Sentence examples for powerful funny from inspiring English sources

It was a classic Saatchi execution: simple, powerful, funny and brutal.

Racism has endured long enough for The Blacks to return 50 years later with a powerful, funny revamp.

But "Detroit" is a powerful, funny play about the fraying of American culture under the stress of economic uncertainty, and it betokens a potentially important new voice.

Most of the lesbians we see on British television are powerful, funny and highly intellectual (Mary Portas, Sue Perkins and Clare Balding are a few examples).

Today's hugely powerful funny cars — the name is a holdover from the unrealistic proportions of the earliest versions — evolved from those built when drag racing was making the transition from an amateur endeavor to a professional sport.

There's something of a sad irony in the fact that "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" Version 2.0 is, in my view, if anything more powerful, funny and engaging than the earlier production.

"A powerful, often funny account of pregnancy, childbirth and mothering that doesn't gloss over the pain, mystery and confusion — but does celebrate the wonder," another said.

Unlike half of today's children's films, Oz the Great and Powerful is funny enough to appeal to accompanying adults without undermining the sincerity of its emotions or the excitement of its action sequences.

But by the end of the night, when "Marina and Deborahah" were being cut up into slices so that the well-heeled guests could indulge in the visually absurd bacchanal of devouring the artists' various body parts, one couldn't help but read a powerful, and funny, metaphor into what was happening, one that Abramovic was no doubt perfectly in on.

From the director who 3D-scanned people into the celebrated "Another Love" video, the piece for electronic duo Delta Heavy's "White Flag" is visually striking, conceptually powerful, and funny.

All I can hope for is that now that we're both in adulthood, Veronica Mars can show me how to find that hero inside once again, to conquer any obstacles in my way while also remembering to be my powerful, vulnerable, funny, smart, awkward, and amazing self.