Sentence examples for witty depiction from inspiring English sources

A drily witty depiction of Britain as a crumbling dystopia, set to potent Dancing on My Own synths: timely and terrific.

5. 'LOST IN TRANSLATION' -- Sofia Coppola emerges as a major filmmaker in this witty depiction of East-West culture shock in contemporary Tokyo.

Their two albums, 1995's Your Majesty... We Are Here and 1998's Tonight You Are the Special One offered an unflinching and scabrously witty depiction of a Britain populated by daytime television celebrities, aggressive drunks and embittered ex-servicemen.

Yet it's all in the service of a witty depiction of a "let's be friends" courtship that, as well as providing its star an appealing post-Potter vehicle, happens to be set in Toronto.

Thursday Mr. Solondz's "Happiness," still the ultimate (and wittiest) depiction of suburban dysfunction and malaise, will be shown.

The show's witty but humane depiction of minor characters is another unusual side benefit.

It was followed by Handel's pastoral cantata Notte Placida e Cheta, poised and witty in its depiction of an Arcadian shepherd's amorous dreams and the rude awakening that follows.

The director's manner is deft and witty, but his depiction of unchecked wealth and the moral rot it breeds (as seen in the carefree stripping of one reveller by another at exactly the kind of riotous house party that Chaplin must have known by the dozens) links this drawing-room romance to the fierce political comedies in which he stars.

After the interval this famously rich-toned orchestra digs into Max Reger's affectionate and beautifully orchestrated Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart and finally Richard Strauss's witty and abrasive depiction of an impish figure from German folklore, his outlandish tone-poem telling of 'Till Eulenspiegel's merry pranks'.

"Ripper Street" is, however, reasonably clever and sometimes even witty in its depictions of forward-thinking detectives pioneering the forensic methods and investigative procedures that will eventually become the grist for a thousand television shows.

Thanks to her witty character portrayals and depictions of 19th century English society, Austen's work has stood the test of time with legions of fans worldwide.