Sentences with phrase «inherent humor in»

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Fortunately, with Thor: Ragnarok, writer - director - actor Taika Waititi (What We Do In the Shadows) wisely mines humor from the character's inherent silliness and wraps it around an dazzling, offbeat core of straight - up comic book antics.

Relatability is certainly a key component of Knocked Up «s inherent appeal, as it plunders for humor that most nightmarish of singles» fears, unwanted pregnancy, via the story of Alison (Katherine Heigl) and Ben (Seth Rogen), a mismatched twosome whose polar - opposite lives are accidentally entwined by a drunken one - night stand that, due to miscommunication over use of a condom (the momentous phrase in question being «Just do it already!»)

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She fully embraces the inherent awkwardness of a testy emotional bond and tackles it to the ground, all the while mining it for heartfelt humor without the all - too - common safety net of predictability found in big - budget Hollywood fare.

Returning director Francis Lawrence and screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong find inherent drama and tension in the political intrigue and allow more humor to slip through the cracks of such a devastating society, but when it comes time for more action to take place, the film delivers.

With characteristic humor and acerbic wit, T.C. Boyle indelibly inhabits the perspectives of the various players in this survivalist game, probing their motivations and illuminating their integrity and fragility to illustrate the inherent fallibility of human nature itself.

In her writing time, Thompson writes and publishes her humor essays, most of which focus on the inherent and key differences between men and women.

I walked away from the game with mixed feelings, on one hand I enjoyed the fast - paced action and the random humor inherent of having a guy stuck to your motorcycle yelling in Spanish.

Legends retains the inherent silliness of the Rayman universe by wholeheartedly embracing its characters and humor and weaves a variety of legends set in different worlds.

While their projects have taken various forms, an interest in the inherent humor of the everyday remained constant throughout their career.

His figures always hinge on abstraction, while his use of color, composition, and deadpan humor balance the discomfort that comes from the voyeurism inherent in his gaze.

The result is a mini overture in which laughter reveals an inherent awkwardness, a humor that echoes our own vulnerabilities.

«Even though her entire oeuvre can be seen as an extended exploration of the formal principles of art, in her work — and its presentation — she takes very seriously the affective possibilities of painting, cuing color to emotion and layering onto the nonverbal realm the visual jokes and humor inherent to cartoons and comics,» writes Molesworth.

The presence of humor and absurdity in her work is used to disarm the intensity that seems inherent when engaging in the discourse of black culture.

«Don't Axe Me» will also feature the first New York presentation of Osedax (2010; made in collaboration with Edgar Cleijne)-- an immersive environment consisting of 16 mm film and painted slide projections inspired by a species of undersea worm that buries into the bones of whale carcasses.The exhibition highlights the humor, historical depth, psychological complexity, and formal inventiveness inherent in Gallagher's rich oeuvre.

humor inherent in the Messianic - style claim, the reason why this claim is a foundational point for Miskolczi - ism is now clear to me.