Sentences with phrase «own poetic justice»

In what Gundlach called an «example of poetic justice,» Silicon Valley, with social media services including Facebook as well as Twitter (twtr), helped carry Trump to victory — and now their shareholders are paying the price.

So with poetic justice, it was in the same position as the subprime borrowers whose junk mortgages it had underwritten and sold to investors gullible enough to believe Moody's and Standard and Poor's AAA ratings.

And whether that be a powerful lawyer (if you can afford one), a body or institution or ultimately, God, a «higher power» or universal poetic justice — whatever you want to call it then the only thing that can be done is leave it to that power.

And in Poetic Justice she seeks to expand her range: from a primary interest in the personal dimensions of ethics to the social and political implications of the philosophical - literary enterprise.

In her recent book, Poetic Justice, Martha Nussbaum directly accepts the Socratic challenge.

It would be poetic justice.

Poetic justice.

The classic detective story can not exist apart from the principles of the existence of good and evil and of poetic justice.

The reversal must result in poetic justice; an evil protagonist can not be rewarded by the achievement of power and prestige.

Ted Young Santa Fe, NM In his otherwise interesting review of my Poetic Justice, Alan Jacobs writes, «Nussbaum's lack of discernible interest in religion has not prevented the University of Chicago Divinity School from assigning her a course in Theological Ethics.»

The keepers of those myths that you probably have the most issue with, somewhat successfully changed the meaning of the word myth to the word lie... to make their own myths (which they called parables and which were presented more in allegorical than historical form), to in their minds be perceived more as truth... and in God's own poetic justice, now have their cherished tales of perceived morality thrown into the same category by those who make the same efforts at understnding the meanings.

But to John there is «poetic justice» in the inscription.

Poetic justice happens and when I got married fruitcake was part of the deal, a large family's holiday favorite.

Is that poetic justice, or what?

Now that's poetic justice.

And now, in a tremendous bit of poetic justice, Russell Westbrook has signed his Durant Rule contract with the Thunder, committing to Oklahoma City until 2023.

Do you believe in Kharma, payback, poetic justice or whatever you want to call it??

Almost poetic justice,» Kings coach John Stevens said.

Poetic justice.

Kansas got their own poetic justice when Mizzou lost to Oklahoma again, the next week in San Antonio.

Poetic Justice

So a certain poetic justice was served when he found himself logging enough playoff miles to circumnavigate the globe.

you will all just hav to make do with the french, who only sing when their winning as an arsenal fan i will cheer on our french players in the comp with the dirty taste in my mouth of poetic justice... anelka deflection, henry hand to foot to gallas....

Kosc outstanding in every way: the winner was poetic justice for the terrible call, although the header did take skill.

With Ramsey playing so well, even though Stoke are trying to expand their footballing horizons without Tony Pulis in charge, Arsenal fans are hoping for some poetic justice with the Welshman continuing his scoring form this weekend.

The poetic justice is, that Labour are going to be reduced to third party status (if they're lucky!)

«Poetic justice is the only true justice in the world - and I say that married to a lawyer!

There is a modest poetic justice to the way things worked out.

Since it was Gordon Brown's gang who executed that coup, it would be poetic justice for him to go the same way.

Janet Jackson was a total trendsetter in Poetic Justice.

Long box braids gained notoriety in the 90's, thanks in part to John Singleton's iconic film «Poetic Justice».

Poncho: Steve Madden Jeans: Poetic Justice Boots: Torrid (similar — see fit notes below) Bag: DSW (similar)

There's also a moment of poetic justice in which he's forced to eat what he dishes out so much (I admit with a bit of shame that it's the movie's funniest scene).

Has a profoundly whimsical sense of poetic justice told in bright colors, sincere performances, and bracing social satire.

Poetic Justice is like that - so much worse than it should have been, and yet, for brief shining moments, so much better than any other 2 - star film in sight.

He made his feature film debut in 1992 with the film Juice and followed it up co-starring with Janet Jackson in Poetic Justice in 1993.

Poetic Justice is much more self - indulgent and self - consciously arty and shows [Singleton's] directorial inexperience in almost every scene.

Guided by a crow, he doles poetic justice to the criminal scum that caused him and others pain.

(It may take more digging to find the 1983 series reboot starring David Soul, but that may simply be poetic justice.)

I find it ironic or poetic justice that the critics pan this movie while the public sings its praises.

Besides the new Shaft, the only Singleton film that was a clunker was 1993's Poetic Justice, otherwise he has some great films.

Even as the perfect crime collapses in betrayal and the irrational impulses of human nature, The Asphalt Jungle is a model of elegant construction, street - level tragedy, and poetic justice, a film that both embraces the romance of the criminal code and acknowledges the mercenary impulses of outsiders and upstarts who have no code.

Their fates are intertwined from the opening chapter to the closing, but Tarantino isn't so obvious as to deliver the expected poetic justice.

A fine example of poetic justice.

In an ironic twist, and perhaps some may think of this as poetic justice, the studio decided to cut out a Rebecca Romijn - Stamos (X-Men) nude scene and some shots of excessive violence and gore.

Throughout the film, her mother, Gillooly, his idiot friend (Paul Walter Hauser) and a Hard Copy producer (Bobby Cannavale) offer their own opinions about her life, painting the picture of a mercurial, but perhaps misunderstood woman looking for some poetic justice in a world that's abandoned her.

While chaos and bloodshed rule the world of protagonist Rocket and those of his generation — psychotic druglord Li» l Zé, groovy playboy Benny and solemn Knockout Ned (singer Seu Jorge, in his breakout role)-- City of God elucidates an underlying symmetry, exhibiting if not poetic justice, then the street version of the same.

Wounded and on the lam, Blake falls under the watch of the outcast Nobody (Gary Farmer), a Native American without a tribe, who guides his companion on a spiritual journey, teaching him to dispense poetic justice along the way.

It's an exceedingly cleverly pieced together puzzle of a movie with criss - crossing storylines that depend on a tremendous amount of dramatically apropos coincidence that tangle up into a narratively satisfying (if hardly surprising) neat little knot of poetic justice.

Only Poetic Justice, which cast him across from Janet Jackson, would gross more among Shakur's output.