Sentences with phrase «n't satire»

This article is horrific, even if it isn't satire....

Perhaps that's why Weitz has himself claimed that his new film isn't a satire, but a comedy.

Yet Kick - Ass isn't a satire so much as a shrine — a celebration of not simply what we love when we go to the movies, but also what the movies inspire us to be on drowsy Saturday afternoons, drunk on Mexican stand - offs, cops and killers acting like brothers, and physics that bend just enough to allow our heroes to run on walls, dodging bullets in their dark sunglasses.

This isn't satire, after all, or a Richard Pryor movie where the inability to see precludes knowing what colour you are.

No, this isn't satire, long dead and buried.

No, this isn't satire.

Actually, I'm saying they both sound silly, but specifically, if it's not satire, then how do you back this up?»

In fact, all of the evidence (the genuine earnestness of the couples, the tears, the presence of Madonna, the fact it took place on stage at the Grammys) indicated that this was not satire.

(This is meant to be humorous but not satire.

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.

This is not smart, this is not funny, this is not satire - it is just a piece of crap.

Not all satires manage to operate on that more visceral level.

The main intent of Notting Hill, however, is not satire but romance, and Curtis and Michell have crafted a truly enchanting one.

But after the pleasure of recognition has worn off, these scenes don't do anything with the material: It's quotation, not satire.

It's not a satire.

«American Dreamz» is a comedy, not a satire.

Drop City is not a satire or a nostalgic look at the sixties, though its evocation of the period is presented with a truth and clarity that no book on that era has achieved.

So, the question of GTA V being a satire — a term that Rockstar seems to be taking great pride in after GTAIV and want to hold onto is resolved: it's not a satire.

Although underlying serious subject matter may reside within many of the artworks at Frieze, whether drawn from the past or highlighting today's topics, this year's fair is a vast reflection of societal truths, if not satire.

It would waste (assuming the goal is not satire) too much space to put research articles in publications proving the moon is made of cheese (it's got craters, Swiss cheese has holes, by Glen Beck style logic: ergo...) or that the moon landings were faked or that the Earth is flat, or that purified water can do magic, or that you can get jewelry by staring at it through a shop window, or that a bacterial flagellum could not have evolved, — you know, common sense stuff like that...

Not exact matches

Facebook acknowledged there is a «fine line between false news and satire or opinion,» and therefore it will not remove false news from the site but it will reduce its distribution by placing it lower in the News Feed.

Not unlike Wolfe, his satire of the modern world's oversized egos occasionally turns his characters into cartoons (Yount's wife is a socialite who is selfish to absurdity.

And here I am not speaking of the elite among us who were the real Resistants, but of all Frenchmen who, at every hour of the night and day throughout four years, answered No [Jean - Paul Satire in The Republic of Silence, edited by A. J. Liebling (Harcourt, 1947)-RSB-.

The movie might attempt to co-opt the book's problems into satire, but since that repurposing uses the exact same nerd - worship tactics, it can't rise above hypocrisy.

Your article is not well thought out and your remarks are full of satire.

But in the meantime, Dan put his own frustration to work and created this handy «Year of Biblical Womanhood Genre Cheat Sheet» for those who may be confused by literary genres and do not know the difference between, say, satire and biblical exegesis.

The fact that it's a satire doesn't mean people don't take its underlying message seriously.

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

Mockery, satire and sarcasm aren't simply mean - spirited responses, they're rhetorical weapons in the hands of those on the bottom.

It shouldn't be a surprise if there are people who disagree with us and use humor or satire to express their differing opinion.

I discovered, however, that Percy's satire is not merely negative and destructive.

Except for the political satire (a side of Keillor rarely exhibited on the radio), they are generally midwestern, and celebrate baseball, small towns, «shy rights» («why not pretty soon?»)

If I thought the distortion we now confront were only a small one, I should not be obliged to bring in the dangerous big guns of satire.

Satire and strong words can be effective, but these should not be the norm.

whether or not this is satire or an actual opinon the sad this is that many right winger bible bangers actually think this way

Colin... I am not «confusing» anything... while you are very book - smart, it seems that satire goes right over your head.

If Tesla thinks Rush is comedy, or satire, he doesn't know the meaning of the words.

Making parodies and satire is NOT A CRIME HERE!!!

Don't believe the hype promoting 3 - D; seek out the daring, witty confrontations of the oppositional satires of Neveldine «Taylor.

Well as a regular reader of the onion, I can assure you that satire was directed at religious people, not atheists.

Have you guys ever heard of satire??? You aren't looking into the deeper meaning of the music, just what you see on the surface.

If you can not tell that something is a joke or think the world would be better without satire or public joking, you're unlikely to be a great witness to God's joy.

Satire, however, need not induce laughter, and I heard none in the theater at Lincoln Center during the 142 minutes it takes for Christian to upend his career by discovering some boundaries that he ought not to have crossed.

I'd pass your cartoon on to Andrew Linzey, except I am sure he wouldn't see the funny side of the satire.

Don't you know that the grossness and absurdity of psychoanalytic language is beyond satire?

Satire is not a dying art, I'm glad to see.

Still, I don't think it's a matter of American prissiness to suggest that «satire» doesn't capture the prevailing cast of mind displayed in Charlie Hebdo, which has always struck me as far more nihilistic than satirical.

And for it to be an object of satire although not always with a negative slant.

Ultimately Eberstadt achieves her goal of showing that atheism is not beyond satire and in fact contains much that is laughable.

Perhaps it's because The Simpsons is an equal - opportunity satire: it shrewdly targets all sorts of foibles and hypocrisies, not just religious ones.