Sentences with phrase «even grotesque»

While the characters, décors, and situations may seem laughable or even grotesque, the series is nevertheless serious and iconoclast.

SoCal MFA 2018 Juried Exhibition at Millard Sheets Art Center Through June 2 by Jacqueline Bell Johnson Many of the works in this exhibition start out visually striking, funny, and vibrant but quickly move to discomforting, lingering, even grotesque explorations.

Some revel in the genre's glamour and allure, while others critique its elitist associations and instead call attention to the banal or even the grotesque.

The boss battles range from epic battles, such as a killer rabbit, a gorgon, or even a grotesque Chimera.

Even the grotesque images are striking — an eyeball has never been so well lit.

The Room may be a non-native's laughable, even grotesque caricature of modern American life, but it's an incredibly sincere one.

The more jagged and jarring notes are given to us as we press our questions, reminding how intimidating, or even grotesque, a select committee can seem, but we also got stunning ensembles of complex close harmony, which were technically challenging, superbly performed and faultlessly in tune.

In the beginning, when St. Paul first used it, the figure of speech must have seemed extreme or even grotesque.

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Well, the CEO of the Port's top off is even more grotesque.

My point is that those opposed to terminating a small group of cells, or even a larger fetus that is not even yet self - aware will base their opposition on the supposed views of some mythological creature that, according to their Iron Age Palestinian mythology, caused a grown adult to be tortured and killed in a grotesque, barbaric fashion.

The situation could become even more dramatic because the one - child policy has led to a grotesque distortion of the male - female ratio among young Chinese adults.

The OT quote is an example of the grotesque Corinthian exposition of this instruction and even adds to it all the way out to the thresher and harvesters — far past the ox.

Hating, or even killing, others because their religion does not comport with your own is a grotesque product of the system.

• A grotesque misunderstanding of «tolerance» and «fairness,» rooted in an even more comprehensive delusion about what makes for human happiness, which isn't «I did it my way.»

Each of these grotesque or even repulsive aliens is animated by an inner joy of living as hot or hotter than that which you feel beating in your private breast.

The ethical implications alone are staggering, but even more grotesque is the impact on the psychological health of the young adult we are so keen on «helping.»

Of course, the reported DSS attempt to arrest Suleiman added even a more grotesque twist to the ridiculous drama, of a man of God baying for blood.

But like anything Nigerian, where even routine things pass through grotesque ethnic lens, a quest for accurate information about presidential health soon peters down into savage nastiness, with even the cream of the media swooning in its orgy!

Calling for New Yorkers to reclaim their state from a «grotesque» two - party system that serves politicians and their «corporate paymasters,» Ralph Nader endorsed Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins at a Sunday evening event in Albany.

«It is, indeed, grotesque that unelected European judges - some of whom do not even come from countries adhering to the rule of law - should lay down what we can or can not do.»

Davis» was opposed to the casting, insisting that Buono was «grotesque,» but after filming finished the actress went up to Buono and apologized for her earlier attitude; even more gratifying to Buono was his Oscar nomination for Baby Jane.

But the actors are infectious in their approach to the material: McAdams brings a zesty exuberance even to the film's most grotesque gags (including a back - alley surgery scene), while Billy Magnusson plays the group's resident dimwit, Ryan, with shit - eating glee.

In one grotesque scene, she won't even allow her young daughter a bathroom break.

A grotesque slumgullion of kung fu, studio schlock and pseudo-Dumas swashbuckling that leaves you longing for Doug Fairbanks — or even Don Ameche and The Ritz Brothers.

The drawings are grotesque without redeeming style or charm (characters have big beady eyes, beaklike noses and spiky hair), and the animation is crude even by TV's low - grade standards.

Even The Devils, more frenzied and grotesque, offers some contrast to the scenes of death and torture in the tender scenes of Grandier «s marriage to Madeleine.

Even more than the first film, «Deadpool 2» mocks itself and its genre while flaunting a taste for the grotesque.

It's an ugly indictment on us, that even those willing to make the effort to engage with one of living history's worst moments can't do so without becoming grotesque.

Even by today's standards, the film's gore factor is quite high, with some truly grotesque and convincing creatures to give you nightmares the rest of your life.

-- we're treated to the oh - so - edifying spectacle of our loser protagonists eating a cooked dog (and the challenges get even more grotesque after that), it's hard to tell where the critique of such cruelty ends and the celebration of it begins.

Even when juggled deftly, it's simply grotesque.

Instead he throws everything at the viewer, channeling existential directors like David Lynch, artful - grotesque filmmaker David Cronenberg or even the mindless cinematic pandering of Terrence Malick.

The biggest failure for a comedy is the lack of laughter, and I didn't laugh once at the grotesque scenes of employees photocopying private parts, or conservative business men getting drunk and swinging on Christmas lights, even the Kelly Clarkson look - alike pimp wasn't funny.

We love it for its globe - spanning cast of should - know - better Shakespearian talent; for its mixed bag of ideas (most originating in Herbert's book, others, like the gratuitous heart plugs, from Lynch's own warped mind); for its twisted wedding of ornate Euro - pudding epic, grotesque experimental horror flick and action blockbuster; for the stunning cinematography, immersive sets and beautiful costumes — and yes, even Sting's black nappy.

The evening starts as a gently grotesque parody of old - fashioned courtship — «I'd be honored if I could have one kiss» — before inescapably turning obscene.

MASH is illustrative of the fact that a great comedy can be about any subject matter, even one as grotesque as an Army field hospital where soldiers are dying.

This dichromatic scheme created by production designer Damian LaFranche and cinematographer Tom Richmond is fascinating and more than a little unsettling: the white - clad scientists and orderlies blend in with background, with only their heads clearly visible, and the somewhat grotesque makeup of multicolored, poorly stitched together Lazarus (created by effects whiz Tom Savini, who also has a bit part) just stands out even more against the plain backdrop.

Grotesque creatures, like goblins, orcs and their various minions, are slaughtered en masse, and even the more human - like species of Middle Earth take some heavy losses.

Even the Martians, who look quite cartoonish, especially when compared to the real - life actors that surround them, are supposed to garner a few chuckles from the element of surprise in their killings and experimentation with humans, but it all comes across as rather brutal or grotesque.

Tempting and not entirely inaccurate, but in truth The Tuxedo is more than just cheerfully misogynistic (and most of Chan's films are, in one way or another, woman - hating), cartoonish, and even racist in a Green Hornet / Kato sort of way — The Tuxedo is a symptom of a far deeper concern involving the inability of the West to ever make proper use of hijacked foreign commodities or construct an action film anymore that doesn't resort to slapstick childishness and / or grotesque violence.

There's energy in the thing, no question, even if it's stolen, a few scenes and shots breathlessly romantic and breathtakingly kinetic, but Once Upon a Time in Mexico is a picture mostly in love with the grotesque and itself — a work of immense hubris, and a series of barely related vignettes with loosely continuous characters.

The performances hold the film together, even at its most grotesque moments.

It's not like Wolf of Wall Street, the sort of flick where we see guys break the law and subvert democracy and come to despise them for their grotesque, boorish excess even as we admit to pining for their lavish lifestyles.

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (technically it's Biohazard 7: Resident Evil because I'm playing the Japanese version and I want to mention even though I'm playing the «Grotesque» version it is still censored because those wussies aren't allowed to show decapitated heads).

Flesh and blood Videogames — even the most grotesque, violent ones — have a tendency to overstate the resilience of the human body.

Videogames — even the most grotesque, violent ones — have a tendency to overstate the resilience of the human body.

Each character is finely detailed, and the Oni look even more hideous and grotesque due to this.

The game's ambiance, monsters, twisted story and, some may even argue, the offbeat English voice acting all come together to forge an unforgettable, grotesque atmosphere.

The player must solve puzzles, which range from simple lever pulling to more grotesque displays of body horror — each made even more unsettling by its banality.

The character and environment design is also absolutely on point and no matter where you go in the game, you're always going to see some visual marvel — even if it is viciously grotesque...