And he sometimes resorts to more barbed commentary.
Those who regularly read NOLA.com, the website where prosecutors left their barbed commentary, had a slightly dimmer view of the police than those who didn't, he noted.
In spite of the great popularity of the minuet before the French Revolution, it was the object of much barbed commentary in the late 18th century.
Another version was provided by Ms. MacDonald, deputy assistant interior secretary and their political overseer, who peppered the biologists' draft with barbed commentary and made wholesale changes.
But "One Pig" is only his latest project to push at the boundaries of pop music while also making barbed commentary about industrialized society, an approach that first came to wide notice a decade ago when he destroyed McDonald's hamburgers onstage.
A dexterous lyricist in his own right, Mr. Comstock has updated Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" into a funny, politically barbed commentary, which imagines, among other things, "John Ashcroft waltzing with Jim Crow".
An ideal counterpart for "Expedition Impossible" would be filmed wholly from the perspective of the local residents, tracking their barbed commentary as they wonder what could have compelled them to let this go down on their watch, and as they, too, count down to the announcement of the winners and their flight home.
Even when the story briefly sags from barbed commentary to self-conscious oddness in Act II, Mr. Price and his cheeky team consistently mine the script's vein of cynical razzle-dazzle, with a sprightly score that brings to mind the faux simplicity of "Avenue Q".
Right after Romney announced Ryan, who has positioned himself as the wonk prince of the Republican Party, there was some barbed commentary that Romney had outsourced the policy for his campaign, answering the question of what he really stood for by standing with Ryan.
I just want to fit in").. Of course, her plea had nothing whatsoever to do with the contentious headlines or barbed commentary that had been bandied about via social media following CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 discussion.
