Sentence examples for a sparkling comedy from inspiring English sources

Russell made his debut with Spanking the Monkey, a sparkling comedy about a middle-class lad on the threshold of leaving home to enter medical school, who develops troublesome incestuous desires for his attractive, invalid mother (as well as a Portnoyesque obsession with masturbation) when left to care for her by a domineering father.

There he is recruited to judge a contest between the traditional Aeschylus and the modern Euripides, a contest that yields both sparkling comedy and insight on ancient literary taste.

A sparkling light comedy entitled "The King on Main Street," which was converted to the screen from a play called "The King," inspired waves of laughter and genuine outbursts of applause from the audience that filled the Rivoli yesterday afternoon.

Inspired by a magazine article written by an English author, Elinor Glyn, It is a sparkling romantic comedy from 1927 about a plucky shop assistant who bowls over the store's wealthy owner.

The result is a sparkling romantic comedy set on location in New York and Mykonos.

I meet Miller at the Royal Opera House, where he is rehearsing Donizetti's sparkling comedy, Don Pasquale.

There's something quite perfect about the year ending with the release of David O Russell's sparkling comedy drama Joy.

The Thick of It extracted sparkling comedy from the cowardice, ineptitude, rancour, venality and vindictiveness of our rulers.

The sparkling comedy is based on Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," but, as its title may suggest, Berlioz slimmed the drama down to focus on the central couple and their verbal jousting.

Through her friendship with a rich cast of characters, including eccentric marijuana-growing landlady, Anna Madrigal and quiet young gay man Michael Tolliver (known as Mouse), Maupin's sparkling comedy chronicles Mary Ann's adventures in 70s San Francisco.

They're enchanted by its singing-and dancing-delights and its sparkling comedy (Juliette said that Debbie Reynolds played Gene Kelly's "GF on the DL"), but they also like its inside-Hollywood story, which could almost be a prequel to "Sunset Blvd.," which they've seen, and a precursor to "The Bad and the Beautiful," which they haven't.