Sentences with phrase «nudgingly ironic tone»

Glover's memo contained the same ironic tone that has resulted in skyrocketing viewership on Funny Or Die's own website, its YouTube channel and a handful of productions for traditional TV networks, including HBO and TBS.

Forgive / as well my penchant for ironic tone...»

Students veer into other disciplines, and our culture as a whole adopts an ironic tone, a defense mechanism we may regret but which is entirely understandable in an intellectual environment of unmasking and critique.

Hirsch, his eyes darting wildly as he shuffles with a nervous tic, throws himself into the role of cartoon villain — but he's second fiddle to Plaza, whose typical eye - rolling antics sync with the ironic tone.

The assured, ironic tone of the presentation cements the comedic approach, with the laughs flowing from the deadpan introductory sequence.

Bottle lacks the gratuitous violence, ceaseless profanity, and dark, ironic tone of Tarantino's work.

The filmmakers are aiming for a cynical and ironic tone akin to that found in Joseph Wambaugh stories about harassed and corrupt cops on the take.

The first graphic novel ever nominated for the National Book Award and winner of the 2007 Printz Award, its twisting narrative, ironic tone, classical page composition, and deep, human insights stand alone but could also make an excellent contrast for the straight narrative, epic sweep, experimental art, and deep, human insights of another graphic novel that explores themes of immigration, Shaun Tan's The Arrival (2007).

Also, it established an ironic tone, which I needed for the novel.

Rockstar has managed to capture some core elements of modern American society with its video games while also using an ironic tone when it comes to storytelling and world building.

Not exact matches

If you can read Galatians with the idea that Paul was writing with a somewhat sarcastic, or ironic, tone of voice, the letter will make a whole lot more sense to you.

In truth, if he could speak to us today as clearly as he did to earlier generations, it would not be in the amiable tones of someone familiar to us but in a distant, almost prophetic voice, full of ironic moral reproach.

Sometimes they have a fun graphic - which is usually very carefully chosen to reflect «what I want to say «and mostly have some ironic or happy tone, or occasionally are striped.

This coat is one of the nicest plaid coats I've ever owned, it's on sale too, and while being «blue» in winter is kind of ironic, this tone mix actually makes me quite happy.

An eight - part fantasy epic with a dead - serious tone — and the unusual goal in these facetious movie days of being iconic, not ironic — the Harry Potter films of course had the benefit of a bedrock constituency: the tens of millions of worldwide fans of J.K. Rowling's wizardly septology.

Perkins outlines the key components of the cycle, namely: ironic detachment, a blank and apathetic tone, an episodic structure (as opposed to traditional act - based structure), strong musicality, wry sarcasm, economy of storytelling and an overwhelming focus on the abstract idea of family.

Her premise is that, by taking an ironic and detached tone to its subject matter, smart cinema found a way to undermine traditional American film while still affirming its core values: human connection and optimism.

Although demonstrably dark in tone, there is enough to lighten the mood with often self - aware and intentionally ironic humour within that provides counterpoint to the tragi - heroic events in which Ray and Ken are caught up.

Ironic considering the tone Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin were going for, but this also makes her the most pleasing from a costume standpoint.

Changing the look and tone of the film entirely, the finale is either optimistic or ironic — a typical Hollywood ending or a jab at the typical Hollywood ending.

Shyamalan's laughably wooden — and just plain laughable — fantasy epic is a melange of bad acting, terrible effects and a tone - deaf script that never even has the guts to play its ludicrousness for ironic purposes, so goodness knows how Newton Howard must have responded when seeing the rushes for the first time.

It is just that the balance and tone and hyper - ironic stance are more suited to the comic book material than nudge - nudge wink - wink Schwartzenegger action beats.

Where a lot of films of this type feel like a comedy sketch drawn out long past being funny, «Talladega Nights» keeps working all the way up the end without dropping its ironic and absurdist tone, and ends up being not just a good comedy but a fairly satisfying sports film as well, neither of which is that easy to do.

Like the works of Voltaire, a contemporary of the times the film is set, and to whom the film pays constant homage, the tone is one of a comedy of madness, so grim and uncanny at times that it transcends misery to the point where one can only view some of the events as dastardly ironic and bleakly humorous.

One would have to assume ironic in tone, simply because the allusion is so overt.

Beneath the ironic language and edgy tone of Eggers» account of raising his brother after his parents» deaths is a genuine story of family love.

Born in Tucson, Arizona, the artist has been a chronicler of his country's heterogenous identity through an equally complex visual and textual narrative, merging text and imagery under an ironic and humorous tone.

Rather, the disparate elements of his practice each offer an opportunity for Messina to articulate his recognizable tone and perspective, marked in equal measures by ironic wit, humour and earnest observation.

I find this ironic given that you are presumably on the same side of the argument as Dan Kahan who is quoted as saying [T] here's good reason to believe that the self - righteous and contemptuous tone with which the «scientific consensus» point is typically advanced («assault on reason,» «the debate is over» etc.) deepens polarization.

This post used a number of stylistic writing techniques to achieve an informal tone: a casual, long parenthetical aside in the middle of a sentence; the use of «we» for the blogger's voice; contractions; ironic asides; and a mix of grammatically correct sentences and an intentional sentence fragment for emphasis.

The tone of all the judgements is tough and direct... It is ironic that a leading case should have such contentious and divided judgments.