Sentences with phrase «satire came»

Coinciding with the height of the information age and the rise of modern branding, what began as satire came to define the world today.

The satire comes in the early post-war period when Americans were still not that aware of how they were being manipulated by hucksters to hawk their products on the radio and films were just getting ready to deal with that subject after a number of books and magazine articles were written tearing into advertisers.

Not exact matches

This satire on war and politics came out in 1933, and Mussolini banned the film in Italy.

But satire is only satire when it comes from a position of weakness or involves self - mockery.

Woza Albert, written and presented by two spectacularly energetic young black Africans, is a dazzling set of skits and mime that works off the single premise of Christ staging his Second Coming in South Africa; it is comic apocalyptic that sizzles with satire.

Sometimes reality is far in advance of satire when it comes to absurdity.

Hans Fiene has come up with a brand new Lutheran Satire episode: «A Christian and a Feminist Almost Agree on Stuff.»

The expression is used so often now, it almost comes off as satire when a woman uses it.

Yeah... but... not to be a total snob (because I came from the area of whence I speak) there's a lot of America that just doesn't get satire as an art form.

The end of deference that began with 1960s satire has come to the Tories too.

Oh my - Bay comes packed with satire related to racial and ethnic stereotypes.

'' EDtv,» Howard's latest clever - concept production, looks, for a while, like it might shake free of the director's usual Velveeta patness, if only because the movie itself comes on as a hip, knowing satire of the packaged omnivorousness of contempo TV culture.

Critics Consensus: Bamboozled is too heavy - handed in its satire and comes across as more messy and overwrought than biting.

Critics Consensus: Idiocracy delivers the hilarity and biting satire that could only come from Mike Judge.

Critic Consensus: Idiocracy delivers the hilarity and biting satire that could only come from Mike Judge.

I get the idea of satire, and purposely playing up buffonery, but come on, there's no way to incorrectly guess how something like this would be received.

So Bulworth, played by a magically revitalized Warren Beatty, who has directed this political satire with jubilant wit and energy, sits blubbering amid his Kennedy - era mementoes, realizing that he's come to the end of the line.

In Arcand's skilled hands, this sassy assembly comes together to be a comedy, a satire and a character study that's somehow not a bit condescending.

In the end, the whole enterprise comes off as too clever for its own good, a social satire without a clear target.

If Verhoeven's intention was to make a satire of Las Vegas as a place of exploitation and hypocrisy then his film is brilliant, but it does feel like he is trying to make something serious, which makes its hilarious campy vibe come off as trashy and completely unintentional.

At 46, Paul Rudd has a terrific career in comedy, including raucous silliness (Anchorman 2), clever satire (They Came Together), rom - coms (Admission) and indie comedy - dramas (Prince Avalance) in the last two years alone.

The horror movie / social satire, which plays with the very real fears that come with being a young black man in today's America, is a confident, assured work crammed full of wit, clever twists and surprising depth.

Kathleen Hepburn's Never Steady, Never Still, a meditative portrait of a mother's battle with Parkinson's while her son comes to terms with his identity, is nominated for Best Canadian Film along with two other exceptional first features: Cory Bowles» Black Cop, a timely satire about an African - Canadian police officer who fights back against entitled white citizens, and Antoine Bourges» Fail to Appear, a quiet and precise study of institutional systems of support available for those on parole.

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Jordan Peele's social satire horror «Get Out» and James Ivory's adaptation of the coming - of - age novel «Call Me By Your Name» have won the top honors from the Writers Guild of America.

Hence when a film entitled I Love You Phillip Morris comes around, you can be forgiven for thinking that you're in for a satire along the lines of Jason Reitman's first feature Thank You For Smoking, or a whistle - blower drama akin to Michael Mann's Oscar - nominated The Insider.

It's a bit of vague satire that comes across as heavy - handed and hollow.

Highlights of the coming season include Maxine Peake as Hamlet, Kristin Scott Thomas as Electra, Lindsay Lohan in a Mamet satire, the shocking installation piece Exhibit B and a fresh take on Treasure Island

There are hints of global political satire, where at the end of the day, no one is really the good guy and that it all comes down to who's responsible for the lowest body count.

It starts off as a heist comedy but then becomes a class satire, with Allen playing a working - class criminal who longs for wealth but distrusts the bourgeois culture that comes with it.

As social satire, it is as sharp as they come.

Completely overrun by pratfalls, slapstick, and mean - spiritedness, Christmas with the Kranks never even comes close to being a satire on the falseness of the spirit of Christmas, especially when it tries to be all warm and fuzzy as it nears the end.

Birdman serves as a dark satire on everything about the movie biz — the bean counting deliberateness that spawns a world of superhero movies; the way talent is ignored if it comes from the wrong sources; the potential for critics to abuse their craft and the way such a nomadic industry can affect family.

Julianne Moore is going to be a big player this year, with nominations for Maps to the Stars (a horrifyingly brutal satire that bizarrely comes into the comedy / musical section) and as a support in Still Alice.

Its main competitors for Best Picture are now the horror - satire Get Out and the teen coming - of - age dramedy Lady Bird, each of which received nominations for their screenplays as well as Best Picture and Director nods.

The small miracle of First Reformed is that its outrageousness — which flirts with satire, symbolism, climate fears, and the stuff of cheap thrillers yet still finds room for a transcendently goofy psychedelic sequence — should come from a place of subtlety.

In the grand tradition of «Night of the Living Dead» comes a film, from writer - director Jordan Peele, that functions as both frightening horror thriller and racially conscious satire that confronts the dark underbelly of American racism in its more insidious, less obvious forms.

It's worth pointing out, because Cera — ever the boyish one — once again plays a teenager in his latest film, the sexually frustrated, coming - of - age satire «Youth in Revolt,» which opens today.

by Melissa Wellham A classic Silent film, a satire and a collection of Scorsese shorts - Melissa takes a look at some recent and up - coming DVD releases.

And a touch of vintage English cynicism comes courtesy of Alec Guinness, Dennis Price and director Robert Hamer, in Ealing's enduring satire Kind Hearts and Coronets, now re-released.

While the film revels in its frat boy humor and irreverent satire, it does wallow in the cheesiest of period trappings including disco, shag haircuts and sadly, a misogyny that comes with the territory.

From Mexican writer / producer / director and all - around film - making extraordinaire; Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Amores Perros, Babel), comes what is perhaps one of the most ambitious, intelligent and accomplished Hollywood satires ever to be committed to celluloid.

«It's not «Formation» at all,» Kahn said when the subject of his Twitter war with the Beyhive came up during a Times chat about «Bodied,» his unapologetically brazen satire about race, hip - hop, cultural appropriation and freedom of speech.

I couldn't have chosen wiser — Guilluame Canet's movie star satire Rock»n Roll is as broad and goofy and absurd as they come, and while it might overstay its welcome (I'd say no comedy should run over two hours but Toni Erdmann did recently prove that golden rule incorrect) it's also a lively good - natured farce that had the audience half rolling in the aisles.

He shows he is definitely no Mel Brooks when it comes to ribald satires, as his attempt to stage the comedy is as futile as his previous effort, The Pineapple Express (which featured both Franco as and McBride in a supporting role), and the result appears ugly, with bright textures, phony - looking backdrops, and wounds that look every bit of the CG quality they are.

The Stepford Wives meets Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in Get Out (2017), the directorial debut of writer / comedian Jordan Peele, a tricky and successful mix of social satire, modern horror, and savvy commentary on race as experienced by a person of color in a largely white society.

Damon stars in a pair of movies coming out this awards season: George Clooney's crime mystery Suburbicon and Alexander Payne's sci - fi satire Downsizing.

From the self - aware product placement (a Coca - Cola machine comes to a hilariously destructive end) to a bravura split - screen murder sequence, fans will take to this razor - sharp satire like a knife to a pulsing throat.

There is always a fine line when it comes to satire, and Friends with Benefits comes awfully close to that ever changing line, but it worked for me.

Of course, Natural Born Killers is supposed to be a deadly critique of the media, but that's the kind of circular reasoning one has come to expect from the Hollywood virtual - reality bank — satire as celebration, or vice versa.