Word: sarcasm
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...done it again, fallen into the trap of sarcasm. Of course, the response from many athletes was an unrelenting stream of expletives and ill will (there were some nice responses too, from both athletes and civilians). Though I thought I had been clear about my conclusion—that athletes, like the rest of us, deserve to be here—I had made the mistake of using sarcasm earlier in the column. This sarcasm had poisoned any earnestness I later tried to employ...
...rock lyrics, must-see reality TV and the pursuit of the moral triviality that is Gary Condit - and, like a senior citizen finding solace in the distant past, rekindles that old feeling. In pop culture, at least for a while, many Americans traded in cool pop culture for warm, sarcasm for sentiment, alienation for community. In the blink of a national tragedy, we went from jaded to nice, just like that...
...rather than facing the situation, he drops everything and travels the world for a year, with hilarious results. But eventually, his vacation ends; Schlink’s conclusion to “Sugar Peas” is appropriately surreal and viciously funny. Here Schlink adds a layer of sarcasm and thick irony that is missing from the other stories. The result is sublimely wicked; Schlink takes a very subtle, yet decisive revenge on Thomas, creating a more biting and much less thematically obvious tale than some of the other stories...
...performances of Hosfield and Lerch are also well-tuned, highlighted by sharp comic timing and a good understanding of the characters’ sarcasm. Lerch particularly impresses in “Franklin Sheppard, Inc.,” a fast-paced number in which he breaks down on national television, effectively ending his friendship with Frank by exposing how his friend’s lust for money has led to the deterioration of their creative efforts and personal relationship...
...choices, with a plethora of acclaimed short films like Geri’s Game adding to its extraordinary success. Just try to show me another movie studio with that kind of record. Its unique concoctions of sweetness without gross sentimentality, humor without crude vulgarity and irony without acerbic sarcasm, make movies like Monsters, Inc. the stuff that all movies, not just animated ones, should be made of. To generate computer-animated characters that are more well developed than many live-action film roles is no mean feat. Even “supporting” characters in Monsters...