Sentences with phrase «more than a comedy»

The film, wanting to be seen as more than a comedy, sets up trite little character arcs for the two protagonists.

The Way, Way Back does have laughs, but it needs more than comedy to develop into the charming and heartwarming crowd - pleaser it aims to be.

(Lest we forget that that movie was more than a comedy.)

The only thing I enjoyed more than the comedy in «Thor: Ragnarok» was a climactic battle sequence synced perfectly to Led Zeppelin's «Immigrant Song.»

And, more than comedy, heavy topics such as finding yourself, cutting your own path, accepting mistakes, and acknowledging failures weigh in to make for a dramedy with more heart than most.

Like that film, «Easy Virtue» has aspirations to be much more than a comedy.

Not exact matches

Who knows if that new medical drama will be a hit or that new comedy will last more than three episodes?

It will own a vast distribution apparatus; have the rights to more comedy programs than most of its competitors; and be producing much of the material they need to do battle with one another — as well as, inevitably, with Dynamics itself.

A powerful portfolio of scripted and unscripted drama and comedy originals seen in more than 102 million U.S. homes.

For fans of stand - up comedy, few careers have been more frustrating (though equally rewarding) than Dave Chappelle's.

Just look at Seinfeld: as of this April, the emblematic»90s comedy «about nothing» has banked more than US$ 3 billion in syndication revenue for its creators.

The model for other studios to follow here would seem to be to, first, test your potential audience with more than just a vague idea and then deliver a product that is both true to its source material while also offering something beyond what viewers have already come to expect from typical superheroes (in this case, that would be the comedy, sex, and violence).

Another study found that viewers of Colbert Report knew more about campaign finance and super PACS than cable news viewers — perhaps because comedy gets people to pay attention to unpleasant but valuable information.

Meanwhile on the TV side, the site TorrentFreak found that for the third year running, HBO's Game of Thrones is the most pirated program of 2014 with more than 8 million downloads from BitTorrent, followed by AMC's The Walking Dead (4.2 million), and CBS's The Big Bang Theory (3.6 million), the consistently most watched cable drama and network comedy.

Viacom's share price has fallen by more than 45 % in the past two years, as many of its core properties such as MTV and the Comedy Network have lost much of their audience.

Burnie Burns, cofounder of Austin - based Rooster Teeth, a production company with 300 - plus staffers that produced the made - for - YouTube sci - fi comedy Lazer Team and its upcoming sequel, still remembers being dumbstruck almost a decade ago, when Rooster Teeth consisted of little more than a handful of friends, by what the service offered: «They completely changed the game in terms of the ability to monetize video with pre-roll advertising.

While they did not study this research question, [63] found that people smiled and laughed more and rated an audiotaped stand - up comedy routine more positively when they listened to canned laughter that they thought came from members of their in - group rather than their out - group.

Sacha Baron Cohen raised more than a few eyebrows (and lawsuits) with his comedy / social experiment, Borat.

Unlike Dante's Divine Comedy or Milton's Paradise Lost, they are primarily narrative rather than didactic, or more precisely didactic in and through their narrative forms.

In this divine comedy a poor woman's farthing cast inconspicuously in the temple chest may be worth more than all the benefactions of the rich.

I thought the astrology bit was cute, but again, more along the lines of comedy than serious scholarly work.

We pretend that romantic comedies or naturalistic thrillers set in the present day are more «realistic» than any that require us to remember that we live between immensities, for no more than a fraction of sidereal time in a world that we did not make.

It's the lying and deception that can destroy trust in these situations more than almost anything else, and the second episode even makes it a point to try and get that across through slapstick humor, until it ditches that initial argument altogether and starts becoming a wacky comedy in full with all of the usual trappings.

The rituals of comedy deal with more than the superficial arenas of human conflict.

But to go down this route, especially when tackling such serious issues, deserves more than the melodrama and tonally disconnected comedy writing that this new show offers.

If you're putting unrealistic mythical expectations on your relationship, it might end up more Greek tragedy than romantic comedy.

He just doesn't answer when you pray to him, doesn't do miracles, doesn't have much bandwidth, makes a lot of mistakes, can't write coherently, and gets tired if he has to do his comedy routine more than once in two thousand years.

Throughout season one, Good Girls proves to be more than just a crime drama, pulling together equal parts dark comedy and heartfelt family drama.

Her show is edgy, funny and presents news - focused comedy that has more punch than even more established political satire outlets.

Since he's taken over as host of The Late Show, Colbert has landed some serious interviews with presidential hopefuls and leaders, showing a much more thoughtful side than in his Comedy Central days.

In fact, the Christian merchant is more of a Pharisee in his self - assured moral and spiritual superiority than is the Jewish usurer, and this ironic tension adds bite to the gaiety of this romantic comedy.

(Though it should be noted that at times the story is funny and satirical, with hapless characters who seem more suited for a Shakespearean comedy than the Bible.

I laugh at my daughters more than I laugh at my comrades on the comedy circuit.

Straying from the standard, modern superhero formula it helped to pioneer in 2002, Homecoming is more teen comedy than it is a «good vs. evil» tale, highlighting a distinctive setting in Queens as the battleground for crushes, parties and yes, actual super villains — this one played by Michael Keaton in a scene - stealing performance.

It does remind me of a public lecture in which Harvard biblical scholar Jon Levenson, who is Jewish, once defined anti-Semitism as «hating Jews more than is necessary», obviously the kind of remark whose success as comedy turns on the context in which it is spoken and the one who speaks it.

Not to brag nor work unpaid for the tourist bureau, but, there is the comedy fest, the jazz fest, the tango fest, the fireworks competition, and more incredible food than you will ever see without leaving North America.

One of the world's most respected comedians, Foxworthy is the largest - selling comedy - recording artist, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and bestselling author of more than twenty - six books.

When «Blue Collar Comedy Tour» premiered on Comedy Central, it was the highest rated movie in the channel's history and the soundtrack has been RIAA certified gold with more than 500,000 units sold.

Any Premier League season starring Jose Mourinho, Diego Costa and Zlatan in the same locker room would be more entertaining than The Three Stooges — and probably contain twice as much slapstick comedy.

After turning down their # 60 mil little more than 4 months ago it would be another example of how the comedy team of Wenger & Gadzidis have cocked up another transfer.

More like a Tragedy than a Comedy because I'm not laughing.

They are the ones showing more faith in Mr Bean than Rowan Atkinson did in Mr Bean comedy series.

April 7: Laugh along as Johnny Peers and more than a dozen dogs stage their hilarious slapstick comedy act (Natick)

But, since this is a comedy, there will be more than one instance of mistaken identity in this Italian production with English projections, as well as music to send your heart soaring.

In fact, for a film derided in the popular press as a «jihadist comedy», Four Lions treads far more carefully when it comes to firing pot - shots at the politics of suicidebombers, or the Muslim faith, than one might expect.

Bitter by - election battles, gaffe - prone juniors, devious whips and one big game of «coalition chess» sounds more like the sober politics pages of a national broadsheet than a fun evening out, but first - time playwrights Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky remarkably manage to marry the two in their new political comedy, Coalition.

The new 37,000 square foot, $ 50 million facility tells the story of comedy from its origins through the present, with more than 50 immersive, interactive exhibits.

Smallwood has also found that mood affects mind wandering: If he showed people a short video about a sick dog before they performed the task, for example, they spent more time mind wandering than did a separate group that had watched a comedy clip.

In more than a decade of performing on the New York City comedy circuit, the attractive, tall brunette has been asked out only once after a show.

After more than two years of performing comedy in Los Angeles, she found her calling in the kitchen and, after enrolling in the International Culinary School at the Art Institute, started her own catering company.Her healthy and flavor - packed cooking style has made her a fan favorite among thousands of home cooks and food lovers looking for healthy options that don't sacrifice taste.In her newest video course, The Complete Guide To Gluten - Free Eating, she shows you how to whip up amazing gluten - free dishes.