Sentences with phrase «fully at the jokes»

One tends to laughs more fully at the jokes when the underlying references are made.

Not exact matches

At a time when half - hour TV comedy is reaching a new level of self - referential daring — you can't fully appreciate the intricate, in - joke pleasures of great shows like NBC's Seinfeld and HBO's The Larry Sanders Show unless you've also watched a lot of really bad TV — The Simpsons continues to emphasize that there's a big world out there that television barely touches upon.

Hardly a perfect film — it may be played too straight for that, never fully getting the cruel joke at its core that provides the picture its pulse — Less Than Zero is one of the strongest artifacts from one of our worst decades in cinema because it puts a finger to what went wrong.

At a time when we seem to have become overly sensitive about humor that pushes those limits, this is, perhaps, an admirable goal (We can probably, sensibly draw the line at a homicidal kid), or it would be if the movie offered us actual jokes, instead of merely passing off broad ideas and incomplete setups as fully formed oneAt a time when we seem to have become overly sensitive about humor that pushes those limits, this is, perhaps, an admirable goal (We can probably, sensibly draw the line at a homicidal kid), or it would be if the movie offered us actual jokes, instead of merely passing off broad ideas and incomplete setups as fully formed oneat a homicidal kid), or it would be if the movie offered us actual jokes, instead of merely passing off broad ideas and incomplete setups as fully formed ones.

A post I cite frequently, mainly for the joke at the end, but a post that tries to make the point that markets are not fully efficient, but they are somewhat efficient.

The advisor community often jokes about DFA approved advisors «drinking the kool - aid» which means fully accepting that markets are efficient, or at least efficient enough such that resources devoted to activities such as stock picking, time picking, and manager picking are unlikely to bear fruit.

Perhaps we're reacting defensively to all the lawyer jokes and stereotypes about unethical attorneys, but no good is served by barring qualified people who have fully rehabilitated themselves from practicing law (often in ways aimed at helping others avoid their fates).