Still, the show is capable of making fun of its own pop-culture formulas.
Despite his belief that a person's childhood influences their adult life — a theory propounded by Freud — "Surviving Life" seems to gently mock psychoanalytical theory, "One wise man wrote that the things that we are most capable of making fun of are the things we love," says Svankmajer, "psychoanalytical theory works with symbols that are especially dear to me.
I do it because I suddenly become so overwhelmed by the fact that I'm out, with people infinitely more capable of having fun than I, and music, and talking, and noise and people that I have to go before I kill.
and "Nebraska" were recorded at the same time, that Springsteen has a daughter who's a champion equestrian, that he's spent years in therapy, can forgive those who've wronged him, thinks of his career as a "service" performed for others who're like him, and owns a supple sense of humor capable of poking fun at himself (at least when the mood's right).
I, like you, am not capable of having fun without the aid of some sort of intoxicant.
In an ideal world -- and this is no cut to blockbusters, which are rightfully capable of being fun and relevant -- moviegoers would flock to the indie market.
I like a laugh, I do, but having heard that E.T. for the 2600 is one the most broken and frustrating games ever made, I had my doubts that it was capable of eliciting fun on any level.
If RIM can keep its networks up, it will position itself as a worthy competitor to the Apples and Samsungs and HTCs of the world, and a company that can unironically say that it is capable of having some fun.
Each of us has an expansive inner-world beyond daily routine, a consciousness (and subconscious) as capable of rich imagination and fun as doubt and mania, with emotional ranges that can surprise even ourselves.
Children like to see themselves as capable of doing all the fun and exciting stuff, whatever their gender.
