Sentences with phrase «deadpan sense»

With a characteristic deadpan sense of humor, David Shrigley has cast a favorite old pair of flip flops in steel.

A genially twisted riff on the familiar alien invaders story, a lively summer entertainment that marries a deadpan sense of humor to the strangest creatures around.

Wes Anderson's films are always lauded (or decried) for their impenetrable, intricate doll - house nature, in which ornate settings and whimsical characters are given to us with a deadpan sense of comic timing.

Yet, sliding on the veneer of eye - pleasing production design and a deadpan sense of humour, Anderson never sinks into the frozen abyss.

Lowe, with a perfect deadpan sense of purpose, wields her kitchen knife as an instrument of karmic retribution against life's intrinsic lack of fairness, provoking empathy and scorn in equal measure as she cuts a deliberate and very bloody swath through London.

Much like Lanthimos» other movies, his deadpan sense of comedy is his prescription for an absurd world.

Hensarling — a polite and low - decibel conservative with a deadpan sense of humor and an occasionally sharp tongue — has become a tea party favorite by relentlessly striving to cut federal spending and shrink the federal government.

Rubin delivered a deadpan sense of humor as a mainstay of Herald Sports from 1976 to 2002.

Not exact matches

That does not mean his deadpan and droll sense of humour is not in full effect however.

The show's acquired taste — its largely deadpan humor confused audiences during its 2003 — 2006 run — was a perfect outlet for Michael Cera's own quirky sense of comedic delivery.

As someone who grew up on The Naked Gun movies, I can honestly say that Leslie Nielsen's deadpan performance as Lt. Frank Drebin helped shape my own sense of humour.

He captures — in a deadpan, almost scientifically - objective way — the processes through which we assimilate and interpret machine - fed data, replicating in that sense the sort of Pop aesthetic of Warhol's ilk without the snarky sense of milk - fed superiority.

In her words, «I'm rapidly approaching 50» (Elle's deadpan is matched only by her sense of irony — Tomlin has around rounded her third quarter - century.)

Nielsen, with his expert deadpan and sense of comic timing, creates the illusion of humor — for about 15 minutes.

There is a real sense of life to the action, even when it steers well into the realm of the absurd, although the emotional core of the film is often subsumed by its deadpan humor.

From the looming wide - angle shots that capture the action to the deadpan, slightly askew dialogue (a brilliantly droll exchange about wristwatches is one of the film's running concerns), there's an insinuating anxiety, a vague sense of threat underpinning The Killing of a Sacred Deer.

I really can't put my finger on why he is one of my favorites, but I think his deadpan style and sense of justice are traits that have always spoken to me personally.

Their work is deadpan, in all senses of the word: funny and blank at the same time.

Her contribution to the exhibition includes sweaters with hand - knit political jokes and riddles, as well as «cover girl» self - portrait photographs featuring the artist in deadpan poses revealing the artist's sly sense of humor.

Ensor (1860 - 1949) was part - symbolist, part - expressionist and visionary, and his carnivalesque art, rooted as much in a sense of place as in his imagination, is a foil to Tuyman's own deadpan morbid humour.

His paintings may resemble billboards, or they may adopt the more intimate scale of the painted sketch, but they are always... portraits in an extended sense — slices of life ennobled by a deadpan iconic American eye.»

Her contribution to the exhibition includes sweaters with hand - knit political jokes and riddles, as well as «cover girl» self - portrait photographs featuring the artist in deadpan poses revealing the her sly sense of humor.

A deadpan flippancy insinuates its way into «Ink Art» — a sense of closed horizons and narrow purviews... local tweaks on international trends don't necessarily build upon the store of human experience.

The pluralism in Devine's work is reminiscent of European painters like Gerhard Richter or Sigmar Polke, and the deadpan quality of his work evokes a kind of comedic response as well as a sense of resignation.

Drawing on a variety of sources that also included his own drawings, prints and artist's books, Ruscha was often associated with the west coast cool style, but ultimately his work confounded the art world with its sly and elusive sense of deadpan humor, as seen in his series of bird paintings and in the liquid word paintings that rounded out the decade.