Sentence examples for skeptical comedy from inspiring English sources

One couldn't really call a colloquial, skeptical comedy a "masterpiece," as one could sometimes call a silent comedy a masterpiece, especially if the talkie looked quite banal and was so topical it felt transient.

(The scene in which Moreau and Bosè terrify the young Gérard Depardieu with their skeptical gazes is exquisite comedy).

And that's a dissonant mix for anyone used to comedy that's skeptical.

Nevertheless, Minchin casts much of his comedy in terms of Skeptical jargon.

"But even so, I was initially very skeptical about this kind of satirical comedy".

"Just Another Story," unlike Fink's lefty hard-luck tales, is a comedy, and it's not skeptical -- but entirely credulous -- about what honesty and hard work might do for a man in our commercial world.

Wilmore seems to have faith in the round-table format as a means to spur debate and comedy, but he appears to be skeptical of the whole setup, as well.

One of the first skeptical portraits of Mr. Putin was presented as comedy on the popular television program "Kukly," a puppet show that has been skillfully skewering public figures for the past six years.

We were pretty skeptical about Everything Sucks!, a Netflix high school comedy set in the 1990s, which seemed to promise nostalgia, nostalgia and more nostalgia.

It attracted quite a bit of attention, including Abella being interviewed on a TV program hosted by Penn & Teller, a comedy duo who were taking a skeptical look at conspiracy theories.

And like Mr. Seinfeld, he has fashioned a comedy series in which he plays an amused but skeptical central character surrounded by idiosyncratic supporting players who frequently barge through his door and into his chaotic daily life.