Part satire, part slapstick comedy, part melodrama; the great pioneer of film, Charles Chaplin, has created his own monument with this film. At the same time, 'Modern Times' was Chaplin's last goodbye to the era of silent film - which, remarkably, had already ended almost a decade earlie...
"a foreigner." It's that kind of juxtaposition-of frustrating, minor issues butted up against more serious, complicated ones, all while functioning in an absurdist setting-that showcases Static Cling as a smarter and more powerful, more resonant piece of satire than the show's overall ...
The directorial debut of comedy writer/actor Jordan Peele is a sharp, funny and creepy horror satire on race relations, white liberal hubris and socal justice. It’s also a genuinely suspenseful thriller, albeit with nods to earlier movies likeThe Stepford Wives, and proves that horror continues...
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The show hasn't been afraid to experiment either, with episodes like season one, episode seven's news satire, "B.A.N." and the terrifying ‘Teddy Perkins’ episode from season two. The blending of its dreamy tone, social commentary, beautiful cinematography, and belated coming-of-age story...
and the parallels to the earlier show extend to its characters and locales (Patrick is a dimmer Heffer; Squidward a petty bourgeois Mr. Bighead).SpongeBobkept the surrealism and "modern life" conceit ofRockobut de-emphasized the punkish satire in favor of more complex character interplay, which...
Without its hyper pacing, though, the film’s satire doesn’t quite land. Next to Jim Carrey ‘s delivery of spastic, hee-haw humor, a stilted, sedated Whoville just doesn’t make sense and wouldn’t inspire any sympathy for the Grinch in a way that would stand ...
Sex and Moneywith Anna Sale. The show’s quarantine-inspired episodes this year have been excellent. (When Will and I travel together—which we didn’t do much of this year, but we did go camping a few times—Off Camera and Death, Sex and Money are our go-to shows for the road.)...
Handmaids, robots, family drama and political satire. With a record number of slots filled by new shows, streaming services and “Saturday Night Live,” the nominations for the 69th Emmy Awards, announced Thursday morning, offered a stunning reflection of tele...
DISINTEGRATION OF THE SELF IN MARTIN AMIS'S MONEY: A SUICIDE NOTE: A SATIRE ON THE MODERN CONSUMER SOCIETY 来自 rjelal.com 喜欢 0 阅读量: 22 作者: H Kaur 摘要: British government under the rule of Margaret Thatcher shifted its interest from the progress of the Welfare state to ...