Sentence examples for provocative premise from inspiring English sources

Despite its provocative premise, the drama mainly concerns the character's quotidian activities.

On Sept. 16, Fine Living will unveil a new original comedy series built around a provocative premise: mocking Ms. Stewart.

Fox dismisses the criticism as a knee-jerk reaction to a provocative premise and says the show's content is within the network's standards.

These sprawling, episodic works gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action.

[C1.] MOCKING MARTHA STEWART Fine Living Network will unveil an original comedy series, "Whatever, Martha," built around a provocative premise: mocking Martha Stewart.

It's a provocative premise made disturbing by the power play at its core, and the unabashed glee purgers take in wreaking havoc on the less fortunate.

The commercial, titled "Captive Audience," was part of a humorous campaign for 7Up carrying the theme "Make 7Up yours," which presents provocative premises meant to appeal to younger consumers.

His earlier films "Zentropa" (which trafficked in the kind of arty illusionism he would later renounce) and "Breaking the Waves" have been widely and extravagantly praised, and each one depends on a provocative moral premise.

The provocative but empty premise of "Homeland" leads us into another jungle maze until we're too exhausted to suspend our disbelief any longer.

The essay's premise was provocative: MFA courses have devolved into little more than recruitment centres for the next generation of MFA writing instructors.

You can argue with some of the author's sweeping conclusions, but his premise is provocative: "Embracing these fantasies of the city's destruction is a reaffirmation of New York's greatness".