Sentences with phrase «through satire»

Through a rich and varied practice, that included vivid installations, painting and prints, she celebrates Black creativity and highlights racism through satire.

We're trying to convey a message about the art scene and the struggle of creative work in general, and we believe this is best done through satire.»

In GTA 5, one such narrative is a critique of common representations of the American dream, developed through satire.

Then it rotates its story through satire, comedy, suspense and violence, until it emerges as one of the best films I've ever seen.

We don't accept or like each other or ourselves enough,» I believe that there is a light that shines through these films, whether it's told through satire («The Square»), through fantasy («A Fantastic Woman»), hope («The Insult») or humor («On Body and Soul»)

As we know, what happens with communicating truth through satire is hyperbole often, sometimes with a caricature.

Not exact matches

But either through the quoted satire, or through what they may recognize as a truism, there is always a reflection of the one posting.

Religion News Service: Sultans of Satire aims to bridge gaps with Muslims, Arabs through comedy Produced by the Levantine Cultural Center, which is dedicated to highlighting Middle Eastern and Arab culture, the Sultans of Satire stand - up show aims to challenge stereotypes and sensitivities while bringing people together with a few laughs.

I don't think I would have made it through the 2008 election had it not been for this daily dose of smart, hilarious satire.

As I said before, these are just general observations I've made about humor and satire through the years, and some principles I worked really hard to incorporate into A Year of Biblical Womanhood, which included quite a bit of both.

The whole point of satire is that the writer throws up a recognizable characiture — usually a buffoon with hallmark characteristics that identify him / her to something readily knowable — that is used to tear down a power system through ridicule.

He has been accused of being so implausible the satire is lost, but in fairness one of the greatest satires of all time, Spitting Image, hardly projected its biting critique through real life situations.

A key to the series» success and longevity will be how well it's able to balance the insider spoof with the satire and offer moments that do more than just painstakingly re-create; moments that remind us of the absurdities of the form and the ways we've been trained to see through a story.

Essentially a string of gags loosely looped together, a set of absurd situations for the actors to clown their way through, Talladega Nights is an affable entertainment, both a celebration and a satire of lowbrow pleasures.

Funny satire that looks at the film industry through the eyes of a terrible B - Horror movie director played by David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London).

The script starts repeating its best gags about halfway through, and the direction gets ever broader as it goes along until the film finally loses all effectiveness as satire.

In fact, it's a witty satire shot beautifully through Soloway's style and offers career best roles to both Hahn and Bacon.

If you can get through the first two puerile episodes — and that's a big if — of Danny McBride and Jody Hill's mean - spirited school comedy Vice Principals, you'll probably notice a much better and possibly smarter work of satire lurking just out of reach.

The film changes in tone in a really nice way about half way through and becomes a really biting satire.

His new film is a brilliantly devastating satire of many things, beginning with scientists who don't understand human dynamics and rising through the buzz - phrase sales - driven banality of everyday life and the widespread willingness to embrace solutions without examining their consequences.

Second - time director Jim Field Smith offers more than the recommended daily allowance with Butter, a comedy that lets political satire slip straight through its fingers, if you'll excuse the puns.

Idiocracy may not be a great satire, but it can be acutely funny, while also amiable enough to endure even through the occasional lulls.

The Californians, like most satires, has some important underlying messages and themes running through, but it isn't so self - important that it doesn't show the ridiculousness of both sides of the issue.

Absolutely dripping with Paul Verhoven style satire, Helldivers combines a range of objective - based missions with a nifty gameplay system called «Strategems», allowing players to input a series of commands to call down anything from extra ammo and scout drones through to APC's and hulking great mechs.

With an unsparing eye and a terrifically entitled man - boy performance by Leonardo DiCaprio, this acerbic satire cuts through corpulent excess to the nonexistent heart within.

Oliver Lyttleton, The Playlist «There is a vein of dark humour running through Lanthimos» earlier films, but «The Lobster» embraces it wholeheartedly: the film's a blend of the works of Charlie Kaufman and Luis Buñuel, an uproarious yet deadpan satire concerning societal constructs, dating mores and power structures that also manages to be a surprisingly moving, gloriously weird love story.»

Black satire, odd magical realism — it's really a delight, all the way through.

Even those who cackled and cringed through Ben Wheatley's Brighton - based crime satire Down Terrace (also the best British picture of 2010), may find themselves recoiling at certain moments in his second film, Kill List.

But for the last few years, the prolific performer has been quietly building a rock - solid resumé through a series of high - profile supporting turns — from Straight Outta Compton (check out his Snoop Dogg) to Selma (that's him as Civil Rights martyr Jimmie Lee Jackson), Brad Pitt's why - we - fight satire War Machine to Jordan Peele's monster horror hit Get Out.

Hits is a satire towards the absurd nature of the Internet age through a collective cast of some of the funniest comedians around at the minute.

This social media satire is a deliciously spiky takedown of modern life through an Insta - lens.

They would have missed what's so impressive about his delicate balance of horror, satire, and straight comedy; they would've given him little credit for how aptly, and smartly, he threads the needle of this movie through his actors» faces.

Not differentiating between films seen for the first or the second time: ``...» Reels 1 - 5 (1988), A Child's Garden and the Serious Sea (1991), Crack Glass Eulogy (1992), Creation (1979), Faust 1 - 4 (1987 - 88), Passage Through a Ritual (1990), Sexual Meditations (1971 - 73), Star Garden (1974), The Governor (1977), The Horseman, The Woman, and the Moth (1968), Trip to Door - Jane and the Kids go to Town (1971), Stan Brakhage 17 Reasons Why (1987), Triste (1978 - 1996), Nathaniel Dorsky 1857 (Fool's Gold)(1981), Illuminated Texts (1982), Permutations and Combinations (1976), She Is Away (1976), The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1979), R. Bruce Elder A Distant Echo (George Clark, 2016) A Film by Charles Baudelaire (1970), Au - delà de cette limite (1971), Berlin oder ein Traum mit Sahne (1974), La Bataille de Waterloo (1975), La Clef de l'horloge (1957), La Lune (1970), La Pipe Satire (1969), Monsieur Teste (1974), Projet pour un Poisson (1971), Un jardin d'hiver (1974), Un seconde d'éternité (1970), Marcel Broodthaers A Ilha dos Amores (1982), Mudar de Vida (1966), Paulo Rocha A Menina Maria (1972), As Três Graças (1972), Casa sobre Casa (1972), «Coisas» (1972 - 73), D. Jaime ou a Noite Portuguesa (1974) Manuela (1972), Murnau (1972), O Construtor de Anjos (1978), Padres (1975), Sem Título I (1972), Sem Título II (1973), Luís Noronha da Costa Ai - Yé (1950), Jazz of Lights (1954), Ian Hugo Ana (1982), Jaime (António Reis, 1974), Rosa de Areia (1989), Trás - os - Montes (1976), António Reis, Margarida Cordeiro Anselmo and the Women (1986), Cosas de mi vida (1976), Señora con flores (1995/2011), Chick Strand Domestic Blue (2005), Door # 2 - 37 (1997), Fancy (2006), Meat Dry 02 (1999), Nice Biscuit # 1 (2005), Red Rooster (1987), Sodom (1989), Luther Price As Above, so Below (1973), Larry Clark Ausländer: Teil 1 (1976), Die Donau rauf (1969), Dürfen sie wiederkommen?

Ruben Östlund's Swedish satire of the art world won the top prize at Cannes and a host of other European awards, which should carry it through to victory.

As the Coens guide us through a fictional dream factory, «Capitol Pictures» (also featured in their condescending and morose Barton Fink), nostalgic fantasy and frivolous satire create a peculiar glow, then cancel each other out.

While The Cabin in the Woods is a bit of a mixed bag in terms of delivering laughs, scares or thrills, it manages to be a cut above most horror satires through its clever premise and abundant imagination.

As a thriller, Black Swan doesn't do much more than graft a few phantom frames onto the periphery of Jean Benoit - Levy's Ballerina, Altman's The Company, or Powell / Pressburger's The Red Shoes — but note how the picture owes its creepy intensity to the sort of social satire - through - body horror popularized by David Cronenberg.

The Joneses is writer / director Derrick Borte's biting satire of the consumer culture, a film with an ingenious gimmick, the tone of a cynic, and, somehow, through it all, a conscience.

Adapted from Waller - Bridge's one - woman stage show, Fleabag is equal parts comedy and tragedy — an uproarious, filthy satire about a young British woman's chaotic existence and sexual misadventures that gradually lets her violent self - loathing peek through.

Polarizing both critics and audiences, it's a dark, lurid satire on how female beauty is objectified through the male gaze, as well as a visceral homage to the works of Brian De Palma, David Lynch, Dario Argento and, of course, Alejandro Jodorowsky.

But Clooney's heart is on his sleeve as usual, and surrounding a tale of racial violence with such kitsch and exaggerated satire brings a danger of condescension that the film keeps at arm's length through a commitment to its long game.

From the opening pages, in which the narrator is summoned to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court through a mechanism not unlike Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes, Beatty hits on all cylinders in a darkly funny, dead - on - target, elegantly written satire in the tradition of Ishmael Reed and Percival Everett.

This sprawling satire tells both Faye's and Samuel's stories, making painfully clear the impact Faye's choices through the years have had on her son.

Julia Elliott's debut novel, The New and Improved Romie Futch, zips between various genres, from Southern gothic to sci - fi satire, in a clever, wildly imaginative romp through the landscape of the South and the neural pathways of one man's brain.

I'm in the same boat as you, I wrote a ~ 450 fantasy / satire that I first published on Kindle and am now publishing through LSI, going about it basically the same way as you.

The 2009 Amazon Break Through Novel (ABNA) semi-finalist, Richard Hine shares his insights into the ups and downs of in creating his breakthrough novel «Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch» — a humorous (satire) look at corporate office life.

The Haunted House offers an amazing interactive journey through creepy comedy satire, museum oddities and optical illusions.

Davey Wreden's follow - up to his videogame satire The Stanley Parable earlier this year, The Beginner's Guide, was an introspective game essay on expression and creativity through games.

Innovative and dynamic spellcasting system Up to four - player co-op in all game modes, as well as a single - player option Fight your way through a dozen different campaign levels Explore an expansive realm of adventure to defeat the evil wizard Find and unlock challenges, items, and powerful Magicks Experience the parody and satire of a clichéd fantasy world

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is a brave title that addresses some of the harshest realities of our time through the skewed lens of satire.