Sentences with phrase «like satire»

This reads like a satire on the perils of Internet blogging

Artist Andrew Cornell Robinson curated this nine - artist outdoor exhibition, which will take over a parking lot in Ridgewood, and though its curatorial premise is so incredibly vague it sounds like satire — «This exhibition sets out to examine the idea that the condition of the interdisciplinary imagination has the potential to create new forms and visual experiences» — the lineup, from an artist who dresses as Bigfoot to a ceramicist who makes apocalyptic office furniture, sounds fantastic.

[1] The theme of the eye was omnipresent: Mr. K's power of concentration and The strange case of Mr. K are paintings that Breton compared with Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi, «a huge, caricature - like satire of the bourgeoisie».

Why you shouldn't buy it: If you don't like satire, hated the first one or hate purchasing DLC.

Debra Kidd comments from the apprentice accommodation in the school grounds: https://debrakidd.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/teaching-in-2030/ I reads like satire.

Nadine Labaki's drama might first seem like a satire — small children are jailed; others are married.

The movie tries to juggle Michael Mann-esque high - octane cop action with Network - like satire of media, but becomes a bit too pulpy and conservative to make it work.

The film feels like satire trapped at the bottom of the sea, where the jokes can not breathe under the waves of political «meaning».

But his surreal sight gags, like his satire, were inseparable from his chosen medium.

Many people are going to be quick to compare «Kingsman» to «Kick - Ass,» but while the former boasts the same punk - rock attitude, dark plot twists, and kinetic, no - holds - barred action sequences (including an extremely violent set piece inside of a church that rivals Hit - Girl's blood - soaked exploits), «Kingsman» feels less like a satire of an entire genre than the product of a filmmaker who grew up loving spy movies.

Solondz agreed to an interview upon the release of his fifth feature, Palindromes (he asks folks not to track down his directorial debut, Fear, Anxiety & Depression, which my editor, Bill, describes as something like a satire of Solondz films), another picture garnering an extreme amount of political fallout following the similarly - tumultuous receptions to his Welcome to the Dollhouse, Happiness, and Storytelling.

(How quickly Taika Waititi's What We Do In the Shadows rose in my estimation from a hilarious Christopher - Guest - like satire to one of my top five films of 2014, all because of a riotous second look.)

At first glance, the leaked Whatsapp messages from a group of young Tories joking about «gassing chavs» and experimenting «to see why they are so good at producing», look like satire.

This is like satire.

At times, this post reads like satire.

There are a lot of pieces pointing out the idiocy of these proposals, noting that it sounds more like satire than a Millennialist Manifesto.

These silly fantasies practically seem like satires anyway, so when the comic genius of writer / director David Wain ponders them, and casts Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler as the «couple,» the funny will fly.

Not exact matches

While the campaign may sound like an Onion - worthy satire piece, the founders maintain that they are earnestly trying to solve problems faced by churches.

Acuff launched his first blog, a satire site called Stuff Christians Like, while still employed.

It's like it's work as satire.»

Saturday Night Live is having a revival of popularity as its hard - hitting satire and perfectly casted actors — like Melissa McCarthy's hilarious portrayal of White House spokesman Sean Spicer and Alec Baldwin as Trump — speaks to the country's latest concerns about the various chaos and insanity emerging from Trump's administration.

When someone tells me that irreverence, satire and sarcasm strikes a tone that isn't Christ - like, I wonder what Bible they're reading.

But nationalism and cultural issues were more important: irritation at a loss of sovereignty to Brussels; worries about the effects of mass immigration; resentment of a cosmopolitan elite that demeans local ways; a creeping sense of social disorder, epitomized by recent satires like Martin Amis's 2012 novel Lionel Asbo: State of England.

As a student of literature, I'd like to say that it is Austen's subtle satire, masterful character development, and nuanced prose that draws me to her romantic comedies... but at the end of the day, it's probably just the girly thrill of seeing who ends up marrying whom.

This would most likely be a satire news site, like Onion in DC.

Political and religious satire, like that of Bill Maher, would never work unless he were actually hitting on legitimate criticisms.

Acting on stage with the likes of John Cleese and Graham Chapman, future members of the Monty Python troupe, he discovers his true vocation: satire.

He goes on to become one of the founding editors of National Lampoon, editor of Spy magazine, writer of parody books like Not the New York Times, cocreator of the groundbreaking television satire Spitting Images.

Satire itself means something like «farrago»: a medley of different subject matters and treatments.

What are you going on about mate, were not singing cabye it's almost fact, most of the jokes are satire, we have to be, we can't all be like mary poppins.

I'd say that you read like an upper east sider, but really you read like a bad satire of upper east side privilege.

This time last year, the Charlie Hebdo attack felt like a clear attempt to destroy Europe's commitment to free speech and satire - to put fear into the hearts of those who would mock and offend, ridicule and scrutinise.

Like other politicians indicted before him, he has become an Albany punch line: This year, at the annual satire show staged by the Capitol press corps, Michael Jackson's «Beat It» was given a Silver - themed rewrite (with lyrics including «I'll plead it, plead it, bet your tuchis I will plead it»).

Sometimes what the scientists have written has been political satire, like Leo Szilard's The Voice of the Dolphins or OR Frisch's charming little thought experiment On the Feasibility of Coal - burning Power Stations, in which he applied to fossil - fuel power generation the strictures imposed on nuclear plants.

Another classic was a first - century A.D. piece of satire called the «Satyricon,» in which an obnoxiously wealthy man named Trimalchio throws feasts in which he serves dishes like dormice rolled in honey and poppy seeds, a rabbit with wings attached so that it looked like Pegasus, and a huge boar surrounding by suckling pigs, which the guests could take away like party favors.

I am Samuel, I like videa games anime (duh) satire is fun: > shy at first, dark humor is hilarious will limit myself if ur soft.

In the meantime, when he wasn't earning Emmy nominations for South Park or teaming with longtime partner Parker for the mock - patriotic puppet comedy Team America: World Police (2004), Stone was racking up producer credits on projects like How's Your News — a documentary series featuring disabled reporters exploring various topics — the short - lived political satire That's My Bush, and Kenny Vs. Spenny, which featured two hyper - competitive best friends taking part in a series of outlandish challenges.

A flaccid superhero satire fashioned with stunning animation, the picture feels like a runaway farce that barely wheezes out of the starting gate.

I loved it, I like how it features satire, blue comedy, and the sitcom format.

Downey and Favreau and screenwriter Theroux like the sarcastic screwball comedy cross-fire of talk and flirtation, the displays of attitude and absurdity of super-heroism, along with an occasionally sharp satire of corporate jargon.

The Hunger Games is dressed as a dark satire of soulless entertainment, but like Katniss» adversaries in the PG - 13 hunting scenes, it doesn't have a distinctive identity or go - for - the - throat.

Like Clueless without the satire or humour.

This is no commentary on racism or slavery, only a gimmick; not a satire but a pandering to the herd; not realism or revenge, but caricature, infantile mayhem and in - jokes like original, 1966 Django Franco Nero cast as Amerigo Vessepi.

While The Brand New Testament relies too heavily on surface level satire for my liking, its broad strokes are so cheekily amusing that the film is easy to recommend.

With a giant god like hand, Whedon destroys viewer expectation by carefully crafting the perfect satire film with a wit, intelligence and depth that is often lacking in the films it makes fun of.

'' EDtv,» Howard's latest clever - concept production, looks, for a while, like it might shake free of the director's usual Velveeta patness, if only because the movie itself comes on as a hip, knowing satire of the packaged omnivorousness of contempo TV culture.

As a satire of the media and its craven consumers, I, Tonya sprays its moral tirades and stylistic flourishes like buckshot, but after introducing the present - day, faux - documentary conceit that constantly warps and interrupts the proceedings, its narrative begins in the mold of an underdog sports story, with a young Tonya (Mckenna Grace) discovering a love for the ice between days spent chopping wood and reckoning with her parents» divorce.

Imaginatively interspersing testimonials with reenactments, comic panels and Claymation, the film plays out like an entertaining absurdist satire.

Alpha House hits a few notes of inspired satire — like the bowl of American flag lapel pins the senators keep on the kitchen counter — but Trudeau's been more biting and much funnier elsewhere, past TV efforts like Tanner ’88 and the malaise - infected Doonesbury Special included.

Completely original, trippy, and clever satire about Asian kids who can get away with anything as long as it looks like they've conformed to society's general stereotypes of their race.