Sentences with phrase «without irony»

It is a good story, told well and not without irony.

«That's one of the problems with cocaine,» he says, seemingly without irony.

She talks frequently and without irony about her soul.

That's why they can say these things without irony.

(O'Connell describes the blind bidding, apparently without irony, as Tesla's «attempt to be forthright and transparent.»)

He added found objects into the work as formal elements, with a great deal of humor, and without the irony of Dada or anti-art gestures.

People were saying things like «Cool Britannia» without any irony whatsoever.

So celebrate it and as they said without irony in the 60's: Buy British

Nodjoumi's works are conceived of as theatrical stages, where compositions of figures both serious and ridiculous, in the words of Phong Bui, «house meanings without irony, narratives without stories, humor without morality, above all creating a space that heightens the awareness of old and new history.»

It will simultaneously be accessible and uncompromising saying, «These are the things I am trying to do without irony or anything hidden.»

I have a relative in what sounds like similar circumstances, and he is «living the dream» (probably the first time in my life I have used that phrase without irony.)

King depicts his faith without irony and with reverence.

All this comes without irony from a man who serves on the Board of Directors of the Saudi - funded Americans for Middle East Understanding, an organization that has promoted anti-Israel propaganda in the U.S. for decades.

They do it without rage or pity, though not always without irony, for establishment Protestantism's loss of ability to run the show is ironic.

And by old school, we mean the kinds of places where the chef's tattoos are from 20th - century wars, there's likely a «chops and steaks» section on the menu, and waiters wear red tuxedos without irony.

Erika kicked the class into gear with The Prodigy's «Get Your Fight On,» a snarling electronic track that bled into a song I remembered from one of their «90s albums — both of which are more angry than they are gloomy, but they did remind me of an era in which I wore ripped fishnet tights without irony.

Rather than subverting culture, the band goes one step further, subverting the expectations of listeners by performing the songs without irony.

McG's Marshall lies at the nexus of Thornton Wilder and Norman Rockwell — it's David Lynch without the irony — and if he overdoes things a touch, there's nothing disingenuous about it.

Fantasies are more revealing when they're indulged without irony.

Shark Night is stupid without irony, awareness, or a sense of humor.

Though an entire subplot devoted to homosexuals in a film like this is usually cause for trepidation, American Wedding distinguishes itself with a refreshing affection for its gay characters — enough so that a few same - sex smooches are shown without irony, a same - sex dance is left uncommented - upon at the reception of the wedding in question, and a gay character named Bear (Eric Allan Kramer) is allowed to be a key figure in two set - piece gags.

Think Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy without the irony and polemic or Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket without the goofy humour.

Key to making «Enchanted» work was that the actors portraying fairy - tale characters committed to the roles without any irony.

Deftly composed, with an ear for melody and a love of dance, the archly named Either / Orchestra plays jazz without irony or self - indulgence.

The degree of caustic reaction in some quarters to Fisker as it develops as a full - fledged automaker is not without irony considering Fisker has been made to jump through hoops Henry Ford couldn't have conjured in a nightmare.

A portrait of his child recalls the nostalgia of snapshots without the irony.

With full awareness of duplicitous and shifting contexts surrounding contemporary art, the artist pursues these ideals without irony and engages us to renew our own desire for knowledge.

Surprise gives way to fascination as it becomes clear that these scenes are depicted without irony; they are for real.

The talk involved several exchanges along these lines: Ellison asking semi-facetious questions presumably meant to expose cultural expectations directed at women, and the panelists — earnest, hyper - articulate types — answering without irony.

By MICAH J. MALONE Anissa Mack's recent exhibition at Small a Projects does something extraordinary: she participates in a «local» community's practice without irony.

Despite the technical training in photography that Marco Breuer received in his native Germany, no one calls him a photographer without irony.

In contrast to his more earthbound peers, Pousette - Dart pursued the spiritual without irony or doubt.

Embracing doctrines and tendencies from the modern and postmodern periods, as well as near and deep history, they conduct their investigations without irony or sentimentality, but rather with positive affirmation, intelligence and deliberation.

It's not without irony as the Esker Foundation is supported largely by private oil money.

Except without the irony.

The defenders of the status quo of «school reform,» notably former reporter - turned - pundit Thomas Toch, have issued a familiar warning: «Don't throw out the baby with the bath water» and attacking — apparently without irony — pundits.

Seemingly without irony, Clegg told the conference floor: «To those who ask, incredulously, what we — the Liberal Democrats — are doing cutting public spending, I simply say this: Who suffers most when governments go bust?

Richard Phillips makes paintings of actresses, models and porn stars that are almost completely without irony.

Laura Owens and other postmodernists have learned to do without the irony, but they also seem to have little use for the «unification» — of life and looking — that Wood says he is aiming at.

It's a riveting story steeped in Cold War intrigue and personal tragedy but also not without its ironies.

And without the irony of a pun that may play out entirely in her own head and never be revealed materially.

(How weird and distressing is it that we live in an age when expressions like «shoe bomber» and «underwear bomber» can be said out loud, without irony?)

In one astonishing interview, dressed in his trademark dark suit and skinny tie, Miller told CBS's John Dickerson, without irony, «Our opponents, the media and the whole world, will soon see, as we begin to take further actions, that the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.»

Writing of her mother, Flannery O'Connor once told a friend, «I always thought that if she had a dog she'd name him Spot» without irony.