Sentences with phrase «lack of irony»

Boesky herself cites the work's «lack of irony and cynicism» as its selling point.

But I was puzzled by the lack of irony, awareness, or absurdity.

RW One of the most striking things about your work is, I would say, its lack of irony; that unlike pop, your work comes so intensely out of yourself.

Pastoral scenes of flowers and animals have the purity and total lack of irony that one expected from the artist in the 1990s.

The combination of literalism and lack of irony may in fact serve as a definition of Minimalism.

When Knight declares the rights of his free men of Jones, she stands right behind him smiling... and yet there is a complete lack of irony from Ross that not one soldier would consider fighting for the equality of this woman fighting for them.

Todd Haynes» last big - screen story of»50s forbidden love was Douglas Sirk - tribute Far From Heaven, but the lack of irony or detachment here elevates Carol.

His films, from Waterworld to Dances with Wolves to The Postman, are lovable for their complete lack of irony and self - reflection.

How does she respond to this criticism, given her apparent lack of irony and self - awareness?

The economies of scale sank British shop - owners and the government did precisely nothing to come to their aid, citing, with a total lack of irony, the free market.

Unless we are to suspect Austen of a hyper - ironic stance where Austen's lack of irony toward Fanny is a way of reinforcing irony, then we should accept at face value that Austen considers Fanny morally and intellectually exemplary.

Not exact matches

While there are 7.5 million unemployed Americans as of December 31, 2016, the irony is that there are 5.5 million jobs unfilled, many due to a lack of skilled workers.

The final irony is that this advanced critic of Arendt speaks disparagingly of her «lack of several of the essential qualities of the historian: sympathetic imaginative insight, open mindedness, compassion, balanced judgment and the capacity to sift and weigh evidence.»

As an aside, the irony might be lost on you that, despite the fact that so many atheists here are so quick to note that believers do not have a monopoly on morals, you are essentially proving the point of believers that, from a historical perspective, atheists far more than believers have lacked morals vis - a-vis war and death.

Paradoxically the more atheists I come into contact with the more strength I find in my belief that they, for lack of a better term, lack a certain gene (yes, I get the irony).

The main irony or problem with lots of the disagreement that comes from Calvinists is that it lacks grace.

Further, those who can not appreciate the profound aesthetic of an ironically - creative act that consists of self - destruction lack any sense of subtlety and irony, which is an indicator of a lack of intelligence.

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

SoberingThought Do you see the irony in Kansas State's dismissing point guard Mario Taybron forviolating its substance - abuse policy when it just hired coach Bob Huggins (Inside College Basketball, June 5), 19 of whose Cincinnati players or recruitswere charged with crimes as he led the Bearcats onto NCAA probation for lack ofinstitutional control?

no no absolutely not, you should stop thinking that all arsenal fans would be great guys and would love the club very much, every team has bad / very bad fans and nope i have had arguements with him a lot of times and you are wrong you should look up in the dictionary that isnt even close to irony thats simple cynism he ridicules the team and mocks it at every chance he gets... and for my feeling even if he is frustrated and feeling helpless, people who react like that because of frustration and helplessness are just weak - minded and lack conviction

There's also a real irony that at a time when attendances at the Emirates have been steadily dwindling — in large part due to the old familiar failings and the lack of competitiveness — Arsenal are attempting to gain extra revenue by installing more of the most expensive seats in the house.

As they did so, they were united in their view that MPs should be treated with respect, supremely unaware of the irony that they were treating the public with a complete lack of respect as they did so.

Miliband, with some irony, mocks their lack of the respect for their former grandee.

The irony in this scenario is that as a country, we constantly import talent from overseas and those doing the importing are often the first folks to complain about the lack of scientists and engineers.

The irony of this perceived deficit is that there is in fact an (over --RRB- abundance of information available online; however, lacking proper curation, the endless sea of search - engine results can make potential participants feel lost.

I guess the irony of «what about fiber» and lack of vitamins and minerals was lost on them...

His first work — and, probably, least known — was 1957's The Mystic Masseur, which I have never read, but seems to lack some of the more cultural ironies that are striking in Naiplaul's other works, at least based upon the film version.

Mostly unfunny satire that tries to cover up its lack of ideas and humor with cheap irony and dimestore surrealism; probably should have been titled BILL & TED»S HOMOEROTIC HALLUCINATION.

The groan - worthy dialogue, usually spoken in a monotone by alien and human alike, is rarely credible and lacks the kind of self - aware irony that might make this enjoyable.

Anyway, never let it be said that criminals of the future lack a sense of irony.

Telling not for its Strangelove - ian irony, but because of its apparent lack thereof.

Indeed, Gil's vanity and solipsism are rewarded by a wife - escaping fantasy of Bohemia which lacks any real insight, irony or distance.

It lacks the subtlety and irony of Park Chan - wook's deranged masterpiece, but Spike Lee brings a certain technical sleekness...

If that weren't bad enough, idealists may want to check out before the closing credits scroll, intercut with some outrageously cynical footage that lacks the tragic irony of Night of the Living Dead's brutal «let's throw him on the fire» denouement.

While one may find the opening speech by Travolta (Battlefield Earth, The General's Daughter) regarding the sad state of cinema and its lack of realism to be tongue - in - cheek irony, it still does little to justify the following 90 minutes of high - gloss over-the-top predictability.

I suppose that the irony of the title is that intelligent people don't have the answers to happiness, perhaps miserable because they lack the ability to be blissfully ignorant.

(I have an author client that would agree with you about America's lack of appreciation of irony.

It is one of the many ironies in life that many people recently completing post-secondary education have substantial debt levels at a time when, based upon their life experience to date, they might be the least capable of managing this debt simply due to a lack of experience handling their finances and immaturity regarding financial literacy.

The irony of the statement is that the local staff kept apologizing to us for the unseasonable lack of recent snowfall the past week.

However, they lack the tinge of irony found in the paintings of her contemporaries, such as John Currin and Lisa Yuskavage.

Guston lacks Roth's quick wit and dizzying self - reflections, but both come with a heavy dose of irony.

[19] Warhol attempted to take pop beyond an artistic style to a life style, and his work often displays a lack of human affectation that dispenses with the irony and parody of many of his peers.

Intelligence is ubiquitously aligned with snark, sarcasm or irony rather than real feelings and Jaeger presents a loathing in each, Untitled sculpture's simultaneous potential and lack of.

He undertakes a sophisticated action of branding, not lacking in irony, to make the city among one of the most attractive tourist destinations in Bulgaria.

His lack of adventurousness and invention in this regard is in sharp contrast to the silkscreening (then considered solely a commercial process) adopted by Warhol for his paintings, or the soft vinyl sculptures of everyday objects concocted by Claes Oldenburg (who can be seen, in many respects, as the anti-Koons, outclassing him on every count of wit, irony, and imagination).

The irony is that Svensmark ignores (in addition to the lack of trend in GCR) the fact that the night - time temperature has risen faster than the day - time temperature, which I did pester him about on a Nordic Meteorology Meeting in Copenhagen in 2002.

«The irony is that Svensmark ignores (in addition to the lack of trend in GCR) the fact that the night - time temperature has risen faster than the day - time temperature»

See my post, The Irony, It Burns for citations, references, and details regarding the lack of any effect of sea level rise on atolls.

«The irony of all this is that while the valuations of companies on the Indian and Chinese stock exchanges will become more accurate, the private equity and hedge funds that would normally be interested in buying those companies might [be deterred by] the lack of liquidity in the market.»

It has been suggested that the irony behind the proposals is that after decades of educating on the myth of the common law spouse and demonstrating the lack of legal remedies, it is now time to educate the reverse (see Probert, R «Why couples still believe in common - law marriage» (2007) 37 Fam LJ 403).