Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remember that it was only the Tasty that was open to satisfy those 4 a.m. hunger pangs with cooked food (unless you count microwaved burritos from Store 24), only the Tasty that combined such a sense of Cambridge tradition and history with such a good sense of humor. Where else around here were you able to have insults served with your coffee...
Ultimately, no new ground is really broken byJawbreaker. It's not a terrible movie, butits frankness, blunt honesty and morbid subjectmatter render it a movie for those with strongstomachs and an even darker sense of humor. Itsone triumph is its success in pinpointing the oneuniversal truth of high school. Forget Satan andall of his minions; the embodiment of pure evil inhigh school wears dark lipstick and miniskirts...
...Candide is not entirely fun and games. While it attacks high learning, the army the aristocracy, government, casinos and law enforcement with clever sarcasm and wit, it also portrays slavery and prostitution with the same humor. It pokes fun at Catholic priests, Jews, New World Indians and others in a racially offensive manner. Some of the characters in particular, such as the Dutch shipmaker Vanderdendur, the New World governor and the Old Lady, rely on stereotypical accents and mannerisms as well. There is also rather graphic scene in which Cunegonde is nearly raped by a soldier. Certainly, there...
...take rather than about the movie itself. The evolution of this Method throughout his career shoves subtlety where it don't shine. Mad Max meets Martin Riggs meets Braveheart equals Porter, the con man with a heart of Maria Bello. Yet, beneath all this viscerality lies a humor quotient liberally laced with self-deprecation. Above all, Gibson doesn't want us to take him seriously because he certainly doesn't. It is as if each kick to the nether regions he takes is a nudge, nudge, wink, wink to the viewer that he knows we're in on his little...
...ceremony filled with sarcasm and humor, Jackson received his award of a Pudding Pot before a sold-out theater...