| 单词 | wry |
| 例句 | I stir as I realize what a wry smile I'm wearing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She liked him, cornrows running down the length of his scalp, and his expression always wry, scornful of sentimentality. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I saw the man's face relax as he gave me a wry smile. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chancellor put his face into his hands and rubbed, then looked up and surprised me with a wry smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know the leader of Amity would be so curt,” says Tori with a wry smile. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He made a wry face at once and threw the rest of the plum tomato into his waste-basket. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He looked at me for a long time, his smile wry, his eyes twinkling. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Then she shrugged and gave me a hint of a wry smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This time, though, she gave me a wry, sideways look, hit her turn signal to get us off the highway and back to our neighborhood, and chuckled just a little. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Her voice was unemotional; her expression watchful, almost wry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The king gave a wry smile at those last words, a smile the father did not understand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Christmas is almost here,” Baba informs us with a wry smile as he drives. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Probably exhausted from resenting me so much, I think with a wry smile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cordelia’s father is charming to us on the rare occasions when he is seen, he makes wry jokes, his smile is like a billboard, but why is she afraid of him? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well” — the dragon looked down at the fish with a wry smile — “either one of us would be a very strange relative to you, Fish. Why did you think I was your aunt? ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z An expression of surprise crossed his features when he beheld her in her finery, but it quickly melted into a wry grin as he looked toward his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I’ve been thinking about that,” she replied with a wry smile. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With a kind of wry envy, Hazel realized that Bigwig was actually looking forward to meeting the Efrafan assault. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined her opening the door, a wry smile on her face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I am not always sure,” said Dallben, with a wry smile. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Can you sacrifice even your tennis and books?” he said with a wry smile. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The tinkerer puts his revolver away and gives me a wry smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He has a kind of wry, ironic charm that is utterly winning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too bad. It sounded like something from a story,” Suya said with a wry smile. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The sharp, wry figure of Mrs. Bannister, the night nurse, scurried into view. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I’ve been wondering the same thing for most my life, you see. I thought if you had any ideas ” she gave me a wry, hopeful look. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Or a wry “Not too bad,” with a face indicating that it had not been pleasant. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I exchange a wry smile with Hideo as she launches into an explanation about blood. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As he followed Bill back to the others a wry thought came to him, born no doubt of the wine he had drunk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She’d tell them the truth, with a sigh and a wry smile: “Nothing much. Just someone to love with all my heart. Nothing much at all.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Finally, with a wry, sardonic little shudder, Bernabe said, “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Sex,” and he pushed down a little, dropping his thick lips over one breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s in my sports bag,” he said with a wry smile. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z ‘Say also,’ said Gandalf, ‘that to crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He pulls away first and gives me a wry smile. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A wry smile spreads on his face: he is about to say something clever. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Instead she gave me a wry look, then started braiding up her hair as she watched Chi-Boy work. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “People like me,” Bloom whispered aloud with a wry melancholy smile, “are called Yo-Yos.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Giver watched him with a wry smile. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z He threw the flower away and made a wry face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It—he—stood on his hind legs, and his muzzle twitched in wry amusement. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He looked surprised by the naivete of the question and offered a wry smile. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he smiled a faint, wry, bitter smile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My father gave a wry smile and shook his head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had a thin, sleep-flushed face, light eyes, a wry mouth, and fair, lank hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I bent down to see if it was okay but as I did I heard, very near, the wry, ostentatious clearing of a throat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes,” she said, a wry smile curling around her lips. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He gave a wry glance at the pronounced belly Nick had begun to develop as a result of his regular carousing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z "My mom's kind of a warrior," I say with a wry smile, because I've just realized that's exactly what she is. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Her thoughts were not my thoughts, nor her feelings my feelings, but we were close enough so that her thoughts and feelings seemed a wry, black image of my own. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When she introduced him to her stewards, three men in ill-fitting khaki uniforms, she told them, with that wry smile of hers, “You will be seeing Mr. Richard often.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Now I will be glad if I can go to the cottage this summer,” he said, and there was a wry smile on his lips. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Making a wry mouth, she removed her kerchief and drew out the other two pins. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ida put the kitten on the floor and gave him a wry smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His wry smile did little to mar the perfect clay smoothness of his features. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Methuselah took a sip of milk, pulled a wry face and reached for his October ale. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He shrugged and gave a wry smile, as if he’d expected to catch me with the last question. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Keep in mind that while we may seem like bottomless fonts of knowledge,” said Birdie with a wry smile, “even Mae and I have our limitations.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Bruno peeked into the box and made a wry face. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m guessing you heard the whole thing from the look on your face,” he said with a wry grin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The thought amused her, and she smiled a small wry smile. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The sound of it tugged one corner of his mouth into a wry smile as he sank into the deep chair in front of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "It means that I am now fit to be wedded and bedded," said Sansa, "and to bear children for the king-" The queen gave a wry smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cole asked with a wry smile, as he sharpened a sapling for a hot-dog stick. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Raymond Birge, who became department chairman upon Elmer Hall’s passing that same year, was fond of remarking with a wry jocularity, “I don’t know what goes on over there in that Radiation Lab.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He is a slender man who looks like a teenager, and he has a wry sense of humor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “You’re lying,” she said with a wry twist to her lips. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nora and I exchange wry glances as soon as he leaves the room. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Miles gave him a wry smile and left. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Kimberly looked at Don, who made a wry face and said, “Well, we do our best but we know very well that we re not messiahs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Which means I totally shouldn’t be upset about the Don't wry about Jupe. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The goddess gave her an unmistakably wry look. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “How romantic of you,” Shae said, and she might have meant for her words to sound wry, but Con heard a thread of wistfulness in her voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, my wry little niece, he’s definitely trying to make an impression. And he asked your parents for permission to see you, right? A very suitable boy, indeed.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He caught sight of Eril-Fane again, and saw that his wry amusement had sharpened to a kind of keen appraisal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I conceal my cringe behind what I hope is a wry smile. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Deoch nodded slowly to himself, his smile going a little wry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A smile tugged at the corners of Koffi’s lips, wry but not unkind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Unlucky thirteen,” she said with a wry look. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z With a wry, what-can-you-do chuckle, he added: “Eventually, I came to enjoy how hard it had been. I wish I had known it at the time.” Norman Lear’s Memoir, ‘Even This I Get to Experience’ 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z That memorable line sets the scene for this bleary, blurred snapshot of a relationship’s end, full of wry humor and hard-won wisdom. Beck and Phoenix’s Bouncy Synth-Pop Team-up, and 8 More New Songs 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z And the novel’s contemporary setting exhibits the markings of Gothic terror, with wry allusions to Frankenstein, Edgar Allan Poe and even Stephen King. Review | In Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes,” parents are more venomous than reptiles 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z This deft phrasing comes laden with emotion, often wry or poignant, but occasionally snort-out-loud hilarious. New page-turners heat up our summer reading: "Blacktop Wasteland," "The Only Good Indians" and more 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z Patinkin's storyline, and Bingwa's, are promising results of that switch, each of which contributes in its way to the consistent, wry humor woven throughout every episode. "The Good Fight" is as gripping as ever as it tackles Jan. 6, race and ethics in 2021 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Columbia Records and A&M Records often included wry references to culture, both high and low. Bob Seidemann, who shot iconic images of Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead, dies at 75 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z His rubbery face and wry comic timing make his scenes a delight, and he sings with full-throated warmth. Peter Brook reduces Mozart to bare essentials 2011-07-07T06:31:08Z For roughly half a century, the pair have crafted wry ceramic pieces — he throws the pots, she paints them — that are often adorned with comic characters and other elements of contemporary life. 'Made in L.A.' best in show: 5 must-see pieces at the Hammer biennial 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The inherent issues raised by increasingly intelligent electronics could use the Reitman of "Juno," so facile in pondering the hard decisions made by a wry and remarkably wise pregnant teen. 'Men, Women & Children' is artificial look at Internet world 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z But the spirit of the film is more wry than punitive, and it is in the end less a satire or a cautionary tale than a bedtime story for young adults. Movie Review: ‘Frances Ha,’ With Greta Gerwig 2013-05-16T21:27:33Z Eve Mavrakis appeared at the end of the series, to meet him: a wry, beautiful French woman, clearly her own person. Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Colbert, on the other hand, tweeted something more wry. Michelle Obama Talks Girls' Education on the 'Late Show' 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Then the music would scamper off on dazzling individual tangents: playful, willful tempo fluctuations, thickets and inundations of dissonance, wry quotations, pensive melodic interludes. Music Review: Chucho Valdés and Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Carnegie 2012-12-05T22:57:47Z The vocal performance is wry and confiding, framed by a cool drapery of bandoneón and strings. Trey Songz, OOIOO and Rubén Blades Release New Music 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Children loved the escapist fantasy — “Monsters don’t have exams or school!” went the theme song of the TV version — while adults found wry satire in the comic depravity of the supernatural characters. Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But he speaks through a chuckle and a wry smile, which soothe any sting. Spotlight shines brighter on 'Appropriate' playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Now, after roaming the world with her husband, drummer Luke Bullen, and focusing on her songwriting, she's back -- with a new album, "Tiger Suit," and a wry perspective on her sudden fame. Quick Hits: KT Tunstall's grand return 2011-09-17T16:01:00Z His humour grew reflective and wry and a touch metaphysical. The grammar of hard facts 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z A financial scandal threatens to upend the branches of a Jewish family in this wry debut novel. New in Paperback: ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,’ ‘Where the Water Goes’ 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z She is smart, reasonable and wry, and confronted with a nightmare for which she is responsible. 2010-01-13T23:02:00Z That clash of cultures — mammon vs. art — burns through this novel, which provides a wry commentary on the plight of the arts in our mercantile era. Review | Irritated by tweedy academic types? Read this wonderful campus comedy. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z The “X-Files” star’s first work, “Holy Cow,” was a wry magical realist story told through the first-person narration of a bovine on an upstate New York dairy farm. David Duchovny’s hilarious new novel hits a home run 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The stories vary greatly in tone and voice — by turns, raw, wry, rueful, comic, elliptical and confiding — but there is little sarcasm or snark. Stories of Wonder, Fear and Kindness From the Moth 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z His presentation was irreverent, topical, wry, confident—and the best use of ceremony makeup since Whoopi as Queen Elizabeth. Oscar's Rumblr: We React to the Academy Awards 2010-03-08T20:23:00Z Braids songs build slowly, one element at a time, and even when Ms. Standell-Preston begins her wry, profane complaints, it’s not the end of the construction process. At CMJ, Some Get Spotlight; Others Get Lost in the Haze 2010-10-22T23:42:00Z While describing the horror of the plantation, he also honors the slaves’ courage and relishes their wry humor. Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Her tone is whimsical, somewhere between sentimental and wry. The Screening Room: “Mend and Make Do” 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Though she was careful to build in moments of wry observation, it was one of the evening's more serious tales. Moths to the flame 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z Cole has the frizzy hair of his Uncle Arlo and shares with his sister a recognizably Woodyish sense of humor: wry and relaxed, just this side of goofy. Roaming Through Woody Guthrie’s New York 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Colbert also declined to perform his customary opening stand-up monologue, and began his show sitting at his desk, where he delivered a long speech that quickly morphed from seriousness to his customary wry humor. Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon and Other Late-Night Hosts Respond to the Paris Attacks 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Save for a belabored sprinkler drenching the well-manicured lawn that fades into a lightly wooded area, and some wry, lachrymose songs blasting from my car stereo. Sitting in front of David Berman's old apartment in the middle of the night 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Her recent documentaries, while not exactly confessional, are unabashedly personal, infused with her voice, her eye, her wry and rueful on-camera presence. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The narrative is trenchant and intelligent; wry but not glib; humane but never indulgent. In ‘Antisocial,’ How the Alt-Right Went Viral 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z So they peppered the ceremony with favorites from Letterman’s late-night shows: a monologue, a Top 10 list, wry taped segments, even a Stupid Pet Trick. Was Letterman Really Such a Bad Oscar Host? He Still Thinks So 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z His book is a string of wry asides to the audience — pensées, jokes and anecdotes with the compression and tang of a Lydia Davis short story. In Alan Bennett’s Diaries, Life’s Pleasures Alongside Civic Outrage 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Garner created him as a sunny, fundamentally decent example of how to get through frustrations and disappointments not with rage, but a wry comeback. James Garner, 1928-2014 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z “My plan was to go back up to the Pacific Northwest,” says Shepard with a wry chuckle. In gift to MOCA, Alan Hergott and Curt Shepard give key works that explore gender and queer identity 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Was that a hint of a wry smile that curled across his face at one point? Bob Dylan opens three nights in Hollywood with grunts, grim themes 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Pernell is obsessed, but he also has a wry detachment — he embarrasses himself, as well as everyone around him. Review: ‘Hand of God,’ on Amazon, Is a California Neo-Noir Thriller 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Partly set in New York, the film’s improvisational quality and wry study of marital angst bring to mind Woody Allen at a moment when the Annie Hall director is persona non grata. Alan Alda: 'It's amazing that most of us live as if we're not gonna die' 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z With an unfailingly light touch, Millet delivers a wry fable about climate change, imbuing foundational myths with new meaning and, finally, hope. The 10 Best Books of 2020 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z With few opportunities and a stagnant economy, those who can leave, do; everyone else wallows in hopelessness spiked with wry humor. ‘What Belongs to You’ review: An eloquent tale of desire and remorse 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Now, he's got a lighter grip, tackling the ideas with wry humor. Don Delillo's deep freeze: 'Zero K' takes on death, futurists and cryonics 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z “This is the same wry, peripatetic series at heart, an intoxicating vision of urban life as a web of stories connected by wisps of smoke,” he added. What’s on TV Friday: ‘High Maintenance’ and ‘Fleabag’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z She is wry and unflinching, stating the songs so boldly that their male chauvinism, untenable romanticism or high morality start to form a genre of dark humor. Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 66 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Smith, poet laureate of the United States and a Pulitzer Prize winner, shows tremendous range in these rich, humane poems as she shifts from lyricism to direct speech, from meditative passages to wry humor. Review | Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The wondrous costumes he designed for the animals use everyday objects, which lend a wry, unsentimental touch to the staging. Music Review: An Impish Creature That Won?t Be Fenced In 2011-06-23T22:21:40Z Expect wry, hilarious non sequiturs muttered in between songs — like “Them Changes” and “Show You the Way” — that will be full of elastic funk grooves and blistering bass solos. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z “This, by the way, is the only instance in the South where the Black man goes first,” Rogers wrote in a wry aside. ‘Traveling Black,’ a Look at the Civil Rights Movement in Motion 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z “I was just a nice little boy, not sophisticated,” says Vollin, 84, who sports a silver mustache, stylish spectacles and a wry smile. A black college closed in 1955, but its fading alumni fight to pass on a legacy 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Birbiglia convinced us: the movie is sweet, wry and genuine. The Carpetbagger: Sleepwalking and Time-Traveling at Sundance 2012-01-27T18:43:33Z I’m a longtime admirer of Blake’s ability to limn fully formed personas with a few scratches — surely no one could capture the wry malevolence of Dahl’s stories as well. Beatrix Potter died 73 years ago. Now she has a new book. What to make of it? 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Aware of what was at stake, she poured her energy and creativity into the programme, making it an extension of her persona: upbeat, empathic and wry without being snarky. How even Ellen got bored of The Ellen Degeneres Show 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Many of the earliest works in the show come across as wry, layered tributes to Modernism’s illustrious past. Art Review: Thinking Outside the Canvas 2011-04-26T23:58:11Z Cicero, who has been observing this speechifying from the sidelines, makes a wry prediction for Catiline’s probable success. Far From Home, but Not Far Enough 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z Also on the program are two works by David Neumann, a choreographer and performer of deft, wry humor and emotional depth. The Week Ahead: May 16 ? 22 2010-05-13T14:25:00Z “I think I said something wry in ‘Hallelujah Junction’ about wanting to take ‘Grand Pianola Music’ behind the barn and shoot it,” Adams said in a recent interview, referring to his 2008 memoir. A Battle of Boos and Cheers at the Symphony 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But Wilson, chiming in with a wry “aca-ward” and “aca-believe it,” has such great delivery that allows the joke to soar when it could so easily flail. Pitch Perfect: Back to School Isn't Usually This Much Fun 2012-09-27T14:00:21Z The title of a forthcoming exhibition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, “Paul Chan: Breathers,” has at least several meanings, reflecting the artist’s talent for wry understatement. Air-Powered Art From a Newly Minted Winner of a ‘Genius Grant’ 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z So perhaps it was only a matter of time before he drove down 125th Street in his native New York City to deliver a wry crime novel. Review | With ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ Colson Whitehead proves once again that he’s a master of reinvention 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z But the comedy, or the wit, or whatever grown-up word best describes Jackson's wry humour, combines with a deft narrative acceleration to give his story the kind of straightforward appeal that literary fiction often lacks. Mick Jackson: 'Taking pity on the reader' 2010-04-08T09:41:00Z Mr. Woetzel was clever, informative but overly loquacious; Mr. Martins was judicious, sage, wry, supportive of his dancers and a source of Balanchine lore. Dance Review: Demonstrating How a Special Choreographer Made Men Special 2011-08-04T21:32:04Z By comparison, the veteran bands didn’t bother trying to be wry and were more appealing for their directness. Music Review: Dancing Under the Sky 2013-07-22T22:01:52Z Yellow Ostrich used a looping device that let its lead singer assemble vocal harmonies in songs that jumped all over the place, from wry plaints to assertive, tightly wound rock. Critic?s Notebook: At CMJ Music Marathon, a Glut of Bands and a Haze of Music 2011-10-23T23:43:16Z “He sounds wry, funny and sometimes a little sad” — just like the canine character. Bob, the tiny dog from ‘The One and Only Ivan,’ takes the lead in a new book 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Watering holes that pay wry homage to our maritime heritage have, ahem, flooded the market, as common these days as ironic taxidermy at a Capitol Hill dive. Drinks, ahoy, at the Octopus bar 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z He punctuates his wry observations with a big, booming laugh. Can W. Kamau Bell make CNN hilarious? 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Forty-five years after his death Guthrie's voice remains clear and sure, not least because his strong moral values were infused by a wry sense of humour. Woody Guthrie: a century of protest 2012-07-13T21:54:03Z But even guys with guns can throw in a wry line delivery or two, and “Hatfields & McCoys” could use some levity. “Hatfields & McCoys”: No heroes, no humor 2012-05-29T16:45:00Z So suggests the rose-tinted Barclays advert, which aims to squeeze a wry smile of recognition from a generation of Barbie-whipped parents. The new ad for a Barclays Springboard Mortgage 2013-02-23T06:00:04Z “Without losing the character’s desperation, Clayton now makes Hamlet more persuasively antic and wry — more real.” ‘A Vocal Figure Skater’ Makes His Mark as an Operatic Hamlet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z With a wry smile, Mr. Lavrencic added: “Usually Americans ask, ‘Why do you live here?’ With Wind Calm, Serenity in Slovenia 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z He was in demand as figures of authority, to which he contributed avoirdupois and a wry gravitas. Ian McKellen on Roger Hammond: "His special achievement as an actor was to spread great good humour' 2012-11-13T16:44:25Z The writing is delightfully crisp and wry, and always walks a tightrope between hope and disaster. Review | These new voices in poetry should make us sit up and listen 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Such experiences have given him plenty to write about in his wry, witty songs that reference figures from British writer Graham Greene to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. Tom Russell sings of life from Hollywood to Mexico 2012-01-19T13:14:07Z Ms. Gregory does give Dot an incisively wry line when the women are dumbfounded by the Rolling Stone article lauding their comeback. | 'The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World': Three Sisters, a Deluded Dad and Some Wretched Rock 2011-06-08T02:15:25Z While the novel shares literary DNA with Ms. Lee’s famous debut — the same wry humor, biting banter and finely drawn characters flicker throughout — this is clearly a different story. Preview of Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Reveals a Different Tale 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z On May 31, several days after protests erupted over the Minneapolis death of George Floyd while in police custody, a Post-Gazette reporter took wry aim at some of the reaction she had seen. The standoff between owners and journalists that’s eviscerating Pittsburgh’s biggest newspaper 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Don’t get me wrong: I like wry comedies and earnest dramas and white people in old-fashioned clothes as much as the next guy. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The ovation he received was a reward for five decades, yes, but also for his wry, confidently sung Schicchi, a rare funny part for him and one he approached with easygoing charm. Review: Plácido Domingo Reaches 50 Years at the Met Opera 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z As she explained this to the small group of assembled journalists, the president stepped away from her with a wry smile at the mention of a fever. Perspective | Of course you’ve noticed Deborah Birx’s style. That’s why it’s so reassuring. 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z What this wry, shy genius created in one slim volume was not simply a collection of moving poetry but a “gazetteer of the English heart”. A Worcestershire lad 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z This latest collection of micro-fictions is a treasure trove of tiny wry masterpieces. Nine New Books Worth Reading This Week 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Details of Takei's longtime relationship with Brad Altman, whom he married in 2008, along with a candid portrayal of the couple's wry, complementary dynamic, enjoyably inform much of the film's narrative. 'To Be Takei' a lively tribute to 'Star Trek's' George Takei 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “Dial possessed a combination of pride, dignity and determination, along with a wry sense of humor,” he wrote in an e-mail. Art: Letting His Life?s Work Do the Talking 2011-02-20T02:02:00Z Still running — deadline Monday, Nov. 14: Our contest for wry “Devil’s Dictionary” definitions. Quip on the draw: The Style Invitational’s winning cartoon captions 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z I also think I oftentimes play or read characters that are either sarcastic, wry, arms folded, eyebrow raised, have all the answers before you do, or super vulnerable, arms open, hopeful, gullible types. "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z And she's the director and screenwriter of the wry, sad, surprising feature "The Land of Steady Habits," which recently debuted on Netflix and in select theaters across the country. Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener: “I’m a director, not a ‘female director'” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z That little pun is typical of Aunt Lydia’s wry wit, which endows “The Testaments” with far more humor than “The Handmaid’s Tale” or its exceedingly grim TV adaptation. Review | Praise be: Margaret Atwood has published a sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Huang’s writing is wry and zippy; he regards the world with an understanding of its absurdities and injustices and with a willingness to be surprised. Eddie Huang Transcends Celebrity Chefdom Again 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Newhart gets to be the same kind of guy he is in his comedy: wry, befuddled, humble. New leaf for Bob Newhart 2011-01-17T14:57:23Z This model universe was conceived to be worthy, earnest and instructive but today seems camp and wry. 10 of Europe’s oddest attractions and events 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The wry, croaky singer will play himself on an upcoming episode, introducing Homer to a group of survivalists who are preparing for a technological apocalypse. Tom Waits to appear on The Simpsons 2012-08-27T10:17:21Z The story, rich in Lakota lore and traditions, is leavened by wry observations and humor, not least in the person of Virgil’s friend, Tommy, a loyal but aimless fellow. Review | For your pandemic playlist: 3 new audiobooks that will whisk you away — for a few hours, anyway 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z She often wears her hair, a festive shade of red, pulled into a high ponytail, and she radiates the wry, grounded air of someone who has learned her lessons the hard way. For this acclaimed pastry chef, home tastes like a coffee cake 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z She closed the report on a wry note. Late Night Wishes President Trump a Happy Birthday 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z There's a wry, punctured beauty to Robert McCauley's impeccably painted, eccentrically conceived oils on canvas — and one thing that does the puncturing is McCauley's way with a title. Creatures with a purpose: the heightened 'naturalism' of Skagit Valley painter Robert McCauley 2010-12-30T20:48:04Z Or, as one wry contributor put it, are we just "toddlers with more sophisticated taste?" Margaret, Are You Grieving? A Cultural History of Weeping; Spotify radio: radio review 2013-01-31T17:45:01Z "Maybe when I'm 50," he said with a wry grin. Jeremy Renner reflects on an unexpected Hollywood trajectory 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Welty’s writing, wry and linguistically zany, was the only version of “South” I knew, and it made me eager to go there. The New Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Refuses to Sugarcoat History 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z She landed her first byline with a wry piece on how to behave at Studio 54. ‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’ Review: Candace Bushnell Dishes Hot Details 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z A brass band lends historical gravity to “Red Hill Mining Town,” while “Two Hearts Beat as One” — with lyrics that insist, “Can’t stop to dance” — gets a wry disco makeover. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Apparently, Warwick joined Twitter eight years ago, but this was the year her account became a thing — wry, wise, as elegantly spectral as churlish is likely to get, generous. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Though he leads the charge, Hercules is aided immeasurably by a devoted circle of fearless fighters who provide not only physical and moral support but nice doses of wry humanity. Dwayne Johnson's 'Hercules' packs action-filled punch 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z In a coded, nuanced way, they delivered messages of rebellion, couched in a wry humour that allowed them to fly under the radar to the top of the charts. The Kinks: They really got me 2010-12-20T21:59:01Z Polished and sly, Ms. Majeski, a young American soprano, closed the program with the four songs that Britten wrote in the late 1930s for the singer and actress Hedli Anderson, to wry poems by Auden. Music Review: Amanda Majeski Sings Britten and Schumann in Concert 2014-02-11T21:54:15Z Almost overnight, he transformed himself from a wry observational comic to one who felt his material had to have higher stakes. Roy Wood Jr. Is Following in the Comedy Footsteps of Dick Gregory 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z I still remember my grandfather’s quietly wry jokes, my dad’s terrible stuffing that no one would ever say to his face was terrible, my mom and aunt bustling in the kitchen, laughing. A Thanksgiving Snapshot: Readers Share Their Holiday Stories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Now it feels like each success he enjoys, each wry and conspiratorial aside to the audience, is informed by our mutual knowledge of what he has been through, and what he almost lost. Angelina Jolie springs back to life from a career slumber in Maleficent 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Pickett No. 21 is both wry and exciting, with an apparent cliffhanger ending anticipating an equally gripping No. 22. Review | Five thrillers to read now — and soon 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z They were a wild bunch and often an exasperating one, but Simpson sees them with a wry and sympathetic eye and, by the way, writes at least as well as any of them. Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books The show has repeatedly demonstrated adroit technique coupled with a wry understanding of human nature—both in terms of its real-life characters’ interiority and in terms of what we, the audience, would find gripping. “The People v. O.J. Simpson”’s stinging verdict: The trial was always about narrative, not truth 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Romantic and wry, no longer willing to turn even his mirrored gaze in our direction, Tseng gets smaller and more distant, until he disappears. Tseng Kwong Chi, an “Ambiguous Ambassador” to Life in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z “Curve of Departure” opens with an old man named Rudy watching absurd tabloid TV in a hotel room, and by the end of Rachel Bonds’s gorgeous little drama, that seems like a wry joke. Review | Warmhearted ‘Curve of Departure’ hits Studio’s strike zone 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z It suggests John le Carré by way of David Lynch — a feverish and haunting but also wry and meditative rumination on power, secrecy and the color of clouds over water at sunset. ‘Pacifiction’ Review: Trouble in Paradise 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z These three encounters form the wry Japanese triptych “Sexual Drive,” directed by Kota Yoshida. ‘Sexual Drive’ Review: Best Served Hot and Heavy 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “Were-Monster” includes loads of callbacks and nods to superfans, but it was also the only revival episode that captured the wry humor of the series. The Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z “High Maintenance,” the intoxicatingly wry web series about a pot dealer, is upgraded by HBO. What’s on TV Friday: ‘High Maintenance’ and ‘Fleabag’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z "And my opinion," he says with a wry smile, "is that it's complicated." It's complicated: Spectrum Dance Theater explores Africa in Donald Byrd's 'The Mother of Us All' 2011-03-01T06:20:01Z Although the play emerges as a meditation on grief — it soon becomes clear that Donna, Geppetto’s wife and fellow puppeteer, has recently died — comic stage business and the script’s wry humor save it from lugubriousness. Spare Times for Children for June 21-27 2013-06-20T23:01:28Z Her thoughts on death as an imminent event are moving, wry, and enviably level-headed. Weekend Reading: Justin Timberlake, Lightning Strikes, and More 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z “Never. Mr. Leigh’s wry and magnanimous intelligence keeps ‘Secrets & Lies’ determinedly unsentimental, helped immeasurably by Cynthia’s fine, tough resilience and idiomatic verve.” What’s on TV Friday 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z But that prickly personality and its discontents ring awfully true, and Brunstetter uses the game frame to her wry advantage, switching it off at will. The game of life, learned on ‘The Oregon Trail’ 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z District 9 managed a graceful, entertaining fusion of political satire, some sensational monster CGI and a wry narrative take on interspecies friendship. Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium: Drab, Dreary and Dysto-pointing 2013-08-08T16:08:09Z Format aside, the images still speak for themselves with wry, understated eloquence, and they do so almost always by juxtaposing oddly disparate yet similar objects. Art Review: Captured: A New York Minute, or One in Havana 2011-06-09T23:00:29Z Claudel has the grace to make a wry defeatist joke out of this. The Investigation by Philippe Claudel – review 2013-02-07T09:00:02Z This knowledgeable, wry and engaging reporter is comfortable with culture in its infinite glory. Will Gompertz loves the arts ? shame the story has to be cuts 2010-07-28T12:14:00Z Jenny is self-sufficient, capable and wry, and enormously winning. After a Copycat Murder, Reopening an Old Case and Old Wounds 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Featuring wry humour and the world's most ingenious puzzles. 2011 games preview 2011-01-01T00:05:42Z Here, her voice absorbs the manner and accents of the various characters while still retaining the discreetly wry air that pervades the book’s overall sensibility. Review | Three great new audiobooks for your holiday drive 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s the writer’s debut play, but Brandes says her dialogue “is laced with sophisticated poetry and wry insight.” Essential Arts & Culture: The new MacArthur winners, Gehry's Bilbao effect, Springsteen on Broadway 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Huggins shaped it to star Garner, who shared his wry humour, and in his draft pilot, Huggins tried to break as many TV western rules as possible. James Garner obituary 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z In delicate washes of paint, political and cultural symbols are set adrift in a fantastical landscape peopled by knights, spacemen and figures of Russian folklore, while accompanying scraps of text play wry word games. Artist of the week 82: Pavel Pepperstein 2010-04-08T10:17:00Z But something else is lost, too: the irony or wry, gothic humor, the self-subverting postmodern wink. Review | In Jeff Wall’s photographs, it’s all about the details. But are they important? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z This second collection from the author of “Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self” takes a wry look at the many forms racism takes in modern America. 50 notable works of fiction in 2020 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z But the sheer quantity of clever sentences and wry observations weighs the story down, until the championship game becomes not only anticlimactic, but also strangely beside the point. Flashback to the ’80s 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “I was told if I wanted something that smelled like pine, they had it in a can,” she recalled with a wry laugh. The silver Christmas tree, an icon of Space Age kitsch, turns 60 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s also curious to see that Handler has sprinkled in wry comments about racial attitudes in the early 21st century. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Whitehead, a MacArthur “Genius” fellow, has a wry public persona that can be a little odd and very funny. Fall literary preview: 6 terrific L.A. events 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Atwood’s wry and rueful tales bridge the gap between your usual reading habits and your new interest in the natural world. Books New and Old for the Would-Be Time Traveler 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z I’m a bad robot mom,” says the photographer Mary Ellen Mark, looking with wry affection at the crowd of robots — pink fembots in frilly aprons! | Mary Ellen Mark and the Robots 2011-10-12T15:41:01Z Reed was once, yes, a wry urban troubadour – but that was decades ago. Lou Reed booed in Canada for free-improv set 2010-07-05T09:08:00Z In wry tones, playing with cultural and scientific contexts, he lays out the provenance the festive tree and its first appearances. Inventing the Christmas Tree by Bernd Brunner – review 2012-12-14T08:00:01Z High cheekbones and large eyes veer towards classical ideals, but the slightly weak chin and wry expression tug him back towards portraiture. Presence: The Art of Portrait Sculpture – review 2012-06-02T23:06:07Z What keeps all this engaging — beyond the real charm of these two young people — is the way Hunt refuses to let any conclusions solidify in her wry prose. ‘Mr. Splitfoot’ review: A gothic tale in the woods of New York 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z After he delivered his last note, he crossed it out on his notepad, looked up and said with a wry smile, “That’s it.” Learning 'Lear': Time to Leave the Nest 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z When I first read the script I thought that's the part to be, always wry and sardonic. Star Wars original cast looked 'a little melted' for Episode VII – Carrie Fisher 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z The network describes Ashe’s character as a “grey hat hacktivist” and overall computer nerd with a “wry, combative attitude” who hails from the technologically advanced year 2030. A Muslim-American superhero is coming to your TV this fall 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z This new depiction of Dickinson might stretch the truth in some ways, but at least it underscores the poet’s powerful intellect and wry sense of humor, which earlier portrayals too often ignored. Perspective | ‘Dickinson’ is another example of pop culture trying to liberate Emily Dickinson 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z He perhaps talks a little more, while she is expert at wry quips. The Big Sick's Kumail Najiani and Emily Gordon: 'In America, the idea of a cross-cultural relationship is still controversial' 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Here you will find far-flung places, visions of nature, the American past, glimpses of the mind’s outer reaches and a wry journey into self-knowledge. Review | Audiobooks for your summer travels 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z If his novels are anything to go by, he is wry, compassionate, curious and forgiving. ‘Middle England,’ a Traditional Novel Set in Our Very Unconventional Times 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Neyfakh is a gifted and trustworthy storyteller, with a gently wry tone; the details in his writing are lightly comic and well chosen, evincing empathy and amazement. “Slow Burn” Season 2, Reviewed: The Painful Lessons of the Clinton Impeachment 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z She brought a wry charm to his “Song of Black Max,” and a jovial sensibility to the quirky “Toothbrush Time.” Review: Dawn Upshaw Gets Down to Earth at Town Hall 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the watery setting supplies a wry reference to Marat’s demise, slain in his own bathtub. Music: Opera on Lake Constance: Love, Death and Fate 2011-07-26T11:00:06Z He validated things in his own wry style that everybody knows: Like, how air travel stinks and how "nothing in fine print is ever good news." Andy Rooney: Each Sunday he looked at the everyday 2011-11-05T12:52:13Z What could’ve been a disappointing choice to follow the success of “Teens of Denial,” feels vital with flurries of scribbling guitars, Toledo’s wry wit and dry-throated yawps. The 17 best Seattle-area albums of the year (so far) 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z But the phrase is just a wry photographer’s term for manipulating the brightness of areas of a photographic print. Review | In the galleries: Paintings reflect light’s luminous effects 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z While the work’s first production, in Munich in 2007, had the thick crayon lines and circus tints of a child’s coloring book, Ms. Jones’s staging, seen on Friday, was in wry, pinpoint ink. Review: ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ by Unsuk Chin, Told With Restraint 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z This is a seamless and amazing sequence of wry contradictions. Dance Review: Cunningham Dance Company Offers Finality and Contentment 2011-12-30T14:27:41Z "The stories I wrote at the age of eight and nine did not bring me the success I hoped for," she noted wrily in an essay of 1980. From the margins 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Through all of it, Brown peppers this memoir with crisp, self-deprecating asides, and a wry point of view that holds up to the very end. A very real take on turning 60, written with wit and verve 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Here, Swift is leaning into the character version of herself — it’s funny, wry, slightly perturbing. Taylor Swift, Caught Between Yesterday and Tomorrow on ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Called the Polar Bear Martini Club, the gatherings were a wry gesture of hearty determination tossed into the teeth of inclement weather. One Martini, Ice Cold, With a Blanket and a Scarf 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Thanks to her wry sense of humor, it totally works. Review | The first step to Mars takes place in the Utah desert 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z He appeared fairly nimble Saturday when he accepted a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in Los Angeles and recited his wry poem "Tower of Song" to the audience. 2010-02-06T05:51:00Z Maybe the title is wry, rueful, ironic, nostalgic and mischievous — all of which “Smut” itself turns out to be. Books of The Times: ?Smut: Stories? by Alan Bennett ? Review 2011-12-29T23:29:06Z When I commiserate about the overnight flight that brought them here, Linney gives a wry grimace. 'Comedy is a way to survive' 2011-02-08T08:00:00Z His clean voice has a bright edge, and he brings wry humor to the exchanges with his concerned parents, played with just the right flavoring of caricature by Allison Guinn and Josh Lamon. | 'Hair': Back When Even War Seemed a Bit Less Scary 2011-07-14T02:01:04Z The Root asks, "Is that code for 'too black'?" -- and answers with a number of wry responses from Twitter. Latest James Bond scribe says Idris Elba 'too street' to play 007 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Over lunch at a Mexican restaurant here in late June, Strong displayed fingernails decorated with rainbow designs and a wryer sense of humor than she is known for on “S.N.L.” Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Bonds’s “Minstrel Man,” about a performer whose humanity is invisible to his audience, stirred a wry, subversive spirit in Austin. Review: A Big Baritone Sound at Play in an Intimate Setting 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z The Hollywood Reporter agreed, saying despite the all-star ensemble cast, it is Lane who does the heavy lifting "with his mastery of the delayed double take, the arched eyebrow, the wry aside." Nathan Lane shines in Broadway comedy 'It's Only a Play' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z "The Uncoupling" is a smooth and often enchanting read that reveals a wry understanding of modern relationships and generations. 'The Uncoupling': a New Jersey high school under 'Lysistrata's' spell 2011-04-06T22:24:04Z “When It’s You,” with its wry Everywoman of a narrator, is more drawn to the commonplace. Review: In ‘When It’s You,’ Isolation Has Consequences 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “If I see a little wry smile on their face, or a chuckle, I know that the work has done its job.” Two Artists, Continents Apart, and a Shared Language of Struggle 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “It is never easy to be a good imperialist,” Blight writes, in an unusually wry aside, “but the old abolitionist did his best.” A Big New Biography Treats Frederick Douglass as Man, Not Myth 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “Consider me your time-traveling griot,” she tells the audience with wry buoyancy, evoking the West African tradition of storytellers who propagated endangered legacies. For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’ 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z In this valuable retrospective from the Downtown Chamber Players, there’s a chance to hear his “Hot Sonate” for saxophone and piano, his wry String Quartet No. 1 and a selection of piano music. Classical Music Listings for May 20-26 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Fortunately, Mark S. Wexler eschews ponderousness in favor of a wry, observant, open-minded approach in his most informative and often quite funny documentary "How to Live Forever." A lively documentary about avoiding death 2011-05-12T21:51:57Z This is a book that’s trenchant and intelligent; wry but not glib; humane but never indulgent. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z From Bryson’s wry, well-researched account, I began to learn how it would feel to walk through two thousand miles of mountainous wilderness. Why the Most Popular Hiking Memoirs Don’t Go the Distance 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z A touching 2014 episode with the show’s trademark wry take on a serious subject, in this case, the death of an elderly parent. The Simpsons Thanksgiving marathon: the 25 best episodes to gorge on 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Kids will enjoy both Taback's trademark wry humor as well as his hilarious illustrations. Simms Taback's books offer a brush with greatness 2012-01-07T04:33:16Z “I’m a terrible businessman,” he said, with a wry smile. With New Museums, a Once Disgraced Socialite Looks to Burnish His Legacy 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The new principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony, who hails from Istanbul via Philadelphia, is more wry in manner than McGill — but still good company. Symphony welcomes new flute, cello principals 2011-09-28T23:42:07Z Ms. Hay’s lecture, by turns passionate and wry, illuminated that mission better than the documentary; shown afterward, it was redundant and, at times, unconvincing. Review: Deborah Hay, Choreographer and Disrupter 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Those moments didn’t really work dramatically, either, since his Giovanni isn’t zesty, but rather pretty serene and matter-of-fact, mostly sober but a little wry, temperamentally gray — if still a practiced, persuasive romancer. Review: At the Met, a New ‘Don Giovanni’ Has a Stark Vitality 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z He is also the stunted Christian confounded by Spielrein’s passion and Freud’s wry wisdom. A Dangerous Method: Freud Had the Theories, But Jung Had the Sex 2011-11-22T17:45:41Z His default tone is wry amusement, and his mind gravitates toward complexity and optimism quicker than righteousness and complaint. Trevor Noah, Next ‘Daily Show’ Host,’ Aggressively Sunny in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Some are gritty and dark, others bright and wry. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z All of a sudden, his wry smile, his sarcastic whine and his hangdog courage were home. David Thomson on Jack Nicholson 2010-08-05T21:22:00Z One point made in this wry and illuminating documentary from Penny Lane is that the group that calls itself the Satanic Temple is not composed of devil worshipers. ‘Hail Satan?’ Review: Pitchforks, Black Clothes and Good Deeds 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z Plump lips pursed, by default, to form an expression that’s something like wry amusement, maybe even disappointment. Maya Rudolph: ‘I'm not a woman in comedy. I'm a comedian' 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z With her trademark wry humor, Patron also doesn't shy from addressing big issues; for example, there's a priceless scene where Lucky and her friends Lincoln and Miles discuss evolution. Penderwicks, Lucky, Liesl and Po star in great new youth novels 2011-11-13T00:20:25Z This harbinger of the US east coast "anti-folk" scene added wry new meaning to lines such as "I am a symbol of endless, hopeless, fruitless, aimless games" by delivering them with his acoustic guitar. Crass's political punk is as relevant now as ever 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z The stories here, about people who drink and flirt too much, and suffer afternoon hangovers of regret, come from lived experience but also show a wry and sympathetic understanding. The Eavesdropper’s Secret: On John O’Hara 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z It is not possible to muse on garden writing at The Washington Post without mentioning the wry, wise Henry Mitchell. It’s never easy to say goodbye, but it’s time for me to plant some trees 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z But would that be enough to push it through an academy membership that appears immune to Anderson's wry, melancholy humor, his intricately crafted worlds and his penchant for tracking shots and all things symmetrical? Searchlight's grand challenge: 'Budapest Hotel' for best picture 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Gil, 67, whistled, whooped in falsetto phrases, screeched jungle birdcalls, scat-sang like a trombone and plummeted down to sustained, buzzing notes that were both wry and resolute. Music Review | Gilberto Gil: At the Nokia Theater, Complex Colors in Simple Settings 2010-03-13T01:40:00Z Mr. Kunkel, a wry and gifted critic and a founding editor of the serious-minded magazine n+1, joins the storied pantheon of good and great prose writers without much flair for drama. ‘Buzz,’ a New Play by Benjamin Kunkel 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Throughout the piece, he’s more consistently wry than Stockhausen, even when pushing into stark extremes of timbre. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z But where Albertine describes herself as frustrated, exhausted and repressed in real life, on the page she is wry and vibrant, and seems to hold nothing back. Viv Albertine, Midlife Radical 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z “The movie has evolved,” Collins said with a wry smile. The DJ who brought grunge sound to the airwaves 2014-01-08T22:38:36Z The Other Auster of “4 3 2 1” is a wry authorial presence but not a particularly interesting one. For a doorstopper, Paul Auster's '4 3 2 1' is surprisingly light 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z It was so knee-buckling that afterward, Hadreas, wry and charming in front of the crowd, felt the need to acknowledge it, to somehow assure us that it was part of the plan. Perfume Genius sashays as he devastates a sold-out Roxy 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Then at Canterbury school, aged 12 or so, he started working with "a very good potter, Geoffrey Whiting, who was literate, wry, reserved and serious, and I warmed to that". Edmund de Waal 2011-02-12T11:38:27Z The wry drawings of a California ceramicist and the flamboyant designs of a prominent Palm Springs architect. Datebook: Rosamund Felsen's last show, surreal installations inspired by Rimbaud, capturing Brazil's Modern architecture 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Helen Dunmore in the Times praised Pulse by Julian Barnes: "While the writing is as clear, as wry, dry and elegant as ever, there is something turning beneath its surface." Critical eye - reviews roundup 2011-01-15T00:05:52Z His are not only a bravura technical challenge; they are also a loving, wry tribute to the genre of variations itself. Marc-André Hamelin Performs Variations on Paganini 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z He lives slobbishly and he is far too quick to anger, but he knows this, and advances his opinions with a kind of wry futility, at once strident and self-mocking. Comedy gold: John Caparulo's Meet Cap 2013-04-18T12:07:20Z But what sets the film apart for me is the flicker of wry humour which illuminates even the darkest moments. From Memento to Interstellar: our writers pick their favourite Christopher Nolan films 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z In these, Perry's tone is sometimes wry and ironic, sometimes sombre and straight. Philippa Perry: Couch fiction 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z But it's also a wry nod to the museum's own history. After traveling the world, L.A. artist Mark Bradford gets a solo show in his hometown 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z In her women’s-magazine-style skewering of everything, especially the way magazines talk to women — “Fun ways to freeze your eggs!” is a feature — Amram layers a lot of jokes over wry commentary. The best comedy books of 2014, including ones by Poehler and Mandvi 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z "The Man Who Couldn't Stop" could easily get bogged down by jargon and theory, but Adam's voice is earnest and self-aware, punctuated by moments of wry humor. 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop' a rich, reasonable look at OCD 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The stylish, stylized paintings in “Desert Wind” are wry, lush and pleasurable in their beauty and their brains. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z It all goes down gently, with a wry wistfulness that will not surprise anyone who watched the original series. Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Many successful modern astrologists adopt a wry distance to their subject matter, a departure from the sincere and anodyne advice of traditional newspaper astrologers. How Astrology Took Over the Internet 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z The quirky 67-year-old, dressed in a navy suit and green and floral patterned shirt, is famous for injecting wry humor into his brand, which spans suits, socks, shirts and ties. Designer Smith throws socks, wins smiles at exhibition debut 2013-11-15T14:46:15Z Sweet, sensitive and surprisingly insightful, Nikole Beckwith’s “Together Together” fashions the signposts of the romantic comedy — the meet-cute, the misunderstanding, the mutual acceptance — into a wry examination of a very different relationship. ‘Together Together’ Review: A Conceivable Plan 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Aaron is of course the story-teller-in-chief, and it his wry and rueful recollections of that season in Levittown that frame the proceedings. Review: Waiting to Connect in Levittown in ‘The Babylon Line’ 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z With his combination of eccentricity, wry humor, intelligence and populism, Mr. Perry seems particularly English. Grayson Perry Prepares His American Introduction 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z The wry punch line is a ballpark figure: “12 to 15 weeks.” Therapy Becomes Theater in ‘Wilderness’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition of the wistful podcast name and wry episode titles is a reflection of Frank’s mind-set that this crazy, precious time will pass. Review | Desperate parents have the strangest hacks for getting their kids to behave 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Cavill “brings a convincing physical presence and some wry humanity and emotional depth to ‘The Witcher,’” Mike Hale wrote in his review for The Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Togo’ and ‘The Witcher’ 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Roach’s accounts of cadavers and their many uses — as crash test dummies, as subjects in experiments in plastic surgery — are narrated by Shelly Frasier in a wry and knowing tone. Dear Match Book: What Audiobooks Will Liven Up My Summer Road Trips? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z The story is an unexpected mix, switching, sometimes in one sentence, from trapped despair to warm, wry humour. Irma Voth by Miriam Toews ? review 2011-07-15T21:55:09Z We lose the wry humour and the fun of seeing what Mattie is unable to see. Reading group: Truest grit 2012-12-06T11:09:52Z Charlie is a self-deprecating and wry fellow with some peculiar habits. 'The Good Thief's Guide to Venice': danger in gorgeous, dilapidated Venice 2011-08-04T19:54:04Z In the past week, Lauren Naturale, a onetime college English instructor who writes the Merriam-Webster tweets, has become a media darling thanks to her wry and pointed posts, which include playful badinage. Move Over, Wikipedia. Dictionaries Are Hot Again. 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z In total contrast, “In the Inn” is a wry, relatively realistic, male-female duet in ordinary light. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Spring Opener Features Balanchine 2013-05-01T22:03:21Z The neuroscientist Sapolsky talks about his studies of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, mixed with lots of wry commentary and gentle humor that puts a smile on your face while you read. The 1,328-Page Novel That Captivated the Primatologist Frans de Waal 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Based on her confidently wry delivery, it also seems like she feels good about herself. Unpacking the violent desserts of AMC's "Dietland" 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z The wry separation of paint and surface posits these works not only as paintings but also as paintings of paintings or even as sculptures of paintings. Review: Tom Burckhardt Juggles the Geometric and Organic 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z For all their controlled rage and wry wit, nicely captured in Sam Taylor’s translation, Mr Kurkov’s diaries are valuable partly because of who he is. I witness 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z But God’s wry grace always comes through at the last. An Ex-Jesuit Who Wrote Tales of an Ironic God 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Haydn’s wry humor pokes through in the finale, a lighthearted Rondo whose witty touches were deftly illuminated by Ms. Fliter’s crisply colored interpretation. Music Review: Finding the Subtle Humor and Whimsy in Haydn 2011-02-28T23:16:09Z The comedy is more wry than uproarious, the melodrama gently poignant rather than operatic, and the sentimentality just sweet enough to be satisfying rather than bothersome. Movie Review: ‘The Lunchbox,’ With Irrfan Khan: Mumbai Mix-Up 2014-02-27T16:27:45Z Above all, she is a storyteller, with a sense of pace and timing, relish for a good scene and a wry sense of humour. Woman of substance 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Pop's a wry retired cop, junior's a roguish irresponsible charmer. Tonight's TV highlights: Republic Of Doyle 2010-10-26T23:05:00Z Determined to see one in the wild, she travels to India and in wry, spare chapters, considers the nature and meaning of her obsession. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Phoebe Robinson, a petite comedian from Cleveland who has the wry smile of your kid sister, delivers amusingly dry observations about dating, catcalls and Facebook. Critic?s Notebook: Female Comedians Are Confidently Breaking Taste Taboos 2011-11-15T21:38:24Z The tableau’s wry title, “If Jesus Gives Us Everything We Want, We’ll Love Him,” zings prosperity theology, which holds that financial success is a function of appropriate worship. A Klansman with a megaphone: Steven Hull's sordid art laments troubled times 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z My Funniest Year: 2000 In a depressingly retrograde studio audience format, compere and comedian Rufus Hound does something the futurists never dreamt of – looks back with a wry, nostalgic eye to the year 2000. Isle of MTV 2010-09-04T05:45:00Z Keillor was shy, wry and unreadable in many ways, but his grave persona created an American enterprise as familiar and cozy as a hearth. Garrison Keillor, founder of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ fired after allegations of improper behavior 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z At the time, everyone thought Powell was a good man, says Hackett, shaking his head with a wry smile: “Son of a gun!” Roy Hackett: the civil rights hero who stood in front of a bus – and changed Britain for ever 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z "One Man Guy" is a wry love song by Loudon to himself; the four sing it together in an act of mutual recognition and, you can only conclude, forgiveness. Rufus Wainwright and Loudon Wainwright III ? review 2011-07-23T23:06:43Z If he was the nation’s Zola, Mr Eka is shaping up to be its Murakami: approaching social concerns at an angle rather than head-on, with hefty doses of surrealism and wry humour. Burning bright 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z As Templar, he addressed the camera in wry asides, luxuriated in fast cars and the company of beautiful women, and was expertly and unfailingly tailored. Roger Moore, suave actor who held James Bond role the longest, dies at 89 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z That plural narrator, knowing and wry, is just one of the novel’s rich pleasures. ‘No One Is Coming to Save Us’: ‘Gatsby’ gets a revolutionary reboot 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Someday, perhaps, Norm Macdonald will find the ideal television format for his wry comic sensibility. ArtsBeat: Two Swings and Two Misses for Sports Programs on Comedy Central 2011-06-21T13:35:39Z “Leto Legend” isn’t campy and avoids being pretentious; it’s nicely balanced by LePine’s wry humor, and it wraps up with a satisfying rush. ‘Leto Legend,’ saving the day for a woman trying to have it all 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z This wry and witty cult comedy from the director Dean Parisot mixes two wonderful comic ideas well. Stream These 6 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in May 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z It was a moment of wry, Raylanesque self-deprecation in a day spent mostly trying to convince a reporter that he was nothing like the character. Television: Timothy Olyphant in Elmore Leonard?s ?Justified? on FX 2012-01-05T12:00:00Z But also, in the way screenwriters and songwriters alike have chased that very particular attitude of the show — that “New Age mysticism” and wry wit. The “X-Files” echo effect: Here’s proof that the legendary series never actually left us 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z He has a wry sense of humour and loves the movies. Why I'd like to be … Jason Miller in The Exorcist 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z A onetime millionaire, he looked at me with a wry smile and said, “This is how we pay our bills these days.” Modern Love: A Photo on the Floor: My Father?s Double Life 2010-04-02T17:49:00Z That moment epitomizes the energy and wry humor of this production, which stars Thomas W. Jones II, its writer, director and choreographer. Review | ‘The Wizard of Hip’ has energy to spare in lively MetroStage production 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z His big, wry grin had a way of cradling you. Ashley Bickerton, Unflinchingly Honest About His Work and Illness 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Laurie was thoughtful and charmingly wry and self-deprecating, including regarding expectations for the apple cider he attempted while housebound in London by the pandemic. Hugh Laurie goes for bumpy political ride in PBS’ ‘Roadkill’ 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z This combination — of silly slapstick and wry humor, of a children’s fairy tale and an adult office comedy — is at the series’s core. In ‘Monsters at Work,’ the Scary Part Is the New Business Model 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Walker is quizzical and wry; for her, it is the "possibility" that their performances were transgressive that appeals. The Girl I Left Behind Me 2010-05-20T21:15:00Z Council went from dry to wry thanks to this guy. Why does this local restaurant offer discounts to people with parking tickets? 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z This wry, richly reported podcast from the BBC World Service chronicles every twist and turn of the saga and its implications far beyond Hollywood. 6 Podcasts About the Dark Side of the Internet 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Rudd is, once again, the wry, baffled straight man — more or less as he was in “I Love You, Man” — paired with a wilder, more unpredictable buddy. | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ?Dinner Game? Remake 2010-07-29T16:26:00Z As for the continuous supply in “How to Succeed” of wry commentary about achieving one’s goals by sucking up: well, a Washington audience seems particularly primed for that joke. Review | ‘How to Succeed’ is a tired musical whose sexist humor is a little tired, too. 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Here the sadness is balanced by a wry, satirical view of marriage, dating and the social media at a time when romantic fulfillment is supposedly easier to achieve. Paul Schneider and Melanie Lynskey in ‘Goodbye to All That’ 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z "So it is fine if I don't get married eventually," she added with a wry smile. Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes 2013-05-18T12:17:08Z Enter Gaby Dunn, the very funny, very relatable host of “Bad With Money,” who spent many years in a financial hole and now shares wry advice on how to turn things around. 7 Podcasts Your Wallet Will Love 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The downside of having parents “going through their puberty at the same time I was,” Ms. Rosenberg said with a wry grimace, was that no one was protecting her, or teaching her to protect herself. The Creator of ‘Jessica Jones’ Serves Up a Dark Mirror for Our Moment 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Just as surely as his foes can build a teeming lair in a volcano, Bond has a gadget, and a wry quip, to deploy at just the right time to rescue humankind. About that ‘No Time to Die’ ending… 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, our path is strewn with Jared’s wry observations. Review | Simon Stephenson’s hilarious ‘Set My Heart to Five’ follows a robot with Hollywood aspirations 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Post-black,” she added with a wry twist, “was the new black.” Art Review: ‘Fore’ at Studio Museum in Harlem 2012-11-29T22:40:44Z It often makes for a more somber sensibility, though Fulks’ wry sense of humor remains fully intact on “Aunt Peg’s New Old Man.” Robbie Fulks on how not to be “a guy in his 50s singing about sex or good times or even the opposite, about married contentedness” 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z This collection of wry microfiction seems to borrow from Rilke, Kafka and even Islam. New in Paperback: ‘Windfall,’ ‘The Ruined House’ 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z It's a wry dig at the vacuousness of a certain breed of music consumer, dancing obliviously in their overpriced shades to sounds shaped by the uncertainties of post-industrial Detroit. Clubs picks of the week 2013-05-11T05:00:22Z Organizers on Tuesday announced a shortlist that includes Kingsolver's kaleidoscope of U.S. and Mexican history "The Lacuna," Moore's wry Midwestern tale "A Gate at the Stairs" and Mantel's Tudor epic "Wolf Hall." Kingsolver, Moore compete for Orange fiction prize 2010-04-20T18:46:00Z Given that indie films are all about storytelling, often in a wry tone, it’s almost surprising that the show had spawned only two films, Unaccompanied Minors and The Informant!, before Sleepwalk With Me. Sleepwalk With Me: His American Life 2012-08-24T04:21:10Z A poet of wry observation rather than nebulous epiphanies, she often seems to be conjuring the kind of intimacy that comes from shared assumptions and experiences. Glass Wings by Fleur Adcock – review 2013-06-28T17:10:01Z Davies, for his part, segues from clip to clip, adding wry asides and keeping time using an iPhone on the table in front of them. Men in Blazers: America's Soccer Stars 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Last year, Second Story Cards, a small, independent greeting card company in Washington, sold about 20,000 cards from its catalogue of wry, tender and sometimes curse-spiked missives from the margins. These irreverent greeting cards are written by people who’ve experienced homelessness 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z But Cho’s wry whimsicality, and compassion for her fallible characters, gives these familiar dilemmas a tender lilt. Learning the words for love in ‘The Language Archive’ 2013-05-22T19:20:46Z The show works at every level, as satire, parable and romcom, and from the first appearance of Ross Green's wry narrator unfolds with luxurious, rapid-fire precision. Some Like It Hip Hop – review 2012-09-29T23:05:24Z Her tart, wry comics generally make their point in a few pages, then vanish like an uncomfortable party guest. New Graphic Novels Detail Personal Journeys and Twists of Fate 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The play is peppered with wry, funny commentary on the emotional antics of actors at work. Theater Review: ‘Stage Kiss,’ a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons 2014-03-03T03:00:19Z Decades later, when they were all in their seventies, my grandmother confessed her secret to one of the nuns, whose mouth stretched into a wry smile. The autumnal apple stack cake is rich in flavor and Appalachian folklore 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z But “Sun & Sea” remains one of the greatest achievements in performance of the last 10 years: wry, seductive and cunning in ways that reveal themselves days or years later. Review: In ‘Sun & Sea,’ We Laze Away the End of the World 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z When recounting her life, Hill is a lucid writer, delivering her reminiscences in a vivid and wry style. In a Memoir, the Impeachment Witness Fiona Hill Recounts Her Journey From ‘Blighted World’ to White House 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z They exude the same wry and revealing Pop eccentricity that has been vital in Vallance’s droll work for more than 30 years. Jeffrey Vallance has a conversation with Leonardo and other giants at CB1 Gallery 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z To omit the occasional wry nod to the human form is to gloss over that rare subject we all find familiar and humbling. Prime time's new age of crudeness 2011-01-17T15:01:00Z In just 89 pages, in spare, wry prose, she described incremental shifts to her life as Nazi persecution gradually degraded and dismantled the Jewish community. Marga Minco, Who Chronicled Jewish Life in Wartime, Dies at 103 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z The supporting cast — except Ms. Soules, whose wry deadpan covers a multitude of emotional bases — is more at home with the comic froth than with the dramatic suds. Review: ‘Shows for Days,’ With Patti LuPone as a Diva With Depth 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z As for Moufarrige, she said with a wry smile, “He was really my last connection to the McCartney thing.” What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z “When You Finish Saving the World” is, for better or worse, exactly the movie one would expect from the actor, writer and playwright Jesse Eisenberg: wordy, whiny and self-consciously wry. ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ Review: Mother and Son Disunion 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The neighborhood, in the days when Isherwood was giving English lessons and writing wry, detached stories in a front room of his apartment, was a thriving center of gay life, and remains so. Footsteps : Looking for Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin 2013-04-12T19:04:41Z Plainly dressed and usually off to the side, seated with the musicians, he isn’t trying to upstage anyone with his wry, unadorned performance. Review: Without Singing, the Moth Hits the High Notes in ‘The Echo Drift’ 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z But maybe that wry performance of wealth is preferable to embracing it? Posh taste, poor timing: Does Victoria Beckham’s Target fashion democratize luxury or glorify gratuitous wealth? 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z A homage to the wide-ranging wit and vision of Cervantes’s early-17th-century tale, “Quichotte” attempts to bring a similarly wry eye to the culture and politics of the early 21st century. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But the Brooklyn-based artist, who as a child dreamed of becoming a radio journalist, narrates with a knowing, wry warmth, weaving in interview snippets and documentary moments with MoMA staff members. How to Clean a Dusty Picasso at MoMA: Use Your Spit 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z For wry nipples, cynical nipples, nipples whittled from discounted Peperami sticks or those like hard-boiled eggs with eyebrows drawn on? What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z So he became a maker and breaker of alibis when murder brought a climax to Jonathan Royal’s house party: a house party whose hostilities made its chief charm for the host’s wry sense of fun. Classic Crime Novels That Still Thrill Today 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z In Moxon’s wry satire, Loony Island devolves into a giddy zombie apocalypse. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Modest, offhand, wry: These are not words you typically use when describing a bandleader. Ethan Lipton?s ?No Place to Go,? at Joe?s Pub 2012-03-12T21:44:22Z “It’s a lot better than it was two years ago,” he said with a wry laugh. Bill Gaytten, Out From the Shadows Cast by John Galliano 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Arguably, so is this wry observation by Mr. Smith: “Many artists delude themselves into believing that they are promising, productive artists when they would live much more fulfilled and useful lives engaged in proper employment.” ‘Bob and Roberta Smith: Art Amnesty,’ at MoMA PS1 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Moss says the two talked a lot about those issues, and found, as they do with most things, common ground — a way of navigating the world with wry humor and blunt talk. Elisabeth Moss and Alex Ross Perry listen up to some common notes 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z With her wry grin and screwball banter, Deutch is especially delightful, bounding through the cavalcade of holiday mix-ups with the buoyant verve of a bona fide romantic lead. ‘Something From Tiffany’s’ Review: Put a Ring on It 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z She waxes wry about the uncomfortable interactions at stop signs or in long hallways where sustained eye contact is inevitable. Critic’s Notebook: Issa Rae and ‘Awkward Black Girl’ Are Breaking Ground 2012-07-13T22:54:29Z Zen, Venetian by birth, is "wry, ethical, prickly, perceptive, politically incorrect, not especially lovable and forever bedeviled by bureaucratic incompetence," wrote Woog in a 2007 appreciation. Readers on the case: favorite mysteries set in Europe 2010-12-23T00:50:29Z Decades before “Scream” ushered in the trend of horror movies that knowingly commented on themselves, “Halloween” adopted a wry self-consciousness that constantly drew attention to itself. ‘Halloween’ 1978: The Times Finally Reviews a Horror Classic 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The intricacy of Mr. Kahane’s “Great Lakes” and the wry humor of his “Craigslistlieder” — he performed “Two Years Ago, My Sister and I” and “Neurotic and Lonely” from that cycle — suggest not. Music Review: New-Music Benefit Becomes the Art Itself 2010-09-28T21:13:00Z Real Enemies” is structured, significantly, in 12 movements, each bearing a wry or evocative title: “Best Friends Forever” concerns the military-industrial complex, while “The Enemy Within” recalls Red-scare McCarthyism. Review: ‘Real Enemies,’ at the BAM Harvey Theater, Sheds Light on Conspiracies 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Watkins is a winning blend of wry spine and wistful rue, while Ms. Kreinik is sturdy in a largely reactive role. Review: Exploring Women’s Lives in ‘When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout’ 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z For the cognoscenti, it is a wry joke about Clement Greenberg’s insistence on the flatness of Modernist painting. Art Review: ?Off the Wall: Part 1,? Performance Art at Whitney 2010-07-29T20:08:00Z His most recent album, "Popular Problems," captures him in ragged voice but sharpened mind, wry and witty here, meditative and calm there, with longtime collaborator Robinson offering typically seductive counterpoint. 'On Tour with Leonard Cohen' presents a picture of the singing poet 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The dry blinking is a prompting of sorts, a cue, a wry indication that you have nothing to worry about, that it is extremely unlikely that you will go blind under his expert care. The eye surgery I never should have seen 2014-01-28T00:00:00Z After touring, Q laid low, even from social media, where his wry sense of humor has helped him amass close to 2 million followers. How Schoolboy Q took it slow and had one of the best years in rap 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z An Audience for Free Spirits in a Closed Society THE Czech New Wave is perhaps best known for wry, poignant tales like Milos Forman’s “Loves of a Blonde” and Jiri Menzel’s “Closely Watched Trains.” ‘Daisies,’ From the Czech Director Vera Chytilova, at BAM 2012-06-29T22:03:01Z The moral, in a wry final chorus, is that we’re all susceptible to the devil. For opera lovers, at last a 'Rake' for L.A., bearded lady and all 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z But for killer-dillers, as the show’s wry announcers calls them, with pedigree and class — squarely matched dynamic duos — this looks like the top of the list: The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z For all the wry cheek of those pieces, the concert ended on a grandiloquent note with Bruno Mantovani’s Chamber Concerto No. 2. Music Review: Eighth Blackbird at Miller Theater - Review 2011-10-17T22:12:58Z On designer Robert Selender’s detailed set, the doings between two dovetailed back porches unfold with poetic realism, wry humor and a surging erotic charge. William Inge's 'Picnic' finds the universal in a small Kansas town 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Clive James on Television ran for years on ITV and his wry commentary on TV programmes from around the world, including the Japanese gameshow Endurance, made him a household name. Clive James tells BBC Radio 4 he is 'getting near the end' of his life 2012-06-21T11:32:15Z “The West Wing” is still so quick on its toes that its first move is to have cast member Bradley Whitford head off the naysayers with a wry, self-effacing intro. Review | The last thing America needs right now is more ‘West Wing’ 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Metcalf alternates between her two roles as coolly wry narrator and increasingly angry, confused patient. Bill Pullman comes to rescue 'The Other Place' 2013-02-15T13:05:10Z The whole haunting subplot was like a wry meta-response to one reaction the series got from some detractors: why don’t they just get the hell out of the house already? American Horror Story Finale: They Really Are a Screa-um, the Harmon Family! 2011-12-22T13:47:17Z Most of the stunts, fights and chases end up playing second fiddle to her bone structure or her wry, unimpressed stare. Rebecca Ferguson on Mission: Impossible – ‘Tom says he makes the films for the audience. I don’t’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z On “Platinum,” her vivacious, clever and slickly rowdy new album, though, Ms. Lambert is finally becoming a sophisticated radical, a wry country feminist and an artist learning to experiment widely but also with less abrasion. New Albums by Miranda Lambert, Meshell Ndegeocello and Taylor McFerrin 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Gathering his works from the 1970s to the present, the show features wry assemblages and wall sculptures that combine natural and discarded elements, riffing on classical architecture, the nature of portraiture and colonization. Datebook: Kerry James Marshall at MOCA, L.A. in '92 and Mary Weatherford's brilliant abstractions 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Like Olive, the stories are wry and plain but contain powerful life force. What We're Reading: DeLillo, 'The Examined Life,' 'Olive Kitteridge' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z But that sounds far drearier than the actual experience of reading this novel, which is leavened with wry silliness that fans will remember from Fox’s previous novels, “Friends Like Us” and “Still Life With Husband.” ‘Days of Awe’ review: A novel of grief and humor 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Fluxus can seem insular in its wry Conceptualism, but it was spiritually in tune with the anarchic wing of the 1960s counterculture represented most famously by Abbie Hoffman and Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. Art Review: ?Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life? - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z In a video call from his home studio in the Highgate area of North London, Davies spoke with his usual wry candor. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’ 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Redmayne plays Hawking with an air of both swagger and wry humor — and a distinct absence of self-pity -- while also capturing the subtle but devastating encroachments of Hawking’s rare motor-neuron disease. For actor Eddie Redmayne, a Stephen Hawking immersion course 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z But her general ruefulness and wry observations feel thin; the book is less a diary of someone’s deepest thoughts, insecurities and secrets than a carefully curated Wikipedia entry. A Real-Life J.F.K. Lover, Murdered in 1964, Stars in Two New Novels 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Without diminishing the stark realities of abject squalor Ms. Boo’s agile prose, wry tone and surprising upbeat theatrics are Dickensian in the best sense of that word. Janet Maslin’s 10 Favorite Books of 2012 2012-12-17T16:09:46Z Timbuktu” Yes, African director Abderrahmane Sissako’s wry, rich, tragic and spectacular tale of life under the rule of Islamic militants in northern Mali’s legendary “library city” was nominated for the foreign-language Oscar last year. 2015: The year’s best movies, from a classic screen romance to the ghosts of Auschwitz to delusional TV stardom 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Existential crises aside, the paintings are wry and packed with witty asides. Review | In the galleries: The past invades the present in paintings by Gregory Ferrand 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z “Things are popping,” a wry Walker answers, “fairly well.” ‘How to Make a Slave’ Offers Restless, Brilliant Thoughts About Race 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The fault isn't with Lithgow, who "is particularly adroit at finding the wry humor in his character's expressions of confusion and woe." John Lithgow, Annette Bening open in 'King Lear' in Central Park 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z “Hsu is a subtle writer, not a showy one; the joy of ‘Stay True’ sneaks up on you, and the wry jokes are threaded seamlessly throughout,” Jennifer Szalai wrote in a New York Times review. Ukrainian Author Andrey Kurkov Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z There is a strain of social commentary in songs like “Electrified,” which evokes our wired civilization, but their attitude is more wry than outraged. Music Review: Ben Sollee at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse 2013-04-21T21:09:07Z In some ways Yams was open about taking drugs: He wrote about it on Twitter with wry comedic flair, and he and some friends called themselves Blackout Boyz. ASAP Rocky, Dearly Missing ASAP Yams, Half of Their Formidable Hip-Hop Tag Team 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z It's probably a sentiment that would raise a wry, bushy eyebrow from Nim himself, the chimpanzee subject of Academy Award-winning James Marsh's absorbing return to the Sundance film festival. Project Nim: we are the real chumps in this chimp's story 2011-01-21T11:00:10Z Their weapon was not caustic satire but wry understatement; as the cultural historian Gerald Nachman wrote, they “never felt a need to destroy their targets, preferring to tickle them to death with a well-aimed feather.” Bob Elliott, of Bob and Ray Comedy Fame, Dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Instead he has maintained, in movies and music, his own wry, rad vision. This Time, Jim Jarmusch Is Kissing Vampires 2014-04-03T16:00:01Z But with a wry smile, full of a sly bemusement, as if he were thinking, “Isn’t life odd that I would be treated so?” The Tender Side of Edward Albee 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z In general, though, Pierpont’s voice is wry and confident, and she is a fine anthropologist of New York life, especially for those creative types who never quite manage to fit in with cultural expectations. ‘Among the Ten Thousand Things’: A family torn apart by infidelity 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Gray portrays that great irony in heartbreaking detail and psychological acuity, her language hinging lyrical flight with wry directness. Review | Amelia Gray captures the mind of Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z That might sound dreadfully dull if the wry observational Baumbach weren’t the one putting it all under the microscope. TIFF 2014: Noah Baumbach tackles marriage and moviemaking on screen 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z In his first of four solo acoustic concerts at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Young made himself gloriously at home, cutting a figure of sharp conscience and wry truculence as he foraged through his catalog. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Instead, a wry and wistful patchwork quilt of a theatrical experience, it captures Thomas's dark, bleak and often very funny vision of the world as he saw it. This week's new theatre 2011-08-05T23:09:29Z His poems develop from a moment felt, or remembered – with pain or pleasure, regret or wry humour – while his observations avoid the judgments they invite. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z These results are terrific: wry, direct, very informative. Notes on PEN's annotated first edition auction 2013-05-20T10:58:00Z It doesn’t matter what the situation is: Jordan will crack a wry smile. Space Jam at 20: 'The perfect movie' or one of modern cinema's biggest follies? 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z It is pleasantly lo-fi, but for projections, designed by Hao Bai, that draw wry inspiration from European art, like the schoolyard that resembles Edvard Munch’s expressionist painting. ‘Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies’ Review: A Tragic Pageantry 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The result is a show that probably isn’t destined for repeat viewings but provides a few wry moments and even a listenable song or two. Review: ‘A Very Murray Christmas,’ a Holiday Special for the Disillusioned 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “It’s a good product with interesting packaging and it puts a wry smile on the face,” says Harrison. Would you drink Danny DeVito’s limoncello? The big names trying to sell us booze 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Here, fortunately, Swift gets the tone just right, and the magician’s act provides a wry context for Ronnie’s disappearance. Review | In ‘Here We Are,’ Booker Prize winner Graham Swift casts a spell 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z And so funny and wry too, often bringing a carrier bag full of Quality Street for the crew – which, frankly, all actors should do. Cinema, Campari and a carrier bag of Quality Street: Edgar Wright remembers Diana Rigg 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z The two dancers, as they echo and repeat and refine each other's moves, develop a relationship that becomes cheerful, wry and sweetly pragmatic. Richard Alston Dance Company 2010-06-17T20:30:00Z Sounding gruff as Wotan — a role he shared last year with another singer — and acting with overkill, even by this staging’s standards, the bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny settled in as a meditative, wry Wanderer in “Siegfried.” At Bayreuth, the Work on Wagner’s Operas Is Never Done 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Like her younger self, middle-aged Evie is by turns wry and clinical, wary and direct. Emma Cline's 'The Girls' is a gorgeous, disqueiting spin on Manson family dynamics 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z The backyard treehouse, on the Tijuana side of the border, also functions as a wry viewpoint over one of the most politicized borders in the world. As Trump talks building a wall, a Japanese art collective's Tijuana treehouse peeks across the border 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Soderbergh included a shot of a billboard where Valentine advertised American Express; the original ad had starred Fonda – a wry and fearless note of self-deprecation. Peter Fonda: the elegant rebel who set the counterculture in motion 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z On “The Quest” and “Maybe I Missed the Point,” both by Mr. Goodwin, he conveys the wry, chastened air of a guy taking stock of his life. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z “I look forward to doing an animated reboot of my show on MTV in 25 years,” was Tosh’s wry response. New this week: Alicia Keys, ‘Filthy Rich’ and the Emmys 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z He sees a photographer's camera and immediately retreats — long-practiced caution, it seems — leaving his son at the counter with a wry smile on his face. 'Grease' gets its grit back 2011-04-23T15:21:37Z A wry, gently surreal British sitcom about rival small-town morticians, “Wooden Overcoats” is as entertaining as it is strangely comforting. 7 Fiction Podcasts Ready Made for Vacation 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z His personality, so wry and full of insight, and never taking things at face value, is as much in his collages as it is in his writing. Tom Lubbock: the pain and the pleasure 2010-12-13T17:00:00Z The University of Washington emeritus faculty pianist was famous for his elegance and taste — and also for the wry humor and pointed observations that shaped the generations of players who followed in his footsteps. Bela Siki, internationally renowned UW emeritus faculty pianist, dies at 97 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z His essay pivots from a wry exploration of the life of Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who passed for black and became president of a local chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., to more harrowing themes. Review: ‘The Fire This Time,’ Stoked by Baldwin’s Legacy 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Though capable of such wry observation, Maia’s voice is usually applied to appreciating the sensory details of her world just as a devoted tailor might. Review | In a new fantasy series, thrilling adventure takes cues from ‘Project Runway’ 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It sounds like a feast of a book, stuffed full of information, some useful, some useless, all fascinating, and written with a wry raised eyebrow. The Berlusconi Show and The Man Who Ate Everything | TV review 2010-03-18T06:45:00Z "If you like the picture, I'm thrilled," Allen told the packed house before the lights went down, then added with his wry sense of humor. Allen's "To Rome with Love" launches LA film fest 2012-06-15T17:25:47Z "It was an extraordinary exchange of passions," Robertson noted with wry understatement. Robbie Robertson's no-fuss career frustrates fans 2011-04-07T20:49:54Z “Their work is wry, gently subversive and affable — perhaps all are British qualities,” Ms. Lilley said. This Fall, London is Awash in Sculpture 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z For someone who used to call himself Faris Rotter in the early days of the Horrors, Badwan is a quiet, thoughtful character with a wry sense of humour. When Cat's Eyes met Ron Arad 2011-08-16T20:31:00Z A wry pessimism, gently encouraging, but a great woundedness underneath it all. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Her affect remains wry, offhanded; she walks onstage holding papers and uses references more highbrow than your typical joke slinger, but she is also often disarmingly personal and self-loathing. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Nick’s observation is more wry than anguished, and its implication of melodrama — evoking that famous “thin line” sung about by the Persuaders and the Pretenders — does not seem to apply to him and Meg. Movie Review: Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan in ‘Le Week-End’ 2014-03-13T14:29:45Z The mind behind it is always investigative, tough, wry, sensuous, making “What if?” experiments and conjuring unanticipated patterns and harmonies from them. Review: Compagnie CNDC-Angers Dances Cunningham 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z With his wry acceptance of foible and failure, Backman combines a singular style with a large and compassionate perspective for his characters. Review | Fredrik Backman returns to Beartown in ‘Us Against You’ 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z Taken together, their juxtaposition suggests a wry and strategic curatorial sensibility. Fred Sandback, creating lines and defying boundaries at the Glenstone 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z True to form, Ramsay remained wry and arrogant up until the moment one of his “loyal beasts” tore into his face. Iwan Rheon on ‘Game of Thrones’ and Ramsay Bolton’s Most Despicable Acts 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z And “I’m Gettin’ Stoned,” a skeptical number about marriage, showed that he hasn’t totally lost the wry humor he displayed on one of his earliest singles, “Two Pink Lines,” from 2006. Critic?s Notebook: Eric Church and Jason Aldean, Country Music Outlaws 2012-03-28T23:11:05Z The revered indie rocker, an architect of compelling yet cryptic narratives, has long been known for her wry lyrics. Neko Case keeps home-state crowd enraptured at Paramount Theatre 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z As in "Emperor," Otsuka slips in wry moments: "Remind me one more time, I'm Mrs. Who?" Julie Otsuka's novel of Japanese picture brides 2011-09-15T19:18:04Z An elegant and witty celebration of orchestral virtuosity, its series of surges towards climactic peaks defies expectation by ending quietly with a wry smile. BBCNOW/Søndergård – review 2012-10-14T14:56:03Z Ms. Monroe, 27, is a country artist with a value system that prizes sturdy craftsmanship and wry resilience: A high percentage of her songs revolve around whiskey and unrepentant poor judgment. Music Review: Ashley Monroe, Resilient Country Singer, at Joe’s Pub 2014-04-15T21:34:16Z "Busby Berkeley Dreams," "Come Back from San Francisco," "Grand Canyon" — all wry tales of heartbreak — got fine readings by Merritt, sometimes in new arrangements that brought out their poignant flair all the better. The Magnetic Fields charm Neptune crowd 2012-03-20T17:56:08Z Following the success of Bonnie and Clyde, he went on to make 1969's Alice's Restaurant, a wry hippie comedy, and directed Dustin Hoffman in the acclaimed Little Big Man. Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn dies aged 88 2010-09-29T17:03:00Z A self-effacing, wry guy with wild hair and a walleye, he was already finishing his first novel, “The Last Bongo Sunset,” and had begun a book about lovers in Hungary. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z I can only speak for half the audience, but it's hard not to acknowledge the truth of Charlie's wry observation that "women tend to be anxious, men tend to be avoidant". Seven Year Twitch – review 2013-05-28T17:11:53Z They share a wry, elliptical voice like that of Rachel Cusk, whose work often springs from a similar autobiographical bent. Review | New stories from Lauren Groff, who wrote President Obama’s favorite novel in 2015 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The idea that parapsychological research attracts generous funding is certain to bring a wry smile to the faces of most parapsychologists. How true to life are the psychics and psychologists in Red Lights? 2012-06-15T11:28:23Z He was hugely attractive – wry, curious, witty and exuberant. Letter: Film-maker Stephen Dwoskin remained 'funny, crabby and opinionated,' writes Naseem Khan 2012-07-24T17:06:04Z Without a single flying stunt or belted pop ballad, and with gentle charm and wry humor, "Once" won the most Tony noms this season: 11. Cue the 2012 Tony Awards, and a stripped-down Broadway season 2012-06-07T21:40:41Z Across selections from Chausson, Debussy, Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss and Alban Berg, Piau conjured a rarefied emotional world, suffused with wistful longing and serene melancholy, and leavened by a sense of wry detachment. French soprano’s serene concert at UDC is the stuff of dreams 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “Not knowing the V.P. picks, when they came out, that was tough,” Gabe said with a wry laugh. Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Ninety minutes of guitar virtuousity, crafted pop songs and wry badinage follow. Jackson Browne with David Lindley at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-28T00:20:00Z That explanation might have drawn a wry smile from Picasso, who once noted, “What one does is what counts, and not what one has the intention of doing.” Art: A City Steeped in Picasso's Lore 2011-07-19T11:00:05Z Now, with his signature wry humor, Phillips has recast that idle game in the tense world of early 17th-century European politics. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z They should be presented as what they are, an artifact of a less culturally divisive time, with the wry commentary left to audiences in the comfort of their living rooms, or at least on Twitter. The Carpetbagger: The Carpetbagger on ?The Artist? and the Oscars 2012-02-24T00:48:43Z All became the grist for her dark satire, laced with wry, aphoristic asides on the human condition. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Included among them is his Chippewa Uncle Delmore, a delightful character of wry wisdom and bawdy humor, and Gretchen, a sympathetic social worker with whom B.D. falls predictably and hopelessly in love. Jim Harrison’s ‘Brown Dog’: full life for a mischief-maker with a noble heart 2013-12-18T22:50:20Z With a wry sort of joy, Claveloux conveys the spectrum contained in polarities: real and unreal, male and female, animal and human, young and old. Psychedelic Comics Like Beautiful Tattoos 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z This fall there was also a terrific revival of City Opera’s charming 1999 production of Strauss’s wry domestic comedy “Intermezzo,” a hardly veiled portrait of his own marriage. City Opera Faces Hard Times With Daring 2010-12-18T23:20:19Z The poems, at times wry, sardonic and surrealistic, were set to musically eclectic gestures, like the agitated piano motifs accompanying Virginia Woolfe’s appearance in a fancy detox clinic alongside a “Liberace look-alike.” Music Review: ‘Pierrot Lunaire,’ at Merkin Concert Hall 2013-06-09T21:17:20Z “He loved to write, and it didn’t always have to be serious. Some of his writing is funny, deft, wry, engaging. He liked to contact ordinary people.” Rare Steinbeck story, set in Paris, published this week 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Directed by Oscar-winning "Community"-star and alumnus Jim Rash, the new edition, as ever, features a rotating cast that frequently delivers wry, ribald laughs, even when coasting on farcical technique. Media glut, the 'Bachelor,' Yelp get the Groundlings treatment 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z And, as always with Collins, there is a wry little twist. The DJ who brought grunge sound to the airwaves 2014-01-08T22:38:36Z Yet as this movement — a theme and variations — unfolded, he brought a touch of wry wit to his cool playing to let us hear how cleverly Beethoven altered, transformed and varied that seemingly innocuous theme. 2010-02-15T05:55:00Z I appreciate Roan’s thoughtful, wry approach to everything from current events to family drama, and I admire the engaging way he educates others about the subjects he loves. An aunt hits the road with her niece and nephew 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Balanced by reflections on his alcoholism and early career in London, it confirms Humphries as one of the world's most intelligent and wry entertainers. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z Kaluuya says this with equanimity: he never had expectations, not from lack of personal ambition, but from a kind of wry understanding of what was expected of him. Daniel Kaluuya: ‘I'm not a spokesman. No one’s expected to speak for all white people’ 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The Rockstar hallmark — gritty, believable, wry dialogue — is on full display. Video Game Review: A 1947 Mystery That Matters Now 2011-05-16T20:25:34Z Like wacky animated music videos, the films have original pop or blues soundtracks, wry lyrics and a silly sensibility that in no way undercuts their educational solidity. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 29-Sept. 4 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Her title is a wry double entendre, referring at once to the elderly characters she depicts and to the collection of Egyptian archaeological artifacts almost obsessively guarded by the novella’s narrator, Lloyd Wilkinson Petrie. Review | With ‘Antiquities,’ Cynthia Ozick is as vibrant on the page as ever 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, your relationship with her takes on an easier rapport since you secured that seat; maybe you even sprinkle in some idle chatter or a wry observation with your drink order. The spontaneous joy of eating at the bar, the last bastion of walk-in dining 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Could Lippmann deliver on that complexity while traversing the familiar terrain of a series heroine known almost as much for her wry observations of Baltimore life as her sleuthing abilities? 'Hush Hush' speaks volumes about dark domestic impulses 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The opening is pensive, but raucous trombone sounds soon smear across fast, bowed-bass figures and cyclonic free- drums, before settling into a wry, Bley-like theme. Giovanni Guidi: We Don't Live Here Anymore - review 2011-04-07T21:45:01Z Yet Beethoven’s ghost was a constant presence, looming over the proceedings with, undoubtedly, a wry smirk. Review: Diabolical Diabelli at Rutgers, With New Variations 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z When reading a Joshua Ferris novel, it is best to suspend disbelief at the unlikely narrative and relax into his geek-smart prose and wry humour. Looking for a place called hope 2014-04-24T04:00:00Z You don't notice the gears shifting because the scripts are so wry and exact and the performances so finely modulated. What makes Matt LeBlanc's new show so good 2011-02-03T15:04:00Z She’s a real dancer, and she also gets the show’s wry verve. Review | How ‘Chicago’ became the musical for every American decade, for all time 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z But it also gives a wry behind-the-scenes look at what we all imagine is really being said by the hosts and producers when the cameras are off. Hungry for more "Great British Baking Show”? Sample these tasty reads 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z She’s leaning back confidently, a look of wry amusement playing across her lips. Vanity Fair's Hollywood issue: the year Amy Adams missed out on an Oscar 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Trump’s mode of operation is gender specific: he scoffed, shouted, and simpered in a way that is unimaginable for Clinton, who remained, as she was required to, wry and collected. Hillary Clinton’s Miss Universe Moment 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z But the best example of her wry and raunchy sense of humor may be in “Not Safe With Nikki Glaser,” a cheerfully sex-obsessed series on Comedy Central. The Comic Nikki Glaser at Carolines on Broadway 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z This kind of ambiguity is part of the fun: “Taxi” is full of wry jokes, surprising incidents and allusions to Mr. Panahi’s earlier work. Review: In ‘Taxi,’ a Filmmaker Pushes Against Iranian Censorship From Behind the Wheel 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z His sentences are models of clarity and vivacity, sometimes further enlivened with wry authorial comments. ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z This is the Kurt Vonnegut I want to remember, the generous novelist who viewed writers as kin, the wry humanist who believed we all must be kind, the active citizen who imagined a better world. 'And So It Goes': Kurt Vonnegut, disenchanted genius 2011-11-18T23:12:32Z It’s a really warm comedy, without being soppy or cheesy – it’s wry and witty, with lots of surprising humour. Alice Lowe: ‘I was terrified that Bill Nighy was going to hate me’ 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z An instructional tone is alleviated by wry insights and a fondness for Russian literature; suitable solace for frustrated change-seekers. Delivery man 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z His wry observations about the structured chaos of vacation life might go on indefinitely — but then comes a knock at the door. What Happens When a Vacation Goes Wrong — and Not in a Funny Way? 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z “I’m here to make sure people don’t get too respectful,” Martin said with a wry smile. A ‘Salute to the Beatles,’ with a little help from musical friends 2014-02-04T19:53:18Z But the graphic that best captures this book’s wry sensibility and cool aesthetic is “A Venn Diagram of Daddy Issues.” Review | Graphic trivia about ‘Star Wars’ that only a Jedi Master would know 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z It's also not short of a few wry speculations about the contents of the Queen's speech which contains a wish to help create a film entitled David Cameron and his Temple of Doom. Maxine Peake brings the Pendle Witches to Preston library 2012-12-19T15:07:50Z Yet more outraged detractors organized rallies and brandished placards with wry slogans like “No More Playing Doctor” and “Hair Gel Is Not a Crime!” Abroad: In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis 2011-03-14T16:58:11Z The film is a gem, combining a wry buddy comedy with the wise reflections of a more serious picture, all conveyed with Sorrentino's visual flair. Cannes 2015: 'Youth' finds Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel getting cheeky 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z A lot of that chatter is humorous — often gentle and wry, on rare occasion uproarious — but there’s also a powerful undertow of loss running through the movie. Review: 1 Teenage Boy and 3 Mothers in ‘20th Century Women’ 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z It’s left to Gotay to hold things together, which he does with a beautifully sung, consistently wry performance. Review: An ‘Evita’ Newly Tailored for Our Time 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z As a suddenly downsized advertising executive, Mr. Golblum gives a wry, understated, self-effacing performance that doesn’t really match the character in the script. London Theater Journal: Feeling The Pain 2010-07-19T16:58:00Z Maddow shows her Rhodes scholar cred by salting her presentation with swagger, wry smiles and jokes at Trump’s expense. Rachel Maddow is wrong and right: The problem with trying to be Fox News for the Left 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z When Rachel says, “You need to get over me,” it’s both a wry joke about tragic romances, and an actual tragic romance. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘You Need to Get Over Me’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z With sex off the table, David and Julie are yearning for a sort of companionship built on shared heartbreak and wry wisdom. Two Novels on the Complexities of Revisiting Past Loves 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z But for all its variation, what unified his work was a wry observer’s arched eyebrow, the pointed humor and witty rue of a fatalist. William King, Sculptor Who Used Wit, Dies at 90 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z His placid, charming stories recount, with wry humor and perception, the triumphs and disappointments of daily life in tiny villages and on small farms. ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ Returns With Even More Creatures 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z The new Jim Rockford is described as "slightly crumpled, wry humored, cynical, world weary, compassionate when it's called for and easily irritated by morons." Dermot Mulroney to star in "Rockford" update 2010-03-01T06:37:00Z Add to this good plots and wry humour, and all the books in the series are delightful reads. Michael Stanley's top 10 African crime novels 2010-06-30T14:27:00Z Those things, on Monday, included wry and often unprintable reminiscences about 1970s London literary life and the trio’s late and still-lamented friend Christopher Hitchens. Amis, McEwan and Rushdie Properly Celebrate the Not-So-Proper Modern British Novel 2013-07-23T21:50:39Z Many of the Radio 4 listeners will have grown up listening to Robert and enjoyed his quiet, wry intelligence. Robert Robinson: tributes paid to doyen of the quiz show 2011-08-13T18:05:32Z Gordon, a wry and sprightly presence in movies like “Booksmart,” “Good Boys” and “Shiva Baby,” wore chunky sneakers, a schoolgirl skirt and sunglasses that made her look like a cat with an active Vogue subscription. In ‘The Bear,’ Molly Gordon Is More Than the Girl Next Door 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z One is funny and wry and probably smarter than me. After Its Odds-Defying Run, John Cariani Says Bye to ‘Caroline, or Change’ 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The Bogotá gallery Instituto de Visión is showing the wry, funny and playful works of the Colombian artist, Wilson Díaz. Frieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z By 1980 he was painting scenes of hardscrabble life in the tropics, using wry distortions, a lush palette and a political sharpness that took Neo-Expressionism on a tangent all his own. The Week Ahead: June 6 ? 12 2010-06-03T21:26:00Z And Griffith’s Sheriff Taylor, who’d rather wield a wry comment than a gun, was a weekly example of Americans talking through their problems. Vacation Robo-Post: What TV Shows Shaped America? 2012-07-03T12:04:01Z He was helped by Anton Barachovsky's outstanding account of the solo violin part, a wry but devoted depiction of the composer's wife, which in this performance seemed very much at the heart of the work. Bavarian RSO/Jansons/Uchida ? review 2011-03-29T16:57:06Z In its telling, “Scapegoat” manages to interleave tokens of wry wisdom — about American culture, academic and social life, marriage, dailiness. Review | ‘The Scapegoat’ is a bizarre, arresting mystery you won’t be able to put down 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Yet as they take things day by day, the women remain imaginative, funny and a fount of wry street wisdom. Tough love: An intimate look at Mexico City’s retired (and semi-retired) sex workers 2014-04-22T22:30:00Z Apart from a wry, but affectionate deconstruction of “Easy” by the Commodores, Faith No More only became less accessible, even dabbling in jazz, making records that were often confounding — but never dull. The Week Ahead: June 27 ? July 3 2010-06-25T15:46:00Z At a loud volume, it was the sweet sound of redundance and comfort — the rhythms of its wry jabs and retorts, the palatably odd mix of predictability and cerebral banter. Perspective | So long to ‘The Big Bang Theory,’ which was smart about being dumb about being smart 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut. For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Keong Sim narrates the book in a serene, resonant voice, capturing the author’s wry humor and feelings of awe and fatalism. Review | 3 great new audiobooks for your drive, your walk, your laundry folding ... 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z And although it didn’t start out as a wry and moving family drama, it has evolved into one. ‘Snowfall’ Review: To Live, Love and Die in 1980s L.A. 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z A wry smile fanned across his face — both rows of teeth, steady eye contact. How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Her inner voice yields jokes and asides, a montage of the metaphysical and the trivial, and Woods’s wry yet intimate images provide the deadpan slapstick contrast to her desperate whirl of thought. Forgotten Treasures of Black Women’s Cinema 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z This alternately wry and charming story traces a web of tensions across three generations in a little Irish town that seems frozen in time. Anne Enright draws a rich, Irish family saga in ‘The Green Road’ 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In some paintings, like the spine-wise view of a book titled “Modern Art” that lies on a grid of wooden blocks, she admits a wry, self-reflexive awareness of her marginal place in 20th-century art history. Review: Lucy Mackenzie, ‘Quiet,’ at Nancy Hoffman Gallery 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z But "Page One" only lightly touches on his biography, instead relying on him to act as defender of traditional journalism, which he does with wry aplomb. 'Page One': Capturing the moment when newspapers became news 2011-06-30T19:37:07Z The girl went from emotionally unkempt to charmingly idiosyncratic; the guy went from slick and unfeeling to wry and self-deprecating. 'What If's' Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse try to elevate the rom-com 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The linked stories in "Vertigo" all feature the same narrator, an unnamed woman who approaches the events and circumstances of her life with wry wisdom and chronic unease. Immerse yourself in Percival Everett's 'Half an Inch of Water' and Joanna Walsh's 'Vertigo' 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Even as the movie is so obviously a work of its auteur, it’s also faithful to Dahl’s spirit, with wry comedy and an insistence on not looking down on its youngest audience members. How to make a Roald Dahl book into a movie the right way 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But while it was innovative and cute to undercut a portentous franchise with wry humour 12 years ago, now these projects have become prolific enough to take on a perceptibly mercenary edge. Bricking it: why the Lego movie franchise is on shaky foundations 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z She also has a radiant smile, a capacity for elegant glamour and a wry charm, qualities underused here. Movie Review: The Action Thriller ‘In the Blood’ Stars Gina Carano 2014-04-03T22:38:52Z The poster shows her popping out from behind Murray's head, fixing us with a wry smile. Laura Linney: 'America's very puritanical' 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z There’s even a popular term for the wry, self-satisfied expression their characters invariably wear: DreamWorks Face. ‘The Bad Guys’ Review: Smirking All the Way to the Bank 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Gurney’s wry and tender new comedy-drama depicts a well-to-do New York family of the 1950s in crisis. Theater Listings for Dec. 20-26 2013-12-19T22:59:57Z The slight erosion has been accompanied by a sharper attention to lyrics, which Ms. Maye delivered with a wry, good-humored warmth tinged with a sense of the absurd. Review: Marilyn Maye, at 88, Celebrating the Moment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z His best-known work, made during an extended stay in Los Angeles in the 1960s, is figurative and wry, with a pop-art sheen to it. Review | The new David Hockney exhibition shows why he was such an art-world rebel 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Wayne Thiebaud, who died on Saturday at 101, painted sweets, clowns and bow ties, and somehow managed to capture the essence of his era in work that was deceptively smart, wry and engaging. Perspective | Wayne Thiebaud’s artistic eye was so much keener than pop art confections 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z These lyrics are far more wry and textured than the group’s arrangements, which veer toward overly polite. Music Review: Chapin Sisters? Old-Timey Sound at Living Room 2010-08-03T22:00:00Z And her face broadened in a wry smile that left me none the wiser. Chicken salt: the rise and fall (and rise again?) of Australia's favourite condiment | Adam Liaw 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Their songs hold chromatic twists and wry wordplay, packed into smiley three-minute bundles. Pop Music Gifts, All Bundled Up 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Flemming has a wry, melancholy manner, and Bamba has a tragic back story, but he also functions more as a symbol than a fully formed character. ‘Fear’ Review: Stranger in a Strange Land 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z To use an appropriately English phrase, this deft series from Wondery does exactly what it says on the tin, delivering wry and detailed retellings of political controversies. 6 Podcasts About Political Scandals and Upheaval 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z About three years later, her wry and heart-aching memoir about her ordeal, “Pretty Is What Changes,” was published. They Wrote Their Love Story While Scripting Others 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z When the astonished fugitives ask, “Who built it?” they’re met with a wry response: “Who builds anything in this country?” To Understand America, You Have to Ride the Railroad 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z With her wry humour, Marilyn added: "I hope all those extra takes are not for your Hollywood friends to enjoy at a private party." Marilyn Monroe: proto-feminist? 2012-07-21T21:05:42Z That might sound like a syrupy thesis for sophisticated city dwellers accustomed to entertainment with a side of wry. Perspective | Little Island is New York’s latest landing strip for theater, music, art — and ambition 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z And she brings a wry, analytical skepticism even to matters of the heart. Alex Lilly Keeps Her Cool, and Her Complexity on ‘2% Milk’ 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Its church, our guide noted with a wry smile, is said to be the oldest in Chile, dating to the mid-1600s. Explorer: Luxury in Chile?s Ancient Atacama Desert 2011-10-14T18:55:00Z And while it carries the hard sting of truth that the mainstream media will fall all over itself when “a pretty little white girl” disappears, it was said with a wry lack of bitterness. Charles Ramsey, hero and viral superstar 2013-05-07T16:49:00Z The wry essayist publishes a new collection, and his life, his writing and the world around him all seem a little crueler and more shocking than before. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z He’s really more wry than cynical, witty and reflective about his bumpy ride in show business. Donny and Marie Osmond: Cheerfully embracing their teen-idol past His strengths were a deep, buttery voice, dollops of Irish charm and a wry sense of humor. BBC Star Sir Terry Wogan Dies at 77 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Such an accepting attitude befits a work adapted from a book by Mr. Savage, a wry syndicated sex-advice columnist who provides a commonsensical approach to all things erotic. | 'The Kid': A Gay Couple Adopting, From New Group@Theater Row 2010-05-11T04:18:00Z Mr. Thicke exhaled smoke and shook his head with a wry smile. Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z American Scene painting by artists like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood was popular at the time; maybe Hopper’s painting was a wry nod to that chauvinistic trend. Perfect Poise, Pulled From Jaws of Distortion 2010-12-30T22:46:46Z Addressing the crowd, Womack, who is petite, bookish, and wry, read from a set of printed pages in her hand. Lil Peep and the Dilemma of the Posthumous Album 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z It's a funny line in a wry song, and helped set a tone that spread across the night. Caetano Veloso gigs the Hollywood Bowl; Bird and Banhart offer support 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Karen Mantler’s wry, bluntly elegant songs on “Business Is Bad,” her first album in 14 years, are about nuisances that nobody wants to dwell on without recourse to, at the very least, a nap. Gerald Albright and Karen Mantler Release Albums 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z There were, however, wry references to Caitlyn Jenner and Tom Brady to keep things au courant. 'Spamalot' a summer treat at Hollywood Bowl 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z It has funny moments — Ellis-Ross' Rainbow is particularly wry and witty, and Fishburne is, of course, a hoot — but the first half-hour of "black-ish" often seems intimidated by its own ambitions. ABC's 'black-ish' gamely takes on racial identity 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s a wry juxtaposition that raises the level of humor another notch. When First We Practice to Deceive 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Invisible Familiars, a New York band, had songs that started out wry and low-key but took smart, whimsical and sometimes raucous detours. Eras Mix Among 1,300 Groups at CMJ Music Marathon 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z Such reflections are leavened with wry humour, such as when Cave narrates: "I can control the weather with my moods. I just can't control my moods." Monster or god? Nick Cave explores rock performance in new film 2014-02-11T17:11:21Z Need to lend some charm, suavity and wry humanity to an otherwise objectionable middle-aged British male? Review: Hugh Laurie Plays a Politician Trying to Avoid Cancellation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In his review for The Times, Ben Kenigsberg called the results “wry and illuminating.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘The Flay List’ and ‘Hail Satan?’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z As you can imagine, Bored To Death is wry, postmodern and almost ridiculous. The slacker meets the sleuth 2011-03-26T00:02:00Z With understated power, Mirren gives Elizabeth a sharp mind and wry sense of humor beneath a steely shell of dignity and duty. Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience' 2013-03-06T12:26:09Z Such symbols appear in a few works but feature wry twists. ‘Art From the Holocaust’: The Beauty and Brutality in Forbidden Works 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Michael, who speaks in the conversational idioms of Ruth’s generation, is just as wry, self-conscious and understated as she is. Review: In ‘Lace Crater,’ Regretting That Tryst With a Ghost 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But she is inherently down to earth in a way that benefits her characters, and in conversation, she comes across as wry, understated and observant. Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z By turns wry and witty, Hicok’s plain-spoken writing highlights some of the pleasures and pains in this world, and humanity’s need for reflection. Review | Five new books of poetry explore the American experience, for better or worse 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Also, multiple secrets and masked identities, including that of the novel’s wry narrator. Review | Old New York springs alive in Francis Spufford’s ‘Golden Hill’ 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z And for Rosa-Johan Uddoh, a young London performance and video artist, the exhibition is an American debut — the first time she’s presenting her wry investigations of British society across the pond. 3 Artists Are Urged to Go Big. They Didn’t Hold Back. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s bleak at the outset, but by the end of the track a sense of hope and vision has prevailed, thanks to the wry realness of Perkins’s rapping and the sun-sprinkled buoyancy of Muldrow’s voice. The Playlist: Unreleased John Coltrane, and 9 More New Songs 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z When fashion insiders asked to see the mandatory program notes, there were wry smiles as they were handed a text-free book of collage pictures. Givenchy, Hermes and Celine get elegant 2012-10-01T02:46:03Z But there's no exaggeration here, and no self-pity: just a wry, yearning, roll-with-the-blows stoicism. Your weekly serving of verse for National Poetry Month, by Nicole Hardy 2010-04-21T20:49:00Z The Taylor Swift of this album is savage, wry, and pointed. Taylor Swift's '1989': New Album Review 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z “She has a positive point of view that is certainly antithetical to me,” he says with a wry grimace. Director Joe Mantello, Broadway’s Invisible Wizard 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Close attention to “Thirteen Silver Dollars” revealed a wry sense of humor at work. Review | At just 22, Colter Wall has clearly taken in country music traditions 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z "There's no pencil at all," says the California-based artist with a wry smile. Squeak Carnwath: paintings that trick the eye, poke a little fun 2012-06-28T20:47:07Z Their wry compression and uninflected prose startle and please, making the inequities of everyday life they highlight all the more savage and shocking. Félix Fénéon, the Collector-Anarchist Who Was Seurat’s First Champion 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z His long face creased into a wry smile. At 82, legendary travel writer Colin Thubron shows no signs of slowing down 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The sculpture is a punning extension of his work on a magazine called Toilet Paper and also a wry tip of his hat to Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” urinal. Flush of Excitement Delayed at the Guggenheim 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Not all of his gags hit the mark, but there’s no mistaking the comic’s high spirits and wry affection for his home state. Fringe Festival in Review 2010-08-18T21:22:00Z “My family loved them,” she said with wry affection. Keke Palmer Keeps a Check 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Mock and surround a crimson tree, let the criticism spring; Later we'll try some wit that's wry and then take another swing. Style Invitational Week 1310: The Year in Redo, Part 2 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He’s affable, wry and knowledgeable about local lore. 10 top tips from our Los Angeles correspondent 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Rumours and wry fictions breeding in the show's ether include Nazi plans to invade Britain using postcards of the coast as a guide. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-22T23:08:10Z In the Aria I duet, Maria Kowroski played the ballerina’s amazing back-arches and other acrobatic feats with a new quality of wry wit. Dance Review: Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky at New York City Ballet 2013-06-06T20:20:40Z Many of the designs display wry or charming capers, both conceptual and visual. '17 Swedish Designers' exhibit at Nordic Heritage Museum 2011-07-01T17:54:36Z “I had a mask on, trying to be in-cog-negro,” he recalls with a wry laugh. Perspective | Spike Lee on his role as an artist in tumultuous times: ‘I’m built for this’ 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Rich Brian, whose wry lyricism and laid-back persona made him the first 88rising artist to receive mainstream attention, raps throughout the record. How 88rising Crafted an Evocative Soundtrack for Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The dramatic voice is hectic and philosophic, prolix and restrained, wry and desperate. In ‘Love in the Wars,’ Achilles Battles an Amazon Queen 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z She smiles, warm and wry: “These shoes remind me of Dorothy’s in ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ ” ?God Save My Shoes,? a Documentary About High Heels 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z He’s a wry frontman who never pushes his unexceptional voice past where it can naturally go. Magic! Celebrates Its Hit Single and a New Album 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Expect a series of wry pieces that examine real and invented side effects of Chinese-style capitalism. Datebook: Zombies of Beijing, Chicano landscapes, fountain sculptures 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z When her voice appears, it’s firm, implacable, wry and nonchalant, demanding. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z With the majority of competition films yet to screen, the early front runner for the top prize is British director Mike Leigh, whose wry family drama "Another Year" was widely praised. Cannes film festival hits halfway short on buzz 2010-05-17T09:37:00Z He gave me a wry look and said, “you remember what’s important.” When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Without losing the character’s desperation, Clayton now makes Hamlet more persuasively antic and wry — more real. Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z Washington’s character, Jessica Kiang wrote in her review for The Times, is “basically James Bond, forward and backward, a kind of 00700, right down to the occasional wry one-liner.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘United Shades of America’ and a Presidential Address 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Instead, “Awkward” is a wry show about longing — for love, certainly, but also for consistency, that great intangible in the ever-morphing world of high school life. | 'Awkward': Teenager?s High-Five Is Plastered in Place 2011-07-18T22:00:24Z Where Springer was wry and detached from the tawdriness of his show, Kyle seemed fully invested in it. How The Jerry Springer Show splashed around in humanity’s worst excesses 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Another responded with a wry smile: “So is this like a ship thing?” ‘Crushes Thrive in Small Spaces’ 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Her earlier pieces, especially, were harrowing in their portrayal of haunted souls and precarious sanity; later in her career, there was more humour, though it was wry rather than sunny. Step-by-step guide to dance: Pina Bausch/Tanztheater Wuppertal 2010-03-30T11:13:00Z It would be a pleasure to just look at his wry, preternaturally alert face. How Ursula K. Le Guin Fooled the Poet Robert Hass 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z From his first moments onstage, Mr. Ouimette exudes a sense of wry foreboding, his mournful eyes already seeming to see the darkness ahead. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Able to simmer and seethe as a man down on his luck, but just as often hilariously wry. Review | In one of summer’s best new shows, Perry Mason gets what he’s always lacked — a personality 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z There are plenty of wry moments that anyone who's ever been in a long-term relationship will recognize, but you can get more laughs in less time from a single episode of "Modern Family." Tina Fey and Steve Carell save this "Date Night" 2010-04-09T11:01:00Z This 100-minute show — a string of interlocked monologues from three men — nicely captures the wry caper quality of McPherson’s early play. Romeo, Romeo — wherefore art thou so old? 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z This quiet, homespun stuff might seem too comfortable if it weren't for Jensen's wry take on art and consumerism. This week's new art exhibitions 2010-07-09T23:06:00Z This is Moss at his finest — bold graphics, serious inspiration and a wry sense of humor. T Magazine: Poster Boy Wonder 2011-07-21T00:54:00Z But Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell,” a sensitive and wry account of the time her family decided to not tell her grandmother that she was dying of cancer, is at the top of the pack. ‘Once Upon a Time,’ ‘Portrait’ top AP’s 2019 best films list 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z That might sound heavy, but Kaya Wilkins’s characteristically wry approach gives the song an alluring weightlessness and even a sense of humor. Shakira and Ozuna’s Breakup Bachata, and 7 More New Songs 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Her mother’s wry verdict on her father: “He was a ray o’ sun, but the sun goes down.” Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z "There's something incredible about discovering music that becomes your own," says guitarist Max Bloom, the reflective yin to songwriting partner Blumberg's wry, opinionated yang. Yuck: A taste of things to come 2011-02-03T22:50:01Z Meanwhile Residente’s lyrics delivered a socially conscious manifesto: sometimes wry, often hardheaded. Critic’s Notebook: Calle 13 at the Latin Alternative Music Conference 2012-07-15T22:22:21Z Adds Nissen with a wry smile, “It was sex and art. What could be better?” Partying with the Germs and drinking with X: A new book about Slash magazine captures L.A.'s early punk scene 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Andrea Savage's wry comedy series "I'm Sorry" was supposed to get a third season on TruTV, but that was also rescinded. Wait, that happened this year? A reminder of the TV events that 2020 erased from our memories 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Ms. Robertson has an appealing gravity, but she appears less comfortable with the melodramatics of “The Secret Circle” than she was with the wry comedy of “Life Unexpected.” Television Review: ?Ringer? and ?The Secret Circle? on CW ? Television Review 2011-09-12T14:55:43Z Held captive in an elaborate wedding dress and veil that seemed to be disintegrating into dust before our eyes, Bonham Carter brought a wry, offhand dottiness to the role; funny and poignant and strangely beautiful. At TIFF: 'Hyde Park,' 'Great Expectations,' Dame Maggie 2012-09-10T22:30:14Z “The Iron Giant” is a good old-fashioned piece of full-family entertainment, providing thrills for the kids alongside wry humor and vintage references for their parents. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z But once you get used to it, Aya is a fascinating baby: wry, no-nonsense, gimlet-eyed, with all the iffy muscle control and stubborn whims of a tiny new human. In ‘Buggy Baby,’ Shadows Creep In 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z This collection of micro-fictions is a treasure trove of tiny wry masterpieces. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Best is Sarah Beckham-Turner, wry even in desperation as Harper, her voice cool yet vibrating with vulnerability. Review: ‘Angels in America,’ Carved to the Bone and Into an Opera 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z It’s as if Sanderson were saying, with a wry smile, “Try walking in these, and see what happens.” Harriet Sanderson crafts ‘Uneasy Landscapes’ | Art review 2012-12-04T15:01:05Z The three films were also, Mr. Hawke noted with wry pride, the “lowest-grossing trilogy in history,” which made the Academy’s nod especially sweet. The Carpetbagger: Ethan Hawke, Adapted Screenplay Nominee for Original Characters 2014-01-16T18:41:34Z He looks downcast rather than wry, moustache suddenly droopy. Nicolas Philibert: the future's orange 2011-01-27T22:45:01Z “I remember her being quite wry, writing about desire,” said Helen Oyeyemi, a former Columbia classmate. Of Her Own Making 2011-06-08T17:21:22Z It's fun to imagine Catherine Smyth-McMullen, the episode's writer, concocting this exchange while wearing a wry grin, spurred on by knowing what type of man announces himself as a feminist unbidden, especially in 2020. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Fritz charts the physical effects and, particularly, the psychological shifts entailed, with wry humour and a firm technical grip. Poem of the week: Going, Going... by Leah Fritz 2011-08-22T09:18:53Z The film’s tone, however, remains buoyant and wry, a piquant conversation about breaching boundaries and claiming space. | 'The Red Birds': Friends in Avian Form 2010-04-20T23:53:00Z Still, the frontman has a wry sense of humour and his knowing, deadpan lyrics subtly poke fun at the genre's usual cliches. Bring Me the Horizon – review 2013-04-03T17:45:54Z Ms. Feinstein’s wry, melancholic art suggests that despair may be a fecund mother of invention. Art in Review: ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN: ?The Estate of Rochelle F.? 2011-04-14T20:23:52Z After he released all his new material, Ocean penned a note on his personal Tumblr with a wry nod to his fans’ devotion to him and his music. Eight Things You Didn't Know About Frank Ocean's New Album 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “I decided to make Batman impossibly old — I made him in his 50s,” a wry Mr. Miller, now 58, said in a recent interview. ‘Dark Knight III: The Master Race’ Comic Book Prompts Reflection and a Look Ahead 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Reading further, in silence, Mr. Ji, a soft-spoken man with a wry sense of humor, chuckled. Part Traditionalist, Part Naturalist, Part Dissident 2010-02-19T21:56:00Z Connery’s natural muscular power and wry humour modified the elegance and eccentricity of Bond in just the right way. Sean Connery at 90: a dangerously seductive icon of masculinity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z The collection concludes with the challenges of motherhood, such as this wry description of trying to balance the chores of domestic life with the demands of being an artist: Brenda Shaughnessy to discuss the ‘Life of a Poet’ at Hill Center 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z What’s surprising, even astonishing, about “A Quiet Passion” is that, first of all, it’s funny—not just clever or wry but uproarious, outrageous, hysterical. A Masterful Emily Dickinson Movie 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z She was wry, down-to-earth and fun, without pretension or heightened prospects. Jane Russell: 'An immense, impervious beauty' 2011-03-01T19:55:54Z Everyone in the audience and at home was dying with laughter, but Dave only cracked that wry smile of his. Video: Your Favorite David Letterman Memories 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z “The look on their faces kind of said: maybe not,” she says with a wry smile and a raised eyebrow. Beverley Ditsie: the South African woman who helped liberate lesbians everywhere 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z When he dove into a familiar premise, his voice could move from dry to wry in a blink, mocking himself. Richard Belzer Had a Ball With the Relationship Between Comic and Crowd 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z “The thing I like, I mean quite immeasurably, is this kind of conversation, this kind of exchange, this class of mutual reminiscence,” is his wry comment to the empty chair. The Age of Monologues 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Her characters are accorded a wry but unwavering respect so profound as to count as love. Profile: Anne Tyler 2011-03-30T14:12:34Z He says he will miss Vogel's astute eye and wry sense of humor. Art collector Herbert Vogel dies at 89 2012-07-22T23:01:04Z It's true that Wyndham's preference is for no-nonsense, brisk, wry narrators, and the horrors that visit the books can seem like opportunities to show off good old British pluck. John Wyndham: The unread bestseller 2010-12-20T16:12:31Z His music is ambient in the sense that it hangs in the air and changes glacially, but its harshness, complexity and wry humor distance it from the vapidities of the style’s New Age corner. Music Review: Ecstatic Summer, Part of River to River, at Winter Garden 2012-07-15T22:11:58Z That voice can be almost avuncular, the wry cackle of a codger who still has an eye for the ladies. New Music: BOB DYLAN, review 2012-09-10T16:28:05Z Mr. Edberg vividly captured the stark, wailing character of the opening section and the moments of wry humor later on in the piece, which blends tonal and atonal elements. Review: Tackling Bach, Debussy and Prokofiev at Spectrum 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Its few flashes of wry humor are outweighed by mystically beautiful images, of which the most striking is a recurrent close-up of reflections in an eyeball. Review: In ‘Blind,’ Perception and Fantasy Converge in a Writer’s Mind 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z A preternaturally wry man with thick spectacles, his early course load included “Optical Collusion,” a build-your-own telescope class; Scents & Sensibility, an introduction to perfume; and “Meat!” which was about different cuts of meat. Brooklyn Brainery Offers Popular Courses 2012-04-04T21:47:16Z What followed was exuberant, rowdy, winningly messy: the chipper swing of the wry “Teenagers” giving way to the frenzy of “Welcome to the Black Parade.” My Chemical Romance, Reunited and It Feels So Bruised 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said Ms. Handler’s willingness to inject herself into unfamiliar situations and bring a wry humor to these explorations suggested she could carry a show more expansive than “Chelsea Lately.” Chelsea Handler: Impulsive, Provocative and Streaming on Netflix 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “I was seen as an outsider, not a newcomer,” he once said with a wry smile. Perspective | ‘Spotlight’ made Marty Baron a star. It also made him my friend. 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z His books sell so well that even the pirated copies still circulate widely, disseminating his trademark wit and wry, earthy humor with uneven margins and blotched text. The Essential Gabriel García Márquez 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Given that year seven begins with an installment called "Shiva," it's clear that the "Good" of the title is a bit wry — but then again, who knows? Etgar Keret's memoir opens an odd, alluring window into life in Israel 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z “I was a sculptor when I was an undergraduate,” says Weatherford with a wry smile, revealing that nothing in her work is unintentional. With bold brush strokes and luminous neon, L.A. painter Mary Weatherford comes into her own 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z So many lives to commemorate — but our Loserbards’ brand of wry, even funny wistfulness might be just what we need right now. Style Invitational Week 1417: Dead Letters, our annual obit-poem contest 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z “Optimism is not popular in New York,” she observed with a wry good humor and proceeded to spread joy and good will. Ann Hampton Callaway Performs at 54 Below 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z She invariably finds it easy to play sophisticated, erudite women with a wry sense of humor and an interest in self-examination. Who is Sylvia? 'Goat' manages to connect to a tricky beast 2011-04-05T13:48:40Z With a wry wit, an amiable mien and a flexible morality, Ames was a natural spy. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Though he was prone to depression, and said that writing was a way of relieving his bleaker feelings, Mr. Storey had a wry sense of humor and enjoyed turning experience into anecdote. David Storey, British Novelist and Playwright, Dies at 83 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z All this is served up with a delightful side of wry. 'Major Pettigrew's Last Stand': Late-life romance meets some obstacles in debut novel 2010-04-29T20:08:00Z His eclectic works also differ from one another, but they all seem to express a particular, peculiar sensibility: elegant, eccentric, serious, wry, fascinated by contradictions, susceptible to beauty but skeptical, too. Dance Review: Douglas Dunn’s Autobiographical ‘Aubade’ 2014-01-28T22:32:46Z But Ms. DeMent has a very welcome wry streak, sometimes delivering hard truths and arched eyebrows in her arrestingly rural voice that evokes Patsy Cline and even the raw side of Dolly Parton. Music Review: Iris DeMent at City Winery 2013-01-23T22:12:33Z One appeal of the production is its tone: wry, ironic. Review: In ‘Paramodernities,’ Words and Dance Do Battle. The Audience Wins. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z In others, a heavily-accented French narrator provides wry commentary from an unseen remove, until he’s revealed years later to be a stand-in for Jacques Cousteau. SpongeBob at 20: how the pineapple-dwelling fry cook endured 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Now on view in a handsome Spooky Action Theater production, directed by Helen R. Murray, Fréchette’s fable begins as a wry and suspenseful updating of the Bluebeard fairy tale. Review | Spooky Action Theatre’s ‘Small Room’ for patient fans of the offbeat 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z McNamara's scripts soar with effervescent humor and cleverness that Fanning amplifies with a sense of dignified, wry nonchalance. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Those aunts are an eccentric bunch, offering quirky memories of Claire’s mother and wry remarks about life. Theater Review: ‘I Am a Tree,’ Dulcy Rogers’s Solo Show at St. Clement’s 2012-06-10T21:26:22Z For those needing a refresher, serious statements are direct and unequivocal, said without the wry smile, the look away or a roll of the eyes. Perspective | Miss Manners: Professor needs to master ‘professorial’ tone 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Your wry humor always made me laugh, and your shows often had me in stitches. Garry Shandling, Star of Groundbreaking Sitcoms, Dies at 66 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Ball’s first novel is a wry, dark multigenerational tale, full of emotional insight, about the Israeli and American branches of an extended family. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The housewives in her collection share Ellis’s wry sensibility. ‘American Housewife’: Cracked women who will crack you up 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “Gone Girl,” was Flynn’s third novel, as full of the author's trademark twists, wry wit, and often devastating insight into the female experience as its predecessors "Dark Places" and "Sharp Objects." How the scathing "Gone Girl" rant about being the "cool girl" defined the decade 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z If “Songs for the Fallen” seems longer than an hour and 20 minutes, that may be because it’s so dense with wry musical observation. The New York Musical Theater Festival Features Joy and Purpose 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z As Aline, Ms. Borowitz glides in and out of the play with a wry smile often affixed to her face. Theater Review: ‘The Master Builder,’ at the Harvey Theater at BAM 2013-05-21T02:00:02Z We hear that he was influenced by Jean Shepherd, the radio personality whose wry storytelling brought him to prominence in the 1950s. ‘Playing in the FM Band’ Review: A Free-Form Radio Legend 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z But instead of rolling in self-pity, the singer shrugs through it with a wink and wry smile, connecting with listeners who shout “yaaaas” in response. Elle Varner shines despite technical difficulties at the Howard Theatre With a wry smirk, she added, “There’s only ever room for one woman.” Marina’s Music Was Caught Between Worlds. Now She’s Making Her Own. 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Nordeman told me that the crowd resembled “living examples of Waters’s wry, creative expression—it was as though everyone there had come to audition for a role in his next film.” John Waters’s Eccentric Art World 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t the most fun time; my partner and I separated so it was a transitional time in my life,” she says with a wry snort. Diane Kruger: ‘I truly believe the best is yet to come’ 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Were James writing from some great emotional distance, as a man who has made his amends and can tell the world, "behold the cautionary tale here," his saga might have a wry, redemptive appeal. Breaking: Jesse James is still the worst 2011-05-05T20:28:00Z They will be talked about in a wry, journalistic tone by a middle-aged white man wearing a half-smile and a tie. Things That Are Important on the internet And How To Spot Them 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z She is capable, wry, and rarely loses her grip on anything, though this political climate has been testing. The Good Fight: in praise of Diane Lockhart, one of TV's greatest characters 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z If this list had been due six months ago, Sally Wainwright’s wonderfully wry yet emotionally charged period drama about Anne Lister, an uninhibited 19th-century English noblewoman, would be right at the top. Perspective | Best TV shows of 2019: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Succession’ and more 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z He writes about big matters — nothing bigger than life and death, after all — as if they were incidental oddities deserving of wry comment but no great moralizing or posturing. Theater Review: ?The Realistic Joneses,? at Yale Repertory Theater 2012-05-01T22:14:22Z And he’s a character — self-aggrandizing and self-loathing, mischievous, salty and wry. Critic’s Notebook: Ratking’s EP ‘Wiki93’ Is Thoroughly New York 2012-11-06T22:30:05Z Liz Montague’s simple, wry cartoons do this with a gentle humor that shows our human foibles and frustrations, but from the perspective of a Black woman living through a period of unrest and upheaval. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The slicing and dicing still leaves a bounty of the sort of wry wit both comic actors are known for, and the Italian countryside is a feast for the eyes. 'The Trip to Italy' is delicious summer fun 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Postlethwaite's sense of his own personal responsibility here, combined with his wry realism, confirm what many already suspected: this was a man with real heart and humour, as well as tremendous talent. Pete Postlethwaite: in clips 2011-01-03T13:25:29Z As she put it, with a wry tenderness, “I do feel like he’s watching us from the big attic in the sky.” The Raincoats’ Gina Birch Goes Solo (and Still Makes the Floor Rattle) 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s one of many lovely moments in writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said, a wry and moving look at a time in life that tends to get short shrift in American cinema. Enough Said: When Tony Met Elaine 2013-09-18T01:38:32Z As a suddenly downsized advertising executive, Mr. Goldblum gives a wry, understated, self-effacing performance that doesn’t really match the character in the script. London Theater Scene Echoes Economic Woes 2010-07-20T21:34:00Z Among this year’s notable acts are My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst, Tune-Yards, Deer Tick and Iron & Wine: each distinct, but all compatible with an ethos of stringed instruments and wry sentiments. The Hot List: Newport Folk Festival 2012 2012-06-21T21:41:05Z Under the knowing direction of Jenny Sullivan, Purl captures the wry humor, reportorial detachment and imploding pain that characterizes Didion's writing style and the subtext and personality beneath. Mourning and resilience made 'Magical' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It's full of camerabatics, wry humor and the brutality of Argentine politics in the years when Isabel Peron's unstable government gave way to the dictatorship of el Processo, with its Dirty War against dissidents. Oscar's Big Secret: Love and Death in Argentina 2010-04-25T02:35:00Z While two of our tablemates readily cracked some wry jokes, the other two left much to be desired in the realm of dinner conversation. Playing Cupid for a Gay Friend on a (Mostly) Straight Cruise 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z She is Callirhoe — beautiful, yes, but also wry, smart and exasperated by the way her life is unraveling before her eyes. Review: How Deep Is Your Love? A Ratmansky Ballet Dives In 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Maintaining the pose of wry observer, he’s not likely to get introspective, revealing little of himself and rarely delving into hot-button social or political issues. Critic?s Notebook: Todd Barry at Caroline?s Comedy Club 2012-03-21T20:54:48Z “The bodies pile up, as do the wry asides about what is and what is not good for the country,” Sarah Lyall writes, reviewing the book alongside other thrillers. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z She went on to describe Maude’s tweets as “earnest yet highly sophisticated, childlike yet totally aware and wry.” Maude Apatow Is Growing Up Writing 2012-08-24T22:19:51Z Ms. Metcalf said with a wry grin, “I would imagine that there are rehearsal rooms where this style wouldn’t be appreciated.” Laurie Metcalf, on Broadway in ‘The Other Place’ 2012-12-27T16:27:16Z He’s a sneakily lyrical rapper — bursting with pugnacious talk but also wry. A Trip Home With Moneybagg Yo, Trap’s New Ambassador 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “The Other Side of Hope,” his first feature since “Le Havre” in 2011 is a wry social-realist fable about the European refugee crisis, a funny and affecting appeal for decency in the face of suffering. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “At crucial moments the movie recoils from its own implications and finds a default tone of wry comedy when something more stringent and difficult is called for,” Mr. Scott wrote in The Times in October. DVDs: On DVD, Pedro Costa?s ?Letters From Fontainhas? 2010-03-24T22:24:00Z Mr. Dylan’s warm and wry performance captures the mix of wit and sincerity favored by songs from the American standards era. Bob Dylan Sings About Gay Love 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z ‘Family Furniture’ A. R. Gurney’s wry and tender new comedy-drama depicts a well-to-do New York family of the 1950s in crisis. Theater Listings for Dec. 13-19 2013-12-13T18:23:32Z They need punch and passion, but Hall stays wry and frazzled. Rich Hall – review 2013-03-07T17:46:17Z In 1996, she wrote a wry memoir on making it in Hollywood called Hello, He Lied. Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business by Lynda Obst – review 2013-07-06T07:30:00Z The result is an introspective and emotional journey with the wry humor you only get from an Estevez-Sheen creative talent. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z He also offered the wry “When They Really Get To Know You, They Will Run,” about hypocrisy, one of the rare songs in which he appears to be a scold. Music Review: Songs of a Doubting Thomas at Bowery Ballroom 2011-06-26T22:00:31Z Occasionally, watching his work onstage, I feel the breadth of imagination, the associative leaps, the wry humor and deep intuitive sense that the book conveys. ArtsBeat: A Critics Conversation: Modern Dance Madness 2012-04-03T14:14:19Z These self-loathing brains shrug off their own academic and artistic pursuits with a wry grin. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Their courtship scenes alternate with wry discussions held by characters in the various window tableaus. | 'Looking at Christmas': Holiday Windows Dress Up a Romance 2010-12-07T16:48:00Z Along the way, there are personal troubles — meddling relatives, nosy neighbors, local playboys, pregnancy scares — but "Aya: Life in Yop City"remains a wry, upbeat account of everyday life. 5 graphic novels by Black authors, featuring a pioneering motorcyclist to a blues-singing monster 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z Directed by the Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner with a detachment more professorial than wry, “Little Joe” manages to exert a peculiar pull in spite of being constructed with material you’ve likely seen elsewhere. ‘Little Joe’ Review: This Flower Can Dispense Joy, but It Has Demands 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith and the Clowns reached the pop Top 10 in 1958 with the wry “Don’t You Just Know It.” Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z With a wry smile, flat voice and sharp humor, Mr. Morgan played Colonel Potter from 1975 to 1983, when “M*A*S*H” went off the air. Harry Morgan, ?M*A*S*H? and ?Dragnet? Actor, Dies at 96 2011-12-07T16:47:35Z With his craggy visage and papery diction, his Holmes is a study in wry, intellectual charisma. Review: For Ian McKellen’s ‘Mr. Holmes,’ Retirement Is Afoot 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z “Mr. Pig” is a quietly powerful drama, filled with wry observations on life and family. “Mr. Pig”: a wonderful road movie about family and transcendence, co-written and directed by Diego Luna 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z It's typical of Juster's insistence on considering things from all angles that he follows this beautiful and stirring speech with Milo's wry thought: "For someone who loves silence, she certainly talks a great deal." Summer Voyages: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster 2013-07-17T09:16:27Z And so he flits from past to present and back again, making connections with a wry and scathing wit. Eduardo Galeano: 'My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia' 2013-07-23T16:41:00Z It’s a caustic, absurd comedy, a psychological drama of sibling dependence and a wry take on venture-capital medicine and privilege. Adapt or Die 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z When Tiffany writes about the ways in which humans and animals can regard and understand one another, she is tender and wry. Mateship with Birds by Carrie Tiffany - review 2012-06-29T21:55:16Z “One curator said that I’m my own worst enemy,” she said with a wry smile. Righting Wrongs and Generating Attention for Art of the African Diaspora 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z The voice is wholly his own — dissonant, offbeat, whiplash, wry — even as it whispers to musics past. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The details of the story, set against the practicalities of the times and the events in the news, emerge with a wry tone that renders the dramatic pain all the more intense. The Best Movies I Saw at SXSW 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps the closest equivalent might be Alan Bennett's playtexts, prized for their wry forewords as much as their tart and quotable dialogue. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z Prince gushed as he watched La Havas perform her wry, bittersweet "Age." Staying true to Lianne La Havas 2013-03-28T19:35:00Z "I lost my two front teeth playing football in the prison yard," he says with a wry smile. Lowrider bikes as activist tools: General Dogon's rolling art works are part of Skid Row history 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z They are subtle and wry — not as dialogue heavy as “Girls” and not drenched in shock value either — and some still draw fewer than 10,000 online views. Young Comics Adapting ?Broad City? from Web to FX 2012-04-13T20:34:51Z The interplay between the two is masterful, rich in the wry, ironic humour of Jewish eastern Europe. Another Yalta conference 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z That wry sense of humor is always present in his dance-theater works, as is a sense of dislocation. A Choreographer’s Life, Unfurled in a Flurry of Fragments 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z The banner is painted over imagery that ranges from Aztec to Masonic, rendered in wry imitation of stone relief. Thrilling new exhibition shows modern Mexican art is bigger than murals 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z "Ah yes," said Adams with a wry grin. America's composer 2010-06-19T23:01:00Z He has a wry, self-effacing sense of humor — the effort to impeach him, he likes to say, was a conspiracy between his wife and the House Freedom Caucus to get him home. How the IRS chief went from respected public servant to political punching bag 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Often men of charismatic wit and intelligence who know life has defeated them, they are both of their society and outside it, wry and eloquent witnesses to their own entrapment. Theater Review: ‘Cornelius’ Is Revived at 59E59 Theaters 2013-06-12T21:15:07Z This electric album is full of songs that are socially astute and a little wry and delivered with the panache of old standards, a mélange of 1920s blues, 1960s folk and 1970s soft rock. Playlist: New Music by Kari Jobe, Mohombi, Bhi Bhiman and Others 2012-02-03T18:28:06Z The death poems — including Pinter’s wry, aggressive ode to the cancer cells that eventually took his life — are all strong and read by Mr. Sands with brute conviction. Theater Review: ‘A Celebration of Harold Pinter,’ Directed by John Malkovich 2012-10-17T02:00:10Z This is a dry comedy that elicits amused recognition rather than belly laughs, and Ulman, as a first-time feature director, makes canny decisions to set a wry tone. ‘El Planeta’ Review: A Comedy of Austerity 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z His tone is charmingly wry but never gleeful. Fear and Fumbling: Brexit, Trump and the Nationalist Surge 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Henley is inventive, the owner of a wry wit and sparkling dialogue; she can mix broad comedy with deep pathos. Review: In ‘Abundance,’ by Beth Henley, Mail-Order Brides Find Husbands and Lice 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “Imagining this inner transformation,” Greenblatt says, with a wry allusion to the final redemptive scene of “The Winter’s Tale,” “is almost as difficult as imagining a statue coming to life.” What Would Shakespeare Have Made of Donald Trump? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z As she said, with well-practiced wry resignation, “Ah well, as long as they ‘favorite’ it, it’s a good day.” For Sandra Tsing Loh, Change is Good 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Like other movies by Mr. Allen, including “Radio Days” and “Midnight in Paris,” “Bullets” was a wry but affectionate hymn to an urban dreamscape of another era. Theater Review: Woody Allen Transforms His ‘Bullets Over Broadway’ 2014-04-11T02:00:16Z Her political material is wry and pointed, and her personal jokes can achieve the poignancy of a slice-of-life scene from one of Alan Bennett’s delicately observed plays. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But she arrived with her own wry sensibility and a genuine enthusiasm for the crime genre, and, like her character, forged a surprising connection with her partners. Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “I used to have the energy to get mad, used to know how to say sorry,” Bridgers sings with wry self-judgment and an escalating intensity. Dolly Parton Goes Arena Rock, and 9 More New Songs 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Occasionally color drips from the central gaps or from the circles themselves, adding to the wry sense of female fecundity. Art in Review: JUDY LEDGERWOOD: ?April Showers? 2011-06-23T21:20:40Z As Casey endures the humiliations of poverty and the mistreatment of various suitors, her own wry commentary on life as a young woman in modern America is the only compensation that gets her through. Review | Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ delivers pure joy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s not so hard to be married, as one wry lyric from Stephen Sondheim’s “Company” reminds us. Rehearse Me a Little, Wherever You Are 2011-04-06T13:27:09Z His other works include the collections “Abandon the Old in Tokyo,” “Good-Bye,” “The Pushman and Other Stories” and, more recently, “Fallen Words,” a wry set of moral tales published in 2009, after “A Drifting Life.” Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese Cartoonist of Dark Stories, Is Dead at 79 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Designed as an affectionate tribute to the classical models of farce, “The Matchmaker” is nonetheless gently inflected with the warm humanity and wry wisdom that characterized much of Wilder’s writing. Theater Review: ‘The Matchmaker’ at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012-08-26T21:36:37Z And he brings a convincing physical presence and some wry humanity and emotional depth to “The Witcher.” Review: Netflix Sends ‘The Witcher’ Into the Fantasy Fray 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But “Silicon Valley” is as much a wry study of modern entrepreneurialism — or, in jargon, “start-up culture” — as it is a comedy about work. ‘Silicon Valley,’ Mike Judge’s New Series, Debuts on HBO 2014-04-02T16:55:21Z Forrest doesn’t talk much, or display much emotion — his range of feeling runs from mild concern to wry amusement — but he has a touch of poetry to him, and an old-fashioned courtliness. Review: Robert Redford Aims to Charm in ‘The Old Man & the Gun’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The text is barbed with subtle humor that is wry and painful. In Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Refugees,' wistfulness is an anthem of displacement 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z “And by the way,” he says with a wry, conspiratorial smile, “they are fights.” Brad Pitt is ready to kick masculinity to the curb: ‘We have to redefine it’ 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Irwin has a delicate, wry touch that is a nice match for the brutish anger of Mr. Shiner, a more Dionysian figure. The Tears (and Fears) of a Clown 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z They shared a certain wry tone, yet Mr. Elliott was less demonstrative, an even-keeled stoic with none of the kinetic anxiety that was standard for many of the great comics of the 20th century. Recalling Bob and Ray, Who Paved the Way for Today’s Deadpan Humor 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z A regular set-up in Perkins’s show involves her making wry observations while her hosts look on, blank-faced from the edge of the frame, presumably excluded from the joke by the language barrier. ‘So alien! So other!’: how western TV gets Japanese culture wrong 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z She has no anger, no wry remarks, simply pain and puzzlement. Telling tales 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z She adopts a wry, confident and sometimes even playful tone. Madness in Massachusetts 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z When fans of the wry “Pitch Perfect” series first met the ragtag singing group the Barden Bellas, they were ensconced in the college a cappella bubble. Review: ‘Pitch Perfect 3’ Keeps the Songs but Loses the Plot 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Written in a wry, erudite voice, the novel explores the reaction to the news that in two years, moon fragments will pulverize the Earth and destroy all life. The best sci-fi and fantasy books for May 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z When we last met Ethan Lipton, the wry and mustachioed playwright and songwriter, in “No Place to Go,” he was debating whether or not to move to Mars. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z It's an awkward dilemma, explored by Radley with keen sympathy and wry affection. Lynda Radley on Futureproof: a freak show about selfhood not sisterhood 2011-08-18T16:09:26Z Throughout the book, Tallis beguiles the reader, co-opts you to his wry perspective. In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections by Raymond Tallis – review 2012-07-06T21:55:07Z Working with Graham was “life in the eye of the storm, at the epicenter of an earthquake,” he wrote in his wry, diaristic 2020 memoir, “Onstage With Martha Graham.” Stuart Hodes, Who Danced With Martha Graham, Is Dead at 98 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Arjona is one of Latin pop’s finest lyricists: observant, nuanced, sometimes wry, sometimes melancholy and especially fond of the play of opposites. Music Review: Ricardo Arjona at Madison Square Garden 2012-02-28T00:01:48Z Largely constructed from slowly but steadily alternating pools of close-harmony dissonance, “For George Lewis” doesn’t immediately recall Lewis’s recent wry, riotous music for orchestra and chamber ensembles. For Music, a Fall Deluge of Performances Is Beginning 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z It might be a wry little joke, I suppose, meant to raise a smile from an admiring friend, like Gwili or Frost. Poem of the week: Words by Edward Thomas 2013-02-25T10:51:18Z In Mr. Barbagallo’s hands, Nut is instantly winning, with a warm, wry humor that cushions the more painful moments. Review: An ‘Orange Julius’ Bond Is Complicated 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z As developers' helicopters scan the property for opportunities, we are given a memorable insight into the death of the Celtic Tiger, and all told in Guinness's supple, wry, elegant style. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z It’s comic and often wry, but like some of his other films, it has the soul of a tragedy. ‘Asteroid City’ Review: Our Town and Country 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Specifically, she was born to do this once upon a time week after week, with introductory teasers, a wry voice-over, narrative complications and those mini-cliffhangers called act outs or act breaks that precede commercials. Movie Review: ‘Veronica Mars’ Returns, on the Big Screen This Time 2014-03-13T22:07:42Z "I can still run in a straight line," he said with a wry smile, "and I can still throw a punch." In 'November Man' Pierce Brosnan gets tougher with age 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Baldessari is known for his experimental work blending painting, photography and text — often with wry humor. In the studio with John Baldessari: At 85, the man who shunned 'boring art' has a new show 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z A large dish was decorated inside with a nondescript chimera — “a kylin or other hoofed animal,” as a Bonhams expert put it with wry humor. Auctions: Seesaw Bidding Early in the Season 2011-09-09T11:00:09Z And his wry paean to personal addictions, “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk,” won a big ovation. Critic?s Notebook: City Opera Begins Season With Rufus Wainwright 2011-11-18T21:43:07Z He spends the rest of the performance trying not to die of his wound, first in desperation and eventually with wry resignation. Music Review: ‘Don Giovanni,’ Staged by Claus Guth at Staatsoper in Berlin 2012-07-08T19:24:24Z This article, however, is about the children, whose real-life counterparts are probably less likely than their parents to flock to a wry independent movie whose marquee stars are, at least to adolescents, unspeakably old. Film: They Grow Up So Quickly, Don?t They? 2010-07-09T04:31:00Z The works by 22 artists in the exhibition unwittingly capture the spirit of Miller’s work — frenetic, wry and mysterious. Summer Stage: David Zwirner Director Bellatrix Hubert 2012-06-28T20:17:19Z With his wry, low-key presence, good looks and thick dark hair, Garner was hailed by some as Hollywood's next Clark Gable or Cary Grant. Actor James Garner of 'The Rockford Files' dead at 86 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z In July’s wry, smart first novel, two women’s consensually violent host-guest relationship leads to an erotic awakening. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z At the sentence level, however, there are all of the expected and welcome pleasures of reading Lethem: his intellect, dialogue and wry humor. Jonathan Lethem Imagines a World Where Technology Stops Working 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Sinclair believes it's ready to meet the demands of what he calls, with wry understatement, a "pretty tricky time for the arts". Ask Equity 2010-09-15T21:01:00Z For nearly half a century, Rivers has been Hollywood's licensed jester, mocking all the stars she moves among with a wry ferocity that almost no one else would be permitted. Comedy gold: Joan Rivers in An Audience with Joan Rivers 2012-08-09T11:23:23Z Several famous scenes from the movie are more or less filmed anew before us; the digital video is dazzlingly pristine, and it’s fun to watch the wry comic impersonations of the original performances.. Review: Beat a New Path Down a Familiar Yellow Brick Road in ‘Elements of Oz’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z He is an elegant, understated writer, with a keen and rigorous intellect, and a wry, quiet wit. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z And the magazine accepted one more, “The Escape,” a wry, disturbing look at Parkinson’s disease, which would appear in the May 6, 2019, issue. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Someone stuck a wry sign on the fence with a quote spoken by the Communist leader of East Germany just before the Berlin Wall went up in 1961: “No one intends to build a wall.” Lovers kept apart by coronavirus reunited as border fence comes down 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z So I rented Ridley Scott’s excellent “The Martian,” and lost myself in Matt Damon’s wry and moving performance until… boom, “Life on Mars,” is played on the soundtrack. Is there life after “Life on Mars?”: David Bowie’s death has made this ubiquitous song so painful to hear 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The pastor had time to call out "murder!" in a "wry, dismal" manner, but died almost immediately afterwards. Damn His Blood by Peter Moore – review 2013-06-11T10:16:10Z But it is also a hive of hecklers, a haven for the literal-minded and an amplifier that can turn wry, whispered asides into obnoxious shouts. Adjusting to a World That Won’t Laugh With You 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z In such films as “12:08 East of Bucharest,” “Police, Adjective,” “The Treasure,” and “Infinite Football,” he explores, with wry humor, the inextricable connections of language, memory, and power. Preview: Highlights from the Second Week of the New York Film Festival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z They create a literal living graphic novel by way of film noir, from the wry opening credits to the twisted irony of the pathological protagonist’s final statement. If Alfred Hitchock turned a graphic novel into live theater: It's the ingenious 'Historia de Amor' 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z It serves as a wry comment on the characters' dissatisfaction — almost all of them are very rich by now and no more settled for it — and also as an ironic fanfare to the last act. 'Mad Men' open for business again in Part 2 of final season 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z She’s also adept in finding the wry humour that lurks within darker moments with plenty of bittersweet laughs along the way. My streaming gem: why you should watch Private Life 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z As scary as the show could be in episodes like Home, it could also showcase a wickedly wry sense of humor. Mulder and Scully at San Diego Comic-Con: the 13 best X-Files episodes ever 2013-07-18T12:00:00Z But that musical, with its ambition and scale, served Stew’s gifts well, elevating and enhancing his casually acerbic and wry bons mots. Music Review | 'Making It': Soundtrack of Their End: Romance Curdles Onstage 2010-02-19T06:20:00Z “Who programmed this?” he asked backstage afterward with a wry smile, a towel in one hand and a bottle of Brooklyn Pilsner waiting nearby. Alan Gilbert Wanted to Save the New York Philharmonic. What Happened? 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z The exhibition’s title operates both as a nod to its multiplicate structure and, depending on how you say it, a gesture of wry self-reflexivity: You, again? Rochelle Feinstein Makes Work That Is Purposefully Hard to Define 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The very next year, this wry song cycle about a contemporary deal with the Devil hit the stage in a flashy production directed by Michael Greif. Damned People Got No Reason to Live 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “May you walk with them well and listen to what they tell you,” Springsteen said with a wry smile. Concert review: Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Field 2012-09-08T12:25:00Z Miles also radiates wry intelligence, as an astute mother hoping to rein in her daughter’s increasingly unbridled impulses, another aspect of the story heightened by casting the characters as Asian American. ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Review: Outside, Looking In at Love 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Before Candace Bushnell, books like Gould's that sought to capture the dilemmas and dichotomies of modern womanhood with a wry, humorous honesty, were almost unheard of. Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z For all his success, Mr. Bengston always maintained a wry view of success, and of the commercialization of the art world in general, despite the fact that he had profited from it. Billy Al Bengston, Painter Who Channeled California Cool, Dies at 88 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Ro, the high school teacher, tortures herself by adding to a wry list she titles “Accusations from the world”: Review | ‘Red Clocks’ imagines a world where abortion is outlawed. And it feels eerily real. 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z "Hey, ho, the wind and the rain" shrugs a wry weariness at life's weather. Poem of the week: When that I was and a little tiny boy by William Shakespeare 2013-04-01T09:33:58Z Mr. Cohen burnishes his persona as the wry, elegant Romeo in “Slow,” which extols the unhurried approach: “A weekend on your lips/A lifetime in your eyes.” Albums by Leonard Cohen, Otis Brown III and Lee Ann Womack 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Allusions to marital problems are typically subtle and wry. Review | Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z In many ways, Nora is about as far from Lee’s roster of scene-stealing roles as you can imagine: measured and still rather than riotous or offbeat; the humor, when it comes, wry. How to Be a Star by Not Giving Your All 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Glaser is there to provide wry commentary and to help the women contestants in their efforts to make, as they say, good choices. Can Cads Be Redeemed? A Raunchy Dating Show Investigates. 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z The wry, observational tone that has been Brooks’s hallmark for decades is entirely gone. David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Consequently, the attitude was one of wry amusement rather than anger. Taking the Empire Builder train across America 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z In “Lady Bird,” Metcalf — herself nominated for an Oscar — is all the things we’re fascinated and frustrated by in a complex matriarch: she’s wry but sensitive, demanding but practical, tough but supportive. Happy Mother’s Day to These Oddballs and Malcontents 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z “Here’s a song that people know,” Mr. Homme said by way of introduction, wry and inscrutable, merely stating a fact. Music Review: Revisiting and Recharging an Album With a Fleshed-Out Crew 2011-03-27T22:14:47Z Then, with a wry smile, he added that he wasn’t really looking for suggestions. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Over lunch recently, Campbell was chatty and confident and fully at ease talking about herself, as her mom looked on with a wry expression. Danielle Campbell stays grounded 2011-04-26T21:31:00Z But as he and Mr. Seinfeld drive a vintage Triumph — British, of course, like Mr. Oliver — to a coffee joint in Brooklyn, they talk shop and make wry observations that are mostly politics-free. Tired of the Convention? A Guide to Shows to Watch Instead 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z One is seated, a tender hand laid upon the arm of her companion who carries a fruit basket, a wry smile creeping across her lips. Asante says new Belle film was 'gift' 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z When he emerged in the late ’60s, Nilsson had a gorgeous tenor that stretched across three and a half octaves, a wry sense of humor and a deep respect for the studio. Pop genius Harry Nilsson left an unreleased record behind. Now you can finally hear the completed version. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z “I’m pretty hot now,” he said, rocking back in his chair and flashing a wry smile with the self-aware, somewhat ridiculous and somehow sincere swagger that has become his improbably winning trademark. Miles Teller Looks Beyond ‘Whiplash’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z "My Teenage Werewolf" is painfully funny, occasionally shocking, tender, maddening and wry. 'My Teenage Werewolf': Lauren Kessler's journey through the thicket of adolescence with her daughter 2010-08-18T20:16:00Z He played Aurelio Zen, a wry cop who is separated from his wife and living with his mother. Rewind TV: Zen; Above Suspicion: Deadly Intent; Silent Witness ? TV review 2011-01-09T00:05:37Z “Some of his finest, wryest and most stylish essays about the human enterprise of mortality appear together in this collection,” Scott Simon writes in his review. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The play’s title is partly a wry nod to the obliviousness of the average American civilian, unaware that there is a distinction between a soldier and a Marine. Review: In ‘Soldier X,’ Rehana Lew Mirza Explores Issues Off the Battlefield 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z Gurney's wry comedy about a man and his beloved dog. Seattle Rep's new season: 'Sylvia' returns; 'Glass Menagerie'; 'Red' 2011-04-07T20:11:04Z There's wry irony in premiering such a film at Cannes, the decadent French Riviera resort town of high-end boutiques and luxury hotels. Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes 2013-05-16T18:47:08Z Anshaw pays close attention to the lives of a group of friends bound together by a fatal accident in this wry, humane novel, her fourth. 100 Notable Books of 2012 2012-11-27T16:28:12Z In a wry gesture, they are affixed to the wall at places where metal bolts protrude, signaling earthquake retrofitting. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Easily the best reason to pick up this edition is Mr. Sieburth’s wry introduction. Books of The Times: Prophecies by Nostradamus and Climate Central 2012-07-23T20:56:24Z Noah is more confident, wry and guarded while Howie is a sweet-natured romantic and feels burdened by responsibility, while Noah looks out for him, to the point of neglecting himself. How "Fire Island" does Jane Austen 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z He showed me a picture of my grandfather I had never seen, looking wry and ironic sitting on a donkey. Trying to Keep Up With Grandma’s Love Life 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Political, 2002, a wry critique on power and geography by Tom Lubbock. Tom Lubbock obituary 2011-01-10T18:34:36Z Here’s Alice again: “What are we changing? What are we doing? Nothing, just like our parents did. We’re wry and ironic and dull.” Review: Being Young and Bored in a Book Club on ‘Sunday’ 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Moments of wry humor break through his misery. These epic travel disasters will take the edge off your wanderlust 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Pow's uncanny resemblance to Harrison Ford, even down to a wry, side-of-the-mouth delivery, added an extra element of alarm. Tom Pow's poetry keeps Dying Villages alive 2010-05-28T08:57:00Z The movie takes its tone from Ms. McIver, who is a wry, frank narrator with a comedian’s timing. At Home With Beverly McIver: At Home With the Artist Beverly McIver 2012-02-08T23:47:19Z Mr. Wurtz’s indoor sculpture tends toward wry conjunctions of unassuming materials, including the kinds of flimsy plastic shopping bags that festoon so many urban trees, unintended ornaments to which these interloping “Kitchen Trees” nod happily. 3 Outdoor Art Shows and One Trusty Dog (With Tricks!) 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z An outgrowth of Smith’s recent work “Broken Theater,” it is a wry, sometimes uproarious and poignant metatheatrical riff on the process of creation. In a Jam-Packed Weekend at Ojai, a Musical Family Gathers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z A gentle and wry bow-tied lawyer and stalwart of countless civic boards, Tom Lewis wears his gentility lightly. Becoming Michael Lewis 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The group tucks serious musical lore — like the use of the traditional rabeca fiddle — into wry songs. Music Review: Sounds of the World, Sousaphones Included 2011-01-10T22:56:20Z State control over his identity — perhaps the ultimate act of colonization — gets a wry rebuke. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The other, “You Ain’t Getting Nothing,” looks back to Cab Calloway, with horns, a swinging bass line and wry lyrics: “You think the season’s merry but you better think twice.” 20 Albums That Put a New Spin on the Holidays 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Geri Allen showed up in the 1980s with powerful grooves, exuberant melodies and astonishing polyphonies between her anchoring left hand and her wry, fluidly inventive right. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Mr. Maher sprinkles the charged dialogue with wry takedowns, while Mr. Gates radiates the serene confidence of the guy who bested his buddies by becoming a sneaker magnate. ‘The Muscles in Our Toes’ Follows Friends on a Mission 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z If his mannerisms are evocative of Hoffman, his chat is more Woody Allen, a wry, tireless patter, the world a quarter amusing and three-quarters appalling. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z His rangy band, the Hurtin’ Albertans, sounds noticeably loose in the studio, especially in “Bible on the Dash,” a wry bit of advice offered side by side with the Texas troubadour Hayes Carll. Playlist: New Music by Rumer, Donald Vega, Keith Jarrett and Corb Lund 2012-08-10T13:59:29Z Dylan's wry and livid screed dates from his early days in New York, when he was working on his debut album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan's anti-bomb lyrics on sale 2013-05-03T11:44:38Z He made a wry speech referring to it on Sunday night after a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Bolshoi Denies Gay Theme Forced Postponing of Nureyev Ballet 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Two Cans of Paint is jauntier, the spry finger-picking indicating that this one will be a little more wry. New band of the day – Robert Ellis (No 1,301) 2012-07-04T16:01:37Z Her signature works, rooted in the avant-garde and black consciousness movements of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, leavened sharp social commentary on issues like race and identity with a wry wit. Joan Miller, Modern-Dance Champion, Dies at 77 2014-04-04T00:18:48Z Also included in the installation is a second piece, a bronze $25 coin minted by a coin maker, that is Mr. Gander’s wry comment on future inflation rates. Inside Art: A Fresh Look at Lichtenstein at the Morgan 2010-07-08T21:40:00Z All sizes and shapes, but mostly old ones, not the kind typically held up for cinematic — or any — scrutiny, let alone paraded to the jaunty, wry strains of the Roches’ singing “No Shoes.” Nicole Holofcener and Her Latest Film, ?Please Give? 2010-04-24T02:35:00Z Is the work a wry critique of capitalism? Newly Minted Work by a Change Artist 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z “You say tomato / and I say the world is troubled / profoundly,” North writes in his nimble 12th book, rife with wry contemplation and playful nods to his forebears. New & Noteworthy Poetry Books 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Prince, the wry appropriation artist, riffs on the tagline of another popular commercial of the era, for American Express: “Art and MTV – hey, don’t stay home without them,” he says. ArtsBeat: In Nod to Past, MTV Revives 'Art Breaks' 2012-03-30T13:00:18Z He's seen sitting about in a studio and a canteen in his hometown of Lexington, Virginia: he's seen muttering to assistants, taking a letter from an envelope and slowly rolling his wry brown eyes. Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin: the odd couple 2011-07-06T15:00:01Z He added, “It needed an actor who could stay grounded despite the insanity surrounding him, and also have a wry sense of humor while doing that.” Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z She preferred working in comedy, usually delivering wry lines with a convincingly haughty tone. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ Words and phrases are dismantled with a wry deliberation and an improvisatory boldness that put a question mark at the end of songs, especially when the lyrics are sentimental. Music Review: Patti Wicks?s Jazzy Turn at the Metropolitan Room 2010-06-15T22:48:00Z For decades now, Ron Padgett has built up a body of work that, like the tenderly deadpan ballads of Jonathan Richman, has at its heart a sort of wry, pickled innocence. Review: Looking Inward in Poetry Books From Ron Padgett and Nick Flynn 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The language raises wry smiles and ripples of laughter. The Magician of the Galliera 2013-05-30T06:37:03Z Hence the title, dreamed up by Oldham as a wry joke after he saw the edit. Rough Stones 2012-11-05T16:09:28Z Much of “Logical Family” is wry and sharply drawn. From Working for Jesse Helms to Writing ‘Tales of the City’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z A wry, friendly man, Mr. Fisher is an American history buff who spoke knowledgeably about the region, which provided the far western front of the Revolutionary War. In Transit Blog: Headed East, More Hill Than Dale 2011-10-06T16:27:51Z And that serves to place a wry smile behind the sneer. XTC: 'Is there a place in rock'n'roll for a Princess Anne lookalike?' – a classic feature from the vaults 2013-01-23T13:09:00Z Her wry humor was duly represented in observations about dreams, digital trickery and distant stars; and in puckish instrumental vignettes redolent of Morricone film cues and Middle Eastern dance tunes. Music Review: Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet at Montclair State 2013-05-12T21:34:28Z A similar morbid romanticism floats around her, an aura of tragic mystery deepened by her wry, impatient resistance to sentimentality. Review: In ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,’ a Comfort Zone That Cannot Last 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z When I started in this business it was hard to be seen as much more than the wry best friend with a name like “Edelstein.” Lisa Edelstein Says Goodbye to Her ‘Girlfriends’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Narrator Euan Morton delivers the novel in a wonderful range of voices and accents — his Scottish burr is especially engaging, and his wry manner iswonderfully suited to the novel’s sardonic wit and trapdoor plot. Review | For your playlist: The best new audiobooks of the month 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Neither has Miller's staging, with the dialogue delivered in a pacy blend of lightness and emphasis that makes the most of Gilbert's wry absurdities. The Mikado ? review 2011-03-01T18:13:01Z Some works add their own wry touches by hinging on the friction between real and represented, or by playing on likeness, replication, mediation and originality. Enter the artist's Berlin studio — without leaving L.A. 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z He, in his mid-40s, has the gentle demeanor of a guidance counselor; she, in her 60s, is wry and funny, and tends to bounce from one topic to the next. Between Birth and Death, Some Dancing and a Little Mystery 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z With the passage from gentle empathy to steely realism to wry satire, one marvels at the dimensions of Evaristo’s tonal range. Review | Bernardine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ received half a Booker Prize, but it deserves all the glory 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Alternating dark humor and wry social commentary with anger, sorrow and fear, she tells the story of the Aunties inside the chronology we all lived through. ‘Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord’ Review: Our Sewing Superhero 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In closing, Galifianakis made a wry reference to Clinton's use of a private email server during her tenure as America's top diplomat, which was investigated by the FBI. Hillary Clinton spars with comedian on parody talk-show interview 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z She also has a very understated but very wry sense of humour; watch out for it. Step-by-step guide to dance: Trisha Brown 2010-10-13T13:07:00Z It will debut on the network next year and cast a wry eye at life on the U.S.-Mexico border, adding a little topicality to his portfolio. Seth MacFarlane's surprising tumble 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z That drew a wry observation from Jimmy Kimmel, who will host the Sept. Emmy producer says memorial tribute a challenge 2012-07-28T02:09:08Z Matthew and Jonathan were trying to outwit each other, while Andrew, the oldest, looked on with a wry smile meant to trump all sarcasm. In Film and Music, the Galkin Brothers Are on Their Own Together 2010-07-14T20:09:00Z I’ve always loved it for its wry evasiveness; Charlotte is keeping her private grief close and at the same time making the pain abundantly clear. Perspective | There will never be another Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But it’s Reich’s brashness and wry, reflexive panache that give “Literally Who Cares?!” its embodied dynamism. Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The usually poker-faced Ellis cracked a wry smile. Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z “The Mystery of Love & Sex” is written with such compassion, such wry wisdom about the vicissitudes of loving attachments, that I emerged from the theater into yet another frigid day feeling warmed from within. Review: ‘The Mystery of Love and Sex’ Looks at Identity and Secrets Too 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z To that end, Mr. Stoltzman said, he composed wry epigrams and taped them to the walls of his studio, which gradually expanded to fill much of his apartment on West 67th Street in Manhattan. Kalmen Opperman, Master Clarinetist and Teacher, Dies at 90 2010-06-22T23:28:00Z Regarding her former self with wry embarrassment at one moment, tender understanding the next, the older woman occasionally interposes commentary, as plumes of cigarette smoke wreathe her in an aura of bohemian world weariness. | 'Sontag: Reborn': Moe Angelos?s ?Sontag: Reborn? in Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-08T21:53:50Z Mr. Allen’s treatment of this condition is gentle and wry. | 'Midnight in Paris': Kicking the Old Ennui With the Lost Generation 2011-05-19T14:22:17Z He is affably disagreeable, wry, idiosyncratic, vulnerably bighearted, a craftsman of lubricated sentences. What Do Mark Twain, Carpentry and Commodes Have in Common? 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z "I think everybody grows over time," he said with a wry smile. Rising tenor Fabiano tackles early Verdi 2013-04-05T14:03:11Z Affleck, in a wry drawl, says all this smacks of "a good if lazy way of stirring up some interest in the film". Killer instincts 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z A wonderfully wry Bill Murray is let loose in a different way as Thompson. 'Fear and Loathing,' 'Buffalo' a double dose of Hunter Thompson 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z While little ones giggle over scenes like this, their parents will be amused by wry numbers like “Piggy Patrol,” whose rhymes seem destined to end in four-letter words but veer off into completely innocent lyrics. Spare Times for Children for June 14-20 2013-06-13T22:44:20Z In the aptly named "From Bleak to Dark," the comedian and former "GLOW" actor takes on despair, dementia and depression with the trademark wry weariness familiar to fans of his long-running "WTF" podcast. "I've done my share of bombing": Marc Maron talks about navigating failure, grief and embarrassment 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z As her wry sculpture proclaims, we are poised to be overwhelmed. 2017 California-Pacific Triennial at OCMA: The art of building up (and tearing down) 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Its dry, wry minimalism will be familiar to devotees of the Romanian New Wave. Review: ‘Aferim!’ Traverses an Unforgiving Romania in the 1800s 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Ulin's wry curiosity does not, at first, seem well served by such a site. 'Sidewalking' author David Ulin jumps feet first into trying to understand Los Angeles 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z How wry, the writers seemed to be saying, to joke about not being a big deal. “Mad Men” Premiere: Another Day at the Office 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z His wry, knowing voice as a singer-songwriter rang of experience even when he was a younger man. New Albums by Honeyblood, John Hiatt and the Fred Hersch Trio 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z "Anyways, that doesn't matter," he said with a wry smile. The indulgent joy of (very late night) cooking 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z They shone a wry but sympathetic light on to a world which his new audience had then experienced only through the cold war they saw on the news. Witold Starecki obituary 2011-08-08T16:41:24Z One has a royal figure on horseback, a wry smile on his face. The Art Lovers Who Founded Cairo 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z But I’m in awe of it, ultimately, its precision and care, and its wry, understated humor. Mystery Boxes and Budding Loves: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z There are several moments of humor - yes, even "Death of a Salesman" does have jokes - and some of Miller's wry observations in the late 1940s may bring a smile of recognition. A deeply relevant 'Death of a Salesman' emerges 2012-03-16T05:31:08Z His father, who sold insurance, introduced him to the wry humor of author Robert Benchley. Bob Elliott, one half of a crack team of pop-culture satirists, dies at 92 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z All this romantic romping merely inspires raised eyebrows and wry bemusement from the play’s famous cynic, Jaques, portrayed with a quiet dignity and understated melancholy by Stephen Spinella. Theater Review: ‘As You Like It,’ With Lily Rabe in Central Park 2012-06-22T02:00:14Z While there are abattoir scenes, and no shortage of heartache, much of the film is madcap and light, and shot through with Mr. Bong’s wry humor. A Maverick Director, His Big Pig and the Small Screen 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Her assumption and its wry correction gesture toward a familiar binary — between the implicit solipsism of caring mostly about “the feeling of daily life” and the more enlightened social consciousness of caring about capital-letter Issues. Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ Is Emotional, Planetary and Very Turbulent 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The “Rainer Variation” is neither a refusal nor a celebration, but something wryer and far more interesting. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-03-19T22:17:11Z “I was going to escape Mississippi by going to Vietnam,” he says with a wry laugh. How the dense grids of artist Charles Gaines took the ego out of art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Giving a wry twist to the overheated debate around bathroom access, the artist assails borders between genders, and between bodies and their accessories, with a kind of dignified slapstick. A Bold Explorer Surfaces in ‘Wandering Lake’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Farrow can be disarmingly wry — “I knew my way around a paternity rumor” — even when writing about another shadowy psyops firm spying on him and other journalists. In ‘Catch and Kill,’ Ronan Farrow Recounts Chasing Harvey Weinstein Story 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s a wry comment on the physical messiness of “old-fashioned” art-making, an effort that may seem ridiculous in the age of 3-D printing. The Alan Turing effect: Show explores the evolution of art in the Digital Age 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “The Kid” is narrated with a wry voice capable of turning a nice phrase. Billy the Kid died young, but the myth can’t be killed 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z “A great question,” Walker added, which knowledgeable readers took as wry reference to President Trump’s obsession with Joe Biden’s son Hunter. In the waning days of Trump’s presidency, White House press pool reports are getting snarkier 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z That’s one of the themes of “Ivy + Bean: The Musical,” a wry, rollicking show from Atlantic for Kids, the Atlantic Theater Company’s children’s division. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 24-30 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Salinger’s short fiction — much of which initially appeared in The New Yorker, a publication whose wry, busy, detailed covers seem no small influence on Anderson’s idiosyncratic visual style. ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ at 20: When Wes Anderson Imagined New York 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Her book is wry, astute, delicious and occasionally brutal. Review | ‘Whistleblower’ and ‘Uncanny Valley’ offer a chilling look at life in Silicon Valley 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Stockard is what Tallulah Bankhead must have been like: wonderful, idiosyncratic voice and a wry sense of humour, with inner strength and swagger. Ian McKellen: 'X-Men was a gay man’s delight, because it was full of the most amazing divas' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z For its wry self-deprecation, “Vesper Flights” is a book thick with sorrow, an elegy in the midst of the sixth great extinction underway. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z That said, this low-fi slacker road movie is funnier and more intelligent than there are any grounds to hope for: an entertaining, wry tour of LA's scuzzier sights. Passenger Side ? review 2011-03-31T22:29:00Z Her face is both a decorative mask and a fragile container of roiling emotion, encapsulating the wry duality of Tsai’s cinema. ‘Face’ Review: Close Encounters 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The opening track of Joyce Manor’s fourth album, “Cody” — out today — is somehow more deadpan and also more wry than this excellent band’s prior work, which has ample servings of each of those approaches. The Playlist: Bruno Mars Gives His Funk a Flashy Makeover 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z If signs point to a mismatched-buddy cop movie, well, that's sort of what you get, but nothing in this sly, wry little movie is quite what it appears. The Guard ? review 2011-08-18T21:25:01Z What adds freshness to “My Salinger Year” is not just its wry take on the writer of the rye but Rakoff’s sympathetic mix of passivity, naiveté, stoicism, earnestness, understated intelligence and finely honed literary sensibility. ‘My Salinger Year,’ by Joanna Rakoff A bold and thoughtful but often workmanlike play, “Rabbit Summer” is billed as a “tragicomedy” — an arguably fitting moniker given the somber themes and plot twists that complicate the banter and wry situations. Review | Two plays tackle American history, from police brutality to the presidency 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Her stories speak in a voice at once direct and off-kilter, sincere and wry. Lucia Berlin’s Roving, Rowdy Life Is Reflected in a Book of Her Stories 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z Throughout the rooms, you’ll find a wry mix of décor — placards for African barbers; walls of food products from the Continent; and books, records and artwork for sale. Dipping Into a French Melting Pot 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z Speaking in voice-over, as she does throughout, with her perfect phrasing and warm, gently wry tone, she recounts a harrowing episode from her childhood. Review: ‘Heart of a Dog,’ Laurie Anderson’s Meditation on Loss 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z There’s plenty of wry humor in Holsinger’s portrayal of this dysfunction, especially the moral gymnastics that liberal parents perform to preserve the purity of their ideals. Review | Parents will stop at nothing to get their kids into a prestigious school 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z It’s complicated between modern-day independent rock bands and their ’90s progenitors, whose poorly postured shadows loom over any lyrics that might be considered “wry” or guitars called “jagged.” Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz Adds Pop Hooks to the Band’s Sharp Edges 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Washington is basically James Bond, forward and backward, a kind of 00700, right down to the occasional wry one-liner. ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Time-Bending Take on James Bond 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z "The Newsroom" marks a career renaissance for Daniels, who, as Will, makes an art of impatience and impolitic truth-telling, often while displaying a wry curl of the mouth or a world-weary roll of the eyes. A big story developing on HBO's 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-20T09:16:04Z Such stories have left him with an intensity that hides in a wry humor. Buddies and budding actor, writer hustle to land their big breaks 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z What he called there his "permanent condition of mild alienation" was temperamental – a distance from things that made him, in person, a wry observer of academic follies. Sir Frank Kermode obituary 2010-08-18T13:20:00Z But Ms. Rush’s wry, subversively timed performance makes it worth watching. Review: The Ages of A.R. Gurney in the Wistful ‘Final Follies’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Boylan, with a wry smile, made the point a bit more simply. Is Self-Censorship a Problem for Writers? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “That’s part of the damage in this business,” she says with a wry laugh. This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z She toggles effortlessly between full-body wrath and a wry malevolent glee. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maleficent’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Still, as ably directed by Holly Twyford and featuring sturdy performances, especially in the lead roles, “Mary-Kate” offers some poignant glimpses of characters and relationships, as well as frequent doses of wry incongruity. The Olsen twins are here to save the day! 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z “He was handsome, sweet, engaging and had a very wry sense of humor,” Ms. Bentz said. They Learned Early On That Words Matter, and Also Location 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The book’s cover, with an image of abject squalor, does not do justice to its agile prose, wry tone and surprisingly upbeat theatrics. Books of The Times: Katherine Boo?s First Book, ?Behind the Beautiful Forevers? 2012-01-30T23:08:37Z It’s joined at this show by the all-female Brooklyn band Thick, which plays spiky, wry punk. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z “This is the same wry, peripatetic series at heart, a vision of urban life as a web of stories connected by wisps of smoke,” Mr. Poniewozik wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Friday: Kathy Bates in ‘Disjointed,’ and ‘The Tick’ Rides Again 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z To call this standout book a corrective would make it sound earnest and dutiful, when in fact it is wry, readable and often astonishing. ‘How to Hide an Empire’ Shines Light on America’s Expansionist Side 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Its churn was reliable, its manner casual, its mood slightly cutting, thanks to the wry lyrics of the frontman Jordan Gatesmith, whose romantic resentments are often framed by a larger societal disillusionment. Music Review: The Minneapolis Band Howler at Pianos - Review 2012-01-19T23:28:18Z Rejecting vaudeville stereotypes and racist conventions like blackface, Rogers transitioned from a musical double act into a politically wry solo performer, making him a founding father of stand-up. On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z All of which seem to be missing from “Showing Up,” which finds piercing drama and wry comedy in the struggle to do anything at all. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Heard only by Fran and us readers, Austen offers wry comments on the lifestyles, decisions and hypocrisies of not just her fellow travelers, but also the 21st century itself. Review | Jane Austen makes a cameo in a charming new novel about friendship and the literary life 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber. Review: In ‘The Comeuppance,’ a Bigger, Chillier Big Chill 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Works of wry social commentary are the result. How graffiti, neon signs and Pee-Chee folders taught artist Patrick Martinez to see Los Angeles 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Salvation is found in small, personal connections, in wry humor, and in the forlorn hope that intelligence and decency will ultimately prevail. What “M*A*S*H” Taught Us 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Renata Adler’s wry, thrillingly associative novel “Pitch Dark” ranges over political events, romantic hurts and literary allusions, each of her scenes — with animals, among friends, between lovers — holding a measure of heartbreak. Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Ogawa’s wry humor keeps “The Memory Police” from drowning in its own gloom. Review | In ‘The Memory Police,’ an authoritarian government tries to erase the past 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z At one point he sings a wry song, “Glucose High.” Review: Librettos and Ariosos Meet Video at Anthology Film Archives 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z This Australian singer-songwriter trades in loquacious tales about the mundane, waxing wry and sarcastic about everyday life. Your week in Seattle music: Steely Dan, New Order, Lauryn Hill and more 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z “What was apparent in the first meeting was that she was very smart, very strong, with a wry, sly sense of humor and built out of integrity,” he told The Post in December. ‘The messier, the better’: The righteously angry women who dominate this year’s Oscars 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s something gentler and more compassionate, albeit with a wry sense of humor: the story of a female human being who became a superstar. Why ‘The Cher Show’ Gets Me, Babe 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z But when the three decamp to a broken-down beach cottage in Westport, Conn., to repair their lives, it becomes something more: a wry and heartfelt look at the ties that bind sisters. What our writers love this week 2010-04-14T21:15:00Z The genre needs directors who are willing to look beneath the surface and to dream, as Lily Baldwin does in her adroit, wry short, “A Juice Box Afternoon.” Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Elmo’s method of ruling a stage is funny, wise and just a touch wry. Dance Review: Christine Elmo and Friends at Kate Werble Gallery 2010-07-01T21:17:00Z Mr. Elrod’s wry, impish Pompey rolls with the punches with the good nature of a born survivor. | 'Measure for Measure': Hold Onto Your Morals: Life Is Tough 2011-07-01T02:30:38Z The hospital is where the bar exam was held, he explains with a wry smile. Webb Hubbell, writing his way to reclamation Though this is very much a mainstream network comedy, provoking more wry smiles than guffaws, the creators have a clear-eyed take on comic conventions, and a nice line in subversion. Your next box set: Northern Exposure 2010-10-22T07:00:00Z Watching Tucci use "wry" and "irony" exactly as God and Webster's intended to chew up his two-minute scene is almost worth the price of a ticket. Vegas-set 'Wild Card' draws an, oh, so predictable hand 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Clad in a distinctive red-and-black check suit, he delivers carefully weighed answers in a deep, measured drawl, punctuated by the occasional wry chuckle. Boots Riley: ‘In film, the more personal you get, the more universal you get’ 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z "The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo" is definitely less wry than that show, but is created with the same kind of intentionality. HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here's how to watch, plus reviews of every original show 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The good news is that it’s as wry, culturally incisive and utterly captivating as all the others. Review | Summer escapes: Five new thrillers and mystery novels offer welcome distraction 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z As his half brother, Duke, a wonderfully wry C. J. Wilson lets us see clearly the intelligence and restlessness that run in the family. Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Study of Bad Faith (and Behavior) 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “Somewhere” is partly a wry and knowing comedy of show-business life, a life Ms. Coppola, who comes from a tribe of filmmakers, composers and actors, surely knows firsthand. | 'Somewhere': The Pampered Life, Viewed From the Inside 2010-12-21T23:13:01Z Weekly as “a winning tapestry of wry insight, musicological history ... and engaging self-deprecation.” 4 things to see at Seattle Fringe Festival, Sept. 18-22 2013-09-13T22:56:22Z “Behind Asylum Bars,” Bly’s serialized account of her stay in the madhouse, showcases her reportorial skills and her wry way with language. Nellie Bly's Lessons in Writing What You Want To 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z “The Palace Papers” is an apt title for what sometimes seems like a briefcase stuffed to overflowing with such conjecture, plus clippings, transcripts, observations, wry asides, literary references and trivial tidbits. Tina Brown Catches Up With Royal Intrigue in ‘The Palace Papers’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It unbalances the novel so that it feels more like a wry meditation on ageing, class and paths not taken than something calculated to thrill and unsettle. John O'Connell's thriller roundup 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z That leaves a nice opening for perpetual scene-stealer Everett to dominate his few moments of screen time with wry wit and solid laughs. Review: 'Hysteria' has a few oohs, aahs, no Big O 2012-05-15T14:30:20Z But the perpetual corny innuendo of the rather flat dialogue, Ms. Muz’s air of artificial innocence, and Mr. Fraser’s wry delivery means that he never appears particularly threatening. Dance Review: A Fairy Tale, With Nudity, at Abrons Arts Center 2010-04-20T22:32:00Z Ms. Craigie is elegant and blithe, Ms. Hanna incisive and wry, Ms. Watson just a bit wicked. Broadway’s ‘Aunties’ Enjoy Their Downtime 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “That was the last time I took her to the opera,” said Mr. Kihn, whose new memoir, “Bad Dog: A Love Story,” offers a wry tale of canine rehabilitation. Civility on the Way Out? Add Dogs to That List 2011-04-27T20:20:50Z The consciously distancing pronoun, "one" in "one's weary nerves" and the wry little bit of revealing wordplay of "It serves – deserves" – suggest the connection. Poem of the week: Among His Books by Edith Nesbit 2012-10-01T12:07:58Z “No divas,” he says with a wry smile. We watch artist Harry Gamboa Jr. stage a fotonovela at the site of L.A.'s demolished 6th Street Bridge 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z This spring, the trio led by singer/guitarist Nicolle Swims dropped its wiry debut EP, marked by Swims’ frazzling, spiky guitar work and wry vocal delivery. Introducing Puget Sounds: The best new music from around the Pacific Northwest 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z The winners are marked out by a combination of anarchic creativity, wry humour and passionate commitment to their environment: the same qualities that makes this place so unique. The best towns and small cities in the US: Eugene, Oregon 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z Its wry ink drawings and fine script recount the story of a formerly enslaved family and their former owners after Emancipation reversed their fortunes. The Outsider Art Fair Returns, in Top Form 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Roger Moore got huge laughs on chat shows for decades after he stepped down, with his wry bemusement at all the silly things he was asked to do. Roger Moore: the modest, self-deprecating 007 who brought some serious aplomb | Peter Bradshaw 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z A New York Times Magazine profile in 1997 bore a wry headline: “The Jazz Martyr.” Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Still, Power manages to keep her wits about her, maintaining a wry, cheeky style that should appeal to self-help skeptics. Review | Is there such a thing as too much self-care? One woman found out. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z “I create shows for people who like to put things in their mouth to see what they taste like,” she said with a wry smile, describing her goal to create a visceral experience. Reinventing the International Center of Photography for the Selfie Age 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z This wry coda is not the end of the drama, though. Inky Fingers: Maggoty Lamb asks if NME can save us from Q 2010-04-21T14:19:00Z Ms. Amsellem conveys the tightly wound Galia’s depression, embarrassment and guilt — her fiancée was killed in the bombing — with a wry intensity and without a shred of extra emotion. DVD: New DVDs: ‘The Saphead,’ ‘Seven Minutes in Heaven’ 2012-07-06T17:30:00Z “Again, what my dad brought to it … was a wry intelligence, a little bit of a naughtiness”. Save Kermit! Why the Muppets debacle is so devastating 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z He painted wry turns of phrase — “What looks good today may not look good tomorrow,” for one — but also scintillating abstractions. Michel Majerus Saw the Future— 20 Years Ago 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z David depicts Tyler and the revelations that slowly, painfully emerge throughout both books with extraordinary shades-of-grey subtlety – and a wry humour to leaven the depressing subject matter. YA fiction's knife crime lessons 2011-02-11T11:33:45Z Interviewed recently in a hotel bar in downtown Dublin, Ms. French, 39, was soft-spoken, wry and still amused by her own success, which has come relatively late in a career she had never planned. Tana French Finds Her Niche in Dark Themes 2012-08-26T21:37:24Z The despair provoked wry amusement in some quarters. Furor Prompts Another Auction of Margaret Thatcher's Clothes 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z She presents herself as a wry if bumbling protagonist of her own story, describing her attitude toward the prospect of children like this: “I acted like my eggs were Fabergé: feminine but decorative.” Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z She dazzles with the bright sheen of her voice, yes, and slings wry jokes with the ease of a diner waitress slapping down plates of eggs and grits. Theater Review: ‘Violet,’ Starring Sutton Foster, Opens at Roundabout 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z The Pulitzer committee lauded "The Sympathizer" as "a layered immigrant tale told in the wry, confessional voice of a 'man of two minds' -- and two countries, Vietnam and the United States." Viet Thanh Nguyen wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for 'The Sympathizer' 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Oh, and it didn't hurt that there were touches of wry humor, mainly provided by sneering scene-stealer Maggie Smith. The Top 10 TV shows of 2011 2011-12-30T19:25:06Z I call the story wry and disturbing because that’s what it was to me. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z It’s full of wry advice like, “If one can afford it, but one has nothing to say, one should not write. That is not writer’s block but common courtesy.” Review | A corrupt, cynical world as only David Mamet could imagine it 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Her characters show wry optimism as they ingeniously stumble their way to happiness. First among equals 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z All seem to be embedded in unexplained narratives, and even when images are meant to be wry or comedic, as in studies for sculptures, there’s a charge of violence around them. 10 Galleries to Visit on the Lower East Side 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z His gift as a songwriter and performer was rather to provide commentary and companionship amid the gloom, offering a wry, openhearted perspective on the puzzles of the human condition. ‘Hallelujah’ Review: From Leonard Cohen to Cale to Buckley to Shrek 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z As he began to work out — lifting weights and hitting a punching bag — he kept up the wry commentary between breaths. Book World editor Nora Krug: The Pat Conroy I met was determined to live well 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z For all its intensity, though, the band remains appealingly wry, almost funny. Review: Dilly Dally Rocks Out at the CMJ Music Marathon Without Keeling Over 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z It was, in part, their wry essay imagining the ignominies of being Courteney Cox’s assistant, which include making an appointment to bleach a certain area of the actor’s anatomy, that kick-started Mx. They Live in Public 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z Though “Shoot Me” follows the outlines of a cheerful looking-back-on-a-glorious-career documentary, it’s actually quite melancholy in places: Stritch, who struggles with diabetes and alcoholism, is physically much frailer than her wry persona would indicate. ‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’: a bittersweet look back 2014-03-06T20:29:04Z The wry kicker: were we really worth all that effort? Don Hertzfeldt: the best animator you've never heard of 2013-05-02T12:28:14Z Compellingly played by Selva Rasalingham, he is reflective and wry, describing the surreal experience of standing amid rioters watching his home burn to the ground. London theater turns England's riots into a drama 2011-11-24T16:08:14Z “The lyrics, written exclusively by George, see the star addressing society’s ills with his trademark blend of self-deprecation and wry humor.” Late pop idol George Michael returns with new song 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z The rhymes are spry and wry: “Y’all know Harlem belong to me/I don’t want it, it’s too gentrified/I’m from the era of genocide, bodies are unidentified, alibis are memorized.” Blackpink and Selena Gomez’s Summery Treat, and 11 More New Songs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Voss saves this grating opening, somewhat, with his wry, knowing eyes and wiry body. Review: ‘Adult Documentary’ Is Dense and Difficult, Including the Carpet 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z While the American show mines laughs from outrageous characters and snarky one-liners, “Mom and Dads” focuses on the complex dynamics of the parental triangle, layering their insecurities and complicated emotions with wry humor. The Gay Show ‘Mom and Dads’ on Israeli TV 2012-12-30T05:20:22Z Whether describing life in the early days of the Merce Cunningham company or being part of one of Robert Rauschenberg’s zany performances, Mr. Paxton is an entertaining storyteller — self-effacing and wry. Steve Paxton, a Buddha of American Dance 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z In the final bust Copland has a wry smile. Musical Titan Honors His Heroes 2011-08-18T17:15:27Z Listen to how Linney, invited to go visit a local sight, says "I've been there" in a wry tone that turns three words into a novel. 'The City of Your Final Destination': A beautiful cinematic journey 2010-06-17T20:17:00Z The songs have Mann’s signature sardonic humor, wry lyrics, moody melodies and powerful emotional resonance. New this week: ‘Finch,’ ABBA and ‘The Harder They Fall’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s just one of several barriers breached in this wry exhibition. Art in Review: ROE ETHRIDGE: ?Le Luxe? 2011-06-16T22:00:28Z A sometimes ghastly mix of covert self-congratulation, awkward confession and wry philosophizing undercut by heavy-handed irony, Red Book prose can be an exercise in confessional self-concealment. After Harvard, Dispatches of Adulthood 2012-04-13T22:21:53Z And she can be amusingly wry when Bishop reveals her gin-dry sense of humor. Review: In ‘Dear Elizabeth,’ Two Solitary Poets Commune 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Was it a hoax staged by an internationally known cultural prankster or a wry commentary on an overblown art world? The Carpetbagger: New Doubts for a Film That Has Truth Issues 2011-01-05T23:37:36Z Themes connected to architecture and urbanism run through his work, typically with the same wry attitude about the relationship between structure and art-making that the lampposts suggest. Chris Burden's architectural intelligence 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Eliot’s own writing was just as funereal and just as wry. 1922: The Year That Transformed English Literature 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z The New York Times critic Ben Brantley, in his review, called her “wry and voluptuous.” Marin Mazzie on Cancer and Songs in the Key of Life 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z "I'm Karen Finley, I can handle it," she says with a wry smile, and it's difficult to imagine a time when that wasn't true. For Karen Finley, Jackie O. is for outrage in 'The Jackie Look' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “Isn’t this fun and glamorous,” Mr. Kushner said, his wry tone and boyish grin suggesting that he found the scene around him neither. Citizen Kushner 2011-06-24T21:35:16Z It looks great and gives the Oscar-winning picture a wry, upbeat finish. The killer-dillers of ‘Chicago’ have been slaying audiences for decades 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Catherine Merridale is one of the foremost foreign historians of Russia, combining wry insights with deep sympathy for the human beings suffering the tragedies she writes about. Missed connection 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z His spoken-word monologues, especially those made late in his life, sound like angry incantations, even though they are often remarkably wry and sardonic. Review | The Smithsonian censored him in 2010. Now, the Whitney is celebrating his grandeur. 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z He makes wry ceramic sculptures of abstracted human heads bearing all manner of expressions, from dismayed to perplexed to amused. An art gallery in Los Angeles modeled on the Unabomber cabin 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Newspaper in hand, he zipped across the political landscape, offering wry takes on the day’s knotty issues. What silenced the laughs for Mort Sahl, the once towering American comic? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z In much of his work, most strikingly, 2011's "When the Killing's Done," his wry gaze is pointed at our dying environment and our wouldn't-it-be-funny-if-it-weren't-so-sad attempts to protect it. T.C. Boyle roams the American psyche in 'The Harder They Come' 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z With bright enthusiasm and wry humor, he lays out a chronological history of the Michigan-based band, which made three groundbreaking, influential albums between 1969 and 1974, then reunited three decades later. The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Even as he wrestled with drugs and depression, Smith wrote beautiful, melancholy and understated songs, laced with wry humour. Elliott Smith reissue upsets fans 2010-03-24T10:36:00Z “No,” says Audiard, whose manner is soft-spoken, considered, and often with a faint edge of wry mockery. Jacques Audiard: ‘I wanted to give migrants a name, a shape… a violence of their own’ 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Louis C.K. made an even more pointed jab by opening his set by saying of Hartford, “Nice area,” then making a wry face. Chappelle Returns to Hartford (All Is Forgiven) 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The role is modest but she gives it sparkling wry humor and her familiar warmth, and is allowed to perform without the dialect so beloved by white Hollywood. The Glory of Nina Mae McKinney, an Early Black Star in White Hollywood 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z It’s accompanied by that big, wide smile and that knowing look, suggesting both a wry wit and a willingness to banter. Emma Thompson and the Challenge of Baring All Onscreen at 63 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z But the empathy in these songs, paired with wry humor but few traces of condescension, rings disarmingly sincere. New Music From the Mountain Goats, Joey Calderazzo, Becca Stevens Band and More 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Kimberling grew up in the Hoosier state, and the book captures the place with wry humor, affection for its woodlands and exasperation with its provincialism. ‘The Slippage,’ by Ben Greenman, and More 2013-04-24T21:29:52Z We get the wry observations when we can’t ignore the author’s identity and we get the escapist mystery when we can. ‘The Silkworm’ by J. K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z The record offered a wry criticism of the industry’s reliance upon familiar names to sell records, but also offered an artful encapsulation of the ghost in the machine that's inescapable in the best of jazz. 'Blurred Lines' verdict: In jazz, the vibe is everything 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Told largely in flashback, the wry story ended abruptly. Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z Wheeler is quick, and she can be wry, but above all her Cat is determined. Review | Gero still rules as Scalia in ‘The Originalist’ 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z In this tender, wry and entertaining novel, Englander nimbly juggles these possibilities, creating an endearing hero who stumbles through a world in which the holy and profane are intertwined. ‘Like a JDate for the Dead’ 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Noah’s stand-up aesthetic is also more subtle and wry than his talk-show punch lines. Trevor Noah’s Optimism Set His Version of ‘The Daily Show’ Apart 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z As the voice switches over to Malcolm, there is a drier, wryer tone. ‘The Listener,’ by Rachel Basch 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z For me there was a little too much wry chat and background history. Music Review: ?New York to Paris, Paris to Paradise? at Merkin Hall 2012-03-14T22:11:32Z Then, at its climax, the poem abruptly drops its ecstatic focus, with a wry, disarming admission — “Of course butterflies can lead me astray.” Review | Poet Yu Xiuhua became a viral sensation. Her first book-length collection in English translation deserves to bring her an even bigger audience. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z In a manner that agreeably juggles deadpan self-deprecation, brash caricature, wry observation and emotional candor, Ms. Gold explains that she grew up addicted to television. | ?The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom?: She Wanted a TV Show, but the Stage Will Do, Too 2011-07-08T22:02:02Z The merry tidings get a wry, ominous undercurrent. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Dead Gig, by Rick Nodine, takes a wry look at the choreographer's evolution as a die-hard fan of US psychedelic rockers the Grateful Dead. The Place prize; Mayerling – review 2013-04-27T23:05:52Z This collection of linked stories, set on an unnamed Aegean island and featuring a cast of wry, rough-talking Greeks reeling from the country’s economic devastation, showcases Ikonomou’s wit, compassion and infallible ear for the demotic. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He gives me a very Hanksian look, amused in a wry, senatorial way. Tom Hanks: ‘I’ve made a lot of movies that didn’t make sense – or money’ 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Then, in 2006, she rallied as a writer, returning to form with “I Feel Bad About My Neck,” a wry and invaluable book about aging. An Appraisal: Nora Ephron’s Sharp Edges and Sugary Success 2012-06-27T14:27:17Z “I hear you’ve been talking to my friends,” Rosenberg teased at her Pioneer Works opening, looking every bit the wry New York artist in a black blazer, black pants and white sneakers. Aura Rosenberg’s Seriously Playful Art of Collaboration 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “When recounting her life, Hill is a lucid writer, delivering her reminiscences in a vivid and wry style,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z It’s biting and wonderfully wry, as are many of the narrator’s observations. Review | Mona Awad’s struggles with chronic pain and the health-care system fuel her new novel 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Its wry humor, urban sensibility and easy appropriation of pop culture were always what made it so appealingly accessible for kids – and tolerable for bleary-eyed parents. The viral genius of "Sesame Street" 2010-10-12T15:05:00Z At the end, the wry Mr. Marsalis, 82, invited tourists to return to New Orleans and “make sure you bring your pocketbook because Louisiana is broke.” On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z In its pristine organization and wry choices, it offers, Ms. Kalman said, “peace of mind and a sense of humor,” which she hoped would translate to visitors. Mmuseumm 2 to Open in TriBeCa, All 20 Square Feet of It 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z For the past couple of years, he’s been in an off-kilter haze — a wry, happily narcotized comedian à la Steven Wright. Albums That Look Backward: The Range, Father, Parker Millsap 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Between songs, Ms. Arocena was an endearing storyteller, explaining some of her songs with earnest sincerity and wry twists. Review: Daymé Arocena Mixes a Cosmopolitan Vibe With an Earthy Tone 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Her wonderfully wry rebuttal of an overly friendly gesture — a terse “You’re kidding, right?” — brings a welcome note of humor into the room. ‘Lost Lake,’ a Two-Character Play by David Auburn 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Tributes were posted online from Gary Numan, who called Gill “a unique talent,” to Tom Morello, who called Gill “one of my principal influences” and hailed his “incendiary art and wry wit.” Andy Gill, guitarist for punk band Gang of Four, has died 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z Perhaps revealingly, I find the plays I've enjoyed most are the ones that take a less literal approach to the evidence, such as Ron Hutchison's wry Durand's Line or David Edgar's chilling Black Tulips. In pursuit of US theatre's past perfect 2010-12-22T12:45:04Z His lyrics are delivered in a wry combination of English, Spanish and Spanglish. Helado Negro's 'Private Energy' is an experimental electronica album that quietly delves into the political 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The contemporary Russian designer Denis Simachev has found success in making wry allusions to many of the Soviet fashions that Bartlett chronicles. T Magazine: Comrade, That Suit Is So Chanel 2010-12-09T20:47:00Z He can be elliptical and wry, but his work is never hermetic. Perspective | Bill Viola’s videos show what art can do and expose what the Barnes Collection lacks 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Writing with the assurance and wry omniscience of an easygoing deity, Makumbi watches her protagonists live out invariably provisional answers. Turning the ‘Curse of Ham’ Into a Blessing 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He seemed far more like those of us who cast a wry eye on a film festival as he did one of its central attractions. Jurassic World: Chris Pratt's tricky beast of stardom 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Kitaj, who completed the work just days before his death, was proud of the painting and referred to it as his "Jewish Scream", though the expression he is wearing seems more of a wry smile. Kitaj: Portraits and Reflections ? review 2011-07-26T18:00:01Z His style was wry, dry, sinewy and unsentimental, in the manner of the older bluesman Lowell Fulson, a friend and collaborator, but these are not fashionable virtues with the clientele of most blues clubs today. Phillip Walker obituary 2010-08-10T17:18:00Z As she takes stock of such attitudes, Ms. Roiphe finds herself doing some wry, perceptive reassessment. Books of The Times: A Young Muse in the Service of Male Writers 2011-03-20T21:14:14Z Advertisement Their wry vérité style, which occasionally borrows images from Western media, “plays in a very, very sophisticated way with the history of filmmaking, subverts it, toys with it and advances it,” Ms. Kuoni said. Syrian Film Collective Offers View of Life Behind a Conflict 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “So my grandfather was always a big fan of Socialism,” he said with a wry laugh. A Cuban Island That Has Played Both Paradise and Prison 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z But even in the densest moments, you could discern Snider’s feel for wry commentary. Two Gems of June: Premieres at Carnegie Hall and Harlem School of the Arts 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Mia is a wry, carefree, would-be actress who hasn’t found her footing, but at least knows a good piano figure when she hears one. ‘La La Land’ Is Stuck in Its Own Time 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z With wry, sad humour, the speaker reminds us how we break our pact with the dead "almost the next day". Poem of the week: Departed by Grahame Davies 2012-07-09T13:24:37Z They can be wry and plainspoken, like the waltzing tall tale “Easter Eve,” or earnest and overreaching, like the attempted workingman’s parable “The West End.” Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z Lebowitz is wry, funny, smart and insanely quick; she and Scorsese didn't set the topics for discussion in advance, and the film's energy reflects its of-the-moment quality. Scorsese films Lebowitz: "Public Speaking" 2010-12-01T02:16:00Z Kritzer is grounded and wry as the Daughter who patiently - at first - navigates the difficulties of caring for her confused yet combative mother. Review: 'Memory Show' is poignant musical on loss 2013-05-01T00:33:15Z “Middle of Nowhere” has a scene that crystallizes Ms. DuVernay’s aesthetic and wry humor. Ava DuVernay and ‘Middle of Nowhere’ 2012-10-07T05:03:01Z Mr. Méndez brings a fiery sense of an embattled soul to his performance as the conflicted priest, and Ms. Lopez inflects her lines with some wry humor, as Martina waffles between cogency and senility. Review: ‘Bathing in Moonlight’ Tests a Priest and Boundaries 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z A Guardian review called it “ wry, readable, even whimsical.” A Scrappy Makeover for a Tweedy Literary Fixture 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z Some of this comes from a goofy voice or a wry look. Louis C.K.’s New Special Mines Comedy From the Middle Ground 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z That all sounds so awful, and it is — but in the narrator’s knowing, alternately wry and waggish commentary, there is more than denial, repression and toughing-it-out, though plenty of that, too. Review | Anna Burns’s ‘Little Constructions’ is just as twisting and tragicomic as her Booker Prize winner ‘Milkman’ 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The source material for this justly beloved musical, Thornton Wilder's "The Matchmaker" might be wry and a tad sardonic. This Dolly hits all the high notes 2010-12-28T15:32:00Z “He seems thoughtful, wry and funny, yet he has a comfortable physical presence, too, and a friendliness that’s uncomplicatedly disarming.” William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Leading Man of the 1980s, Dies at 71 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z But the actor, who in conversation is as wry as Brody is tightly wound, also discussed fake tans, first fans and the new season of "Homeland." ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Damian Lewis on 'Homeland' and 'The Forsyte Saga' 2012-09-21T18:30:54Z Parker was amiable and wry, candid about how few scripts were good, yet he was fueled by the energy unleashed by saying, “Let’s put on a show” over and over. ‘You want to do it? Do it’: Keith Parker’s freewheeling legacy at Source Theatre 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “We will miss his quick wit, wry humor, felicitous prose, and savvy advice,” the Met said in its announcement. A Stalwart at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Step Down 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z A deteriorating one appears here, along with virtual advertising renderings of malls and hotels and wry segments of performance art. Hito Steyerl: ‘How Not to Be Seen’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z But those wry, almost poignant opening scenes make up for the occasional generic moments to come. Bruce Willis spies a good time in "Red" 2010-09-30T00:48:00Z The first two chapters of “What Happened” are wry and dramatic. Hillary Clinton Opens Up About ‘What Happened,’ With Candor, Defiance and Dark Humor 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z His writing for this group was provocative and ambitious from the very start: The music he makes is melancholy and marbled with darkness, but it’s wry, too, not overly self-serious. Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z But in an early September Zoom session — a glass of red wine in hand, an unmade bed in the background —he was wry, self-deprecatory and even a little nostalgic. With His New Mystery Novel, John Banville Kills Off a Pen Name 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z What initially reads like a wry, sharply pointed, if familiar, comedy of egocentric sophisticates gains depth and emotional magnitude as it goes. Young and Adrift in New York City 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z At 69, this Belgian painter is making his solo debut in New York with a dozen new paintings that are a wry, fastidious form of Process Art. Review: Walter Swennen Finds Maturity in New York Solo Debut 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z These tales, spanning a period of nearly 50 years, are marked by queasy humor and a wry nihilism. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z “It didn’t look like this,” Mr. Tyson says, looking at the image with a wry contempt. Theater Review: ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth’ at Longacre Theater 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z A producer on "Tintin," Jackson added his own wry accolade for Spielberg. Spielberg: 'Jurassic Park,' 'Jaws' could go 3-D 2011-07-22T19:10:00Z Forster seemed less straightforward, wry and intense, as you would have expected from his oeuvre, which has an off-kilter, brooding nervousness shot through with dry humour. Robert Forster: me and my bridge 2010-07-14T20:31:00Z “Usually they never come,” she said of the police, with a wry grin. Her Culture Was Suppressed for Centuries. Now It Powers Her Best Seller. 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z A wry self-mockery reveals to the knowing reader the poet's personal story: the "old man" he orders to "hobble home" may well be himself. Poem of the week: School's Out by WH Davies 2010-03-29T10:09:00Z Maxine loves her supportive parents, her wry but understanding coaches and her best friend, Victoria. Figuring It Out: Two Novels About Ice Skating and Adolescence 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z "But I've seen worse," the Auschwitz survivor adds with a wry grin. Elie Wiesel survives Madoff wipeout, heart bypass 2012-10-08T16:49:09Z He’s a slick, accessible songwriter with a sense of humor and a wry approach to emotional transparency. Playlist: New Releases From Friends, Wade Bowen and Joey Badass 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z In Everett's hands, a plot like this could easily become diamond-drill-sharp comedy, but he chooses a more subdued strategy, while permitting Walker a few wry quips. 'Assumption': a trio of gripping crime stories 2011-12-28T21:48:07Z But Mr. Washington has already won two Oscars, and Mr. Affleck, helped by a comeback narrative, is proving to be a gracious, wry presence on the awards circuit. ‘La La Land’ Has an Oscars Edge: Its Hollywoodness 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Gracefully translated by Annie Tucker, the writing is evocative and muscular, with particularly spicy descriptions and some good wry humor. Review: ‘Beauty Is a Wound,’ an Indonesian Blend of History, Myth and Magic 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z He presses the issue, wryly, or, rather, in a tone that he believes to be wry. Review: ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ Takes 2 Alcoholics and Chronicles the Tedium of Their Lives 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Stiefel, who cultivates a wry, even dandyish attitude, occasionally fiddled with his handlebar mustache. Taking Flight: Julie Kent at Washington Ballet 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Asked if he felt any pressure to preserve a company built painstakingly over two decades by the quietly charismatic Mr. Shiomi, Mr. Reyes responded with a wry chuckle. Minnesota Theaters Embrace New Leaders, and Others May Follow 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Sullivan’s thoughtful writing and direction mirror Montgomery’s wry, loving tone, which understands the absurdity of life and approaches it with humor, à la Jane Austen. How Not to Adapt “Anne of Green Gables” 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Laurie Anderson endures as the poster child for performance art, although the wry sprite with spiky hair and an electric violin prefers the term “multimedia artist.” Laurie Anderson keeps experimenting, next with ‘Letters to Jack’ 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Cattelan’s single finger would occupy the exact center of the square’s open space, a wry mini-column echoing the many columns on every side. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Every tiny snippet is drenched in the wry British wit and dash of lunacy both comic actors are known for. 'The Trip to Italy' a movable feast with Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z In each installment of “Perspective,” the captioned text of the interviews provides the only visual element — it’s a wry promotion of a feature often viewed as an accommodation into a place of primacy. For composer Molly Joyce, disability is no barrier to virtuosity 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Now, that wry "degree of inebriation" line underscores something that any true Waffle House aficionado knows: Anything can happen at a Waffle House. The artistic allure of Waffle House, America’s most surprising culinary muse 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z Adam, a control freak in an out-of-control situation, pings between panic and wry amusement at the absurdity of his situation, the humbling awfulness of it all. "50-50": What's so funny about cancer? 2011-09-30T13:31:00Z The shows also feature wry commentaries from the co-hosts, and updated "Where are they now?" footage. Found Footage festival: 'Stupid videos might be the international language' 2012-06-18T17:50:49Z The appropriate response would be a wry smile, or a rictus, at the folly of the human species. 'The Illusionist': Better Than 'Toy Story 3'? 2010-12-25T11:10:00Z Her film has the wry detachment of Jane’s adrift astronaut gazing down upon a spiritually broken planet. ‘Warning’ Review: Untethered From Humanity 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Other works are tempered by a wry sense of humor. Alvin Lucier, Probing Composer of Soundscapes, Is Dead at 90 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z It was just retro enough for Mr. Lowe’s wry, elegantly turned novelty song “Christmas at the Airport” and straightforwardly pop for his “Cruel to Be Kind.” Music Review: Iron and Wine, Calexico and Others at WFUV’s Holiday Cheer 2013-12-11T22:38:49Z Yet the artist’s wry juxtapositions and ingenious transformations also elicit smiles. Review | In the galleries: A former pillar of the fashion world crafts compelling art 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Hannah J Davies The second episode of archive performance culled from old episodes of Top Of The Pops and Old Grey Whistle Test, with wry subtitles. TV highlights 15/03/2013 2013-03-15T07:00:01Z The two even share a few wry exchanges, lending humor to an otherwise dour narrative. ‘Oxygen’ Review: The Thrill of Claustrophobia 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z The book opens with a wry, Whitmanesque description of the landscape: “Ale-colored sunshine and pale sky and whorls of cirrus so high they cast no shadow. Insects all business all the time.” David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Or, he added in the wry, lightly despairing voice of his fiction, “a place to show off your poodles.” Ben Lerner Imagines ‘Different Futures’ in His Novel ‘10:04’ 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Gibson, the showrunner, noted Miller’s ability to hold more than one emotional truth — fury, resignation, a wry amusement — at once, giving her performances a natural complexity. Sienna Miller Found Catharsis in ‘Anatomy of a Scandal’ 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Dubbed "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour," it takes wry note of a provision of O'Brien's severance package with NBC that keeps him off the air until September. Conan O'Brien is in talks with Fox for a talk show 2010-03-18T22:16:00Z He’s wry, a bit goofy and charmingly laid-back even when explicating coded racial dog whistles from white conservatives. Salon’s Sexiest Men of 2012 2012-11-14T13:22:00Z At the miniature Metropolitan Playhouse, this debate is presented unadorned by present-day editorializing; this, underlines Glaspell’s penchant for slamming melodrama up against wry turns of dialogue, a compositional tactic by turns ungainly and excitingly destabilizing. Review: In ‘Alison’s House,’ a Family Struggles to Protect a Literary Legacy 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Like nearly everything to which Palin has set his hand in a long and distinguished career, The Truth is immensely well-intentioned, resolutely on the side of the angels and overflowing with wry good humour. The Truth by Michael Palin – review 2012-07-13T21:55:03Z With her spectacularly lissome and long-limbed body and her wry humor, this ballet is now her best role. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z It’s not – cue wry remark, halo, eyebrow, now trademark look heavenwards – but it is for the show. 'Keeping the British end up': Roger Moore's career in clips 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “Kurtwood, I knew obviously did comedy and could give the character a wry, ironic sense of humor. I wanted him to have that capability.” Kurtwood Smith adds a little life to ‘Resurrection’ 2014-03-28T18:59:33Z The jokes and wry observations that emerge from this material are all the funnier for emerging from such painful truth. 'Darrell Hammond' traces SNL star's painful path to laughter 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z In a wry but loving eulogy, Courtenay recounted an anecdote about how, while visiting the Berkeley Hotel in the 1970s, the Queen Mother got stuck in one of Inchbald’s lifts. | A Christie’s Auction Honors the Passing of a British Design Giant 2014-01-16T14:00:58Z The conductor Ion Marin was sensitive to the musical complexities that Puccini sneaks below the surface of this deceptively lightweight score, his attempt to write the Italian opera equivalent of a wry Viennese operetta. Music Review: Kristine Opolais Makes Met Debut in Puccini’s ‘Rondine’ 2013-01-13T21:20:46Z And Tolan narrates his own story in a strong, clear voice that expresses passion, dignity and intermittent sparks of wry humor. Review | A black man shot by a white police officer tells his shocking story in ‘No Justice’ 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The common thread in all these shows is that, by putting bizarre characters at their center, they find wry ways of telling us something about us boring ordinary humans. TV Tonight: The Neighbors Is Bad, But Not for the Reason You Might Think 2012-09-26T13:09:57Z Woven into many of the festival’s films may be what Nicholas Blincoe of The Guardian once called a mix of wry wit and self-doubt. In Transit Blog: In London, Films About Palestinians 2012-04-25T19:10:23Z Known for a wry naïf style, he enjoyed using snappy colors and playful cut-and-paste imagery. Simms Taback, Writer and Illustrator of Children?s Books Dies at 79 2012-01-01T06:47:20Z The nearby Shaker Museum inspired him to create a series of wry sculptures in homage to their pared-down designs. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z Mr. Lunney, in a dark suit, performs on a bare black set with only a hint of theatrical artifice: a wry proscenium arch near the back of the stage. | 'Gary the Thief' and 'Plevna: Meditations on Hatred': Howard Barker?s Poetic Plays at Atlantic Stage 2 2010-07-20T21:17:00Z Connery’s Bond was a rougher diamond, but blessed with a wry sense of humour that diffused the violence, inviting the audience in on the joke. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Clooney is wry and gruff, and then earnest and amiable, in a role that dozens of actors could have played. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The Mother's Day flowers are barely wilted and already there's a heavy male energy in the air - of the wry, ironical, comedy variety - in new books and movies ahead of dad's day June 17. Men redefining 'manly' _ and not just for laughs 2012-05-17T20:36:09Z It's tempting to be wry, to note the long wait, the overblown expectations that have accompanied the pending release of this promising brash, bouncy album. Azealia Banks' 'Broke With Expensive Taste' worth the lengthy wait 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z All were wry, wounded and irresistibly tuneful entreaties, steeped to varying degrees in the essence of Paul McCartney. Music Review: Alan Hampton Performs at the Living Room - Review 2011-09-14T22:05:03Z A gently wry sense of humor about human foibles and some well-turned exchanges keep the proceedings drifting along pleasantly enough, until characters start convening for the requisite heart-to-hearts and making-up. Movie Review: ‘My Best Day,’ a Comedy by Erin Greenwell 2013-06-14T01:54:44Z When he does appear, he dispenses irony with the wry observational voice of an immortal. Review | Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Rule of Wolves’ is the latest action-packed installment in the Grishaverse saga 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Robert is charmingly unflappable, bordering on wry in his best moments, for much of the series. RuPaul made his sitcom-starring debut with "AJ and the Queen," and we are not amused 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Mary’s wry reply: “And who can say fairer than that?” 'Downton Abbey' Recap: If You Show Me Your Piero Della Francesca . . . 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Bujalski, 36, previously known as a wry, deadpan observer of his own generation, shoots their interactions in state-of-the-art late-’70s analog, which is to say in bracingly hideous and therefore strangely beautiful black-and-white video. Movie Review: ‘Computer Chess’ Depicts Programmers in 1980 2013-07-16T22:06:36Z Whole movements exude wry, sometimes downright silly humor. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z “This is exactly what we need more of in American feminism: wry humor,” Ms. Brown said. Mary Beard and Her ‘Battle Cry’ Against Internet Trolling 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Ono's directions mix together the earnestly mindful, the psychedelic and the wry: Yoko Ono’s prophetic vision of self-care 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Among them was a quiet, longhaired teenager with a wry smile and wicked sense of humor, once you got to know him. Remembering Chris Cornell: The quiet cook at Ray’s Boathouse who became a rock god 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z |
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