lives and works.

Using hip - hop culture as an aesthetic and ideological model, Carter references the fluidity of contemporary culture where individuals and objects flow in and out of identities, roles, and expectations.

Featuring: Amna Asghar, Dana Davenport, Umber Majeed, Tammy Nguyen, Ke Peng, Sahana Ramakrishnan, Sheida Soleimani Amna Asghar speaks on the construction and translation of disparate references, cultures, geographies, and generations from Pakistan and America; Dana Davenport addresses the complexity of interminority racism within her own community and institutions from her experiences as a Black Korean American; Umber Majeed's practice attempts to unpack the temporalities within South Asia as site, familial archival material, popular culture, and modern national state narratives; Tammy Nguyen interrogates natural sciences and non-human forms to explore racial intimacies and US military involvement in the Pacific Rim; Ke Peng documents the feeling of alienation and disorientation from urbanization and immigration by taking a journey into an imagined childhood in China, Hunan, where she was born and Shenzhen, a modern city where her family relocates to; Sahana Ramakrishan explores myths and religion from Buddhist and Hindu tales to speak upon the magic of childhood and the power dynamics of sexuality, race, and violence; Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian - American artist and a daughter of political refugees, making work to highlight her critical perspective on the historical and contemporary socio - political occurrences in Iran.

Vicuña is also widely known for her performances and participatory interventions, which are designed to «bridge the gap between art and life, the ancestral and the avant - garde,» such as her performance of Paracas (2008) at the Brooklyn Museum, where her eponymous film, referencing the ancient Andean culture, was projected over the artist and a textile background.

While her source imagery often references her African heritage, Akunyili Crosby's works also frequently depict her experiences living in the United States and the point of contact where cultures meet — for example, I Still Face You (2015) portrays her American - born husband seated at a table with her family.