Sentences with phrase «induced eye rolls»

The jargon used on gallery and museum walls, for instance, has long induced eye rolls, even as the art establishment still clings to such practices for validation or even as an intentional weeding out of «less sophisticated» audiences.

Branded content like «Dear Basketball,» designed to create a counternarrative of the great Kobe, is something that has induced eye rolls from sports fans for 13 years — except for those in Los Angeles and especially Hollywood, where good seats to Lakers games are a status symbol.

Generally it induces eye rolls from lawyers and any law office when you say that your ex is a narcissist or borderline.

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Split into seven «books» and more than 20 chapters, Antifragile is often illuminating, occasionally eye - roll inducing and, for a stretch in the middle, fantastically boring.

with the various elements that are part and parcel with comedies of this ilk, including wacky misunderstandings, quirky supporting characters, and histrionic third - act plot developments - with the latter handled particularly well by Jones (ie such interludes aren't nearly as painful and eye - roll - inducing as they could've been).

That's no good now, though, because that kind of in - your - face melodrama would mostly induce eye - rolling.

The caricatures of characters on the sidelines induce eye - rolls and chuckles at the same time.

The Blu - ray / DVD / digital copy combo includes deleted scenes, a making - of documentary and an eye - roll - inducing alternate ending.

But unlike P.S. I Love You, which overdid the manipulative schmaltz with sugary excess, Definitely, Maybe doesn't provide too many eye - rolling moments and never gets too touchy - feely or vomit - inducing.

It's directed by David Dobkins, best known for his directorial duties on Wedding Crashers and Shanghai Knights, which doesn't inspire much confidence), but overall, despite the cheesy overly - inspirational music and a bit of eye - roll inducing dialogue («sometimes you have to forgive in order to be forgiven»), this looks like a solid, if not a little too Oscar - baity, early fall movie.

But for an incident that took about a minute or two, expanding the story to feature length is a stretch, and Blyskal's script doesn't know where to focus, and features eye - roll inducing, plainly on - the - nose dialogue.

Under electric power, the Volt is rated at 94 miles per gallon equivalent (the Chevy's own trip computer claims an eye - roll - inducing 250 + mpge).

(As for me, I think the thesis of the essay is just... eye - roll inducing.

The dramatic moments in Fates are largely engrossing, even if many of the story beats are eye - roll - inducing, forcing you to confront tough moral decisions and tactical choices throughout the adventure.

Sure, Smith's elite entourage are the ones eye - rolling at you from the back table at Lucien, and just like Abloh, all the hype around him can become headache - inducing.

Now it seems that Facebook has given him the boot for numerous complaints about the lewd medieval drawings Saltz has been posting with eye - roll inducing captions.

at Shin Gallery's Koreatown project space in response to an eye - roll - inducing tweet by MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough who suggested presidential candidate Hillary Clinton «smile» after a night of March primary wins.

The performance begins with audience members sitting on chairs in a completely dark, quiet room, which is gradually and personally revealed through minimal exposure to and accumulation of acoustic and visual elements such as the breathing of others, rolling coins, and the images induced and retained in the eye from flashes of bright light.