Sentences with phrase «for social satire»

• Satirical Story with Divergent Paths and Multiple Endings Playing off common anime and video game tropes for social satire, the player's choices determine how the story progresses, leading to one of many unique endings.

Satirical Story with Divergent Paths and Multiple Endings Playing off common anime and video game tropes for social satire, the player's choices determine how the story progresses, leading to one of many unique endings.

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The bishops» board later gave the «meandering social satire» an L for its «stylized violence, implied marital infidelity, and leering sexual situations.»

Jordan Peele's horror - themed social satire Get Out and Christopher Nolan's WWII epic Dunkirk combined for 12 Oscar nominations, and now, they're heading back to theaters so you can see what all of the buzz is about.

Now, I've written science, satire, and done interviews, as well as worked on a social media campaign for the Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan.

In the end, the whole enterprise comes off as too clever for its own good, a social satire without a clear target.

This incarnation of Fanny may not have been what Austen had in mind, but she surely would have approved, for the injection of attitude and smarts makes Mansfield Park a much more wicked and irresistible social satire, with Fanny frequently needling the pomposity of her rich relations.

And if McTeigue is going for satire he's missing the sharpness and social commentary of «Get Out.»

Bruce, the stand - up comedian whose focus on social satire, was the forerunner of controversial greats such as George Carlin and Bill Hicks; Hoffman received his third Oscar nomination for his performance.

It is there that Henry learns about the importance of social media and «alpha - stacking», real practices that are perfectly ripe for the satire they're served up as here.

The Lobster was a bit of a shock for everyone who went in expecting an off - kilter black romance — instead director Yorgos Lanthimos served up a disquieting social satire with underpinnings of horror as his first English - language feature.

However you consume them, the behind - the - scenes stories, from John Barry's intentions (he said he thought of it as a love story) to Martin Amis's motivation for taking the script - writing job (apparently he was a sci - fi buff before becoming a novelist famous for literary social satire) to Kirk Douglas's behaviour on set (Amis later said that Douglas «wanted to be naked,» and very much wanted Fawcett to be naked with him), are delicious.

The extent of the film's social satire is its democratic nepotism, with Grant having enlisted family and friends to provide the awful (non-stop) soundtrack and the hate - crime performances, all of which are strung together in the sort of loose narrative (two families gather for the titular shindig) that allows Grant to play both slovenly, gap - toothed protagonist Ringworm and his evangelical brother Snake.

Together, the plot and subplot added up to little in the way of social, cultural, or political satire beyond the glaringly, non-controversial obvious («50s suburbia in the U.S. of A. was a hotbed of conformist, racist, and misogynist behavior) and the predictably clichéd (IQ - challenged criminals tend to suffer horribly for their sins, real and imagined to balance out the scales of cosmic justice).

Below is the first trailer for Gunpowder & Sky's Tragedy Girls, a biting satire about social media stardom — think of it as a modern - day Clueless, only these girls murder people... and tweet about it.

Ines exhausting and demanding job is emblematic of women in the workforce writ large, and Ade's many pointed barbs at corporate culture makes for studious social satire with a thirst - quenching feminist tilt to it.

And so, with a slippery smooth melding of social conscience and satire, British firebrand Ben Wheatley (Kill List) chose for his fifth feature to conform the skyscraping High - Rise, knowing full well the risks involved in such a structure.

That film — which nabbed Simien an Independent Spirit Award for his screenplay — weaved together satire and social commentary in its tale of four interconnected black students on a journey of self - discovery at an Ivy League college.

It's a macabre and inspired conceit, and one mined for biting social satire by writer / director Brian Taylor on his first solo outing since his gonzo collaborations with Mark Neveldine (the Crank films, Gamer), which similarly provoked and parodied cultural bugaboos.»

I've got a few codes to give away for Cory Bowles» social satire, Black Cop, which premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival last year.

Like some sketch - comedy Frankenstein monster made from the cutting - room entrails of «Clueless,» «The Opposite of Sex,» «To Die For,» «Election» and «Heathers,» the puerile social satire «Pretty Persuasion» is stinging only insomuch as its unsophisticated...

Social satire oftentimes needs to have less whimsy and more importance to get up for major Oscars.

Rounding out the best picture category were the romantic drama «Call Me by Your Name,» the Winston Churchill biopic «Darkest Hour,» the coming - of - age dramedy «Lady Bird,» the period romance «Phantom Thread,» the Pentagon Papers drama «The Post» and the smash hybrid of horror and social satire «Get Out,» which picked up four nominations overall, including writing and directing nods for Jordan Peele and a lead actor nomination for Daniel Kaluuya.

WHY IT MIGHT NOT SUCCEED: Social satire oftentimes needs to have less whimsy and more importance to get up for major Oscars.

In addition to writing another, as - yet - untitled social satire à la Get Out, he's turning his attention to television, excavating our deepest horrors with an HBO series (produced with J. J. Abrams) about the Jim Crow South called Lovecraft Country; another one centered on a group of 1970s Nazi hunters, Black Klansman; and then, of course, a reboot of The Twilight Zone, where he can take his specific talent for merging horror, social commentary, and a dose of sci - fi and apply it to the revered TV series, which he will re-imagine with X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg.

The story of a 16 - year - old girl who gets pregnant could easily be the jumping point for broad social satire, but Cody respects her characters too much to mistreat them so.

An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray Murray is best known for his excellent second novel, Skippy Dies, but his charming, Wodehous - ian debut, set in a crumbling Irish mansion, is a social satire for the ages.

This sharp and insightful social satire is an all - too - timely look at race relations in America, as three ostensibly liberal and definitely privileged Berkeley students from various backgrounds travel with a friend and classmate to his home in rural Georgia — just in time for a Civil War re-enactment.

Genre: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire, United States, Nonfiction, Teen & Young Adult, Social Issues, American Size: 189 pages Free eBook download for Kindle from 23 April 2018 onward PDT / PST

Boasting a unique combat system in which everyday objects become weapons, multiple story routes, a varied cast of characters based on common anime and video game tropes and a narrative dripping with social satire and subtle nods to Japanese pop culture, AKIBA»S TRIP is a present - day supernatural adventure for the gamer in all of us.

In what was intended as a pointed social satire, Vereen performed the famous show tune «Waiting for Robert E. Lee» in blackface during the first act, then sang the mournful song «Nobody» while removing the blackface during the second.

Whether you're in the mood for his political satire side (War Drags You Out, Anti-Trump) or his social awareness side (Princest Diaries, Happy Never After, Once Upon A War) both will keep you on your toes and full of anticipation for upcoming artwork by the PoPlitically Incorrect Saint Hoax.

Ungerer is now internationally renowned for his etched caricatures imbued with sharp social satire — a style maintained in his children's books, which he began to publish with Harper and Row in 1957.

A reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, the work is part personal declaration of independance, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire and a manual for self - reliance.

His familiar, often long - legged, figures, embodying a unique blend of social satire, fantasy, and an affectionate eye for everyday life, have long been recognized as a distinctive contribution to American art.

Jack Levine (January 3, 1915 — November 8, 2010) was an American Social Realist painter and printmaker best known for his satires on modern life, political corruption, and biblical narratives.

Azeem begins by discuss the theme of «social credibility», as referenced in dystopian satires such as the TV show Black Mirror, and how this concept is now becoming more of a reality for law firms and corporates amid the continued rise of social media.