Sentence examples for complex joke from inspiring English sources

Tish, an ignorant pretty boy, is given a show entitled The History of Western Art, which is "a complex joke about art, full of references, quotations, puns and anagrams", and even though he is unable in interviews to comment on or even understand his own supposed creation, the work is an instant success.

"But I assumed there was a bigger picture, a more complex joke given all the emphasis placed on diversity at the Oscars this year".

Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" was number one on the Aria charts for some reason (perhaps an incredibly complex joke that took meticulous planning and awe-inspiring cooperation?), and The Simpsons Movie was disappointing people the world over.

It was a pretty complex joke, but let me break it down for you: Hip-hop (or "rap music") usually deals with themes relating to the working-class lives of inner city people, who are often, though not always, black.

Reviewing Snuff in the Guardian, AS Byatt wrote of Pratchett: He is a master of complex jokes, good bad jokes, good dreadful jokes and a kind of insidious wisdom about human nature (and other forms of alien nature).

In favor of unfunny and offensive cliches, "Nine-Nine" opts for complex jokes that deal with both race and gender in a sensitive but biting manner.

"It's fun to make a big, complex, elaborate joke – it's about subversion, but it's not too serious.

But eagle-eyed viewers will notice a more complex tonsorial joke on the resistance base: one character, Lieutenant Connix – whose only line is, "General, are you seeing this?" – wears double buns that look suspiciously like pastry.

Then I heard running, and then the expression on John's face was that of some complex hideous joke coming together, and in a few seconds following this picture being taken several things happened at once.

Then I heard running, and then the expression on Gizmodo's John Herrman's face was that of some complex hideous joke coming together, and in a few seconds following this picture being taken several things happened at once.

There are lots of male comic, exaggerated characters that treat men the same way I do comic female characters, as complex ironic jokes.