Sentences with phrase «effacing humor»

As further defined by the Urban Dictionary, the Humblebrag is a way of «subtly letting others now about how fantastic your life is while undercutting it with a bit of self - effacing humor or «woe is me» gloss.»

Part diary, part quilt, part self - effacing humor, Flowers» showing is definitely worth a stop.

The result, Bad Habits (after Guston), 2013, is an apt example of Lemieux's tongue - in - cheek self - effacing humor and empathetic engagement with the world.

Ono's works hearken back to her West Coast predecessors like Mike Kelley and Ed Kienholz with castoff materials and self - effacing humor, but with greater restraint and reductive tendencies.

But armed with self - effacing humor — she is laugh - out - loud funny — and ruthless honesty, Lamott converts her subjects into enchantment.

Michael Lovorn, a former K - 12 teacher who now researches humor and teaching as an assistant professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh, also favored self - effacing humor in the classroom.

For this role, he loses the self - effacing humor of the charming tongue - in - cheek cockiness he brought to Romancing the Stone for the droll comedy of desperation in an once - celebrated businessman and happy husband and father who tossed in the towel of responsibility and commitment for a life of immediate gratification and paid the price: divorce, distrust and financial ruin.

Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook, and proceeded to charm the world with her smarts, self - effacing humor and her sass — not to mention her willingness to call BS on Hollywood.

It was a perfect match for his self - effacing humor.

Not exact matches

Fernando's quick wit and self - effacing sense of humor make him a favorite among his students.

Hofstadter: Yeah, well what I remember is he came to pick me up at the train station, and he was very, very sweet, very kind, very gentle and very humble, and his sense of humor came out very quickly and it was a self - effacing sense of humor.

Flanked by his hapless sidekick (a hilariously thick Jeffrey Tambor) and a raging producer (Rip Torn), Larry interacts with celebrities on and off the stage in ways that push Shandling's self - effacing comedy into the realms of seminal squirm humor.

More importantly, his overacted and self - effacing performance suggests an understanding that his films are now viewed largely through a lens of irony, by audiences who find unintended humor in films like Timecop and Double Impact.

Colin Firth gives a riveting central performance as a noble underdog with a crippling handicap and a wry, self - effacing sense of humor.

With his self - effacing, good - humored cynicism extending beyond the war zones, he is able to reach deep inside each area to the people locked inside them.