Sentences with phrase «from farcical»

And the tone of the piece, because it goes from farcical comedy to high drama in a heartbeat and it was hard to adjust the tone to tell the story in a way that the audience could follow it and not be whiplashed back and forth emotionally.

Builds beautifully from a farcical premise that requires a suspension of disbelief to a musical climax that washes away our cynicism in a wave of honest tears.

Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.»

Catholic exposé is now a mainstream literary genre, from the farcical (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You) to the tendentious (The Gospel of Mary Magdalene).

Not exact matches

It is possible that the grotesque and farcical forms of Russian capitalism ultimately prevented this phenomenon from becoming an ideologically dominant conception in my society.

Yet, out of such a beautiful, farcical facade, faith and community can be created, like gold from straw.

-- Tough reply from Turin: «Farcical controversy from the surveyor.»

The first leg was held at the Camp Nou and though Juventus took the lead in farcical fashion, Pierluigi Casiraghi took advantage of a miserable backpass, a brace from Hristo Stoichkov and a third from Andoni Goikoetxea — which was enough to give Barcelona the win and, crucially, a margin to take to Italy.

Now the current players are in the same position, they can see the farcical way Wenger is destroying the club, how long do you think it will be before Alexis is wanting away from this old fool.

The all thing is shambolic and farcical... The players look ordinary and less than average (apart from Sanchez).

Sheikh Abdullah N Al Thani, who has funded Malaga for the past couple of years, posted several farcical tweets to the social networking site blaming racism and UEFA for targeting the Spanish club from the beginning of the season, clearly irked by the substandard officiating during the game and Malaga's impending ban from European competition.

The mixed - up, hodge podge way that our transfers have been handled this summer have ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous, both hilarious and farcical, but in all ways, still better than last summer.

OccupyGhana ® has noted that its last Press Release on the above - matter has been met with silence from government officials, and two farcical denials of there even being an agreement: one by Woyome and another by Mr. Selby, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport.

«With no support from the health community, and no evidence of effectiveness, it would be absurd for this government to continue with such a farcical initiative.

The second story, in today's paper, is where things go from hardball to farcical.

The legislative scandals have reached almost farcical proportions: a senator from the Bronx, Pedro Espada Jr., stands accused — perhaps not coincidentally by Attorney General Cuomo — of spending $ 20,000 in state and federal grant money on takeout sushi that was delivered to his house in Westchester County.

What the public is really desperate to hear from Labour is that it will take a stand against at least the worst of the Tory attacks on people's living standards, e.g. reverse the iniquitous bedroom tax and call a halt to the callous stripping of seriously disabled people of their benefits on the utterly spurious grounds under the Atos farcical assessments that they are fit for work.

«I believe this whole farcical inquiry, which has used up an incredible amount of public resources, has been orchestrated and influence by the powerful reach of the Murdoch empire and I believe I am the victim of a witchhunt from the Murdoch empire.

There's a little bit of farcical spoof humor in place as well, with Django's strut now accompanied by contemporary soundtrack rhymes from Rick Ross, with the irreverent sass - talk of Samuel L. Jackson's postmodern Sambo as Candie's reliable assistant Stephen, clouding the audience's sympathies.

Into this season of the Serious Movie, when every other film seems to speak to the troubled times in which we actually live, the fact - based, yet farcical «The Disaster Artist» blows like a fresh breeze, throwing open a window through which we may escape, briefly, from ugly reality.

When you see the poster for this film, with a moustachioed Ryan Gosling sitting on his sofa, grinning from ear to ear and accompanied by a sex doll, you be forgiven for entering into this and expecting some form of farcical sex - comedy.

Firstly, the refusal of the late guitarist's estate to sanction any of his music for the film hampers it from the off while the constant use of lookalikes to represent the likes of Eric Clapton, members of The Beatles and Rolling Stones makes the recreation of the elite London rock»n' roll scene in 1966/67 look faintly farcical.

From a certain perspective, the movie looks like a farcical romp, the kind that the French are so well known for.

The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical / magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.

Unwarranted spontaneous and exhuberant laughter, Percy's often jester - like performativity, and the oscillation on the part of the military between farcical silliness and faithful adherence to military mores sometimes jarred, though perhaps these incongruities are easier accepted if viewed from the perspectives of the young Bill and Percy.

In between, she took a turn for the quirkier in the farcical, high - caliber action comedy «Free Fire» from filmmaker Ben Wheatley («High Rise»).

Powered by a vigorous, image - shedding lead turn from James McAvoy as a coked - up Edinburgh detective on the fast track to either promotion or self - implosion, this descent into Scotch - marinated madness begins as ugly comedy, segues almost imperceptibly into farcical tragedy, and inevitably — perhaps intentionally — loses control in the process.

Comedic looks at westerns have been done before, from the all - out humour of Mel Brooks» Blazing Saddles to Quentin Tarantino's darkly satirical Django Unchained, efforts A Million Ways to Die in the West tries, in its own farcical way, to emulate.

We flit seamlessly from a gritty British teen drama vibe, to an underwater daydream, to a farcical send up of a film noir.

The film is ruined by a farcical finale that resembles something from a Nicholas Sparks novel.

Nothing is forced in a film that sees a mysterious hobo turn into a vengeful mercenary in a seamless journey from WALL.E to TAXI DRIVER with all the dark comedy and farcical elements that make The Coen Brothers» films so special.

Ideas are pinched from the Bourne trilogy (2002 - 07) and the Liam Neeson vehicles Taken (2008) and Unknown (2011), and the film's glib disregard for collateral murder runs to farcical extremes in a hospital shoot - out.

It was clear from the pithy dialogue and the panorama of slightly exaggerated farcical supporting characters that Gordon had been weaned on the likes of Coward, Shaw, and Wilde, and the sophisticated Hollywood comedies of the Thirties and Forties.

I think Guadagnino was aiming for farce, but the rest of the movie — which runs a slightly overlong two hours — isn't farcical, so the tonal shift comes from nowhere.

The episode, The Becoming, was on pretty shaky ground legally and the farcical subplot almost detracted from an arc involving a pair of gay soldiers — one of whom had a terminal brain tumor and had decided to try an experimental procedure devised by Drs. Derek «McDreamy» Shepard [Patrick Dempsey] and Meredith Grey [Ellen Pompeo].

It has a farcical setup (it's a wonder that it wasn't based on a French comedy, especially given that it almost went out under the title Bastards) that takes the boys from Terry Bradshaw to Ving Rhames to J.K. Simmons and beyond as they search for their real father.

That application of a farcical tone to a story that is — far from farce — a gripping narrative of corruption, hatred, and revenge is the brilliance of Sweeney Todd.

From the duo that brought you the TV show, «Spaced», comes Shaun of the Dead, a mix of farcical comedy and gory horror movie.

With a telepathic talking dog as his traveling companion across the apocalyptic waste, he stumbles from the brutally sardonic into a farcical satire of heartland America when he discovers an underground city whose citizens have maintained their apple pie society — at a cost.

The farcical plotting is gloriously convoluted, and thanks to the threat from Raft, has real stakes involved, without ever letting up on the gags, which come thick and fast, right up to the unforgettable last line.

[Mainstream Chick's take: The Death of Stalin is one quirky, wickedly funny flick that seems frighteningly current with its farcical depiction of events — and «leaders» — from the 1950s.

Enemies, for example, will be more than happy to attack you from both sides, and they spam their projectile attacks to almost farcical levels at times.

I have to admit, I'm really enjoying the story so far and the almost farcical glitches haven't once stopped me from enjoying the game.

The portraits presented in «From the Depths Above» employ expressive marks, a rich palette and various signs and symbols to depict farcical, invented characters.

The climate scare is over, and no amount of ad - hominem screeching from any troll will either alter that fact or delay for a single instant the dismantling of the farcical regime of totalitarian control that had been erected in the specious name of Saving The Planet.

Plenty of anthropogenic agenda signal in anything from the NCDC stable, (There's at least 4 of them based on that farcical not - data) but that is not real warming.

If there had been no «story» — i.e. if Joe had been a tax - paying plumber from Toledo who had tried to buy a $ 250K / annum business but couldn't make the numbers work due to the impending Obama tax changes — a farcical claim on its face if you understand the tax plan — then the embarrassment due to the invasion of his privacy would have been minimal at most.

Take a page from Rich Stevens and make up farcical life events; use a Google Voice number for your phone number; don't use your real hometown or current city.