Sentences with phrase «gentle satire»

A gentle satire on reality TV, as a mother and daughter face numerous challenges both on and off the show.

Synopsis: Jim Field Smith's gentle satire Butter stars Jennifer Garner as Laura Pickler, the wife of the longtime winner of a local butter - carving contest.

Called Planet Key, the song is a gentle satire of the country's wealthy Prime Minister, John Key.

Not exact matches

You can see it in his hoarding of genre staples for one - scene (Adrienne Barbeau) and in some cases one - line (Michael Parks) roles, but more importantly, you can see it in the gentle Hollywood satire Argo briefly — perhaps too briefly — becomes.

While «Hello, My Name is Doris» does not always avoid those issues — its gentle mockery of hipster Brooklyn treads too unsteadily a line between satire and being the movie «Juno,» and its ending is too indecisive, trying to have things both ways — it has an ace up its sleeve that so many of those movies could only wish for: Its title role is played by two - time Oscar winner Sally Field, and boy is she good in it.

The craft is meticulous, the satire gentle, the gigantism absurd in an understated sort of way.

Largely collage, these range from early defiant political collages, to gentler feminist social satire to striking, sensual surrealist images.

If this sort of gentle gestural satire appeals, as well it might after a wordy week at work, you'll find dozens more examples of Niemann's work in earlier posts, all using illustration in surprising ways.