Sentences with phrase «much absurdity»

Relive the events of Resident Evil 4, faithfully recreated from Ashley's perspective - and with exactly as much absurdity as that entails!

Divorce can be awful, of course, but there is so much absurdity to mine for humor there, too.

There will be much absurdity and hand - wringing as teams jockey to improve their lottery odds and draft position.

Among the sayings and discourses imputed to Him by His biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others, again, of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same Being.

@Nah — It's doesn't take much absurdity or sadness to expose right - wing frauds and fanatics like you and Beck.

Not exact matches

Pretty much everyone, including an editorial in The Globe and Mail, has pointed out the absurdity of this.

It's the fervent beliefs - equal parts absurdity and danger - that cause so much danger to society.

Hamann's humor consists so much in ludicrous involutions of thought and language, and in the cumulative effect of one absurdity heaped atop another, and in the almost sweetly earnest obliviousness of a voice like that of a holy fool that one must almost entirely immerse oneself in his imaginative world in order to enjoy the fruits of his comic genius.

They find passages concerning the futility of seeking too much religious knowledge (5:1 - 6), the absurdity of constant effort to push oneself to religious asceticism, the value of not taking religion too seriously or not praying too much, of not straining oneself for any earthly goal, and of not trying to save the world from all the cruelty and injustice in it (3:16 - 21).

Andy Stanley Explains His «Stinking Selfish» Parents Comment «As much as I wish folks would listen to the entire message, it really doesn't diminish the absurdity of what I said.»

It is the sheer excess — the disproportion of our human bondages and the absurdity resulting from this excess, the grotesque pointlessness of so much of it — that undermines my sense of ultimate meaning as transcendent willing purpose.

But it was people reading everything this politician wrote and elevating those words to a point of absurdity that has done the world so much harm since.

Formerly an adherent, I now dismiss her ideas as two dimensional and extreme to the point of absurdity (just like the Tea Party - and we can all see how much good they've done since invading the House.)

Agreeing to love and trust this history of absurdity, death, and contradictions is much harder, I'm afraid, than just trying to be «good.

The pro-abortion Jeff McMahan explores the absurdities of much abortion - related legislation and the considerations that surround killing babies (born or unborn) and animals.

Scary not so much as it is troublesome when the women in your family who are all very intelligent continue to practice the absurdities of Christianity.

«As much as I wish folks would listen to the entire message, it really doesn't diminish the absurdity of what I said.»

The associated traditional doctrines of «the Fall» and «Original Sin», with all their historical absurdity and however much we may wish to put in their place some better way of stating what they affirm, tell the truth about man.

oh I must stop as I am laughing so much at the absurdity of what I was about to say about Walcott.

I used to watch every Arsenal interview after the games, but now when Wenger speaks I prefer not to bother myself with it too much, but the absurdity of his comments never fails to amaze.

It is absurd, but it is a much better absurdity than the alternative.

Sometimes humor is the most effective way to point absurdities in our culture and behavior as a species (think about how much more palatable The Daily Show makes the news!).

Often reviled in his native United States but worshipped as a genius throughout much of Europe and especially France, Lewis took slapstick comedy to new realms of absurdity and outrageousness, his anarchic vision dividing audiences who found him infantile and witless from those who applauded the ambitions of his sight gags, his subversions of standard comedic patterns, and his films» acute criticisms of American values.

The Sarah Silverman Program is a welcome outlet for Silverman's brand of outlandishness, blessedly stingy with its desire to breach mores, and much more concerned with decorating its late - night comedy turf so that it can welcome any kind of unexpected laugh: shock, parody, irony, insult humor or absurdity.

Much of the movie's charm emanates from the gleeful absurdity imbuing every single piece of the puzzle the three against all odds succeed in putting together.

Blue Ruin is all about escalation, and while its sensibility is Coen, its plot is very much like Shotgun Stories (which is still my favorite film directed by Jeff Nichols), twisting about in the absurdity of a feud.

Either Elizabeth Banks» bizarrely overdressed flack and Stanley Tucci's unctuous TV host are being played more subtly, or real life is catching up to the absurdity of their characters, but they're much more interesting to watch this time around.

From the first couple of lines, co - writer / star Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner immediately establish how much they're willing to sidestep any traditional narrative norm in favor of whatever joke pushes the limits of irreverence, absurdity and extreme silliness.

Having absolutely no faith that the sheer absurdity of the actual circumstances will do much of the work for them, the filmmakers overcompensate, aiming for the lowest common denominator as loud farts, sweaty redneck culture and Wiig's cleavage become major talking points.

Where other directors — Allen, for instance — might treat this same setup and characters with a certain eye - rolling absurdity, Turturro's script, direction, and performance all point to a sober, old - school romanticism that suggests Fioravante's sexual prowess and financial success aren't so much an unlikely professional success story as a burden and a barrier to the life he wants to be living.

It is the mismatch of stereotypes that provides much of the comedy: Chris's best friend with his, mostly, improvised dialogue and the septuagenarian diction and speech patterns emerging from the servants and hat man who interact all too briefly with our hero at the party mixes absurdity with blackly comic moments that delight and add the right amount of quirky fear to the formula.

The other plot holes are so numerous I have no room to elaborate but I continue to be bewildered at how many people were so dazzled by the special effects and novelty of a new Jurassic Park film that they not only dismissed the absurdity happening in front of them but praised a film that pretty much spits on its source material.

Best - case scenario: You're a Maddin fan, in which case the onslaught of shape - shifting absurdity — lovingly crafted to look like footage that's been moldering in a vault somewhere for much of the past century — will constitute a nonstop delight.

If you don't have a taste for the absurdity of the story and style, the movie doesn't have much to offer and devolves into a bloody bore.

The second is spoken to a Bar Mitzvah boy by a wizened old rabbi, quoting Jefferson Airplane in a scene that (like much of the film) teeters on the edge between anguish and absurdity.

Friedkin revels in the neo-noir absurdities of these dipshit criminals: the way a pair of leg - breakers explain that their boss «really likes» the guy they're about to beat senseless, for instance, or how much flesh - and - blood family members can truly despise each other.

Being able to survive and thrive in these contexts depends on the ability to detach, see the absurdity, not take oneself too seriously, not personalize, not become defensive and, as much as possible, laugh with some degree of frequency.

His straight - talk about the absurdity of America's test obsession, failure to meet or even acknowledge the needs of an increasingly diverse student population, and a «reform» movement that has reformed nothing, failed at much and distracted from students» very real needs is a telling portal on what's really going on in American education today.

While the foreigner, much as he wants to be liked, also feels somewhere deep inside that he's really done the Argentines a favor, by being here in this country at all, and then associating with them, inviting them to his home, the Argentine is overly conscious of the foreigner's absurdity.

It could have been badly done in a way that made light of Lincoln's tragic life, but it was much better and more serious than I'd expected (besides the obvious absurdity of the premise).

Although his life is certainly much happier now than when he was hooked on drugs or working as a department store elf, Sedaris still finds plenty of absurdity in the airports, hotels, book tours and vacation - home renovations that now fill his days.

Much of what Barker reports is rather disturbing, and her talent is for capturing the absurdity of a horrible situation.

Since the picture hasn't changed much, and the absurdity of ebook content disappearing from devices still reigns in 2016, I've asked Mr. Lorch for permission to publish the story again.

It contrasts strongly with something like Frog Fractions — as Frog Fractions folded back on itself and rocketed off into sheer absurdity, I didn't mind too much, because all it left behind was a silly math game.

While the debate over the merits of points as an intrinsic motivator is a much more complicated one best left for another time, it is easy to see that here, the scoring system's primary goal is to enhance the absurdity.

Drawing from the art - historical lineage of cubism, cartoons, figurative painting and gestural abstraction, and appropriating subjects from mythology, advertising, print culture and consumerism, Comic Future is as much about the breakdown of the human condition as it is about the absurdities which define the perils of human evolution.

Self - reflective absurdity, melancholy, and humor are conveyed through his slow but loose painting style as much as through his subject matter.

Drawing from the art - historical lineage of cubism, graffiti, cartoons, figurative painting and gestural abstraction, and appropriating subjects from mythology, advertising, print culture and consumerism, Aaron Curry's eagerly awaited survey exhibition at CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux next summer is as much about the breakdown of the human condition as it is the absurdities that define the perils of human evolution.

Much to his own irritation and amusement, Brett Murray continues to feel the urge to expose the absurdities of the powerful with biting satire.

Taking his title from Goya's monumental series of etchings filled with images of human folly, vice and absurdity, Restrepo's Los Caprichos cover much the same territory in contemporary terms.