Sentences with phrase «parody without»

Everything here borders on parody without quite crossing the line (although March's goofiness almost pushes it there — not in a bad way).

Not exact matches

«Without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and an exaggerated parody of extremism.»

Poe's law states that without a blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of extremism or fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.

Well, now, YouTuber IntoTheBarrier turned Verstappen's tendency to win «Driver of the Day» into a brilliant parody — Mad Max can win the award without even competing in the events.

The best parody accounts do seem to be the ones that can create a whole new persona for a footballing figure that is funny without being able to describe why.

It may not rise to the level of such a classic, but tonally it's reminiscent of Young Frankenstein, a work that at once parodied the Shelley story in broad comic terms while also being supremely in awe of the James Whale film, right down to using original set pieces and compositions to mirror without any form of irony the source material.

Antal, who is 36, is part of the generation that grew up with movies like this, and he's savvy about what makes them work without falling into self - parody.

Skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody.

Without the two leads being so likeable, this movie would have become another cop parody to join a long list of forgotten flicks.

Further to that, Darkest Dungeon's tone is already so at the limit; so despairing in the absolute and cosmic sense, I couldn't imagine topping what had gone before without straying into the realm of mindless parody.

Without passing any judgement on the actual film, can I just say that a film called «La French» with Jean Dujardin at Cannes sounds like the kind of parody you'd see in a South Park episode about the Cannes filmfestival.

Perhaps intended as loving homage, «The Better Angels» instead borders deeply on self - serious parody, virtually utilizing a checklist of every stylistic trope Edwards» cinematic maharishi uses — hushed ponderous voice - over about the nature of life; that gliding camera; dancing wide - angle shots; jump cuts; dancing in fields; a spiritual connection to nature — and one by one employing them all without a trace of ironic self - awareness.

It's too predicated on knowing the subject matter and what's being parodied to stand on its own without that knowledge.

Without even touching on the celebrity cameos (Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tobey Macguire show up to add realism to the Hollywood parody feel), Stiller has assembled a powerhouse cast.

Altman's juxtapositions continuously undercut his characters, providing a lens of slight caricature without stooping to absolute parody.

It won't take a genius to figure out, even without having seen the skit on SNL, that MacGruber is a parody of the hit TV show MacGyver, wherein the titular hero saves the day using a genius combination of innocuous items to construct some incredibly tool.

In its defense, the character of Harry Callahan had been spoofed so many times over the years, it was hard to get a handle on him without resorting to self - parody, which was very evident in the previous film, Sudden Impact, where Harry seemed to have lost all claims on his humanity.

It would be hard to make a worse movie than «American Assassin» without things devolving into outright parody.

Utilizing his weirdo inflections from Peggy Sue Got Married, Cage manages to channel his familiar space - case into an unlikely outlet and pump it with quiet desperation — dare I say pathos — without even the smallest hint of the self - parody that's plagued him of late.

It almost goes without saying that along the way, there are a number of parodies of highly - attended mainstream American films.

Jamie Foxx — Ray The tightrope one must walk to capture the true eccentricity of our most eccentric figures without being a full blown parody must be razor thin, but Jamie Foxx... Continue reading →

As a result, Far from Heaven ironizes without parodying an antique screen manner, then reaches out from beneath this smooth cover to grab us.

Even without reading or watching Fist of the North Star, most anime / manga fans probably are somewhat familiar with it thanks to the countless number of parodies and homages found in other series.

There was nothing cringe inducing here, the dialogue was stylized enough to hark back to the hard - boiled / noir of the 40's / 50's without falling into parody or made to feel strained.

This means that certain parts of a book can be used for educational purposes, parody or commentary without asking for permission.

The game's clever in how it parodies it's unfortunate victims, poking fun at the many clichés, tropes and idiosyncrasies of the genre without falling foul of the very same problems itself.

Even if it's a parody, it doesn't make this exempt - look at Garfield Without Garfield, it still had to be approved by Jim Davis.

Farts VS Zombies is the result of a combination of genres and the parody of multiple existing games that no «gamer» can do without.

The heavy themes have a light - heartedness about them without slipping into parody.

Luckily, it makes its statement without a heavy hand, with its tongue firmly in cheek through parody and the occasional pop culture reference.

The game even parodied adventure game conventions in general with a zany sequence where Guybrush would solve a number of ridiculous puzzles off - screen without the player's help.

A TT Games Lego game isn't a TT Games Lego game without an injection of humor, parody and sarcasm, and this new trailer delivers all of the above.

Painting, Parody & Disguise, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio --(Group / Curator) I Can't Spell Group Without A You, Lovey Town, Madison, Wisconsin --(Group) Weight of the Sky, Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio --(Two Person)

Think of Sue Williams without the ability to emulate or parody Abstract Expressionism.

Whereas the then - fashionable neo-Expressionists combined images pastiched from eclectic cultural sources with a loose painterly style, Jensen renewed the symbolist impulse that fueled the work of late American Romantics and early American Modernists such as Albert Pinkham Ryder and Marsden Hartley without resorting to parody or kitsch.

Painter and sculptor Thomas Scheibitz is sharp, smart, and funny without devolving into parody or citation.

Roy Dowell's is a mythopoesis nurtured through a modernism of archaic forms without parody, informed through tribal arts, the zone inhabited by early 20th - century artists and mid-century artists alike.

At the same time, Allen seems to want to embrace the work of certain talismanic figures without resorting to satire or parody.

«I am disappointed that a scientist like Judy would repeat what smacks of junk science without even raising an eyebrow, and worse yet, proposing that a perfectly sound name be changed to «Tyndall effect» without bothering to check whether there is any substantive justification for this urban legend that originated with Wood's parody of a physics experiment.»

«Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of fundamentalism that someone won't mistake for the real thing.»

Unfortunately Brian H, we are now at the point in the «climate science debate» (among others) where straight forward reporting, parody, satire, and just plain bald faced lying are indistinguishable without doing a good deal of research to determine just which case obtains.

So we end up in a formal setting where national representatives can, without the slightest whiff of self - parody, spend hours hashing out the bloodless official language of a COP decision, where the difference between a «should» and a «shall» could direct billions of dollars and change many millions of lives.

«Pondering E-Discovery Without Those Pesky Humans Main Goodbye to Leslie Nielsen, a Parody Law Icon»

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«Whatever the case, the results are excellent: the iPhone X OLED is bright, sharp, vibrant without verging into parody, and generally a constant pleasure to look at.

The iPhone X OLED is bright, sharp, vibrant without verging into parody, and generally a constant pleasure to look at.

Soon there are hundreds of parody catalogs presumably with the same content but without any safeguards or singular guaranty of integrity.