Sentences with phrase «flippant humour»

In its use of flippant humour to deal with dark subject matter, the film has a similar tone to that of the satirical 1990s Holly Hunter drama, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering Mom (based on a similar story about a mother accused of having her daughter's classmate bumped off to improve the daughter's chances of making the cheerleading team).

Not exact matches

A sub-genre that began as a flippant remark by writer Curt Siodmak to «Wolfman» director George Waggner back in 1943, the verbal gag inadvertently spawned the studio's first ghoulish combo, «Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman,» and enjoyed a good run over the next decade through various recombinations, adding Abbot & Costello when dopey humour was the only element that could milk a little more money before the genre's official retirement at the studio.

During a break in the proceeding, the lawyer made a flippant comment related to the client's background in an ill - conceived attempt at humour.

I don't mean to sound flippant, but I was in a good mood when I decided to write this post, so my erratic sense of humour got the best of me.