Sentence examples for intelligent satire from inspiring English sources

But there is a big difference, Calman says, between topical comedy and intelligent satire.

It's next to impossible to reconcile Mr. Payne and Mr. Taylor, who excel in sharply honed, intelligent satire, with the crude laughs and nyuck-nyuck physical high jinks that characterize "Chuck & Larry," much less the relentless barrage of idiotic jokes about gay men, most of which hinge on sex, or rather straight male fear of such sex, and involve groaning puns about backdoors and the like.

IGN praised The Stick of Truth for its witty and intelligent satire of the role-playing genre, while others said that as well as being consistently funny, the game was suitably boisterous, shocking, provocative, self-effacing, and fearless in its desire to offend.

Several authors who were to be table hosts at the $1,250-a-head, black-tie event pulled out in protest, forcing PEN to find fill-ins and sparking heated debate on the difference between intelligent satire and disdain aimed at humiliating marginalized sectors of society.

But let's not make it just about Selma, other movies with black actors in leading roles came out last year that were pretty solid - Top Five (87%), Beyond the Lights (81%), Dear White People (92%), Get On Up (80%) - a range of movies that include biopics, quirky comedies, romances, and intelligent satire that created a lot of buzz over the year in the indie festival circuit.

Trade magazine Variety commented that "intelligent political satire this expertly acted is nothing to sneeze at".

Indeed, in intelligent and savage satire, the play makes a pretty good case for bigamy as a lifestyle choice.

Indeed, in Mr. Miller's intelligent and savage satire, Lyman doesn't really come to grief; by narrow-minded interpretation, the play makes a pretty good case for bigamy as a lifestyle choice.

He was a popular figure; besides his fame as a jester he has been described as an eloquent, witty, and intelligent man, using satire to comment on the nation's past, present, and future.

They were both characters who made "SNL," in an era of brilliant writing, a show both for goofy preteens like me and for adults, combining the simple appeal of sketch comedy with intelligent political and cultural satire.

Keza MacDonald, games editor at IGN.com, said: "Grand Theft Auto V is not only a preposterously enjoyable video game, but also an intelligent and sharp-tongued satire of contemporary America," she added.