Sentences with phrase «gently poked fun at»

Lazio started by riffing off the e-mail scandal of his other primary opponent, Carl Paladino, releasing a host of his own fake messages that gently poked fun at reporters and detractors like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox.

Having gently poked fun at the excesses of nihilistic «installations» and «performance art,» he offers his own version of both.

If accused of being self - centred, he is not above gently poking fun at his parent friends about the giant carbon footprint left by their minivans equipped with car seats shipped from China.

What Allen does do in this straight comedy is to gently poke fun at the all the dramatic conventions of Greek tragedy.

Gently poking fun at itself - hello Karen Gillan in hotpants - this is a warm, sparky & surprisingly moving comedy perfect for every age group and ideal for when you need to watch something that requires little in the way of intellectual engagement.

Gently poking fun at Chilean national treasure poet Pablo Neruda, and the reverence for poetry, it leads to punk muse Stella (Pamela Flores) and a boho sexual world (the 18 cert is for sex, not violence).

It's also funny because it knowingly, gently pokes fun at our culture of «you can be anything you want to be,» the source of more sometimes - murderous disappointment than any other child - rearing strategy endemic to the West.

This playful story gently pokes fun at adult authority and revels in the independence of mind of toddlers.