Sentences with phrase «what shtick»

For the upcoming PSK conference this Friday, besides the PSFK event poster, I also designed these wee purple badges - a bunch of quirky designs that people wear to describe to other attendees what their shtick is - deluded, investor, guide, confused, maker, mayor, data, tech, art, advertising, pr, investor, etc..

Not exact matches

It's customized to what they know about me, not just generic «shtick.»

But when the company tried the same shtick a month later with Raptors star Kyle Lowry hurling basketballs at drones in a gym, YouTubians responded with derision — exactly what a brand - driven company doesn't want in a branding exercise.

However, it's not shtick, but rather a desire to redefine what a fine dining steakhouse establishment «is»... and most certainly «is not.»

His fans are an integral part of his shtick; they figure out what he's talking about through conversations in the comments, treating each image like a riddle to be figured out.

What gives with my son's «Mommy has to do everything» shtick?

what the right would call class - warfare shtick.

«That's what this election is all about: who can walk into the national arena with the most support,» Rangel said, doing shtick for the jubilant crowd at his victory party at the Taino Tower in Harlem as he waited to declare actual victory.

He'd also learned what «same» and «different» meant — a step so crucial in human intellectual development that it has become a staple of Sesame Street shtick.

Bad Cop / Good Cop is a rotating head figure that using the classic crime drama shtick in an attempt to breakdown Emmett; but seeing as how Emmett barley knows what is going on, the routine fails to work.

What keeps the film interesting, though, is not Fox's «torn between two lovers» shtick, but her encounters with various other women.

I suppose it's fitting for two older comedic actors like Vaughn and Wilson to try to sell their shtick to what will likely be a younger movie - going audience, playing two older salesmen trying to fit in with a younger tech - savvy crowd.

Jim Carrey takes on a comparatively brief side role, still using his basic shtick of making statements with suspenseful, breathtaking pauses, Olivia Wilde does fine as the team's not - so - loyal assistant, but Steve Carell is at the top of his form in what is perhaps his most flamboyant role, one that offers stark contrast to his performance as a marriage counselor in David Frankel's «Hope Springs» and, of course, his dryly humorous role in TVs «The Office.»

A lot of what Adam Sandler does in The Meyerowitz Stories could be classified as a greatest - hits of Sandler shtick.

In fact, a lot of what he does in The Meyerowitz Stories could be classified as a greatest - hits of Sandler shtick: He loses his temper and screams; he sings goofy little songs; he venerates his father and tries to be a good parent; he even spends a lot of time lounging around in shorts.

What the film lacks in quality it makes up for in gimmick, shtick and numerous references to the iconic franchise.

Like Kathy Griffin, she goes too far in her comedy club shtick about what it's like to get it on with someone twice her age.

«The prospect of doing an entire movie in what seemed to be cheap gay shtick was disconcerting, to say the least,» he says.

There's nothing wrong with giving the people what you're known for, but relying on the same old shtick on the other side of 40 requires more good will for that shtick than the public has ever held.

«RPGs are really what we do: that's our shtick and we don't intend to deviate from that.

What spurred me to check the citation frequency was reading a Canaadian article — which might have been tongue in cheek (but I doubt it)-- where the writer attempted to revive the old UK common law shtick that the courts shouldn't cite living writers for any proposition of law.