Sentence examples for cynical comedy from inspiring English sources

I got very bored with clever, cynical comedy.

It is telling that the melancholy "Richard II" often registers as cynical comedy.

"It's not cynical – and don't get me wrong, there's some great cynical comedy.

3 10 To Humour is likely to contain more of the griping, hysterically cynical comedy that led to Hall reputedly being the model for Simpsons bartender Moe.

Being a cynical comedy writer, Mr. Jean acknowledged some discomfort with celebrating anniversaries and the self-congratulatory impulses they stir up.

A lot of stand-ups felt they needed to reassess what they were about after 11 September, particularly if you're doing cynical comedy.

Saturday offers a James Cagney double feature: William Wellman's 1931 "The Public Enemy" with Roy Del Ruth's cynical 1931 comedy "Blonde Crazy".

David O Russell's movie plays fast and loose with war-movie traditions and skilfully juggles an exciting, dynamically edited action movie, a cynical screwball comedy and a coherent indictment of US foreign policy under Bush Sr.

Based on their reaction to love, the most overplayed of television emotions, it's no wonder that Horgan and Delaney are the creators of Catastrophe, a cynical relationship comedy that was a hit when it aired on Channel 4 earlier this year (season two is already in the works).

For centuries critics and producers snubbed this strange, cynical hybrid of comedy, tragedy and history play.

"There's nothing wrong with cynical, clever Stewart Lee-type comedy but it's not the sort of thing that young people are sharing in their millions online".