Sentences with phrase «rich social commentary»

But rich social commentary shall not be found here.

The scenes play for laughs (and often achieve them), skating over the sexual subtext that could have made for some rich social commentary.

Not exact matches

This is almost like a lost movie from my teenhood, a forgotten relic of the late 70s, early 80s, when even summer comedies came with a touch of social commentary and a bit of class consciousness — when they ate the rich instead of aspiring to be one of them.

There's a rich vein of social commentary in The Mangler (just as there was in Englund's other masquerade ball, A Nightmare on Elm Street), most of it dealing with the Industrial Revolution and small - town castes like those found in King's The Eyes of the Dragon and «Dark Tower» series, but it's buried deep and it's unlikely there's much value in mining it out.

It works as a murder mystery, a comedy of manners, a human drama, and a social commentary simply by providing a rich tapestry of characters and relationships, status and class.

The L.A. Times compares Attica Locke's debut thriller, Black Water Rising, to Dennis Lehane and Scott Turow; «a near - perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations and an action - oriented plot that, after it kicks in, moves rapidly toward some explosive revelations.»

Featuring three works, the Israeli artist's first solo show in Berlin is relatively modest at first sight, yet each of these pieces is rich with historical references, social commentary, and is the result of formal contemplations about the nature of the reproduced image.

From Ghana to Venice and back All the World's Futures, curator Okwui Enwezor's conspicuous project for the2015 Venice Biennale, certainly served up content - rich, social and political commentary.

Diana W. Thompson, in her Huntington blog post, writes, «Combined with Pittman's brilliant draftsmanship and acidic color, the images advance an astute and acerbic social commentary embedded in narratives rich with real and invented mythologies.»

Combined with Pittman's brilliant draftsmanship and acidic color, the images advance an astute and acerbic social commentary embedded in narratives rich with real and invented mythologies.