Sentences with phrase «with irreverence»

His daughter Gabrielle says in a 2014 interview that while he «came out to Berkeley just as Pop and Conceptual Art were ascending on the East Coast,» Selz turned away from these popular movements and instead «identified with the irreverence of styles like Funk art,» seeking to highlight the work of «ceramic artists like Peter Voulkos [who] were barely considered fine artists then» or Nathan Oliveira, «a figurative artist who did not follow the prevailing east coast trends.»

«I'm a great admirer of both the Louis and Wool works, yet their iconic status doesn't stop me from treating them with irreverence; cannibalizing their graven image to make anew.»

As well as pioneering the use of computers to design sculptures in the late 1960s, during the first part of his career Mallary produced grungy assemblage sculptures and expressionist paintings, which merged the nihilism of continental existentialist thinking with the irreverence of Neo-Dada.

With an irreverence for the normative nature of painting to find a definitive resolution, Evans tests the limits of a material and its spatial boundaries, as paintings merge with installation and the picture plane expands into sculptural form.

This all - woman combo approaches tradition with irreverence and respect.

The trendy boutique hotel is set on a secluded property with lush tropical gardens and features 14 beautifully appointed guest rooms, including five suites, six poolside bungalows, and three luxurious studios that blend an Old World grace and charm with the irreverence of iconic muses and modern amenities.

Had the entire film played with the irreverence shown in many of the «down time» scenes, perhaps there would be more appeal to Retaliation than just for G.I. Joe fans.

Natalia Valdebenito: El Especial (Netflix Original, 2018): A Chilean comedian fuses activism with irreverence for a stand - up set filled with jokes about misogyny, reproductive rights and respecting women.

The end credits scenes actually treat the cliche with the irreverence it deserves.

with the irreverence and character of the Hard Rock brand, Hard Rock Cafe Porto provides a fascinating and.

His reverence for the team contrasts oddly with his irreverence toward everything else.

Not exact matches

Justin Stockman, vice-president of specialty channels at Bell, explains the Much brand has long been associated with youth, humour and irreverence — the same qualities now attributed to YouTubers.

Thus the problems that are sometimes associated with frequent communion — laxity and irreverence — must be resolved not at the altar rails but in the confessional box.

One of my favourite aspects of Clara's character to develop over time is her cheeky irreverence with the Doctor — plainly, I like that she teases him even when it baffles him.

I am amazed at how many people have resonated with these attitudes and thoughts of irreverence.

Mike Judge's comedy Silicon Valley takes on the often self - serious world of big tech business, start - up culture and moonshot thinking with gleeful irreverence and sharp parody.

You and Jon and others who can take their religion / church / etc with a bit of irreverence help keep me sane.

Matt Armendariz is a man with a passion for good food and a wonderful life with a dash of irreverence, as evidenced by his entertaining food blog, mattbites.com.

He was keenly aware that he had become the public face of science, a role he treated with seriously playful irreverence.

It takes the idea of a classic piece and treats it lightheartedly and with a little irreverence.

But even for those unfamiliar with her offbeat humour and catchphrases, Ling's irreverence and self - deprecation about fashion blogging, which has been much debated in the media, is infectious and refreshing.

GonzoBanker is our online information resource dispatched weekly along with a good helping of irreverence to tens of thousands of readers around the world, including banks, credit unions, trade groups, the media and industry analysts.

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But while the film does insist on its own irreverence a bit too much at the outset — it opens with a group of birds inspirationally singing, «You're only as small as your dreams,» before they get abruptly knocked out of the sky — it offers plenty of lively fun once it settles down, and wisely keeps the pandering to a minimum.

With Reynolds» charismatic irreverence at its core, the pic moves from bloody mayhem to lewd comedy and back fluidly, occasionally even making room to go warm and mushy.

The point with a sequel to such original work is to prove to the masses that the first attempt wasn't just lightining in a bottle, and the same quality and irreverence can be duplicated for some time to come.

The film chronicles the manner in which Hope and her family handle the nightmarish situation, often with what Saget described as «irreverence and dark humor» (At one point, Hope's brother Alan — a comedy writer — quips that scleroderma sounds like «a deli entrée»).

Yet another entry in the British «Carry On» comedies, this zany parody takes aim at the popular»60s espionage films — complete with outrageous disguises, double - crosses and other such irreverence.

But an excess of levity can quickly become its own kind of leadenness, and for long stretches between its genuinely amusing gags and set pieces, «Thor: Ragnarok,» credited to the screenwriting trio of Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost, is a bit too taken with its own breezy irreverence to realize when it's time to rein it in.

This defiance of expectations, done with bold - faced irreverence, allows Lucy to work on its own terms.

While the studio's films demonstrated plenty of comic flair right from the start of its shared - universe experiment, with 2008's Iron Man, recent efforts have veered too far into bland, jokey listlessness; frivolity has trumped lightheartedness, pandering has replaced irreverence.

The Daily Show is back, with its essential wit and irreverence intact.

Because no amount of wacky irreverence and wank gags can mask the fact that this Deadpool is little more than a dutiful company man, the kind of faux - chummy authority figure who claims to have the common touch but spends his weekends rubbing shoulders with top - ranking execs at highly exclusive country clubs.

There's also the fact that, fueled by the character's signature irreverence and meta commentary, Tim Miller's take on the Merc with a Mouth is easily the funniest comic book movie out there.

Known as an inventive poet of early sound cinema in France, thanks to such sharp, creative films as Under the Roofs of Paris (1930), Le million (1931), and À nous la liberté (1931), Clair had a reputation that preceded him to Hollywood, and I Married a Witch overflows with the same comic irreverence and fleet storytelling as his earlier films.

Featuring the best work from Carrey and McGregor in years (and a reminder of Carrey's phenomenal and chameleonic talents when given the right material), a smart and witty script adapted by the directors from McVicker's novel, and a cracking pace that neither hurries nor languishes, it combines the highlights of the heist and escape genres with dashes of dark humour and irreverence to create a film best described as a wicked delight.

It treats the life of this unique talent with precisely the kind irreverence he would have expected.

Perched somewhere between the relentless goofiness of 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch and the slightly more serious - minded Spider - Man and Batman franchises, Michel Gondry's decidedly odd take on the radio / TV / comic classic mixes dark vigilante justice with candy - colored irreverence.

The three - minute toon sends up the official «Justice League» Comic - Con Sizzle Reel with masses of irreverence, silliness and a small splash of cartoon violence.

John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter: «With Reynolds» charismatic irreverence at its core, the pic moves from bloody mayhem to lewd comedy and back fluidly, occasionally even making room to go warm and mushy.

It's done in A Christmas Story style, only with a caustic and deadpan irreverence that will jolt you before the opening credits have even rolled.

His credibility rests in part at least on his irreverence, and online he has appeared unwilling to play it safe, sharing near - the - knuckle gags about the lack of racial diversity in this year's Oscars race with his 13 million Twitter followers.

The difference here from before is that Monáe is now approaching the subject of her sexuality with more irreverence, still powerful, but now «with a little bit of tender,» and a whole lot of «bisexual lighting.»

You see the irreverence for tropes with Shane Black in Iron Man 3.

This is despite a storyline that could've, in better, more talented hands, been employed to relatively compelling effect, with the movie's emphasis on silliness and irreverence undoubtedly designed to evoke its similarly - themed 1980s brethren.

A darkly comedic attack on the cozy pieties present in most teen flicks, Heathers — an even more wickedly canted take - down of adolescent social cliques than its most recent descendant, Mean Girls — assayed popularity, teen suicide and downright sociopathic behavior with equal, cold - water - to - the - face irreverence.

Where the former film had a tightly honed and focused story coupled with a laidback attitude that let its irreverence and witty dialogue breathe and sing, «Psychopaths» is a different beast altogether.

With their customary irreverence, the Coens take nothing seriously in Fargo, beginning with a title card proclaiming in capital letters «THIS IS A TRUE STORY» which occured in Minnesota in 1With their customary irreverence, the Coens take nothing seriously in Fargo, beginning with a title card proclaiming in capital letters «THIS IS A TRUE STORY» which occured in Minnesota in 1with a title card proclaiming in capital letters «THIS IS A TRUE STORY» which occured in Minnesota in 1987.

As Ryan Reynolds explained, Deadpool's irreverence wouldn't fit well with Logan's mature tone.

Elliott carries himself with such gravitas that the slightest hint of irreverence can score him a laugh — especially if it's carried off with that shit - eating grin he flashes at The Dude in The Big Lebowski.