Sentences with phrase «such pop culture»

To treat humans, and in this case an especially talented set of humans, as old cars to be run into the ground is one of the great under - reported and truly terrible practices of an industry with such pop culture cache.

Randall is an enthusiastic narrator who leavens her prose with references to such pop culture phenomena as the group Talking Heads («And you may ask yourself, Am I right?

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Everyone's favorite astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk Radio is a comedic podcast where deGrasse Tyson discusses science, pop culture and more with some of today's hottest names in tech, such as Elon Musk and Alexis Ohanian.

Such is the appeal — and the economic power — of gaming, a medium whose shadow has expanded to eclipse music, movies, and television on the pop culture landscape.

That is, pop culture studies can not simply be about conservatives (or Christians, or Great Books educators) dwelling upon the best moments of such culture, or otherwise using it to prove the relevance of the traditions they want to convey.

Pop culture and the media has done such a good job turning America into one large Ghetto Trailer Park:)

His work has been featured across the web on topics such as religion, pop culture, technology and more.

Hirsch may be right in claiming that literate culture is far less exclusive than ethnic culture or pop culture or youth culture, but these do not require the mastery of such comprehensive vocabularies as does the national culture he seeks to promote.

She presents a uniquely perceptive view of pop culture with arresting titles such as Is Food the New Sex?

Popcorn start - up Culture Pop is blending French gastronomy and healthy on - the - go snacks with its premium popcorn flavoured with specialty ingredients such as white truffle.

Names such as Hermione and Iris have enjoyed revivals of late due to some pop culture references.

The trends this year include pop culture influences such as The «Glee» Effect (Finn and Quinn), The «Mad Men» Effect (Betty) and The «Disney Princess» Effect (Demi and Tiana), and two new ones — The Olympic Effect (Bode, Shaun and Apollo are all up) and The Tea Party Effect (Dean and Carly are trending up).

Famed literary Charlotte's such as Charlotte Bronte and the beloved children's novel, Charlotte's Webb, as well as pop culture parents have given in to the name's charm.

It's a social pattern that has been a central theme of television shows such as «Modern Family,» «The Office,» «Sex & the City,» «Will & Grace,» and other pop culture movies and television programs for years.

Greenberg provides broad - ranging information on all matters Passenger Pigeon, from prehistory to post-extinction pop culture, and yet the book neither drags nor natters... I especially enjoyed the coverage of Pigeon ecology and their impacts on the landscape, a necessarily speculative but rich and vital subject that I have not seen covered in such depth elsewhere in the popular literature.

However, even better than popping a pill is regularly consuming cultured foods that are teeming with a wide array of species, such as yogurt, kefir, and fresh (unpasteurized) sauerkraut.

I grew up as a Gen - X, the best generation if you ask me.And during this time I was spoiled with the large amount of pop culture influences which wore Denim such as Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Layne Staley from Alice in Chains.

Pop art takes its inspiration from images of American culture, and I would say that Mickey Mouse ranks among the best - loved of such images.

I'm a bit fan of many aspects of asian culture such as anime, J pop, J rock, kpop, k rock, etc..

As we've come to expect from these type films, the dialogue is loaded with numerous goofy puns and timely pop - culture references that always provide entertainment for the grown - ups, but I don't think we've ever had them thrown at us at such a machine - gun like pace.

But despite such gravitas, the pic still keeps its pop - culture pulp allure by exploiting its eye - popping Hollywood blockbuster production values to drown out any meaningful subversive political messages.

The Matrix has become such a touchstone of American pop culture - referenced, copied, parodied, and parroted)- that it's hard to remember just how new and different and distinctive it was when it debuted in 1999.

A few scenes, such as a panoramic view of The Land of the Dead, «pop» but much of the movie is more interested in emphasizing the Mexican culture than outdoing earlier features.

Adam Stockhausen's production design is dazzling, and it's fun to identify the nonstop references to pop culture, but they come in such profusion that the process becomes exhausting instead of exhilarating.

Throughout the film's production, Reynolds and Deadpool 2 studio 20th Century Fox have been very crafty about not revealing any potential spoilers for the film, and in fact, made normal procedures such as casting announcements - like the addition of Cable (Josh Brolin) and Domino (Zazie Beetz) to the film - feel like pop culture events.

It seems apropos, somehow, of current pop - culture attitudes thatThe 40 Year - Old Virgin, hyped as a raunchy R - rated alternative to PG - 13 comedies, would have such a love / hate relationship with explicit material.

There is also quite a bit of good pop culture thrown in the mix, and satirical knocks on how kids pick up things from video games and music, such as when B - Rad tears up a neighborhood with his gats, and credits

In an age where all pop culture moves at lightning speed and few works stick around long enough to make an impact before they're replaced with the next thing, the fact that a film such as this one can be so instantly and deservedly iconic is worthy of celebration.

Such references more often than not feel like awkward pop culture plugs, in hopes of reaching out to a contemporary audience, or firmly dating this movie in 2013.

The filmmakers embrace the «moment» women are currently enjoying in pop culture: Thanks to female - centric works such as last year's «Bridesmaids» and this year's HBO series «Girls,» female characters can be seen confronting intimacy issues in sometimes startling ways and unconventional protagonists are getting screen time.

Some characters such as Zappa draws inspirations from Japanese pop culture that may or may not resonate with American gamers.

And I say «character» because, while it's unclear whether the movie will go the whole «Mary of Magdala was totally a prostitute» way rather than sticking to literal gospel, that has become such a common trope in pop culture that most films depict her as a former prostitute just because.

This is more of an actual Impossible Missions Force team mission, in so doing making this the first of the movies to truly feel like the real Mission: Impossible of television that became such an enduring pop culture phenom in the first place, with an extended opening credits sequence to the full - length version of Lalo Schifrin's indelible M: I theme music plays as a back - to - basics mission statement (pun intended) of sorts.

From a pop culture perspective, the new take on IT looks like it is picking up and running with the same ball that made Stranger Things such a big hit last year, and it's just impressive how wonderfully balanced the movie looks.

The Avengers movies work on two distinct levels for two very different audiences, and it's that kind of meta - awareness of not only telling a good story but being aware of the industry in which that story is being told that helps Marvel dominate pop culture with such confidence.

Such is the postmodern promise of Todd Haynes's filmography, where pop culture and art - salon style are meant to march arm in arm toward a unibrow utopia of ideological critique.

Fret not: Such high - mindedness has little diminished MacFarlane's appetite for locker - room humor, gross - out sight gags and bounteous pop - culture in - jokes, which should make «Ted 2» the season's go - to attraction for arrested - adolescent males of all ages, and continue Universal's beary good summer box office.

Other than film, her writings encompass political commentary, travel, sports, humor and pop culture for such publications as Salon.com, The Boston Globe, McClatchy News, The Oregonian, Fodor's travel books, The Advocate, Meredith Corporation, Women's eNews, PopMatters, The Forward, various Northwest travel magazines, and Detroit and Denver sports outlets.

Most odiously, the movie gave rise to the prolific shit machine of co-screenwriters Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, which for many years polluted movie theaters with its audience - insulting, pop - culture - reference - as - punchline brand of dispiritingly popular spoofery, as seen in such abominations as Date Movie, Epic Movie and The Starving Games, whose title, I would imagine, is some manner of humorous allusion to the popular book and movie franchise The Hunger Games.

I have seen Nispel mention the original Howard creation in an interview, but the sole reason for making «Conan 2011» was because the name has such a cache within pop culture due to the 1982 film.

When pop culture does emerge, it's often used to make the obliquely critical point that such things often distract us.

Directed by franchise newcomers Joe and Anthony Russo, the movie evokes paranoid pop culture landmarks such as «All the President's Men» and «Three Days of the Condor,» and not just in its casting of Robert Redford in a pivotal role.

Much like the film itself, his complexity somehow still works despite such contrasting elements like comedy, drama, pop culture prodding, and incessant wall breaking.

Peppercorn's approach — building activities around topics students enjoy such as pop culture, sports, and current events — has been so successful in getting his students excited about social studies that he decided to share it in his new book, Creative Adventures in Social Studies: Engaging Activities & Essential Questions to Inspire Students.

By tapping into such a huge part of the pop culture, this template has the advantage of familiarity.

We talked about the kinds of books I was working on, and how there is such a richness of diversity within the Muslim community that is rarely seen in pop culture, despite nearly a quarter of the world being Muslim!

Cowboys in pop culture are covered in a subsection called «The Cowboy Way,» which presents fun rundowns of great movies and novels and features cool old black - and - white photos of icons such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers.

MG: You work with a great diversity of writers across such categories as general non-fiction, technology, and humor and pop culture.

Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits - from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth - and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting.

In addition, the Company hosts a number of national campaigns around various themes or audiences such as Get Pop - Cultured with Barnes & Noble, Summer Reading, My Favorite Teacher Essay Contest, Educator Appreciation Days and the annual Holiday Book Drive which provides books to at risk children in the communities we serve.