In keeping with its musical subject matter, A Mighty Wind deals in an altogether gentler, more nuanced kind of humour than This Is Spinal Tap.
He superseded Abramovitsh's satiric bent, developing a nuanced combination of realism, humour, and social commentary.
Musgraves uses simple language, tactile imagery and a generous dose of humour to paint nuanced portraits about what it means truly to blaze your own trail in spite of others' judgment.
In particular, his portrait of Jean, whose too-good daughter stirs up a deep-rooted resentment in her, is brilliantly nuanced and full of compassion and dark humour.
The best humour isn't agit-quip but more nuanced and self-deprecating.
In a coded, nuanced way, they delivered messages of rebellion, couched in a wry humour that allowed them to fly under the radar to the top of the charts.
It's a wonderfully nuanced performance, with minute changes of pitch and pace, full of grief, humour and defiance.
Will accrued substantial cachet among conservatives with his nuanced and erudite analyses of contemporary issues, which were typically tinged with wry humour.
Fizzing with humour, and a characterful charm lent to it by Liew's expressive, nuanced lines, it's a genuinely refreshing inclusion to the oeuvre.
It's this sort of nuanced, thoughtful writing that undercuts any accusations that Adventure Time is Adult-Swim-stoner humour hawked to the under-12s, and perhaps one of the key reasons for its success with the discerning late-night crowd.
