At the bottom, wrapped in a silk scarf, was a book she’d had for twenty years: a commentary on the Chinese method of divination, the I Ching. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We kept on like this for hours, me reading and taking notes, Deborah staring at Elsie’s picture in long silences broken only by her sparse commentary: “My sister look scared.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I answered that it was strained, that it attributed nuances to the various conflicting commentaries that were not there, and that, therefore, it really was not a reconciliation at all. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I can’t remember enjoying commentary more! What is this, by the way?” he added, holding the onionlike object up to eye level. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I would study it carefully, memorize it, find the various commentaries—those which were not printed in the Talmud itself could always be found in my father’s library—and memorize them. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Global news commentaries now became the backdrop in my room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are two characteristic forms that natural philosophy takes in the Middle Ages: one is the commentary on Aristotle; the other is the collection of quaestiones, of problems to which there is no agreed solution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I explained the Mishnah carefully, showed why there was a contradiction, then read from the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists, both of which are printed on the same page as the Talmud text. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They strolled through galleries of the old masters in silence, punctuated only by the sound of their footfalls and the scythe’s occasional commentaries. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Rav Gershenson stroked his pointed beard with his right hand, then asked me for the third time if I was satisfied with what the commentary said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Laleh had finally switched back to English to provide a running commentary for me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We should’ve run in the first place, thought Seven, but Valley was hurt and Seven’s commentary wasn’t going to help. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

One has to decide when to stop reading and start explaining, as well as when to appeal to the commentaries for further explanation. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He asked me to make myself a little clearer on a passage in one of the commentaries, and I repeated the passage by heart and explained it again as best I could. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They kept up their red-carpet commentary until it was almost time to head inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Integration anywhere means destruction everywhere,” Almond inveighed in his inaugural address, his words a dark mirror of Lyndon Johnson’s anxious commentary on Sputnik. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some of my friends had told me earlier that they dreaded being called on for that passage; they hadn’t been able to make any sense at all out of it and the commentaries were impossible. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I ended by saying I felt certain that was the text of the Talmud manuscript the commentator had had before him when he had written his commentary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he asked me to show how the late medieval commentary had attempted to reconcile these difficulties, and I went over that, too. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once Cora had gleaned what she could from the yellowed pamphlets, she started on the old almanacs, with their projections and ruminations about the tides and stars, and bits of obscure commentary. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Is it just doodling, or is it political commentary, an act of aggression? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would go into the attempt of the late medieval commentary to reconcile the diverse explanations of the commentaries. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He asked me to go over the difficulties I had found in the various commentaries, and I repeated them carefully. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A later commentary tried to reconcile the three commentaries by the method of pilpul, the result being a happy one for someone who enjoyed pilpul but quite strained as far as I was concerned. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a bad habit, Mitchell Sanders said, because all that matters is the raw material, the stuff itself, and you can’t clutter it up with your own half-baked commentary. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now had to reconstruct the text upon which the simple commentary had been based. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

To these four volumes there was added in Westmarch a fifth containing commentaries, genealogies, and various other matter concerning the hobbit members of the Fellowship. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Remember people are not reading you as entertainment, they’re reading you as cultural commentary. That’s a real responsibility. There are kids writing college essays about your blog,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

First in the traditional way, by memorizing the text and the commentaries, and then inventing all sorts of questions that Rav Gershenson might ask me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I cram the accounts full of pathos, casualty counts, and dry commentary on the illogical thought processes of warmongers. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Watching the evening news, Milton delivered a running commentary to the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ben spread his feet apart, to ground himself, lifted an imaginary microphone to his mouth, and began the color commentary. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

When Hamilton showed a late draft of this passage to John Jay for his commentary, Jay expressed admiration for the style but slight discomfort with the argument. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I then indicated that other commentaries had offered different explanations, and I cited them by heart because they were not found in the Talmud edition the class used. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to report, certainly, nothing worth commentary. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today you are more likely to find commentary on their “disappearance,” either as a supposed demographic reality or as a shortcoming of the middle-class imagination. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke a number of languages, ancient and modern, and had published a translation of Anacreon, with commentary, when he was only eighteen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley kept up a running commentary, mainly for Harry’s and Hermione’s benefit; his own children knew too much about the Ministry to be greatly interested. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She yelled, punctuated most sentences with a raspy, high-pitched laugh, and maintained a running commentary on everything around her: “Look at the size of those trees!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I explained how I had reconstructed the text, then quoted the reconstructed text from memory, showing him how it fitted perfectly to the explanation offered by the simplest of all the commentaries. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the baby-blue scooter zipped through the streets of Rome, the goddess Rhea Silvia gave Annabeth a running commentary on how the city had changed over the centuries. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Martin draped a tarpaulin over his cargo and they rumbled out of the cut, the station agent grumbling profane commentary until they gained the road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and the need for a hike in the minimum wage. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, he’s been the subject of a patchwork of commentaries, numerous judgments, and endless character assessments from a spectrum of self-appointed experts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The disarming simplicity of the statement, combined with its quasi-Delphic character, has made the Farewell Address a perennial candidate for historical commentary. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As it happened, there was very little she did without some sort of commentary. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I could hear the match commentary from here,” said Ron, his voice now shaking with laughter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some incisive commentary which no one in her audiences could fully comprehend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny and I were soon involved in a heated discussion concerning two contradictory commentaries on the same passage, and Reb Saunders sat back quietly and listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I could do without the commentary,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Predictably, the sight of Washington leaving office attracted the bulk of the commentary in the press. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fishing goes on without commentary: a cast, the plop of the lure, the sound of reeling in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its first owner had planned to study it with care, perhaps to write a refutation or a commentary, for it was bound with alternate blank pages on which notes could be made. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And he had to be studied with a commentary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Farmer listens good-naturedly, interpreting Ti Jean’s words as “a giant morality play, a commentary on social inequality.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Poetic though they sound, and I appreciate that you’ve just described both tender ballads of love and socially prescient commentary, I still don’t believe this rings any bells.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his screaming got too pathetic to bear, our grim-faced mother brought in his cage and set it on the floor by the window, where Methuselah continued his loud, random commentary. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As assistant editorial page editor of The Emory Wheel, he authored scores of commentaries. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read on, following the commentary through the mazy paths it led her on, until she came to: Keeping still is the mountain; it is a bypath; it means little stones, doors, and openings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I came to the end of the Mishnaic thought unit, I stopped, and reviewed it briefly, together with the commentaries of Rashi and the Tosafists. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of the commentaries on the text ran to two and a half pages, another ran to four pages. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And Bagman’s commentary made everything much, much worse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the commentary, I won’t employ anything that even smacks of theme or moral. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third commentary, however, explained the text in six lines. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Nice commentary last match!” said Ron to Luna as she took back the green onion, the toadstool, and the cat litter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had to utilize all the commentaries this time and was able to finish explaining the thought unit a moment before the three o’clock bell sounded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The complication was caused not only by the Talmud text itself, which seemed filled with gaps, but by the commentaries that struggled to explain it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Danny didn’t know of any commentaries on Freud, so he had settled for the next best thing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tolstoy, of course, as an omniscient narrator, also provides a running commentary, establishing what it was that the combatants were all, willy-nilly, conspiring to bring about. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for their low mutterings to give way to louder commentary. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or at least the media paid attention, which led fashion bloggers to pay attention, which seemed then to provoke all manner of commentary across the internet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

However, demand was fully re-established in the decade 1600-1609, and not just for the new more complex commentaries such as that of Clavius, published in fat quartos, but also for cheap octavo editions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I kept a finger of my right hand on the appropriate place in the text, flipped the Talmud to where the commentary had been printed, and read from it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Ulbrickson got back to the hotel that night, he jotted a simple commentary in the logbook: “Quite a day.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After I was done memorizing the text and the commentaries, I began to go over the text again critically. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wayne played the narrator, who at different points in the musical just sort of appears onstage and interjects commentary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a movie with a voice-over narration, but with one great difference: He was manipulating the pieces and speaking so rapidly that it was difficult to connect the moves with his commentary. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somkit provided nonstop commentary as they made their way through the cavernous building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Charles liked Gray and thought that in many ways he understood the theory best; Charles called Gray’s reviews good natural theological commentary. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For months, the ad played repeatedly on network news stations and was the subject of incessant political commentary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Listening to Twig’s commentary, I could get through most of the round without too much anxiety, but by the thirteenth egg, none of us spoke. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hear the commentary over the wind. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard her keep up a running stream of commentary like this for hours while she’s cooking dinner or potting orchids. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might consist of a terse statement of law, or a question on the statement, an answer to the question, a brief or lengthy commentary on a Biblical verse, and so on. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I read some newspaper editorials and listened to television commentary that wondered if perhaps western civilization itself might soon be at an end with the technologically superior Russians taking over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Relieved, Harry zoomed away, gazing around for the Snitch, but still making sure he caught every word of Lee’s commentary. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The kind of kid who talks nonstop, unleashing a stream of comic commentary that’s half hilarious, half annoying. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I joke that I’m color commentary because my process is totally different. The ‘Office Ladies’ Return to Dunder Mifflin 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Some of Jones’s commentary verges on the personal. ‘Mitch, Please!’ Tours Kentucky and Roasts a Senator 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z

Theyhave since been joined by a chorus of commentary, both from professional critics and home viewers, praising the BBC for framing autism with refreshing honesty. ‘The A Word’ Places Autism Front and Center 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

“It attracts that commentary, it attracts that engagement.” Still Fighting Over the Turner Prize 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

I also skipped Myoryu-ji — the so-called “ninja temple,” full of secret rooms and passages — because it must be visited on pre-booked tours that offer commentary only in Japanese. Japan’s bullet train has made this well-preserved city more accessible than ever 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Had Camilleri consciously set out to use the crime novel for social commentary? Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing 2012-07-06T21:55:16Z

“It exists in a cultural dialogue. . . . There’s going to be commentary, there’s going to be reviews, there’s certainly going to be a kind of backlash if the film is controversial.” ‘Lost City of Z’ alters history for the sake of modern audiences. Are we okay with that? 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

Beautifully shot and genuinely thrilling, The Night Of is a powerful commentary on the flaws of the U.S. legal system. 9 Shows and Movies to Stream Over the Holiday Break 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Trump’s name was aired during in Ms. Beard’s presentation, and she agreed afterward that there are similarities between Mr. Trump’s unfettered commentary and trolling. Mary Beard and Her ‘Battle Cry’ Against Internet Trolling 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the display is courtesy of the street artist Plastic Jesus, who last year created a giant Oscar with a needle in his arm, a commentary on Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death. Hollywood Sighting 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

But there's also a commentary on society's perverse fascination with reality television. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z

An art gallery in England turned a 19th-century painting into a commentary on contemporary culture last month by removing it altogether. Gallery Wanted to Provoke Debate by Removing Naked Nymphs Painting. It Succeeded. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

In his writing and commentary, including his plays and movie scripts, he was fully engaged in America’s public affairs, even running for office twice. Gore Vidal’s reading list for America 2012-08-02T20:25:00Z

But what a ripe time to be among the few performers with a live outlet for social commentary. Provincetown: Go for the Mask Compliance, Stay for a Show 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Offering color commentary in a television studio is a lifetime away from another August convention, just 12 years ago, just before the decline and fall of the House of Gore began. The End of the Line 2012-08-25T11:00:00Z

Tero Saarinen in his own solo work, Hunt: ‘an unblinking commentary on the dancer’s lot’. Dublin dance festival 2013: Stravinsky Evening – review 2013-05-18T23:05:46Z

An audiobook, per se, might not sell, but call it something else — an app with his music and commentary — and there was something worth thinking about. Pharrell Williams Is Still Asking, What If? 2012-08-01T22:28:03Z

The book is not nearly as topical as, say, The Butter Battle Book, a commentary on the nuclear arms race. Lou Dobbs Vs. Kids? Movies: Does Children?s Morality Have a Well-Known Liberal Bias? 2012-02-27T17:09:10Z

Consider how often the prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, is called upon to provide a running commentary on her uterus. ‘Unlike Hillary Clinton, I have never wanted to be someone’s wife’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Burton and Taylor occasionally break the fourth wall to talk to us while sitting in director’s chairs, as if in their own DVD commentary. TV Weekend: Liz and Dick 2012-11-23T13:00:18Z

He’s well known for his political and social commentary. #OscarsSoWhite “is not a black/white issue”: Creator April Reign on the movement’s goals, Academy voting changes and why she’s not watching the Oscars 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Here are excerpts, with commentary by Ms. Childs: See the Dances of Lucinda Childs, Who Is Being Honored for Lifetime Achievement 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z

If you like your political commentary cynical but not embittered, this relatively new podcast may hit the spot. 8 Podcasts to Help Make Sense of Post-Trump America 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Also an effective fertilizer, Mr. Eliasson said, it offers an abstract commentary on “the gardens’ role as a symbol of the king’s fertility, the idea of fertility at the expense of our society.” Olafur Eliasson Envisions a Spectacle in Versailles 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

He helped found the London Review of Books, which carries book reviews, essays, political commentary and poetry and for which he wrote more than 200 pieces. Literary critic Frank Kermode dies in England 2010-08-18T19:23:00Z

Mr. Viragh and Mr. Woods acknowledged that some films were meant to be mocked, so certain midnight screenings will feature the Raspberry Brothers, a comedy team, with live commentary. Weekend Miser: Serving Nostalgia at Nitehawk Cinema and IFC Center 2012-03-01T23:24:56Z

Mr. Ayivi frames his participation in fashion as commentary on consumerism. Where’s That Jumpsuit From? It’s a Long Story 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

Political commentary is built into the images, though his overall approach is closer to appreciation, fullhearted without nostalgia. Museum & Gallery Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Todd VanDerWerff, at Vox, while comparing it to “Mad Men,” wrote, “It’s a strange, sad trip through the dark underbelly of fame, mixed with some of the most brilliant, caustic social commentary out there.” “BoJack Horseman” and the Comedy of Despair 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z

Renner said he had been drawn to the show for its commentary on the American penal system and the for-profit incarceration industry. Jeremy Renner Takes Aim at TV in ‘Hawkeye’ and ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

It will be three times as long as the original version because of heavy annotations and added commentary and criticism about Hitler and Nazi Germany. Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' to be published in Germany for first time since WWII 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

His commentary on the confluence of art, money and politics seems tame enough. Art Review: ‘Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde’ at MoMA 2012-11-15T22:48:46Z

But by uprooting the opera’s story, Mr. Herheim deprives Tchaikovsky’s score of its fundamental role in supplying commentary to the story and reduces it to merely attractive music. Opera Review: Traveling Through Time With 'Eugene Onegin' 2011-06-28T12:00:06Z

In “To Kill a Mockingbird” you’ve got a narrator who offers — from her innocence — incisive critical commentary. Harper Lee’s lingering Civil War ghosts: “Go Set a Watchman” is “a very accurate perspective of what’s going on here in the South” 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Cut forward to 2008 and the Spaced DVD is being released in America and Quentin Tarantino does a guest commentary with us on an episode that features a Pulp Fiction reference. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z

And he must still find the harmony between his trademark brand of pointed political commentary and the broader demands of a mainstream late-night talk show. Stephen Colbert Reboots ‘The Late Show,’ Fixing It on the Fly 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Quinn mixes typical stand-up observations with more pithy commentary on human failings, ancient and modern. The Week Ahead: April 3 ? 9 2011-04-02T03:12:49Z

Perhaps Salt of Life is an indulgent commentary on the Italian male in general and the toxic absurdity of Silvio Berlusconi in particular. Salt of Life ? review 2011-08-11T20:30:03Z

Like the Balenciaga “Simpsons” episode, it makes social and cultural commentary part of the value proposition. Barbie and Balmain Want to Make Toys the Next Big Fashion Frontier 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z

While some social media commentary poked fun at the man’s decision to choose KFC as the venue to pop the question, most reactions were positive. KFC proposal goes viral as social media offers to pay for couple's wedding 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Moe’s forces are minimal: apart from the keyboards, the only instruments required are a clarinet and a bass clarinet, which provide amusing commentary on the vocal text, and were played deftly by Jo-Ann Sternberg. Music Review: Sequitur at Merkin Concert Hall - Review 2011-09-20T20:10:02Z

He worked as a live news anchor during the nascent days of MSNBC, when it was a pure cable news channel without the commentary. Brian Williams suspended amid Iraq war scandal 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Delivered by Tim Allen, this nonstop flow of tittering observations and nursery-level commentary feels sadly misjudged, a demeaning soundtrack that shreds the dignity of the animals it purports to celebrate. Movie Review: ?Chimpanzee,? a Disney Film Narrated by Tim Allen 2012-04-20T00:02:31Z

I try not to let troll commentary eclipse my actual art, but it often does. Trolls and clapbacks: Are they the trolls, or am I? 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z

Cluttered with heavy metal iconography and images of guns, basketballs, caustic political commentary and the occasional expertly executed log cabin pattern, the "Man-Made" quilts prove that testosterone and needlework aren't mutually exclusive. Male quilters piece new gender, aesthetic paradigms in 'Man-Made' show 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

“Zohar,” titled after commentaries on the Torah, is said to explore the relationship between a finite universe and an eternal God. A Powerful ‘Elektra,’ Sheep at the Armory and Other Spring Classical Highlights 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

Tati is the late French actor, filmmaker and comic treasure whose beloved Monsieur Hulot — a bumbler in a rumpled raincoat — delivered pointed social commentary, laughs and solace to a weary post-WWII Europe. Paul Dano finds sunnier side of Brian Wilson in 'Love & Mercy' 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

This slide show provides a look at several of his creations over the decades, with commentary from him on the genesis of the designs.  Film: Poster Master With a Cool Hand 2010-12-05T17:44:00Z

The result is a film in which every covert glance feels weighted with meaning, both a commentary on and celebration of the power of the female gaze. Céline Sciamma: 'In France, they don’t find the film hot. They think it lacks flesh, it’s not erotic' 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

It’s a sad commentary that in 2016 we witness the suppression of film and art by one of America’s most beloved actors. Controversial 'lost' Leonardo DiCaprio film Don's Plum removed from web 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

I’m all for conscientious or even subversive commentary.  Matt Lauer, pleasant corporate stooge: America’s double standard on politicizing the Olympics 2014-02-14T16:34:00Z

“But his larger point, backed by a mountain of research and reams of thoughtful commentary, is that American culture ascended in this era for the right reasons: ‘Ideas mattered. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

You told me this year that you had stopped reading the online commentary on “Mad Men.” ArtsBeat: Matthew Weiner Discusses the ‘Mad Men’ Season Finale 2013-06-24T06:00:54Z

Not surprisingly, from a performer who’s honed his acerbic commentary over years alongside Jon Stewart, this was the most solid, assured part of the first episode. Larry Wilmore's First Nightly Show: The Underdog As Top Dog 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

Their “baby” is a sack of flour named Joan, who accompanies them on a wild road trip to California, providing commentary in Danielle’s voice and also through an amusing visual conceit. | 'Dirty Girl': ?Dirty Girl,? Starring Juno Temple and Jeremy Dozier - Review 2011-10-06T21:14:14Z

Her observation of the fragility and loveliness of daily life is so sharp and her commentary so droll, trenchant and precise that the modest world she describes becomes almost numinous. Review | ‘Brood,’ a quiet meditation on the small stuff, makes for a perfect pandemic read 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Fox and its chairman, Rupert Murdoch, laid the groundwork for Trump’s political career by giving him a regular commentary spot on the morning “Fox and Friends” program in 2011. After Putin summit, Trump once again anoints Fox as favored network 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

This beautifully packaged tome offers a broad overview of the Mercer Island artist's work, accompanied by thoughtful commentary. Art books for the holidays: Gauguin, Dal?, Maria Frank Abrams and more 2010-12-02T00:40:00Z

The idea is that this art doesn’t need commentary; it speaks for itself, and anything added, beyond light and space, is superfluous. MoMA Reboots With ‘Modernism Plus’ 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

New critics were hired, and Talk of the Town commentaries were opened to more writers and were no longer written anonymously. Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Various segments in the show draw directly on Baldwin’s fierce commentary about the indignities suffered by black Americans at the hands of white Americans. Review: ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ Takes James Baldwin’s Message to Church 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

"More robust and consistent evidence, including verification of the results in other populations, is needed," Bart Koes and Wendy Enthoven from the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands wrote in a Lancet commentary. Paracetamol no better than placebo for low back pain, study finds 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. O’Doherty later edited the magazine Art in America, provided cultural commentary for the “Today” show on NBC and worked for nearly 30 years as a part-time administrator for the National Endowment for the Arts. Brian O’Doherty, Art Critic and (Conceptual) Art Creator, Dies at 94 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

In Eloquent Peasant, he sees the continuity of life in Egypt, uses modern photographs to make points about the ancient text and brings the poem to life and relevance through a full and accessible commentary. Books of the year 2012: authors choose their favourites 2012-11-23T22:55:14Z

It's a sneering, caustic commentary that asserts the prophet's self-absorbed grandiosity while mocking his prohibition against idolatry. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

"HarperCollins does welcome public commentary on its books so long as any book content is utilized in a manner that is consistent with the law," the publisher said. Palin publisher says Gawker lawsuit is settled 2010-11-24T02:50:00Z

The commentary from TV broadcasters across the board, all day long, was at times embarrassingly complimentary. Perspective | The media can be glad for the Biden White House’s return to normalcy. But let’s not be lulled. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

With commentary from food celebrities like Andrew Zimmern and chefs like Kyle Connaughton, it follows the gourmand’s taste, from ancient times to the present, for the pentagonal gonads of the spiny creatures. Sea Urchins Star in This Food Film 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Researching intermittently over four years, Mr. Baasansuren tracked down nearly 200 photographs for which he wrote captions and commentary. Photography: Bringing a Monastery Back to Life 2011-01-19T13:00:03Z

Yes, the mass media supplied the public with incendiary rhetoric and insult commentary from pundits and satirists before read-write internet access reached all Americans. Ranting made simple: How news sites’ online comments helped build our hateful electorate 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

I suppose that's partly a commentary on the middling quality of this year's Toronto lineup, which features many small-scale delights but few smash hits. "The Descendants": Clooney's Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad 2011-09-14T00:30:00Z

In my books, I deliberately decided to smuggle into a detective novel a critical commentary on my times. Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing 2012-07-06T21:55:16Z

Effective social commentary needs to have bite, and this film is toothless. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

It was hard to take a news holiday, over Thanksgiving, what with the protests in Ferguson, the live updates, the streaming commentary, the instant video, the on-the-spot reporting, and the tittle-tattle of Twitter. Yesterday’s News 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

"Gettysburg" includes commentary from Civil War scholars such as Edward Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, and camera trickery such as soaring overhead shots to explain battle strategies. Scott brothers capture Civil War in 'Gettysburg' 2011-05-28T23:01:05Z

As a commodity, as a show, as a commentary, as a mirror, Hirst's art is a grandiose epic of these times. Why I've joined Damien Hirst's bad taste party 2010-09-28T14:07:00Z

Maybe everything: it was a postmodern satire of television and Web culture, a commentary on the power of nostalgia, a glimpse at the violence that lurks within us all. Looking for Meaning in “Too Many Cooks” 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Video without commentary: "All of the Lights" by Kanye West feat. Video without commentary: "All of the Lights" by Kanye West feat. Rihanna, Kid Cudi 2011-02-21T02:12:32Z

Who is most telling in their commentary on him? The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, introduced and edited by Harry Mount – review 2013-05-22T13:00:01Z

With the social commentary largely reduced to filler, the film had to rely more than was probably intended on the murder investigation to make its impact. Murder on the Victorian Railway; Walking Wounded: Return to the Frontline – TV review 2013-02-22T07:00:08Z

Quickly enough, studios started producing bonus features to sell new films as well, spending money on voice-over commentary, behind-the-scene shorts and interviews with the cast. Oh for the Days of the Making-Of Featurette — Seriously 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Ball shows are accompanied by a quick-witted onslaught of commentary that requires the slickest of flows, a skill at the very heart of what 2012's queer rappers are all about. Zebra Katz, Mykki Blanco and the rise of queer rap 2012-06-08T23:06:00Z

It was just commentary on fashion, but she didn’t like it. 'Fresh Off the Boat Star': I Don't Need to Represent Every Asian Mom Ever 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

The telecast will include commentary from scholars and curators. At A Theater Near You: 'Star Wars' film in 3-D, 'Soul Train' 2012-02-09T21:57:04Z

The value-added in a Brooks movie is the characters' running commentary on their agitated lives. How Do You Know: Well, I Like It 2010-12-17T09:15:00Z

Aside from spanning many media, his work is also joyous, a feat given how trenchant it is as a social and political commentary. Go See Yinka Shonibare at the Morris-Jumel Mansion This Weekend 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z

Without Bromden’s vision, the story is less a social commentary, less an anti-establishment call to arms, and more a misogynist fantasy of rugged individualism. Eli Gottlieb’s ‘Best Boy’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

"Archival footage is interwoven with stolen moments and exclusive commentary from 'SNL' legends, journalists, hosts, crew and others influenced by the comedy giant," festival organizers said in a release. Tribeca 2015: Fest will open this year with 'SNL' movie 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

That provides its own subtle commentary on the whiteness of dating and romance reality shows, actually, in presenting an inclusive contestant pool in a dating show where look are removed from the equation. On "Sexy Beasts," love isn't quite blind – but it's an entertainingly shallow heavy petting zoo 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

But it'll also be a fun twist on the notion of how these tales are told … Fairytales are often born of sociopolitical commentary and translated into stories for children. Jack the Giant Slayer: big news or the height of nonsense? 2012-11-23T15:16:42Z

Asked if he had nevertheless altered any of his commentary since the memo was issued, Levin, a longtime supporter of President Trump, called such questions “absurd,” “inflammatory,” “nonsensical” and “idiotic.” On conservative talk radio, efforts to tone down inflammatory rhetoric appear limited 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

The staccato rhythm of racing commentary is shattering the peace of a Baltimore County valley: Maryland’s Hunt Cup, the country’s most challenging horse race, bets on its future 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

During the documentary, actors were used to depict Sweeney attacking his victims, while commentary was provided by a narrator, journalists and police to describe the attacks. Murder documentary rapped by Ofcom 2013-08-06T12:09:18Z

Go ahead and read it as social commentary — Atwood doesn’t mind if you do. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been feared, banned and loved. Now it’s scaring the bejeezus out of us again. 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

No arch commentary can puncture this self-satisfied bubble. I have had enough of irony 2012-05-30T19:00:04Z

Her focus on personal memory chimes with later feminist work that took seriously everyday concerns, and her technique of collaging together memories with pop songs and her own lightly self-mocking commentary, feels contemporary. Jacob Rees-Mogg: my early career as an avant garde film star 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Sarvestani began keeping a blog in August 2008, where he wrote academic and social commentary, including often barbed invectives directed at members of the Iranian government. The U.S. won’t admit this dying Iranian sociologist 2012-11-22T13:00:00Z

A good novel, after all, is irreducible, but social commentary isn’t. Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversation 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

We are writing commentary for the NYTimes, but I have been through the jobless and homeless aspect of life, not once but twice. Homeless in Seattle, and Marrying Under the Overpass 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

Interview defended this choice, claiming that Jenner’s wheelchair poses are meant to be commentary on the attention she receives as “an object of vast media scrutiny.” Dear Kylie Jenner, my wheelchair isn’t a prop: Stop playing dress-up games with my reality 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Jesus and his betrayer, Judas, of course, have been the focus of considerable commentary, and Mr. King shows us how Leonardo used light and shade and spacing to make them stand out. Books of The Times: Ross King’s Deconstructs Leonardo and ‘The Last Supper’ 2012-10-29T18:01:10Z

Topiary had posted dozens of tweets filled with swear words and racist commentary. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z

In a commentary published with the study in Pediatrics, Dr Ilana Sherer, assistant medical director at the University of San Francisco’s Child and Adolescent Gender Center Clinic, said the findings were “crucially important”. 'Crucial' study of transgender children links mental health with family support 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Brown successfully packs a novel’s worth of social description and commentary into a radically compressed pictorial space. At Seattle Art Museum, ‘Victorian Radicals’ is certainly Victorian. But radical? Not so much. 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Along with the audio tracks, expect plenty of commentary from Zimmer and director Christopher Nolan, discussing how the music — with its ever changing moods — ties into Nolan’s direction. Dark Knight Rises App Is a Musical Tour of Gotham City 2012-07-24T16:30:23Z

By the time I realised that the idea of Australian wines being worthy of expert commentary was inherently funny, it wasn't any more. TV review: Chateau Chunder; Heston's Fantastical Food; Dara Ó Briain's Science Club 2012-11-13T22:00:01Z

“My dear Callum,” the book begins, introducing us to Meissner, the narrator, and to his British grandson, whose commentary is interspersed seamlessly throughout. A Former Soldier Tells His Grandson: ‘I Wasn’t a Nazi.’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

A full set of the Robber Baron collection by Studio Job — gilded bronze objects freighted with social commentary, like a safe topped with a Jack in the Box — could run you upward of $600,000. The ‘Kanye West of Furniture’ Is Now Nesting in the ’Burbs 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

Unlike Klinger’s admirable “New Annotated Sherlock Holmes,” there isn’t any body of commentary attached to the works here nor do they invite fanciful speculation. Review | Stilted dialogue, a ludicrous plot: On the pleasures of the vintage whodunit 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Leveraging the enmeshment of entertainment, news and commentary perfected by Fox News chief Roger Ailes, Trump has similarly infused civic life with the cynical imperatives of the reality TV world from whence he came. Perspective | Trump’s bizarre post-election behavior isn’t a tantrum or a coup. It’s fan service. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Walker will appear as an animated character, who will provide commentary to a race at the Silver Hatch track. Murray Walker to feature in Roary stage show 2011-01-30T13:13:56Z

Below are the lyrics, as sung by the original Broadway cast, describing the statue subplot, along with Mr. Kushner’s commentary and links to audio of the songs: Topple a Confederate Statue? This Broadway Musical Already Did. 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

“The Soup,” the E! television series devoted to clips from reality shows, with arch commentary, recently gave Mr. Grogan its 2011 Most Valuable Player award. TV?s Go-To Guy For Playing Truth or Dare 2011-07-02T04:00:14Z

There are plans to add French sign-language video commentaries for the deaf, as well as audio descriptions of the art for the blind, Ms. Benaiteau said. ArtsBeat: Louvre Teams Up With Nintendo for New Guides 2012-04-13T18:56:39Z

Photograph: Rex Features The comedian Frankie Boyle has set up an alternative running commentary to Lady Thatcher's funeral, firing off edgy outrageous messages to his 1.3 million followers on Twitter. Frankie Boyle launches alternative Thatcher funeral commentary 2013-04-17T11:08:30Z

Videos with commentary: Craft Spells, Washed Out, Drake "Your Tomb" by Craft Spells, directed by Aaron Beckam In this dark and humorous video, the Beacon Hill romantic pop act goes on the date from hell. Videos with commentary: Craft Spells, Washed Out, Drake 2011-10-06T15:56:11Z

I also invite readers to subscribe to my weekly “Asking Amy” newsletter, at Amydickinson.substack.com, where I post advice, as well as commentary about what I’m reading, watching and listening to. Perspective | Ask Amy: Couple’s problems will be baked in 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

The idea is to provide a dark commentary on power and the illusion of democracy. Massive Attack v Adam Curtis – review 2013-07-05T00:48:25Z

This may well be the most original and magical poetry anthology ever compiled, opening with an allegorical short story, then interlacing de la Mare’s highly personal commentary throughout. Review | The copyright has expired on thousands of books. Here are the best ones to read. 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

Doodles, annotations, marks, commentaries and additions become public declarations. Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z

The archival footage is delightful and the interviews with his contemporaries are insightful, but Talley’s own commentary is the real draw — he will always be trenchant, funny and fabulous. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

“I jokingly responded that it must be in one of the commentaries.” Stan Lee, me, and the liberal Jewish identity that binds us 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

As someone who likes never to spoil their pleasure by reading about the things they most enjoy, I have tried to avoid commentary. Mad Men: the future of American film is on television 2010-09-08T08:01:00Z

When the footage is strong enough you don't need commentary. Director Thomas Balmes: How Babies Was Made 2010-05-05T17:30:00Z

He may have had his brother killed, although the only commentary we have about the succession comes from Thutmose IV himself. My House in Cairo 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

So the experience of making the show and seeing it–fitting a comedy that was about finding meaning in small things–was much more private than public, more personal than social commentary. The Office Watch: That’s What She Said 2013-05-17T13:18:33Z

Of Thompson’s two great Merchant Ivorys, this just about edges it, largely because of its more expansive scale and more precise social commentary. Emma Thompson's best films – ranked! 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

Sinclair’s management distributed the interviews, in which Trump touted his successes as president, to its stations with a note advising that they “may run this interview/commentary as their top story.” Sinclair Broadcast gives its pro-Trump analyst a cold shoulder, then rethinks it 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

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

It has always sounded to me like blistering commentary about a police state, or some kind of high-stakes cloak-and-dagger situation. Elvis Costello at the Beacon: Misery and Splendor 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

And Zucker, realizing their time is up, makes haste to round off the commentary: “Oh,” he says. How two professors transformed the teaching of art history 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

They lack the white noise of contemporary commentary and opinion that critics usually must work through, either consciously or subconsciously, on the way to their own conclusions when writing about art exhibitions. Still Life: Flea Market Paintings as Art Discoveries 2012-08-28T16:24:10Z

Without becoming an overt theological commentary, this “Exorcist” nevertheless touches on relevant aspects of today’s church. On rebooted ‘Exorcist,’ a new way to get rid of demons: Hugging it out 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

The joke is arch and accurate, but like the rest of the piece’s commentary on race, it’s inert. Review: The Bitter Tears of Dean Moss & Co. 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

An evolving hybrid, kwaito has grown from copying American electro styles in the 1990s to become the heartbeat of urban South Africa, incorporating hip-hop and social commentary, and spawning its own dances, fashions and slang. Fifa's World Cup kick-off concert 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

In a short director's note in the program, she writes that "Norma," which takes place in 50 BC during Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul, has greater potential for social commentary than normally noticed. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Rejecting all attempts to find messages or social commentary in his work, Nabokov insists that his carefully constructed fiction simply aims to elicit aesthetic bliss. Review | Nabokov unplugged: A new collection of his essays delivers unvarnished opinions 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Is fiction, satire, a good place for social commentary? Karl Taro Greenfeld on the fiction, grim reality in 'The Subprimes' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Jon Stewart, the comedian who made Comedy Central's “The Daily Show,” a nightly home for sharp-edged political satire and up-to-the-moment commentary on the news, said on Tuesday that he planned to leave the program. Jon Stewart Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Fiction's durability, in part, is because it offers social commentary. Karl Taro Greenfeld on the fiction, grim reality in 'The Subprimes' 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

The mezzo-soprano Brenda Patterson brings vocal warmth and, in welcome moments, a calming presence, playing a solo pig full of helpful commentary on the proceedings. ‘Gloria — A Pig Tale’ Brings Opera to the Met Museum 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Unlike many music documentaries, “Gimme Danger” eschews commentary from rock critics or musicians the Stooges influenced. The brief and wild ride of the Stooges gets ‘fan film’ treatment in ‘Gimme Danger’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

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

But, she said, “it’s also a piercing commentary on mother-daughter relationships, the indignity of bureaucracy, the burdens of caregiving and the impositions of religious dogma on women.” Women Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

He and his writers craft political commentary the way Stradivarius made violins. Vintage chat: Moyers and Stewart 2011-05-18T16:30:00Z

The beginning of her take on “Open City” demonstrates her great talent for enlarging the context of whatever she’s writing about and weaving in astute bits of broader commentary. Claire Messud Looks Back on Life, and the Art That Shaped Her 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

Volcouve has written books and given radio commentaries about the Liverpool foursome. Vast Beatles collection goes on auction in Paris 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

Radio and television present specials, retrospectives, and commentaries. John Lennon still lives among us 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Three years ago, he directed and starred in his first feature, “The Dirties,” a shrewd commentary on the warped relationship between image and reality. Review: ‘Operation Avalanche,’ a Tale of Film Nerds on a Kubrick Caper 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

But to treat “Empire” as merely this decade’s best answer to “Dynasty” is to miss some of its fuller intent as subversive social commentary. New season of Fox’s ‘Empire’ offers subversive social commentary 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

It had a unique blend of horror, fictional period drama, real historical figures, fantasy, sci-fi and social commentary. Emmy surprises: ‘Pose,’ ‘I May Destroy You’ and ‘Lupin’ 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

They were less concerned with the lower end of the market, the shilling plain and two shilling coloured prints, which included the "drolls", social commentary, political satire and vulgar jokes. British Museum's rare prints purchase offers glimpse of vanished paintings 2010-10-03T17:10:00Z

They provided hard-hitting commentary on events during one of the most troubled periods in Irish history and included original caricature portraits of politicians like Michael Collins, Eamon de Velera and Edward Carson. Cartoons that courted controversy 2013-01-29T13:04:18Z

He is known for creating works on buildings displaying ironic and provocative social commentary, and political stunts such as his recently opened 'Walled Off Hotel' in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Banksy works highlight of Los Angeles street art auction 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

The "22 Jump Street" DVD and Blu-ray extras are winners too, tacking on a commentary track, deleted scenes, clever featurettes, bonus gags and a version of the film with no jokes at all. '22 Jump Street' sequel makes fun of everything 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z

None of this is said; it is all filmed, with very little commentary. Kurdish lover - review 2012-10-02T13:02:18Z

Players spend most of the time fighting street-level demons who neither invite nor evoke any social commentary. Video Game Review: DmC Is the New Devil May Cry Game From Capcom 2013-01-28T22:48:32Z

The Washington Post’s Jonathan Yardley said he raised the suspense novel into “the realm of social commentary.” Elmore Leonard shoots his way into the Library of America

High-resolution images, text and videos of expert commentary and analysis of 58 manuscripts are featured. In Transit Blog: (Very) Old Meets New at Manuscripts Show in London 2011-11-27T11:00:29Z

Eliot's brilliant descriptions and Austen's anti-sentimentalism are fundamentally different from Fitzgerald's angst and irony or Lee's social commentary and coming-of age novel. Goodbye, Steinbeck; All Hail, Shelley 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a really specific plot instead of commentary on characters, which is what drew me to it. Alia Shawkat on Going From 'Sassy Teen' to the Lead in Search Party 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

Beyond dispute, however, is the film's timeless worth as a cathartic work, especially in terms of its accidentally commentary on the sexism of the corporate structure. Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

In more recent years, through her career as a New York state senator and Secretary of State, she’s endured endless and increasing commentary about how “fat and old” she apparently is. Hillary Clinton: The first presidential candidate of the trolled 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

This album reproduces scores of recent covers, along with brief commentary from the illustrators and writers associated with the various classics. A summer book list like no other: Michael Dirda picks 11 hidden gems 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Its former executive chairman, Stephen K. Bannon, was named chief White House strategist, seemingly auguring an era of unparalleled access and influence for the far-right, anti-establishment news and commentary site. Whatever happened to Breitbart? The insurgent star of the right is in a long, slow fade 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

Strauss underscored spoken dialogue with arch instrumental commentary, but the orchestra, at times hamstrung by his sumptuous style and parlando vocal lines, shifts its weight like an elephant in ballet shoes. Review: ‘The Silent Woman,’ an Opera About Putting on an Opera 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

Video without commentary: "Stars N Beyond" by Logics feat. Video without commentary: "Stars N Beyond" by Logics feat. Eighty4Fly and Brainstorm 2011-02-09T18:51:12Z

He tweaks his nipple, and slides his hand under the sheets, all the while giving an increasingly irate commentary. Manchester international festival: Room with no view 2011-07-11T20:30:01Z

Robin, without critical commentary, displays Thomas’s many contradictions. How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

After all, the decision to silence or restrict the commentary of commentators is an inherently political decision—an attempt to avoid a certain kind of controversy. ESPN, Dan Le Batard, and the Refusal to Ignore Politics 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

"Davies, author of the bestseller 'Flat Earth News', intends to provide an authoritative account and commentary on the News International scandal, including new revelations," the publisher said. Journalist in UK hacking scandal signs book deal 2011-07-25T23:23:07Z

“Wiener-Dog” is held together by its canine title character, whose animal dignity provides silent commentary on human folly. Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

This past July, an account called Cursed Images began posting a series of numbered photos, without commentary, on Twitter. The Creepiest Pictures on the Internet 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

There is a great deal of commentary on the writer’s life. Review: In John Irving’s ‘Avenue of Mysteries,’ a Blur of Aphorisms and Magical Events 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

A passage toward the end suggested an intriguing commentary on gospel church culture. Dance Review: Kyle Abraham, Samantha Speis and Marjani Fort? at Danspace 2012-03-23T22:04:11Z

This is not to say the new book offers commentary, exactly; that would be far too great a weight for this thin and intentionally inconsequential novel to bear. Milan Kundera's 'Festival of Insignificance' on being and smallness 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

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

I can't be the only person who finds themself actually turning it off when the game gets so tense that it spoils my enjoyment of the commentary. Next week's radio: from Test Match Special to Living Abroad 2013-05-11T05:00:05Z

But Stewart’s most hilarious commentary about a Fox News pundit may have come when he impersonated Glenn Beck. Watch Jon Stewart's 11 Best 'Daily Show' Takedowns 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

The results here prove, by turns, entertaining commentary, frivolous distractions and profound revelation. Dance Review: Mark Morris Stages ‘Acis and Galatea’ 2014-04-28T21:20:19Z

Neither Lorde's nor Eilish's explanations of their unique fashion choices were solely about avoiding criticisms and attacks on their appearances, but avoiding this sort of attention or any commentary at all, positive or negative, really. From Britney to Lorde: Young women shift from embracing body positivity to body neutrality as teens 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

The paintings will be interpreted by curators from museums in London, Amsterdam, Munich, Philadelphia and Tokyo, who will deliver a sequence of live 15-minute commentaries while standing with the works in the museums. How to See Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in 5 Museums at Once? Facebook 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

It could make for arresting commentary on the ways in which women are infantilized, dehumanized and ultimately consumed by a culture obsessed with sex and death. ‘Happy Life’ Review: Ghosts in the Studio 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

First, the cascade of commentary and counter-commentary from politicians, editorial writers, columnists, women’s groups, unnamed supposed friends of the couple and random others with opinions on abuse, relationships and media intrusion. Nigella Lawson: Another Star Chef Becomes a Cause 2013-07-05T20:08:27Z

He covered the extravaganza for radio in 1971 and would provide three more radio commentaries in the 1970s. Obituary: Sir Terry Wogan 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The resulting work, some 85 minutes long, is as much a bitter commentary on war as an impassioned prayer for the departed. Britten’s ‘War Requiem’ by Gianandrea Noseda 2012-09-29T23:03:03Z

He brightened my days with his running commentary and incorporating the passers-by into his lyrics. Daily Rant&Rave: Lose the crude T-shirt 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

In both those memorable moments, and elsewhere, the awards trended towards social commentary. Golden Globes Recap: At This Show, Politics Only Go So Far 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

True liberals don’t pretend that degradation is social commentary. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z

But it also tacks toward more general commentary on how African-Americans are depicted in the media, and perceived in the culture. Beyond the Trump Show? Two Political Plays in Chicago Give It a Try 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

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

As a loose parody of spaghetti westerns, among other styles, this free-form film is a commentary on the Japanese fondness for rituals like slurping noodles. At Film Forum, the Fastest Noodle Slurpers in the West 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

It includes the song "Greed," which she thinks John Lennon would have a lot to say about in terms of its commentary on the current state of the world. Ann Wilson on the Beatles and gender, "Greed" and covering George Harrison 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

The topics might sound dull, but her stream-of-consciousness commentary, as well as her jagged guitar riffs, are hilariously sharp. Top 10 Albums 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Zvyagintsev layers social commentary, intense emotion and spiritual allegory without ever losing the human dimension of the narrative. The Telluride Film Festival Features ‘Mr. Turner’ 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

Ms. Fleming’s spoken commentaries, though charming, were anecdotal and not so well organized. Music Review: Renée Fleming Brings Vienna in Ferment to Carnegie Hall 2013-05-05T21:09:14Z

A lot of times, in previous iterations where there was a news desk, it was snarky commentary about the news. "The Daily Show" launched 25 years ago to tackle the news: "We didn't lampoon it, we became it" 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z

Over time, with the relentless advance of the digital frontier, they became unanticipated, elegiac commentaries on the waning of print. Steve Wolfe, a Painter of Books by Their Covers, Dies at 60 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z

Do you want to do more serious commentary? Katie Nolan on Bartending, Regis and "Tweeter" and One-upping Bumgarner 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

That’s a commentary on the way these families’ story lines interweave in these first couple of episodes, as well as an acknowledgment that it’s not clear who is in control here. 'The Leftovers' Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: What if It's No Safer Here? 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

This is an amazing transformation in a region where, a half-century ago, commentary about racial civil liberties was often made with hoses, truncheons, jail cells and knotted ropes. Museum Review: National Civil Rights Museum to Reopen After Reconstruction 2014-04-01T20:53:41Z

To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this... your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. Kanye West reveals he has been diagnosed with a "mental condition" 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

But the show needs only to flick at certain details to suggest stunning and troubling commentaries on our current political and media systems. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren’t So Sure 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

It’s difficult to find nuances, revelations or meaningful commentary in “Mary Poppins Returns.” Perspective | ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ has lively dancing, and Lin-Manuel Miranda raps. But is that enough? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

You have to decide for yourself whether his refusal to accommodate your needs is a bad enough commentary on him as a human being for you to break up. Carolyn Hax: A window that opens onto a relationship problem 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

She sipped white wine and offered smiling commentary in English, and after a few songs, she slipped out of her high heels and cheerfully admitted, “I’m short.” Review: Gisela João Gives Voice to Fado’s Spectrum of Passions 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

As much as Mr. Schama revels in the language of Jewish religious texts, it’s the secular commentary he more often thrills to. Books of The Times: Simon Schama’s ‘The Story of the Jews’ 2014-03-10T20:50:31Z

Although the photos on the glossy paper are surrounded by articles, commentary, and captions, those on the matte paper have none. “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

The star of the panel was comedian Martin Short — and not because of his comic prowess, but due to his blistering commentary. “Giuliani is a Kardashian now”: Martin Short’s blistering “Nightly Show” takedown 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

I spend too much time following the news and commentary on the web. An Artist for the Dystopian Age 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

“She’s the hostess every American woman wants to be,” my friend said admiringly as the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato charmed the audience at Carnegie Hall on Sunday afternoon with a stream of engaging commentary. Music Review: A Trill Ride, From Rossini to Harold Arlen 2011-03-08T21:51:18Z

“I just think there are few writers that can be that astute in cultural commentary,” she said. In ‘Dear Edward,’ Connie Britton Embraces Her Inner ‘Real Housewife’ 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

This recipe is written with lots of helpful commentary — follow it! 5 holiday-ready recipes that make the humble potato shine 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

He’s a natural host, and it would be an uncomplicated pleasure to watch him simply deliver funny, well-written, progressive cultural commentary for a half an hour four nights a week. Larry Wilmore Attempts to Be Seriously Funny 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

If the green smoke suggested “go,” the blood can only mean one thing: “stop,” which, taken with the surrounding human wreckage, serves as an unmistakably fierce authorial commentary. Movie Review: ‘Drug War,’ Moving Fast and Furious in China 2013-07-25T23:17:51Z

The other hosts went lighter with their commentary on the queen’s lengthy reign. James Corden Pays Tribute to the Queen 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

In the cold open of "Saturday Night Live," hosted by Benedict Cumberbatch, star of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," SNL makes tongue-in-cheek commentary on the furthered push to overturn Roe v. SNL trolls anti-abortion rights in their cold open starring Benedict Cumberbatch 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z

She parlayed that profile boost into regular appearances on MTV’s comedy commentary show Girl Code and then – suddenly – a series of scene-stealing roles in Hollywood movies including Ocean’s Eight and Crazy Rich Asians. Awkwafina: 'Growing up, I latched on to strong Asian-American idols' 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

A commentary on wealth inequality, masculinity and death, “Infinity Pool” follows a thrill-seeking novelist, played by Skarsgard, who falls prey to the hedonism of a group of tourists at a luxury resort. ‘Infinity Pool’ and the Battle for an R Rating 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

In a thoughtful and provocative December commentary, the veteran NBC newsman called the idea of a religion-based immigration policy “a dangerous proposal that overrides history, the law and the foundation of America itself.” It wasn’t all bad: Here were the media’s 13 best moments of Campaign 2016 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

On the surface, this was an exercise in fourth-wall breaking — a commentary on the extremity of Mr. Trump’s views and also on the conventions of both news broadcasting and fake news. For Larry Wilmore, a Wagging Finger Replaces a Wink on ‘The Nightly Show’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Remember the downward spiral of raging, misogynist Internet commentary about how stupid it would be to replace a made-up male character with a made-up female character? Feminist Thor selling way more comic books than dude Thor 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The society displays a 19th-century Swiss tarot deck from its collection — others are seen on video — alongside photographs and commentary from Ms. Denny’s book “Major Arcana: Portraits of Witches in America.” Are the Salem Witch Trials Part of Women’s History? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

The light faded while Lohan gave a running commentary on how the scene should be played, which happened to be the exact opposite of what Schrader wanted. Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie 2013-01-13T17:37:08Z

Many of his works were commentaries on events in his country, which gained its independence from Portugal in 1975. African artist Malangatana dies 2011-01-05T16:27:28Z

Political commentary is not reserved to those who work in politics — and anyway, even being elected to Congress won't spare an outspoken progressive woman. Why Cardi B's politics matter 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

And host Aisha Tyler exercised it with a high-energy, highly profane commentary that kicked the event's energy up a notch. PEN Center USA literary awards a star-filled event 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Instead, the commentary consisted almost entirely of statements that gave the impression that there were very good reasons to believe the Earth is regularly visited by ET. Confessions of an Alien Abductee exploited its unfortunate subjects 2013-06-18T06:00:11Z

While "Letter to You" is chock-full of songs about life's vicissitudes and the commonality of human experience, Springsteen offers clear commentary on the maladies of our times. With "Letter to You," Bruce Springsteen reminds us, brilliantly, that we're all on borrowed time 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z

“It’s a perfectly valid little fantasy,” said Mr. Sondheim, whose new book, “Finishing the Hat,” a collection of his lyrics and commentary, also comes out on Tuesday. ?60s Sondheim TV Show Is Now on (Legal) DVD 2010-10-24T21:42:00Z

Seems a continuation of the Olympics commentary....Sad and disappointing. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Shock to the System 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

She publishes her photographs, with fond anecdotal commentaries on each sign she adds to her inventory, on a witty, sassy blog at projectneon.tumblr.com. 100 years of neon 2011-08-27T23:05:03Z

Whether he’s skewering the debates or Donald Trump’s birther conspiracies, “Late Night” is becoming the place to go for stinging political commentary combined with “Is this real life?” jokes. Seth Meyers needed to find his place in late night. Then Donald Trump ran for president. 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

It’s brash and funny, and very adult, with a lot of pop-culture references and canny social commentary. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

Her daring approach is a hybrid of memoir, literary criticism and cultural commentary. Review | In ‘Disfigured,’ a writer explores the damaging ways fairy tales shape our view of the world — and ourselves 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Jackson’s sophomore novel is a wrenching commentary on the ease with which Black children are disappeared in plain sight. 6 Thought-Provoking Y.A. Thrillers That Tackle Social Issues 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

That’s just as well, as the novel quickly settles into a deft commentary on the nuances of race and culture in a politically corrupt post-colonial society. An errant gun threatens many lives in ‘The Death of Rex Nhongo’ 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

In a commentary for RBB, a public broadcaster, one critic argued that attending the festival would be akin to playing a game of Russian roulette. ‘Alcarràs’ Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

The commentary for Voyage also exists, but is rarely performed. Georges Méliès's Robinson Crusoé film resurfaces in Pordenone 2012-10-10T14:22:02Z

But some critics claim it did have a darker side, particularly via a panel of celebrity watchers who provided sometimes biting commentary on the house members. Death of reality TV show star in Japan spotlights cyber bullying 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

At its worst, the commentary is a blend of armchair sociology and political ruefulness. The Cinema Isn’t a Place; It’s An Idea 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

It is unusual for a star entertainer to acquire a news and commentary website. Chance the Rapper Buys Chicagoist, Becomes Chance the Publisher 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

In his commentary, Godard spins tart maxims on the movies’ interactions with politics, religion and economics. The Best DVD of the Year: Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du Cinema 2012-01-06T15:00:09Z

Noah, who hosted his own program "Tonight with Trevor Noah" in his native country, is known for his biting social and racial commentary. New 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah heralds a new frontier in TV: diversity 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

“There is no commentary on right and wrong,” she says. 5 Things to Know About 'Jane the Virgin' 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Stewart’s commentary was built around an extended comparison of political chicanery and a street-corner hustle. Jon Stewart was born to bash Obama 2010-06-22T18:25:00Z

Here, as the audio commentary becomes inconsequential, the visual evidence only grows more brutally distilled. This police video, 'Time Machine' and the scent of 'Apocalypse' will linger in your brain 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

In “Meditation,” Mr. Abraham drove his point home succinctly, but this foray into social commentary, while serious and timely, was underdeveloped: I was sure the second section was about to start when the curtain fell. Review: Kyle Abraham, Walking on Air 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

But the music deconstructs back into dark dirge mode when Dylan turns to a commentary on what he himself is doing, making the song almost meta-musical. "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

I was particularly impressed by the analysis of the novel's commentary on the rule of law. To Kill a Mockingbird: a book that still raises questions about 'good' justice 2013-07-18T08:33:11Z

Caz also performs along the way, including a full version of “The Message,” the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song famous for being the first rap with a scathing social commentary. They took Grandmaster Caz’s rhymes without giving him credit. Now, he’s getting revenge. 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

The commentary on change and tradition is double-edged: the village loses something because of its doctor’s less-than-sterling qualifications, but it also gains something from his old-fashioned personal touch and his willingness to listen. Film: Samplings From the Asian Film Festival 2010-06-24T21:39:00Z

On his solo albums, Mr. Morrison sang flirtations, dance invitations, philosophy and social commentary in tunes that drew on funk, ballads, jazz, blues, rock, reggae and Latin styles. Junie Morrison, a Funk Mastermind, Dies at 62 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

It would be nice to think it was a commentary on white America's fear of the Other, or on the simple fact that for the Native American, it was the cowboys who were the aliens. Cowboys & Aliens ? review 2011-08-18T14:00:01Z

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

But the book can also be seen as commentary on how those pushed to the wall by poverty and racism will sometimes take matters into their own hands. 7 thrilling books by Black authors you need to read now 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

Many of its stations produce their own local news programs, but Sinclair supplements these with commentary segments and news reports produced in Washington. That Fox-y feeling? The nation’s largest TV station owner hires some familiar Fox News names 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

It became obvious Tuesday afternoon in his milquetoast commentary on Trump’s latest speech. CNN’s hiring of Corey Lewandowski insults the press — and women 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

And again I'm getting the commentary on how I look. Motherlode Blog: Like Kate Middleton, Pregnant but Thin 2012-12-12T16:53:01Z

As for the battle scenes that ended the film’s rough cut, I hope they’re in the inevitable DVD box set, along with commentary from Pitt and all the off-screen participants. World War Z: Brad Pitt vs. the Zombies 2013-06-18T17:42:00Z

In a lot of the cases, you could switch Dylan’s commentaries around, apply them to different songs and not know the difference. Bob Dylan Breaks Down 66 Classic Tunes in His New Book 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

The costume was inspired less by a desire for social commentary and more out of laziness and a need for comfort. Regrets of my “basic bitch” Halloween costume 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

The owner, Jimmy Bultman, provides bright orange upright Civia bikes, helmets and commentary on city history and culture as he guides cyclists through neighborhoods of vintage adobe homes that ring downtown. 36 Hours in Tucson 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kentridge’s 24 stop-action films — made up of animated ink drawings and collages — offer a visually mesmerizing and thought-provoking commentary on Schubert’s song cycle. ‘Winterreise’ Augmented by Kentridge Video Art 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

Ailes’s success lay in countering other media outlets’ allegedly liberal reporting and commentary by giving starring roles to a series of pugnacious and generally conservative personalities. $20 million settlement and a host’s abrupt exit add to Fox’s summer of discontent 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

Video without commentary: "Grown Ocean" by Fleet Foxes "Grown Ocean" is on Seattle band Fleet Foxes' sophomore album "Helplessness Blues," which comes out May 3 on downtown label Sub Pop. Video without commentary: "Grown Ocean" by Fleet Foxes 2011-03-30T17:08:05Z

He also traces his musical development, with the help of impassioned commentary from musicians, and shows how the two driving forces in his life were inseparable. Alex Gibney's 'Finding Fela!' finds facts but not feelings 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

We wouldn’t conflate “A Prairie Home Companion” with commentary on Christianity. American Identity, Muslim Identity 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

She has isolated his writing about his own life and set it in chronological order, modernizing spellings and adding discreet commentary when necessary. You Remember John Aubrey. Chased by Debt Collectors, Chaser of Whores. 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Look for live coverage Sunday — including commentary and photos — at seattletimes.com. Will Northwest nominees get Grammy props? 2011-02-11T21:32:23Z

At the side of many of the speeches run Postlethwaite's commentary. 'The day I shared a pint or five with Pete Postlethwaite' 2011-01-06T15:48:31Z

And like an opera diva of yesteryear, she never strays from center stage, as if to conserve energy better used to keep the flow of cutting commentary from running dry for even a moment. | 'Kathy Griffin Wants a Tony': Look Out, Celebrities: Her Aim Is True 2011-03-13T22:06:07Z

The upcoming Tokyo Olympics has banned athletes from any kind of political commentary, whether through kneeling or any other form of political protest. The contrast between real-life soccer racism and "Ted Lasso" is impossible to ignore 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

I emphasized four-year colleges where students pursue BA and BS degrees, which is certainly a limitation on the commentary. “Academia is the Titanic”: Mark Bauerlein on teaching in the morally-bankrupt grind of the new American university 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

But it was 10 years later that he began providing commentary at the program's end in which he put his unique stamp on the show. Andy Rooney to end his regular run on "60 Minutes" 2011-09-28T17:49:34Z

“Hamilton” has been the rare production that extends the creative potential of musical theater, provides historical commentary, remakes Broadway’s racial dynamic and, when asked, rises to the political moment. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

This “Dangerous Liaisons” carries a suggestion of contemporary commentary too. Movie Review: ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Directed by Hur Jin-ho 2012-11-09T01:55:30Z

If all of your ballets are commentaries on ballet, what are you attempting to say about the form? 'He's turning traditional dance on its head': Why S.F., Houston and Seattle troupes are in L.A. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

A sad commentary on what America has become. 15 Minutes of Fame Is Too Much. Try 6 Seconds. 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

“It’s such a prescient commentary on where we are now,” he said. Bret Easton Ellis Takes In ‘American Psycho’ the Musical 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

Dana Stevens, a film critic at Slate seated at Mr. White’s table, said the outburst was the culmination of meanspirited commentary that Mr. White and his friends had been bandying about all night. Armond White, Ousted Critic, Has Words on Expulsion 2014-01-17T23:09:50Z

Private Eye is also renowned for its commentary on the media, thanks in part to Ken Pyne's Corporation Street strip. In pictures: Private Eye cartoons 2013-09-27T08:45:37Z

Every Sunday for years, Mr. Fields sat for interviews; the first thing filmed was his commentary on home movies of his bar mitzvah in Queens. Danny Fields Loved Punk Rock. It Loved Him Back. 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

Jazz artists have already been on the forefront of social protest and commentary in recent years. Preview NYC Winter Jazzfest in 7 Tracks 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

This tree, an illustration of the promise of textual commentary, was itself modeled on 12th-century examples created by French and Spanish Hebrew scholars. Exhibition Review: ?Journey Through Jewish Worlds,? at Yeshiva University Museum 2010-06-25T23:36:00Z

A gnarly mash-up of midnight movie and social commentary, the picture is overly overt but undeniably effective, delivering genre jolts and broad messaging in equal measure. ‘The Platform’ Review: An Accidentally Timely Political Allegory 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z

But a durable meme, like “Crying Jordan” or “This Is Fine,” allows people to use it as cultural commentary. Why ‘This Is Fine’ Is the Meme This Year Deserves 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Wigs worn by British judges and barristers were originally made from horse tails, as a sly commentary on the justice system. Style Invitational Week 1438: Nothing but the untruth 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

The commentary is academic in detail and, if inevitably positive about Neruda, still enlightening. Poet's Pacific paradise: Pablo Neruda’s homes in Chile 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

"He is correcting Augustine, he is correcting Erasmus and adding doctrinal commentaries by men such as Luther." First edition of St Augustine's complete works to be auctioned 2010-04-06T21:32:00Z

New Yorker Editor David Remnick walked that tightrope in a tough-minded commentary piece last week in which he compared Trump to the Roman emperor Nero, whom he described as “unhinged.” Perspective | ‘We’re not doctors’: The perils for journalists in assessing Trump’s mental health 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Past Games, of course, have not been without catty commentary. Noted: Social Media Speeds Up Criticism of Olympians - Noted 2012-08-10T20:34:30Z

Each 30-minute episode dives into the dynamics of complex bonds featuring listeners’ dilemmas, the hosts’ personal feedback and occasional therapist commentary. Podcasts Inspired by Love and Relationships 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

For one thing, she noted in a video commentary, "There are too many accessories competing here." Wonder Woman's new duds spark interdimensional ire 2010-07-02T21:13:00Z

In an ideal world, there’d be a way to cut back on the delays and the commercial breaks, and the choking commentary, and put the Olympics opening ceremony before audiences simply as it is. NBC Missed the Point of the Olympics Opening Ceremony 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z

The pages that follow feature an assortment of fiction, commentary, history and news for young readers that honors and extols Black identity. When Black kids — shut out world of children’s literature — took matters into their own hands 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

As the squad is gradually depleted, Manigan’s increasingly solitary struggle becomes one of moral awakening and a vehicle for her director’s sour social commentary. Review: ‘BuyBust’ Delivers a Thriller in Manila 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

But from the jump, Phillips’s book is also operating in the realms of science fiction and body horror, becoming a wondrously demented commentary on the slipperiness and duality of the maternal state. Our Autofiction Fixation 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

I certainly felt on reading the script that this was making a commentary. Brad Pitt: gangster movie Killing Them Softly reflects economic crimes 2012-05-22T21:03:32Z

Signs next to the artworks and on the buildings’ facades will allow visitors to cue the relevant commentary on their mobile devices by calling a number, scanning a QR code or visiting the M.I.T. Inside Art: Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing Will Unfurl in Uptown Manhattan 2013-07-04T19:35:25Z

For instance, we know about the measurement of the Earth’s circumference by Eratosthenes around 240BC not from his own writings, which are lost, but from the commentary of Cleomedes, writing several centuries later. Recommended Science Books For Non-Scientists 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

Photos of the gifts are posted on Instagram, where they serve as both inspiration and fodder for commentary. The Magic of the Food Gift Swap 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

But while you might expect social commentary to trip across its manicured lawns, or satire to barge through the mushroom-coloured raincoats thronging its station platform, Cheever's suburban fantasias are a good deal stranger than that. A brief survey of the short story part 45: John Cheever 2012-11-16T11:05:54Z

It’s the amount of ridiculous, excusing commentary we’re going to be subjected to about it. Stop making excuses for Rachel Dolezal: The Spokane NAACP official’s fraud is unforgivable 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Anyone who knows fairy tales will be prepared to absorb the politics and societal commentary driving these eight episodes; that’s not the issue. "Carnival Row": Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne's fairy tale is fractured by competing narratives 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

Rowland, who has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and other charges, says Roraback’s testimony is irrelevant because adversarial debate and political commentary was the central premise of his radio show. Feds want to use Rowland’s radio show in trial 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

This commentary is often delivered by an impressive older woman who visits the heroine’s high school or college, expanding her horizons. In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

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

His achievement is monumental, marked by literary grace and intelligent commentary. New & Noteworthy 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

This expected failure may be a commentary on one of today’s silliest pop-culture trends — the revival of prerecorded music cassettes. In the galleries: Artwork that’s designed to fail 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

Papeschi explains on his website that the series - which he dubs "Politically-Incorrect" - is meant as commentary on the United States, revealing "all the horror of this lifestyle." Mickey Mouse with Nazi symbol ignites Polish anger 2010-07-14T11:55:00Z

If Playboy is a magazine for men that’s smart cultural commentary, why am I going to read Playboy rather than GQ or Details or The New Yorker or The Atlantic? No nipples required: What does Playboy’s never-nude future hold? 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Amidst the commentary I received a total of three supportive notes from people I am currently looking into legally adopting. ArtsBeat: Pull Up a Throne and Let's Talk 2011-04-19T15:17:49Z

“It’s also, in many cases, a kind of political commentary of what is happening in that moment.” Cottagecore, cluttercore, goblincore — deep down, it’s about who we think we are 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

What happened instead was one of the vilest episodes in the history of flinty-hearted conservative commentary, which is really saying something. Our great healthcare denial 2012-06-17T12:00:00Z

But the 2008 death of Betty James, who came up with the name Slinky for a toy, is just as consequential to the world’s memory and merits substantial, if less spacious, commentary. Review: ‘Obit’ Follows the Team That Writes Death Notices for The Times 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

A vocal trio sets the scene and pops up through the action delivering a jazzy commentary, a sort of Greek chorus in close harmony, Andrews Sisters-style. Bernstein's A Quiet Place: silence is golden 2011-01-14T22:32:01Z

Above all, the enthusiastic re-tweeting of this photograph indicates how deeply most television and newspaper reports and commentaries got the 2012 presidential election wrong. Obamas in love: the most retweeted moment in history 2012-11-09T15:52:17Z

His wife’s social media posts, full of ugly commentary and crackpot theories, surreptitiously deleted. Perspective | Tainted by Fox News scandals, Bill Shine now works for us all. No big deal, right? 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

A festival operative standing in front of the stage, hollering praise during the music like a running commentary. Music Review: McCoy Tyner Helps Claim a Corner of a Harlem Park for Jazz 2010-08-29T22:37:00Z

Dee steals scenes as Poitier's strong, loyal wife and also delivers some searing social commentary. Ruby Dee dies: Five of her memorable movies 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

As for the line about South Africa, I actually read it differently - as in, commentary on the irony on the beauty of the land associated with such a terrible history. Seeing Africa by Road 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

It costs £1.58, and features audio commentary on about 25 works from the Prado's collection, including Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights and Venus and Adonis by Paolo Veronese. From Tate to the Louvre, the world's best museum and galleries online 2013-04-09T06:00:09Z

The febrile activity of the politicians, the lapdog enthusiasm of the media, the vacuous commentary – what is it all about, exactly? Artist Stuart Brisely: shutting up shop on the old politics 2010-05-21T12:10:00Z

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

In the DVD commentary, the writer Tim Long reveals that the episode was based on an event from his childhood when his was the only public school to remain open during a snowstorm. ‘The Simpsons’ at 30 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

No tinny football commentary or muffled sounds of sawing and cursing. Rachel Whiteread still casts a spell 2013-04-11T10:35:32Z

When I had finished, the commentary round began. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

A summary can't convey "Mysteries of Lisbon's" bounty — the welter of characters and themes, subplots and side stories, reversals and revelations, commentary and observation. 'Mysteries of Lisbon': a 257-minute revelation 2011-09-29T20:02:05Z

Check back for live updates from the red carpet, backstage interviews and commentary, and a tally of winners during the ceremony. The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z

Huckabee also hosts a Fox News Channel show, “Huckabee,” which airs Saturday nights and offers the former politician a forum for political commentary. Mike Huckabee Launching News Website 2013-12-17T01:59:32Z

"Field of Dreams" may be sentimental, but it's also a very smart commentary on sentimentality. What's the best baseball movie? 2011-09-23T20:59:00Z

That adaptation found delicious crosscurrents of feeling, not to mention all sorts of sly commentary on male bonding, in the riverside antics of the time-honored characters. A London Musical With Energy to Burn, and Two Without It 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

It seemed like an exciting, sneak-attack way to have a bit of a social commentary and a very large story of character and grief. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Peele says that he understands why people would see a story with a black family at its core as a commentary on race, both inside and beyond the entertainment industry. Jordan Peele dares everyone to look at the horrors of ‘Us’ 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

“It’s proof that the American people want real news, not propaganda masquerading as political commentary,” said Pam Vogel, deputy editorial director at Media Matters. Sinclair dumping former Trump aide Epshteyn’s commentaries 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

In Gray's case, you need only listen to his replacements to gain a sense of the insight, knowledge and personality he brought to football commentary. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z

Wait for it, and then delight in the commentary that unrolls. "Tiger King" and the schadenfreude of seeing privileged insanity run wild 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

His art consciously offers resistance, and his own commentaries make matters even murkier. Mike Kelley: the nonconformist's whole life is here 2012-12-18T18:00:31Z

Lately in his TV and Twitter commentary, Dean has been rating the two presidents based on a 0-to-10 scale of authoritarianism. John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

The segment was extremely one-sided, due to O’Reilly’s poor moderating and awful commentary. Firing Bill O’Reilly isn’t enough: Fox News needs to clean house and start fresh 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

He later became well-known for his TV work, including Clive James On Television, in which he delivered sardonic commentary on international programming, such as the Japanese gameshow Endurance. Clive James is 'saying goodbye' 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Secondly, her humor is a perfect combo of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” meets meta, feminist commentary on everything from Donald Trump to depression to dybbuks. Feminism can be funny too: Julie Klausner and season 3 of “Difficult People” on Hulu 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pesce has continued to produce signature objects that, like Trojan horses, slip serious social commentary — feminism, abuse, diversity — into the living room under the guise of bashful charm. Museum & Gallery Listings for April 3-9 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

He appreciated sitting down with Evans and making regular submissions to “Daily Points,” a place on the platform for commentary no longer than two minutes. Captain America is trying to … captain America 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

The second Schumann piece here seemed a contemplative commentary on the first. Review: David Kaplan Riffs on Schumann’s Spirit 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

If you based your assumptions about them solely off the name of their troupe, you might think that their goal is to offer political and social commentary. The comics in Asperger's Are Us are not here to educate you 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z

I am so glad I am not doing the TV commentary on this river pageant. Diamond jubilee – what they said 2012-06-03T16:20:54Z

Matt and Ross Duffer seem to be making several commentaries here, but Elwes insists in multiple interviews that neither he nor the Duffer Brothers intended Kline as a Trumpian caricature. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

Some of the probing into the particulars of his emotional and physical relationships with the two women, and some of the commentary on her mother, seems in less than perfect taste. Review | Deborah Tannen’s ‘Finding My Father’ pays tribute to a man whose many jobs became his life story 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

And even though this was a Republican debate, the commentary was breathtakingly conservative, without even a hint of concern about how a broader audience might take the discussion. CNBC’s GOP debate dumpster fire: The moderators were no match for the lying liars on stage 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

His songwriting is big-boned and sturdy, but he was not, a visual commentary on emotional frailty. Music Review: Girls at the Bowery Ballroom - Review 2011-09-23T23:01:27Z

“And then like five months later, after forcing me to read the complete commentaries of Gurdjieff and all this metaphysical hoodoo, he gives me the building, like out of the blue.” In southwestern Wisconsin, the bucolic Driftless Area is an overlooked gem 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Trammell of Fader noted that “Be Free” is not a straightforward protest song, avoiding political commentary in favor of an emotional, “fatigued” response to Mr. Brown’s death and all that it represents. J. Cole Releases an Impassioned Song About Michael Brown, ‘Be Free’ 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

The evolution between “Fary is the New Black” and “Hexagone” is palpable, with the latter leaning more into social commentary and personal material about his family. Fary Isn’t Joking About Race in France Right Now 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

The sonnets are no different, but currently give the appearance of being approachable only via a scholarly commentary. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

“Sell/Buy/Date,” crisply directed by Carolyn Cantor, is stocked in social commentary. Review: ‘Sell/Buy/Date,’ Sarah Jones’s Futuristic Look at Sex Workers 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

She can’t help but insert some pointed commentary about the prison-industrial complex, but her main point is more lighthearted, at least on the surface. The Playlist: 18 Holiday Songs, 1 Surprise Mixtape and a Dark New Nine Inch Nails EP 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

Today, a lot of outré style choices come freighted with cultural commentary and urgent political communiques. Perspective | Little Richard would have been the first to say his style was fabulous. He was right. 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z

The speculation that she’d take the post-Daily Show spot was so intense that the star, known for her sharp commentary on feminist issues, addressed it on her personal blog. Jon Stewart Leaves a Legacy of Several Generation-Defining Comedians 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Again, Stephanie checks in with each new beat of the story to guide the viewer with her commentary, an oppressive method of rigid structuring. Press stop: why Hollywood needs to quit relying on the vlogger 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

As Paul Krugman has mischievously pointed out, the USSR's growth record in the 50s elicited exactly the same awed commentary as Chinese and Indian growth does today. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z

Often, Mr. Scott’s sartorial puns serve as cover for a stiletto-sharp jab of cultural commentary, but this time they seemed less wink-wink than irrelevant. Everything Looks Different Now 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

The work is a commentary on judging people by the “content of their character,” says a MuralsDC news release. Streetwise art 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Fox frequently broadcasts commentary that Trump, an avid Fox watcher, tweets or repeats, including at his campaign-style rallies. After Putin summit, Trump once again anoints Fox as favored network 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

Then I went back to read some online analysis and commentary. Comments of the Week, July 7 – 13 2012-07-13T16:30:51Z

His muttered commentary on the proceedings, to Sherman, sitting beside him, infuriated others in the public area. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

It’s time for some color commentary on those 10 episodes. ‘GLOW’ Season 1: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z

McElwee’s lively and informed commentary runs through more than 400 examples of the strident black-and-white collages that have crammed the entertainment pages of America’s far-flung press. Review | A rare look at 60 years of newspaper advertising for motion pictures 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z

The film fared less well with critics, many of whom harped on it for copious violence and clumsy attempts at social commentary. 'The Purge: Anarchy': Will horror fans come back for more mayhem? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

When Mr. Gursky’s immense photographs first began appearing in New York galleries in the 1990s they were terrifically exciting for their sheer size and for their implicit commentaries on capitalist globalization. Elaine de Kooning and Andreas Gursky in Close-Up in the Hamptons 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

Second, its tweet didn’t spell out which of Epshteyn’s commentaries it deemed unworthy of support. Sinclair Broadcast gives its pro-Trump analyst a cold shoulder, then rethinks it 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

His commentary was, I believe, right on target. Hope Solo saves the day 2012-08-10T11:52:00Z

Once that edition went out of print, and the video licensing rights to the movie went back to Sony, which owns Columbia, the studio that produced the film, the commentary stayed with Criterion. A Robot Romance on Amazon, American Indies and a ‘Taxi Driver’ Commentary 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Jones's social commentary touches on the miners' strike, acid house and many other key moments such as Red Wedge, although Hillsborough is absent. The Eighties: One Day, One Decade by Dylan Jones – review 2013-07-08T09:00:02Z

In response, the conglomerate is tripling down on its pro-Donald Trump commentary, expanding the airtime of Sinclair’s chief political analyst, former White House official. Sinclair media will be pushing out a lot more pro-Donald Trump commentary from Boris Epshteyn 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

The images, the music, the news, the reminiscences, the commentary often come at you at once. ‘Summer of Soul’ Review: In 1969 Harlem, a Music Festival Stuns 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

Live commentary of matches will also be available on digital radio, the internet, mobile phones and digital TV. Absolute Radio to broadcast Euro 2012 games 2012-05-28T09:18:14Z

War and Peace will be accompanied by a live running commentary on Twitter and a website with family trees, maps and historical trivia. War and Peace to take over Radio 4 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

And while there are some hints at social commentary on how modern mothers and fathers use technology to outsource parenting, this movie is smart enough to never take itself too seriously. ‘M3gan’ Review: Wherever I Go, She Goes 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Enormous cherry still lifes and loony faces, macabre chorus lines of legs, hapless-looking Ku Klux Klan figures: These paintings deliver a sardonic commentary on art, art-making, politics and life that never goes out of style. MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Such was the case for Glenn Beck, who proved to be a popular attraction for Fox News between 2009 and 2011 but whose radioactive commentary made him persona non grata with Fox’s advertisers. Is this the end of Bill O’Reilly? That’s a complicated question. 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Every time she began to tell you about herself, she either changed the subject, contradicted herself or, most often, criticized her own act, as if the commentary track infiltrated the show itself. Kate Berlant Can’t Hide Any Longer 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

Is this just a function of her hybrid nature, or is it a commentary on your own views of parenthood? ArtsBeat: Werewolves, Vampires and Shrinks, Oh My: Glen Duncan Talks About 'Talulla Rising' 2012-06-27T14:52:44Z

Leslie Jones is free to take to social media to give her commentary about the Olympics after a misunderstanding with some of her posts. Jones free to post Olympics after 3rd-party error resolved 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

Making a piano piece of this music was not some showoff stunt, but a commentary by one composer on another’s work. Music Review | Thomas Ad?s: At Carnegie Hall, Composer Is Keyboard Virtuoso Too 2010-03-29T04:58:00Z

The collection includes medieval books, rare works of Jewish ritual law and mysticism, prayer books and biblical commentaries amassed by three generations of the Russian-Jewish Guenzburg family. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts to go online in Israel-Russia deal 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

In the long term, deprived of the articulate commentary of the man who made it, I think Close’s work will suffer. Perspective | Chuck Close’s reputation as an artist is hard to separate from the impediments he faced — and overcame 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Reading the reviews and commentaries, what struck me is that people barely remarked on it. The best performance I've ever seen: Rona Munro 2011-03-20T00:05:13Z

Some of these hoopsters — as Deadspin, in an obvious play on “hipster,” calls them — wear them as commentaries on their youth. Noticed: N.B.A. Chic for the Slim Fit 2010-09-18T01:14:00Z

Ruby Sparks was rather too hastily dismissed as a quirky romcom, when in fact it is a sly, intelligent commentary on men controlling women – in love, in fiction and in film-making. How female actors are rewriting Hollywood's script 2013-07-11T17:00:01Z

My own mother’s copy is scrawled with commentary; she noted her own feedback — “yummy,” “do not repeat,” “too sweet,” “I liked,” “no good”— as well as that of her peers. These three cookbooks went viral before the Internet existed — and they still hold up today 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

There is a hint, there, of Bolcom’s proclivity for political commentary. Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

Women have been expected to fight every side of this battle, providing evidence, commentary, their bloodied bodies and patience. A year on from Trump’s pussy grab, nothing has changed says Eva Wiseman 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z

What Noah does is use satirical wit, sarcasm and ironic commentary to show how most anti-BLM chatter is not just racist; it's also stupid. Trevor Noah's wit is an effective weapon against white supremacy and defense of police violence 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Colors, costumes and cinematography err to the imaginative and allegorical, keeping the commentary crisp. Review: ‘Five Fingers for Marseilles’ Takes the Western to South Africa 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

This sort of gentle commentary is typical of Clark and his project. In the galleries: Four artists’ views of nature, at McLean Project for the Arts

Her name meant something; she was sought after to support candidates and causes, to provide TV and newspaper commentary. Cultural Studies: Why Gerry Ferraro Mattered 2011-04-01T23:37:02Z

The new series starts on Saturday night, with Heidi Stephens providing liveblog commentary for the first night of auditions as a special treat for you all. BGT Bingo 2010-04-16T11:56:00Z

As Jackson responded to questions from U.S. senators on Tuesday, watch parties were also a safe space to give unfiltered commentary on the proceedings, Black women said, and to cheer on Jackson’s responses. Black women are leaning into joy throughout Jackson’s hearings: ‘We need to celebrate this’ 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Their glazed robotic quality is to some degree a commentary, Mr. Klein said, on the dehumanizing aspects of digital manipulation, which has “removed more and more the feeling of skin against skin.” The Photographer and Auteur Steven Klein Loves to Shock, but Surreptitiously 2011-11-24T10:45:04Z

Committee member Buranelli, a former director of the Vatican Museums, hailed a mystical vein in Rainaldi's work in a commentary about his art in a coffee-table book. AP Interview: Pope sculptor gets second chance 2011-09-28T11:46:04Z

Sarcastically yelling “That’s racist!” at random images on television to amuse themselves became a jumping off point for raps that blended surrealism, satire and commentary. Das Racist: An ongoing experiment in having serious fun 2011-10-13T20:23:00Z

Refresh this page for updates and commentary from Charles Isherwood, theater critic for The New York Times; Dave Itzkoff, a culture reporter for The Times, and other surprise guests of our own. Live-Blogging the Tony Awards 2010-06-13T23:58:00Z

“Most Americans know very little about the leaked Clinton emails,” he said in one such commentary during the campaign’s waning days. Here’s what happened the last time Sinclair bought a big-city station 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

Off the wall yet completely intelligible, “Immaculate Conception” mines existential commentary from toilet humor. | 'The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle': Finding Meaning in Cleaning 2010-05-11T22:38:00Z

Harley trudges around, keeping up a running quirky commentary about his temper or his beloved mom, who’s in prison for tragic reasons that emerge later. ‘Rich Hill,’ a Documentary About Growing Up Rural 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

I also invite readers to subscribe to my weekly “Asking Amy” newsletter, at Amydickinson.substack.com, where I post a favorite Q&A, as well as commentary about what I’m reading, watching and listening to. Perspective | Ask Amy: The customer isn’t always right 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

He then shifted into cine-essays that alternated direct political commentary and poetic imagery, forging a new genre that could best be called “Godardian.” 9 Great Godard Films to Stream Now 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

To which the drab, meandering late 20th-century office life acts as a reproving commentary, a rebuttal of the American dream. Gatz; The Witness; You Once Said Yes – review 2012-06-16T23:06:06Z

In exchange, he will join Bob Costas for commentary Feb. 17 on NBC. 2010-02-11T13:31:00Z

Her wit extends out from the individual characters into a larger commentary on the difficulties of becoming an adult, making this an especially rich addition to the author’s body of work. Emma Straub’s New Family Saga Is Half Feel-Good, Half Fraught 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

As Electricidad joins with her brother to defy one parent and honor another, a bilingual "chorus" offers gossipy commentary about the family's strife, and the plight of a community scarred by internecine warfare. eSe Teatro stages Spanglish 'Electricidad' 2011-05-19T20:00:13Z

Instead, unnamed sources pointed reporters to various instances in which Cross's commentary failed to adhere to the network's editorial standards. Tiffany Cross was too real for MSNBC 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

“Last Week Tonight” will still be a comedic commentary on the news of the week, not the day. John Oliver Introduces ‘Last Week Tonight’ on HBO 2014-04-23T12:58:15Z

He was the founder of National Review, a conservative news and commentary magazine. Legendary Gore Vidal-William F. Buckley rivalry coming to screens 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The result was “Infantry in Battle,” a classic training manual, still worth reading, that combined descriptions of tactical episodes from the Western Front with succinct commentary on the lessons to be learned. How Can the U.S. Fix Its Foreign Policy? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

The historic segments mesh with a parallel plot, a fictional indie film shoot that can seem like ironic commentary on the show’s idealism. No Room Service, but History’s on the Menu 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

But the show’s creators understand the difficulty of lingering over a bomb site, and smartly turn the scene into a commentary on political photo-ops. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 2: Day One 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

The piece, a commentary on the lead-contamination crisis in that city, where a majority of residents are African-American, features a drinking fountain spewing brown water under the sign “Colored.” How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

In this commentary on male bonding and unbinding, Mr. Saire explores men’s often contradictory emotions and their needs for both togetherness and separation. The Week Ahead: Jan. 2 ? 8 2010-12-31T15:49:43Z

Again, the photographs jolted the public consciousness, leading to a run of articles and commentary. Thank you, Christy Mack, for showing us the true face of domestic violence 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

A chirpy school worksheet becomes a commentary on the perils of literary creation. New & Noteworthy, From Suffrage to Sexism 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

It's a commentary on her interests, passions and mindset of the moment. New book highlights Sui's career of cool catwalks 2011-01-06T21:21:10Z

His own view, expressed in the running commentary in the book that accompanies the strips, is that “joining the Marine Corps is by far the gayest thing any straight man can possibly do.” Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

His comedy draws on his life experiences — as a millennial, as a queer person of color — in a style that is spiked with social commentary. Newest ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent Has Graduated From Twitter Fame 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Jordan’s chief functions are to get stoned and offer witty commentary, which Thewlis does charmingly. London Boulevard Calling: Don't Answer 2011-11-11T16:36:07Z

In the piece, bruises and cuts on her body served as a commentary on aggressive United States government tactics in its war against drugs. The Pacific Standard Time Initiative Seeks to Rescue Fugitive Art 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

The commentary, from both reviewers and social media users, became so vicious that Wilson’s wife, the actress Dagmara Dominczyk, felt compelled to respond. Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

The evening ended with all performers joining the stage to perform "Rockin' in the Free World," Young's song that served as a bitter commentary on former President George H.W. Neil Young, Stephen Stills back on stage together 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z

State interference in the daily lives of Iranians is noted and commented on by many artists, but Farhadi's commentary is particularly authentic and incisive. A Separation can't be divorced from Iranian politics 2011-07-05T12:13:51Z

“BrainDead” was a political show from the start, but “The Purge” series has been slower in opening up to provocative commentary. When bloody horror movies are actually about . . . politics 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

Much of Andy Warhol’s artwork is a once a celebration of and a commentary on packaging, consumerism and consumption. Super Bowl in the age of anxiety: Maroon 5's boring halftime show was a symptom, not the disease 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

The show featured physical challenges for contestants, with reporters and announcers providing lighthearted commentary. Regis Philbin: A Career on Camera 2011-11-17T09:55:47Z

If "The View" hosts took the time to read Havrilesky's writing, they might discover a more nuanced commentary on marriage, one that is equal parts critical and facetious. "The View" hosts offended by humorous marriage book: "You don't need to call people funny names" 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

Now that Trump’s administration has gotten down to the business of Making America Great Again, they’ve become the valued players who provide context and commentary to news headlines and the blizzard of executive orders. When laughing matters: Late-night comedy gets serious in an absurdist era of governance 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But it illustrates the curatorial theme: Lange’s pictures require verbal commentary to be read legibly. Empathy and Artistry: Rediscovering Dorothea Lange 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Anchored by his lyrical dexterity, Nas' knack for social commentary and deeply detailed narratives drove the album and cemented him as an artist who would continue to inspire new generations over the following two decades. Nas to launch tour built around 'Illmatic' documentary, performance 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

For many of his fans, Rainbow is much more than the star who makes clever political commentary utilizing favorite Broadway show tunes. Your Son Will Come Out Tomorrow: Randy Rainbow’s Memoir of Love, Turmoil and Trump 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

In his commentary on “Julius Caesar” in “Shakespeare the Thinker,” A.D. The theater of Trump: What Shakespeare can teach us about the Donald 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

The DVD and Blu-ray are nicely filled out, though, with hours of behind-the-scenes material, plus deleted scenes and commentary tracks. 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'? Nothing new in this web 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z

But in his isolation there seems to be a commentary on the attitude in the United States toward those who serve in the military. Q. and A.: Kevin Powers and Ben Fountain, National Book Award Nominees 2012-11-13T17:21:36Z

Yet Cusk provides sly commentary on the notion that she’s writing anything that resembles a diary. With ‘Kudos,’ Rachel Cusk Completes an Exceptional Trilogy 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

Uttered by Fran Lebowitz in the new HBO documentary “Public Speaking” — partly a retrospective of her career, mostly a monologue — the line sums up the writer’s knack for dry, incisive, self-confident commentary. Scene City: Infallibility Has Its Upside 2010-11-19T00:47:00Z

She stirred controversy in her first appearance on the show by making jokes about slavery on Weekend Update; since she’s become a valuable new addition, adding much-needed commentary to the show’s antics. Here's What You Need to Know About the New 'Ghostbusters' 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

"A Brief History of Seven Killings" is James' third novel, an ambitious and powerful commentary on the impact of violence. Marlon James wins the Man Booker Prize 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Yehoshua masterfully entwines social commentary with a portrait of a mind in decline. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Each page is a grid of 12 sparsely colored squares in which anything can happen: all manner of sex and violence, social commentary and unbridled drug use, scabrous wit and real tenderness. How Comics Responded to Our Locked-Down, Anxious Covid Lives 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

They take audiences to entirely new places, offering upbeat commentary on the increasingly joyful and open state of our modern conversations on sex, today. From Goop to puppets, how Netflix is offering sex ed for a new age 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Mutchnick adds, “If we had been trying to make social commentary, we definitely wouldn’t have lasted.” ‘Will & Grace’ reduced homophobia, but can it still have an impact today? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

This popular strain of commentary is nothing but the narcissism of the theorist, revealing his desire to inhabit a persona without needs and attachments. Lay off Kim and Kanye! Why millennials actually aren’t “Generation Me” 2014-04-06T15:00:00Z

They make us laugh but it's a sad day for democracy that the most insightful commentary about our tragic political circumstances comes from comedians, and what they have to say is no laughing matter. Trevor Noah Is Amazed at How Fast Trump Cut Ed Gillespie Loose 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Because this isn't going to be a bitter or petty commentary, I should probably get the bitter pettiness out of the way at the get-go. "The Julia Child Challenge" and the mystique of one of America's most iconic chefs 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Yet though disappointment and loneliness guide its conversations, the movie isn’t bleak; it’s a touching and tender commentary on the need to be seen and the desire to be heard. Review: Seeking Connection in a Busy Town in ‘Autumn, Autumn’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

So here we see a 15th-century book of Islamic Tafsir — commentary on the Koran — from Syria or Egypt, in which the portions of the Koran being discussed appear in red in the volume’s margins. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z

Some revivals of “Streetcar” accentuate the social context, turning the play into a commentary on modernity’s final erasure of the antebellum South. Theatrical victory belongs to Blanche in 'Streetcar' opera 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

The special features film clips, readings from Kazan's autobiography and commentary from Martin Scorsese. TV Picks: An 'American Masters' special on director Elia Kazan 2010-10-01T19:38:00Z

How aware are you of the fact that some people might view this season of “Veep” as a commentary on Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become the first female president? Veep Q&A: Anna Chlumsky on Amy's Meltdown 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

Or perhaps it is a commentary on identity and personae – how we all, in TS Eliot's words, prepare a face to meet the faces that we meet. Cannes 2012: Holy Motors – review 2012-05-23T09:56:21Z

And yes, it is now the subject of a critic’s commentary in The Washington Post. Perspective | The Art Basel banana was art, and the peals of outrage were one layer of it 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

His way of doing that is to talk and talk and provide unfiltered running commentary on all media. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Just you and me and your 24/7 commentary 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

A commentary published Wednesday in the Global Times, a popular tabloid published by the official People's Daily, said celebrities should not expect leniency from the government or the public after sex or drug scandals. China prosecutor approves arrest of Jackie Chan's son on drug charge 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

His Nobel itself was seen by some as a satirical commentary on the part of the Swedish Academy. ‘The Pope’s Daughter’ review: Dario Fo’s novel defends the Borgia clan 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Though they work at face value, it is the interaction of the figures and how they work the space within the frame that is key to their appeal and social commentary. Tony Ray-Jones in colour 2013-09-20T02:05:15Z

Of course, those who followed the trial’s coverage all those years ago may recall the cruel commentary about her personal style, urging her to change her hair and her clothes. “It’s not a guilty pleasure”: “American Crime Story” faces the complexities of the O.J. trial head-on 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

The majority, however, offer more general commentary on American homophobia and violence. In the galleries: Conversations between mother and daughter, teacher and student 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

The perfect balance of pop culture commentary with deep dives into news stories, Sam and his team apply the same thoughtful treatment to whatever topic they approach. 36 Podcast Personalities Recommend Their Favorite Shows 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

But the commentary did dent morale at the studio, which until then had enjoyed an unbroken and perhaps unprecedented run of critical acclaim. John Lasseter of Pixar Defends ?Cars 2? 2011-10-17T22:17:20Z

A walk with commentary, and that is what is being offered by two companies. Spare Times for April 19-25 2013-04-18T22:23:37Z

Estimated age of the oldest manuscript on display, a Greek commentary on the Psalms by St. Basil the Great of Caesarea. Literary treasures from Corpus Christi College at Oxford arrive in Washington 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Four pages of the appeal were devoted to the recently concluded Casey Anthony trial in Florida and the CNN commentary of Nancy Grace, who attorneys said campaigned for Anthony's conviction. Jackson doctor defense files appeal, seeks delay 2011-09-03T02:09:09Z

He also produced programs of electronic music and social commentary for the noncommercial New York radio station WBAI. Ilhan Mimaroglu, Composer and Producer, Is Dead at 86 2012-07-18T23:23:40Z

It's not a substantial show, but the character's egoism, hyperanimation and the randomness of his commentary are highly amusing. Nick Mohammed – review 2012-12-06T13:03:40Z

Enjoy reading their commentary and listening to the excerpts, and find a playlist at the bottom of the article with full tracks. Five Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Jazz 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

These are cleverly, often hilariously, woven into the story as sardonic commentary on the proceedings. ‘Found,’ a Musical Based on Literary Detritus 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

The film unfurls its narrative through a barrage of news pieces, television commentary and politically charged movie clips made by people like Holger Meins, who studied filmmaking before joining the militants. ‘A German Youth’ Review: Lights, Camera, Guerrilla Tactics? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

They don't propel the action or intervene in moments in crisis; they are like most of us so much of the time, bystanders offering speculative commentary that doesn't do anyone much good. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: A Chorus of Voices 2012-07-12T16:46:49Z

“These are the workers who often balance the realities of paying their rent with their career choice. That’s a sad commentary for many arts organizations,” he said. ‘We are in crisis mode’: Museum workers are turning to unions over conditions they say are untenable 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

Her landscapes contain insights into the story’s emotions and also a commentary on the U.S.: Women's stories, in the best way: Kirstin Allio's new collection 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Tish’s voice-over does a lot of work, guiding you through the narrative turns as it adds social commentary and personal asides. ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Review: Trusting Love in a World Ruled by Hate 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

His works, often stenciled onto the outside walls of buildings, combine humor and social commentary. New Banksy works mark Basquiat show at London's Barbican 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

Running through The Making was a searing anger about economic exploitation and a robust commentary on his capitalist times. EP Thompson: the unconventional historian 2013-03-06T15:05:11Z

“I don’t remember much discussion of honor killings related specifically to the film,” said David Hudson, an aggregator of global film commentary for the Berlin Web site Mubi.com, in an e-mail message. Film: Faith, Family, Immigration and Homicide 2011-01-23T02:30:16Z

Here are illustrations, paintings and photographs, as well as some finished posters, that will be used for advertising at six of the theaters mounting “Red,” along with commentary from the designers who helped create them. When the Color Is Primary 2011-09-04T03:01:07Z

This is clearly the gist of a now relatively steady stream of research and commentary that has formed itself into something of an exurban legend. The Internet isn’t killing religion — religion is 2014-04-23T12:00:00Z

The rapturous commentary around “Coloring Book” has made much of Chance’s new fatherhood, as well as religion, especially with respect to its lyrics and church aesthetics. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

It was not the sharpened moment of post-feminist commentary that, fairly or otherwise, so many of us look for from the duo. 2015 Golden Globes: Flat jokes, but pleasing upsets 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

So let’s use this horrible tabloid hackery – and the more idiotic commentary around it – as an opportunity to remember that just because something is unusual, it doesn’t make it impossible. Teacher: Sex with students was “casual” and “warm” 2012-06-25T21:15:00Z

These productions offered clear examples of contrasting approaches to directorial commentary in opera. Critic?s Notebook: To Seal a Director?s Reputation, Put a ?Ring? on It 2011-07-04T21:00:06Z

Bliss bases the piece on Blow's setting of Psalm 23, not so much as a set of variations but as a series of commentaries, some untroubled and pastoral, others dark and threatening. Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow; Metamorphic Variations 2010-05-06T21:20:00Z

“Galápagos” is a commentary on the fragility of humanity and the world it has created. What To Read Before Your Galápagos Vacation 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

The episode accurately represents the prevalence of workplace sexual misconduct and assault, and through Diaz's commentary, even alludes to the truth of how law enforcement systems fundamentally aren't built to support survivors. TV "copaganda" still helps the real-life police more than survivors 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z

Many agree it is Hitchcock's most effective and personal commentary on his medium, the spell of cinema and his role in it. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z

Eastern, when the network started its commentary show “The Five.” Fox abruptly cuts off impeachment manager during testimony 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

Porter’s New Yorker columns were a mesmerizing fusion of criticism, scholarship, and cultural commentary. Postscript: Andrew Porter (1928-2015) 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Breathed’s Pulitzer-winning strip — a slice of social commentary viewed through the human and animal characters of small town America — was a beloved piece of essential daily reading in its eighties heyday. “Bloom County” returns, thanks to … Donald Trump? 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

Their music is neither black nor white, but clearly rooted in South Africa, feeding off the country's unique political history – something that becomes apparent when you listen to their social commentary. The Brother Moves On: music for South Africa's transitional generation 2012-11-22T15:58:50Z

Yet they are surprisingly effective as horror movie baddies for one simple reason: They’re highly flexible allegories for much deeper commentary about the horrors of human nature, war and even nature itself. Remembering George Romero, who turned B-movie horror into a place for thought 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

"I don't know. It just spoke to me on a level that was a little more freeing than the more kind of dry political commentary." In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

"They are written with wit, insight and, above all, pathos, offering profound commentaries on the human condition." Mantel makes Man Booker shortlist 2012-09-11T10:55:22Z

At that point, it’s clear that the film’s relationship-specific commentary, trenchant as it is, takes a back seat to a broader, more metaphorical point. Cannes: With 'The Lobster,' a director keeps swimming in rebel waters 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

“Sleep Dealer” is a sly commentary on immigration and labor policy. When American Filmmakers Try to Cross the Border 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

A more revealing commentary about the crawl may have been embedded in the moments after 9/11, when the networks temporarily removed it from the screen. The ‘crawl’ fed our need for constant news on 9/11. It never went away. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

Befitting that lineage the album mingles love songs with social commentary. Esperanza Spalding on a Year in the Spotlight 2012-03-16T15:58:59Z

Walker's excitable commentary style was deemed perfect for the fast-paced adventures set at Silver Hatch race track. Murray Walker to feature in Roary stage show 2011-01-30T13:13:56Z

The undisputed master of political horror, however, is George Romero, who single-handedly turned the zombie subgenre into a vehicle for editorial commentary. When bloody horror movies are actually about . . . politics 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

The DVD and Blu-ray tack on a commentary track, deleted scenes and featurettes that dig deeper into the real story of Masters and Johnson. 'Masters of Sex' is addictive, and its stars are terrific 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z

His various writings, gathered together in this volume with an autobiographical commentary, confirm his place as one of the great pioneer artist-intellectuals of modern and postmodern society. Michael Bracewell's top 10 art books 2012-06-06T10:35:15Z

It’s too bad his debut novel is stuffed with predictable situations and cheesy atmospherics because its thoughtful commentary on the homicidal mind and on France’s treatment of its mentally ill is serious and seems well-researched. - The Washington Post

Johnson’s commentary on her blog is in one way in sync with Roman Catholic teaching. Condom portrait of Benedict XVI attracts attention 2013-03-22T05:37:00Z

Cuts are frenetic, needles drop hard, and characters frequently deliver commentary and exposition straight to the camera. ‘Winning Time’: When the N.B.A. Went Pop 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

The real value is in the commentary tracks by scholars and archivists who talk about how one of Hollywood's all-time greats gathered and nurtured a phenomenal collection of comic talent. Noel Murray's best DVDs of 2014 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

There will be more commentary on the news, and posts about the latest research on children and family. Motherlode Blog: Meet the New Motherlode Blogger 2011-12-14T12:00:27Z

In this video and in the commentary below, the director Andy Muschietti explains that the scene was born from something that scared him as a child. Andy Muschietti Narrates a Scene From ‘It’ 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

But the constant commentary is starting to drive me crazy. Plenty to Lose in Discussion of Weight and Self-Esteem 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The commentary promotes “complementarianism,” the idea that God made men and women for different purposes. Baptists bank on fire and brimstone 2012-07-11T13:55:00Z

An equally hefty companion book of commentary traces the riddles’ provenance, how scholars over the centuries have solved them and where they’ve gone astray. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

“What a commentary upon the divinity of marriage are the watering places during the summer seasons!” scoffed Victoria. Mike Huckabee’s worst nightmare: Meet the radical sisters who revolutionized 19th century America 2014-03-09T15:00:00Z

“Madness” is presented as a retrospective volume of his selected poems, published with analysis and commentary 20 years after his death. He Never Existed. Here Are His Selected Poems. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Cutting comments ... the witty DVD commentary to The Matrix Trilogy tears The Matrix Reloaded apart. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z

Ensslin’s commentary consists mostly of chronicling previous, more interesting attempts to tell the story of Jefferson, Hemings and their children. Review | Fringe Festival’s early returns: Politics in the lead 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

The book was written by Orwell as a scathing commentary on Stalin's Russia. Eoin Colfer's top ten villains 2013-05-23T11:09:56Z

A combination of biography, cultural commentary and personal reflection, it radiates out from the “Funeral March,” the third movement of Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2, in many directions. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

But though Booker’s story and success are inspiring, the documentary falls flat, feeling more like a political tool than a commentary on the state of politics in Kentucky. ‘From the Hood to the Holler’ Review: A Race to Galvanize the Poor 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

The lawsuit, he said, had been an attempt “to ruin us financially and destroy our ability to offer commentary critical of organizations like theirs — all because they can’t take a joke.” Conservative Group Withdraws Lawsuit Against Left-Wing Podcast 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

The BBC alone received 554 viewer complaints about the sound of vuvuzela horns in its live World Cup coverage from South Africa, with many fans claiming they couldn't hear the color commentary. Broadcasters filtering out World Cup vuvuzelas 2010-06-18T01:48:00Z

Because of this, the genre, especially in the hands of disenfranchised writers, has become a powerful vehicle for political commentary. Joanna Russ, Who Drew Women to Sci-Fi, Dies at 74 2011-05-08T07:23:01Z

Her first experiment with film was The Set-Up, a short portrait of two men having a fistfight, over which a pair of semioticians provided a commentary. Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

As I’ve suggested, I think it’s a trap to read too much into this movie by way of political commentary, but whatever you come away with, it won’t be uplifting. “The Dark Knight Rises”: Christopher Nolan’s evil masterpiece 2012-07-18T20:50:00Z

I suppose this is commentary: in the driver’s milieu, disgrace is binding, whether it’s deserved or not. This Week in Fiction: Thomas McGuane 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

A satirist who helped revolutionize stand-up comedy during the Cold War with his running commentary on politicians and current events and became a favorite of a new, restive generation of Americans. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Their efforts offer pointed commentary on the medium, particularly in its most cash-dependent forms: large-scale public sculpture and pricey portable objects that involve complex techniques, skilled artisans, expensive materials and demanding maintenance regimens. Art Review: In West Chelsea, Sculptures Speak in Dialects 2010-06-01T22:51:00Z

MTV said Thursday that the singer featured in the summer hits “Fancy” and “Problem” will provide a running commentary on fashion during the annual awards show on Aug. 24 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Pop star Azalea talking fashion on MTV 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

And she wrote a book, "This Is Where I Learned of Love," with commentary on each item. 'Made in L.A. 2014': Jennifer Moon continues phoenix rise at Hammer 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

But his braggadocio is two parts lyrical one-upmanship, one part side-eye commentary on braggadocio. Earl Sweatshirt and ASAP Ferg, Hip-Hop Progressives 2013-08-15T16:50:54Z

His study was the metaphysical idea of Magic, which found expression not only in performance, but in practice, commentary, design and contemplation. David Mamet on Ricky Jay, a Great Astonisher and ‘Truest Friend’ 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Through Wilson's unpolished, slightly awkward commentary, he invites viewers to behold his vulnerabilities, and perhaps assess their own. The delight of HBO's bizarre docuseries "How to With John Wilson" is found in the detours 2020-11-28T05:00:00Z

This includes contemporaneous footage, sound clips from Hillary and other members of the 1953 expedition and commentary by the sons of Hillary and Norgay. ‘Beyond the Edge’ Revisits a 1953 Mt. Everest Climb 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer described Gay’s stories as revealing her to be “a writer as interested in form and language as she is in social commentary.” Skipping the inauguration on TV? Here are 10 other things to do 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

If you find yourself digging the gymnastics, but not loving the color commentary, try the GymCastic podcast for supplemental post-viewing discourse. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘The Little Prince’ and the Olympics 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

Here is a closer look at some of them, including commentary from Douglas Lloyd, Lionsgate’s senior vice president for creative advertising. The Posters of ‘La La Land’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

The film is almost entirely an interview with Lanzmann, who provides some fascinating background and commentary on the making of his first masterwork, “Shoah,” which is simply the greatest documentary ever made. My 2016 Oscar Predictions 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Netflix hadn't done this sort of commentary before, where we start with this event, and try to find the reality of it. "Monsters Inside" examines how a criminal's claims of dissociative identity disorder made him a star 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Done around the time of the 2016 presidential election, the pigment-dyed canvases are less a celebration of multiculturalism than a subtle commentary on the rise of xenophobic and racist politics in the United States. Asian-American Artists, Now Activists, Push Back Against Hate 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

Is this person making a commentary on outrageous behaviors? Perspective | Pretending to be bad boys let them get away with being bad men 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert's popular "fake commentary" program airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30 p.m. 'Colbert Report' off air; Comedy Central mum 2012-02-16T17:38:08Z

One of her newest sculptures, “Crust,” was a capsized refugee ship made of bread, a commentary, she said, on the “fragmentation of communities and families” caused by the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean. A Jackson Pollock Takes Its First Trip to Venice 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Social commentary, introspective drama and gripping whodunit, Italy's submission to the Academy Awards concerns two families from disparate worlds, people whose paths cross only because their teen children are dating. 'Human Capital' a sharp view of economic divide 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

They need to make cameos in comedies, appear on talk shows and in magazines, to share their style secrets and personal lives, and offer across-the-board commentary.  Brian Williams: Personal branding got in the way of the news 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z

Andromeda Dunker, the show’s voice-over narrator since 2009, stresses that while the show, like any reality series, is produced, the only thing scripted is her commentary. For 20 years, ‘House Hunters’ has been reliable reality TV. For millennials, it feels more like a fantasy. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday night on Comedy Central, "Onion SportsDome" launched its weekly swipe at TV sports coverage and commentary. Onion News Network brings strong scent of satire to TV 2011-01-05T17:09:03Z

Glaser, whose last special was part of Netflix’s series “The Standups,” provides her uncensored commentary on sex, sobriety, insecurity and the unrealistic sexual expectations for women. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Carmen Sandiego’ and ‘In a Man’s World’ 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Political commentary was not high on the menu this night, however. Kennedy Center Honors: A toast to tradition 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z

But even the most ardent fan could find its bluntness uncomfortably timely: In our build-that-wall moment, a story about a government-sponsored plan to cull poor minorities feels less like political satire than current-affairs commentary. Review: On Staten Island, ‘The First Purge’ Rages 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

I wrote a couple of books on political humor, got a gig with Jon Stewart offering unconventional commentary on the Bush-Gore election and started the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas. After losing to Obama, what should Mitt Romney do next? 2012-11-08T15:19:03Z

Farmer, one of several instructors for Strummers, is a decade or more younger than some of his former bandmates, and he tossed off his own running commentary throughout the class. Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean gets people strumming ukuleles 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, though, the harshest commentary came from the Parents Television Council. Steamy 'Glee' GQ pics have many, well, steaming 2010-10-21T23:16:00Z

Freedman is a much-published Judaic and Aramaic scholar whose book brims with insight, but the bulk of it is a song-by-song commentary that is peppered with many valuable observations. Review | How spirituality shaped Leonard Cohen 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

The backstage commentary circles around the bailiwick of a production designer and frustrations over Mr. Helnwein’s literal interpretations. Movie Review: ‘Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child’ 2012-11-22T23:04:04Z

In the afternoons, we free-skied or watched video of ourselves, as Bill rattled off critical commentary. Explorer: Skiing in September? Head South 2013-12-20T16:57:02Z

But its nationally distributed news and commentary programs, produced in Washington, have periodically been embroiled in controversy for their perceived Trump-friendly bias. Sinclair yanked a pandemic conspiracy theory program. But it has stayed in line with Trump on coronavirus. 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

That said, this doesn’t explain why so many other reporters continued to run flattering profiles of him, to solicit his opinions and quotable commentary, and helped turn him into a boldface name. Harvey Weinstein Is Going to Prison. But That’s Just a Starting Point. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

The piece, a somewhat pessimistic commentary on Mexico’s early 1980s economic crisis, will be on view, as will the lithography stone itself. Innovative printmaker Mixografia to premiere new gallery space 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

People are using the app to engage with cinema in a variety of ways, from simple homage to astute commentary. Lights, Camera, TikTok 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

The newspaper said Baker, who ran the Journal’s newsroom for the past five years, will take a new position as its editor at large and return to writing commentaries. Gerard Baker replaced as editor of Wall Street Journal 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

The “Big Mouth” indifference to technology is its own form of commentary: Social media, it seems to say, just can’t compete with the wild physical and emotional forces of adolescence. The Lustful Middle School Girl Rises 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

As a broadcaster, he is famous for his high-energy commentary style and his propensity to mis-speak in an amusing manner. Murray Walker diagnosed with cancer 2013-06-17T19:14:24Z

But fans of his pointed television commentary may find themselves, in growing confusion and alarm, asking what happened as they watch “Today’s Special.” | 'Today?s Special': Food, Family and Follies 2010-11-19T06:13:00Z

Just as "Talladega Nights" hid a commentary on Bush-era red states, the premise of "Anchorman 2" includes a parody of today's media. Ferrell and McKay: A partnership forged on jokes 2013-12-18T14:02:20Z

Woven throughout are excerpts from Justice Ginsburg’s most influential opinions, with added blocks of scholars’ commentary strutting down the margins. Review: ‘Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’ 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

Jefferson’s memoir, meanwhile, offers candid and often ironic commentary of her upbringing in an affluent African American family in Chicago during the 1950s and ’60s. Paul Beatty, Margo Jefferson win National Book Critics Awards 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

That made me to wonder: what are the things women are allowed to do alone in public, without inviting some sort of commentary or being looked at as a problem to solve? “No One Tells You This”: That single women aren’t a problem for marriage and kids to fix 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

It's tough to take a series to task for flubbing a particular element of social commentary when its entire intent is to capture feeling as opposed to history. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

The screenplay was gutted by the network, rewritten to such a degree that most commentary was removed. ‘The Twilight Zone’: Here’s Why We Still Care 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Of course there's always a little social commentary, but it's evergreen because it's not topical. "I love weird characters": Iliza Shlesinger on creating Cashew Albacore & her Netflix sketch show 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

But the series is riddled with scripting snags, potentially by virtue of trying to balance camp and commentary in hour-long episodes. RuPaul made his sitcom-starring debut with "AJ and the Queen," and we are not amused 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

Like a crushed bicycle, or 9/11 dust, it is meant to be a fleeting commentary on a changing world. Art: Xu Bing: An Artist Who Bridges East and West 2011-05-19T11:30:06Z

Will "Jay & Silent Bob Reboot" be able to capture the fun, the intelligence, the subversive wit and underlying social commentary of the best View Askewniverse films? "Clerks," one of the greatest nerd films 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

In a winking commentary on the present that’s also true to history, that third way, for Jolla, is to escape to Canada. Two Novelists, Avi and Brian Farrey, Use Fiction to Show Kids Why Facts Matter 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

In fact, this is the only comic that comes with a monthly “commentary track” by the creators — and it’s quite welcome, because there is more going on per page than in most anthologies. The best comics of 2015: With Islamophobia rearing its ugly head, we need “Ms. Marvel” now more than ever 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

First, what fresh insights are brought to a subject that is inundated by a live stream of commentary? Trump as theater: Mike Daisey's one-man show, 'The Trump Card,' delves into the Donald phenomenon 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

The methods of the caricaturist “involve reduction and abstraction” and often “a degree of humor and commentary,” she said, adding that Picasso’s caricatures informed his mature portraiture. Picasso’s life, portrait by portrait 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

All the while, she kept up a running commentary: If the green cap at the stem end of an eggplant was starting to turn brown, it was getting dehydrated. How to Tell if That Peach Is Ripe? Ask Southern California’s ‘Produce Hunter’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

It was supposed to be pointed commentary for the mostly white audience, but ABC, which aired the telecast, cut that portion of his performance. Inauguration performances weren’t always so contentious: Highlights from the last 75 years 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

There aren’t many episodes of television that nail their multiple roles as exposition, cultural critique, and social commentary on the roles race, class and power play in systemic justice in one single resolute sweep. HBO's "Watchmen" trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

The bold, irreverent collection sizzles with social commentary and moments of sensuality. Six years after the fire, Peggy Cooper Cafritz has a new home and collection 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

But contemporary stars beloved by young people are dealing with an endless stream of commentary from fans who are at a tender age that encourages both high passion and little emotional modulation. Zayn Malik's 1D Departure: Social Media Has Changed Pop 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

In her withering commentary, you might hear echoes of your own frustration: “Surely this farce is a bit over the top?” An Epic From Iceland, Complete With Unicorns, Angels and a Stamp-Collecting Werewolf 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

And I think like I’m clearly inviting commentary on seeing a nontraditional body in a sexual situation on TV.  Lena Dunham Interview, Part Two: The Personal Factor 2012-04-13T14:13:57Z

I never sat down to make some social commentary about teenagers in Britain today, though a lot of people seem to think that's what I'm doing. "The Misfits:" British superheroes just want to be teens 2011-08-11T22:12:00Z

The BBC's commentary box sits atop a stack of shipping containers. What were the highs and lows of your Olympic Park experience? 2012-08-08T15:16:58Z

Folded into the compressed, densely psychological portrait of this family is a whole universe: a parable of rising India, an indictment of domestic violence, a taxonomy of ants and a sly commentary on translation itself. A Great Indian Novel Reaches American Shores 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

The character is included without commentary and his grossness is treated entirely as comic. Quartet: The Least Exotic Country Retirement Home 2012-12-21T15:00:47Z

Throughout, Warwick offers amusing and amused commentary on her long history. ‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: A Trailblazer Gets Her Flowers 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

Criterion will operate a channel on the service to spotlight more than 1,000 films and other content such as commentary on films and filmmakers. TCM and Criterion to Offer Streaming Service, FilmStruck 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

Over the years, however, the song has been covered dozens of times, shapeshifting into a sentimental elegy, a mission statement, cutting social commentary, and even an aspirational anthem. Revisiting The Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star" 55 years later, from the Monkees to REM 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

I’d sit on the living room floor, my eyes glued to the screen and ears perked listening to them go back and forth with their commentary. Diahann Carroll, Indelible Fixture of My Childhood 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

But his arguments and quotations are thinly sourced—the endnotes provide a sort of sidebar commentary, not the detailed citations typical for a scholarly history. ‘Vicksburg’ Review: The Falling Tide of Gray 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

Although “Unprotected” is largely a chronological affair, Porter threads in passages of coronavirus-era commentary to tether his past to the present. Review | Billy Porter bares his soul in ‘Unprotected’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

But 69-year-old Billy Joel gets to have viable career longevity without much commentary about how wrinkled his hands are, and 68-year-old Bruce Springsteen can appear on a magazine cover and be deemed "extremely hot." Madonna at 60: From Material Girl to Golden Girl, on her own terms 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

And I think the social commentary may have subconsciously influenced my life. An Artist Who Makes Paintings Without a Canvas 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

David Orr writes eloquent, amusing and circuitously disapproving commentary on the retching doggerel by Charles Bukowski, whose reputation far exceeds his literary accomplishments. Letters to the Editor 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Before that, the disruption became the marimba ringtone heard around the world, prompting feverish commentary on blogs and comment forums about performance interruptions. Marimba ringtone halts New York Philharmonic 2012-01-13T04:17:05Z

At their best, they can offer an insightful examination of history and a commentary on our present day. Review | Ever wonder what might have been? Here are some scenarios, courtesy of science fiction 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

“Marie Curie, for instance, subjected to fashion commentary? Or Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison appraised for her hairstyle? In receiving the Pritzker, Hadid joins those noble ranks and deserves better. Architecture deserves better.” Female Architects on the Significance of Zaha Hadid 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

To play Mr. Lauda, whose dialect and blunt manner are known to millions through his televised racing commentary, Mr. Bruehl studied with a Viennese coach, who put a proper Austrian finish on his English. Daniel Brühl’s Global Accent in ‘Fifth Estate’ and ‘Rush’ 2013-08-28T21:48:14Z

It was the best kind of off-color Willard commentary — earnest, random and often revealing. Best in Show: Watch Fred Willard’s Most Memorable Roles 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z

The show is a time capsule — and a commentary on our changing relationship to journalism. The front page, remade his way: Artist Merwin Belin's news interventions 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

The game alternates between sophomoric commentary and genuine hilarity, and the writing is at its most clever when that fourth wall is being breached. Video Games: Deadpool, Company Heroes 2, Game & Wario, Color Zen and the Swapper 2013-07-09T20:36:52Z

What's more, a large part of me hopes that their commentary on "The Last Jedi" will be the final word on the subject. Stop obsessing over “The Last Jedi”: Mr. Plinkett’s review fe... 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

Shiv’s makeover has generated a lot of Internet commentary in the “step on my face” vein, and I can see why: turtleneck sweaters and high-waisted slacks have rarely looked so ruthless. Let’s Talk About the Clothes on “Succession” 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

“Online commentaries point out this work has a brutal aspect,” Mr. Martinez said in the letter. Louvre Pulls Sculpture, Saying It Was Sexually Explicit 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

According to Denninger, Steve Harvey’s commentary as the host was nothing but a series of comments about how great the ladies looked in their bikinis. Steve Harvey has always been bad news for women: Ruining the Miss Universe pageant is just the tip of the iceberg 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

The Puppy Bowl has experimented with hamsters operating a blimp camera, and Meep, a cockatiel who “tweets” sideline commentary. Puppy Bowl: Cuteness becomes a cash cow 2013-02-01T03:34:14Z

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

Following are her selections and her edited and condensed commentary. Five Influences on the Horror Film ‘Watcher’ 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

As the Puget Sound region coped this week with extreme heat caused by climate change, one of the art world’s most audacious commentaries on the issue reemerged across the Atlantic. To address climate change, artist Banksy ‘hijacked’ a painting of Mount Rainier. It’s now worth millions 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

“Shots Fired” is thoughtful and ambitious, but dutiful in a way that renders its social commentary less compelling than, say, that of “American Crime.” Review | Police-shooting drama ‘Shots Fired’ is thoughtful but won’t burst your political bubble 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

It might seem impossible to position “Tickled” as any sort of commentary on larger cultural or political concerns. Unveiling the international tickle-porn conspiracy — it’s not as funny as you think 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

"After Frozen Planet, research revealed audiences were interested in the variety of filming techniques but did not want to be misled in commentary," a BBC spokesman said. BBC to be clearer on wildlife shots 2012-12-28T00:20:01Z

The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens won the prize for commentary with his columns on American foreign policy and domestic politics. Pulitzer prizes reward the year's best US journalism 2013-04-16T00:18:10Z

Along with their equally tenacious cousin, spray-painted stencils, they provided commentary and promoted events effectively if illegally. When Posters Were the Samizdat of the Lower East Side 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The NFTs to go on sale next month include scanned digital copies of handwritten script pages for uncut versions of scenes from the film, with audio commentary and other elements. Miramax sues Tarantino over planned ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFTs 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Expect random thoughts and commentary from the star, as well as totally "on the fly" videos taken her macrobiotic iPhone today. Gwyneth Paltrow joins Twitter, "21st century" 2011-06-01T21:12:00Z

“I am a witness to history, and if I took that position throughout the project, I didn’t think it would be political. I thought it would be social commentary,” Bon Jovi said. ‘I am a witness to history’ — Jon Bon Jovi tackles 2020 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z

These stories are typically wacky Archie stories of the time, silly fun with subtle commentary on current events. Comics: 'Superman vs. Muhammad Ali' still the greatest 2010-12-01T18:17:00Z

"I began to appreciate what an effective tool it actually was for delivering political and social commentary on such widely polarizing issues," he noted in "Playing with Myself." Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

Though locked on lives shaped by chronic poverty, this tough little movie avoids social commentary. ‘Number 37’ Review: A Grungy South African Thriller 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

Overall provides stirring spoken word commentary, along with percussive turntable work. Seattle’s jazz scene spawned a number of this year’s Grammy nominees 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

The engaging text is one ultralong column that you scroll through at your own pace; as you do, drawings and video commentaries glide elegantly into place. Summer Books Special: Relax. Read. Repeat. 2012-07-02T12:00:18Z

Change as a given was a recurring theme in the commentary: “Did it occur to anyone that people CAN and often DO change?” one reader asked. Readers? Comments: Questions to Ask Before Marriage: Readers Weigh In 2012-02-17T21:12:23Z

The painter uses the narrative as an excuse to submit his personal commentary by visual means. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z

Carl Sandburg Poem Discovered Except for the smudgy typewriter strokes, it reads like up-to-date social commentary: a poem on the fearsome power of a gun. Arts, Briefly: Carl Sandburg Poem Discovered 2013-01-19T01:29:53Z

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office became the top trending topic on Twitter on Thursday, prompting a range of reaction from concern over the singer’s mental health, to jokes, memes and political commentary. Kanye West's meeting with Trump provokes scorn, sadness, support 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

There’s a lot of plot and character circularity going on in this third instalment of Cleverman, and less of the brash political commentary that imbued the first two episodes. Cleverman season one, episode three recap – upping the sci-fi elements 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z

Ms. Oldknow describes it as mordant commentary on the declining state of the traditional glass industry in Murano, which makes it “so appropriate for a museum like ours,” which collects the history of glass making. New Wing at Corning Museum of Glass Invites the Light 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

The book will feature reproductions of original pages, previously published sketches and commentary from Mr. McFarlane, who created the anti-hero Spawn and who also once illustrated Batman, Spider-Man and the Hulk. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: Collections by Dave Stevens and Adrian Tomine 2012-10-19T18:56:03Z

It was a form of visual commentary rarely found in other publications. Jean-Claude Suares, Daring Illustrator of The Times’s Op-Ed Page, Dies at 71 2013-08-05T23:35:35Z

You'll have seen the footage a hundred times, sliced and diced, but the original six-minute item, despite the corny background music and the rather flat commentary, is an important document. Pop at the pictures: Beatlemania begins 2012-11-28T15:29:00Z

Instead of using voice-over, “The Measure of All Things” employs Mr. Green as an in-person narrator, punctuating the story with information or his own informal commentary. The Carpetbagger: Sundance: The One Filmmaker Who Doesn’t Want a Distribution Deal 2014-01-23T14:00:19Z

Here are some of my favorite commentaries to date: Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” read this 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

The exhibition interposes chilling mechanisms of slavery — whips, chains, shackles and a recreated slave ship — with historical commentary, films and works by Kara Walker, Shuck One, Abdoulaye Konaté and other internationally known black artists. A Return to Guadeloupe: Tropical Life, French-Style 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

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

“The Prom’s” commentary on the aftershocks of prejudice is on the opposite end of an emotional spectrum from “What to Send Up When It Comes Down.” Perspective | Feel like screaming? Head to the theater. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

When I started reading the appendices of Bibles, they would send me to other sources, things like commentaries or apocryphal books. Author Scott Cheshire on his debut 'High as the Horses' Bridles' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

After Wallace’s suicide, in 2008, Lipsky revisited the tapes and wrote an article and then a book based on the transcripts, interspersing his commentary with the conversations. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

Biting commentary is his forte, and in this special, filmed in Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. Williams’s words are delivered from a set made to look like the interior of the Oval Office. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Katt Williams: Great America’ and ‘Black Lightning’ 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

Pulp, pop and poetry: Cocker's off-the-wall words are a big hit When he was the front man of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker's songs were admired for their humour and sharp social commentary. From Pulp to Prokofiev: Jarvis Cocker narrates Peter and the Wolf 2010-12-29T17:57:43Z

Anchors like Howard K. Smith and Walter Cronkite had occasionally offered commentaries on the news, “but that was very civil,” Mr. Neville said. Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

UPDATE: For more multimedia commentary on the Supreme Court ruling, here’s an excellent discussion that was sponsored by the Cato Institue. Leaks Galore! More on the Inside Story of John Roberts' Obamacare Supreme Court Flip-Flop 2012-07-05T05:07:56Z

In telling us all of this, Vollmann repeats phrases throughout the two volumes, sometimes as mournful echoes and elsewhere as sarcastic commentary. William T. Vollmann Would Like a Word or Two About Climate Change. Or 1,200 Pages. 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a well-told story with fascinating period film footage and ample expert commentary. Tribute to a Champion of the Salt 2011-08-14T03:13:01Z

Some people might consider her marginal, but smart, sharp, thoughtful civic commentary flows when she speaks — at least until that screen, in its turn, grows dark. Charles Atlas: ‘The Waning of Justice’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

In the 1960s, he pointed out, most rock bands and many R&B singers took a crack at social commentary. Occupy Wall Street Protest Lacks an Anthem 2011-10-18T22:24:02Z

Through his books, speeches and media commentary, Kagan became a leading conservative voice in the otherwise liberal field of history, supporting military action abroad and adherence to the Western canon at home. Donald Kagan, leading neo-conservative historian, dead at 89 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

But that’s just one strand of McBride’s tour de force, a book resounding with madcap characters and sly commentary on race, crime and inequality. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Dash will offer "cultural analysis and commentary" on various daytime and primetime shows, Fox News said in a statement. Fox News hires 'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash as contributor 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Steeped in the spirit of 1970s social commentary, this show examines more acutely than ever before the psychic price women pay when their drive, intelligence and energy are arrogated to male ambition. Critic?s Notebook: My Wives Don?t Understand Me 2011-01-13T22:48:25Z

The former pioneered high-volume commentary, almost entirely liberal, and eventually coupled it with some first-class reporting, becoming one of the first digital-only news organizations to win a Pulitzer Prize. Top editors leave HuffPost and BuzzFeed News amid growing doubts about the future of digital news 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Eventually, a subplot involving Franz Kafka scurries into the story and offers a bit of cerebral intrigue — along with Krauss’s illuminating commentary on Kafka’s life and work. Is Nicole Krauss’s new novel an act of literary revenge? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

This genre-bending excited a lot of commentary at the time, but it feels less significant to the book’s meanings now. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

He quickly garnered attention, writing commentaries for The Huffington Post and being named a “rising star” by the Web site Musical America. New Jersey Symphony President Richard Dare Quits 2013-01-12T01:27:04Z

Viewers looking for precise commentary on current events will be disappointed, though this is hardly Vorozhbit’s fault. ‘Bad Roads’ Review: A Wartime Anthology 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

The placidity of the Cold War boom generated an urgent need for rudeness and disrespect, and Mad responded, broadening its critical gaze beyond comic-strip-art parody and into more generalized social and cultural commentary. A World Without Mad Magazine 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

And the surging popularity of both men offers a living commentary on our expectations, and prejudices, about gender and age. Why does Bernie Sanders dress like that? Because he can. 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

And as the score does little more than offer rather academic commentary, the advance of the plot is difficult to decipher. ‘Nero/Pseudo’ by WSC Avant Bard fiddles away its glam-rock musical potential

A club owner and tastemaker show up on camera to offer “expert commentary” about the rise – and eventual fall – of the lime craze. Justin Timberlake’s hilarious new tequila ad settles it: He needs his own sketch comedy show 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

But Yiannopoulos’s outrageous commentary did reflect poorly on the organization, said Lee Stranahan, a Breitbart reporter who streamed remarks on Periscope in the moments before the star columnist staged a news conference in New York. Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos resigns following outrage over his past comments about pedophilia 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

They invited a guest onstage and tried to guess how she lived, what she ate and what she wore — making her a slate for the cultural commentary they normally apply to celebrities. ‘Celebrity Book Club’ Goes Live 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z

Within moments of the 81-year-old actress’s appearance with Matthew McConaughey to present the award for best animated feature, social media was flooded with commentary about what looked like plastic surgery run amok. Dr. Fredric Brandt: Cosmetic Dermatologist to the Rich and Famous 2014-03-28T20:25:48Z

Then you use that as a lens to introduce important social commentary; in “Resolved,” you used high school debate to talk about issues of race and educational disparity. Netflix's "Cheer" director: Cheerleaders are "the toughest athletes I’ve ever filmed" 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

Margaret Thatcher's funeral has attracted the attentions of the comedian Frankie Boyle, who is running a commentary on Twitter. Frankie Boyle launches alternative Thatcher funeral commentary 2013-04-17T11:08:30Z

In retrospect, in much dissenting commentary there was often a taint of unexamined sexism. Margaret Thatcher: we disliked her and we loved it 2013-04-09T05:00:00Z

Stewart’s plodding script, far removed from the light-footed political commentary he regularly delivered on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” evinces no apparent zest for its subject. ‘Irresistible’ Review: The Voters Are Red, the Message Is Blue 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

Most of this is smartly written and agreeably portrayed, but it can also feel as if Ansari knows that comedians must now play a leading role in social discourse and commentary. In Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None,’ a new definition of Netflix-and-chill 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Now, a restored version of the original movie and the altered 1970s cut are available in a fascinating DVD set from Milestone, with a commentary track and more than two hours of contextual featurettes. 'Mockingjay Part 1' sets up 'Hunger Games' finale nicely 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

I never made the cut to be Black Twitter Famous, but I loved their commentary. Quitting Twitter is easy — changing ourselves is harder 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

It’s a very seductive love story with some sharp commentary on sexism on the basketball court. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Dean’s disgust with Cuomo was on display last month when she kept a running commentary on Twitter during one of his news conferences. Fox weather forecaster Dean turns into fierce Cuomo critic 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

The extra commentary will prove useful at any -only pub trivia night — which, let’s be honest, can’t be too far off at this rate. Frozen Sing-Along: Follow the Bouncing Snowflake 2014-01-23T15:35:26Z

The actress and comedian has created a cottage industry of lampooning the Christmas season in an annual show that combines original songs and biting commentary. Encounters : In New York City Christmas Comedy Show, Jackie Hoffman Lampoons Holiday 2013-12-18T23:24:10Z

Oh God ABC please pay @amyschumer whatever she wants to do weekly #bachelorette commentary. ABC Would Hire Amy Schumer for 'The Bachelorette' 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

But the quieter innovation on this album is how, thanks to the more-meditative production, “SremmLife 2” is at times a commentary on and an updating of decades of Southern club rap. Review: ‘SremmLife 2’ by Rae Sremmurd Has Flashes in Its Darkness 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

The commentary is much more polite and thoughtful than the Instagram comments, and it’s a little annoying. On Artists and Audiences at American Realness 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z

For my own part, like Rosenberg, I saw Sansa’s scenes, which drew heavily on the tropes of fairy tales, as fitting within a wider commentary. Game of Thrones walks fine line on rape: how much more can audiences take? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

And that was the end of any commentary. Critic?s Notebook: Bolshoi Theater Gala on Live HD Broadcast 2011-10-29T00:57:28Z

The network said Wednesday that Granholm's show will originate from its San Francisco headquarters and feature commentary by political insiders, opinion leaders and newsmakers. Former Mich. governor to host Current TV talk show 2011-10-12T17:30:09Z

This “surprise” is not a commentary on the quality of Steve McQueen’s ambitious collection of five filmed narratives — but it may surprise some readers that these movies were nominated in this category. ‘I May Destroy You’ Is Shut Out by Golden Globes 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

Aniston's appeal in Hollywood isn't because people look to her for thoughtful commentary. We need to talk about Jennifer Aniston's misguided take on cancel culture 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z

This is cultural commentary at its highest level, a searching examination of the most profound issues of health, identity and the tensions between individual parenting decisions and society. The best in criticism: National Book Critics Circle Award finalists 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

If a viewer reads the series as a commentary angled instead toward the high-ranking officials trapped in the Trump orbit, it still doesn’t hold together. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Featuring new and returning first-generation American comedians, this commentary series about the oddities of American pop culture is back for a second season. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Sam Now’ and ‘Jeopardy! Masters’ 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

His bluesy introduction and slurring instrumental commentary lent a tragicomic note to Mr. Haggard’s boozy 1966 smash, “The Bottle Let Me Down.” Ralph Mooney, Master of the Steel Guitar, Dies at 82 2011-03-27T00:58:42Z

Stone’s methods, which privilege style and cinematic effect over nuance of ideology, flatten the commentary even further by vilifying the media as a whole. Natural Born Killers at 25: the problem with Oliver Stone's hit film 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

Born in Winston-Salem, N.C., he is an astute cultural observer whose humor is informed by his interest in social commentary. Jerrod Carmichael’s Comedy, and Tourism, Call for Reflection 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

You see some of those play out in “Twelve,” but it’s intended more as a commentary, right, another satire? Film: Joel Schumacher on ?Twelve,? Starring 50 Cent 2010-07-23T21:51:00Z

Humor is paramount, and even in the darker moments Moth offers a spirited commentary throughout. Which Kind of Witch Should She Be? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Still, the script contains moments of biting commentary. Philomena Cunk Is Weird Enough to Take on the World 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

In between these lingered-over moments are snippets of cellphone video with anonymous text commentary. One Indelible Scene: the Master Class in Ambiguity in ‘Tár’ 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

The Borg, who first appeared in a 1989 episode of The Next Generation, are typically considered a commentary on fascism and racial cleansing. Why Aliens Are So Important to 'Star Trek' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The DeVoses, Mr. Tadlock noted, “have a bottled water company, and this is a commentary on how water is used as a resource, so this runs contrary to their interests.” How a Quirky Art Prize Tied to the DeVos Family Went Political 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

Of course, the selection of details inevitably provides its own slanted commentary, as Politkovskaya well knew. Review: A Slain Journalist’s Voice Resounds in ‘Intractable Woman’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

His commentary would run regularly for more than a decade. Baxter Black, Who Elevated Cowboy Poetry to Folk Art, Dies at 77 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

After one particular relationship failed, I decided I needed to look inward and make a commentary on my behavior. If you have to ask: “How To Tell You’re a Douchebag” filmmaker on making his Twitter-era rom-com 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

It is contemporary folk music in often gentle tones but with darker social commentary. Whatever happened to music's Jolene, Roxanne and Mrs Jones? 2013-09-04T12:16:03Z

Ron Reagan, known among other reasons for his commentary on Seattle radio station KIRO, might or might not be many things, but judging by the book, he is no sensationalist. 'My Father at 100': Ron Reagan's memories of Ronald Reagan, president and Dad 2011-02-03T20:14:04Z

There's no doubt that without the lilting commentary flitting above and below the surface of things the piece would have been too banal for, um, words. Rewind TV: The Apprentice; The Song of Lunch; The Genius of British Art 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z

Now, like Demna’s ready-to-wear shows — effectively a form of social commentary — his couture has become the equivalent of a blockbuster event: the next stage in fashion’s evolution into pop culture. Blockbusters at Balenciaga and Margiela 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Meta commentary is also at play in the other newcomer to crack the top five, Universal’s “Happy Death Day 2U,” which made around $9.8 million in its first weekend, landing in fifth place. ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Leads a Weak Box Office 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Providing that sort of piquant commentary on racial topics has been Mr. Wilmore’s specialty on “The Daily Show,” though he said it has always been a touchstone of his comedy. Larry Wilmore Is Ready for ‘The Minority Report’ 2014-05-11T21:55:43Z

Each photograph is accompanied by a short commentary by the photographer. Conservation-photo award winners at the Burke: beautiful, brutal, complex 2012-07-13T19:37:03Z

Hole-ridden tweed suits that looked like they'd been devoured by generations of moths opened the show with what seemed like a sly commentary on the French heritage label's amazing staying power. McQueen successor Burton carries on his legacy 2010-10-05T22:09:00Z

DVDs are packed with deleted scenes, out-takes, "making of" documentaries and explanatory commentary. JK Rowling should remember that less means more in the Potterverse 2011-08-20T23:05:38Z

In his new early-morning slot, Ross still will get to do commentary and analysis, says Gardner. Dave Ross to the rescue of KIRO Radio's a.m. drive-time plunge 2013-01-11T04:28:04Z

Last season, the only two likeable Muslim characters were killed by other Muslims, which suggests a subtle, depressing commentary: the United States only kills the bad Muslims. How “Homeland” Helps Justify the War on Terror 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

Much may be familiar to fans, and the players do carry the day; the sports journalists who blandly recite commentary could learn from the athletes’ earthy style. Movie Review: Alex Gibney’s ‘Last Gladiators’ Looks at Hockey’s Tough Guys 2013-01-31T22:42:44Z

Everything here might also be taken as sly commentary on the religion of modernism. Art Review: Carol Bove Sculpture Shows at the High Line and MoMA 2013-07-25T20:55:54Z

It also tapped into a growing market in home video by releasing its collection on laser disc, and later on DVD, with commentaries and other supplemental features. William Becker, Who Transformed Janus Films, Dies at 88 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

“He was both writing a false history, and creating a kind of political and social commentary.” Rip Van Winkle, Newly Awake, Meets His Neighbors Onstage 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

My friends started forwarding links to some of the blog commentaries that followed. Dear Internet: Sorry about that motherhood post 2013-02-03T02:00:00Z

Music and folk-song thread through the piece, not as an ironic counterpoint, but as a simple and often touching commentary on the action. Vincent Dance Theatre – review 2012-11-18T00:06:05Z

For the uninitiated, Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, likes to tweet out big stories with one-word commentary: “Boom,” often with video of a tiny cannon blowing something up. ‘Is this a thing? Is this a . . . boom?’: How Washington copes with the insane Trump-era news cycle 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Moreover, what athletes may lack in verbal facility or introspection can be supplied in the movies by context and commentary. "Senna": Meet the Elvis of racing drivers 2011-08-12T00:30:00Z

If any movie captures what is best about the "X-Men" series — deep characters, well-choreographed fights, convincing special effects, searing social commentary — it is "Logan." The end of an "X-Men" era 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

The puppet's canine mannerisms and pooch-perspective commentary are threaded entertainingly throughout. Enchanting production of 'The Man Who Planted Trees' takes root in Seattle 2011-04-15T19:27:04Z

Tatar’s commentary provides useful, if sometimes obvious, notes about each story, while Nicola Schäffler adds a scholarly appendix on “sources and tale types.” A newly discovered trove of unknown fairy tales: ‘The Turnip Princess’ 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

I have long appreciated Christopher Hawthorne’s insightful, contextualizing commentary on Los Angeles architecture. Readers react: A bittersweet farewell to Larry Wilmore's 'The Nightly Show' 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z

Red button viewers wishing to subject Sir Roger to withering scrutiny of their own can do so with the BBC's innovation, Maestrocam, which presents a continuous shot of the conductor, with explanatory commentary. TV highlights 28/07/11 2011-07-27T20:59:01Z

His goal was to capture the spontaneity of creation while weaving in post-show commentary on what went wrong. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

LaValle brings his signature style to the West: “Monsters can mean a lot of different things,” he has said, including real-world social commentary. 22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Some of Joe’s commentary in the series is taped from jail phone calls; in January 2020, he was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for the Baskin plot and various wildlife violations. Murder, madness and tigers: behind the year's wildest Netflix series 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

Despite the tonier ZIP code, the new work is no less a commentary on social and political issues facing blue-collar communities. Date Farmers' new show at Ace: Blue-collar commentary in Beverly Hills 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Beyond the commentary on hair and bodies and theatricality, Ms. Achugar seems to be after some cathartic ritual experience. Dance Review: Luciana Achugar’s Latest Dance at Abrons Arts Center 2012-05-22T22:02:20Z

Now there is enough Adams, and “Absolute Jest” implies something that’s less a jest and more serious commentary on Beethovenian absolutism. A serious Beethoven in John Adams' latest 'Absolute Jest' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very sad commentary on what people think is important in our country,” Mrs. Clinton said. Catching Up With Hillary Clinton at “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’” 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z

"The Kids in the Hall" took advantage of the Gen X tendency to label everything as inauthentic and pointless by occasionally nestling uncomfortable commentary within their whacked-out scenarios. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

On view in the gallery’s three spaces — clustered conveniently around the intersection of 10th Avenue and West 27th Street — they form a valuable commentary on three artists’ career arcs and the bandwidths of their visions. Three Artists, Three Arcs, One Gallery 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

It is a powerful commentary against gun violence, especially in this era of Black Lives Matter. How "A Love Song for Latasha" disrupts and decolonizes documentary filmmaking about Black trauma 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z

In exchange for this generously offered kindness, both parties will agree to watch “Say Yes to the Dress”together twice a year, with no snide commentary. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Do you take this ‘relationship contract’ for better or worse? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

Working with Ms. Rame, he wrote sketches that introduced a note of gritty realism and biting social commentary to a show previously considered light entertainment. Dario Fo, Nobel-Winning Italian Playwright, Dies at 90 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Bamboozled’s shrewd commentary on the lack of behind-the-scenes diversity in mainstream entertainment is also especially relevant today. Bamboozled: Spike Lee's masterpiece on race in America is as relevant as ever 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Lyrically, the adventurous song is also very characteristic of the Los Angeles band's approach, mixing a deadpan delivery with some subtle commentary. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z

In its 20th year, “South Park” offers a pointed and, surprisingly, still-potent platform for commentary on current events. ‘South Park’: After Two Decades, It’s Still by the Seat of Their Pants 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

It's not impossible that "Happyish" could become a commentary on the narcissism at the heart of Thom's malaise, which would be a much more interesting show. Showtime's 'Happyish' mostly just selfish and smuggish for now 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

There is a stage in the front of the room with three screens on which they project the most exciting matches, with live commentary from an ESPN-style booth a few yards away. A Weekend At The 2014 Pokémon World Championships 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

A series called “Track by Track” features commentary by renowned artists, including Hahn and Ma. Apple’s New App Aims to Make Classical Music More Accessible 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z

A year later, Chicago's Spiteful Brewing put out a new imperial IPA with Key lime to start a "social commentary on ignorance." Trump's mugshot and "Dumb Donald": How beer labels are doubling as political discourse 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z

He knits social commentary with declarations of seductive prowess. Gay Rapper Le1f is Embraced by his World and the Mainstream 2014-05-02T22:56:37Z

Hale admits to combing the Internet for information about the woman, a blogger who, while reading Hale’s book, posted a derisive running commentary to Goodreads, an enormous social networking site for book lovers. Battle of the trolls: Kathleen Hale reveals the war raging between authors and readers 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Does your pointed commentary about the administration’s immigration policy matter if, to understand you’ve commented at all, the American public must intimately know the shopping habits of your grown stepdaughter? Perspective | Is Melania Trump sending coded messages, or are we just talking to ourselves? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Overall, the items offer commentary on Trump’s racially incendiary rhetoric and alleged connections to the Russian government according to a report by the New York Daily News. Pranksters sneak KKK hoods, Putin postcards into racks at Trump Tower gift shop 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

“The show was enough of a comment. It didn’t need additional commentary, in a way.” Donald Byrd’s ‘Minstrel Show’ tackles touchy racial history 2014-02-17T01:42:55Z

When such incidents accrue, then, yes, it’s time for: “You’ve now offered commentary on my hair, diet and height. What’s up?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: During a long vacation, a friend unpacks a lot of insensitive remarks 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

There's enthusiastic live commentary, ribbing from the audience, boi-oi-oing sound effects when bottles are opened and a cute animated cat as a mascot. "Fridge Wars" and "Chef & My Fridge" reflect the leftovers-style cooking we're all doing now 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z

To do so, Birkenmeier, 35, and Brook, 39, pulled lines from game commentary and analysis, and podcasts like “Islanders Anxiety.” Dudes on Ice: A Play About Hockey Tackles Masculinity, Too 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Typically packed with extras — introductions, illustrations, commentary — its reissues are sumptuous examples of bookmaking. Michael Dirda’s Halloween book picks 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

Under the Silver Lake Rated R. If your date tries to explain that it’s actually more of a commentary on how women are treated in movies, spray him with Mace. ‘Under the Silver Lake’ Review: Andrew Garfield Gets Lost in a Haze of Pop-Culture Allusions 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Following are photos from the exhibition catalog, and others, with commentary. ‘Punk: Chaos to Couture’ at the Met’s Costume Institute 2013-04-25T11:55:00Z

What sets the film apart from other variants of the genre are the little details, strewn throughout, that reinforce the narrative’s commentary on colonial and class exploitation. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

It is also a subtle commentary on the representation of the black male body. Glenn Ligon takes apart a Richard Pryor performance 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

This kind of feature, along with online commentary and reviews, is now common for most major radio stations. WBGO Is Giving Jazz a Higher Profile Online 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Of course, this holier-than-thou lecturing at audience members was hardly the shrewd commentary McCain intended for it to be. Meghan McCain’s legacy at “The View” exposes real-life problems with across-the-aisle "friendships" 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z

The collection was a commentary on “what’s happening in America now, with faith and doubt.” Meet the Young Designers Making Catholic-Inspired Fashion 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

The installation “is a commentary about that,” he added. Huang Yong Ping Brings 'Empires' of Globalization to Paris 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

He praised Bulawayo's "moral power and weight", and her "artistry to refrain from moral commentary", saying that she "is a writer who takes delight in language". NoViolet Bulawayo wins 'African Booker' 2011-07-12T11:38:17Z

The redirecting of Trek into a commentary about the nature of terrorism and revenge is an interesting choice, and one that seems at odds with traditional values. Where Are Our Bright Science Fiction Futures? 2013-03-29T14:00:11Z

It’s a sad commentary that a modern woman’s hope for lasting happiness centers on the sentimental 1950s ideal of a “perfect” baby. Book review: ‘The First Bad Man,’ by Miranda July 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

"I realized that there is a lot to explore among the artists' commentary on the political and social moment." Russia's artists enter political fray in elections 2012-03-01T11:36:13Z

Ciccariello-Maher’s tweet and other social media commentary was soon reported by the white nationalist publication Breitbart, which ran an article by Warner Todd Huston referring to the scholar’s Twitter feed as “hateful” and “obnoxious.” Is anti-racist a code word for anti-white? No, but the people behind #WhiteGenocide may think so 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Indeed, there is hateful commentary under some YouTube clips of the Prancing Elites, a baseline of homophobia sandwiched among the upbeat, “Stay fierce!” and other exhortations of encouragement. The Prancing Elites Dance Their Way Up 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

Rogan has a substantial platform –– millions of people follow his podcast and his social media accounts where they are exposed to his commentary. The lost art of not having an opinion on everything 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

With interpretational help from essays and commentaries by Reed Kroloff, Alexandra Lange, and other esteemed writers, 30 Years documents a period in architecture history that was rocked early and often by change. A New Book Showcases Three Decades of New York Architectural League’s Emerging Voices 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z

Tolstoy’s inclusion of expository commentary at the end of some chapters of “War and Peace” is mirrored by Rooney at the beginning of most of hers. Sally Rooney’s Riposte, Ralph Nader’s Candidacy and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

The Mark Twain prize, now in its 14th year, recalls the social commentary and satire of Samuel Clemens, the writer known as Mark Twain. Jack Black, Conan to salute Will Ferrell in DC 2011-09-14T16:34:09Z

With only the trailer to go on, it's an open question whether "Straight Outta Compton" will actually endeavour toward social commentary, and if so, how much. 'Straight Outta Compton' trailer: Music as a weapon in NWA origin tale 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

There's an argument to be made that a smarter class commentary lurks within, perhaps beaten down by the relentless process of studio testing and editing. 'Get Hard's (sort of) loftier intentions 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

I come as a virgin to the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon, having read not a word of E L James’ three bestsellers — ignorant of the voluminous online commentaries, knowing little of the movie adaptation. Review: 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Where's the Wicked Whiplash? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Here, though, he’s a boorish guest on a newscast, providing unhelpful commentary during coverage of a new zombie outbreak. Review: On Crackle, ‘Dead Rising: Watchtower’ Offers Second Helpings to Video Game Fans 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

A fine, but somewhat strained essay near the end of the book attempts to link commentary on Maine, privilege, whiteness and Black Lives Matter. In ‘Vacationland,’ John Hodgman confronts surrealism of adult life 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Ai's commentary signals his growing impatience with the strict terms of his release from 81 days in captivity in late June. Ai Weiwei speaks 2011-08-29T11:04:40Z

There’s plenty of political and social commentary in this satire, which thrums with warnings about how the accumulation of power can go awry. 19 New Books Coming in September 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

“As well as by the very subtle social commentaries in their work.” Photographer Scott Frances unveils new exhibit at Steven Harris Architects 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

While on-screen representation is important, the show’s lack of commentary ignores the substantial imbalance that exists across home-buying populations in the United States. For 20 years, ‘House Hunters’ has been reliable reality TV. For millennials, it feels more like a fantasy. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

Keatley, in his artist’s statement, says “Uniform” is “a commentary on our perception of war and the military, though it addresses the much broader issue of how we judge or draw conclusions about others.” 3 Seattle gallery shows to check out in January 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

Part of the hypnotic appeal of the Peloton instructor monologue is how seamlessly the commentary slips into jargon about cadence and resistance. This Is Your Brain on Peloton 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

The man whose DNA is spread throughout late-night TV returns to the field of regularly scheduled comic commentary with this punnily titled biweekly show. Fall TV 2021: The 31 Shows to Watch 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Even at their most commercial, Mr. Petersen’s films often had undercurrents of political commentary. Wolfgang Petersen, Director of ‘Das Boot,’ Is Dead at 81 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z

Riley called that project commentary on the Bush administration's "war on terror" and the gentrification of the Brooklyn waterfront, where he works as a tattoo artist. Cigar-smuggling pigeons to touch down at New York gallery 2013-10-23T12:06:27Z

In the past, he has used voice-over as commentary and counterpoint, a way of drawing attention between what is seen and what is felt or thought. Review: ‘Voyage of Time,’ the Cosmology of Terrence Malick (the Short Version) 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Two neon signs deliver social commentary — “I Belong Here” is exploding, as if in an artillery barrage, while “Us, We, Them” interprets tribalism as a Venn diagram. Artist Tavares Strachan’s show at Frye packed with subversive drama 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

It also kicked off the modern zombie film genre, and did so with social commentary — about race and violence, most notably — in its blood. 5 George Romero Films to Remember 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z

I realize that feeling like the bad guy is the price you’ve paid, but that role belongs to the person who thinks 20 years of uninvited commentary on another person’s body is even remotely appropriate. Carolyn Hax: Fed up with mother-in-law’s harping about weight

He said he soon grew to appreciate that the retro setting slyly and silently informed the story, rather than serving as a subject of commentary. Film: Growing Older Isn?t the Same as Growing Up 2011-02-20T02:01:26Z

And of course this is a commentary on now. "Veep" creator on trading the Oval Office for lawless space in HBO's wacky comedy "Avenue 5" 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

The Springsteen songs are connected to Sandicot and the “bad guys” who kick the less fortunate around, but the Dylan seems more mood piece than commentary. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 9: Dollar Dollar Bill, Y’All 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

He added that songs like "Mics, Lights, Camera, Action" offer more political commentary than he's used to, while the piano-driven "Lemme Get 2" has an inspirational message about life on the road. Redman drops new album 2010-12-08T03:54:00Z

But Kushner, who offers commentary in the film, draws a sharp distinction between Cohn and his most notable client. Roy Cohn Got Her Grandparents Executed. She Made a Film About Him. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Many French feminists do see the film as an incisive commentary. ‘Oppressed Majority’ Provokes Debate on Internet 2014-04-06T20:46:31Z

“Putty Hill” doesn’t strive for overt social commentary. | 'Putty Hill': Drugs, Death and Downward Mobility in Baltimore 2011-02-17T23:38:30Z

Meanwhile, in parallel, Earn spends a long day in jail, a sequence that manages to serve as both social commentary and absurd entertainment. As real as a dream 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Their fees are low, they provide wonderful commentary and they pick you up. Cornwall’s stunning countryside holds everything from Iron Age wonders to Land’s End 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

In “Obama’s Wars,” Mr. Woodward, as usual, eschews analysis and commentary. Books of The Times: Afghanistan as Obama and Others Game It 2010-09-22T22:53:00Z

Is it a commentary on misogyny or just plain misogyny? In a new series, TCM takes a look at ‘problematic’ classics 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

At times he resembled a kindly professor; at others a standup comic, with hilarious commentary on bad singing and playing, complete with impersonations, often rendered in falsetto. Critic?s Notebook: More Drama for an Opera, Not All of It From the Singers 2011-04-14T22:02:56Z

And there are many commentaries, seasoned Sherpas, to help you over the rougher terrain. Why We Are No Longer Shocked by “Ulysses” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

I wonder how she would like uninvited commentary about her own wardrobe? Perspective | Ask Amy: Long-distance relationship drifts into friend zone 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

Each of the series’s eight one-hour programs will feature several pieces, with demonstrations and commentary. All-Star Orchestra Records Series for WNET 2012-08-31T21:48:03Z

Last year he reviewed more than 300 films even as his disease returned and worsened, and that’s without counting all the impromptu political commentary, health updates and Twitter debates. RIP Roger Ebert: Movie criticism’s Great Communicator 2013-04-05T01:10:00Z

But he does dispense a little commentary as well. In the galleries: Art history slapstick 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

With “The Handmaid’s Tale” and its commentary on reproductive rights having reentered the zeitgeist so prominently, the confluence of these two women together onstage was a highlight. The PEN Center USA awards keyed into a cultural moment 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

Cleese's foray into digital art and currency is being done with a wink; it's a kind of commentary on the current NFT frenzy that has infiltrated the worlds of traditional art and music. What is an NFT, and why does John Cleese want to sell you his for $69.3 million? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

But it’s actually a far more subtle commentary on the death of the black male romantic lead, a reminder of the limited options for black actors on television. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and Lack of Black Male Leads 2013-01-14T23:20:39Z

One of the reasons you became well known was because of your commentary on the 2012 election, which was funny and vulgar at times, but at others very serious. Insurance companies “will happily kill people for profit”: Rob Delaney on the UK’s “empirically better” healthcare, Bernie Sanders and parenting through the filth and joy 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

This season’s commentary on race has been hit or miss, but producers arguing over how best to use a black man that they’ve harmed for their profit without even asking him is nicely pointed. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Episode 4: ‘We Made All of This Happen’ 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

It was more a commentary on President Trump’s poor leadership than an endorsement of Pence, but still — “It was pretty blunt,” she says. So, while we’re waiting . . . will Mike Pence ever be president? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

It was nice that Annoyed didn’t respond to his all-family commentary in real time. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Son’s father-in-law called your covid advice ‘sanctimonious.’ How to respond? 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

In the 20th century, commentary became less about the lyrics than about the performance. Is the National Anthem Racist? Beyond the Debate Over Colin Kaepernick. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

The verses of the Gita are traditionally accompanied by commentaries. In ‘Godsong,’ a New Poem That’s 2,000 Years Old 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

This twist on the nature doc takes a peek into the lives of some of the earth's coolest animals, with commentary provided by a cast of quirky critters and Mother Nature herself. What's new on Netflix in April, from "Kim's Convenience" to "#blackAF" 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

His presence in documentaries and on video commentaries about movies, his own and those of others, can seem as ubiquitous as that of film critic and historian Richard Schickel. 'Conversations with Scorsese' well worth a listen 2011-03-09T12:39:10Z

The comedian's commentary during the Olympic Games has kept us entertained and well-informed on everything from the individual events to the worldwide competitors of the season. What's keeping NBC from rehiring Leslie Jones for its Olympics commentary? 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

Adding a degree of difficulty, “The Last Tycoon” will serve as a vehicle for commentary about modern-day Hollywood and America as a whole. Amazon Tackles Hollywood’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Obsession 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

The stand-up comic and host of TV’s “Real Time” isn’t afraid to offend anyone — and usually does — with his irreverent commentaries and impatient “new rules.” A&E highlights: a fun-filled parade in Fremont, floating homes at MOHAI and festive times in Puyallup 2013-06-12T22:32:56Z

The looser and more languid look also seems a commentary on shoppers' collective state of mind, too. Length breezes into spring styles 2011-03-16T17:40:00Z

How many films can you loudly accompany with a running commentary on their failure to pass the Bechdel test before your family and friends refuse to accompany you to the cinema again? How to have a feminist wedding 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

“Whatever was happening with commentary, that stood apart. That changed in this case.” A defining image: Rittenhouse nearly crumbles out of picture 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

He won the Pulitzer for commentary for his Post columns in 1987, just a few years after he made the unusual transition from being a practicing psychiatrist to writing columns. Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer-winning columnist, reveals terminal illness: ‘My fight is over.’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Brian d’Arcy James, meanwhile, makes a smashing impression as the musical’s royal foil, England’s King George III, delivering in “You’ll Be Back” a hilariously cynical commentary on the upstart antics of his rebellious Colonial subjects. History as you’ve never heard it before 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

When you’re writing, you get to make a little bit of snide commentary. Her mom directed some of the best rom-coms of all time. Now she’s made one of her own. 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

The humor and the commentary come from the juxtaposition.” Possessed: The Director Alex Timbers at Home 2012-06-09T00:10:40Z

It’s a classic high-concept sketch that’s stuffed with good jokes and a layer of commentary on our cultural obsession with Trump over everything. Saturday Night Live: the 10 funniest skits of the biggest season ever 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

We all loved this commentary and came to refer to it as the revenge of the mad indexer. Reviewer Bias, Imperial Tongues and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

I said hello, and he responded with a torrent of commentary. In the Bay Area, the Grateful Dead will live — and twirl — forever 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

While the thrust of the story was action, action, action, there was some social commentary, too. Comics: 'Cowboys and Aliens' ? a tale about concept 2011-07-27T17:48:45Z

I incorporated a lot of critical impulses, cultural commentary — even things like liner notes crept into the voice of the book. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

On-the-spot commentary about the events of the day will be a key element of Wilmore's show. TCA 2015: Larry Wilmore launches on a special holiday 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

I’ve read commentary where Miles said — about other movies that he’d seen about artists that were made in that way — he’s had very ‘Miles Davis’ things to say about them, meaning, not kind. In portraying jazzman Miles Davis, Don Cheadle took his cues from his subject 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Their walks through the streets, attempts to find jobs and search for makeshift lodging give Onuzo an opportunity to provide colorful commentary on the city. Going AWOL in Africa’s Largest City 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

“Because of our limited space, that sort of commentary became the narrow trench that Larry would occupy,” Mr. Stewart said. Larry Wilmore Is Ready for ‘The Minority Report’ 2014-05-11T21:55:43Z

On the other, it offers a commentary on the uselessness of theory in the real world, where actions speak louder than thought. T. Geronimo Johnson brings culture clash to 'Welcome to Braggsville' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

And in his last years he maintained an active Twitter account, which he used primarily for political commentary. Carl Reiner, Multifaceted Master of Comedy, Is Dead at 98 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

And, for the last two decades, I have been working on commentaries of the Schubert songs and their poets. Schubert: lieder of the pack 2011-03-10T22:43:00Z

Here is what I will say about the second section of “Trust Exercise,” which becomes a metafictional commentary on all that has gone before. For the Performing Arts Students in This Novel, Drama Is a Way of Life 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

Both are animated family fare that try to offer clever commentary about the Internet and are rife with meta-humor, pop culture references and product placement. Top 10 blockbuster movies of 2018: Ranking the year's major action films and franchise behemoths 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

It's a work full of ironic cumbia, rockabilly and tropical-tronica tunes, with a straightforward commentary on the zeitgeist of our beautiful but convulsive country. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z

They almost always offer a few words of commentary as they pivot between stories. Lonnae O’Neal: Dear President Boren, thank you for your outrage and action 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

She dots painful historical scenes with commentary — “drives me bonkers,” “I want to throttle the immigration officers,” “I am grieving” — after these moments have already spoken plainly. ‘Mott Street’ Chronicles 4 Generations of Chinese American Life 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

His book is also, crucially, a running and sometimes acid commentary on Mr. Obama and what Mr. Kennedy refers to as “the Obama enigma.” Books of The Times: One Nation, Still Divisible by Race 2011-08-11T22:00:15Z

Rocca thought it would make a good commentary for “Sunday Morning” and connected Burbank with his bosses. ‘I’m like a cold sore’: Luke Burbank brings ‘Live Wire!’ back to Seattle 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Once you've heard this commentary it's almost impossible to watch the film without immediately viewing it again with it on. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z

And to the musical partners who performed with George at the keyboard, the listeners inspired by his lectures, and the radio audiences who followed his zesty interviews and commentary on KING-FM's "Live, By George" show. Tribute: George Shangrow, a roaring presence on Seattle's classical-music scene 2010-08-07T00:21:00Z

I don't, for example, I don't do a lot of social, I mean political commentary. Comedian Jeff Garlin isn't afraid of political correctness 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

The idea of art commentary as a desert-island enterprise seems more cynical than romantic, possibly an artist’s fantasy of revenge against his critics. Art In Review: CHRISTIAN JANKOWSKI: ‘Discourse News’ 2012-07-19T21:34:43Z

Jon Dieringer is a filmmaker, independent curator and the editor and publisher of Screen Slate, a daily online resource for listings and commentary of New York City repertory film and independent media. 20,000 Days on Earth: Nick Cave “Documentary” at Sundance 2014-01-16T21:24:10Z

The Internet allowed us to cancel our dead-tree subscriptions — how did we ever wait 24 hours between doses? — and get news and commentary on an hourly IV drip. Sidewire: The chatter site for political junkies who haven’t already maxed out 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

They sound inspired by advertising slogans, old pop songs, witness depositions, soccer commentary. Mark E. Smith Shows His Staying Power 2010-04-30T19:55:00Z

Are they more or less active than fans of “South Park,” which he extols as an exemplar of cutting political commentary despite its tired libertarian rants in its 16th season? Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z

In the surprise opening segment, Obama read the remarks that were supposedly prepared for Colbert while flippant commentary appeared on the screen next to him, drawing howls from the audience. Tongue in cheek, Obama displaces comedian Colbert on popular show 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

“Ninth Avenue El” from 1935 reaches back to Neel’s distinctive Social Realism, combining beauty and political commentary. It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z

Even The New York Times, on its opinion pages, posted some critical commentary titled “The Risks of Jay Z’s New Venture.” Jay Z's Media Orchestration 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

In short, he’s a veritable geyser of awful commentary. 2013: The worst tweets of the year 2013-12-27T15:30:00Z

Everything else is not just commentary, but worse: superstition, gossip, theory, aesthetics — the very antithesis of real scholarship. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z

Such provocative montages mocked newspaper headlines and formed an off-beat commentary on local and international news. Keith Haring, the Political Line – review 2013-05-14T13:01:35Z

Olbermann’s impending departure follows a THR report on July 1 detailing the anchor’s “commentary” in his segments as a point of contention in his contract negotiation with the network. Keith Olbermann Is Leaving ESPN Again 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

While the production had recently completed principal photography, Williams had finished the narration and on-camera commentary for only three of the six episodes. For Michael K. Williams, a Legacy Interrupted 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

If ever there was a time for sense-making, for judicious and informed commentary, then this was it. Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011-08-20T23:06:06Z

“I wish the bickering would stop,” he said, referring to commentary by pundits. Polls show Americans distrust the media. But talk to them, and it’s a very different story. 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

The singer and actor performed for an enthusiastically supportive standing-room crowd, and offered emotional commentary in interludes between songs. From hate crime to hoax? How Jussie Smollett's strange story unravelled 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

"The billboard is a place where the artists' work is in residence," Ace partner Sawdon says, adding that artists were selected based on their ability to provide commentary on contemporary Los Angeles. Ace Hotel joins growing billboard art movement in a big way 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

This is a comically dark coming-of-age story about growing up on the South Side of Chicago, but it’s also social commentary at its finest, woven seamlessly into the work, never self-righteous or preachy. A Comic Coming-of-Age Novel Laced With Social Commentary 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Their commentary wraps around film showing the Yolgnu people dancing the stories Gurrumul's songs describe; toddlers and children learning from elders. Gurrumul at Vivid Live 2013 – review 2013-05-29T00:41:49Z

A work of serious fiction about slavery that is also a timely commentary on being black in America, the book also landed on President Obama's reading list. Oprah ramps up 2016 book club with second pick in two months: 'Love Warrior' by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

He related this as a sad commentary on American ignorance of Africa—and also as an example of how he could use stories to his advantage. Joel Embiid and the Narrative of the N.B.A. Playoffs 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

Along the way you'll pass some of the places that inspired their music, such as Strawberry Field and Penny Lane, accompanied by lively, knowledgeable commentary and tunes at apposite moments. Five Reasons to Visit Liverpool 2012-10-21T15:00:00Z

Through interviews and commentary, Mr. Reich examines the state of the United States economy. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Crooked House’ and ‘Who Killed Tupac?’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

Over time, its films have evolved to enter the realm of social commentary, drawing ire from across the political spectrum. Trailing Michel Houellebecq From the Bedroom to the Courtroom 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

He laid a huge one right after Chad and Cheryl finished their dance, perhaps the most concise commentary on how the judges felt about the whole thing. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Bad music edition 2010-05-11T12:12:00Z

The book blended photographs of the daily lives of Palestinians dispersed across the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon with commentary by Said. The Restless, Eclectic and Contradictory Passions of Edward Said 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Professor Janet Seeley from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who wrote a commentary in the Lancet on the study, said that many older people did not think they were running a risk. HIV rates climbing among over-50s in UK and Europe, researchers warn 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Lennon adds in a sardonic reprise of “She Loves You,” as McCartney returns with “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window,” his thinly veiled commentary on the advent of Ono. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

And the telling of that history, along with commentary and reinterpretation, becomes an aspect of the religion itself. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z

In any event, “Right to Be Forgotten” comes across as a lackluster commentary on the tale of a victimizer whom the Web appears to have turned into a victim. Review | A new play asks: Should the Internet let you erase your past bad acts? 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

To her, the buttons constitute an art project: a commentary on time and money, and a statement that people are not defined by their incomes. An Artist and Met Museum Guard Whose New Work Is About Pay: Her Own 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z

A Fox spokeswoman declined to comment directly on any prime-time commentary but mentioned recent segments that “show the network’s attention to all sides of this story from a news and opinion perspective.” Fox News hosts go mum on the covid-19 drug they spent weeks promoting 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Just the other night, Zimmern says, people were hating on a particular post on his Twitter feed, a timeline generally filled with progressive thought and commentary. Andrew Zimmern moves from entertainer to advocate on his new MSNBC food show 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

“Like Mark Twain, Jay Leno has offered us a lifetime’s worth of humorous commentary on American daily life,” said Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein, in the announcement. Jay Leno to receive Mark Twain prize for American humor 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

In all, the film, which combined drama, dark comedy, horror and social commentary, won four Oscars, the most of the evening, in what amounted to a historic upset of the Hollywood elite. ‘Parasite’ makes Oscars history as the first foreign-language film to win best picture 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

“She’s not going to be strapped behind a desk, doing commentary on the news,” he said. Samantha Bee Prepares to Break Up Late-Night TV’s Boys Club 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Following is a tally of the readers’ top 3 choices with commentary from Mr. Jean on each. ArtsBeat: Smiles for a Summer Movies Cover 2012-05-02T18:21:26Z

And in cases in which a production can place its focus squarely on the musical’s emotionality, rather than on its penchant for sardonic commentary, the show becomes child’s play in the optimal sense. Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale musical for grown-ups . . . 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

On other tracks, he engages in more overt social commentary. Behind Bad Bunny’s Summery Surprise, ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

In case you’re counting, which every live tweeter is, #HowToGetAwayWithMurder is a whopping 23 characters long — leaving significantly less room for commentary. How to Get Away With Hashtags 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

The most radical commentary, though, is inside the cyclorama itself. A Victory for the Civil War ‘Cyclorama’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

Part horror novel, part social commentary, Jones’s book follows a group of Native American friends haunted — literally — by killing a pregnant elk years earlier. The top audiobooks of the last year, according to our readers 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

The “I” of this commentary is Dr. Bressinger, Eddie’s friend and colleague, from whose perspective emerges frankly impossible knowledge of his fellow protagonists’ lives. Review | In the story of a mass shooting, ‘Bloomland’ reveals the bloody tapestry of a beleaguered nation 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

What social and political commentary is "Game of Thrones" offering there? "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

In works published over a 50-year career, Fussell wrote memoir, literary criticism, social commentary and standard English Department fare on topics such as English literature and poetic theory. Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88 2012-05-24T01:58:08Z

Instead, the series delivered a weekly commentary on the cultural shifts in American society. 'Mad Men' stars remember biggest bombshells hurled at them on series 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

For more arcane references, footnotes can only add to the pungency of the humour and the social commentary. Poem of the week: Twenty-eight and Twenty-Nine by Winthrop Mackforth Praed 2011-01-04T10:56:26Z

So when you hear Suli Breaks or Dizraeli, they are performing work which is topical and true social commentary, and very attractive to the younger people of the Peterborough schools we work with. Arts head: Sara Blair-Manning, the John Clare Trust and Cottage 2013-05-07T10:45:32Z

Contrary to what has been written about anonymity, the identities of at least 168 sitters have been revealed in various interviews, commentaries and published information. Lucian Freud obituary 2011-07-21T21:08:42Z

Mrs. Romney wore a textured pink dress, and a shawl that was derided in online commentary as looking like a rug, the designers of which did not immediately step forward to claim credit. On the Runway Blog: Parsing the Pink at the Presidential Debates 2012-10-17T14:53:13Z

Mark Volpe, the Boston Symphony’s president and chief executive officer, drew an analogy with the sports world, whose fans watch not only the games themselves, but also hours of pregame and postgame commentary. After Decades of Music, Tanglewood Talks 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Scheer, Raphael and Mantzoukas are such a winsome trio that the commentary doesn’t come off as negative; even when they discuss true duds like “Speed 2: Cruise Control,” their palpable love of movies shines through. 7 Podcasts for the Movie Buff 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Rather than acting as a mere underscore, the orchestra supplies a witty musical commentary that is always perceptive and sometimes very funny – when Titania asks "what angel wakes me from my flowery bed?" Hallé/Stenz – review 2013-03-01T17:09:36Z

Mr. Colbert ran through the speech’s key moments, offering some caustic commentary. Stephen Colbert Goes Live to Dissect Trump’s Address 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Part of his golden-child persona, to judge from some online commentary, is that he is a rich kid who always had it easy. David Henry Hwang, the Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk 2012-11-10T14:39:45Z

CNN recently broadcast a commentary in which Turner says the pipeline shouldn't be built. CNN founder Turner opposed to Keystone XL line 2012-02-25T18:04:10Z

Instead it offers hardheaded commentary about the rigors of a dancer’s life and how everyone who chooses a dance career is aware of its brevity. | 'Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq': The Unusual Story of Tanaquil Le Clercq, Artist and Muse 2014-02-04T22:33:11Z

The wording is playful and descriptive, and Sugar’s commentary injects humor. 3 Illustrated Novels With Animal Magnetism 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

Though the events of the movie feel bound by history, its commentary provides insight into how America still struggles with race. BlacKkKlansman: the grim topicality of Spike Lee's 70s-set KKK film 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

Bee's commentary is pegged to her sense of morality and justice only. How did Sam Bee’s “Full Frontal” find its brilliant voice? By amplifying the unheard 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

The result is a shallow commentary on how an artist’s talent can be subsumed by the desire for fame and fortune. ‘The Devil’s Violinist,’ a Niccolò Paganini Biopic 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

We talked to Henson about her career and her new movie’s commentary on society, after having previously chatting with the District native about her hometown ties. Taraji P. Henson on Jussie Smollett, ‘What Men Want’ and the presidential election 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

The commentary here is a spot-on description of western imperialism and its violence and greed. Netflix's Tokyo-set action flick "Kate" tries to critique imperialism while ultimately relying on it 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

In a rare public statement, delivered on Instagram, the rapper, who is biracial, said that his poses in blackface were a commentary on race from his days as a young actor. Drake Addresses Blackface Photo Used for Pusha-T Cover Art 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

The only major oversight involves the complete absence of commentary on the economic intolerance toward autistic traits that many people face, save for one casual aside during a group therapy scene. Watching “Atypical” with autism: Still flawed, but season 2 shows growth 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z

But his sharpest social commentary is filtered through a personal prism. Jaboukie Young-White: A Comic Prodigy With a Veteran’s Killer Moves 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

The novel is funny and sad at the same time, with thoughtful commentary about the way we affect others unknowingly. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

This spurred Mr. Innaurato to rework “Doubtless,” taking out what he called “the tap-dancing” and adding much of the political and religious commentary. Albert Innaurato Returns to the Stage With ‘Doubtless’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Mendelsohn is a trained classicist, and as he notes, one of the ancient Greek words for “digression” doubles as the language’s term for scholarly commentary. Celebrating Strange Faces, Gorgeous Sentences and Circular Prose 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

So you would think that some of that language and sacrilegious commentary would perhaps color some theater critics' opinions of the show. Will "The Book of Mormon" save Broadway's soul? 2011-03-25T14:26:00Z

Joan Jett agrees with Blase – and also believes the culture of instant judgment and commentary that thrives on the internet could make female musicians temper their anger. What happened to angry female music stars? 2010-03-25T22:30:00Z

This physical and mental absence, however, does not prevent Dottie from providing an acerbic running commentary. Review: In ‘The Mother of Invention,’ Middle-Aged and Not at Peace With Mom 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Bridget Jones’s Baby” is aimed at women who have grown tired of all that subversion and commentary, particularly as it applies to their romantic narratives. Bridget Jones Abandons Irony 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

As the volume of available facts declines, the void has been filled with an explosion of commentary. How breaking news got panelized: On cable, journalists and pundits increasingly share space. 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

You won’t hear those reactions to the infamous opening narration of “Love Story” on any DVD commentary track. Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z

So he slashed the number of contributors to four, leaving his own commentary on the cutting-room floor. A Thoughtful New Translation of the Haggadah 2012-03-09T22:54:09Z

In “Dog,” their bond has been expanded as a commentary on the post-war life of veterans. Channing Tatum on ‘Dog,’ ‘Magic Mike,’ Marvel and his hiatus 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

He did not appear in person on the show Wednesday, but he provided commentary by phone including pre-recorded segments for portions of the program. Alex Jones fails to show again at Sandy Hook suit deposition 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

He shared on the DVD’s commentary track that he once said on set, “Hold my cigarette and my can of Coke, I have to go die.” The Best Thanksgiving Movies to Stream 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

And it is equally ridiculous for her to say that comparing an Iranian-born woman to an ape was meant as “a commentary on Iran.” Roseanne Barr suggests she was fired by ABC because she is Jewish and supports Israel 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

His irreverent Pop-inflected style pitted the history of painting against an unsettling, sometimes politically incorrect commentary on race in America. Best Art of 2022 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

"His biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary," the board said. The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners 2010-04-12T22:55:00Z

It analyzes their role as a canvas for political commentary and projection, as well as the increasingly ferocious global design and innovation arms race between competing brands. The Art of the Sneaker 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

The film’s title is a pun on the Italian word for the holy grail, a commentary on the difficult lives of those living on the outskirts of the Italian capital. ArtsBeat: Italian Documentary Takes Top Prize at Venice Film Festival 2013-09-09T19:20:55Z

She knows their power but their limitations, too, and this girds her subtle and insightful commentary. A Doctor Argues That Her Profession Needs to Slow Down, Stat 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

The accounts are interwoven with Beradt’s sharp, unembellished commentary, which is deepened by her own experience of Nazism and emigration. How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Their comments followed recent extensive U.S. media commentary on the trial and acquittal in Florida of Casey Anthony on charges of killing her two year-old daughter. Jackson doctor trial judge cool to jury sequestration 2011-07-20T21:46:21Z

Some interpretations consider this a commentary on the link between art and consumerism, emphasizing the ordinary quality of the everyday object. ‘Good soup is one of the prime ingredients of good living’: a (condensed) history of soup 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z

For the last five months, Dudes From Views has been collecting images of men culled from Google Street View, with some concise commentary: “Smooth Ukranian”; “Triceps and biceps on Christopher Street.” 50 shades of Shutterstock 2012-05-29T01:00:00Z

If ever there was a news media organization that needs a jolt of energy, it’s Breitbart News, the far-right news and commentary platform guided to prominence by Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist. Breitbart looks for a revival. It may come through war with White House advisers. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

“It’s sort of social commentary, really. The best genre fiction always is.” Review: In ‘Inanimate,’ a Forbidden Love Dares to Speak Its Name 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

In 1957 he joined Tonight and from then on insisted on seeing the footage first, then writing his own commentary. Alan Whicker, globetrotting TV presenter, dies aged 87 2013-07-12T14:56:37Z

The show featured satirical and profane segments and skits, often laced with cutting social commentary and cautionary messages. Seattle hip-hop artist Freddy E dies of apparently self-inflicted shot 2013-01-07T14:27:32Z

That commentary, though, has always been cut with a absurdist twist, whether they’re clad in electric-yellow jumpsuits, matching silver blazers or, of course, those iconic flowerpot hats. Dressed for Success: 7 Bands in Uniform 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z

Vinyl appropriates panels from the comics and replaces the dialogue with brief commentaries on Trump, some of them taken from the Clash’s lyrics. Review | In the galleries: Ghostly presences at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

The special — hosted by comedian-actor Affion Crockett — will feature interviews with the cast, original directors, special musical performances and behind-the-scenes commentary of the show’s influence. ‘Martin’ cast reunites to tape 30th anniversary special 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

So this year's Emmys seem ripe for political commentary, especially with Stephen Colbert at the helm. Everything You Need to Know About the 2017 Emmy Awards 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

His evocative commentary provides in-depth context on the demise of places that once helped to define a community’s identity. Matthew Christopher puts America's abandoned buildings in sharp focus 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

Also woven throughout the meat and potatoes man narrative is commentary about sustenance and strength. From country music to "Kevin Can F**k Himself," the politics of pop culture's meat and potatoes man 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

The film’s subversive commentary on casual cruelty and the misogynistic power dynamics that drive the high school caste system provide an abundance of opportunities for discussion. We need to talk about “13 Reasons Why”: The timeless case for getting into uncomfortable conversations about teen crises as seen on TV…and in movies 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

All of my ballets are commentaries on ballets. 'He's turning traditional dance on its head': Why S.F., Houston and Seattle troupes are in L.A. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

No sooner are we gripped by a character’s imminent capture than the action is paused for commentary. ‘The Invisibles’ Review: On the Run and in Plain Sight in World War II 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

Because it is possible to think of the Internet itself, in all its incomprehensible vastness, as an exponentially ramifying network of commentary and metacommentary. It’s Comments All the Way Down 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

He meant it as a commentary on her delightfully skewed sensibility. Beryl Bainbridge: The writer who used tragedy as an entry point into farce 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

I replied politely only for the benefit of my daughters; inside, her unsolicited commentary had me seething. Motherlode Blog: I Hate Being Called a Good Dad 2012-11-09T16:57:12Z

For what it's worth, the B plot in this episode also works particularly well as social commentary. “South Park” apologizes to Al Gore and admits it was wrong about global warming 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

The artist melts plastic found objects so as to manipulate them into 3-D collages that fuse formal invention with social commentary. Review | In the galleries: An ambitious collage of works by regional photographers 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

And while “Speed” shouldn’t get much credit for social commentary, note that in this post-1992 riots production, multiple passengers regard the L.A.P.D. warily. My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Silver said he assembled the film with a minimum of implicit director commentary as a means of testing audiences'  level of identification with the defendant. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

But here was a quirky and intriguing compositional voice, a score full of pungent harmonic writing and elusive orchestral commentary on the action. Critic?s Notebook: A Blizzard This Summer at Glimmerglass 2011-08-02T16:06:03Z

The goopiness and familiarity of Charlie and Gab learning and growing by trading valuable lessons is balanced by a bit of tart commentary on child-rearing and on ripening into middle age. With “Turn Up Charlie,” Idris Elba Makes a Charming Foray Into Sitcoms 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Nearly a quarter century ago, I wrote a commentary for Opera News warning that Gergiev, having turned 40, had to slow down. Russia's secret weapon? Valery Gergiev and the rapturous music of the Mariinsky Orchestra 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z

The accompanying article is titled “Beyoncé in Her Own Words” — not a profile, but a collection of brief, only-occasionally-revealing commentaries on a range of topics: motherhood and family, body acceptance, touring. R.I.P., the Celebrity Profile 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

What sort of commentary is the movie making? Jeff Bridges Muses on Guns, Trump and Adoration for the Dude 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z

It’s difficult to create a distinct narrative, but I think it’s both a travelogue and social commentary, perhaps about infrastructure. Decoding Robert Rauschenberg 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

But imagine a much slacker “Magic Mike,” without the fun or the social commentary. Review: ‘Lucha Mexico’ Offers a Repetitive Look at Pro Wrestlers 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

She also added a touch of social commentary. Tradition meets modernity at Nigeria fashion show 2011-03-13T16:16:04Z

A teary, visibly shaken Behnaz repeatedly watches the video as Jafar drives, offering a running commentary on it. ‘3 Faces’ Review: On the Road in Iran (and Off It, Too) 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

It's a lightweight commentary on fleeting fame, and the gimmick quickly wears thin. Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love 2012-06-19T19:16:05Z

Some pay as much as $400 to have their comments highlighted and pinned to the top of the chat — the more you pay, the longer your commentary lords over the proceedings. TikTok’s Amber Heard Hate Machine 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Special features: New and old interviews, a scholarly commentary track and Welles’ essay-film “Filming ‘Othello’” New on Blu-ray and VOD: 'Baby Driver' and final season of 'The Leftovers' 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

She returned again and again to the commentary about her appearance and perceived limitations, focusing primarily on the nasty remarks because she “didn’t believe” the positive ones, she said. In ‘The Last of Us,’ Bella Ramsey Might Save the World 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

There is commentary on how the “slinky brunette” “maintains her lithe figure” and the cost of her “emerald green suede high heels.” British politician shuts down sexist questions about her weight with the best answer ever 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Jackson is interviewed extensively, but largely provides play-by-play, rarely color commentary. In a New Documentary, Janet Jackson Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z

The Times Square fountain is its own social commentary but it doubles as a gift. Acrylic Nails Get the Fine Art Treatment 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Many of his commentaries appear online, taped on the plaza outside of Fox’s Manhattan headquarters. Fox legal analyst Napolitano emerges as Trump critic 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Whicker's World, a combination of travelogue and social commentary, was one of the longest-running series in British television history. Alan Whicker dies aged 87 2013-07-12T12:06:38Z

He’s always allowed himself to come across as wide-eyed, mystified, and curious during his interviews; in so doing, he has elicited unusually insightful commentary from his interlocutors. The Critic Who Convinced Me That Criticism Could Be Art 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

In two years, traveling to the Miltons over and over — nine visits to North Carolina alone — they interviewed more than 130 people, collecting dozens of hours of commentary. Lisa D’Amour Juggles ‘Airline Highway’ and ‘Milton,’ a Tale of Five Towns 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

The artists have added temporary color splashes and social commentary to Rococo knickknack shelves and Colonial dining tables for an exhibition, “Playing House,” that opens on Friday. Antiques: Antiques: ?Playing House? Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum 2012-02-23T23:23:42Z

Though the actor ably creates two distinct people, neither part is entirely convincing in this stuck-in-neutral feature, which combines a vague commentary on Italian politics with a vague portrayal of middle-aged awakening. 'Viva' could use more verve in the story department 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

She dismissed the case, explaining that Carlson’s commentary qualified as “rhetorical hyperbole” and “opinion commentary” and was therefore “not actionable as defamation.” "Do they not realize I like to fight?" The 6 most revealing details from "Network of Lies" 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z

A flashback to Jack’s battle trauma adds a modicum of social commentary. Review: In ‘Camera Obscura,’ Murder in His Viewfinder 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

In the late-night realm, there is only so much topical humor and commentary that viewers can absorb and share. Larry Wilmore’s ‘Nightly Show’ died of antiviral causes 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

It’s an edgy cultural commentary, delivered by writers who aren’t camera shy. For Center Stage artistic director, a big debut online with ‘My America’

This commentary retains considerable value whether you’re a film studies or film production maven, and offers some diverting anecdotes as well. A Robot Romance on Amazon, American Indies and a ‘Taxi Driver’ Commentary 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

The commentary, from film historians and a large group of middle-aged and older veterans of the business, can be obvious and repetitive. | 'American Grindhouse': Exploitation 101 2011-02-04T01:23:01Z

The industry’s layoffs elicited self-reflection and funereal commentary among journalists, as well as cheering and derision from those who mistrust the mainstream press, including President Trump. ‘The salad days are over’: As the going gets tough, digital news may have to join to thrive 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

You may realise that somewhere inside the scenes of heavily armed Californian households and polite British bobbies and machine-gun-equipped-cars and deer in armour plating is a commentary on gun control, or you may not. Comedy gold: Robin Williams's A Night at the Met 2012-12-06T15:15:00Z

All of which is rich, even fawning, praise, but not exactly the same as some of the scorched-earth commentary that Grisham has offered lately. What kind of White House press secretary calls her boss’s critics human scum? Stephanie Grisham. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

U.K. viewers will tune in, too — but with sarcastic commentary, guilty pleasure at all the cheesy Euro-pop, and the suspicion Britain is not going to emerge on top. No kitsch please, we're British: UK torn on glam Eurovision 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

He quoted the baffling commentary of art “experts” and showed auctions at which prices soared into the millions. Morley Safer, longest-serving correspondent for CBS’s ‘60 Minutes,’ dies at 84 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Her lack of talking about intersectional feminism brought criticism and commentary, and Patricia responds in a new guest column at the Hollywood Reporter.  Patricia Arquette urges action on the gender pay gap with an inclusive call-to-arms: “It was never about only actresses or white women to me” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

And just yesterday tech writer at Business Insider tweeted this disgusting bit of commentary on a husband murdering his wife: “We are tired of pretending this stuff doesn’t happen”: Women speak out against sexism in tech 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

His stated desire was quickly greeted with the expected “Once a monster, always a monster” commentary. Michael Vick, dog owner 2012-10-12T19:47:00Z

“Many of them are not only dog-eared, but often double-cornered-dog-eared, the margins marked up with my own commentary,” says the author, whose new book is “Caste.” Isabel Wilkerson Loves Books. That Doesn’t Mean She Treats Them Gently. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

In an extraordinary rebellion last Sunday, the Denver Post devoted its editorial pages to series of commentaries about its parent company’s practices. As a secretive hedge fund guts its newspapers, journalists are fighting back 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

The biting political commentary, the violent scenes and use of foul language are standard fare for Hong Kong cinema but are questionable for mainland China's more prudish film censors. Johnnie To collaborator delivers HK thriller 2011-03-10T14:16:04Z

The show attracted big audiences in New York and in the four other cities that it toured, and provoked much commentary by critics and journalists. Art Review: ?Luminous Modernism? at Scandinavia House - Review 2011-12-01T22:55:09Z

Extras include director and producer commentary and a behind-the-scenes smash-em-up doc. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-14T23:05:55Z

When “Glengarry Glen Ross” was released in November 1992, it seemed like a commentary on what we now dub “toxic masculinity” at the end of the George H.W. Alan Arkin Could Do It All. In ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ He Did. 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

Over the years he has established a formidable reputation for concise, astute commentary which he invariably combines with acerbic humour. Readers recommend their favourite books of 2010 2011-01-01T00:05:32Z

This gives people the feeling that their commentary should always be shrill. When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

But reactions to the release of Twinkies Cereal were mixed, and naysayers offered some hilarious commentary. Twinkies Cereal debut draws hilarious reactions on social media 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

There's a whole song about it on the DVD commentary track. I love Joss Whedon, and I’m done with Joss Whedon 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Columbia University history professor and essayist Simon Schama derided "Downton" in a Newsweek commentary last month for "serving up a steaming, silvered tureen of snobbery" which celebrates a class system that still pervades modern Britain. "Downton Abbey" brings cool TV crowd to America's PBS 2012-02-08T13:33:09Z

All the while, you and Moore’s special guests provide running commentary. 6 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Comedian and hometown hero Dave Chappelle was celebrated for his fearless commentary on American culture Sunday night, when he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Dave Chappelle accepts the Twain Prize: ‘I love my art form. It saved my life.’ 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

“I’m the kind of guy who watches a commentary about a documentary based on a film,” he said. Mathew Klickstein has made a career out of nostalgia. Now he’s satirizing our yearning for the past. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

Starting in September he went out, putting up the threatening silhouettes in places he felt could use a little jolt of social commentary. The Return of the Shadowman 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

The commentary was launched from my fingertips — a ritual on these annual musical theater tele-gatherings — but even my most visceral reactions rose up from somewhere much deeper. Perspective | ‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent: Live’ could break us up. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z

Beneath the antic, funny surface of his world-conquering song, however, is a sharp social commentary about the country's newly rich and Gangnam, the affluent district where many of them live. The social commentary behind PSY's 'Gangnam Style' 2012-09-19T10:01:04Z

Eurovision will be broadcast live on 18 May on BBC1 and Radio 2, where commentary will be provided by Ken Bruce. Bonnie Tyler to represent UK at Eurovision 2013-03-07T09:56:00Z

With the benefit of hindsight, one can guess that Chris's designs were an unconscious commentary on the state of his parents' marriage. The inescapable power of architecture 2012-08-11T23:05:42Z

The 19 year-old show business veteran Zendaya has endured this nonsense before, and fortunately, she does not stand for negative commentary without turning it into a chance to speak out. Julie Klausner fails to body shame Zendaya 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

But where those other programs often coat their real-world commentary in layers of allegory, “Black Lightning” takes on issues of race and social justice directly and unambiguously. On ‘Black Lightning,’ a Superhero Takes On Race, Justice and the Real World 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Not pre-scripted pablum but potent missiles of cultural commentary—bombastic wisdom, grand pronouncements, eviscerations of celebrities, flagrantly named names. Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

A red carpet appearance in 2014 returned Zellweger to headlines, with tabloid reports and online commentary focusing on how she looked different. Zellweger on her empathy and adoration for Judy Garland 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Since these illustrations accompany rabbinical commentary, their invocations of the grotesque seem almost mischievous. Critic?s Notebook: Put Yourself in the Story of Passover 2011-04-17T23:21:25Z

It wasn’t such an easy match for Stutzmann, however, who emphasized pleasant piquancy over pointed commentary, and carefully burnished the work’s rough-hewn edges. Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

“There’s a fair amount that is a commentary on the economics of our time, on the social difficulties of our time, on the politics of our time.” At the Whitney, Thea and Ethan Wagner Show the Fruits of Prescient Collecting 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

It’s your prerogative, of course, but since it’s inviting commentary you don’t want, I urge you to stop mentioning it entirely. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Have you ever thought about adopting some manners? 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

“I read ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ in high school, and while I found the racial commentary compelling, the part I found most intriguing was Jem reading to the morphine-addicted Mrs. Dubose. How ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Changed Their Lives 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

When writing in that register, Young shines with often sad commentary. His Blog Explored Notions of Black Masculinity. His Memoir Explodes Them. 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

Then there’s a random entry, an amusing but nonsensical commentary about the vagaries of fame, which features Roberto Benigni as an average white collar worker who becomes an overnight celebrity for no reason at all. To Rome with Love: Woody's Roman Holiday 2012-06-21T10:45:09Z

In neither the written notes nor in Mr. Hope’s onstage commentary was there even a passing mention that the forces that brought together these different cultures were often violent. Music Review: ?East Meets West,? With Daniel Hope at 92nd Street Y - Review 2011-10-31T21:34:05Z

Here is a look at some of the designs and sets from "Anna Karenina," with commentary by Ms. Greenwood and Ms. Spencer. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: The Design of 'Anna Karenina' 2013-01-30T17:39:24Z

Inspired by the Scottish independence moment and the seemingly second-tier sponsorship of female athletes, the clothes are a commentary on branding and commodification. Brussels Making a Strong Bid for Art 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

"I wanted to make it contemporary and a commentary on the attitudes of men and women towards victims of sexual violence," explains Desai, who divides her time between India and the UK. Kishwar Disai on rape in India 2013-05-27T17:00:00Z

New plays and creative interpretation of the classic repertoire are together generating some of the most interesting and provocative commentary on the state of the nation. Arts funding: cultural capital 2013-04-10T20:58:46Z

The former rower may have been to the Antarctic, but he is no polar historian and his ability to misinterpret almost everything he saw during his film commentary was breathtaking. TV review: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain and Great White Silence 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z

No Fox News anchor is safe from Stewart’s commentary—but every now and then, the network as a whole just gets to be too much for him. Watch Jon Stewart's 11 Best 'Daily Show' Takedowns 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Would you like some completely relevant social commentary with your pleasant morning musical entertainment? Janelle Monáe will not be silenced: “Today” should have aired her stand against police brutality in full 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

When a conflict of interest is unavoidable, news organizations tend to disclose them in the course of their reporting or commentary. David Brooks of New York Times criticized for undisclosed financial ties to project he praised 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

It’s been nearly two years since Ms. Handler brought the curtain down on “Chelsea Lately,” her home for raucous commentary on popular culture, round tables of stand-up comedians and celebrity guests. Chelsea Handler: Impulsive, Provocative and Streaming on Netflix 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

It was part social commentary and part disciplined creativity, and either way it made you think. Thom Browne Triumphs; Kanye Repents 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

His colleague, chief political correspondent Glenn Thrush, has also offered tart Twitter commentary on many things Trump. #Biased? Reporters on Twitter don’t hold back about Trump. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Schumer's show dominated the cultural conversation this spring, with each new episode delivering perfectly honed, biting social commentary. Emmy predictions: Who wil be nominated for TV movie, limited series and variety? 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Conway went on to say that she doesn't believe viewers of the Emmys, Miss America pageant and sports appreciate being subjected to political commentary. Kellyanne Conway Slams Emmys for 'Sameness' of Trump Criticism 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

These episodes in themselves provide a commentary on the cost and benefit of a fringe, taboo culture being normalized for profit. Smart Watch: A week to look back with "The Deuce" and . . ."The Brady Bunch"? 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

Ralph Angel’s perpetual struggle between his criminal past and the future it inherently limits yields more subtle commentary. Ava DuVernay and Oprah’s ‘Queen Sugar’ makes a powerful statement about family and loss 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

I grew up in an era of social commentary on sitcoms. You should be watching “Black-ish” with your kids 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

All of these things can take mere "commentary" or "evidence" and make it exist for the audience in ways they had never considered before. Bad press: a new play gives journalists a voice 2012-10-11T09:15:21Z

The video production was bare-bones, simply showing the interior of the house when nothing was happening onstage, without commentary. Music Review: Onstage in Milan, Shadowy Giants Visible in New York 2010-12-08T23:54:00Z

The classroom scenes, while periodically hampered by hackneyed dialogue about dress codes and black women’s hair, derive incisive commentary from a self-conscious white gaze. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Want,’ a woman collapses under the obligations of modern life 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

After the company’s debut in 1974, critics applauded its smart satire of ballerinas and inherent commentary on the performance of femininity. Hairy Chests and Classic Tutus 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

The audio version may be only 75 minutes, but Adichie packs in family histories, meditations on nostalgia and commentary on the challenges faced by Black mothers in the United States. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

"Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia" melds one-on-one interviews with the celebrated writer, who died last year, with commentary by his closest friends, including his nephew, filmmaker Burr Steers, and the late Christopher Hitchens. Documentaries spotlight familiar faces at Tribeca festival 2013-04-18T15:59:26Z

“I felt like to really do the genre correctly, social commentary is at its heart and at its roots,” said Snyder, who directed, co-wrote the screenplay and shot the film. Zack Snyder blends social commentary into ‘Army of The Dead’ 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

They also form a kind of comic commentary on the main action of “My Darling Detective.” An attack on a World War II photograph leads to revelations in ‘My Darling Detective’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

If you’re the kind of die-hard TV fan who pines for DVD audio commentaries, this is the next best thing. 6 TV Tie-In Podcasts to Enhance Your Next Binge 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

He brought the same energy to “Burt,” a funk-oriented set opener, abandoning strict bass lines in favor of a roving commentary. Music Review: At Jazz Standard, Steve Cardenas?s Flinty Spine 2010-06-02T21:55:00Z

The New Zealand teen delivered a twitchy performance of the tune that elicited more social media commentary on her odd hand accessories than the actual music. Daft Punk take Album and Record of the Year Grammy Awards 2014-01-27T04:47:00Z

Video with limited commentary: "Fly Dena M&&&&&" by Spaceman This song is old, like two years, but Seattle/Portland rapper Spaceman's biggest track to date is worth revisiting. Video with limited commentary: "Fly Dena M&&&&&" by Spaceman 2011-02-08T19:18:10Z

Famous 19th-century clown Dan Rice was known for including local gossip and political commentary in his performances and impersonating prominent figures in each town he visited. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

As social commentary, Bruegel’s depictions of life in Flanders were meticulously detailed. | 'The Mill and the Cross': ?The Mill and the Cross? - Review 2011-09-13T22:38:04Z

“I’m not making a social commentary,” he said. Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z

But instead of filling the live airtime with rambling commentary and sensationalism, they responded with compassion and care. Sports broadcasters have a duty to report injuries responsibly – for NFL’s Damar Hamlin, they passed 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z

As with that venerable show, which begins its 20th season on Wednesday, the crassness on “Legends” is coupled with barbed jokes that double as social commentary. Review: Comedy Central’s New Basketball Show Wins the Gold in Ribaldry 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Hers is a first-person, unusually understated commentary about the sex slave industry that could just as easily be posted by an organization that combats human trafficking. Vice, the News Entity, Grows on HBO and Online 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

And part of it was the sideways approach, which emphasized theme over plot and commentary over action. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

The Fox comedy “New Girl” isn’t known for its commentary on world affairs — in fact, its stories are largely confined to the apartment its four main characters share. 'New Girl' Star Lamorne Morris on Writing This Week's Story Line About Race and the Police 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

For Ms. Koether, the grids “form a therapeutic room, oozing the pain and pleasures of talk, commentary, feedback, contact zones.” Jutta Koether: ‘Champrovent’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

As it is, “I Am the Wind” suffers from the mimetic fallacy writ large; it’s less a commentary on the emptiness we collectively inhabit than an illustration of it. Theater Review: Daring to Overcome the Difficulties of 'Problem Plays' 2011-05-17T11:30:06Z

Gypsy Creams Armed with a scanner and a box of women's magazines from the late-60s, Tanya Jones brings us the print ads of yesteryear alongside her brilliantly entertaining commentary and comments from followers. This week's internet picks 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

On Tuesday night on Comedy Central, "Onion SportsDome" launches its weekly swipe at TV sports coverage and commentary. Onion News Network brings strong scent of satire to TV 2011-01-05T18:59:22Z

Juicy, previously unreported material abounds, though it’s camouflaged by vaporous paragraphs of superficial commentary and self-congratulation, generally from the biggest names. Review | Behind the scenes of James Bond: A new book offers a look back at the longest-running movie franchise 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

I think this is an interesting commentary on the way in which mothers often defend their children. That Intense New Character on ‘You’? Victoria Pedretti ‘Had the Tools’ 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

A sumptuous Stockholm museum filled with grotesquely pretentious conceptual art is at the center of "The Square", a Palme d'Or nominee at Cannes which switches between surrealism, comedy of manners, thriller and social commentary. Bourgeois art world skewered in Cannes movie 'The Square' 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

“Narrow Way” rides a nagging blues riff and a galloping beat until the breaking point – a road story that works as sexual metaphor and political commentary. Album review: Bob Dylan, 'Tempest' 2012-09-07T16:48:00Z

“It’s also a commentary on the perils of the American Dream.” What is ‘Us’ about? Winston Duke is ready to tell you. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

But such gestures feel more like sloppy, hollow provocations than the sharp political commentary Penn says he was smitten by. What exactly is Sean Penn’s role in the mysterious ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

Just last month, Rooney announced, in the commentary above, that he was stepping down from his longtime post, in which he complained weekly about the irritations of modern life and the timeless idiocies of humanity. Andy Rooney Dies at 92 2011-11-05T11:59:38Z

However intelligent and intellectual Mr. Bolton’s commentary in the catalog, the imaginative and often exceedingly expensive concoctions walking the red-carpeted steps on Monday night may well outshine the exhibition. At the Met, Punk Without the Down and Dirty 2013-05-06T11:58:12Z

According to Fox News, Dash will offer "cultural analysis and commentary" in both daytime and prime time. She recently appeared as a panelist on the network's new daytime show "Outnumbered." 'Clueless' star Stacey Dash joins Fox News as contributor 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

A species of social commentary, journalistic illustration, diary keeping? | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century': ?Henri Cartier-Bresson,? a Retrospective at MoMA 2010-04-08T22:08:00Z

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

Either one of those could have been chosen as a commentary on the world we inhabit without seeming like an insult to the intellect. "Green Book" robbed "Black Panther" 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

Amid her lively commentary, she admonished the boys for jumping off stone walls and racing into the woods, as their tuckered-out parents stood by. A Return to Guadeloupe: Tropical Life, French-Style 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

If ever an era was in dire need of pointed commentary and point-blank humor, it is our fractious present. ‘Series of Star-Spangled Satires’ at IFC, Amid a Nascent Presidency 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

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

Will the third season of UnReal reveal the show to be trashy high camp or acute commentary on toxic women in the workplace and what happens when you apply capitalism to love? The return of UnReal: can the new season restore the show to former glory? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

“We intend to collate together material, including newspaper reports and other commentaries, in the exhibition because we think people do need to be aware of these kinds of issues.” A Sunken Treasure Will Appear in New York Despite Its Controversial Excavation 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Trevor Noah stuck to a typical format on Monday’s “Daily Show,” addressing the violence in Las Vegas with a mix of cutting commentary and humor. Jimmy Kimmel Seizes on Las Vegas Shooting to Champion Gun Laws in Emotional Monologue 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

A less overt commentary on global cultural tensions is in a more recent video, Memento Park, shot in a statue park in Budapest. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-08T00:06:27Z

There have been sporadic moments of social commentary in Yankee’s music, as on the theatrical blockbuster album “Barrio Fino.” Daddy Yankee, Reggaeton’s First Global Star, Steps Aside 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

There's an element of 'Portlandia' that allows a little bit of commentary without being didactic or overly serious. 'Portlandia' cast thinks you're 'special' ? not 2011-12-22T21:38:08Z

One of them, “Homecoming,” brings to the foreground the kind of subversive political commentary that Mr. Dante often sneaks into the margins. Movie Listings for Aug. 19-25 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

They understood that in the Year of Our Lord 2023, the only appropriate commentary on an aging woman’s appearance is to comment that it’s none of their business. Perspective | Don Lemon returned with an apology in a can 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

He's an Israeli who is often critical of his nation's conservative leaders, someone who wishes there were a way toward peace; he's not writing commentary, but politics simmers in his work. Etgar Keret's memoir opens an odd, alluring window into life in Israel 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Working at a frenetic pace on stage, Belzer could go from highbrow social commentary to gutter humor in the blink of an eye. "He did not suffer fools": Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

In essence CH is a multi-layered scathing social commentary, inspired in part by Italian press coverage of the Red Brigade terrorist organisation. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

He also had fun with other pop-culture touchstones, while slipping in some passionate political commentary, especially on Latino issues. Fact check: El Vez adds fun to politics 2012-10-24T19:31:05Z

Fortunately, the acerbic Ethan, the cynical Reed and the tart Jessieare on hand to deflate the flowery rhetoric with amusing commentary. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z

O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74. P.J. O’Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

It is, essentially, a tweet-by-tweet exposé of hypocrisy, and a commentary on the stories America tells about itself. She saw anti-immigration politicians as hypocrites. So she launched ‘resistance genealogy.’ 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Intermittently they suggest the various emotions and atmospheres of Sappho’s poems; constantly they create a fluent world of behavior, both courteous and demanding, on which the poems seem to be a commentary. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z

It’s a refreshing take on and alternative to the familiar late-night blueprint from two Bronx natives unfiltered in their political commentary and totally original in their interview style. "Desus & Mero": Perfect late-night viewing for surviving Trump and the supremacy 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

The first in a planned series set on the fictional Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, “Winter Counts” is a first-rate thriller that also delivers first-rate commentary on our nation’s colonial crimes. Ten books to read in August 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

In his late ’80s he wrote a blog on popular culture, the craft of writing and the arts for the website of The American Scholar that won a National Magazine Award for digital commentary. William Zinsser, Author of ‘On Writing Well,’ Dies at 92 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

“The account will also be required to adhere to Twitter’s parody, newsfeed, commentary, and fan account policy.” A road not taken: verified Cormac McCarthy account is fake 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

Bair expects there may be particular interest in the collection now, as comedians and satirists are once again at the forefront of political commentary. Art Buchwald’s archives are bound for the Library of Congress. He would have been thrilled. 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Mostly, however, the chat room is a place for adulatory commentary. Perspective | Inside the virtual fashion party scene, where supermodels may materialize and your clothes don’t matter 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

These elisions feel even more jarring given the ample time devoted to Lauryn Hill, an executive producer of the film, who appears throughout to offer broad, mostly gratuitous cultural commentary. ‘Why Is We Americans?’ Review: A Family Synonymous With Newark 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

One moment of lightness did come early in the night as veteran eminence Tom Brokaw, in the midst of commentary, was interrupted by a blaring alarm ring on his smartphone on live TV. Cable News Tackles the Midterms With Flash and Fireworks 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

As is the way with all present-day entertainment, any political or cultural commentary one derives from “Bird Box” is coincidental, since its story is based on a 2014 novel written by Josh Malerman. Why "Bird Box" is smashing Netflix records: We're so close to apocalypse ourselves 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

As he complains, the argument about the poverty of Shakespeare's experience refuses to acknowledge what he learned from books: all his plays are retold tales or commentaries on recorded history. Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro | Book review 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z

In that night’s commentary, Mr. Fischer described the composer’s ethnomusicological practice of recording authentic performances of local songs, then invited a trio from the orchestra to the front of the stage. Review: The Budapest Festival Orchestra Visits With Bartok 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z

Together they didn’t so much mimic as wholly embody the evening’s muses, whom Mr. Marsalis introduced between numbers with folksy-poetic commentary on their traits and dispositions: “Elephants are empathetic,” “penguins are slick.” Review: Jared Grimes and Lil Buck Embody Their Animal Muses in ‘Spaces’ 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

But not everyone was enamored by the show’s social commentary. ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

For all its comedy, Mbue’s social commentary never develops that toxic level of irony. ‘Behold the Dreamers’: The one novel Donald Trump should read now 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Begun in 2014, this weekly fashion podcast offers a rare blend of down-to-earth comedy and sartorial commentary. 6 Podcasts for the Fashion-Conscious, and Curious 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z

There is also, as mentioned before, a bit of social commentary in any good "Godzilla" movie — and this one is no exception. "Godzilla: King of the Monsters": Awesome monsters in epic fights 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

Ms. Walsh has not even allowed her face to be shown on camera when contributing DVD commentary. Middle-Earth Wizard’s Not-So-Silent Partner 2012-11-30T13:00:00Z

Ms. Ali’s other piece, showing at Art Port, is a video commentary on Turkish-Arab relations and the power of media and language to soothe over dislike and suspicion. Women of Saudi Arabia Emerge on the Bosporus 2010-11-24T18:30:00Z

Picture C: The artist known as Athena unveils her latest commentary on how men mistreat women: putting them on a pedestal, then turning their lives upside down just to get a peek up their chassis. Style Invitational Week 1100: Pun & ink — tell us a mini-story that ends in a groaner

Mel Gooding, a critic who wrote commentaries for the book, said he remained skeptical of claims from test designers and manufacturers. Chains, Whips and Misery: Studying and Preserving Old ‘Lunatic’ Asylums 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

"Hollywood" contains no commentary but does include a new sampling of drawings spanning the length of his career. Don Bachardy puts honest face on fame in 'Hollywood' 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

The irony is, of course, that the music is joyful and uplifting; anything but dark – although there is also a rich tradition of social and political commentary in Congolese music. Congo, where rumba meets r'n'b 2011-03-22T18:51:50Z

Filled with political commentary and plenty of intrigue, Le Carré’s spy novels have been fodder for films and television series since the Cold War. Before 'The Night Manager': Actors Who Starred in John Le Carré Adaptations 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

There's something relevant here with Joe, and I think at the same time, it's not all social commentary. "You" star Penn Badgley thinks his killer Joe has "too many sides .. and he needs to die" 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

Despite that, NBC added that Jones could continue sharing her video commentary. What's keeping NBC from rehiring Leslie Jones for its Olympics commentary? 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

It’s a nicely staged vignette that, in keeping with the spirit of “Scream,” operates as a meta commentary on the glut of scary movies. ‘Scream VI’ Review: Yes, Another Scary Movie 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z

Though the director's intent is not to offer social commentary, it's jarring to think of Godard's "children of Marx and Coca-Cola" in this context of privilege. 'Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby' plays better as 'Her,' 'Him' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

He was able to manage the tone of literal murder through mourning, humor and sharp commentary. “I don’t strive to be offensive”: Trevor Noah tells Salon how his “Daily Show” will be different from — and similar to — Jon Stewart’s 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

But "Squid Game" is an original concept and a Korean drama embroidered with commentary about that society. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

From then on, I promised to use my skills for more commentary on culture, global issues, and peace. How I Became a New Yorker Cartoonist 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

He was fully on board with Fox News’s politically expedient coverage and commentary of the dreaded “caravan” in the weeks leading up to the 2018 midterm elections. Perspective | Tucker Carlson’s attacks on Sen. Tammy Duckworth are as disgusting as they are predictable 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

But since it moved to a format closer to what Stewart and Colbert made famous with commentary in the first and second acts, Wilmore has become a natural at political late-night. Larry Wilmore declares war on Bill Cosby 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

In the late 1960s he and Mr. Komar, influenced by Pop Art and Dada, turned the visual language of Socialist Realism into a series of wicked commentaries on the absurdities of Communism. Alexander Melamid Begins Artenol, an Art Magazine 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

The scene, Sapochnik promised, was just the beginning of a whole season of portentous births, each seeded with additional gender commentary. The Many Violations of the Violent Birth Scene 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z

Their words sometimes deepen the viewer’s appreciation of what is on screen, though at other times the nuances and contradictions of the past outstrip the didacticism of the commentary. | 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975': ?The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975? - Review 2011-09-08T22:17:49Z

Her commentary, distilled to phrases that are all much shorter than 140 characters, appears on T-shirts. In the galleries: Nature’s serenity 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

“It’s stronger in terms of the commentary on web games than it is in terms of the commentary on ‘Seinfeld’ or bringing in the Seinfeld2000 flavor,” Mr. Parker said after exploring the game recently. A Show About Nothing Begets Something You Can Play Online 2014-05-04T21:24:06Z

“There are men who would think that a guy would be feeding it to me,” she said of the commentary and analysis she provides. Fantasy Football Isn’t Just a Man’s Game 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

There is no commentary from historians or others who were not on the scene. Rory Kennedy recounts the 1975 fall of Saigon in new film 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

In addition to these many perspectives, a “chorus” interjects lyrical commentary on the action. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

To be sure, much of the reporting and commentary on hydroxychloroquine in the mainstream media isn’t so much “reckless” as it is cautious and hedged. For Fox News hosts, the hydroxychloroquine controversy is fuel for the culture war 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

Although “skewered” may not actually capture the harshness of some of the commentary. ‘Harry & Meghan’: What People Are Saying about the Netflix Series 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

He frames the issue not in racial terms but one of “journalistic ethics” involving a tweet editors “felt was strong commentary” on a story. The standoff between owners and journalists that’s eviscerating Pittsburgh’s biggest newspaper 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cipullo’s vocal writing is fresh and natural, and he amplifies it with thoughtful, sometimes picturesque commentary in the piano line. Music Review: Songs of the Poets, in Chamber Settings 2011-05-26T21:24:31Z

And both tuck proto-feminist messages into gently barbed social commentary — about aristocratic fat cats, class anxiety and the entertainment industry — that still holds uncomfortably true today. Theater Review: ‘This Side of Neverland,’ at Pearl Theater 2013-05-13T21:47:10Z

Sometimes a mall matters more as a plot device than as a commentary on corporate hegemony in 2019 or the choking out of independent businesses at the hand of large corporations. "Stranger Things" wants to be everybody's memory and nobody's parable 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, what I can do is check myself and make sure I'm not giving commentary on every topic imaginable, especially on public forums. The lost art of not having an opinion on everything 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z

This is a manuscript with a considerable scholarly “apparatus,” including commentary and readings, meant, we are told, for a synagogue. Exhibition Review: ‘Crossing Borders’ Opens at the Jewish Museum 2012-09-15T00:26:51Z

But what you miss is the show’s most important element: the judges’ commentary. New York Fashion Week: The View From the Second Row 2010-09-16T04:20:00Z

A lot of humans-against-nature shows get bogged down in expert commentary, but this one, when it does bring in a specialist, keeps the remarks short and very blunt. The Week Ahead: Jan. 9 ? 15 2011-01-07T17:43:18Z

The violence is ugly, stark, almost businesslike and is largely presented without music cues or any obvious filmmaking commentary. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z

The exhibition catalog, with commentary by the artist, is part history, part diary, and captures, to the degree print can, the electricity she has generated. The Best Art Books of 2017 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

Josh Norek, who hosts a public radio show called “The Latin Alternative,” said the duo’s outspoken political commentary and blending of genres made them one of the most innovative young bands singing in Spanish. ArtsBeat Blog: Calle 13 Leads the Way in Latin Grammy Nominations 2011-09-14T19:15:55Z

Chris Rock He’s one of the most intelligent, outspoken and charismatic comedians working today, and nobody — nobody — delivers exasperated outrage and smart commentary on politics and culture like Chris Rock. Amy Poehler? Louis CK? Who should host the “Daily Show” next 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

What's noteworthy about the commentary revealed by a Twitter search is the adjectives used to praise her — empathetic, compassionate, sympathetic, sensitive — are often used to describe femininity, or traits commonly considered to be feminine. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the power of "feminine" leadership 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

The things we remember most about this year are unquestionably going to be the subject of posts and commentary in 2012. Motherlode Blog: 2011: Stories That Changed the Way We Parent Now 2011-12-30T16:35:34Z

What starts off as a seemingly innocuous advertisement for Macy’s becomes a devastatingly precise comedic commentary on the experience of shopping for and dressing uncooperative small children. ‘S.N.L.’ Presents Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Marriage Story,’ Plus Baby Yoda 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z

Instead, he takes a rambling tour through the sociology and science of left-handedness through the ages — providing a fair amount of snarky commentary along the way. 'The Puzzle of Left-Handedness': A southpaw story 2011-12-22T00:53:04Z

And there are occasional tributaries of social and political awareness — think about the dark commentary on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne” — but they’re not the foundation of the house, only decoration. Critic’s Notebook: New Releases by Snoop Lion and Will.i.am. 2013-04-24T22:12:47Z

The show’s four curators, all from outside the Washington area, selected many works whose political commentary is timely but indirect. Review | In the galleries: At two Washington spaces, art of a political caliber 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

It's a profoundly sad commentary that he needed a film to communicate that to him. White adults need to watch “America to Me,” the most important show about teens on TV now 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z

So fiction is the right response, the right commentary, the right point to be making about who we are in these dangerously consuming media, in these easy addictive nano-connections. Cultural Studies: Crafting Fictional Personas With the Language of Facebook 2010-08-13T20:15:00Z

One that is tight, bizarre and has some ace comedic timing, but one where so far any prayer of incisive commentary on evangelicalism in Trump’s America seemed to be deliberately left unanswered. "The Righteous Gemstones" is an incomplete portrait of evangelical hypocrisy for the age of Trump 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z

Between the jokes, which are divided into 23 brief sections, Baum sprinkles light analysis and commentary. Review | Collection of Jewish jokes shouldn’t shy from the sorrow behind the humor 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

A Tibetan accordion book with commentary in Chinese exemplifies the close relationship between the two countries during the 9th and 10th centuries, when Tibet was a ruling force in Dunhuang. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Musk’s tweets and other commentary are so frequent and so absent a filter that to some of his nearly 96 million followers — though many may be bots — he has lost all ability to shock. Tesla owners love their cars. Elon Musk? Not as much. 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

All these confessionals are described in public and social commentary as attacks on the royal family. Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview: why "royal confessionals" threaten the monarchy 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z

Swift’s case involved only words, not music, and drew commentary from legal experts over how such questions apply to lyrics. Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Is Dismissed 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

“Comedy is my outlet for social commentary and observations on life — I am grateful to the Kennedy Center for recognizing my voice and impact on culture. I can’t wait to celebrate!” Kevin Hart to Receive Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

Not only had Lewandowski carried out Trump’s blacklisting of news organizations, including The Post, but he also had signed a nondisclosure agreement, which meant his on-air commentary was by definition tainted. ‘Catch and kill’ at National Enquirer gives media one last black eye before election 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

All in all, it was hard not to marvel at the sheer WTF-ery of the headlines and commentary. Another royal baby is on the way. How could the psychics, rogue butlers and columnists resist? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Punctuated by corrupt elections and lavish religious ceremonies, “Tirador” achieves raw social commentary for the price of emotional distance. | 'Tirador': A Hurricane of Misery 2010-07-22T23:22:00Z

Drew's other significant innovation is to use his own rap numbers about the state of Britain and its troubled young outsiders as a form of dramatic punctuation and a commentary on the characters' lives. Ill Manors – review 2012-06-09T23:08:05Z

Talk shows, reality television, Twitter, webisodes, red carpet commentary — no job was too big or too small. Joan Rivers, an unstoppable comic force to the end 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

It's a funny commentary, and an interesting way to expand the story. Charles Yu is a Genius (user) in new fiction at Electric Literature 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

One could dwell on the ways in which Some Kind of Fairy Tale riffs off fairy tales and offers commentary on them. Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce – review 2012-07-04T07:00:02Z

Besides all 142 episodes, the set includes the original network opening and commercials, audio commentaries and other goodies. Phil Silvers a master at the con in 'Sgt. Bilko' 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

The idea that cable news is lacking commentary from anti-Trump Republicans is notable only in its lack of self-awareness. Perspective | The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Jeff Flake, John Kasich and Howard Schultz. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

So what has aged well or seems still relevant is the commentary on gentrification and, presumably, harsh policing in Black and Latino neighborhoods. Why ‘Do the Right Thing’ Is Still a Great Movie 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

“The higher the stakes and more imminent the carnage,” he notes, “the more inexpert the commentary became.” Review | A.D. Miller’s ‘Independence Square’ imagines how one diplomat tried to secretly manage Ukraine’s revolution 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Hanging up the suit, the tie, the funny expressions, the pitch-perfect commentary. Jon Stewart leaving 'The Daily Show': Is film directing in the cards? 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

A "clip package" with scenes from the unaired episode will be available online next week, with commentary by Fuller, NBC said. NBC pulls drama episode after Boston violence 2013-04-19T19:24:08Z

There’s no way she’d lack the social grace to actually offer a commentary about— Disneyland with my invisible guest 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

It’s also an example of one of Paisley’s signature songwriting tricks: his knack for turning jokes into social commentary, and vice versa. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

In this sense, it’s fitting that “Normal People” opens with an epigraph from George Eliot’s “Daniel Deronda,” drawing on a connection to the 19th-century social commentary that also examined the depth of these dividing lines. Review | At 28, Sally Rooney has been called the voice of her generation. Believe the hype. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

Throughout the impeachment hearings, historians and political scientists have been hogging the limelight with their sage commentary, but really this is a crisis designed for literary critics. Review | In the impeachment spin wars, only the English majors can save us 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

It says a lot about Ms. Wilkerson that she retraced Dr. Foster’s steps by driving west herself, with her parents in the car to provide commentary. Books of The Times: The Lives Gained by Fleeing Jim Crow 2010-08-30T22:06:00Z

Wednesday's commentary, which ran in the popular nationalist tabloid the Global Times and its more muted English edition, does not say that Ai is detained. China media condemn 'unruly' Ai Weiwei 2011-04-06T08:42:05Z

The beautifully precise details are all the more vivid for their lack of accompanying commentary. ‘Ohio’ as the Locus of 21st-Century Rust Belt Despair 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The program belongs to the television genre pioneered by “The Daily Show”: A comedic take on the news of the day from an exasperated host and correspondents who mix commentary with jokes. An American Comic on a Russian Channel: What He Avoids Speaks Volumes 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Stay tuned after the reading for a catchup with her, plus commentary from the Modern Love editor Daniel Jones. Modern Love Podcast: Kerry Bishé Reads ‘One Bouquet of Fleeting Beauty, Please’ 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Anderson deploys these stereotypes without editorializing, which is a commentary on their use, and just enough timing and attention to make it clear that he’s enjoying tweaking contemporary sensibilities. ‘Licorice Pizza’ Review: California Dreaming and Scheming 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

It’s a quality she shares with her sister, who kicked off the episode’s cold open, perhaps a meta commentary on the best way to serve revenge. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 1: A Tale of Two Maps 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

Sinclair’s chief political analyst, Boris Epshteyn, is a former Trump campaign and White House adviser who reliably sides with the president in commentaries that Sinclair distributes to its stations. That Fox-y feeling? The nation’s largest TV station owner hires some familiar Fox News names 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

But his larger point, backed by a mountain of research and reams of thoughtful commentary, is that American culture ascended in this era for the right reasons. Louis Menand Examines the Churn of American Culture After World War II 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

It was not simply a commentary on marriage, loss of personal freedom and the over-richness of even commonplace things. Fashion Review: C?line, Comme des Gar?ons, Haider Ackermann, Junya Watanabe, Jean Paul Gaultier and Yohji Yamamoto: Paris Review 2011-10-03T03:10:16Z

Likewise, the indispensable commentary on how institutions let their people down falls by the wayside. ‘Blindness’ Review: Listening to the Sound of Theater Again 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

Words, dance, translation, cultural commentary, lighting, music — all add discrete but overlapping zones of beauty, meaning, drama. Dance Review: Poetry in Motion by Anne Carson and Rashaun Mitchell 2010-07-21T22:15:00Z

The short clip garnered a ton of reactions online, mostly from those who couldn’t resist witty commentary. Determined mouse squeezes big piece of bread into tiny hole on NYC subway 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

As the white commentary becomes ever more incendiary, with the unseen characters increasingly prone to unguarded remarks, the play becomes freer, and more dangerous. Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Fairview' at Woolly: Both serious and a hoot - The Washington Post 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

In this sense, Barnes’s latest is a sharp commentary on biography — the phrase “we cannot know” echoes not as a statement of failure but an ethic. Julian Barnes, Playing Against Character, Writes About a Character of Action and Appetite 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The commentary helpfully informed us that, "According to her DNA results, Marie is not an alien." Confessions of an Alien Abductee exploited its unfortunate subjects 2013-06-18T06:00:11Z

The film works quite well as a melancholy travelogue — an elevated version of something you might see on cable television — but its aspirations for depth of feeling or more profound social commentary aren't quite realized. 'Beijing Taxi': a picturesque ride through several years of China in transition 2011-06-09T20:12:05Z

Much of his running commentary is defensive, anticipating and deflecting judgment, but he offers it so matter-of-factly, with a self-awareness edged with self-mockery, that it’s disarming, inclusive. Dance Review: Keith Hennessey?s ?Almost? at Abrons Arts Center - Review 2012-01-14T01:00:28Z

Murugan, whose novel “One Part Woman” was long-listed for a National Book Award for translation, fashions the goat’s travails and victories into social commentary and a testament to nature’s power. New in Paperback: ‘The War Before the War’ and ‘Evening in Paradise’ 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

And so the way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values. International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

When Fox presented “Rent: Live” last year, my mother and I watched, me in Brooklyn, her in Long Island, texting our commentary. Why ‘Rent,’ the Movie, Was My Gateway Musical 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

Even so, in subsequent years the show’s focus has shifted considerably, with the madcap antics of the digital shorts giving way to a focus on live sketches and political commentary. The long life of digital shorts: an ode to Saturday Night Live's viral highs 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

In a writing life that included poetry, children's books, short stories and political commentary, Achebe's criticism contributed provocations that not only shaped the development of writing from Africa but also the way we read it. The great Chinua Achebe was the man who gave Africa a voice 2013-03-24T00:06:34Z

And, yes, I suppose you could see the numerous sequences set among doctors and nurses in a hospital as some sort of commentary on Chekhov’s status as a physician, which he considered his primary vocation. Theater Review: ‘Donka: A Letter to Chekhov,’ by Daniele Finzi Pasca, at BAM 2012-11-16T22:50:08Z

By massing colours into abstract blocks rather than striving after mere mimesis, the artist offers a self-conscious commentary on the possibilities and limits of watercolour. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z

Lucas writes for the Daily Signal, a news and commentary site started nearly three years ago by Heritage, one of Washington’s leading policy shops. What’s a legitimate news outlet? A new face in the White House press pool raises questions. 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Most of his answers revolved around technical issues, not direct commentary on whether he had created the work. Artist Accused of Disowning a Painting Testifies 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

He reserved his most biting commentary for fellow Germans, unremittingly spotlighting the role of ordinary people in the rise of the Nazi regime. Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

The band’s name is slang for “looking askance,” but in an email interview Metheny explained it’s also a commentary on the times. A new Seattle jazz joint emerges, while two of the hottest jazz acts come to town 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z

The universal trademark characteristics of the genre are everywhere in evidence: the monstrous exaggerations, spaced-out fragmentations, one-liner social commentary, sci-fi flights of fantasy and spray-can gradations and drips. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-15T23:07:37Z

Many viewers were also repelled by the sexist commentary from Sheldon that couldn’t really be saved by his strained elocution and left-field historical factoids. How “The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

It sounds nonsensical, but no one bats an eye, and the professors continue with their jargon-riddled commentary. ‘The African Desperate’ Review: Double Speak 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

“This game is like commentary on everyday American life,” he said at one point, while navigating Bart Simpson through a bar filled with woozy drunkards. Brian Tyree Henry Finds Wisdom at an Arcade 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z

The obvious thought is that these works are a commentary on the state of the city during the darkest moments of the pandemic. Peter Saul Doesn’t Want Any Advice 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

These writers will not be focusing solely on race issues, but will write book reviews, economic analyses and political commentary and will provide support to others already working in the industry. It's time to boost ethnic minority representation in the media 2013-07-08T15:44:34Z

The Blumhouse catalogue includes Get Out, Split, Happy Death Day and the Insidious, Sinister and Purge franchises: conspicuously well-made movies that often splice social commentary into their scares. Why smart horror is putting the fear into sequel-addicted Hollywood 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Cohen’s pranks ran low on incisive commentary, or even anything original to say. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

And she is hardly alone among contemporary directors in using a production to issue an ideological commentary on an opera. Katharina Wagner Envisions a New Bayreuth Festival 2010-08-13T17:37:00Z

“More than anything, it raises a sad commentary on the state of our business, that there’s a need for newspapers and news organizations to raise money like this,” Lahkshmanan said. The New York Times will fly you around the world for $135,000. Is that a problem? 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

So it was a great opportunity to make a film that is not a commentary on racial divisions per se, but in fact quite the opposite. "Captive State" director Rupert Wyatt on sci-fi, commercial failure and the age of Trum 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z

And amid a barrage of unkind press commentary, he disappeared — or so it seemed — to lick his wounds abroad, pursuing relationships with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Staatskapelle. Colin Davis Brings London Symphony to Carnegie Hall 2011-10-16T01:25:19Z

It’s also, as the finger-snapping audience response demonstrates, an indictment of present times that have not yet made his commentary irrelevant. Review | ‘Turn Me Loose’ pays homage to Dick Gregory 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

Though they are never seen on camera, they provide the voice-over commentary on the uprising, as well as their own lives. 'Warsaw Uprising' commemorates ill-fated 1944 rebellion against Nazis 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

“Their work doesn’t seem to be as original as the commentary that is written about it implies,” said Terry Gruber , a society photographer and filmmaker in New York, referring to the articles. Fashion Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin Polish Their Brand 2013-12-31T20:40:47Z

But for “Embattled Garden,” a minor piece I’ve previously dismissed as hopelessly dated, the commentary was illuminating. Review: Martha Graham’s ‘Embattled Garden,’ Deconstructed 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

The app, which offers a rolling commentary of historic nuggets and musical analysis, emerged after orchestra leaders noticed that students at this annual performance were already clicking around. Download latest app before the symphony

“Tibetan Peach Pie” offers reminiscences and commentaries that chart the development of an unrestrained spirit. ‘Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life,’ by Tom Robbins

Together with the freshly opened Tanks, a new space for live events and performance, this amounts to something of a commentary on the state of art now. Tino Seghal's Turbine Hall commission: 'Attention is what I work with' 2012-07-16T18:01:00Z

Of course, the nature of jazz may be less subject to legal repercussions of evoking other artists' works, but it’s not beyond commentary. 'Blurred Lines' verdict: In jazz, the vibe is everything 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

So rather than lock myself in the library for six months, I wrote my commentaries on the poems while awake, bored, half-asleep, full of cold, drunk, exhausted, serene, smart, befuddled and stupid. Don Paterson on Shakespeare's sonnets 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z

Her disqualification sparked commentary on the Internet and cable television news shows about the boundaries of gender identification, civil liberties and the rights of private organizations to set their own rules. Canadian transgender beauty contestant wins Miss Congeniality 2012-05-20T21:59:43Z

Boyle’s character is a Korean War veteran who is not shy about regaling others with his sexist, obnoxious commentary. Doris Roberts, actress who played tart-tongued mother on ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ dies at 90 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

But with the exception of “Black Mirror,” few of these shows lean into the type of subversive social commentary Serling regularly wove through “The Twilight Zone.” It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z

With this I imagine there was a lot of studio interference, a lot of commentary. A minute with: Kenneth Branagh about "Thor" 2011-05-04T11:32:42Z

The tracking of the fight at points segues into a commentary on the state of journalism – and the threat to democracy that the increasing closure of news organizations presents. Dark Money: how a documentary became a political thriller 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

The cache includes a copy of “Notes on a Slander-Monger,” unpublished essays on such subjects as money, marriage and illness, and a list of his relationships with women, with commentary. What Happens to Philip Roth’s Legacy Now? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

“The series was not written by Europeans or Americans or Africans. It was written by the aggressors, by the criminals themselves,” said a commentary on the Arabic website Vice. Israeli thriller series 'Fauda' digs in for darker third season 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z

“I think it is a sad commentary on much of our culture that most of us think of the arts as decoration,” he said. At 92, Still Grabbing the Brass Ring 2010-08-13T21:53:00Z

The former, made famous by N.W.A., often turns violence into the subject of alternately playful and dark-minded boasting; the latter mode offers political commentary on the problem of urban violence, among other social issues. “Atlanta” and Vince Staples and a New Hip-Hop Sensibility 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Social media has only given many of these artists an even more open platform to make this kind of commentary more frequently and outside of the recording studio or concert stage. Why Cardi B's politics matter 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

It is not her style to criticize, at least publicly, but regular viewers can see that Ms. Hart does not always appear comfortable with these meaner segments, like Steven Cojocaru’s claws-popped fashion commentary. After Hart, a Deluge Of Meaner Celebrity TV? 2011-05-19T19:24:45Z

It was like a clown car of economist commentary! Larry Wilmore smacks down Donald Trump over outrageous “university” scam 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

Tomorrow's general election has spurred social commentary from noted grime bloggers like Hyperfrank, while hip-hop DJ Semtex has been tweeting on the importance of reading each party's manifesto and giving them all a fair hearing. Is 2010 the first grime election? 2010-05-05T13:46:00Z

Mr. Chagoya, a professor of art and art history at Stanford University, told The Post that the lithograph was a commentary on revelations of child abuse by Catholic priests. Woman Arrested in Colorado After Destroying Artwork 2010-10-07T15:53:00Z

And though, as Mr. Dorfman noted, his dances, with their text and “physical metaphors,” don’t require explanation or demystification, much of his commentary was illuminating. Dance Review: David Dorfman Dance, With an Expanded Company 2014-03-26T22:05:03Z

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

Much of the commentary about the show in Britain has focused on whether it’s too soon to dramatize all of this. Britain Wonders, Is It Too Soon to Dramatize the Pandemic? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

"They obliterated it with some fatuous piece of commentary about something else," Gough said. Jubilee pageant composers condemn BBC coverage 2012-06-06T17:54:17Z

Waters believes the album's political and social commentary are still relevant. Roger Waters brings 'The Wall' to Tacoma Dome 2010-12-09T20:43:00Z

There isn’t any commentary from Sigourney Weaver, the most prominent of the living cast members not included. ‘Memory: The Origins of Alien’ Review: Extras on an Extraterrestrial 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

It felt like a commentary on the building, rather than just the use of it for its clear acoustics. When the church turns into a pub 2012-12-27T08:00:05Z

Not that anyone expects thoughtful, non-baiting commentary from Rupert Murdoch, but his remarks nonetheless drew a collective gasp across the Internet, a rightful shock at their insensitivity in the wake of tragedy. J.K. Rowling and Aziz Ansari hit back brilliantly at Murdoch 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

It’s not a commentary on the affinities between jazz and chamber music, whatever the involvement of Osso, a string quartet, might seem to imply. New Music: Albums From Aloe Blacc, Sara Evans and Ambrose Akinmusire 2014-03-10T20:57:47Z

It’s a stunning commentary on racism, sexual violence, capitalism and the resilience required to rebuild a life. 15 books to read this fall 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

Critical commentary, pointed or casual, is built into Mr. Poolaw’s view of modern Indian culture, though over all his approach is closer to appreciation, full-hearted without nostalgia. Photographs by Horace Poolaw at National Museum of the American Indian 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

A survey published last summer by the American Press Institute revealed that forty-two per cent of the public thinks that “most of the news reporting they see is opinion and commentary posing as news reporting.” The Moral Failings of American Press Coverage of Nazi Germany 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

The idea of curators as creative agents in their own right, and master of the kind of the sociopolitical commentary that underpins many of today’s exhibitions, is relatively new. Everyone’s a Curator Now 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Horror as a vehicle for deeper societal commentary may be having a moment with the success of films like “Get Out” and “Parasite,” but it’s not a new phenomenon. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Ganja & Hess’ and ‘Outcry’ 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z

IN 2007 China’s official Xinhua news agency published a commentary about women who were still unmarried at the age of 27 under the title, “Eight Simple Moves to Escape the Leftover Woman Trap”. Pick and choose 2014-05-01T04:00:00Z

The feeling of community was palpable, especially when the song morphed into "Give Peace a Chance," offered as grand, unaccompanied sing-along and without commentary. Paul McCartney thrills L.A. crowd with hits, tales 2010-04-01T00:20:00Z

As the images and commentary suggest, paradise isn’t quite what it seems, especially amid Greece’s austerity crisis and an influx of Syrian refugees. Deception and death on a gorgeous Greek isle 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

The novel is not, however, meant to be some kind of grand commentary on the pandemic, about the millions of lives lost and countries and societies upended. New Crime Novels from Louise Penny and Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

At a time when “follow the science” has become a political statement, “Foundation” can play like a none-too-subtle commentary. Review: The Math of ‘Foundation’ Doesn’t Add Up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Your albums mix social commentary and love songs. 30 minutes with … Damian Marley 2012-07-19T10:43:07Z

Not just bonnets, but social commentary, style and substance, plus – who knew we had got this old – the 60s?! Bodice-rippers! How period drama went from buttoned up to sexed up 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z

Present-day footage of the sites discussed and interviews with Escher’s sons are more perfunctory, as is the commentary from the admiring folk rocker Graham Nash. ‘M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity’ Review: Is It Art? 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Those exemptions permit borrowing of protected material for purposes like commentary, criticism, news reporting and scholarship. Rauschenberg Foundation Eases Copyright Restrictions on Art 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, The American Scholar had nominated Zinsser on Friday for a 2012 National Magazine Award for digital commentary. Tuesdays with William Zinsser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

The coverage, commentary and tone was consistently assured without being stuffy or too jingoistic. The best television of 2012: Andrew Anthony's choice 2012-12-15T22:00:05Z

“More suffocating than the haze is the weakness in response,” read the headline of a front-page commentary by the Communist Party-run China Youth Daily. Severe Beijing smog prompts government candor 2013-01-14T13:03:00Z

Below is a look at some of the paintings and sketches, with commentary from Mr. Zibach. Arts & Leisure: Panda vs. Peacock: The Showdown 2011-05-25T21:39:26Z

The disc includes a Making Of that's as captivating as the film, plus an unusually informative director's commentary. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-01-29T00:06:05Z

Shine uses all the now-standard "epic" devices that playwright Brecht pioneered to crash the "fourth wall" between artifice and commentary: the actors talking directly to the crowd. Review: Mack the Knife would approve of Seattle Shakes' sharp 'Threepenny Opera' 2011-02-22T04:48:04Z

Mr. Schroeder doesn’t embellish the facts with commentary; he doesn’t need to with such far-out, freaky material. film: Beyond Bullets and Berets, Life in Wartime 2010-10-24T02:23:00Z

Did you intend the novel in any way as a commentary on the way the law treats child custody battles? ArtsBeat: Desperate Dad: Amity Gaige Talks About 'Schroder' 2013-02-06T19:55:31Z

We’ll be here with red carpet commentary and then full coverage of the ceremony and the aftermath, so loosen up that bowtie and stay tuned. Golden Globes 2019: the red carpet, the winners, the speeches – live! 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z

In lieu of a host, the actor and comedian Thomas Lennon was on hand to offer commentary and jabs between segments. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2019 Emmys 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

But according to the commentaries posted at the exhibit, Leonardo was close to fathoming the way circulation worked when he died. ArtsBeat: In London, a Music Critic Takes in the Sights and Suds 2012-06-25T16:26:08Z

There were references to the film Parasite – a sinister commentary on economic inequality – to Game of Thrones’ bloodbath episode The Red Wedding, and to Midsommar, a film about a cult. A meme is born as Kim Kardashian West tweets about private island birthday party 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

This isn’t a personal prayer, but a snapshot commentary on the relationship between the Haitians and Christianity’s probing influence as experienced by Butler himself. Arcade Fire’s Rare Power Shines on Reflektor 2013-10-28T18:41:49Z

The humor and political commentary are crude and sophomoric, settling for easy jokes about national stereotypes like the arrogance of English speakers. Review: A Sunny but Disappointing Take on the Tower of Babel 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

He has a tendency to subject his words to instant examination, sometimes offering an overlaying commentary on statements just made. Jesse Eisenberg: ‘Do you look at me and think, God! What an indulgent prick?’ 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z

There is no spoken commentary, but rather moments of blackness and silence, punchy slogans, and the fire service's own filmed reconstruction of the fire, set among stacks of furniture in an abandoned factory. Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet? 2012-10-01T13:08:55Z

She was an editor at Gawker, ran a feminist publishing imprint, has written two novels and dispenses lively, sardonic, mama-bear commentary on Twitter. ‘Raising Raffi,’ a Father’s Lucid Book About a Chaotic Scene 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z

The only sure thing left is off the ice: the sparkling commentary of Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, who, along with the sportscaster Terry Gannon, call the daytime live broadcast. Critic’s Notebook: In Olympic Figure Skating, ‘Compete’ Has Replaced ‘Perform’ 2014-02-18T22:52:26Z

I post little commentary on the site, preferring to leave the discussion to site users – he seems to blame me for his fans' opinions. Throwing out his own fans ? has Morrissey finally lost it? 2011-07-14T14:52:59Z

Even as the film has advanced to the documentary shortlist for the Academy Awards, audiences and critics continue to debate whether it’s authentic, or a commentary on authenticity, or both. The Carpetbagger: New Doubts for a Film That Has Truth Issues 2011-01-05T23:37:36Z

Her fan base grew, and so did commentary on her personal life. There Is Life After Campus Infamy 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

Nervous-looking photographers on the side of the stage felt more like a commentary on celebrity culture than part of the practice of it. Critic?s Notebook: Mastering Self-Invention Then and Now 2011-07-24T22:26:31Z

He invites audience members to suggest topics that they would like to see satirized — from politics to sports to celebrities — and addresses the submissions onstage with off-the-cuff commentary. Comedy Listings for Sept. 23-29 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Here is a closer look at that scene and other distinctive moments from Mr. Lee’s films, with commentary from the director. How Spike Lee Created Three Signature Visual Shots 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Only occasionally do they hint at something deeper, such as when Avedon included the chains on the legs of the elephants at the Cirque d’Hiver, perhaps an oblique commentary on women bound by fashion’s demands. Avedon at 100: Photos of Seduction 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

He's built up anticipation for his debut with his soulful social commentary and slick Southern rhymes on several mixtapes, including "Return of 4Eva." Review: Big K.R.I.T. misses mark with debut album 2012-06-04T17:04:09Z

The movie’s title, taken from the Lord’s Prayer, adds another layer of commentary. Movie Review: ‘Abendland,’ a Documentary by Nikolaus Geyrhalter 2012-07-26T22:43:14Z

In a commentary in Global Times, Yang Lan, a woman from Shanghai, noted that many employees in China are paid, evaluated and promoted on the basis of how many hours they work. Period policy in Asia: 'Menstrual leave may be seen as sign of weakness' 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

The series eventually dispelled a “cycle of commentary” that fixated on how she played “perfectly,” she said, denying that that was her intention. Hilary Hahn Practices in Public, Wherever and However She Is 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

And genre’s exciting, because there’s more room for social commentary. Zoe Lister-Jones on ‘The Craft’ and Women’s Power 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

Helpful commentary accompanying each plate sheds light on what’s going on in every picture. Local artist and exhibit catalogs offer opulent gift possibilities 2012-12-13T00:33:50Z

Alan Abel’s legacy opened the door for groups like the Yes Men to participate in the creation of stories that feature sensational arcs and biting political commentary. Humor and media hoaxes put social justice ideas on the map 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

It also does little to illuminate the more serious commentary on immigration, the legacy of colonialism and the tensions within the country’s Algerian communities. In ‘Tip Top,’ Investigating All Sorts of Activity 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

The absence of female characters in the show could be, as those involved with the show have argued, its own commentary on the real Silicon Valley, where only 26% of the computing workforce is female. Silicon Valley Needs to Address the Industry's 'Woman Problem' in Season 2 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

One of his guests, former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, praised his commentary by comparing him to CBS News legend Edward R. Murrow. Is Sean Hannity a journalist or not? Here’s why it matters. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

Yet over several hours my initial alienation and annoyance gave way to a swelling appreciation of Hey Baby, not as a game but as a provocative, important work of interactive art as social commentary. Video Game Review: In Hey Baby, Street Wolves Meet Their Match 2010-06-07T22:22:00Z

Accompanying text bolsters the visual information, and in a thoughtful move, organizers of the show chose to provide both the original, insistently neutral FSA captions together with more fleshed-out, editorial commentary. What to see in L.A. galleries: World War II farm labor camp photography and more 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

Literature will do that: Begin as commentary, then evolve into cultural core. ‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

Instead, the Ferengi soon turned into walking, breathing commentaries on the advantages and flaws of unbridled capitalism. Why Aliens Are So Important to 'Star Trek' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

But aside from those gigs, Jones' commentary has been relegated back to social media, never to be hired again. What's keeping NBC from rehiring Leslie Jones for its Olympics commentary? 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z

The funniest moment happened in Italy, where, as a young student, I had grown accustomed to walking down the street in a mist of commentary: “Bellina, bella.” At What Age Is Love Enthralling? 82 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z

Goodyear, though no slouch as a scholar, was either unaware of this literature — including passages from the Bible and church commentaries written in the 11th to 13th centuries — or perhaps dismissed its importance as evidence. Washington National Cathedral goes under the microscope

With all these projects, Benjamin hoped to define a new, modern criticism as a practice distinct from mere literary commentary. Hannah Arendt was right: Walter Benjamin is “sui generis” 2014-03-19T11:50:00Z

Whether exposing guys who don't pay child support or advising on how to deal with forceful men on No Means No, there are heady injections of social commentary throughout. Hidden treasures: Bytches with Problems – The Bytches 2013-01-11T14:59:25Z

For four decades, Mr. Abrahams broadcast political commentaries on Radio Jamaica. Peter Abrahams, a South African Who Wrote of Apartheid and Identity, Dies at 97 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z

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

But on the commentary track for the movie, which is currently available as an Apple exclusive, director Matt Reeves swears that's not the case. "The Batman" director swears that Joker scene wasn’t setting up a sequel 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

It became not just a look, but a form of commentary. Critical Shopper: Critical Shopper - J. Press York Street in Greenwich Village 2013-04-16T17:00:39Z

There is pointed commentary in Kent Monkman’s quiver, an artwork embellished with the overfamiliar Louis Vuitton monogram, and there are street inspirations in Douglas Miles’s skateboard, painted with the jovial caricature of an Apache warrior. American Originals in Fashion on Display 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z

It’s a commentary on her music and her image that lends itself to her “I’m not a popular girl” persona. Taylor Swift’s music video is uncomfortable, but is it really racist? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

In between are to be found short, italicized sections narrated by an unnamed “we,” which work as a sort of Greek-chorus commentary on the action. Salman Rushdie Reviews a Sweeping Debut About the Roots of Modern Zambia 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

But the film, written and directed by Bart Layton, can’t quite decide what it wants to be: a slick, speedy caper; a goofball comedy; or a commentary on the state of the American soul. Review: In ‘American Animals,’ These Guys Didn’t Visit the Library to Study 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

They haunt the dark-wood club interior but do not offer much in the way of commentary on the Clark Expedition or the age of cultural imperialism it embodied. Art In Review: MARK DION: ‘Phantoms of the Clark Expedition’ 2012-07-26T20:01:48Z

Because canonical texts are so crucial in each, interpretation and commentary become dominant modes of religious attentiveness, expanding the scriptural traditions. Exhibition Review: Abraham?s Progeny, and Their Texts 2010-10-22T22:50:00Z

Binging Shows With My Husband I love watching shows with David because he does the hilarious commentary. Liza Colón-Zayas Swears by Brené Brown, ‘Hacks’ and Hugs 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

“The point is not to say that Gen Z is not intelligent or sophisticated, but rather to provide a commentary for how absurd the circumstances” are, Stenberg said. ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ and the Difficulty of Coping IRL 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

Do you see the show as commentary about how the wealthy navigate the legal system? Hugh Grant and David E. Kelley Discuss the ‘Undoing’ Finale 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

His book starts with dining habits in earlier eras and goes on to provide often acerbic commentary on the scene of his time, when Paris was considered to be the center of the culinary world. A Glimpse Into Parisian Dining Life 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

But Pigage and Mechel created prints that showed installation views of the exhibition and accompanied these with technical data and commentary in book form.  Bulky, heavy, pricey - yet flourishing. Art catalogs keep print alive in the digital era 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

He and Hemingway first met in 1937 in a projection room, when Welles was narrating the commentary for The Spanish Earth, a pro-Republican civil war documentary. Lost script reveals what Orson Welles really thought about Ernest Hemingway 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

The show is sharp on so much about women, but the commentary on women and age feels freshest. 'Orange Is the New Black' Recap: Of White Girls and Privilege 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

It's a commentary and observation of middle-class people and the terrors that they're up to. Cannes: Dominic Cooper on playing a "human vibrator" 2010-05-23T18:01:00Z

Following are images from the New York-based sequences in “The Avengers,” with commentary from Mr. White on how those moments were assembled. A Digital Manhattan in ?The Avengers? 2012-05-07T20:10:05Z

One could play this episode for laughs, or take it seriously as a commentary on the complicated sexual impulses of Greek heroes; Rubens is capable of both. Review | A Rubens exhibition asks: Are first thoughts best? 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z

"I never actually intended to have any kind of commentary for reparations on American slavery," she said. Artist launches Reparations website and 'social experiment' on white privilege 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Will Martin Tyler and Gary Neville please stop interrupting the football commentary every five minutes to say: "The Premier League is the best in the world." TV review: Our War; Ian Brady – Endgames of a Psychopathm 2012-08-20T21:00:01Z

In so doing, she offered trenchant commentary on the social and political issues of the day. Was Jane Austen a ‘secret radical’? 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z

According to AMC the commentary includes between 400 and 500 pieces of information. ArtsBeat: Free Fun: Everything You Wanted to Know About ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ Plus the Film Itself 2014-03-13T16:34:44Z

They do not, alas, employ their excretions as social commentary. Téa Obreht Follows Up an Acclaimed Debut With a Visit to the Old West 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Kujawska, meanwhile, seems to provide a commentary on the way that the raw stuff of women's lives is aestheticised and made poignant. Vincent Dance Theatre – review 2012-11-18T00:06:05Z

Indeed, so sure-footed has the show become that it recently sidestepped its way into an acknowledgment of Hoffman’s death by overdose with some of the most succinct and moving commentary offered on the subject. ‘Elementary’ affirms its place as the smartest study of recovery on TV 2014-04-24T19:18:54Z

Yes, it’s social satire and political commentary but also just a heck of a concept. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

The silver-maned Byrne, in his sheepish, slightly gawky countenance, offers some spoken commentary now and then that activates the inclusive “us and you” component of “American Utopia.” Review | David Byrne brings his entertaining brain to Broadway in ‘American Utopia,’ and it’s totally dope 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

Most major newspapers, news broadcasts and online news sites carried a news story, commentary or both. Comics: What's up with Superman's renouncing his U.S. citizenship? 2011-05-10T21:05:05Z

The balance of the tracks don't dwell on Keita's difference, but the title track sets the tone of the set, both musically and in terms of his social commentary. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z

He provides a useful commentary on Medellín’s sense of self and the body. Medellín, Colombia: a miracle of reinvention 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z

The play is not all punch lines and scabrous commentary. Review: In ‘Turn Me Loose,’ Raw Jokes That Still Sear and Bite 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

Maybe it was intended as a metaphor, but this movie isn't nearly sophisticated enough to pull off that kind of commentary. 'The Dead': long plod through zombified Africa 2011-10-20T20:10:05Z

Talk of conspiracies kept popping up in the television commentaries. Robert F. Kennedy’s final flight: The storied journey of the ride from California to New York 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Stevenson shifted easily from light social commentary to a silliness that often had its roots in art, current events or old jokes. James Stevenson, Ex-New Yorker Illustrator, Dies at 87 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

From the age of 14 I was in a youth theatre that toured obscure works by Brecht adapted to be searing commentaries on the miners' strike that was going on around us. 100% arts funding cut? This Newcastle budget is an act of vandalism 2012-12-18T15:45:01Z

They call these the “unadulterated projects” — such as a stenciled pastel wallpaper and a half-bathroom makeover — because they were done without the white noise of online commentary. After a year out of the spotlight, a new kind of ‘Young House Love’ 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

What you are left with are the same clipped tones and breathy, awe-struck commentary that entertained and educated the viewers of grainy black-and-white nature programs in the 1950s. David Attenborough Still Has Hope for Our Future 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z

With its founder and director, Alexander Blachly, conducting and introducing each work with insightful commentary, the 14 singers demonstrated why Pomerium is considered the consummate U.S. interpreter of early chapel choir music. For Pomerium, complex music but wonderfully simple performance 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

“The movie was always a commentary on a world that is often prone to fracturing,” Levy says. Aliens as immigrants: How ‘Arrival’ became the latest political sci-fi film 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

The 2004 original, with the dapper Burgundy challenged by the arrival of the ambitious Veronica Corningstone, won cult-like status on the back of plucky one-liners and satirical commentary on the ingrained sexism of the 1970s. Stars of 'Anchorman 2' hit burgundy carpet in Australia premiere 2013-11-25T00:40:35Z

Fundamentally it's a kind of given that sci-fi is always a commentary on now. "Veep" creator on trading the Oval Office for lawless space in HBO's wacky comedy "Avenue 5" 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

Instead of making a social commentary about women, I wanted to show it. “You can’t make up the viciousness of Hollywood”: Zoe Cassavetes skewers the family industry and how it treats women over 40 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z

She is a close witness and source, and the new book is full of her takes, spliced into Zmuda’s text in italicized glosses like a running commentary. The Belief That Andy Kaufman Is Alive 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Because this is a Tom Wolfe production, there is a great deal of funny and acid commentary on social class. Tom Wolfe’s ‘The Kingdom of Speech’ Takes Aim at Darwin and Chomsky 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

While technology and platforms will continue to evolve, Mankiewicz said, what will remain the same is TCM’s goal to bring its movies and commentary to all of these places. Turner Classic Movies Is Changing. And Trying to Stay the Same. 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

Asked about how the show's high profile on social media, he acknowledged the importance of audience and media support but said he generally avoids falling into the deep "rabbit hole" of online commentary. 'Breaking Bad' documentary will follow drama's end 2013-07-26T23:20:24Z

There were more than a few outbursts midsong, a seeming commentary on the quiet in the room. Music Review: Beat After Beat, by the Book 2011-03-15T22:18:13Z

Parks also brings a wry and pointed flair for political and social commentary. Album review: Van Dyke Parks, 'Songs Cycled' 2013-07-15T23:50:00Z

“That is the tumba,” she said, adding that its lyrics, like those of Trinidadian calypso songs, often serve up social commentary and humor in equal measure. With Cura?ao?s Music, You Can Hear the Cultural Mix 2012-03-16T21:28:10Z

SZA sold two versions, containing extra tracks, while Swift’s website sold four editions, featuring variant artwork and bonus commentary cuts, for one day only. SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Off Taylor Swift for a Fourth Week at No. 1 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

It comes off as a brief tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Chicago septet’s style-blurring sound. Kids These Days pull songs from the static 2012-11-16T16:04:00Z

Pictures of avant-garde art had been included, often with mocking commentary, in New York newspapers and magazines for years. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z

Employing a mix of firsthand observations, informative interviews and a commentary on Chávez's lengthy TV appearances, Carroll gets as close as any outsider to life inside the palace. Hugo Chávez: the best books on the late Venezuelan leader 2013-03-07T15:25:53Z

The movie, made during the installation of the exhibition and just before its opening, provides a virtual walk-through of the show, with commentary from scholars and curators . ArtsBeat Blog: Forget DiCaprio, Another Leonardo Will Be a Film Star 2011-12-09T18:36:38Z

Content: Ms. Najjar is a creator on TikTok known for her blunt dating advice, celebrity commentary, and creating “starter packs,” which are like short guides, for rich moms. Christina Najjar Speaks to Rich Moms 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

Argentine comics tend to offer biting social commentary or jabs at the political establishment. Argentine Cartoonist’s Foray Into The New Yorker 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Lastly - for our teenage readers, Ali sent in a brilliant commentary on The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. Reader reviews roundup 2013-05-03T08:01:00Z

Submerged within is commentary on the fraught social history between two antagonistic nations. Getty's Josef Koudelka retrospective is grim yet riveting 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z

Buried in the chaos is a brilliant comedic commentary on colonialism, capitalism, religious war and violence. Jungle Mold, Ornithology and Lawn Care: 3 New Novels Find Hilarity in Unexpected Places 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

And, stripped of the styling and the cultural commentary, they really are that: the kind of clothes that bestow confidence from the outside in. Balenciaga Occupies Wall Street 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

“In what way is it racist to portray a culture’s most recognizable attributes?” said a commentary about the new production, which aired in November on Russian state television. As ‘Nutcracker’ Returns, Companies Rethink Depictions of Asians 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z

English slang is a field rich for tillage, as Max Décharné proves in “Vulgar Tongues,” a triumph of philological research and mordant social commentary. ‘Vulgar Tongues’ is pimped out with the dopest research 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

In the play, by former "Daily Show" writer David Javerbaum, the Almighty comes to Earth by taking over Parsons' body and delivers comically ornery commentary on contemporary life. Summer promises to be hot on Broadway with three big openings 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Earle's shows are often filled with political commentary, but other than one stab at George W. Bush, he made his point with music this night. Los Lobos tips hat to Jerry Garcia at stellar Zoo concert 2012-08-02T18:11:43Z

But instead of sending pulses racing, the photos instead set off a wave of commentary on how weirdly, overly Photoshopped the whole thing appeared. Step away from the Photoshop! 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

Any of that commentary, I can do on my own show. John Oliver Returns: ‘I’m Not a Complete Nihilist’ 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

The novel isn't particularly thought provoking, and it offers little in the way of the social commentary and specificity of place that put Nordic noir on the map. Revenge and corruption plays a part in Jo Nesbo's thriller 'The Son' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Prince argued that his use of the photographs should be allowed under fair-use exemptions to copyright protections, which permit limited borrowing of protected material for purposes like commentary, criticism, news reporting and scholarship. Appeals Court Ruling Favors Richard Prince in Copyright Case 2013-04-25T16:56:25Z

Controversy: "Fashion Police" was a solid hit until the show's matriarch, Joan Rivers, died in September, leaving E! without the fiery comedian to lead commentary about celebrities and their fashion choices. Duggar family show is the latest TV series to cope with off-screen drama 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

Starr has also recorded videos featuring commentary to accompany the e-book. Ringo Starr unveils unseen Beatles photos in e-book 2013-05-30T01:01:41Z

There is social commentary here as well as family dynamics and even a bit of parody. T.C. Boyle reflects on the beauty of fiction, the seduction of a reader 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

She’ll sing familiar and new songs, field audience requests and offer “year-end commentary.” New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Later in the decade laserdiscs emerged as the preferred medium of collectors, offering a sharper image and digital sound, as well as multiple audio tracks that could contain alternate language versions or filmmakers’ commentaries. Video: Goodbye, DVD. Hello, Future. 2011-03-05T05:23:01Z

Suddenly, on our steady descent into a hell where brands gain personhood, consumers expect or encourage social commentary from the corporations they buy cars, beer and spices from. Penzey's sends out a spicy "Republicans Are Racists" promotional email 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

Just to confirm, the commentary, when you read it, will be Steve Rose's; unless it's David Thomson's half-hourly pointer. Watch Mulholland Drive: live! 2010-10-03T17:27:00Z

The straightforward photos are mostly in stark black-and-white and free of text; they offer no commentary on the scenes they capture. Review | In the galleries: Depicting an energy of constant fluctuation and growth 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

If you watch the show, you’re going to know very quickly that the title is a commentary, and that we’re deconstructing that label from a female point of view. Rachel Bloom on 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Flipping the Bechdel Test on Its Head 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

It features some of their beloved songs and fabulous costume changes, as well as their irreverent commentary on surviving the apocalypse just in time for the holidays. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

Abell, who describes his own politics as centrist, is especially interested in increasing the paper’s political commentary. A Scrappy Makeover for a Tweedy Literary Fixture 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

On Monday, her work was recognized with the ultimate distinction in journalism: a Pulitzer Prize awarded for commentary. Tribune's Mary Schmich wins Pulitzer Prize 2012-04-17T04:08:00Z

Dan Hicks did not back down Sunday from commentary on NBC's broadcast the night before that some online critics suggested was sexist. NBC analyst defends comments criticized as sexist 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z

It’s territory she knows well from her longtime career at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where she won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Review | Connie Schultz’s ‘The Daughters of Erietown’ captures four generations of women in a hardscrabble Ohio town 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z

“If you read the commentary, it makes a lot of sense,” she says. Michelle Yeoh makes quite an entrance at the Vanity Fair Oscars party 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

The director, Gregory Monro, interweaves excerpts from the men’s conversations with scenes from Kubrick’s movies and archival commentary from actors and critics. ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’ Review: Stanley Plays Himself 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

But her commentary can also be incisive and funny, sparking roundups of her zingers across the internet. Patricia Altschul, 78, Is the Dowager Countess of ‘Southern Charm’ 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

The limits of that monopoly are explored in the movie, which combines video from often violent protests with commentary from intellectuals and activists watching along with you. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Above it all is Kiefer Sutherland as an unnamed omniscient narrator who provides brusque exposition and commentary. 'Twelve': Rich kids, drugs and a downer of a melodrama 2010-08-05T20:30:00Z

Along with minimal commentary, he submits ninety-nine numbered exhibition items—documents, photographs, objects, scribbles, and doodles—for our consideration. What Color Were Kafka’s Eyes? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

All told, Trump’s barrage suggested that daylight exists between certain sectors of Fox News and Trump, who has showered Fox personalities with interviews and benefited from favorable commentary from its opinion hosts. Is Trump changing his tune on Fox News? 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

It will also include behind-the-scenes footage, commentary from friends and family and some of Rivers' best moments on camera. E! to air all-day 'Fashion Police' marathon, Joan Rivers tribute 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

“Social commentary is what I do,” he said. David Lee Roth Is Letting His Art (Mostly) Do the Talking 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

Salon's favorite red carpet moments at the Oscars On a famous night for fashion, here are the most memorable looks, with commentary found by combing Twitter. Salon's favorite red carpet moments at the Oscars 2011-02-28T12:29:00Z

This enormous novel makes space for a landslide of incident and commentary. ‘The Books of Jacob,’ a Nobel Prize Winner’s Sophisticated and Overwhelming Novel 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

Fey gave us some real moments of societal commentary in the film too. Why Tina Fey's Mean Girls is a movie classic 2013-01-29T11:28:56Z

This deliciously unsubtle commentary on justice and American history was brought into the fair by Ms. Ellegood, who organized the section of the fair called Platform. The Armory Show: Playing It Safe During an Unsettled Time 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

We appear to be inside a gym of some kind, but one equipped with a skybox, where two announcers — Ben Williams and Hubert Point-DuJour — provide play-by-play and color commentary on the action below them. ‘A Beautiful Day in November’ Opens at City Center 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

After all these years, it's difficult to separate Holbrook from Twain, who during his lifetime offered satirical, razor-sharp and still topical commentaries on such topics as racism, religion and politics — especially the machinations of Congress. 'American Odyssey' chronicles 60 years of Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

The “summer movie season” will last something like sixteen weeks — each bringing a new movie with its own marketing campaign, must-see by trailers, commentary and social buzz. Seasonal Disorder: Summer-Blockbuster Fatigue 2013-07-08T17:31:17Z

James’s “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas,” the film provides more than mere shock value though, offering commentary on the nature of innocence and on the generational consequences of sin. ‘Suspiria’: Stream the Original and 8 Other Italian Horror Classics 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Or most topically in a recent viral comic strip called “The Ghastlygun Tinies,” a satirical commentary on school shootings that is the first success Mad magazine has had in years. Edward Gorey Was Eerily Prescient 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

We learn at a very young age that however our bodies show up in public, they will be subject to commentary, advice, criticism and on occasion, persecution. The unreasonable, degrading expectations imposed on stars' bodies 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

Gregory's sharp commentary soon led him into civil rights activism, where his ability to woo audiences through humor helped bring national attention to fledgling efforts at integration and social equality for blacks. Dick Gregory, Comedian and Civil Rights Activist, Dies at 84 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

The exhibition is organized into sections focused on his early portraits, commentary on race, his year in Paris, and Chicago street and night scenes. Artist Archibald J. Motley Jr.'s Jazz Age imagery on display at LACMA 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z

At Halloween they unsheath their costumes again, either squeezing into the glittery memories of their past or designing a cutting piece of topical cultural commentary assembled off the internet. Fancy dress is great role play – as long as you’re under 10 | Eva Wiseman 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z

He tempers the drumbeat with a tad bit of countervailing commentary, including his advocacy for drug legalization and ending the war on drugs. Greg Gutfeld has risen to the top at Fox News — and that’s no joke 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z

This postmodern pastiche of DVD extras commentary, delivered by the actors as they perform the scenes, is particularly well done. The new wave of fan films 2010-05-13T15:10:00Z

Much of Seidlin's book is a rehash of the Smith hearings he oversaw, simply reprinting court transcripts with commentary mixed in. Anna Nicole Smith judge urges new police probe 2010-06-21T16:29:00Z

It also, to some degree, displays their knack for timely social commentary. ‘BrainDead’ makes every easy Washington joke there is, but it’s still entertaining 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

Volume one includes juvenilia, the major works, uncollected poems and a preliminary version of “The Waste Land,” all enriched with — count ’em — over 800 pages of detailed textual and interpretative commentary. Beyond the bestsellers: Michael Dirda picks 12 books for the holidays 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

So when Weezer headlined a Carnival Cruise a few years ago, it felt one part droll commentary and one part, "Yeah, but all inclusive is nice." Generation X exists! New Weezer album is the sound of our middle-aged middle-child syndrome 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

How pleasant it is to read an article that unites readers and that does not produce even a speck of political commentary. Mastering the Art of Beef Stew 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Bob's TV is on the blink so, perhaps fortunately, we are spared commentary; we just watch the tragedy unfold mute. 'Robert Hughes was brutally honest about art and himself,' writes Nick Kent 2012-08-13T13:33:22Z

It’s infuriating and mildly entertaining, and, if it had been a little pointed, could be a nice commentary on the true crime bubble in which we find ourselves. From “Making a Murderer” to “Don't F**k with Cats,” the evolution of true crime this decade 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z

"I think it was meant as a commentary, but it spoke to a group of people who were actually cheering Joe," said Karaszewski. Director John Avildsen had hard-hitting films before 'Rocky' 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

What I can offer, however, is a small piece of social commentary. Reading group: Sons and Lovers is getting me down 2013-06-13T08:58:55Z

The Dadaist jokesters Das Racist began, effectively, as a commentary on hip-hop groups; at a Friday performance the group showed off its evolution into being just a rap group, and a good one. Critic?s Notebook: Back to the ?90s, Tootling a Flute 2011-07-18T23:12:24Z

I’d like a running commentary — not all the time, but one that I can dip in and out of during the day. Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese Seek a Missing New York in ‘Pretend It’s a City’ 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

“We would talk among students about director commentaries,” she said. Oh for the Days of the Making-Of Featurette — Seriously 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

Audiences, he said, tended to see it not just as piece about the past, but also as a commentary on the present. After Trump, an Oratorio About ‘Dreamers’ Changes Key 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

He said that he meant the show as a commentary on England’s pillaging of Scotland, where he claimed ancestry. Art Review: The Shock of Fashion, When It Turns Into Something Else 2011-05-04T23:32:08Z

So how can we keep up with the necessary flow of information, analysis and commentary without allowing the news to become more and more like reality TV? Donald Trump and the media: The problem isn’t too much coverage — it’s how this president i... 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

But this is a solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France. "Army of Crime": Real inglorious bastards of the Resistance 2010-08-24T00:20:00Z

After a month-plus blizzard of commentary, normcore may be a hypothetical movement that turns into a real movement through the power of sheer momentum. Normcore: Fashion Movement or Massive In-Joke? 2014-04-02T21:56:25Z

“Probably his musical gesture is so clear and complex that as a choreographer you have to ask — what can I add that isn’t commentary on what’s already there?” Does Mozart Defy the Limits of Dance? Mark Morris Begs to Differ. 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

He will also continue to do commentary for World Wrestling Entertainment. Former Colts punter Pat McAfee adds talk show to portfolio 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

"Guardians of the Galaxy" is funnier, "Black Panther" and "Captain America: Civil War" have better political commentary, "Thor: Ragnarok" is a more poignant character study. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

"The Kids in the Hall" took advantage of the Gen X tendency to label everything as inauthentic and pointless by occasionally nestling uncomfortable commentary within their whacked-out scenarios. "The Kids in the Hall" are old now, and that makes their comedy still very much alright 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

The "women's" gymnastics - with its generally young competitors, its demands, its deceptive familiarity - always prompts a spate of parental journalistic commentary. Motherlode Blog: Olympic Parents: Who Sacrifices (or Is Sacrificed) for Gold? 2012-07-30T18:43:47Z

And an outrageous Westwood commentary from the designer can be heard on a 1970s film, played on a period television set, placed in a re-created version of the couple’s store on King’s Road in London. At the Met, Punk Without the Down and Dirty 2013-05-06T11:58:12Z

In another chat window Topiary was giving a running commentary to other Anons who were laughing at his exploits. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z

One: Every novel set in the suburbs must be a commentary on suburbia. Suburban alienation meets aliens in Margaret Wappler's 'Neon Green' 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

The film’s most glaring omission, however, is independent musical commentary. Review: ‘Soul Boys of the Western World’ Revisits Spandau Ballet 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

The triumphs and catastrophes of a multigenerational family dinner — presided over by the sisters Cheesecake, Cherry Pie and Trifle — receive play-by-play commentary from a pair of sportscasters perched above the action. Theater Listings for Jan. 9-15 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Such videos this will doubtless revive sceptical commentary about leading-edge uselessness. Google Glass? You have to applaud their vision 2013-02-24T00:05:41Z

And between movements, he delivered amusing commentary off the cuff. At 100, the Cleveland Orchestra May (Quietly) Be America’s Best 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

Gone are the self-conscious commentary and postmodern pyrotechnics of “Genius.” Books of The Times: Dave Eggers’s New Novel, ‘A Hologram for the King’ 2012-06-13T21:40:56Z

There is much fighting, cool special effects and social commentary — a sort of Victorian X-Men. Versatile Tom Riley tackles sci-fi fantasy in ‘The Nevers’ 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

When People rounded up tweets surrounding that moment, there were two prevailing thoughts: Either have Schumer do weekly commentary for the show or have her be the next Bachelorette. ABC Would Hire Amy Schumer for 'The Bachelorette' 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

In these pieces, he shows a tiresome fondness for short-breathed, end-stopped dance phrases that dog the music like a distracting running commentary. Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Watch the clip above to see more of Colbert’s commentary on the fight. Stephen Colbert Explains What Pope Francis & Donald Trump Have in Common 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

The incidental pleasures of Gray's books include the author's own commentaries – "critic fuel", he sometimes calls them. Every Short Story 1951-2012 by Alasdair Gray - review 2012-11-14T08:00:03Z

Suh’s point is well-taken, and speaks to a broader problem in the industry, particularly with respect to opinion commentary or editorial coverage. Who is qualified to write about race? 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

Along with a small staff in Washington, Sullivan, an omnivorous intellectual, made the Dish into a wide-ranging, and sometimes idiosyncratic, collection of news and commentary. Andrew Sullivan, blogger extraordinaire, decides that it’s time to stop dishing 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Arguments are still waged online over whether the movie is a commentary on gentrification or racism. ‘Shrek’ at 20: How a Chaotic Project Became a Beloved Hit 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

The story of Olsen’s death reminds me of the awful awakening I had while living in The Eternal City: that women’s bodies are vulnerable to public commentary or worse. The myth of the good victim: As an American facing street harassment abroad, I wondered what it meant to be a “good victim” 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z

News organizations are obligated to disclose such connections to let the public assess the reporting or commentary they see, said Tim Franklin, a senior associate dean at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Sean Hannity, defiant as more conflicts emerge, retains support of Fox News 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Singer clarified the situation, saying her comment was “strictly a commentary on my inability to remember names.” “RHONY” star Ramona Singer booted off BravoCon following recent racism accusations 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z

“You’d hear this red carpet commentary,” Cannon told The New York Times recently, “that they were one award away from EGOT-ing.” On the Origin of EGOTs 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

His commentary on "Pops" and "Jazz," is spot on offering an insightful look into three writers. 2009-12-10T17:54:00Z

I am both envious and in awe of Twain’s ability and range to incorporate humor, adventure, fantasy, autobiographical details, science and social commentary into his body of work — oftentimes even within the same sentence. James Rollins: By the Book 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

And maybe once you’re OK with yourself, you can see people as they are, without them having to give commentary on who you are or what your status is.” Neil Strauss: 'My thinking was: If this woman’s going to be naked with me – I must be OK. It doesn’t last’ 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

From our friends over at Reddit: Video commentary of the day: "It's like a deleted scene from 'A Clockwork Orange.'" Baby laughing at half-speed wins the Internet 2011-04-25T18:26:00Z

There’s no social commentary in shock jocks taking on a kid with Down’s Syndrome. The most racist commercial of all time? 2013-05-01T16:10:00Z

You can almost predict some conversations "Black Knight" may yield as viewers parse meaning from layers of social commentary that aren't particularly stealthy. The working-class hero of "Black Knight" is noble, but we've done this apocalypse many times before 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

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

BAILEY: My favorite short films are similarly prescient, though admittedly, every movie I see these days seems an accidental commentary on our new normal. Now Playing: The South by Southwest Film Festival, Sort of 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Open Circle Theater unveils Longenbaugh's stage anthology, describing it as a modern social commentary on "sex, power and the continued difficulties of making a meaningful connection with another human being." Wave of season-opening shows in Seattle: 'Full Monty,' Ann Landers, 'Breaking the Code' 2010-09-10T04:01:00Z

There’s room, of course, in journalism for incisive commentary as well as just-the-facts reporting. Perspective | While pundits swooned over Trump’s speech, reporters plugged away at the real story 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

How explicitly it was intended as bitter commentary on Stalinist repression is a topic of debate. Review: With Bach as a Catalyst, Thierry Escaich’s Lavish Concerto 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The Hunger Games: 'a commentary on society's perverse fascination with reality television'. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z

Carrie Fisher asked her old boss for a copy and, in exchange, recorded commentaries for the Star Wars box set. May the farce be with you: the Star Wars Holiday Special they want us to forget 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

As with his other nonfiction work, it shares a hands-off approach, without voice-over or commentary. Sergei Loznitsa’s Movie ‘Austerlitz’ Observes Tourists in Concentration Camps 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The Chicago R&B singer seamlessly blends biting political commentary into enchanting, soulful tunes on her latest album, “Legacy! Legacy!” The best concerts of summer 2019 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

It is also Stravinsky’s savvy, admiring musical commentary on Mozart opera. ArtsBeat: Top 10 Composers: Which 20th-Century Masters Will Make the Cut? 2011-01-12T13:43:50Z

Or has the decline of trust in authentic critical commentary and reviews been the case for a while? Do audiences even trust movie critics anymore? The downfall of Rotten Tomatoes and media criticism 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z

When the footage circulated on social media and news outlets around the world, much of the immediate commentary centered on Assange’s evident physical decline. Julian Assange and the History of Celebrities Wielding Books 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

I think everybody else in TV — everybody else who does political commentary in a comedic way — they’re all in one box. Bill Maher, Faulted for Booking Milo Yiannopoulos, Takes Credit for His Fall 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Throughout, Evans enhances Downing’s reviews with lengthy footnotes, which identify authors and often add his own informative commentary. Reading for a winter’s night: The detective fiction of Todd Downing 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Along with relying on the favorite function as a bookmark, she used it to keep a record of some of the nasty and obnoxious comments her reporting, TV commentary and bons mots provoked. Twitter Fans Speak Out Against the Heart 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z

Instead of adding another piece of commentary onto this tottering Jenga pile, we thought it would be nice to simply celebrate hilarious women. 10 funniest women writers on the Internet 2011-05-12T14:38:00Z

This is underlined by self-aware lyrics that offer commentary on how the Passion story would go on to be told. Best Easter pageant ever? Half a century of "Jesus Christ Superstar" 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z

But instead I am making a necessary commentary on the history of these works and how we view them. Deborah de Robertis: Shocking for a Purpose 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

Though some elements of “Snowpiercer” might be blatantly, scientifically unsound, Manson said that the show’s commentary on climate change and other solvable environmental crises was pointedly aimed at a present-day audience. On Track for the Apocalypse, ‘Snowpiercer’ Comes to Television 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

With intersecting plots about the construction of an enormous church in medieval Alsace, Hopkins has constructed a clever commentary on the ironies of history. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

The commentary and stories are also accompanied by archival, never-seen-before footage. A closer look at Prince Andrew's friendship with Epstein and his scandal on Peacock's "Banished" doc 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z

More than two hours of truly "bel canto" was accompanied by the American Symphony Orchestra under James Bagwell, with the Collegiate Chorale providing a grounding, but vivid, commentary to the over-the-top action. Review: Over-the-top beauty begs for more bite 2012-12-06T20:59:13Z

“Atlanta” isn’t quite the sharply focused work of social commentary that some viewers may have expected, but it’s far more impressive as an intricate mural of a community. The best TV shows of 2016: ‘O.J.: Made in America,’ ‘Veep’ and ‘ The Americans’ lead the pack 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Her “superior” methods, which included calling a child “garbage” and threatening both daughters with the loss of their toys if they failed to practice on their musical instruments, brought fourth a backlash of commentary. Motherlode Blog: 2011: Stories That Changed the Way We Parent Now 2011-12-30T16:35:34Z

The tours are in black taxis, last about 90 minutes and include commentary from the driver. The murals on Belfast’s ‘peace walls’ offer an illustrated history of the Troubles 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

QAnon movement has produced an endless amount of commentary deciphering what they view as the hidden esoteric meaning buried in ex-president Donald Trump's tweets, posts and speeches. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

His big-picture commentary is so compressed and fluid that you often scarcely notice how casually he’s able to switch from micro to macro and back inside a single paragraph. The Legacy of David Letterman, Icon of the Grizzled Generation 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

And whatever its value as sociopolitical commentary, its status as revered satire is unimpeachable. Hail to the Veep: the best and most brutal comedy of the century 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

"More robust and consistent evidence, including verification of the results in other populations, is needed," Bart Koes and Wendy Enthoven from the Erasmus Medical Centre in the Netherlands wrote in a Lancet commentary. Paracetamol no better than placebo for low back pain, study finds 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Searching the internet for commentary on the case not long afterwards, I found the loudest voices were those raised in my attacker’s defence. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Amirpour’s episode is the season’s most straightforward example of horror as cultural commentary. ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ Review: 7 Tricks, 1 Treat 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

Of course, the finale is best remembered for the cut to black and all the commentary that followed. David Chase on ‘The Sopranos,’ Trump and, Yes, That Ending 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

The work’s title suggests an indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush and a commentary on the endless quagmire of war. An Invaluable, Incomplete Show of Black Southern Art at the Met 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

“I became an artist in order to do social commentary,” he declared forthrightly. Artist recycles guns, ammo into provocative models of houses of worship 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

"I think of the content that I create as entertainment, and not a place for any serious political commentary," he said. YouTube, Disney ditch PewDiePie over anti-Semitic content 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Does your life really need more color commentary? Cartoon Saturday: Is your phone getting too smart? 2011-04-30T08:01:00Z

I don't really see myself as a political writer or a writer of social commentary. "I went full Christmas": Rhett Miller on writing holiday songs for now and for the ages 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

Or is the illustration doubling as commentary on the song’s subject of sufficient assistance? Critic?s Notebook: Put Yourself in the Story of Passover 2011-04-17T23:21:25Z

For years, it was a nontaxing mix of news, lifestyle and conservative couch gab, a warm-up before Fox’s day of politics and commentary. Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z

But while carefully crafting 140-character commentary, a wave of social media panic came billowing in: How to Get Away With Hashtags 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z