Sentence examples for wits behind from inspiring English sources
(Dargis) ★ 'HOT FUZZ' (R, 121 minutes) A British parody of Hollywood-style action flicks from the wits behind "Shaun of the Dead".
The wits behind the controlled chaos that is "Hot Fuzz," a parody of Hollywood-style action flicks, wield a somewhat heavier comic cudgel than they did in their last big-screen outing, the zombie caper "Shaun of the Dead".
Some producers, of course, believe that their material — developed at readings, workshops and run-throughs for investors — is strong enough to go right to Broadway, as in the case of the coming "Book of Mormon," created by the wits behind the Comedy Central series "South Park"; the musical had been slated first for an Off Broadway run at the New York Theater Workshop.
In order to do "those things that he was criticized for and the dummies didn't get," Cavett explained Letterman often hid his cutting wit "behind a wonderful mask of innocence, and I think that's what made it effective for those who dug it, among whom I was one".
Each is richly illustrated to emphasise the wit behind the words.
Still, the wit behind the company's deconstruction of "Three Sisters" wouldn't hit home if there were no heart.
They seem to have wandered out of Oscar Wilde but have left his wit behind in Lost Property.
And Ms. Foster, a reigning sweetheart of wholesome Broadway musicals ("Thoroughly Modern Millie," "Shrek"), nicely conveys the fear and whispering wit behind Prudence's unsmiling and rigorously maintained facade.
But a small minority – most famously Pauline Kael in a lengthy New Yorker review – saw the energy, inventiveness and wit behind its scattergun technique.
Rudnick, of course, is one of our pre-eminent humorists, the wit behind the tragicomic AIDS play "Jeffrey" and the laugh-out-loud columns in "If You Ask Me," ostensibly by Libby Gelman-Waxner.
Mrs. Apfel's willfully disjunctive look, and the tart wit behind it, will be the subject of a movie as well, a documentary by Albert Maysles, whose film "The Beales of Grey Gardens" turned the reclusive Edie Beale into a household name.
