Word: satiricism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (20th Century-Fox), a British western shot in Spain, was apparently expected to convey the satiric notion that when Hollywood reaches for the six-shooter it usually produces something of a large bore. But somehow what comes across is the wistful and delightfully absurd idea...
The Prospects Are Pleasing, by Honor Tracy. A satiric jig danced on the thin skin of the Irish.
The announcement describes the course as "a discussion of writings--philosophic or realistic, ironic or satiric in tone--that portray and evaluate the social scene in terms of attitudes and behavior, motives and morality.
Surrounded by luxuriant potted philodendron and inspired by the framed motto "Printer's lead has changed the world more than gold," Editor-Publisher Baer cooks up his Bratwurst-heavy humor in offices just two rubble-strewn blocks from the headquarters of East Berlin's government. In addition to...
The Doctor's Dilemma (Comet; M-G-M). The Fabian intellect and the Wagnerian soul were the lion and the unicorn of Bernard Shaw's personal mythology and creative life. In his later writings these opposites lie down together peacefully in the green pastures of Creative Evolution, but...