英语词汇“cynical”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Colonel Korn was silent a moment, regarding the chaplain with a glint of cynical amusement. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So, I said, in a reflexively cynical response, I guess the key to finding the meaning of life is to stop taking out the garbage? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good cop, a cynical but not unhappy man. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You try to sound cynical, but I see through you. I know, I listened very carefully to what you had to say. You were enormously moved. Your emotions were touched." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I really am a lot more cynical than people realize. At least in my head.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Loading up on free wood was like gathering manna from heaven, and how could a person be completely cynical about that? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wild was the wrestle which should be paramount; but another feeling rose and triumphed: something hard and cynical: self-willed and resolute: it settled his passion and petrified his countenance: he went on— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As for what people thought about his dress, he was cynical and terse: “That’s their problem.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The cynical have always suggested that the Communists were using us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As you are not playing downstairs, or peacefully abed, a cynical person might wonder what you are doing at this late hour, and if you are up to no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now I have found a language even more cynical than my own: in Kilanga the word nzolo is used in three different ways, at least. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was cynical enough to always find something to worry about. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It filled me with hatred, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness, anxiety, loneliness, selfishness and a cynical attitude toward people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she is cynical, sullen, and a deeper mystery every day. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

No amount of wheedling and blandishment would cause the cynical badger to change her mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was especially cynical in groups, perhaps feeling that a witty cut-down about a stranger would earn me the respect and admiration of friends. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe that warmth is genuine, maybe I should be ashamed of my dour, cynical thoughts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The children, you know, become somewhat cynical when things like this happen because of where they live and how they have to live. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A more cynical approach was taken by Tyra Banks, the popular talk show host, who devoted a show in May 2008 to the recurring question, “Where Have All the Good Black Men Gone?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the ceremony, I was far less cynical about the whole event. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You can be cynical all you want, but many a life can be saved by poetry,” he says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They were in the mountain laboratory. The young enthusiastic scientists had all ganged up on that cynical old scientist who didn’t want to help.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And old men, grill your burgers and give them to teenagers with cynical worldviews. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kat was more funny and brave than Annabelle, but more cynical, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I felt wise and cynical as all hell. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They are “morose,” “live in memory rather than hope,” are “slaves to profit,” and are “prone to pity, though not for the same reasons as young ’He is a cynical old soul, our hero. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Nowadays, people are too cynical and don’t believe in magic anymore,” Abuelita Remedios said as she drove us down the road. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s sort of nice not to have to be cynical for a change. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Surely, you are one of the confident North and not one of the cynical old continent.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

What I won’t allow myself to do, though, is to become cynical. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice is calm and cynical, like she’s had to say this countless times before. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He laughed quietly, his sunken, shrewd eyes sparkling perceptively with a cynical and wanton enjoyment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The thought that people would steal things intended for Martin made me a little more cynical about the world. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So cynical was the government’s plan that the removal was to take place even before the houses were built to accommodate the evacuated people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was surely a cynical attempt to win forgiveness for what could never be forgiven. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tell her how he’s less cynical than he thinks he is. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Noticing my cynical look, she added quickly, “I’m also not a caseworker. I will represent your best interests in court.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Or was their tenure somewhat less cynical, more a matter of improvisation, motivated by the distant but vague object of forging a lasting harmony between Greek and Egyptian? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The picture is not unlike Egypt today, where the government in Cairo keeps power by a combination of tactics, including management of local religious authorities that swerves between heavy-handed intimidation and cynical appeasement. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Thinking themselves cynical about, and not a little afraid of, life, neither Bloom nor Linda wished to become involved again for a long time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least he’d have one runty, cynical weasel to hang out with. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Rick said, “I understand now why Phil Resch said what he said. He wasn’t being cynical; he had just learned too much. Going through this—I can’t blame him. It warped him.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Though I was not a Communist, cynical rivalry had put me in charge of one of the party’s leading cultural organizations. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma was not convinced one way or the other, though she remained cynical and thought it was almost certainly trickery. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that sounds too cynical of him, which would be all wrong. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biff’s eyes were cold and staring, half-concealed by the cynical droop of his eyelids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was politics, yes, but in its most fractious and cynical form, seemingly disconnected from any larger sense of purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Of course she would, this cynical part of my brain said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ofttimes I’d find him reading a book; he would stop and in a joking, wistful, and cynical manner ape the antics of the white folks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot. You and Nick are so cynical.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The empire’s enemies grew thin and desperate and even the most cynical of men could see the end of the war was drawing swiftly near. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“After being with me. Except one. A very cynical man. Phil Resch. And he’s nutty; he works out in left field on his own.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Oppressed for centuries, divided, hopeless, corrupted, misled, they were cynical—as I had once been—and the Communist method of unity had been found historically to be the only means of achieving discipline. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Old Martin hoped he would get to drive it, but he was cynical about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He kept the chaplain in a constant state of terror with his curt, derisive tongue and his knowing, cynical eyes that the chaplain was never brave enough to meet for more than an accidental second. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was just more cynical than the rest of us; stealing did not bother him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I would have told the table that, but they were really having fun being cynical, and I didn’t want to ruin it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I realized we kept piling up these presents because it was as good as free advertising for the firms involved, but I couldn't be cynical. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a cynical bargain on both sides. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As a protective mechanism, I developed a terse, cynical mode of speech that rebuffed those who sought to get too close to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juliek, a Pole with eyeglasses and a cynical smile in a pale face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be careful, my cynical friend!” she warned, putting a hand in the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was as cynical as I was regarding uplift and hope, and we were proud of having escaped what we called the “childhood disease of metaphysical fear.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Moss turned his head to face Javier, and not even his cynical brain could deny what he saw. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The former boy wonder was now a seasoned and slightly cynical leader of the city he’d called home his entire life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

What the song captures is the moment’s dank, cynical malaise. The Playlist: Arcade Fire and Gorillaz Return, With Money and Power on Their Minds 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

It’s easy to be cynical about what the Grammys don’t do well, but few institutions could have engineered such a reunion – worth it alone for the Fab Two’s raised-hand unison bow. Daft Punk take Album and Record of the Year Grammy Awards 2014-01-27T04:47:00Z

In losing Will, Kalinda lost an equally cynical colleague and wonderful scene partner. Can "The Good Wife" Fill the Kalinda Void? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

This is a big, crude, cynical and impressive movie that will leave almost any possible viewer with mixed feelings, partly because it kills off its best character in what seems irrevocable fashion. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z

Thing is, it's almost impossible to remain cynical in the 30-year-old singer's presence. In bed with Beth Ditto 2011-03-16T22:53:00Z

But he never cared for the formulaic fare typical of Broadway, where risk-averse producers commission soundtracks that ooze with cynical sincerity. Human nature 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

A cold and cynical world, to be sure. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

Bringing out the musical’s cynical tone was harder. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

One could be cynical about the number of Keeneland employees with “Ask Me About Betting” buttons affixed to their green vests. In Lexington, Selfies With American Pharoah, Then ‘Bourbon and Branch’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

Suddenly, a cynical film about politics seemed badly timed. Clooney's latest opens Venice film festival 2011-08-30T14:46:04Z

This Alfonso is less the cynical, crusty bachelor you usually see than a bookish and jaded younger man. Music Review: ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-11-16T23:12:47Z

The blunt, fearless Kathryn embraces her new job with a gusto that immediately raises eyebrows among her cynical co-workers, who look down at the Eastern Europeans they have been charged to help. | 'The Whistleblower': American in Bosnia Discovers the Horrors of Human Trafficking 2011-08-04T21:18:52Z

The show can often give a cynical take on holidays, so it's a pleasant surprise to see a made-up one, Leap Day, so full of joy and fun. TV highlights 25/05/2012 2012-05-24T19:00:02Z

Jay’s thoughtful bits have a cynical edge, one earned from a few lifetimes of tragedy already. Sam Jay: A Comic Who Belongs to No Camp 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

At this point, a cynical onlooker could suggest that, frankly, they might as well. Big Deal interview: 'It's best if there's room to wonder ? ' 2011-08-18T22:00:01Z

Instead of regarding these unfortunate men from the lofty perspective of a charming, cynical hatchet man logging frequent-flier miles — George Clooney’s character in — looks them straight in the eye from inside the trenches. | 'The Company Men': Perils of the Corporate Ladder: It Hurts When You Fall 2010-12-09T22:34:00Z

His best poems are cynical, impolite, acid in their wit’s rain. ‘S O S: Poems 1961-2013,’ Works by Amiri Baraka 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

I frankly imagine its verbal daggers will be less envenomed: age can prompt even the most cynical to realize not only nostalgia’s sickly-sweet temptation but also its usefulness. Riff: ?My So-Called Adulthood? 2011-08-07T04:15:28Z

And down to the final point, the message that Leonard covertly seeks to convey is one of a cynical nature. Crusher by Niall Leonard - review 2013-07-21T14:00:00Z

I don’t mean to suggest that this haunting, absorbing novel is trying to draw readers in with any kind of cynical formula. She’s So Unusual. Is She Magical? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

Naomi Watts provides a rooting interest as the cynical reporter investigating the tape’s mysterious origins and the spell it casts. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

"He took a mildly cynical view of most things." George Lloyd compositions revived for Proms 2013-09-06T09:31:10Z

In Mr. McCartney’s case, for his Friday night concert, that respect was particularly intense, nothing to be cynical about. Critic’s Notebook: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, in All Its Multiplicity 2013-06-17T22:06:12Z

These tales seem churlish and negative — deeply cynical, but not in a bracing Jonathan Swift kind of way. Short story collections dive in to this fall

Instead it opts for 90 minutes of slightly detached cynical enthusiasm, as events unfold on-screen that are varying shades of horrific. Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

It’s the season to be cynical about all things political. Theater Review: Kevin Spacey?s ?Richard III,? Staged by Sam Mendes - Review 2012-01-19T03:01:14Z

And, being the hard-nosed, cynical journalists that we are, those emails usually end up in the bin in about 10 seconds flat. Even superheroes have to queue 2012-06-25T14:06:58Z

The first is the cynical hotel owner’s Norwegian daughter; the second is her Lebanese friend, an orphan and asylum seeker who’s at risk of deportation. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z

She and her cohort — her producer, sous-chef and a cynical food blogger — keep it together on camera, but behind the scenes and at commercial breaks, devolve into squabbles. A blend of food and comedy in ‘The Dish’

Johnson, in a letter to his mentor, Alfred Barr, MoMA’s first director, took a more cynical view: “What I most want to do is to be influential.” ‘Architecture’s Odd Couple’: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Yet Loznitsa’s is a deeply cynical outlook, one that is most apparent in his narrative features, like “Donbass,” a grim satire about corruption and propaganda in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. What Does It Mean to Live in Ukraine? Filmmakers Offer Their Answers. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

“A Writer Prepares” captures a pre-Internet, pre-superstore business that included such publications as Manhunt, Trapped and Keyhole, and some institutions that only the most cynical writer would have imagined on his own. Lawrence Block’s memoir recalls a colorful writing career 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Shadyside is drab and dejected, full of cynical kids who work hard and play harder. ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy Review: Carnage and Close Calls 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

As hyperbolic as it sounds in this postmodern, cynical, plague-riddled world, the RZA is one of the most valuable prophets of the past quarter-century. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

The production is filled with lines like, "One man can make a difference" -- lines that the cynical might scoff at in different context. Laurence Fishburne does justice to "Thurgood" 2011-02-24T15:25:00Z

John Mulaney appears to have become, as many veteran comics do, more cynical about this relationship, and speaks to it after relating an anecdote that makes him look bad. John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

"Sometimes people are gloomy and cynical and I think it's important to say there is another way of looking at life - seeing the light and not just the dark." Chilean film "Gloria" cheered at Berlin festival 2013-02-10T12:49:58Z

Precociously smart and precociously cynical, she was hungry to break the bonds of her own inexperience and transform herself into the woman she imagined herself becoming. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z

We’d decided we wanted a strong female character, and so she was a beautiful, brilliant, kindly young doctor, who was witty, masterfully cynical and an extraordinarily talented bass player. Gene Weingarten: the Opie-Changey thing 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

His Marlowe is a lumbering, melancholy figure, not so much cynical as bored by the endless corruption and duplicity he encounters. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

"The Duke" is completely agreeable, and pleasant, but it could have been more arch or cynical. In "The Duke," Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a real-life art heist charming 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

As the decade progressed, accounts by other writers became, like the populace, louder and more cynical. ArtsBeat: Page-Turners for the Presidential Campaign 2012-01-11T15:43:32Z

The cynical opinion – to which I tend myself – is that drama set in the past avoids many of the problems that make TV executives worry about their jobs and pensions. The Paradise: do viewers really need more period drama? 2012-09-25T14:22:53Z

I don't want to appear cynical, but the reality is museums are used as part of the brand building process smart dealers employ to increase the value of the artists they represent. Art power list 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

That's completely understandable reaction in our pessimistic, cynical era, where having seen it all is a true possibility. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" casts a wondrous spell, but can it overcome our cynicism? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

And maybe he would have become as cynical as I am, looking back at the last 40 years and wondering how we let ourselves become this way. What '80s kids also remember: On stranger danger, Satanic panic and generations of trickle-down fear 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z

But at the same time, I guess I’m a little cynical. A Director Follows Acclaim for ‘Tangerine’ With a Film for Kenzo 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s an indication that we’re all growing up, as SNL meanders into cynical middle age – but does growing up have to mean giving up too? The long life of digital shorts: an ode to Saturday Night Live's viral highs 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z

I’m not trying to be cynical, just realistic: Once video became easy to manufacture, people started contributing widely to YouTube. Enter the Holodeck 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

The liberal punditocracy—because of Trump’s cynical use of the manufacturing issue, as well as its own contempt for workers—has been a font of misinformation on this subject ever since the election. Reviving manufacturing would help all of us—not just white men 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z

Alex Turner, the band’s leader, sustains melodies within the clamor, singing hard-nosed observations — sometimes cryptic, sometimes bitterly cynical — in a baleful baritone croon. Music Review: Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys at Madison Square Garden 2012-03-13T22:19:08Z

But this year may just see its scabrous, cynical spirit finally claim a gong by proxy. There's a Sweet Smell of Success about The Social Network 2011-02-18T14:52:38Z

The in-your-face title track — “I’ve had the blues, the reds and the pinks, one thing for sure, love stinks” — seemed to encapsulate the cynical side of rock-and-roll and was later recorded by Joan Jett. J. Geils, guitarist whose band had hits with ‘Centerfold,’ ‘Freeze-Frame,’ dies at 71 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

The Soviets had the Iron Curtain; Mr. Putin, with his troll armies and cynical meme warfare, has the Irony Curtain. Ukraine on TV: We’ve Seen This Before. And We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z

Alicia Keys, a woman who could make believers out of the most cynical among us, was the mentor for the week. "American Idol" recap: Crystal Bowersox saves 2010-04-21T13:22:00Z

The Capitol Hill Club — a posh, Republican-only establishment one block from the Capitol — is where your most cynical prejudices about Washington come true. Inside the GOP’s playhouse: Behold, the most important place in all of Republicandom 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

The central theme of the comedy, created by Armando Iannucci and debuting Sunday at 10 p.m., is letting people within the Washington power structure say what they're really thinking, in all its cynical glory. Louis-Dreyfus is 1 heartbeat away in HBO comedy 2012-04-20T19:01:08Z

Langston’s voice has a steady oratorical power that conveys his deep, life-worn, cynical wisdom regarding more than sales; it regards American life over all. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

They may be skeptical about the trade they ply — nothing tests your faith quite like knowing how the tricks are done — but they’re never cynical. When Harry Met Harry 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

The noncolor parts are the observations of a cynical, condescending Chinese bureaucrat dispatched from Beijing to interview the residents. Movie Review: ‘UFO in Her Eyes,’ a Chinese Satire, at MoMA 2012-06-12T23:02:22Z

This enigmatic piece is sure to cure any case of the Mondays by making even the most cynical among us smile. | Ugo Rondinone’s Miniature, Wearable Art 2013-12-25T20:00:42Z

You hint at the Iran-Contra scandal that President Reagan traded arms for hostages, but overall, this is an inspiring, not cynical film, and it does have some resonance today. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

There’s no reason to be cynical about that. ‘The Laundromat’ Review: Meryl Streep in a Cycle of Spin 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

What stood out most was his attitude: perpetually bemused, cheerfully, without an ounce of anger in his cynical gibes. There’s No Dave Chappelle or Hannah Gadsby Without Mort Sahl 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

If there are opportunists and profiteers and cynical actors who are willing to fuel the mayhem for a tiny bit of personal or political advantage, then they can go on for decades. Perspective | What perpetual war looks like in America 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

There’s a less cynical way to look at the Song of the Summer, though. A summer of drive-by listening 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

But trust me on this: The guy’s not cynical. Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence 2014-02-01T19:30:00Z

Your film can be seen as cynical, in that opportunities are limited, or it can be seen as hopeful, in that people are free to do what they want. "Alcarràs" filmmaker on farming families losing "this way of life" in Catalonia 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

I love how wholly unimpressed and cynical my kids have been one minute, but the next bowled over by a Vine of a gerbil in a jumper. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

I can sit there in my cynical holier-than-thou way, look to my wife and make a call. I Give It A Year: how I tried to subvert the romcom 2013-02-02T06:00:00Z

Perhaps this wasn’t a cynical act of defiance but rather swarms of fans undoing decades of compartmentalizing. “Surviving R. Kelly” Reframes R. Kelly and the Songs We Once Loved 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

While he surely enjoyed skewering the power and immorality of studio executives in "The Big Knife," he also probably heard about some real-life scandals that may inform this cynical play. Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z

In the 1990s, Blur’s default mode was brashly cynical. Review: With Original Lineup, Blur Returns to New York in Punky Form 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

And did she need to approach yoga from a relatively cynical point of view, using phrases like “I got ready for the bossing” and “quietude on the hoof”? Books of The Times: A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga 2010-12-22T23:06:18Z

Here's an entertaining guide to cynical readings of these terms, by "industry veterans." Five pop culture items we missed 2011-08-23T21:24:00Z

A lack of trust makes us cynical and that's generally thought to be a bad outcome. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

We responded to the dark and cynical sides of his personality that we might ascribe to the ancestral settlers and farmers of the American Midwest whose self-reliance led them to distrust even the weather. David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won. 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

His phenomenal success – making him arguably the UK's most popular composer – led some critics to accuse Tavener of writing deliberately accessible music that tapped into a vague new-agey-ness for the most cynical of reasons. John Tavener: 'The days of seven-hour pieces are gone' 2013-07-01T18:00:01Z

"It was like shooting fish in a barrel," she says, "but it's not OK to be facile. Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that." Lydia Millet finds mermaids in her new novel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Here are three key things to keep in mind as our nation enters its most cynical phase in recorded history. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

In the last scene Mr. Obama’s victory speech provokes a cynical tirade from Cogan, who scoffs, in a carefully nonpartisan fashion, at the president-elect’s idealism. Movie Review: ‘Killing Them Softly,’ With Brad Pitt, From Andrew Dominik 2012-11-29T16:13:01Z

Even Bonnerjee, who openly acknowledges that his role in these "cynical marketing plays" is perpetuating some of these "late-capitalist artifacts," says he's not yet ready to put down his fork. The wild and wacky world of snack food collaborations 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

And “Champagne Year” was steely and somber, a cynical hymn. Music Review: St. Vincent Sings at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-08-26T23:18:13Z

A man who's lost everything he ever loved in life begins a new job as a caretaker for a cynical teenager afflicted with advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez bring novel to life in 'Fundamentals,' which starts streaming Friday 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Suggesting that there is some cynical calculation to these kinds of gambits is seen as an unsophisticated, even offensive, analysis. The Triumph of the Celebrity Endorsement 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

He was never cynical and armed with a grand strategy. Two Accounts of Donald Trump’s Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z

Armendariz was best known for playing sly, sometimes cynical characters he endowed with wit and charisma. Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. dies at age 71 2011-12-27T02:46:04Z

But, as I’ve argued in my research on satire and politics, satire can’t make an audience cynical about something that doesn’t deserve it. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Matt, attending incognito, takes to the marketplace with cynical zest, referring to his killings as “content.” ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t seem right that the spirit of such a pure and exuberant character should be reduced to something so flippant and basically cynical. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

Equally, bloggers must stop the cynical practice of reviewing previews. Theatre bloggers must leave previews alone 2011-02-10T12:50:12Z

I think it is a critical film, but I also think it is cynical. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

This is not to suggest that Nichols is cynical about his film-making: he simply appears to have adopted flexibility out of necessity. Mud director Jeff Nichols: 'Mark twain bottled what it felt to be a child' 2013-05-02T17:37:37Z

Did the film change your feelings about people getting more cynical as they get older? Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

But even in these bagatelles, Mr. Ayckbourn doesn’t abandon his deeper view of humanity, which might be described as compassionately cynical. ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

That's the thing with these guys: No band is more unassuming or more confident in their abilities; more earnest or more cynical. Avett Brothers disarm audience at Paramount 2010-07-19T19:02:00Z

There are times when , with its distrust of technology and its sharp, cynical take on the soldier's servitude, feels like a Kubrickrian twist on . Source Code: A Sci-Fi "Groundhog's Day" Awash in Bombs, Paranoia and Inconsistency 2011-03-31T20:25:00Z

I would say you’re probably one of the least cynical songwriters working today. Craig Finn keeps the faith: “We live in divided times, but I do believe that people are inherently good” 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Back then, the tone was violent and cynical. Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

She becomes cynical, at a young age, about Communism. 2010-01-12T23:49:00Z

Call it inspired or call it cynical: It’s sturdy show business logic, and weekly takings have gone up by a couple hundred thousand dollars since he began performances on Dec. 9. In ‘Last Ship,’ Sting Tries to Not Steal the Spotlight 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

Having said that, I don’t think I’ve ever been a desperately cynical journalist. Here’s how to change the world 2013-05-02T15:00:00Z

“Chain Letter” is bad in depressing and irritating ways, from the incoherent story to the unimaginative brutality of the killings to the especially cynical, sequel-baiting ending. | 'Chain Letter': Another Argument Against E-Mail 2010-10-01T23:30:00Z

Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

But I mean, it's just nonsense because then you look at so many of the great American comedies which is sort of cynical and snide. Nate is a "troubled soul": "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed on his character's dark turn 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

The audience watches as she goes from a bright, sparky, pretty woman to a cynical and emotionally exhausted shell. The Hardcore truth about women in porn 2011-07-14T20:01:01Z

Call me cynical, but I didn’t think Duke had disavowed his past. I shook hands with a Klansman 2013-03-10T13:00:00Z

The LA Times dismissed the novel as "dispiriting and, ultimately, irritating", saying it failed to offer real insights into politics and that its anonymous authorship was a cynical marketing exercise. Obama novel O's anonymous author named 2011-01-28T12:08:09Z

Martin has said Tyrion is his favourite character to write for as a result of his wit, penchant for “iconoclastic, cynical one-liners” and lovable rogue qualities. Tales of Tyrion: what could a Game of Thrones spin-off series look like? 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

As the scam artist, he’s hardened, cynical and slightly pitiable. Must-devour TV: Bryan Cranston’s “Sneaky Pete” is your new binge-watch obsession 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

It’s hard not to crack a cynical smile listening to this, but it doesn’t seem contrived. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Given the not-so-vibrant state of the music industry, she said, “There’s a certain freedom right now in being so cynical. You might as well just have fun.” Jill Sobule Finds Seeds of ‘Dottie’s Charms’ in a Drawer 2014-04-17T14:05:28Z

In hindsight, it probably would've been wiser to have them all written and recorded and ready to go, but then that sounds a little bit cynical and calculated. Twelve tips for the Flaming Lips 2011-01-12T14:09:59Z

Such a cynical comment does not at all do justice to the romance and beauty this place elicits for modern day travelers. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

In fact, it depicts a colorblind suburbia in which the cynical, Garfield-loving local cop is African-American and there’s one black kid in the fraternity that trashes the neighborhood. What “Neighbors” and “Chef” can teach us about white male privilege 2014-05-10T16:30:00Z

“You stay in this business long enough, you get jaded and cynical,” one campaign staffer says to another. | 'The Ides of March': ?The Ides of March,? With George Clooney - Review 2011-10-06T12:00:00Z

Indeed, no matter how cynical and nihilistic the times, we have always had artists who make work that invokes meaning, hope and mystery. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z

He’s grown cynical, furiously tossing CDs out of his car window, desperate for something with feeling. Music powers rebirth in ‘Begin Again’ 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Almost unanimously, they noted that Bruce had been cynical, withdrawn and biting, while Sheela is soft and effervescent. For Some in Transgender Community, It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Anderson is so arresting as Thatcher that even cynical late-night hosts became giddy fans when she was on as a guest. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Where we’ve seen it since: The Internet loves to point out the irony of Rose’s promise through cynical memes that play on the inherent cruelty of her impossible choice. Analysis | After 20 years, these 8 ‘Titanic’ moments still won’t die. Unlike Jack. 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

First, the outcome was largely driven by what the Supreme Court deemed the "cynical" motives of the legislature, which, in amending the law, had singled out "hippies" as undeserving of food stamps. Friends are saying "I do" — but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer Sadie Stein writes: “Warm, affectionate, often angry but never cruel, cynical but not without a certain faith in people, Sorel gives us a life — and a world — in pictures.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

The cynical prickliness of the material — along with Rob’s incessant fourth-wall narration, describing her woe-is-me mismanagement of her own feelings — is too easily recognizable as a forgery. Review | Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Gags about cynical journalists are tossed off knowingly, as are the man’s copious bad habits. Vampire-friendly critic in ‘St. Nicholas’ has the right kind of bite 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Even better, it is common to worry that consuming satire makes one cynical and apathetic. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

A more cynical take on the policy is that apprehensions drive budgets, and if you deter people from crossing the border, you won’t apprehend as many. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z

As the show’s first few numbers efficiently send up the cynical political playbook, you begin to wonder if Signature should roll this out every election cycle. Oh, “The Fix” these dirty politicians are in 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

Terry Edward Moore repeats his winning turn as an anti-social, cynical scrooge of a Sherlock, who comes out of retirement to crack a case and get into the holiday spirit. 5 holiday shows to round out the season 2012-12-27T21:18:27Z

There is, perhaps, a slightly more cynical read to the sonic choices on “Midnights”: Swift hasn’t toured since 2018, after “Reputation.” Taylor Swift, Caught Between Yesterday and Tomorrow on ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

In response, the film races through cynical vignettes scattered across the globe, and in one case, on a satellite above it. ‘The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

And then there is “Flora and Ulysses,” which focuses on a cynical girl and a squirrel who develops superpowers after getting caught in a vacuum cleaner. Remember Family Films? Disney Plus Is Making ’Em Like They Used To 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

“We got a lot of flack; some people thought it was cynical and money-making,” he said. What It Takes to Save a Mockingjay 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

But "Middle Men" is also true to the film-noir formula in being relentlessly moralistic, or rather -- and this is an important aspect of the formula -- being titillating, cynical and moralistic all at the same time. "Middle Men": Heroes of the Internet-porn revolution 2010-08-05T15:01:00Z

If today's young people seem cynical, even put off by the traditionally patriotic displays of the 20th anniversary of this national tragedy, consider the unique, generational circumstances in which they've come of age. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z

All of those concerns still have credence, but much of the critical discussion in 2012 turned not merely cynical but downright dismal. Oscar movies are hits, too, for a change 2013-02-18T08:46:04Z

A cynical thought, perhaps, but appropriate when considering “Go: a community-curated open studio project” at the Brooklyn Museum. Art Review: ‘Go,’ a Group Show at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-01-02T23:18:05Z

Chandler is put in charge of a squad of older, cynical veterans who of course resent and reject him, an all-male “Prime Suspect.” Television Review: ?Whitechapel? on BBC America - Review 2011-10-25T22:06:28Z

Morales leaves the district attorney’s office in disgust over a cynical decision by his boss in the first episode. The TV Watch: New Job, but Still Chasing Bad Guys 2011-04-10T21:51:33Z

You see, under my cynical shell I’m a sentimental mess. Nicky Silver on His Broadway Run of ‘The Lyons’ 2012-07-06T04:47:18Z

So the lesson here is, if you're me, anyway: don't believe your first cynical reaction to things that glitter and glower from promotional posters. Pianist Valentina Lisitsa: believe the hype 2012-06-15T13:49:13Z

The “Mad Men” finale was many things at once: Frustrating, cynical, dark, moving, optimistic, profound, confounding. The most ridiculous moments from the “Mad Men” finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

For this is not like all those cynical Halo and Assassin's Creed tie-ins. Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre – review 2013-02-14T09:01:01Z

Sometimes, he does this through juxtaposition, evoking, in quick succession, a slightly more cynical version of Whitman’s multitudes. Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

While that makes a lovely thought . . . gosh, it’s hard to dismantle this without sounding cynical. Carolyn Hax: A love first-timer dates a man who’s done it all before 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

They're a weary and cynical bunch, but stubbornly spirited, somehow summoning the resilience to endure, and at times flourish, no matter the brutal truth of their circumstances or emotional cost. Review: 'Water By the Spoonful' is vivid, human 2013-01-09T03:31:05Z

When in a movie a harried, cynical, pencil-pushing government bureaucrat is saddled with an assignment he doesn’t want, during a crisis in his employment, you know how it’s going to go. ‘The Last Full Measure’ Review: Remembering a Fallen War Hero 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

"I dare you to be compassionate in a cynical age," she added. Yoko Ono awards Lady Gaga peace prize in Iceland 2012-10-09T22:16:27Z

But at the time, the news media attacked the whole affair as a cynical victory lap by Atwater, an exploitation of black artists after running a racially charged campaign. George Bush, Soul Man? Footage From an Inauguration Concert Is Restored 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

He really understands the absurdity of life, but he doesn’t let it make him cynical. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Debating Pot in America 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

As a congenitally cynical person, I was incredulous as to how real or positive those images were. Body transformation: from ‘dad bod to rad bod’ in just seven weeks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

"This is a cynical political ploy that's designed not to create jobs for struggling Americans, but to save the president's own job," Thune said. Obama pushes for passage of jobs bill 2011-10-08T12:32:00Z

A more cynical answer, even after recent events, might be Rupert Murdoch, or whichever of his minions gets to write the Sun's election leaders. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z

"Doing a sequel is even more cynical, right?" '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

I'd hate for patients to think all doctors are this cynical and uncaring. Another View on Tiger Country 2011-02-06T22:45:01Z

The combination of those elements usually produces cynical black comedy, something witty and bitter, but Zigman’s work is too tender for that. Review | Laura Zigman’s ‘Separation Anxiety’ tackles middle-aged loneliness with a perfect mix of grief and humor 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Chon is a combat veteran, whose tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have left him cynical and suspicious, as well as tactically adept when it comes to dealing with trouble. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z

What I find intriguing is that we think we live in a very cool, smart, cynical age. Twenty-five years on, they ask me if I was wrong about Les Mis?rables ... 2010-09-21T11:48:00Z

I remember Karlin as being like her cartoons: spare with words, funny, thoughtful, cynical yet optimistic. The Pioneering Cartoons of Nurit Karlin 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z

It's enough to warm the heart of even the most cynical. Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z

But even when it came out in 1995, it was in some ways an extremely cynical, or at least calculated, attempt at hitching a pop wagon to the Riot Grrrl and grunge movements. Alanis Morissette, Corin Tucker and the Frustrating/ Promising State of Women in Rock 2012-08-28T13:45:49Z

See this ballet once, and you find problems: The Prokofiev music is often harsh and cynical, and the classical choreography is sometimes sharp and staccato. Dance This Week: Misty Copeland, the Royal Ballet and Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Budget-wise, it will be a substantial step up for Wheatley, but his decision to follow Sightseers immediately with A Field In England's lo-fi psychedelia snorts in the face of cynical career trajectories. Ben Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy' 2013-06-22T05:00:00Z

As Detective Munch, Mr. Belzer was brainy but hard-boiled, cynical but sensitive. Richard Belzer, Detective Munch on ‘Law & Order: S.V.U.,’ Dies at 78 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

Puccini’s “La Bohème,” a natural for young people, and Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus,” an operetta with a cynical adult edge to its humor, are this year’s offerings. Classical Music Listings for July 8-14 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

I’m a comedian and I know a lot of comedians, and that thing of masking your pain through being a contrarian, it’s a way of distancing yourself and being cynical. The Many Fears of Bill Hader 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

When it comes to the most cynical listeners among us—the folks who think of Wings as a kind of bubblegum, pseudo-rock band—one need look no further than McCartney himself. Wings was a better band than Paul McCartney or his critics think 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

Dell wants not cash but truth: the missiles will be launched unless the president publicly admits the cynical geopolitical basis to the Vietnam War. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z

The premise felt like one more cynical take on showbiz shallowness and debauchery — “Entourage” and “Episodes” crammed into two ends of a horse costume. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Returns for a Hilarious and Hallucinatory Season 3 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The movie industry is portrayed with an acrid eye by the show, which depicts a cynical company attempting to profit from tragedy. Why Universal shouldn't have cancelled The Hunt 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

Yet now his image lends credence to shocking allegations that paint the patron of Jim'll Fix It as a child abuser who exploited his power at the BBC to get away with cynical, life-wrecking crimes. Jimmy Savile was hiding in the light 2012-10-04T16:21:10Z

For a character who is more cynical, we now live a cyberhell that not even science fiction could have anticipated. ‘The Rise and Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

When she won Brand-of-the-Year at the British Fashion Awards last November, even her most cynical critics took notice. T Magazine: Red Carpet Baggers 2012-02-15T00:23:14Z

You know, I’m so cynical, especially when it comes to the Bay Area, that I would have said that wasn’t possible now. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z

If Bosch is right, and the zombie craze is about middle class anxiety, then the slime-green guns really are just a marketing joke, albeit in a cynical industry. Gun owners are obsessed with zombies 2013-02-21T17:28:00Z

That’s the last thing Doctor Strange—cynical, acerbic, supremely confident of his role in the universe—would want, anyway. Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Alchemist with the Mostest in 'Doctor Strange' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

But it was as cynical about comedians as it was suits, the result being a joke machine with few limits on its satire or its silliness. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

Throughout the year, I wrote some characteristically cynical things as part of my ongoing quest to depress Guardian readers to death. The G2 Quiz of 2010: Charlie Brooker's quiz 2010-12-23T08:00:01Z

Is it any wonder the ladies of all these tales begin them with a baseline level of cynical grumpiness? The cosmic joke's on her: The antiheroine's journey through a cursed universe 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

I don’t think she’s unhappy because of it, but I think it has fed into her more cynical nature that your dreams don’t come true. 'Catastrophe' Stars on Why the Couple Acutally Has a Model Relationship 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Along the way he grew more and more cynical about the way moral progress lagged, especially regarding race. 'Mark Twain': the ebb and flow of the life of Huckleberry Finn's creator 2010-04-07T22:29:00Z

“Triangle of Sadness” turns that struggle into a cynical joke and won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, which feels fitting for an elite festival in a country that decapitated its royals. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

It is the story of two people—a black everyman, played with sublime reserve by Kaluuya, and an attorney who is both sincere and cynical in equal measure, compellingly brought to life by Turner-Smith. The Powerful Perspective of “Queen & Slim” 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

A disillusioned Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Will Ferrell, helps guide a cynical marketing executive through his Dickensian journey. Day 10: The Secrets of Being Santa 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z

But, coming in the wake of scandal, too many of these promotions feel like cynical twists on a narrative of empowerment and progress. Gabrielle Hamilton, April Bloomfield, and the Problem with Leaving Women to Clean Up the Mess 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

But its outlook — optimistic about human nature yet cynical about the times — lingers. ‘DriverX’ Review: Behind the Wheel and Ready for Anything 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

It's a world of cynical lawyers cutting deals, careworn cops and cons brooding over sinister secrets. The Lincoln Lawyer ? review 2011-03-17T22:31:01Z

He is a cynical, lonely war hero and something of an eccentric. Best science fiction and fantasy for February 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Otherwise, we could just as easily be in the late 1960s or early ’70s, in the confusing heyday of sexual liberation, when the hippest theatrical diversions in town were romantically cynical, or cynically romantic. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

Charismatic, charming, cynical, worldly-wise; quick to buy a round or throw a fist, slow to open his heart. ArtsBeat Blog: Sting and Brian Yorkey Embark on a New Musical, 'The Last Ship' 2011-09-01T14:49:26Z

Even those of us who are very cynical about it or who are artists and want a more bohemian lifestyle, that's still our dream. Seattle reinvents its artists colony 2012-04-29T05:08:07Z

Even the most cynical observer has to admit: the puppet is objectively beautiful. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

But given his glorious talent – he is, without question, the most naturally gifted male ballet dancer of his generation – his jaded attitude and cynical attitudinising are dispiriting. Coppélia – review 2013-07-13T23:05:57Z

The world Cronenberg paints is bleak and cynical, and he is unsparing with his closeups of needles entering veins. Antiviral brings Cronenberg father-son act to Cannes 2012-05-21T16:51:13Z

The third movie was cynical to its core, a marathon of mindless destruction that culminated in the gruesome destruction of much of downtown Chicago. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

The only way you could make it work is for him to be so cynical and so jaded. Johnny Flynn on making the crime musical "The Score," in which characters perform songs he wrote 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Now it would be easy to be cynical about this piece, one of the silver-tongued songwriter's first attempts to write what he calls "something serious". Neil Sedaka: 'My great love is classical music' 2012-10-12T16:47:00Z

If Glass wasn't real, he might be someone Aaron Sorkin would conjure up: an overly observant, fast-moving quip machine, cynical and heartfelt and funny all at once. Ira Glass: 'I feel like I am getting to do things I didn't have dreams of doing' 2012-08-22T23:13:04Z

But after two hours, I was as ravenous for more scheming and cynical philosophy as Underwood tucking into a second helping of barbecue. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z

The film’s central crime is the robbery of a bank branch by a gang of small-timers, and most of the cops are beleaguered, cynical bureaucrats. Movie Review: Claude Sautet’s ‘Max et les Ferrailleurs’ 2012-08-10T04:20:08Z

This may sound cynical or nihilistic, but I would argue that this book is among the most humane works of art ever created. The Moral Clarity of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

Is being a cynical apparatchik better than being a true believer? Conservative William Kristol: ‘We’re really going to pay a price for this terrible failure in leadership’ 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

But I would be cynical about that too. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

"I just think we're very cynical people, and cynical people tend to be right more often than not." The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

He was funniest at his most cynical, describing everyone as replaceable in our economy, including himself. An American Comic on a Russian Channel: What He Avoids Speaks Volumes 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Von Trier told reporters he considered serial killing analogous to making art: “You have to be cynical to do both.” Lars von Trier negotiating for Cannes return after 2011 Nazi comments ban 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

I don’t know about lazy, but employing a service that dishonest and cynical demonstrates a bizarre contempt for the reader. Can self-publishing win respect? 2012-08-27T16:26:00Z

Our young narrator isn’t so cynical that he isn’t proud of landing a job there. ‘The Last Magazine,’ Michael Hastings’s Posthumous Novel 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

On the right, upstart outlets like Newsmax and One America News are pushing hard, ready to disregard truth entirely, as they promote Trump’s cynical lie that he won a second term. Perspective | Fox News needs to reinvent itself for the post-Trump era. Here’s one radical idea. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

Feature animation currently finds itself in a golden age of mediocrity, with sensationally inventive technical means tethered, more often than not, to drab and cynical imaginative ends. | 'Rango': There?s a New Sheriff in Town, and He?s a Rootin?-Tootin? Reptile 2011-03-03T23:01:04Z

They can look cynical, though, when they could be scaled down to smaller, cheaper portions as easily as Llama Inn’s chicken or its take on lomo saltado. Llama Inn Lights the Way to Peru by Way of Williamsburg 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

If “Parenthood” were cynical, or if “Thirtysomething” were less ponderous, you’d get something like “Tangle,” an engrossing and talky drama about a few suburban families who are nursing some serious ennui. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

There is not much left to do once you play through the initial campaign, but even cynical gamers will marvel at the beauty this delivers. Game On: 'El Shaddai' a worthy quest; 'Zumba' a party pooper 2011-08-29T02:39:03Z

Even the obvious steals – Operation brazenly lifts the vocal melody and phrasing of Sonic Youth's Teen Age Riot – sound joyful and unfettered rather than sly and cynical. Yuck: Yuck ? review 2011-02-17T23:59:01Z

“The Watsons,” is significant in Austen’s oeuvre because it contains a move toward darker, more cynical material, as well as character types and situations that she returned to in later works, Professor Sutherland said. Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel Comes to the Stage 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

“The independence seeped out of him and he walked the streets alone, afraid of men’s cynical eyes and the incessant hiss of whispering.” The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z

“The Layover” is at once deeply cynical about human behavior and almost unbearably empathetic — part razor blade, part cuddle. Look Out! Playwright Leslye Headland Has Her Eye on You 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

To viewers less cynical than me, this may not come as such a surprise. Ant and Dec: just the two of us 2013-02-23T09:00:00Z

You can see how Dawkins might have made a cynical piece full of anger, but the strength of the even-keeled show lies in his canny, appreciative analysis of Disney. Review | ‘Happiest Place’ sadly ponders Disneyland 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

But there’s nothing cynical about Gillis alone in that room, bandaging his feet. The 373-Hit Wonder 2011-01-07T15:27:23Z

Weigel asked whether young people would ever flock to the Democratic Party the way they have to the Labour Party in Britain or if they were too cynical. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

With the third record you have something that is dark and melancholy, and a little bit cynical.” Alex Chilton, Influential Rock Singer, Dies at 59 2010-03-19T04:41:00Z

Hard boiled, cynical, funny, romantic, everything you could possibly want. Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading 2012-06-19T16:30:00Z

A cynical comment, sure, but Blondell would have called it realistic. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 2: Give the People What They Want 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z

I am pleased this is the only time that Hollywood has revisited a classic film for cynical means. Will the Labyrinth sequel work without David Bowie and Jim Henson? 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

This production, directed and adapted by Jim Niesen, using John Willett’s classic translation, captures some of the spirit of Brecht’s cynical war fable but none of the philosophical or political heft. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

He may be cynical in real life, but he is not cynical on screen. Mel Gibson: the year of living disastrously 2010-12-16T22:39:01Z

I would love to see large budgets handed to directors who have ambitions to advance the medium, not engage in cynical and rote franchise recycling. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

The fact that teenagers the world over still believe in it almost warms my cynical, stone heart. A Robert Pattinson–Kristen Stewart break-up may be good for #robsten fans 2012-07-26T11:50:17Z

“I hate to be cynical, but I gotta believe that the airlines are using this as another opportunity to rake in some extra bucks.” Perspective | Your valid passport may not get you where you want to go. Here’s why. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

"It's easy to be cynical," says Portas, who is watching as two of her trainees on reception are checking in an excited family. Hotel GB: check it out, but don't check in 2012-10-01T18:00:03Z

Near the end of his life, Farley is said to have become cynical about the basis of his broad appeal, lamenting that “fatty fall down” was his only reliable crowd pleaser. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

And it's not cynical humor, it's earned humor. Emilio Estevez on making "The Public," a film about dignity, homelessness and libraries 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

“You have this romantic idea of art as something pure and a beautiful expression of human beings through history, and then it meets this very cynical, capitalistic world,” says Koefoed, speaking by Zoom from Copenhagen. ‘Lost Leonardo’ unpeels the mysteries of the Salvator Mundi 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

In 2000, you said, “I seem to play a lot of wisecracking, cynical characters, but what I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl.” Peter Dinklage Is Still Punk Rock 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

Harry Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

An earnest, friendly lad, Aldous is worried about global warming and wants to work on solar energy — particularly artificial photosynthesis — and he tries to get the cynical and misanthropic Beard to share his concern. Books of The Times: Ian McEwan?s ?Solar? Features a Boorish Physicist 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z

The deception that drives the story is activated by a cynical bachelor, Don Alfonso. Review: As James Levine Sues, the Met Opera Opens a New ‘Così’ 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

We first meet him at a party on a terrace with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge, where he and a pal spin elaborate philosophical justifications for their cynical, transactional approach to sex and romance. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Firth plays Stanley, a cynical stage magician who seeks to unmask Sophie, a young American medium, as a fraud. Colin Firth, Emma Stone riff on working with Woody 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

All that was left then was to drop , as one of the most bitter and cynical heroes cinema has ever offered, into this "madhouse". Planet of the Apes: No 16 2010-10-21T10:39:00Z

This all felt like a cynical case of seriously misplaced priorities. What happened when my flight was invaded by ants 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z

But it’s impossible to be pessimistic when filmmakers like Mr. Fincher can make movies with studio support, even if the studios clutter most American screens with cynical junk. Recycled Films and Bitsy Screens 2011-05-22T00:43:01Z

A study by Hsuan-Ting Chen, Chen Gan, and Ping Sun showed that the link between cynical anger and political satire was directly tied to citizen engagement. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z

What one might call "Frankenstein bands" – reassembled years after their apparent demise with bits from other groups bolted on to replace those who have been lost – run the risk of being tawdry, cynical affairs. The show must go on: when bands replace their dead stars 2011-01-27T22:59:01Z

But every boom has a bust, and cynical, second-rate imitations featuring haunted mansions, rampaging demons and evil children soon overran the marketplace. Review | Horror novels are having a renaissance. Here’s what to read. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

The speech is perfect and cynical, and it works. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

But when then-President Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, Rich refused to accept it, citing the administration’s “cynical politics.” Adrienne Rich, Feminist Poet and Essayist, Dies 2012-03-28T22:26:45Z

Scorsese’s views were backed up by fellow directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, who described Marvel’s output as “despicable” and Ken Loach, who called them “cynical”. Marvel's Kevin Feige brushes off Scorsese superhero movies criticism 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z

Framed as a weapon of talentless pop stars and their cynical handlers, it came to represent the height of crass media manipulation. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

He added that writing a song only for commerce -- meaning "Shake Up Christmas" solely for a Coca-Cola ad -- seemed cynical. Train looks to "Shake Up Christmas" for Coca-Cola 2010-10-25T22:31:00Z

Making an expanded world from that film is a cynical exercise in riding an already slim idea until the wheels come off. A John Wick 'expanded universe' – Hollywood's most idiotic idea yet? 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

All of a sudden the desire to help started to look like a cynical marketing ploy. Reese Witherspoon’s Fashion Line Offered Free Dresses to Teachers. They Didn’t Mean Every Teacher. 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

The idea that the United States is being taken over by this utterly cynical group of people who know that this is a rigged game and just kind of give it lip service. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z

I could not remain at Bagnacavello; I was too angry, too tired, cynical. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z

To a person, the characters are types: the shallow American kids, the dissolute playboys, the noble protesters and journalists, the cynical advisers, sneering elites and sad-eyed children. REVIEW: FX's Tyrant Is Its Own Downfall 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

He's convinced they're needed in this very cynical era of comedy. Superfan Jason Segel hangs with Muppets 2011-11-25T21:54:04Z

Unfortunately, the man they have to impress is a cynical booking agent who believes a successful joke is anything that gets a laugh. Comedians 2010-04-21T21:35:00Z

But Plummer confides that time has a way of rendering the cynical soft, and the soft cynical; he counts himself among the former camp. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

The Brezhnev era was typified by cynical dementia. Books of The Times: Directly Confronting the Appalling 2011-04-04T22:00:07Z

Until then I was very much looking forward to writing a cynical review about a cliché-ridden story which presumably wormed its way up the bestseller lists with Stephanie Meyer's complimentary review on the front cover. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - review 2013-05-04T11:00:00Z

The festival, she continued, “tempts the cynical observer to get all misty-eyed about the artistic fruits of democracy in America, even as the works critique the maladies of society.” John Reilly, 74, a Champion of Documentary Video, Dies 2013-08-12T02:12:58Z

I’d rather try to stay cynical and slightly distant from it. Terry Gilliam and the Time He Shared a Crew With ‘Star Wars’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The film was consistent with Balabanov's cynical view of modern Russia and a crumbling European economy. Aleksei Balabanov obituary 2013-05-19T17:18:05Z

From a cynical perspective, we don’t want to see another franchise movie, another reinvention. 'Creed' Director Ryan Coogler on His Chemistry With Michael B. Jordan 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

The show’s Kenya is a successful, cynical screenwriter living an extravagant Los Angeles life and raising children with his wife, played by Rashida Jones. What’s on TV Friday: ‘#blackAF’ and ‘Selah and the Spades’ 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z

Flash forward three university degrees and 20 years of classroom instruction later and the wiser, slightly more cynical me thinks: Heartbreak becomes burnout for teachers when work is turbulent 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z

People who reboot old movies are seen as hacks; cynical, idea-free megalomaniacs who'd happily stamp all over your childhood memories for a stack of coins. A Twilight reboot? My blood's racing 2012-06-22T14:50:03Z

Ben, I’m not nearly that cynical — LOL — but yes, there is an unrelenting sameness to this whole festival thing. Why We’re Not Making Plans for Coachella and Bonnaroo 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a line so cynical it could be a bumper sticker for Mayor Quimby. 'You made this bed, America!' How House of Cards turned the tables on us 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

The war on sex is how the religious right and cynical politicians are using the issue of sexual regulation for undermining secular democracy. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z

Winning is what celebrity is, and the streamlined, indestructible musical satire “Chicago” has been making the cynical point and laughing all the way to the bank for two decades now. Review | How ‘Chicago’ became the musical for every American decade, for all time 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

What was more surprising — or, for the cynical, more predictable — was the way it percolated up. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

As is typical of noir stories, our "hero" is a cynical outsider with a dirty past and a lousy present. Comics: Vertigo Crime's 'Noche Roja' set on border of terror 2011-01-18T20:05:04Z

I basically really enjoyed this movie, even while lamenting that I was enjoying it under mendacious premises and that there was something fundamentally cynical about its elegiac, retrospective tone. “X-Men: Days of Future Past”: Superheroes face the sunset 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

The performers felt like cynical manipulators; the audience left the hall with their desires no more gratified than when they came in. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

It’s easy to be cynical about celebrity engagements — or any engagement, really. A Close Reading of Ariana Grande’s Engagement Announcement 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

This would be a proportionate response to the cynical brutality of Osborne and co. Letters: The right response to Newcastle's arts cuts 2012-12-18T21:00:06Z

Some of the most cynical people who have ever lived — Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, John Lennon, Howard Stern, Frank Sinatra — in the presence of Tiny Tim, they completely broke down. Penn Jillette Lives on Hot Baths and Cold Watermelon 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

Besides, it’s hard to be cynical about a show that is so knowing in its portrayal of naïfs. Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z

“The very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration,” she wrote. ‘Essential Essays’ Show Adrienne Rich’s Vulnerable, Conflicted Sides 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

“This makes the public more cynical, which makes it less likely to want to intervene.” What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z

Thirty-three years later, after those three sequels and a couple of cynical hybrids that grafted the Alien monster to the Predator drone, Scott has returned to his space-horror child. Prometheus: Alien Minus One 2012-06-05T13:20:45Z

She also isn’t entirely cynical, or unsympathetic, toward those passionately dedicated to a profession of inescapable existential turmoil. Comic angst, alive and well on Seattle stages 2013-01-31T23:00:10Z

That seemed slightly cynical, but better than the more forthright “Happy Birthday! My mechanic left this in my back seat.” Saturday Mornings with Click and Clack 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z

As suave Roger Sterling, vodka in one hand, mistress in the other, Slattery was the cynical comic foil of “Mad Men.” John Slattery’s turn from adman to ink-stained wretch 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

But given how eagerly this exhibition wants to change the conversation about Warhol, it seems odd to limit the nonpaying public to his most transactional and perhaps cynical work. Review | Warhol said he wanted to be ‘a machine.’ Two new shows prove he was anything but. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

But it maintains a tricky, entertaining balance between the violence and suspense of its conspiracy-minded mysteries and a continuous current of deadpan, fondly cynical wit. Review: Guy Pearce Is ‘Jack Irish’ in a Noir Down Under 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

The kids seem to share, at least in part, a cynical acceptance of shrunken, claustrophobic lives with the adult characters we’ve already met. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

"He seemed assured and optimistic when many other blacks were cynical and bitter," writes Rampersad. 'Selected Letters of Langston Hughes' a glimpse of enigmatic poet 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

It is difficult to imagine a more bloodless season than this one, or a more generally cynical one. In Paris, the Hunt for Real Emotion 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

While Armond is cynical and intense about how he approaches his role, did you find sympathy for the demands of hospitality workers in portraying him? “White Lotus” star bids Aloha to a shocking finale: “Privileged, rich people get away with stuff” 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

No matter how opposed to Obama’s policies some people may be or how cynical their politics, they have to at least acknowledge and respect the raw authenticity of that emotion. “Are you f**king kidding me?”: Trevor Noah unloads on inhuman Fox News tear-truthers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Why inflate the bank account of one cynical star, we're asked, when you could be buying beachfront homes for the entire family? After Earth: keeping it in the family 2013-06-07T14:00:00Z

“Around ‘Revelations’ I couldn’t be cynical,” he said. Can Dance Make a More Just America? Donald Byrd Is Working on It 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

“Particularly at that level of professionalism and experience,” he said, “people tend to be not reachable or cynical or not listening, because they have seen it all. And that is not Nina.” She’s the Hollywood Power Behind Those Seeking a Voice 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

And it included the unforgettable scene in which the cynical new chief executive played by Stephen Tobolowsky explained business realities while watching two of his thoroughbreds mate. The Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

For a moment we are in the land of “The Hunger Games,” whose cynical portrait of a corrupt ruling class suggests a dystopian Versailles of the future. Review: In ‘A Little Chaos,’ a Guileless Kate Winslet Offsets a Lavish Versailles 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

The intransigence which made him the great artist he was – his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It is so unusual and touching that it destroys cynical remove. Oscar-worthy: Actor John Hawkes Searches for Love in The Sessions 2012-10-17T12:00:39Z

As Penelope Longstreet, a high-strung, high-minded avatar of liberal hypocrisy, Ms. Foster is frighteningly intense, and her skirmishes with Alan Cowan, Mr. Waltz’s cynical corporate lawyer, are full of vigor and venom. | 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z

It’s a very dark and cynical way to see the world that I don't necessarily embrace, but it is present. Director Denis Villeneuve walks a fine line between art and commerce 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

I like to think that the tone of the game is cynical but lovingly cynical. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z

There’s a cynical way to look at the use of photography at the march: that attending, for some people, was an act of vanity. Lemme Take a Selfie: The art and vanity of protest photography 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z

Conrad also anticipated a capitalist system’s capacity to dismantle societies, a point he illustrated through his depiction of Mr. Holroyd, the cynical American silver and steel tycoon in “Nostromo.” The Contradictions of Joseph Conrad 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

But the best scenes are the ones narrated by Walker, a man of the people whose retro wisecracks can be crass and cynical or unexpectedly reflective. Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

If the conclusion doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you’re way too cynical. Review: In ‘Megan Leavey,’ a Marine, Her Dog and a Bond Forged in War 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Journalists are cynical types and you are known for being especially so. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

When the movie touches on the Livestrong Foundation, Armstrong’s charitable support organization for those with cancer, it is portrayed as a cynical buffer against allegations of drug use. Review: ‘The Program,’ a Docudrama on the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Their findings were disturbing, if not exactly earth-shattering: the undercover footage revealed some glaring improprieties and a few instances of callousness, plus a cynical eye for profit. TV Review: The Man Who Moves Buildings 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z

The “Baby Burlesks” were “a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence,” she wrote in her autobiography, Child Star, adding that they “occasionally were racist and sexist.” Before The Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple Did “Baby Burlesks” 2014-02-12T01:49:17Z

Primates make ideal companions for two types of protagonist: lonely children and cynical leading men. What monkeys mean in the movies 2011-08-03T20:00:03Z

These events are always made for TV, which in any ordinary year would leave one a bit cynical. Perspective | As Trump slips out of town, Biden repurposes old symbols for new life 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

It is not cynical about love and intimacy. "What's Love Got to Do With It?" director on dating today, from apps to setups: "Love is a mystery" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

But once a coup, guerrillas and the C.I.A. intrude, that cynical effervescence turns glib. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

So of course he is the one to crack her cynical shell. ‘Honor Society’ Review: Ivy League Strategist’s Cynical Shell Is Cracked 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

A cynical mind may wonder, is his meander actually a climb? The Marc Jacobs Whisperer 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

“When people are trying to be cynical about modern ‘Doctor Who,’ they say, ‘Oh, they always cast these young fellows,’ ” he said. Peter Capaldi Goes From ‘Doctor Who’ Fan to Its Star 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

It's the only romantic comedy to emerge from Hollywood this year that doesn't feel completely defensive and cynical. "Going the Distance": Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com? 2010-09-03T11:01:00Z

From there the lanky performer was off and running with a very up-to-date monologue about her current anxieties — "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." Review: Lily Tomlin plays off a packed house of happy fans at the 5th Avenue 2011-01-31T00:31:02Z

Their debut single, Marathon, manages to capture the spirit of early Phil Spector productions, but with a dreamy, melodic pop edge that would melt the most cynical of hearts. Best Coast and Tennis make it a sunny outlook for pop 2010-08-19T22:30:00Z

Scrooge types, if some holiday shows — “The Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” “Elf” and “Wintuk,” say — are too cheery for your cynical gaze, there will soon be another option. The Week Ahead: Nov. 28-Dec. 4 2010-11-28T08:00:00Z

But on “Paper Gods,” he’s newly cynical about the things that used to turn this band on. Review: Duran Duran, Yet Again, With ‘Paper Gods’ 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

I may be cynical, but I didn’t buy it. The Walking Dead Watch: Pulling Back the Curtain 2012-11-12T14:00:32Z

Far from being a 'cynical' move, we're just following where our audience has already gone. BBC children's TV move 'cynical' 2013-01-08T12:44:34Z

PG: Let me ask you a cynical question, which I can do now because it’s all turned out so well. Table For Three: Allison Williams and Cynthia Nixon Talk About ‘Girls’ and ‘Sex and the City’ 2014-01-17T20:33:07Z

So, the solution to your problem, if there is a problem, might hinge on the answer to this question: What’s feeding your “cynical side,” life experience, Mike experience, or ... Timeout for a parent isn’t just OK, but sometimes even essential 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z

“Così’s” plot, in which two men disguise themselves to test their fiancées’ fidelity, can often come across as both improbable and cynical. It’s (Almost) Business as Usual at the Salzburg Festival 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

They are just far too cynical about cynicism. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

Similar charges of cynical commercialism have been lobbed against all three artists. Wildly popular exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s art opens Saturday in Vancouver, B.C. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

Rorty’s new fans may be surprised, opening their delivery, to discover a book that has almost nothing to do with the rise of a demagogic right and its cynical exploitation of the working class. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

The drama seemed to capture a jitteriness and alienation that would become increasingly characteristic in the more cynical 1960s but registered as brash and fresh at its debut. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

What if you were a cynical politician who just wanted to cut taxes for rich people? Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z

She greets anyone in authority — her parents, her doctors, the guy who runs the group-therapy session at a local church — with an eyebrow raised in cynical judgment. REVIEW: "The Fault in Our Stars" Earns Its Big Fat Tears 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

He’s an appealing and effective actor, no easy task when one is required to be both cynical and credulous, amorous and furious. ‘Tales of Hoffmann’: Speight Jenkins goes out on a high note 2014-05-05T16:26:58Z

It’s tempting to be cynical or dismissive about this bare-bones moviemaking. ‘Halloween’ 1978: The Times Finally Reviews a Horror Classic 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

It's easy to see how you can be too cynical, but it's also possible to be not cynical enough. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

And although we meet a potential friend for Claire, it hardly seems to penetrate her isolation; this show’s always been cynical about how much a woman’s friendship can sustain you against the patriarchy. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 1: All That Was Me Is Gone 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

Like O we’re glad to have it both ways: rough and sweet, cynical and naïve, champion and underdog. | 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z

Several prominent art critics also weighed in, including the Los Angeles Times’s Christopher Knight, who excoriated Bedford, implying his motives were cynical. A Baltimore museum tried to raise money by selling three pricey artworks. It backfired stupendously. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z

“There’s no cynical wall there. There’s no arrogance. He’s got those qualities.” For Jason Sudeikis, It’s Time to Seize the Stage in ‘Dead Poets Society’ 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Now the most cynical marketing ploys have become utterly commonplace, with foods frequently positioned as healthy when they're actually nothing of the sort. Tv highlights 28/06/2012 2012-06-27T19:00:01Z

Senenmut, fueled by bitter memories of life as a slave and an outsider’s cynical view of majesty, is the one who has the idea and the ambition to make a pharaoh out of a queen. Review: ‘Fit for a Queen’ Sees ‘Dynasty’ Centuries Before the TV Show 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

Glengarry Glen Ross is spare, cynical, savagely funny. is big, romantic, filled to the brim with characters and plot in a way that marks it as a relic of an earlier playwriting era. The Root of All Evil: Glengarry Glen Ross and Golden Boy on Broadway 2012-12-11T16:00:50Z

The works in “Subject to Shadowban” are united by a “cynical tone,” Ms. Blair said. A Different Kind of Museum in Hong Kong 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z

Quite frankly, and maybe this is me being cynical, but I wasn’t surprised at the 2016 election. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

The studio tour is a way to keep the Harry Potter machine running - but to be a success, it must avoid feeling like a cynical cash-in. Harry Potter studio to open for public tour 2011-10-13T10:36:09Z

The new Jim Rockford is described as "slightly crumpled, wry humored, cynical, world weary, compassionate when it's called for and easily irritated by morons." Dermot Mulroney to star in "Rockford" update 2010-03-01T06:37:00Z

But there may also be a more cynical explanation for putting the franchise back on viewer radars: Disney is rebooting “High School Musical,” which debuted in 2006 and, after two sequels, went dormant in 2008. Disney Gets Its Head in the Bad Lip Reading Game 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

A cynical voice might suggest that's fitting, given that photographs hung in barbershop windows are usually about 20 years out of date. Viva Brother: Famous First Words - review 2011-07-28T14:30:00Z

The truth: It's easy to scoff and be cynical, but at least they're Saying Stuff, even if we haven't a clue what it all means. New band of the day ? No 988: NewVillager 2011-03-17T15:49:41Z

The episode did leave us pondering which is more cynical, timing a pregnancy to win re-election or timing a war to win re-election? ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Scandal' in an Election Year 2012-09-28T03:24:38Z

Dench is the young, pretty but poor girl that Tom Bell’s cynical burglar comes to love – but not enough to mend his ways. Every Judi Dench film – ranked! 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

It’s a cynical view of faith, one which removes the mystery and terror from life’s unforeseen calamities, and instead frames survival as a matter of calling into the correct belief system. ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Review: Faith as Flight Insurance 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Even Pop Idol winner Will Young insists that talent shows are "cynical and manipulative". Has Britain got talent show fatigue? 2013-03-16T06:00:00Z

All the cynical MTV viewers will be switching away immediately after this. Live-Blogging the Tony Awards 2010-06-13T23:58:00Z

As veteran prognosticators put it — with a sadly cynical note of surprise — there are just a lot of good movies this year. The Carpetbagger: The Awards Season Starts for Movies 2012-11-28T23:24:27Z

That morsel of historical arcana is the basis of “The Favourite,” a wildly entertaining, bracingly cynical comedy of royal manners directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. ‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for Power in a Kinky Palace Triangle 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

You see how cynical you can be as an American. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

His “Elite Squad” movies, Brazilian blockbusters that starred Mr. Moura as an ethically erratic police commander, offered an entertaining but cynical — and controversial — look at corruption. Netflix Looks to ‘Narcos’ for a New Audience 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

She is cynical about the lasting impact of group shows generally to change the landscape. The Resurgence of Women-Only Art Shows 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

There are no revelations, only what are called, in the cynical jargon of commercial storytelling, “reveals,” bits of momentarily surprising information bereft of meaning or resonance. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z

Even the most seemingly well-pedigreed films can stink like rotten fish, and even the most seemingly cynical and calculated projects can end up being at least interesting, sometimes far more than that. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z

“I was a little cynical because of that saying.” You, Me and 53 Dogs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Somebody to Use is typical of what's on offer here: a cynical, cold dissection of relationships over a melody that won't quit. New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z

Donovan's support of the Mexican team in the 2018 World Cup was seen by some as a cynical marketing move to keep U.S. fans tuned into the World Cup. Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico) 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

“The long journey of the show is to try to keep her from becoming too cynical.” ArtsBeat: Amy Poehler on the Return (Finally) of 'Parks and Recreation' 2011-01-20T18:55:28Z

“Rookie Blue” is accordingly a little saucy, but not at all cynical, and the pilot episode takes a serious, even warmhearted look at the fluttering anxiety of the first day on the job. | 'Rookie Blue': Missy Peregrym Plays a Sexy New Cop on ABC 2010-06-24T00:03:00Z

All-Noise.co.uk … for those who like music with 'no cynical marketing gimmicks' Luke Glassford, a music fanatic who runs All-Noise.co.uk. Blog jam: All-Noise.co.uk 2013-01-23T14:42:05Z

At best, it was a cynical ploy to gin up interest in the film. Movie Review: ‘Justin Bieber’s Believe,’ Directed by Jon M. Chu 2013-12-27T15:52:38Z

Mr. Sorkin introduced “The Newsroom” as a fantasy workplace where reporters are glib and clever but never cynical, and there is a right side to every story. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z

“I do what I want when I’m wanting to/My soul so cynical,” she notes in “Bad Guy.” Billie Eilish Redefines Teen-Pop Stardom on a Haunted, Heartfelt Debut Album 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

A more cynical agent might call it a shrewd move, a me-too book that capitalizes on a publishing fad for so-called addiction memoirs. A Book Agent?s Descent and Ascent From the Ashes 2010-05-28T22:45:00Z

When someone comes along and steals from them, it makes the idealistic and the creative undeservedly cynical. Patton Oswalt on the Unsavory Business of Joke Theft 2013-06-20T17:38:33Z

Rob Lowe co-stars as Father Jude, a self-centered Vatican priest who holds the title of “devil’s advocate,” tasked with disproving miraculous claims attributed to candidates for sainthood — a job that suits his cynical, snide nature. ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’ won’t save network TV from impending doom, but . . . 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

“He was somebody who was never cynical,” said Matt Hullum, the chief executive of Rooster Teeth. Monty Oum Dies at 33, and His Fans Grieve 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Story lines that start out cynical suddenly turn syrupy. Review: ‘Hollywood’ Gives Movie History a Sudsy Rewrite 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

The name is entirely, evocatively on-target: Tillman's faded folk-pop is the sound of a cynical saint on the outside looking in, voice tender and tense with equal parts desperation and resignation. Pearly Gate Music knocks on heaven's door at Neumos on Monday night 2010-07-16T22:56:00Z

For more than 50 years, Feiffer has been the nation's cool creative older brother — charming, slightly cynical and a few steps ahead of the culture. Jules Feiffer dances with noir in his graphic novel 'Kill My Mother' 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Castro may emerge here as a cynical amoralist, but he is also something of a regular guy: shrewd, sardonic, finely intelligent and abrasively honest. The Autobiography of Fidel?Castro by Norberto Fuentes 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z

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

We alone worry about things and have cynical instincts, but everybody else – here, the gentiles – is nice and normal. Comedy gold: Jackie Mason's A Night at the Opera 2013-02-07T13:10:00Z

Dare I say it, an ever so slightly cynical view of the world? Sam Mendes: life is sweet 2013-04-19T22:00:00Z

He was merciless about the cynical use of the Palestinian cause to justify the military coups that resulted in so many Arab countries after the humiliating loss to Israel in 1948. Ali Salem’s Journey 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

In the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the writer Marianka Swain called Turner-Smith’s casting “pretty cynical” and wrote that it was designed to have “Twitter frothing rather than adding anything to our understanding of an era.” How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

It will be humorous, it will be fun and, despite your cynical self, you will laugh. Is There a Date-Stamp on the Moving Body? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

Mad Men fans are still debating whether its ending was cynical, heartfelt or both. Review: The Dawning of an Age-Old Aquarius 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Bit too much of a cynical tease, designed to get online Whovian fan forums buzzing, if you ask me. Review: 'Doctor Who', Episode 802, 'Inside The Dalek' -- Peter Capaldi (Almost) Takes Charge 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

And it certainly fits in with the cynical air of despair about human nature that pervades London’s stages these days. London Theater Journal: The Despot Behind a Desk 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

If I said that was something I was intrigued by, people would think I was cynical. Return to Paris 2010-02-26T09:45:00Z

What of its sententious and cynical inscriptions, which glorify the lost cause, the valor, the duty, without any mention of slavery or insurrection? When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

He seems cynical at best, racist at worst. Review: ‘Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

The real story, of course, is about Gru's not-so-stony heart turning to mush as his utterly cynical adoption of the spunky gals turns into the real thing. "Despicable Me": Steve Carell's adorable supervillain 2010-07-09T17:30:00Z

It was a gamble because the older I get, the more cynical I become. David Tennant: ‘Organised religion gave me a good moral compass’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

Another wrote works of biting and often cynical satire. Shakespeare died 401 years ago, but original scripts from his era live on in a new digital archive 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Still, there’s a more cynical explanation for her mother’s prediction. Susan Miller Always Has a Story for You 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

His friends and contemporaries were astonished and upset; some of the more cynical assumed he must be having an affair with Catherine’s younger sister, Georgina, who stayed on with the family as housekeeper. ‘Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Dickens’s Unfinished Novel 2012-11-25T00:40:06Z

Mr. Grenier, his dark baritone rumbling with mordant humor, imbues his storekeeper with a dryly cynical attitude that matches nicely with his customer’s. Theater Review: ‘The Vandal’ by Hamish Linklater, at the Flea Theater 2013-02-01T03:00:00Z

A young widow, cynical about love, keeps receiving letters and gifts from an unknown man expressing his passion for her. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in November 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

The easy, cynical conclusion is that studios and publicists are going through the motions to show that they are earning their keep. The Art of the Oscars Long-Shot 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

The most cynical thing Simon Cowell has ever done is to have voted her through. Last week's TV 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

He's such the benevolent guardian angel figure that the cynical viewer half-expects him to be revealed as a figment of Cal's imagination. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z

On the ITI website, the large number of entries from Nestruck's native Canada indicate that not everyone there is as cynical about the event as he. What's your World Theatre Day fantasy? | Karen Fricker 2010-03-26T15:28:00Z

Yet “From Afar” musters enough compassion to suggest the degree to which homophobia and rejection have shaped Armando’s cynical view of life in a violent, anti-gay environment. Review: ‘From Afar,’ a Tale of Desire and Repression in Venezuela 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Silver Age TV wouldn’t know how to tell a story that’s not deeply cynical. In TV’s Silver Age, a logjam of shows that are ‘pretty good,’ but not great 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Is Mitt Romney the most cynical plutocrat ever, wooing middle-class voters but really interested only in helping his rich friends? Richard Nelson Tweaks ‘Sorry’ at the Public for Election Day 2012-11-05T23:29:19Z

There is the cynical interpretation: that no one critiques that part of the message because it’s an empty platitude that no one really believes. The N.B.A. and China and the Myths of Sports Diplomacy 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

But beneath its mild staginess and intermittent mania lies a cynical, piercing parable about China’s past and perhaps its present. Review: In ‘Mr. Donkey,’ a Village School’s Ruse Farcically Backfires 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

She falls in love with an older Democratic campaign strategist, a handsome and cynical semi-hack, who sees earlier than anyone else the existential threat to American life posed by Trump. With ‘Doxology,’ Nell Zink Delivers Her Most Ambitious and Expansive Novel Yet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

For a crime film to work, there must be a wizened, cynical cop who is close to retirement and has seen it all. Joe Queenan's guide to crime cliches 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z

"A cynical romantic," he says finally, but he's not even sure about that. Jacques Audiard finds romance pulsing in steely 'Dheepan' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Almost all classical music, though, fits the most cynical definition of public service broadcasting as stuff that the public doesn't want to see. Proms 2013: should classical music concerts be televised? 2013-07-12T11:39:12Z

"We trust that our trust is not misplaced…. Trust is a force for good in our cynical world, and the Future Library is a trust-generator." David Mitchell has a new book, but you'll have to wait 98 years to read it 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

The motives may be dishonest but the technique is brazen honesty – to scream: "This is the catch!" so loudly at cynical consumers that they perversely ignore it. Truthfulness in advertising? Who knows ? it could just catch on 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z

While some were cynical, Crowe was quick to offer support, saying he formed a similar bond with two different horses, including one he met filming Gladiator. 'The horse knew me': Liam Neeson and Russell Crowe on working with animal stars 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Thus, in the 18th century, the visionary artist William Blake denounced Sir Joshua Reynolds and other portraitists of the day as hacks whose cynical face-painting trade undermined more imaginative artists like himself. Portraits are art for life's sake 2011-03-16T17:15:09Z

The musical then pushes back against its own skepticism, depicting the powers-that-be as corrupt, cynical and manipulative, exploiting the anxieties of Judas and the other apostles. Review: In ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ an Old Story for (Yet Another) New Millennium 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

But if you subtract those geographic indicators, these cynical stories of humble people embracing absurd illusions illustrate the universal impulse to believe in a better future, no matter what. | 'The Optimists': Best of All Possible Worlds: When Life Gives You Mud, Take a Mud Bath 2011-07-27T22:21:43Z

It's tempting to suggest that Sandler makes such horrifyingly vacuous films, in which absurd gags float around in a killing void resembling outer space, because he is cynical or does not care. "Just Go With It": Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and a sheep 2011-02-10T20:30:00Z

“Intelligence is a rattrap,” says one cynical spymaster. Henri-Georges Clouzot Retrospective at MoMA 2011-12-04T04:03:02Z

Simon Cowell denounced the campaign as "cynical" – which struck many as akin to Graham Norton describing an event as too camp. Rage Against the Machine 2010-06-06T23:53:00Z

"My first cynical reaction was to wonder whether he has started to collect disorders for creative exploitation across the art forms," confesses Paul Taylor in the Independent, before delivering the coup de grace. Can't bear it 2010-04-08T11:37:00Z

“Jeff Bridges,” the album, is hard not to see in a cynical light. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z

The cynical approach to politics has led to where we are right now. The Protest Playlist, From the Hip-Hop Duo Run the Jewels 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

He has a caustic, cynical wit that is a joy to behold but is almost certainly Not Safe For Work. Noises off: About The Author 2010-08-18T15:27:00Z

The new season is, if anything, even more cynical than Season 1 was about how power and fame function in America. ‘The Boys’ Is Back, More Relevant Than Ever 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

I really think you will benefit from examining in detail what happened, rather than closing it off as simply an experience that soured you and made you cynical. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z

After him came the reality-TV deluge — not all of it exploitative or meanspirited or cynical, but enough of it. Jerry Springer, American Ringmaster 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

At a cafe in Primrose Hill, Alderton said that for her generation, “sincerity has become unfashionable” and that coming of age in the 2010s meant growing up in “a very cynical time.” Dolly Alderton Gives Female Friendship the Rom-Com Treatment 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

"The film is a lot less cynical than other movies I've made in terms of its comedic tone, and I think that for me was uncharted territory," he said. Ben Stiller casts 'Walter Mitty' from imagination into life 2013-12-19T22:36:03Z

There are a lot of movies about movies, and the default is generally self-flattering even at its most cynical. Review: ‘Dumbo’ Goes Bonkers in Dreamland 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor, a cynical crook with a tragic past, who is persuaded to use his talents for deception and thievery to aid the Rebel cause. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+ and More in September 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

It’s all so funny that a cynical person might wonder if this is a calculated effort to expand her brand among millennials. Forget the handmade wreaths. Now Martha Stewart hangs with Snoop Dogg and makes weed jokes. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

It's cynical, and takes no discipline – you just copy. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z

Unfolding like a thriller, the film is both cynical and galvanizing with its striking reminder that it takes a crowd — or rather, a collective — to make any kind of dent in this world. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z

Her songs are simultaneously harrowing, cynical, uplifting and just plain funny. Brandy Clark, the Raymond Carver of the Hot Country charts: “I live in a world where we have to tell a whole story in just three minutes” 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z

No. You can't get cynical about approvals and recognitions, particularly for your team. The Carpetbagger: Ang Lee on the Digital Characters Who Can't Argue Back 2013-01-10T17:40:12Z

And that is perhaps the silver lining to what critics see as a cynical effort to persuade customers that the cruise, tour or travel insurance policy they are booking is safe. Why the travel industry’s ethics matter 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Some readers may feel that the book's conclusion is too sad and cynical. 'Our Kind of Traitor': John le Carr?'s novel of the world's number-one money launderer 2010-10-13T23:08:00Z

A ringing affirmation of revolutionary idealism as embodied in Lenin, the play implicitly attacked the sclerotic, cynical system of the Brezhnev years and the malign, lingering influence of Stalin. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z

Some people believe audiences today have grown past what is classic Disney storytelling, that they have become too cynical for it. Film: Disney Ties Lots of Hopes to Lots of Hair 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z

Shadow’s cynical logic in prodding Tom to marry Baba seemed especially right in this staging. Music Review: In Yielding to Temptation, Losing a Chance at True Love 2011-06-27T21:19:10Z

But actually, this album is far less cynical in the way that it recycles the past than most contemporary rock and pop. Since I Left You by the Avalanches 2011-08-19T15:50:00Z

It’s a cynical enterprise, particularly when the Philharmonic has lately been doing right by film music. Music Review: ‘Pixar in Concert’ From the New York Philharmonic 2014-05-02T22:18:35Z

On the more cynical side, he jokes that so far the site seems to benefit only the wealthy. Next Stop: Hamburg?s HafenCity Project Draws Visitors to the Harbor 2010-07-16T19:57:00Z

All of which have the requisite cynical snarl but collapse at the gentlest inquiry. A Novel of the Horndog in Winter 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

In this cynical calculation, if something doesn’t make those tsunami-level waves on TV, it didn’t really happen, or doesn’t really matter. Perspective | Giuliani’s bumbling media blitz might be a calculation, not a mistake 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

Sure, the characters are all broad types, from fresh-faced newcomers with dreams of stardom to grizzled, cynical veterans who've seen it all. Review: `Rock of Ages' revels in big-haired kitsch 2012-06-12T23:30:13Z

But the novel isn’t just a cynical spoof about put-upon writers. ‘Life Form’: a fan’s notes to a novelist 2013-02-06T23:32:45Z

Public faith is more fragile than we thought, and it can be destroyed by cynical demagogy — not just in dictatorships, but in democracies too. The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z

“Sunset Blvd.” is often viewed as a cynical take on the movie industry. Analysis | The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

Basilio came across as the operatic prototype of a cynical, modern-day political operative whose repertory of dirty tricks has hardly dated. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

Billed as Bollywood's Brokeback Mountain, it had a cynical British audience in stitches for almost two and a half hours. When will Bollywood offer a realistic portrayal of relationships? 2010-09-01T10:49:00Z

“The cynical, disenchanted and footloose postwar youths of England, who justifiably have been termed ‘angry,’ never have been put into sharper focus,” A.H. ‘Room at the Top’: An Affair to Remember 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z

It was a great experience, but I became cynical and soured quickly. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z

When “Born Yesterday” opened in 1946, its casually cynical take on American politics probably gave off the aroma of warm newsprint. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z

The ensuing jubilation over the supposed recovery of Mal’s archives proved to be short-lived, when Claughton’s discovery was revealed to be a hoax, a cynical money-grab that was swiftly rebuked by collectors. How Yoko Ono and a publishing temp saved the Beatles' Holy Grail from the scrap heap 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

So, in 2005, he bought “Screenwriting for Dummies” and wrote a first draft of “Glee,” then conceived as a biting, cynical film along the lines of “The Virgin Suicides.” The Nice Guy Who Puts the Mean Into ?Glee? 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

This is a show populated by one of the biggest casts of sweethearts ever seen on TV, and if the people around them are cynical — and hilarious — jerks, the churlishness doesn’t quite rub off. Prime time’s antiseptic politics 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z

Does it seem too cynical to read the prize that way? Alejandro Aravena: What his Pritzker win says about architecture's top prize 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

It was the kind of brazenly cynical power move that even Trump, for all his nativist rhetoric, probably appreciated. ‘The Contrarian’ Goes Searching for Peter Thiel’s Elusive Core 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Mulaney has earned a reputation as a comic’s comic, a choirboy type who makes the sort of embittered observations you’d expect from a much older, more cynical man. The Stealth Success of John Mulaney 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Packer sometimes channels and sometimes overlays the voices of his confidants to point the finger at various modern criminals: lobbyists, Wall Street bankers, cynical politicians. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer – review 2013-06-17T07:30:01Z

“Downton Abbey,” a series on PBS last January that was at heart a country-estate version of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” was much less cynical. Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z

CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight, ” like its predecessor “The Good Wife,” is about the conflict between principle and the cynical practice of law. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z

I will not be cynical,” repeated over and over. Critics Discuss ?Christian Marclay: Festival? 2010-07-23T22:31:00Z

How do you separate those two things so that you don't become cynical so that you don't become tired and you don't become cranky? Comedian Tom Papa on the McCarthyism of the Left: "It's a terrifying moment" 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

The essay is oddly cynical and ungenerous, too quick to dismiss its subjects and too unwilling to consider anything positive they might have to offer. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z

This will sound cynical to many, but if the Johnson administration had won the war in Vietnam, few would be searching for war crimes among the physical and human ruins of Indochina. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

“It’s oddly an incredibly cynical position,” he said, “in that it deprives therapists and patients of the possibility that we as people can do better, without such heavy-handed intervention.” The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

"It's been my experience that TV executives are pretty cynical about how TV audiences react to race," Deggans wrote. Suit brings attention to 'The Bachelor' and race 2012-04-27T15:24:35Z

I asked Lady Gaga if people won’t be cynical about an agenda so simple and straightforward as kindling kindness. Op-Ed Columnist: Born to Not Get Bullied 2012-03-01T04:18:08Z

Introduced in 1866 and completed in 1870, this romantic frolic is built on a plot twist predictable from miles away, a triumph for true love over cynical calculation. Opera Review: ?Bartered Bride? a Fine Start to Marriage of Met and Juilliard 2011-02-16T13:36:30Z

“UnREAL” is refreshingly, brilliantly cynical—about Hollywood, about dating, about American audiences. From the Duggars to the Bachelorettes, we’ve made our cynical TV beds — and this damning critique of our “reality” obsession couldn’t come at a better time 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Another study by Hsuan-Ting Chen, Chen Gan, and Ping Sun showed that the link between cynical anger and political satire was directly tied to citizen engagement. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Those with a cynical turn of mind might be tempted to rename it How I Ran the Libyan Revolution. Lévy's Libya: a philosopher's phone call to arms against Gaddafi 2012-05-25T15:00:05Z

The cynical might say these reunion shows are exactly that – an empty exercise in nostalgia conceived to generate as much revenue for the ageing group as possible. Stone Roses' fourth coming revives Madchester spirit 2013-06-08T22:05:47Z

During our conversation, she made clear that the first part of her comment was “cynical.” Perspective | Did presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson merit a cover story? Some readers had doubts. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

Like Hope, Mr. MacFarlane is essentially a blank personality behind the facade of cynical, wisecracking toastmaster. Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

Older people oftentimes have thick skins and are cynical, and young people are fresh and full of hope. ‘Our Young Man’ Reframes a 19th-Century Work in the 1980s 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

Labour depicted the move as a cynical bid by the Lib Dems to distance themselves from an unpopular policy less than a year before the election. Nick Clegg accused of hypocrisy after U-turn on bedroom tax 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

One of the more cynical touches from the new season is the Forgivies, an awards ceremony skewering the current spate of prominent public figures who are accused of wielding their power for bad. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Some fans are skeptical about their motives, putting musicians' urge to bury hatchets down to cynical commercialism at a time when top acts can still earn a small fortune from a single live tour. UK band Stone Roses reunite 15 years on for world tour 2011-10-18T16:05:47Z

She was also shocked at what she felt was Reagan's cynical detachment from her own analysis: a fight for the principles of democratic self-determination they both claimed to cherish. Margaret Thatcher biography reveals passions across the years 2013-04-21T19:41:48Z

He’s really more wry than cynical, witty and reflective about his bumpy ride in show business. Donny and Marie Osmond: Cheerfully embracing their teen-idol past

The media, he complained, were “terrible, cynical, sceptical and cheap”. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z

But that hope is quickly buried underneath a cynical film that has nothing to offer by way of charisma, comedy or the like, outside of Chan’s name itself. ‘Ride On’ Review: Jackie Chan, Back on the Horse 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

That’s how Samuel Fuller responded to critics — for example, J. Edgar Hoover — who objected to the sketches of American lowlifes, mad men, racists and cynical soldiers in his thrillingly alive films. ‘A Fuller Life’ Tells the Story of Samuel Fuller 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

To call your reaction cynical would be an understatement. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z

It seems that despite seeming cynical about his duties at first, this particular call woke up his passion and made him own up to his transgression. Netflix's "The Guilty" isn't as progressive and critical of cops as it pretends to be 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

His cynical crony Grimwig, who insists that all boys are bad, bets that he will scarper. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z

Such a cynical reduction is more than just a rhetorical problem, as The New Jim Crow makes appallingly clear. Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr 2013-04-02T20:02:00Z

Some people see a cynical money grab, a way to keep those theme park turnstiles clicking and little girls begging their parents for princess gowns. ‘Beauty and the Beast’: Disney’s $300 Million Gamble 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

I am an enthusiast, and being cynical when everyone else is cheering is territory as unknown to me as the moon. I should love Little Women. But sometimes it’s hard to fall in love with the perfect match | Hadley Freeman 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

His Rochester, greyhound lean, with a crooked, cynical smile set in an angular jaw, is very plausibly a thinking girl’s half-inappropriate crush object. | 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land 2011-03-10T22:30:15Z

American films turned profoundly cynical in the 70s, leading to films such as Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, and later, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, The China Syndrome and Silkwood. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z

In many ways, the widespread embrace of such cynical and corrupt tactics has backfired on the right. Anatomy of a right-wing hoax: A year later, the Planned Parenthood videos are still backfiring on the scammers 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

But if Sullivan’s vision of this country sounds cynical, her faith in individuals remains profound. Review | In ‘Friends and Strangers,’ a new mom insists the babysitter is her buddy. She’s not. 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

If Romberg’s remarks appear cynical it is because we assume that dedications, particularly those between composers, are not sources of pecuniary profit but “expressions of respect.” Chamber Music Society Festival Centers on Dedications 2011-10-30T03:15:06Z

Capitalism, in a far more grotesque form, lies at the heart of the cynical crime thriller “I Care a Lot” starring Rosamund Pike as a predatory legal guardian. Perspective | At a perilous time, the Toronto International Film Festival captured the zeitgeist 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

But he can’t help himself; he simply cannot be as cynical as Robert. Andrew Sean Greer on Writing and Winning 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

On her , she calls Shepherd's piece a "vicious, cynical, resentful and thoroughly ugly article". Author to JK Rowling: Just stop 2014-02-24T23:04:44Z

“It’s slightly conservative, slightly old-fashioned, but it’s not cynical.” Can Netflix Take Turkey’s TV Dramas to the World? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

And his previous disquisitions on show business have been zingingly, stingingly cynical. Everything We Know About ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet’s New Play 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z

I’m a little bit cynical because I think it was very connected to the whole #MeToo movement. It’s ‘Carmen.’ But Not Like You’ve Ever Seen It. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

There is nothing cynical or spiteful about the show's humour. Mackenzie Crook unearths metal detector sitcom 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

“Maps to the Stars” is an arch, cynical film, and both honest and contemptuous about Hollywood. David Cronenberg: “Hollywood hasn’t fed me very much. Biting their hand would be gratuitous” 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

How does a show get cynical enough to drum up attention with gags like that? "Family Guy's" latest "shock" target: Veterans 2010-05-17T15:03:00Z

Meanwhile, House of Cards’ cynical, transactional view of politics is familiar from pretty much every recent political drama not written by Aaron Sorkin. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z

A troubled, cynical postman inherits the job of dealing with those letters, and taking that duty seriously changes his life. 'Letters to God': a faith-based drama that doesn't deliver 2010-04-08T20:14:00Z

Like the movie’s portrayal of African-Americans, the movie’s representations of women straddle the border between tongue-in-cheek satire and cynical exploitation. From Bluto Blutarsky to Donald Trump: The United States of "Animal House" at 40 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

Not to mention that we've all grown pretty cynical about politics these days; nothing much shocks us anymore. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "The Ides of March" 2011-10-05T13:18:05Z

The cynical eye might alight on “Darkest Hour,” Joe Wright’s depiction of Winston Churchill’s first days as wartime prime minister. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

A cynical bunch, they've pretty much given up on ideas such as "right" and "wrong" and instead spend their time exploring in their work more ambiguous situations. TV highlights 27 December 2010-12-20T03:35:00Z

"Right now we're somehow this poster child of Seattle ... but you can't expect it to last," Russell said, admitting he's the cynical one in the group. The Head and the Heart left town, came home famous 2011-04-28T20:14:13Z

The problem with this generation of electronica is that it is deeply, deeply cynical. Feedback loop: your reviews and comments 2012-08-06T09:53:38Z

The idea that the United States is being taken over by this utterly cynical group of people who know that this is a rigged game and just kind of gives lip service. Cannes: How the bankers fleeced the world 2010-05-19T15:20:00Z

In his most cynical moments, Fen accuses his wife of “discovering” the matriarchal cultures she wishes existed. ‘Euphoria,’ a novel based on Margaret Mead, by Lily King

The question that advances this episode is whether Chase, with his injury, will become as cynical as House, whose injury defines him. House Watch: Ending the Chase 2012-02-14T14:45:51Z

Having resurrected the seldom-performed “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” last year, Terrence O’Brien, the troupe’s inventive artistic director, has turned his attention to the knotty “Troilus,” the most cynical love story that Shakespeare ever spun. The Week Ahead: July 4 ? 10 2010-07-01T16:02:00Z

Mr. Costello also had a sardonic tune with God as its cynical narrator, “Come the Meantimes,” from “Wise Up Ghost,” his 2013 collaboration with the Roots. Elvis Costello Treats Carnegie Hall to a Solo Show 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

“Kind of appropriate, but also kind of cynical,” he says finally. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Viewed through cynical eyes, the coffee shop might look like fodder for the satirical television series “Portlandia,” which pokes fun at the region’s cultural quirks and earnest, progressive ideals. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z

Any expression of “unabashed gratitude” seems an anomaly in today’s highly cynical and ironic age. Poet Ross Gay is on a roll: He talks gardens and gratitude 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

“They’ve grown up in such a cynical time,” he said, “that they’ve never seen the law used to make things better.” It’s Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Jose's mom has the exact same heavenly twinkle in her eyes as he does, and her inner light makes me feel like a cynical crone underserving of love. Stepping, samba and more damaged goods on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-22T12:01:00Z

It’s hard not to want more of the cynical, large-hearted Bro. How do we shape memories of those we've lost? A friend's death triggers 'Good Grief' 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

Less cynical and more hopeful than the movie, it gives us a Buddy who is still cruel but not so callous, and thus a better candidate for our sympathy. Review: Billy Crystal Carries the Tune in ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

But let's be under no illusion that by and large the remake business is a cynical money-making exercise. The Death at a Funeral remake should have died an early death 2010-04-16T11:16:00Z

The book contains dozens of imperishable phrases and judgments, but few stick in the mind like the opening of his Wilder demolition: "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z

"The governor and the legislature have acted in a blindly cynical manner here, it seems." New York’s bars, restaurants and distillers say they’re suffering from the abrupt end of to-go cocktails 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

That may sound a little cynical, but it’s how a series becomes something more than an above-average action thriller. Review: ‘Fauda’ Returns on Netflix, Guns Blazing 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

In practice, though, it had essentially set out a series of cynical guidelines for how to exercise that right. The Civility Wars 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

When three unmarried sisters in “Fiddler” confront the village matchmaker, two of them hopeful and the third cynical, they all end up having second thoughts: Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Majid Majidi’s latest feature doesn’t lack in style or charm, using a child’s perspective — a staple in Iranian cinema — to locate beauty and hope in a cynical world. ‘Sun Children’ Review: Treasure Hunt 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

Still, Zaman doesn’t turn cynical or bitter, just increasingly anorexic. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

They end up being very cynical about the colleges they get into. In the grueling doc "Try Harder!" Asian American students strive to meet "unreasonable" expectations 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z

Liberals have often viewed the alliance of the religious right and Republican big business that empowered Reagan as a matter of misunderstanding, or a cynical manipulation of poor and middle-class whites by wealthy élites. We Live in the Reproductive Dystopia of “The Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Instead of selling fantasies, his take on the Friedrich Hollaender song was a cheerfully cynical acknowledgment that trying to live out romantic dreams inevitably comes to naught. Review: ‘Morphium Kabarett’ Explores a Gay Man’s Erotic Life 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Their progress is tracked by a ragtag assortment of men: a documentary film crew, an evil tabloid newspaper editor and some cynical movie writers from Hollywood. ‘Spice World’ & Me 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

It’s an easy and possibly cynical move — and a plot point that has already brought the show a ton of press attention — but it’s also kind of genius. Perspective | Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

These not-quite-lost souls, the spiritual children of the “Star Wars” movies, look back to better times as they stumble into a cynical, tightfisted culture of diminished opportunities. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z

Seder praised MSNBC’s “thoughtful reconsideration and willingness to understand the cynical motives of those who intentionally misrepresented my tweet for their own toxic political purposes.” The odd episode of Sam Seder’s firing — and rehiring — by MSNBC 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

It’s not a show about flashy, cynical or malignant characters. More bull from Bristol Palin 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z

Mark has been assigned a school report on it, while Harris plays the cynical observer who considers the influence of money in politics a blockade to change. Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primary 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

You might be cynical about it, but at the same time wonder, ‘Is this the thing that might change my life forever?’ How “Queer Eye” approached a culturally sensitive season in Japan beyond karate and chopsticks 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z

But when then-President Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, Rich refused to accept it, citing the administration's "cynical politics." Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies 2012-03-28T22:34:09Z

But not all of the analytical errors of libertarianism are so cynical. ‘Chicagonomics’ and ‘Economics Rules’ 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

Take her fundraiser: some on social media have speculated that it was a scam – and then, after Calloway posted evidence of the donations, a cynical tax break. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

He describes it as “cynical, very Oscar Wildean in its humour and slightly inaccessible”. Whit Stillman: ‘I find it remarkable that people hate my work’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

It may be Mr. Bean’s belief that this is only fair treatment for the cynical, humanity-eating professions being examined here. Richard Bean’s ‘Great Britain’ Opens at the National 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

This video and its many imitators seemed like a cynical bid at virality disguised as a selfless act of kindness, but lately the trend has taken an even darker turn. Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Oasis Britishness stripped down to its worst and most cynical cliches: arrogance without due, rhyme without style, sarcasm without wit, pose without prose, booze without tolerance, chav without street, repetition without foundation, Wonder without Wall. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z

The Tuohys' attorney also claims Oher's lawsuit is "a cynical attempt to drum up attention in the middle of his latest book tour." Is "The Blind Side" a lie? Michael Oher's claims of an adoption that never happened, explained 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z

His comic is earthy, cynical and profane, as anyone who has spent time around enlisted Marines would expect. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

So if it’s that cynical, we’ve been beat up a long time. Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primary 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The more cynical among us might wonder if many of these ascents toward ubiquity are not in fact preëngineered by corporations, but I don’t think the global psyche is quite so easily cracked. John Mayer Is a Wonderland 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z

When Ms. Daum is locked in like this, balancing self-analysis with observation of the outside world, she’s among the best personal essayists of a searching, cynical generation that’s lucky to have her. ‘Unspeakable,’ Essays by Meghan Daum 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

A cynical critic might suppose that the last two hours of “Interstellar” were composed in a fit of spoiler hysteria. Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar,’ with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Von Trier told reporters he considered serial killing analogous to making art: 'You have to be cynical to do both' Lars von Trier negotiating for Cannes return after 2011 Nazi comments ban 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

As envisioned by the director Matthew White and the designer Paul Farnsworth, a cynical carnival of fools becomes a defiantly hopeful fun fair. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z

“In those days I was often cynical,” Ellen admits, telling her story 20 years later. Review | Norman Lock’s ‘American Follies’ mines America’s flawed past for dazzling fiction 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

Is it too cynical to dismiss so provincial a “Carmen” as nothing more than box office bait? L.A. Opera opens its new season with 'Carmen,' again 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z

If this sounds like major league fussiness — or a cynical stunt — on Nick’s part, the film, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, takes pains to get us back on his team quickly. ‘Love, Guaranteed’ Review: Swiping Left on Online Dating 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

It's not quite in the cynical tradition of James Ellroy: the emphasis is on the good guys in uniform. Gangster Squad – review 2013-01-10T21:00:01Z

The show's cynical take on celebrity culture, and on the ease with which perception is easily manipulated, can't help but seem relevant. Review: 'Chicago' reminds us that image is everything 2010-11-26T05:01:00Z

These spaces offer a canny, if cynical, response: The guests supply the aura. The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Adolfo is certainly sufficiently monstrous in his cynical calculations, as we see him sizing up Pina’s business and little country house with an eye for his future comfort. DVD: Preminger?s ?Anatomy of a Murder? on DVD 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z

Making cynical arguments to encourage their audience’s worst instincts? Perspective | The words Trump uses, and the words the media must use in response 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z

Hamilton is also iconic as Sarah, who has been transformed from a helpless figure in the first movie to a hardened, cynical warrior in this one. Why the "Terminator" series matters 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Can people find peace for themselves in our cynical commercial age? ‘Forgiveness 4 You’ imagines a faster route to absolution 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

It's a very cynical and incredibly depressing way of looking at the world. Scott Adams takes on Salon 2011-06-23T14:52:00Z

If this sounds cynical, it is, although it's also compelling, a kind of contextual lament. In 'Numero Zero,' Umberto Eco has his mind on conspiracy — again 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s a cynical and rather queasy premise: two pairs of happy lovers broken apart as the young men try to win Alfonso’s wager — making themselves unhappy when the girls succumb to their “new” suitors. Seattle Opera puts a zesty 21st century spin on ‘Cosi fan tutte’ 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Clooney is in Britain for Wednesday's London Film Festival premiere of the movie, which he describes as a "cynical look at politics." Clooney: Think Hollywood is cynical? Try politics 2011-10-19T15:56:54Z

In “Purity”, the cynical Mr Franzen is at his most authentic when writing about writers. Being Franzen’s friends 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

But mainly it just wallows in the cynical act of moral manipulation with a lot of loose ends, a high body count and some regrettable racial overtones. The body count and stereotypes pile up on 'Gang Related' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Page continued to be the Green Goblin throughout that “Spider-Man” mishap, joking about the disasters that had befallen the show previously in the cynical, taunting voice of the Goblin. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Good Glitch, Bad Glitch 2011-02-10T17:42:16Z

So writing the book, I really tried to open myself up to these voices and be inspired, which as a cynical Gen Xer I sometimes find hard to do. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

Here’s the best Rolling Stones song in decades, all cynical attitude and lunging garage-rock guitar chords. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Boss is a swing-for-the fences drama that can be as reflexively cynical and brutal about politics as The West Wing was reflexively hopeful and earnest. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z

You hear words like gratitude and universe and meditation all the time in LA, so sometimes as a cynical person like me, I don't have time ... like I don't take that stuff seriously. Chelsea Handler opens up about long-buried grief: "I'm not fully fixed or complete" 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

I want to see how Carrie deals with murderous enemies abroad and cynical bosses at home. Homeland Watch: Baby Mama Drama 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s sometimes quite cynical, but it’s very funny at the same time. And she exposes racism and narcissistic behavior in society,” Berman added. American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers of scales from our eyes, and so we do indeed become more cynical about many of the things we naively accepted when younger. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian If you were of a more cynical disposition, you would assume the record label had paid her. Jake Bugg: 'Mumford and Sons look like posh farmers with banjos' 2013-02-07T20:00:02Z

He was frank about the cynical needs of the pop industry and the cruel distinction between being good and being great — the difference between a singer and a star. The End of ‘American Idol,’ TV’s Last Cultural Big Tent 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

Smart, cynical and witheringly articulate, Dennis has a restless, resentful mind that grasps the absurdity in everything. Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z

Because in Michael J Leeson’s exuberantly cynical script, based on the book by Warren Adler, hard work only gets you so far. The War of the Roses at 30: still one of the nastiest comedies of all time 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Rick, Harmon says, represents humanity at its smallest and most cynical. How Rick and Morty became TV’s most unlikely hit 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

The cynical way to look at this is that bar customers are paying to serve as lab rats. The David Chang Restaurant Almost Nobody’s Heard Of 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Simulated or not, that kiss could have been staged for a more cynical reason: publicity for her new single “Can’t Be Tamed.” Noticed: Celebrity Kissing: What Does It Mean? 2010-06-18T18:41:00Z

Am I being cynical for pointing out the obvious? "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Keeping track of that number would inevitably necessitate a spreadsheet, or at least note-taking, which even Seagull sees as a step too far: “I haven’t got that cynical yet.” All you need is maths? The man using equations to find love 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z

Watching the full clip, it doesn't sound like he's comparing gay people to al-Qaida at all — it sounds like he's being cynical about the hubris behind a marketing strategy. O'Reilly's gay comment: Defamatory or just dumb? 2010-06-04T16:30:00Z

It was difficult not to feel cynical as I walked out of the performance — the break from being sold stuff that I’d been promised — to have Beautyrest representatives handing me branded energy drinks. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

The characters who do vaunt piety tend to be hypocrites: the most harrowing religious tale is told by the cynical and dishonest Pardoner. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z

Jeff Bridges plays a formerly cynical DJ named Jack who's been trying to be a better person since an on-air incident that ruined several people's lives — including Parry's. Home Entertainment: Robin Williams is a keeper in 'Fisher King' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

I am prepared to be cynical about this new food historicism. Books of The Times: Jane Ziegelman?s ?97 Orchard? Is a Culinary History 2010-07-27T18:33:00Z

The concern is that canned wine’s grass-roots revival will be overtaken by more cynical efforts and turned into just another momentary trend. The next time you want to drink wine outdoors, try popping a top 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

It’s hard not to bring the same cynical understanding to the publishing industry, which keeps trying to pass off waterlogged ideas as fresh. Margaret Atwood rewrites Shakespeare. Who will do it next — Gillian Flynn? Yes. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

But it’s a mistake to be too cynical about efforts to push the form or to borrow from new sources, because that’s what will keep comedy growing. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

Maybe I’m getting cynical in middle age, but I kept unzipping Bauer’s carefully spun fleece and finding myself face to face with the aforementioned wolf. Learning to Heal, With a Little Fur Machine 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z

Like the much less good Broken City, it's a cynical tale about the sweet smell of corruption in the city that never sleeps. Arbitrage – review 2013-03-03T00:05:29Z

It doesn’t put stock in people who tell kids to have faith in themselves because it suits their own cynical purposes—but it really does want kids to believe in themselves. The Best Episode of the New “Black Mirror” Is a Princess Tale Starring Miley Cyrus 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

Weigel: How much more cynical do you think the electorate is now? How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of TV's Family Guy, has co-written and directed a stoner fantasy which is cynical and lethargic, sour and dour; it is misanthropic, crass, facetious, offensive, immature and very funny. Ted – review 2012-08-02T14:30:02Z

The bad guys win in this cynical opera. Music Review: Bad Guys Singing Of Love And Power 2010-11-19T05:30:00Z

Both these factors — creeping right-wing hysteria at home and cynical maneuvering abroad — combined to embitter Wisner’s operators. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Ours is a humility born of a parvenu's shoulder chip balanced by pride in a thing made better than anyone else, anywhere else can make it â€” self-knowledge both cynical and satisfied. 'Wheedle's Groove' documentary captures the soul of Seattle 2010-09-02T20:06:00Z

Is this cynical advice good advice in the long run? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Single-mom sister teaches her kids a cynical view of love. Is she wrong? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

A best seller in Korea, this novel traces the defining relationships of its cynical, hard-drinking narrator’s young adulthood, from college to postgraduate life in Seoul to burgeoning literary success. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

What you hope when you meet somebody is that they are as cynical as you thought they’d be, and at the same time that they’re kind. Paul Weitz wrote ‘Grandma’ for an audience of one: Lily Tomlin 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

I would love to see large budgets handed to directors who have ambitions to advance the medium, not engage in cynical and rote franchise... ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z

Nonetheless, it is hard to be cynical about these tiny, driven winemakers. The cult of natural wine – 'this is like punk or acid house' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z

As a warning of what was to come — or as a cynical investment strategy — you could do worse, in 2003, than focus on subprime loans, refinancing and online degrees. Is Spam Trying to Tell Us Something? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

It’s what passes for wisdom, being ironic and cynical. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z

But Affleck’s caped crusader, certainly by the time of his final turn in Justice League, seemed to have morphed into more of a cynical, wisecracking type than the tortured soul of Christian Bale-era Batman. Ben Affleck's Batman was hard to like – but the man himself deserves some empathy 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Retired from the Marines after just under eight years as a combat engineer that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garvey has, by his own reckoning, grown into a “distrusting and cynical” adult. For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

In many ways, the cinematic medium itself might hold the key to the difference between cultural appropriation — whether in the form of cynical co-opting or earnest condescension — and meaningful, intimately observed storytelling. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

All of them, without question, were cynical attempts to piggyback on our knowledge of an existing franchise. Breaking Bad: The Movie? Why it could be Vince Gilligan's worst idea 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z

What could be more contemporary than George M. Cohan’s bluntly cynical, “Life’s a Funny Proposition After All,” written in 1904? Music Review: Maude Maggart’s ‘Into the Garden’ at Feinstein’s 2012-06-07T21:52:17Z

Eun-yi pursues their affair with a determination that seems both simple-minded — can she really believe that this entitled, cynical man, however dashing he might seem, is in love with her? — and ruthlessly cunning. Movie Review: Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family 2011-01-20T22:00:38Z

In the past, Mr. Franzen tended to impose a seemingly cynical, mechanistic view of the world on his characters, threatening to turn them into authorial pawns subject to simple Freudian-Darwinian imperatives. Books of The Times: Jonathan Franzen?s ?Freedom? Follows Family?s Quest 2010-08-15T21:30:00Z

Fair enough: there’s enough in the first episode to suggest that Anger Management could be a decent cynical comedy if it wanted to. TV Tonight: Anger Management 2012-06-28T11:43:48Z

And the themes they explore are tired, cynical, sub-Disney bromides about family reconciliation and self-discovery. Review: ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Sticks to the Instruction Manual 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

I always thought her journey would be a struggle for her not to become cynical. Amy Poehler trades "SNL" skits for single character 2010-12-01T03:06:00Z

The cynical explanation, commonly heard in comedy circles, is that the service just outspent everyone else. The Netflix Executives Who Bent Comedy to Their Will 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

His eternal optimism will frustrate the cynical female detective he often works with, but she can’t argue with the results that his unique perspective provides. Fox picks up new shows 'The Grinder' and 'Rosewood' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Into this unpleasant stew she then adds the cynical and greedy Zardari. Songs of Blood and Sword by Fatima Bhutto 2010-04-24T23:09:00Z

We wanted to make this not just cynical and Mormon-bashing, but hopeful and happy, because to me that’s what musicals are all about. ArtsBeat: Holy Terrors: A Conversation With the Creators of 'The Book of Mormon' 2011-02-16T16:23:16Z

He will try to embitter people about things that once offered hope and substitute cynical partisan tribalism for the old, imperfect idealism of one American Dream and destiny. Perspective | Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

I was being cynical when I said I want to pay the rent. Hollywood's fickle; family ties endure 2011-03-16T21:28:00Z

The character of Rue, an anxious and cynical teenager with a substance abuse problem, dominates the narrative of "Euphoria." How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

To Ms. Goodwin’s credit, the book has enough sexual heat to make Cora’s inevitable marriage to Ivo seem like something beyond a cynical business transaction, though it has its cynical aspects. Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z

The Righteous Gemstones and Perpetual Grace, Ltd are dark comedies that present American evangelical churches as cynical and hypocritical exercises in fleecing the vulnerable out of money while their pastors live like rock stars. Crooked preachers and sexy priests: has TV got a problem with Christianity? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

The incursion of humor was taken as proof of an ironic stance, which in turn signaled subversive intent or a cynical detachment from the material. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z

Americans may be cynical about journalism, but not so much so that they're willing to allow reporters to exaggerate wildly, as Williams did — consciously or not. Americans' ability to forgive, forget fibs depends on who tells them 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Only in her 40s did she begin her first novel, "Poor George," about a cynical school teacher who finds purpose - and ruin - in mentoring a vagrant teenager. Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life 2011-05-05T10:32:09Z

“She was irreverent, she was cynical, and she was bitterly funny and caustic and all these things. But she was always fun to be around,” he added. Leia leads resistance in Carrie Fisher's final 'Star Wars' film 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z

It’s a little hard not to be cynical about that hindsight. Motherlode Blog: Why Are College Kids Defending Joe Paterno? 2011-11-10T14:04:24Z

Accustomed to the ways of men on the base, she’s understandably cynical about the male sex in general but accepting of her husband. ArtsBeat: London Journal: Shakespeare’s Liars and Lovers 2013-07-05T15:47:54Z

In which case you have already anticipated my second point: Mr. Cattelan directs these barbs at art from inside the art world, rather than lobbing insults from some cynical distance. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z

Finally, there’s a chance encounter with another foreigner, who is more seasoned, more cynical; together, they turn Tokyo into a playground and leave when the fantasy fades. Watching Tokyo Through the Eyes of Outsiders 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z

But the movie is magically impervious to cynical disdain. A Beguiling Beginners: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor and a Talking Dog Learn to Start Over 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z

Dixie is older, a little more cynical and a lot less comfortable. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

"I don't always express myself as clearly as I should … I'd like to say this was a publicity stunt, but I'm really not that clever, and I'm definitely not that cynical." Michelle Shocked 'damn sorry' for anti-gay comments 2013-03-21T10:25:33Z

Temple later described them as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence that occasionally were racist or sexist". Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T10:31:05Z

A more “cynical” filmmaker than Audiard would have portrayed technology as “isolating,” Tomine said, noting that “it’s almost a daring artistic choice to have it move toward actual romance and connection.” Parisian Love Stories for the Age of Talk Less, Message More 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

No one in the history of the world has ever been passionately cynical. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z

Yet the song isn't cynical or arrogant, but a proud declaration — a vibe lead singer/lyricist Simon Le Bon underscores with an urgent, confident vocal delivery that leverages his theatrical background. "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z

What’s more, he wrote, the relationship furthers the cynical public view that the news media is “in cahoots” with the people they cover, especially liberals. Nina Totenberg was close friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Was that a conflict for NPR? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

Rebecca Nicholson When Jamie announced he was setting up a school, there was an understandably cynical reaction from some, accusing him of wading into areas he knew nothing about. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-04-13T06:59:00Z

The cynical romanticism of noir and the cosmic mind games of speculative sci-fi are a tricky and not always successful blend. Review: ‘Altered Carbon,’ Netflix’s ‘Blade Runner’ Replicant 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

And the whole thing is infused with the wit and warmth that so endeared Gavin & Stacey to its fans, but crucially, has none of the more cynical comic set-pieces that marred it. Have you been watching ? Stella? 2012-02-10T11:19:38Z

It's ending up mostly as a cynical collection of office towers, a palisade of rentable space. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z

That’s one of the takeaways of “Only the Animals,” a cynical French puzzler from the director Dominik Moll about a woman who goes missing. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

We made popcorn every Sunday night and watched, and she would provide voice-over: cynical, outrageous stuff. Modern Love: Appreciating a Difficult Mother 2010-03-12T18:40:00Z

It’s easy to be cynical about a Cats movie, then, in large part because a Cats movie seemed an absurd impossibility for so long. Litter-ally terrifying: is Cats the creepiest film of the year? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

But it is a dark and cynical film, and it makes a good test case for film noir, a category that resists clear definition. The 1947 ‘Nightmare Alley’: A Dark View of Class as Destiny 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z

“I don’t think people like Hacksaw Ridge for cynical reasons,” says the publicist I spoke to, “but this is Hollywood at the end of the day. It is a business.” Can Mel Gibson ever be rehabilitated? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Enter our cynical protagonist who used to repossess organs and is now being hunted for his heart. Review | Let’s talk about ‘Starship Troopers’ and other science fiction and fantasy novels that wowed us on screen 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Instead of piety, she offers a pragmatic, borderline cynical view of how faith operates. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

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

In tension with Don’s supposed personal growth was perhaps the most cynical vision imaginable: our hero had hit on a way to sell sugar water by linking it with global peace. The Original, Resonant, Existentially Brilliant “Mad Men” Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

“In the Olympics, you don’t go in with a cynical approach.” Bringing the Sistine Chapel to Life, With the Vatican’s Blessing 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Nothing is irritatingly wrongheaded about Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s direction or choreography — cynical ambivalence about these sins is built into this 1933 ballet by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill — but nothing is remotely memorable either. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z

The prickly tone is a difficult balancing act, and “Diamond Tongues” may settle for being a softer-hearted film than its most cynical scenes portend. Review: In ‘Diamond Tongues,’ Leah Goldstein Plays a Flawed Actress 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

And I would argue that in courting its audience, this “Pippin” is ultimately more cynical than Fosse’s. Theater Review: ‘Pippin,’ Directed by Diane Paulus, at the Music Box Theater 2013-04-26T02:01:15Z

Smith expertly traces the impact of this separation: “Barbara developed some cynical ideas about marriage. It was the antithesis of freedom, and freedom mattered most.” Troubled Marriages, Old and New 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

"It's the last bastion of peace and innocence in a very cynical time." TCM Fest: Andrews, Plummer reunite for 'Sound of Music's' 50th 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

The best Joyce Manor songs are vulnerable but not fragile, cleareyed but not cynical. Even Punks Learn Regret. ‘Cody’ Is Joyce Manor’s Take on Aging 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Lee Smith’s The Strong Horse explores the Mubarak government’s cynical efforts to manipulate popular sentiment and maintain power. ArtsBeat: A Reading List for the Egypt Crisis 2011-02-03T21:45:45Z

Mr. Cusack’s sardonic, understated portrayal of Rat, who is not quite what he says he is, grounds the movie in a wistfully cynical realism. Movie Review: In ‘Adult World,’ a Naïf Dreams of Literary Glory 2014-02-13T23:21:16Z

His material has the landscape of a Tom Waits song, crusty and cynical, inspiring bleak laughter that sounds as if it might turn into a cough at any moment. Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

I'm closing this with "Scarin' Babies" because, in its own way, it best captures the distinct brand of cynical progressivism that defines the group. The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

If Thomas ran an amusement park, there would be a sign right by the turnstile: “You must be this cynical to take this ride.” Writing (and not writing) during a political maelstrom 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z

The older ones, such as Korolev, are cynical, though wary even of their own children. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z

When it came to death and where someone spends their eternal rest, literature's most hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, was pretty cynical. Raymond Chandler historian cracks lost wife case 2010-09-18T18:32:00Z

Our film industry, and our film journalism industry, can be pretty cynical and exhausted. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z

A bizarre and ultimately self-sabotaging movie that defies categorization, "Kick-Ass" is at times cheap and cynical, while in other moments is ingenious and strangely noble. 'Kick-Ass' knocks comic-book conventions upside down 2010-04-16T00:31:00Z

Because everybody lived down in cynical LA and we don't. Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' 2011-07-22T15:10:05Z

Clue: it's a medical drama named after its protagonist – a cynical, unconventional, emotionally damaged genius doctor who shows a sardonic contempt for authority . TV review: Monroe, The British at Work 2011-03-10T22:05:01Z

“Sort of shrewdly, from a cynical standpoint, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if you could combine these two things,’ ” Mr. Grahame-Smith said. Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy 2011-05-09T12:00:00Z

“The French are not cynical, but a bit skeptical about the human nature,” the ambassador says. In Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the French ambassador finds his place in Washington 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

I prefer proper drama or true reality to this cynical fusion of the two. Is time up for scripted reality shows? 2012-02-08T15:20:11Z

In fact, both Toy Story 3 and Harry Potter 7, far from being cynical reheatings of grub the public was known to buy, featured impressive departures of technology and tone. Why sequels will not come first this year 2011-01-02T18:59:01Z

Like Oasis and Blur, like Kate Moss and love doves and Firestarter, it was of its time and captured that time’s cynical yet optimistic, hedonistic heart. Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z

“Strictly a Female Female” is wild and messy in a 1990s do-it-yourself way and showed, in Ms. Donohue, a more mature artist who nevertheless remains as cynical and bold as ever. Dance Review: Insects Flee, and Kitty Seeks Revenge 2011-05-22T20:58:11Z

The movie goes beyond mere chills to point to the terrible anonymity of modern communications and to attack corporate America's cynical indifferences towards its employees. Buried 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z

The ceremony broke through the cynical shell we’ve all built up while watching these things multiple times that evening. Chris Rock’s Oscars didn’t “fight the power”: A night of crude jokes and cynical deflection is a poor way to show progress 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

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

The easy, cynical view is that this is just people with too much money and oversized appetites buying into hype. Can a Christmas pudding ever be worth ?250? 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

He genuinely loved the attention, they said, and never said a cynical word about his fans. The movie that foretold the rise of Donald Trump 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

Either the size of the advance changed his mind or, more likely, that was always a cynical fib. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z

A deeply cynical movie masquerading as a complex moral dilemma, the Australian drama “Felony” proves only that skilled actors and slick photography can tart up even the most problematic script. ‘Felony,’ a Drama About a Police Cover-Up 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

But the balloon soon realizes how they can play: a solution so simple, charming and hopeful that it will buoy even cynical grown-ups for the rest of the day. Spare Times for Children, for Jan. 25-31 2013-01-24T22:45:09Z

Cheerfully cynical yet with a sincere appetite for the game, “The Circus” is both a document and an example of the superficiality of today’s elections. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

One to give to your friends who are cynical about what politics can achieve. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z

Fonda plays Gloria, apparently the most cynical and ruthless contestant in the running, but dealing with an inner hurt. Jane Fonda's 10 best films – ranked! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Neckbone's motives are initially cynical and mercenary, though he gradually warms to the outsider. Mud – review 2013-05-11T23:07:24Z

Such a radically new approach to politics might even re-engage an increasingly apathetic and cynical public. Why the satirist John O'Farrell would make a great MP for Eastleigh 2013-02-13T12:55:01Z

But I’m really proud of it for what it is — sincere and not cynical. Two Old Acting Pals, Together on Film at Last 2011-04-22T23:33:01Z

Humphrey Bogart is the tough, cynical American with a broken heart, brooding over chess problems in the private room of his bar in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan capital. Casablanca ? review 2012-02-09T22:30:02Z

Instead, he has become a cynical rich oligarch with a villa and bodyguards in a Czech resort town. Review | John le Carré’s new thriller takes aim at Trump, Brexit and the Russia mess 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

“Don’t get cynical, don’t ever think you can’t make a difference.” Obama’s Lessons, Unlearned 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Here we start to see Bad Andy, the source of so much that is cynical and empty in the art of today. Andy Warhol: the case against 2012-06-20T13:52:49Z

Whereas his first concerto ends in a parade of riotous, Ives-like quotations — a cynical pileup of putatively patriotic melodic sentiments — the second is less obvious in its moods. Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

However many reasons there are to be cynical, the committee took its shot, told its story and trusted that we still had decency, at long last. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

Somewhere in there you'll find a trio of cynical, out-of-work musketeers, the casualties of "budget cuts," as one of them notes. 'The Three Musketeers': Not one for all 2011-10-19T22:31:04Z

Hero and Do You Know? are almost drowned out by screaming, but it's a cynical show at the expense of people who've paid to see it. Enrique Iglesias/Lemar ? review 2011-03-27T20:45:01Z

It’s a cynical move, and a pretty hard slap in the face to the victims, wrapped as morning entertainment in between the weather and cooking tips. Dottie Sandusky: Victims “saw money” 2014-03-12T13:48:00Z

This is nothing more than a cynical ploy to cash in on the original movie's phenomenal box office performance. 'Tis the season of good horror as The Last Exorcism tops US box office 2010-08-30T12:14:00Z

I am too cynical to get on board this particular Oprah bandwagon – too British, too atheist, too sensitive to schmaltz. Is gratitude the secret of happiness? I spent a month finding out 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

It’s tricky to pull off, and Butterworth has a way of giving sentimentality a dry, cynical edge that doesn’t dispose you to care about his characters as much as you need to. ‘Mammals’ Review: James Corden Gets Back to What He Does Best 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

And will Alex’s growing infatuation with his employer destroy his relationship with his TCM-watching boyfriend, who takes a cynical view of Streisand’s public persona? Review: Michael Urie in ‘Buyer & Cellar’ at Sidney Harman Hall

“I don’t care how smart Jimmy Carter is, or how cynical,” he said in a 1977 interview. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z

So, the solution to your problem, if there is a problem, might hinge on the answer to this question: What’s feeding your “cynical side,” life experience, Mike experience, or . Carolyn Hax: Is ‘timeout’ from the family a good idea?

“We started a super PAC because we didn’t just want to be cynical about the process but to be involved, to have skin in the game.” Political Art in a Fractious Election Year 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

“It sounded much more meanspirited and cynical, to tell the story of Karen Carpenter with Barbie dolls, than the actual experience of watching the film,” Mr. Haynes recalled. VHS Film Retrospective at Museum of Arts and Design 2012-06-28T14:00:00Z

We do have proof that exposure to satire makes people more cynical and increases negative attitudes towards politics. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

But that seemed cynical, so I decided to consult the experts: I went to see the movie with a bunch of ten-year-old boys, and then read the comic book with two of them. Why Marvel’s Female Superheroes Look Like Porn Stars 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

Last question: It can be argued that Blade Runner is a cynical film. Denis Villeneuve Proved to Us He Loves 'Blade Runner' More Than Anybody 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Davis concedes that many are cynical about genetic engineering. Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Having proved she could turn villain, and that she was tough enough for the most brutal or cynical of thrillers, Stanwyck’s range grew. From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z

Also on view will be selections from the museum’s Ferris Collection — 234 paintings by 38 Moscow artists, all created when Mikhail Gorbachev was in power and all with a cynical take on socialist history. The Cold War as a museum: At the Wende, one man's 100,000-piece collection finds a new home 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

But at least as many evinced a chilling and deeply cynical take on Storm’s emotional monologue, the Miss America pageant’s treatment of the issue, and the Rice story itself. Miss America, Janay Rice and our long history of conflating glamour and violence 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

The ornery Reid was no less cynical than his counterpart McConnell. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

Over time we all become very cynical and depressed, having to audition endlessly in LA. Penn Badgley: 'Gossip Girl was an endurance test' 2013-05-02T19:22:46Z

Or it’s a cynical stunt calculated to break the internet, mocking hypebeast culture and profiting from it at the same time. $76,000 Birkinstocks Made From Actual Birkin Bags? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z

That’s not to say Christmas Story or its viewers are cynical. Generation X-Mas: The Rise of A Christmas Story 2011-12-24T14:59:14Z

It’s anarchic and rigorous, sophisticated and goofy, heartfelt and cynical. Review: ‘The Great Silence,’ a 1968 Spaghetti Western Unchained 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

This fantastically enjoyable film, a surreally comic portrait of the US, is as cynical and ironically distant as his classic Stroszek. Werner Herzog, a movie-making genius of performance art 2010-10-21T14:35:00Z

Fagen and Becker’s lyrics have been described as cynical and sinister, and the artists themselves as “sociopaths masquerading as benign dictators,” a reference to their perfectionist methods in the studio. Review | How Steely Dan made its mark on music — and shaped an American cool 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

It’s niceploitation; the cynical exploitation of utopian goodness and, conversely, the starry-eyed utopian exploitation of cynicism. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

In the years after “Friday,” she fended off all kinds of cynical business entreaties. What Happens When You Get Famous Off One Song? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

“Mr. Robot” adapts the formula for a more cynical, anti-establishment moment. Review: In ‘Mr. Robot,’ Even the Paranoid May Have Enemies 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Her initial interest in Don carried a promisingly cynical mix of stubbled attraction and secretarial opportunism, but never really developed from there. “Mad Men” eulogies: Megan Draper, would-be Charlie Manson victim 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

Do you feel like you are perceived as a cynical writer? Sandra Tsing Loh on menopause, marriage and writing 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z

Sara has a kind heart, a noble soul and a working pistol, and she uses all three to save the cynical Derek. Review | Here’s one way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: Read five of the most romantic romance novels 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Color me cynical, but I’m confident that if it were this easy for rich team owners to make themselves richer it would already have happened. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: The Rich Are Different 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

She was from my tribe, my age, also a cynical English major: my maple leaf alter ego. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

That was Walker’s particular genius—he made music feel new and destabilizing, no matter how cynical or jaded the listener. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

It’s also darker and more cynical — or maybe it just looks that way, weeks after a Webcam prank made one teenager distraught enough to jump off the George Washington Bridge. Art Review: A Show Is All Cyber, Some of the Time 2010-10-21T22:17:00Z

Ms. Day’s Tracey is more cynical, especially when she decides to apply for that managerial job. Review: The Jobs Are Gone in ‘Sweat.’ So Are People’s Hopes. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s quite hard to grow up in New Zealand and be cynical. It’s just too beautiful,” says McKenzie. Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Sorry to be cynical here — I mean, I hope he really does do all the dirty laundry — but there’s a Downy whiff of political calculation here. Anthony Weiner gets feminized 2012-07-18T19:28:00Z

Peoria, a gifted, cynical and reckless careerist given to drug-and-alcohol binges and avid indulgence in Bangkok nightlife. Review: ‘The Last Magazine,’ by Michael Hastings

We may be living through a “pandemic of poppycock,” he says, but he refuses to submit to “the cynical view that the human brain is a basket of delusions.” In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

The most cynical reason is money, of course, but what if the real reason is something like love? ‘Muppets,’ ‘X-Files,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Full House’: Why can’t we ever move on? 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

It's an appropriately cynical ending for a series that is at its best when it highlights the worst in humanity. “South Park” blames climate change on Grandpa’s selfishness and it’s barely a metaphor at... 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

"Zulu'"s explcit, and, at times even gratuitous, depiction of violence and inter-human relations, paints a highly cynical picture of post-colonial Cape Town, one in which authorities are corrupt and vigilante justice is king. `Zulu,' violent portrait of S. Africa, ends Cannes 2013-05-26T17:15:13Z

The central figures often appear like mirrored images: While Kalanick amasses cynical employees who want to break stuff, Neumann invites his deluded staff to “build tomorrow.” Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

Some registered their frustration by simply not voting, a process exploited by a cynical GOP that has made it harder to vote. Outside coastal bubbles, to say 'America is already great' rings hollow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

Why, whoever heard of such a cynical, responsibility-averting attempt at viral marketing! Serena Williams' gimmicky "banned" ad 2011-03-23T19:48:00Z

I was then and am now a mix of progressive optimism and cynical realism. My obsessive quest to solve the mystery of a missing Virgin Mary 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z

The way I see it, Yelawolf's song represents either a serious misunderstanding source of material, or a cynical bet that many listeners are too ignorant to realize something's off here. Yelawolf jacks Nirvana's "Marijuana" 2010-11-19T00:01:00Z

Diane is the glummest variation of the kind of tough, cynical skeptic that Ms. Keener can be counted on to lend a depth and complexity like no other actress. Movie Review: ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,’ Starring Jane Fonda 2012-06-07T22:47:39Z

"Hustlers" is, if anything, even more cynical about money, art, and gender. How both "Hustlers" and "Little Women" anticipated their own Oscar snubs 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

Philip Bump, cynical Gen Xer, goes right there and then some. A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

And he’s winningly old-fashioned: He may be cynical about the process of acquiring citizenship, but not about being a citizen. | 'Intr?ngulis': ?Intr?ngulis? at Intar Theater - Review 2011-10-18T21:33:11Z

“I hate to sound cynical, but I’m still trying to understand how the government package will directly help freelancers and independents,” Liz Barker, a theater lighting and sound technician, wrote on Twitter. U.K. Announces $2 Billion Bailout to Help Keep the Arts Afloat 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

For more seasoned theatergoers, it has the elegance and inventiveness to erase the jaded memories of dozens of more cynical entertainments. London hit "War Horse" makes thrilling Broadway bow 2011-04-18T03:57:08Z

"Game of Thrones" channels that logic through a type of cynical exhaustion with the status quo. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

He is seasoned, but not jaded, clear-sighted but not cynical. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z

When I say game, people say, 'But I don't want to be part of a cynical game'. Book Talk: Norwegian chief executive shuns perfectionism, says women can succeed 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

But the essential truth of “Veep” is that we see things on the show that are far nastier and more profane and cynical that what we get to see in national politics. “Veep”’s exquisite edge: A profane catharsis for the nastiest presidential election in memory 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

The first was inventive, but the sequels were unbelievably cynical. Mark Gatiss: Rocket man 2010-10-11T20:30:00Z

Star worship, like almost everything else in Hollywood, was born as a studio boss’s cynical wheeze. Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

“He alternates between having a bleak view of humanity but gets inspired by a process that makes people so cynical. . . . Or maybe it’s just Rick Wilson is history’s greatest monster.” No campaign news, no problem. These strategists can always lend a quote. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

She's selfish and cynical, only looking out for herself, but at least she goes about her crimes with some verve and style. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z

Her cynical avowal speaks — loudly — of politics today. ‘Dom Juan’ Review: The Perks of Being a Professional Hypocrite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z

At a time when the credibility of American mainstream media is under constant attack from President Trump and his cynical allies, the right response becomes more vital than ever. Perspective | NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow’s #MeToo reporting 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

Her early years with the Frenchman were touched by unabashed adoration, at which a cynical reader might be forgiven for gagging. ‘I wanted to be Murphy Brown’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

At the same time, though, it seems to know that a crueler, more cynical rendering of its story — a “Bitter, Hopeless, Love” — lurks between the lines. | 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z

The audience – cynical, drunk, music industry types – fall eerily quiet: she's silenced them with her talent alone. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z

Vidal appeared cold and cynical on the surface, dispassionately predicting the fall of democracy, the American empire's decline or the destruction of the environment. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z

Photograph: guardian.co.uk If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

A shame he has to spoil it by encouraging children to be lazy, cynical idiots. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z

On social media, perpetrators and victims, the traumatised and the traumatising, the innocent and the cynical find themselves gathered with amplifiers blaring out valid claims, ludicrous fancies and filthy abuse in equal proportion. Should I report sexual harassment if I then slept with the man? 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

The final scene, which finds them back on their bikes, manages to be sentimental and cynical in equal measure. ‘The Climb’ Review: The Dudes Abide 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

We’re too young as a country to be overly cynical yet. With ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ Paul Feig Comes Home 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Though people in the business tend to be cynical and dismissive about all awards, I've discovered that this is not the case elsewhere. The film academy? Far from perfect. The Oscars? Irresistible 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z

The BLM alleges that framing their response around the law was a cynical effort to hide behind victim protection policy to suppress concerns about safety at the festival. Exclusive: Burning Man is supposed to be a safe space. Sexual assault survivors say it's not 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

So I thought Sharon’s harsher, more cynical take on the world might not appeal. 'Catastrophe' Stars on Why the Couple Acutally Has a Model Relationship 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

That seems shockingly cynical, but there is something admirable in a movie that examines some of the worst aspects of modern American life with blunt, good-humored honesty. Review: ‘The House’ Is a Comedy Built on Despair 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Genres like the caustic, cynical cabaret of Germany’s Weimar period and the more romantic French chanson are all but forgotten. Music Review: Ute Lemper in Cabaret at 54 Below 2013-08-16T21:25:50Z

“Blank Space” gets ready for a romance that is “gonna be forever, or it’s gonna go down in flames,” and goes on with cynical anticipation: “Wait, the worst is yet to come.” Battle of the Sexes at the iHeartRadio Concert at Madison Square Garden 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

But it’s tougher to be cynical about the documentary category, where an Oscar nomination, let alone a win, can have mighty ripple effects. The Power of Documentaries on the Oscar Trail 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

At the most cynical level, perhaps her death came as a surprise because people thought that someone, somewhere would do anything to protect their investment and succeed. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z

As cynical as the hippies had grown about the system, these activists had faith and hope in it. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

I know it's cynical, but it frightens me that you could see this person in the street and they may or may not say hello to you. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z

He spoke for everyone who was “snarky”–mocking, cutting, sarcastic, skeptical, cynical–in the face of “smarm.” When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

What they didn't seem to notice was a human being who was never flippant or cynical, who could also speak eloquently on the illness and eventual devastating loss of a parent. Tracy Clark-Flory: "Our culture is totally ignorant around the realm of sexual fantasy" 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

There are pious Muslims and cynical hedonists, and each migrant approaches the journey with a distinctive blend of superstition and pragmatism. Movie Review: ‘The Pirogue,’ Directed by Moussa Touré 2013-01-22T23:28:36Z

But the awful truth was that both men were fakes: they were being fed the answers by cynical producers, who were creating something as phoney as any soap opera. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Remember how people get more cynical as they get older? The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 7 Love & Friendship 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

Because what's unfolded over these 16 days has been one of the most authentically amazing, least cynical things ever to happen to a show and its audience. 2010-01-23T14:24:00Z

The cynical cliches about Washington bureaucracy laced through “The President’s Daughter” weren’t even fresh in the previous century when Clinton was lying to the American people about “that woman.” Review | Bill Clinton and James Patterson are back in action — and still ridiculous 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z

Merlin, inhuman and deeply cynical, is in it only for the power, which creatures like himself desire above all else. Review | ‘By Force Alone’ is an exciting and wickedly funny reimagining of the King Arthur legend 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

What began as a dream to offer audiences the most breathtakingly immersive cinematic experience possible has quickly become little more than a cynical Hollywood smash and grab. Will Sex and Zen be the saviour of 3D? 2011-07-28T08:37:57Z

I feel so cynical when faced with questions like that. "My Dark Vanessa" author: Canceling Nabokov's "Lolita" is "missing the point" of society's problem 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

This only entrenches a cynical attitude toward copyright law and brings it into further disrepute.” European Union Extends Copyright on Recordings 2011-09-12T22:15:07Z

World War I’s chief cultural product was irony, he found, as illustrated by the muttering, cynical language of the men on the battle lines and their governments’ fatuous appeals to patriotism. Paul Fussell, Literary Scholar and Critic, Is Dead at 88 2012-05-23T22:21:26Z

When I’m feeling cynical about myself, I call myself a facial-hair actor. Ritchie Coster on Playing the Drunk Mayor on 'True Detective' 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

The only cynical response I had was in the timing of the transition. Caitlyn Jenner on transitioning: ‘It was hard giving old Bruce up. He still lives inside me’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

They ranged from earnest to weirdly cynical: What they had in common was more creepiness than outright sexism. The real Super Bowl babies: Big commercial moments paint men as infantile doofuses 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

But should we really be shocked by this or cynical about it in real life? "Guilt" writer discusses the twisty finale, the importance of that enigmatic smile and Season 2 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Cromwell is so cynical that he reads Machiavelli’s The Prince and shrugs, thinking, “perhaps he could improve on it.” The Year in Novels So Far; Plus, Hilary Mantel! 2012-05-16T15:37:58Z

The mogul was proved right, refusing Greene’s original happy ending for a cynical parting note. Why The Third Man is an essential primer for no-deal Brexit 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

Once in the group, it was Mayberry who took charge of their cynical stance, giving the rest of the band a reading list on the workings of the music industry. Chvrches: Music for the masses? 2013-06-13T16:25:18Z

In 1997, Ms. Rich declined to accept a National Medal for the Arts from President Bill Clinton, saying that art was “incompatible with the cynical politics of this Administration.” ArtsBeat: The Politics and Poems of Adrienne Rich 2012-03-28T23:50:06Z

“The Audience will laugh at a cat being burned,” one characteristically cynical line begins. Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

I suspect the little girl in me, who grew up with fairytales and happily-ever-afters, was hoping to prove the older, more cynical me wrong. Kasey Edwards: I love being married, but am I the exception? 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

The Chicago hospital executive made little secret of her distaste for the process as she stepped onto the national stage, calling partisan politics a cynical business. Why Michelle Obama has a prime spot at the Democratic National Convention 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

The Emmy-nominated “Succession” isn't a show one turns to in order to forget life’s troubles but rather to verify our cynical suspicions about how the world works. Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

As Frank, the cynical Open University lecturer who opens hairdresser Rita up to the world of literature, Lamb follows in the footsteps of many big-name actors. Life after death 2010-03-28T21:00:00Z

Such cynical observations are among the many pleasures of Thomas’s book: “Complexity is the first refuge of the scoundrel”; “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” ‘Fixers’: A financial thriller with cameos by Hillary Clinton and Obama 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

But one measure of the leadership of the Stoneman Douglas generation might be convincing Hollywood that glib, cynical violence no longer sells, and teaching the rest of us that guns are anything but a game. Will the Stoneman Douglas generation finally call BS on cliched movie gun violence? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Taylor Swift is — at least usually — a cynical media manipulator in the form of a girl next door-turned pop star. With her tough testimony, did we just meet the real Taylor Swift? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

The novel’s shocking climax implies that, in their hearts, even the most decent of Neapolitans embrace the bloody, cynical values of the Camorra. Natural Born Killers: Italy’s ‘Baby Gangs’ Blast Through Roberto Saviano’s Debut Novel 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

We have pretty conclusive research that shows that people who watch political satire are, yes, cynical, but also far more politically engaged. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

It's hard to see exactly what he's doing in the video, but it wouldn't be too cynical to assume that he's gleefully rubbing his hands together. Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey bust-up: just what American Idol needed 2012-10-03T17:30:00Z

The question might seem rhetorical to the jaded or cynical, but it is still a reasonable question to ask. I've got chronic prize fatigue 2010-10-09T10:00:00Z

For the ultimate proof, Frank pointed to a cynical MTV advertisement found in the business sections of certain newspapers and magazines. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

Then hide it somewhere where nobody will ever find it, don't tell a soul, and we'll all carry on making cynical wisecracks on Twitter like it never even happened. Why you really should keep a journal, no matter how cheesy that sounds 2013-07-18T13:59:00Z

But then I think – and it may just be because I'm 62 – it's also made me more . . . cynical? Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical' 2010-09-01T19:30:00Z

Dorf, to put it in cynical terms, has figured out how to monetize a straightforward transaction between buyer and provider — the consumption of live music. Review | City Winery’s Michael Dorf looks back at his ups and downs in the music business 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

But however cynical the show’s message is, the production itself is anything but. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z

"It's parody but it doesn't feel cynical," he said. Philly book publisher the BRAAAINS! behind phenom 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z

One doesn't have reserves of philosophical – or cynical – indifference to one's children. Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939-1995, edited by Lara Feigel and John Sutherland, with Natasha Spender – review 2012-08-03T21:55:00Z

I think people always thought “The Daily Show” was cynical and it never was, in my mind. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

I have to say how relieved I was when I returned to “Hamilton” — feeling pretty cynical about the blind worship it was inspiring — that I enjoyed it even more the second and third times. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Is your film asking viewers to be cynical towards the future and the image makers who are meant to give us hope? "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

“I don’t want to sound too cynical,” she says. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

“I oscillate between hope and despair for this world as well, Sam,” he says, when Sam expresses a cynical view of the future. Review: ‘“Master Harold” … and the Boys,’ a Searing Indictment of Racism 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z

Get me another time and I will foam at the mouth with the best of them about the unfairness of it all – the cynical betrayal of a generation. What's up, you posh boys, can't you take a joke? 2012-08-18T23:06:40Z

The joke, on us all, was too troubling to be funny, unless from the viewpoint of a cynical God. The Danger Artist 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

The US media largely dismissed the conference as cynical Soviet grandstanding, its delegates as dupes. Ian McEwan on Sweet Tooth – Guardian book club 2013-07-13T09:29:00Z

In a cynical coda to each video, the death metal cuts off, our heroine clicks her heels together and purrs, “Tomorrow is a new day!” How Sanrio Makes Anti-Capitalism Adorable, and Profitable 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

And where Obama was engaged, thorough, and hopeful, Ryan looked checked out; bored, cynical, and superficial. “I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

But to the cynical, it felt like the workings of a darkly prescient marketing strategy. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

The seminars he arranges these days tend to focus on ways for men to become more content or confident without resorting to cynical bar-trawling. 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

Campaign posters have become nasty and cynical, taking their cue from the Saatchis' for the Tories, which were more about people than policies. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z

They lose some of the cynical weight of years. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z

This is music without cynical calculation; it springs from an overflowing heart coupled with an informed knowledge of the possibilities of the singing voice. Ivor Novello, master of the musical 2012-08-03T21:55:11Z

Sorrentino powerfully wields his ability to confuse; we never know if Lenny is truly doubtful or performing his doubt for cynical ends. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

“Naive,” is what Ray calls her, and it does seem remarkable that someone otherwise so cynical in their outlook could have such an idealistic image of law enforcement. True Detective season two, episode four recap – Down Will Come 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

D’Avenia’s relationship to simile is misguided and cynical: used to obfuscate, not clarify. Two Young Men Come of Age Amid Violence and Pathos Overseas 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z

He’s a sensitive soul, at times bitterly cynical, at times charmingly naïve, always courteous, in the grip of a desperate compulsion to own nothing at all. Lee Child Reviews a Debut Novel That’s Vintage Texas Noir 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z

The industry's rationale for delivering value is utterly cynical. Derrick Burts' brave stand on HIV 2010-12-12T17:00:00Z

To my cynical ears, the shocking revelation was not that some restaurants engage in a little consensual drunk-rolling. Highbrow House Cocktails That Aim Too High 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

There is a naïve idealism at the heart of student protest, which might be desperate or loud but never as cynical as the world that necessitated it. The Year of the Imaginary College Student 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

But through her eyes I’ve learned to be positive and not cynical, and always keep moving forward. Gene Simmons: ‘I’ve never got high or drunk in my life’ 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z

The result looks a bit like television, though it isn't bad: sparky, boisterous, cynical, a little self-conscious but more grownup and literate than most new British movies. Mother's Milk – review 2012-11-08T22:20:01Z

This cynical jab deftly reduces principles to inherited customs and displays a gift for intelligent wordplay. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

“It’s very cinematic. There’s a lot of disappointment and loss, but it’s like a triumph. Robin made it through to the other side in a way that doesn’t feel cynical.” How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

Even the most jaded, cynical people feel things intensely. Too Sincere for the Internet? How the Web Journal Thought Catalog Sparked an Online Firestorm 2012-07-05T14:00:18Z

Because once you let cynical power politics take over, you're destroying your own religion and you're destroying your own set of beliefs. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

I’m pretty cynical, but I’m pretty stupid, too. Chelsea Handler Will Not Be Changing Her Face 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

One thing leads to another, and the rest of le Carré’s distinctive ingredients come sifting in: queasy loyalties and disillusion, enemy agents’ unholy infatuation with on another, and cynical, high-level scapegoating. Review | In these new audiobooks, great tales are matched with great narrators 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

Frothy, goofy, blunt and cynical, “Love Island” is the summertime reality bimbo of series America deserves — hot, temporary, and yet cognizant that it embodies every assumption about the genre's dumbness. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

Even as it is described as frightfully close, it is held at a cynical distance. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

Beneath the zany fun, director Sarah E. Budge and the actors do well by the play's edgy language and cynical essence. 'Revenger's Tragedy' a sly gore-fest 2011-11-03T20:04:04Z

Then I realize I’m being cynical and backtrack and tell her to go for it. | Sandra Bernhard on How She Plans to Ring in the New Year 2013-12-23T20:13:06Z

The director’s eye here is not, “I am so cynical and knowing and we all know how ridiculous this is.” Perspective | Seeing ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ through a feminist lens 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Be pithy and cynical, with a world-weary disdain for both the field you’ve chosen and the other people who occupy it. Celebrity Author? Have We Got a Book Title For You 2012-05-14T10:45:28Z

Here, Marion was a smart, witty and talented woman who held her own with titans of industry and who fascinated even the immensely cynical Mank. Amanda Seyfried is not taking this moment for granted 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

"I know there's a lot of reason to be cynical in the Arab world," Hamed said. Egypt: First the government, next the arts? 2011-02-14T02:35:00Z

Whatever you make of Snowden, whistleblowers and campaigners such as Karen Silkwood and Erin Brockovich are both cynical about what they see and idealistic about what they can do about it. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

What follows is light and goofy and joyous, with a more substantial message about maintaining emotional engagement and heart in a world that wants us to be cynical, mean and detached. Boyhood, Moonlight and beyond: the best coming-of-age movies 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Focused on a friend group of low-ranking crew members assigned to an obscure support vessel, “Lower Decks” practices a lighter version of the transgressive, cynical humor in “Rick and Morty.” Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

I had given up on popular music because I had given up on today's youth, mostly because this is the lame human cycle: getting older, cynical, more conservative. Burgerama draws the approval of a music festival-hating musician 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Feeling cynical, it seems, was for the rest of us. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z

The film’s plot takes the timeworn story of a young man’s heroic journey from stock room to boardroom and gives it a cynical spin. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

The story culminates with two grotesque twists of karmic justice that end the film on a sour note that feels just right for these cynical, paranoid times. Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2010-03-11T05:31:00Z

Sobol, as previously suggested, has written a dour and cynical book, an extreme example of the “aw, nuts” genre of sports reporting. Review: Books About Babe Ruth 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

But casting William, Warner Brothers’ specialist in cynical con men and sleazy professionals, as a straight-arrow champion of law and order, seemed like a waste of natural resources. DVD: New DVDs, Mary Pickford on Blu-ray, Early Perry Mason 2012-11-18T01:53:01Z

The scenario is based on a real-life self-help guide that urges women to combat male rapacity with equally cynical manipulation of access to "the cookie". Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z

Harnessing the phenomenon that is “Downton Abbey,” which on Sunday wrapped its fifth season on PBS’s “Masterpiece,” might seem like savvy, even cynical casting. ‘Cinderella’ Has a Dusting of ‘Downton Abbey’ 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

“A Face in the Crowd” is dark and cynical, and the acting is as superb as the script. Art imitates life: Can’t bear to watch the Inauguration? Check out these political dystopian films instead 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

With this year's "The Lego Movie" and 2012's "21 Jump Street," Lord and Miller have turned what looked to be Hollywood's most cynical efforts to cash in on recognizable brands into legitimately good movies. '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Maybe I’m cynical, but I put more credence in a truly anonymous Internet survey than in one that involved an adult sitting in your bedroom. Motherlode Blog: Are Teens Really Having Less Sex? 2011-11-15T19:11:34Z

The alternative is an abrasive self-consciousness that pretends to be subversive but quickly turns sour and cynical. ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Fresh Take on a Venerable Hero 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

So it ends with neither mystery nor cynical fatalism, but a narcissistic act. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

Wildly exaggerated propaganda on both sides made it all but impossible to reach a negotiated settlement and, after the hostilities were over, left a deeply cynical public. Narrative history of WWI focuses on war resisters 2011-05-02T11:11:09Z

Very few contemporary painters have tangled with the limits of the medium as consistently as Mr. Stingel, but this is the first time I have ever thought of him as cynical. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Almost every scene has both whimsy and something darker, at once daftly effervescent and snidely cynical. Review: ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Features a Midwestern Fish Out of Water 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

It’s one thing to exploit people’s desire to hate-watch a beloved musical like they did for The Sound of Music, but surely even more cynical to exploit people’s religious feelings into an entertainment trifle. Fox's live TV crucifixion musical The Passion sounds like an unholy mess 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

And while the tears salting these scenes may be cynical given the movie’s embrace of a what-me-worry nihilism, they offer a necessary break from the strained patter and violence. Review: ‘Deadpool,’ a Sardonic Supervillain on a Kill Mission 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

A jovially cynical Mr. Newman shows up in “Who’s to Blame,” singing about “little girls chasin’ fame” and warning, “It’s all in the game.” Reviews: New Albums From Big Sean, Emile Haynie and DRKWAV 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

What's left is a mildly cynical rehash of Mario's past, which – while as mechanically perfect as ever – lacks the personality and sparkle that made the series stand out. This week's new games 2012-08-10T23:05:31Z

"I never felt cynical about it," she said. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z

Humour also comes from the juxtaposition of Andy, an idealist in his first job after graduating with an art history degree, and the battle-hardened, cynical and at times savage Mike. Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z

A cynical but not inaccurate way to put this would be to describe it as a careerist movie about careerism. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

And it also acknowledges Akira Kurosawa, the form’s spiritual godfather, whose film “Yojimbo” inspired Leone and his colleagues to see westerns as cynical samurai films. A Spaghetti Western Roundup at Film Forum 2012-06-02T15:03:01Z

Romy’s narration darts around in a voice that is tough, cynical, a little defensive at times, but ruthlessly honest and without a trace of self-pity. Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ Offers a Blackly Comic Take on Prison Life 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z

Critics denounced it as a cynical and polarizing right-wing propaganda machine. Scandal-plagued Fox News founder Roger Ailes dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

There isn't a cynical bone in Kidd's righteous body. Tom Hanks' "News of the World" is a toothless throwback Western 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

For that matter, Max Casella’s cynical philosopher Apemantus sometimes exudes a scruffy sympathy rather than the implacable disgust for man’s vileness that defines the character. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z

Still, the earlier film, which never had an American commercial release, has some potent scenes and a gamy, cynical perspective on the zone where middle-class respectability intersects with underworld opportunism. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

There is something cynical about the way the music business incessantly repackages its history to squeeze new money out of old sounds. The Year in Boxed Sets, From David Bowie to Weird Al 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Even the cynical structure of “It’s Always Sunny” — which resets after every episode, releasing its misanthropic bar staff to pinball around the pub again — feels oddly better suited to the moment. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

A cynical person might suspect she set this up, this otherworldly substance on an unassuming side street. Jane Goldman: 'The only way Hit-Girl could be not sexualised was by being 11' 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Whether that’s a character growing stronger or growing into a more cynical political operative, I will leave to you to decide. How 'The Good Wife' Changed Feminism and Politics on TV 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

“And who he is, is an advertising man. And so, this thing comes to him. “There’s a way to see it in a completely cynical way, and say, ‘Wow, that’s awful.’ Jon Hamm thinks Mad Men's final scene is 'a serene moment of understanding' 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

The open secret of post-punk is that no matter how cynical the vocal gets, the song is always about the groove. Billie Eilish’s Forlorn ‘Barbie’ Ballad, and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

I suppose you could say that I’m marginally less cynical about sexual resolutions this year and, as a result, I figured I would make some. My sexual resolutions 2012-12-30T02:00:00Z

Longwinded and hammy pantomime performances would leave even a Christmas elf feeling cynical. Swallow the humbug and let Christmas theatre indulge your sweet tooth 2010-12-15T17:30:35Z

We live in a really cynical age, and it’s an incredibly uncynical thing to do. An Exhibition Whose Curator Is 17 2011-07-09T05:02:48Z

Despite the cynical male fantasy at its core -- a harem of women at your command! How "The Bachelor" hooked us -- again 2010-03-01T13:27:00Z

It has also been called offensive and cynical and "unbelievably misogynistic"; "the whole novel has this ludicrous comedy-macho sensibility," objected journalist India Knight. Christos Tsiolkas: 'There's love in this book' 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

Colbert, meanwhile, appeared much less jaded, discussing the nature of his satire and explaining “I am not cynical, I behave cynically.” Jon Stewart is ready to be done with “The Daily Show”: “As much as I like work, nothing beats not working” 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Underwood still turns from the action to address the audience in the style of Shakespeare’s Richard III, but his cynical asides are not as clever as his underhanded actions. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z

The legal system is a sham; the media is cynical. Presto! Pulp and Poetry: ‘Chandu the Magician’ and ‘Stranger on the Third Floor’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

We manipulate it for cynical purposes, to sell bad products and push bad ideologies. The Year in Fear: From Ebola to street violence to Comrade Kim 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z

When I think about your relative positions in the film, your postures -- you're slumped down in the chair, despondent, depressed, cynical. Michael Fassbender, future superstar 2011-03-08T23:01:00Z

A rather pointed remark, I felt, to the sometimes cynical music world. If there's a backlash against Gustavo Dudamel, I won't be joining in 2011-02-02T11:46:30Z

I feel really cynical about the gay martyr movie. Lisa Cholodenko: 'I'm cynical about the gay martyr movie' 2010-10-28T06:59:00Z

Ms. Freud showed an early draft of the book to her husband, who found some of those jokes too cynical. Esther Freud?s ?Lucky Break? Explores the Actor?s Life 2011-10-30T04:03:33Z

In “Compromising Positions” and “Long Time No See,” she does a perfect job of writing the relationship between Long Island suburban housewife/detective Judith Singer and her cynical southern B.F.F. Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

And even cynical PR people have admitted that her apology appears sincere. Kristen Stewart’s stunning apology 2012-07-26T13:50:00Z

Not only are its politicians power-driven, cynical and without principle, they give speeches about how power-driven, cynical and without principle they are. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z

The opera opens with young Ferrando defending the honor of his betrothed against the doubts of the cynical older bachelor Don Alfonso. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z

As a cynical, jaded citizen of Los Angeles, I want to laugh about how seriously people take being in the same room with and talking to their heroes. Empire at the Paley Festival: why fans nearly faint when stars are in the room 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

Where Bond was always on the winning side, amoral and assured, Connery began appearing as a lost-cause moralist in a cynical world. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z

Just before, he was great as the cynical prisoner in Alan Parker’s Midnight Express, the old lag in the Turkish jail. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

Sounds like the sort of desperate, cynical move Jon Stewart would make fun of on The Daily Show. Could Jon Stewart Have Put Sunday Morning Shows Out of Their Misery? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Everyone else may find it predictably, even tediously, cynical. Review | Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Politician’ is cool and cynical — and difficult to fully endorse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

As Bruni notes, even colleges admit that their emphasis on extracurriculars has spawned a culture of “résumé padding” at once cynical and exhausting. The Poisonous Reach of the College-Admissions Process 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

But Ramsay melts like butter in front of the kids, and their confidence and eagerness is an antidote to a reality television landscape that is otherwise often cynical and petty. “Kids cut themselves far less than adults”: Inside “MasterChef Junior,” the best cooking show on television 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

And while Mr. Gout seems pessimistic about his country, he is not entirely cynical about human nature, or for that matter about movies. ‘Days of Grace,’ a Mexican Film by Everardo Gout 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Abbasi: I think it is a movie about a cynical society. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Still the ball, which is organized by Busboys and Poets, a much-loved Washington community bookstore and cafe, offers this cynical and compromising town a progressive and idealistic vision of tomorrow. The Buzz: A-List Guide to the Inauguration Parties 2013-01-16T21:51:40Z

People would perhaps be less cynical about politicians if the politicians themselves would be more cynical. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

“The rich are different,” Fitzgerald said, prompting Ernest Hemingway’s cynical response, “Yes, they have more money.” Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby: From Jazz Age to Baz Age 2013-05-09T18:30:54Z

This isn't just a heist film but an all-time classic noir: bleak, realistic and cynical. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'Tower Heist 2011-11-03T13:01:07Z

For bored or outraged critics, jukebox musicals are Broadway’s most cynical money-grabbers, mainly good for offering reviewers the chance to see who can gag the loudest. Perspective | Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

While it is very, very easy this time of year to become cynical about "rainbow capitalism" and corporate allyship, it is noteworthy when companies change their policies and behaviors surrounding the queer community publicly. “Bigotry was the blue plate special”: How Cracker Barrel went from anti-gay to angering the GOP 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

Sadly, many of these memes were only a tad less cynical than similar jabs from far-right pundits. Perspective | 21 Savage is facing deportation. Curb your memes and locate your humanity. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Now those people, again, if they got out of the time machine now would be horrified that people have education and they don’t take advantage of it, they are cynical about it. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z

The move would represent a strong break with Boyle's cynical public image, but all his management will say is that "Frankie is only commenting via his Twitter feed". Will Frankie Boyle go hungry for Guantánamo's detainees? 2013-07-16T14:00:59Z

This is how cynical we as a people have become in the Putin era. ArtsBeat: Masha Gessen Talks About the Reign of Vladimir Putin 2012-03-07T18:52:16Z

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

We’re obviously in a far more cynical era now where the “fake news” charge is common. ABC news anchor David Muir: ‘I’m having a conversation with America in a very polarized time’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

It is also too cynical to convey the notion that anything important is at stake beyond personal power. | 'The Conquest': ?The Conquest? Sarkozy Made - Review 2011-11-10T23:13:46Z

Whether or not you agree with that cynical take, it’s hard to argue with Dippel when he says that these expeditions “mattered more for what they attempted than what they actually attained.” To the Poles — Before They Started Melting 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

I don’t mean to sound cynical, and I’m not unaware of my own function in this system, which consists mainly of evaluating individual movies as they make their way into the marketplace. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Both Trump and Griffin found their fame as trash-talking reality stars, outrageous in hair and dress, with a cynical knack for latching onto the news cycle and stoking the culture wars. The White House correspondents’ dinner doesn’t draw stars anymore. So Kathy Griffin had it to herself. 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s a dark and cynical time, and humor is a way of dealing with it.” Sundance Festival Shows More Comedies 2013-01-16T17:58:40Z

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

“It’s not as idealistic as ‘The West Wing,’ and it’s not as cynical as ‘House of Cards,’ ” she said. On TV, France’s New President Is Young, Centrist and Female 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

“This is as cynical as it gets,” one person wrote. The downfall of “Roseanne”: How ABC’s attempt to normalize Trump-era racism backfired 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

The cynical pro forma luridness “Yakuza Princess” grinds out suggests that sensationalist cinema, or at least its most ostensibly mainstream iteration, is currently depleted of resources. ‘Yakuza Princess’ Review: Crime, Amnesia and Ancient Swords 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The film, directed by Jason Winer and based on a fondly recalled 1981 comedy of the same name starring Dudley Moore, has been made according to a lazy and cynical commercial blueprint. | 'Arthur': A Lush Life Revisited, With Nanny on Board 2011-04-07T21:14:56Z

There’s a calculation here, and a cynical one: It’s better grist for the culture war to oppose vaccination than to be a booster for it. Perspective | Right-wing media could end the pandemic — without giving an inch in the culture war. Here’s the script. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z

This nasty, hip, knowing revenge fantasy lacks some of the sparkle of the first series, but remains a gleeful, cynical treat. Kick-Ass 2 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr – review 2012-07-03T06:59:01Z

Finally, I will share with them the fact that I was cynical about Thunberg, and explain why cynicism is not always a good attitude. I was cynical about Greta Thunberg’s voyage, but she’s upsetting all the right people | Romesh Ranganathan 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z

On the whole, Mapplethorpe’s “Black Book” images, some of them portraits, don’t feel cynical or opportunistic. Why Mapplethorpe Still Matters 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

She plays Jesse’s other favorite professor—he took British Romantic Literature with her—the cynical Professor Judith Fairfield, who only appears in about two scenes but upends the movie. Liberal Arts: How I Met the Inappropriately Young College Student 2012-09-12T14:00:15Z

Mr. Lane plays the cynical, cantankerous editor Walter Burns in a new revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s voluble 1928 newspaper comedy, “The Front Page,” at the Broadhurst Theater on West 44th Street. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Broadway – Nathan Lane! 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z

“I’m worried about getting cynical,” a young officer tells Brooks. The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Take that as you will, but even I'm not cynical enough to believe that America wants to watch a show about a formerly homeless man trying -- and failing -- to get clean. Why we shouldn't give "Golden Voice" Ted Williams a reality show 2011-02-22T22:46:00Z

The sequel merits the same indifference because it’s inept, but also because it’s the kind of cynical product that gives violent movies a bad name. Movie Review: ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Stars Chloë Grace Moretz 2013-08-15T22:04:11Z

If Mr. German isn’t keen on explaining his source material, he does look at it with the glint of cynical experience. ‘Hard to Be a God,’ Aleksei German’s Last Film 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

The national tour has also provoked some cynical mutterings. 50 years of 'Cabaret': How the 1966 musical keeps sharpening its edges for modern times 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Her persona has the slightly cynical, moderately raunchy perspective that is quite common in clubs these days. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

The cynical way in which Stalin had switched sides had come as no surprise to Orwell, who was by then accustomed to the dishonesty and cruelty of the Soviet regime. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z

Writing on the Guardian's website Priyamvada Gopal, who teaches English at Cambridge University, viewed the Time cover in terms of a "cynical ploy" to justify the occupation. Bibi Aisha, victim of the Taliban's political strategy 2010-12-05T00:06:00Z

Mr. Davis’s humor had a sardonic, even cynical, sting, he said, but retained “sweetness and a Minnesota outlook.” Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z

It's a smart, cynical look at space travel, treating it as a blue-collar job and not a divine calling as Kubrick and others would have you believe. Dark Star: No 19 2010-10-21T10:36:00Z

That might sound like a cynical capitulation to pure partisanship, but once again, the literary critics got here before us. Review | In the impeachment spin wars, only the English majors can save us 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

The house of the title is shared by four moderate Republican senators in Washington: a closeted gay man, an African-American dealmaker facing indictment, a cynical good old boy and a womanizing Latino. Watch List: Original Pilots, Judged by the Masses 2013-04-22T21:43:18Z

But the steady production of repeatable, renewable movie franchises provides both the clearest evidence of Hollywood’s fundamental cynicism, and also the best excuse to wax cynical about Hollywood. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z

But this survey itself merely illustrates the importance of being cynical. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

As satire, though, the movie is facile: not quite mean, outlandish or energetic enough in the challenges it imagines for Julio, notwithstanding a bracingly cynical use of an unexpected death. ‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

It’s too cynical, or too scared, to be as grisly or as dirty as it should be. Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

Thom and Lee are cynical, but they are nevertheless presented as sensitive souls who seek meaning and a moral compass in a messed-up new world order ruled by Twitter and Tumblr. Review: Showtime’s ‘Happyish’ Is Funnyish 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Lattuada’s point of view — underlined by occasional cutaways to the rooster who struts around the sisters’ henhouse — is cynical but not censorious. DVD: A Version of Gogol?s Short Story ?The Overcoat? on DVD 2012-01-13T18:02:55Z

The more skeptical and cynical I get the more soft are my feelings. Finnish fairytale wins fans, Cannes films warm up 2011-05-17T10:59:32Z

Romanians are back with another bone-dry, pitch-black comedy—this time bearing a particularly cynical view on happiness, the cruelty of families, and the making of inept television commercials. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z

Some people are cynical about it, and don't want to believe the truth, and their selfish desire overrides the scenario. Isolate or infect humanity? In "Sea Fever," a captain faces a dilemma eerily like our own 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

I'm not cynical – but, you know, people come around the studio and say the stupidest things. Dinos Chapman's debut album: here comes the Luftbobler! 2013-02-19T18:24:32Z

To put it in mathematical if perhaps cynical terms: Hitler + handicap + Shakespeare + $100 million = best picture. Film: Best Movie Query? You Win 2011-02-23T17:20:40Z

Its initiating event is one of the most cynical war crimes of the last century: the fire-bombing of Dresden by the RAF in 1945. An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo 2010-07-15T23:05:00Z

Aurora, the most cynical of the group, is an ecological “doomsdayer” who plans to flee to the forest and listen to “the distant echoes of civilization’s demise” from there. Novels From Around the World Examine Kinship and Conflict 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

On the face of it they are total opposites – he's the idealist; she's the cynical operator. Spiral III: The Butcher of La Villette - episodes one and two 2011-04-02T21:50:00Z

“Scandal,” on the other hand, isn’t in the least cynical about consultants. | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z

The show’s exclusive focus on providing men with physical upgrades now plays as cynical. The New Spiritual Consumerism 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Like many of Colette’s works, the novella is both cynical and deeply human — effervescent, yes, but with tragic notes. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

I know maybe that's a little cynical, but the stand-up shows you used to draw, I'm sure people seeing all those shows sell out had impact. Hari Kondabolu: "It works in the interest of those with power" to divide people of color 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

As befits work from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, their songs are generally remembered as wisecracking and hard-shelled, breezy and cynical. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z

All of this action is set against the backdrop of a freshly resurgent and gleaming downtown L.A., where the local media is singularly cynical and opportunistic, the police force incompetent and ineffectual. Learning to Look at L.A. 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Isn't Ray's whole oeuvre that of a cynical charlatan? How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z

As he once told an inquisitive reporter, in a quote that manages to sound naïve and cynical all at once, “If you don’t ask, you can’t tell.” ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

And in the flamboyant, cynical grin on Buzz's face, Corey Allen delivered the message. Corey Allen: Buzz's second sad send-off 2010-07-01T16:57:00Z

Furthermore, the Golden Globes' governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been a reliable source of cynical insider humor since the last night’s final presenter, Michael Douglas, was a toddler. The Golden Globes of hatred 2011-01-17T14:10:00Z

And they weren't all cynical exercises in box-office exploitation; Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B. DeMille remade their own movies because they wanted to do them again on a larger scale, or with a different feel. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z

The premise may sound corny, but there’s an atmosphere of genuine enthusiasm and kindness here that will charm even the most cynical of listeners. 6 Podcasts to Make You Feel Good 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

Well he doesn't now, but doubtless he'll be in the same job at the Sunday Sun, or whatever the amusingly cynical News of the World replacement will be called. Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job? 2011-07-07T17:30:03Z

But his writing is less cynical, more earnestly nostalgic: “I don’t hardly disbelieve it,” or “He up and went downtown.” Ed Ruscha: He Up and Went Home 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

The cynical among us might say that every date in June, July and August is Bug Day. Tarantulas to Pet and Crickets to Taste: It’s Bug Day at the Hall of Science 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dillane is on hand playing “Monsieur Melancholy,” otherwise known as Jaques, the cynical lord whose “all the world’s a stage” here sounds like natural chat, not something downloaded from a Shakespearean Top Ten. Review: In Shakespeare, When to Underact? 2010-06-29T14:30:00Z

By the time we walked inside, I was growing more cynical: this place was grand, of course, but grand enough? | Palatial Near Pienza 2012-09-05T18:00:21Z

The more she is tempted to surrender, the louder a cynical inner voice preaches resistance. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z

Is it because the accusations of fakery harm Britain's Got Talent, or is it because entertainment has become even more cynical than us, the viewers? Has Britain's Got Talent been faking it? 2013-04-26T13:14:15Z

Easy to be cynical, except that they seem to be such interesting musicians — especially Isata, the eldest and a pianist. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Not all are swayed by the approach; one observer is downright cynical. Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story 2013-06-14T06:53:07Z

That’s part of the point here, it’s a very facile and childish philosophy, that cynical speech that he has. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z

The white guests started off quite optimistic as the polls closed, while Chappelle’s character was increasingly cynical. Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle back to see in the Trump era 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

But they are worried that at any moment the Old Gods might rise again and rekindle some of that “belief” stuff in a distracted but cynical people. American Gods recap: season one, episode five – David Bowie rules the world 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

Covering the Maverick character with the soot of misanthropy, and testing Garner’s ability to spit out tongue-twister dialogue, Chayefsky handed the actor reams of cynical soliloquies, a few of which can be found here. James Garner: Tribute to a Marvelous Maverick 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

I was cynical, but it's a winner: a 30-minute hair wash that also focuses on pressure points to release stress. | The 'Shampage' at Pierre Michel 2012-12-10T14:00:56Z

So you’re a cynic about love, since all those romantic clichés are totally taken apart… I don’t think it’s cynical. Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Writer, Director, Object of Teenage Lust 2013-09-26T13:25:08Z

It’s impossible to be cynical about any of that, whatever you think of the movie itself. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

I fear the real motivation is more cynical than that. Worst ideas of 2012: the rise of the multi-part movie 2012-12-28T23:00:11Z

I think it’s the seminal festival experience, and I love that it doesn’t feel that commercial or cynical. Jack Whitehall Will Do Anything to Get to the Glastonbury Festival 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

I don’t think it’s overly cynical to suggest that The Mandalorian’s creative team intentionally fashioned several of Baby Yoda’s scenes with the express purpose of having them go viral. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Amy, features producer: In a wonderful and supportive relationship, yet somehow still very cynical about love. We rewatched Netflix’s ‘To All the Boys’ rom-com trilogy to decide which movie is the best 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Publishing him is a cynical move by Simon & Schuster, one worth protesting vociferously and specifically, in e-mails, letters, tweets, and phone calls—you name it. Milo Yiannopoulos’s Cynical Book Deal 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

Helped by a disgraced psychic and a cynical private detective, she searches for the truth. Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

But power isn’t humble, and power gets pretty cynical pretty quickly—even in the service of its high ideals. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z

The mighty scale of Bay’s crude and cynical vision is, at times, shocking and awesome.—R.B. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

Instead, “Lineup” has a deflating coda of contemporary figurative paintings that incidentally include stripes, such as a waxy portrait by the drainingly cynical Chloe Wise. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

There’s a way to see it in a completely cynical way, and say, “Wow, that’s awful.” Jon Hamm Talks About the 'Mad Men' Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

That's always been the cynical kicker within this show's gleeful joke. "The Boys" versus The Big Sellout 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z

After “Ghost World” and “Art School Confidential,” his latest character to make the transition is Wilson, a solitary, cynical, and hilariously blunt middle-aged man living in a nondescript American town. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

Perhaps he truly is today’s Archie, making one last cynical grab at relevance, with a group of familiar friends who’ve been similarly rewritten to accommodate cruelties and savviness of the Internet age. ‘Riverdale’ isn’t about the same old Archie. (For starters, he’s having sex with Ms. Grundy.) 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Television publicized the American dystopia with crude, cynical, selfish characters modeling the New Nihilism. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

But there is also the cynical episodes where Saeed meets with men who are working to free him behind the scenes. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Even though her name is officially struck from the ballot, Tammy still beats both Tracy and Paul with a solid plurality of the votes, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it joke that is both brutally cynical and bluntly realistic. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Though his cynical take on the human condition made him a viral sensation, he faced tougher consequences for bringing his family into his routine. The Comic Louis C. K. Has a New Show on FX 2010-06-18T16:28:00Z

“He told me that is a transaction that we, as storytellers, can’t afford to be cynical about,” Burns said in a recent video call. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the void of explanation is filled with speculation ranging from the cynical to the absurd, the likely to the very unlikely. There’s a ton of crap in the sky we haven’t shot down (yet) 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

Let me explain why I’d been so wary, even cynical at times. I never thought I’d see the day 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

It was a little cynical and a lot gaudy. The Branded Marriage of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

The writing may be agonizing at times to the ears and the cynical brain, but again – we’re tired. With "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings," you know 'tis the season for feel-good culture 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

It advertised the story of a high school girl — misunderstood, quirky and deeply cynical about even being in high school — who would go through adolescent strife and ultimately be accepted, even embraced, by her peers. Perspective | I saw the teen comedies of my generation, but they didn’t see me. Then came ‘Easy A.’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Related: How to catch up with … UnREAL But for all her moralising about the awful, cynical things Quinn asks her to do, Rachel is just as corrupt as her boss. 'Walter White in power heels': UnREAL is evil, twisted, unmissable TV 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

But to cynical observers what was perhaps inevitable was that Hollywood executives would try to wring the collective trauma of Covid-19 for entertainment purposes and big bucks. Michael Bay pandemic movie trailer criticized as 'exploitation cinema' 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Columnist Jason Ng said the disappearance of the booksellers left Hong Kong citizens cynical and despondent. Good news: Some missing Hong Kong booksellers have appeared on TV. But there's bad news. 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Most cynical of all has been the Ultimate series of storylines, set in an alternate universe. Spider-Man's lost lustre 2011-08-05T19:00:00Z

It’s not sex that brings them together so much as complicity: They are both selfish, cynical and boorish, and compete over who can be more indifferent. It’s Ennui Time on ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Married’ 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

As a kind of post-Brexit tale of upper-level government machinations, “Roadkill” couldn’t be more cynical about the political process. Review | With ‘Roadkill,’ PBS invites you to watch a narcissist politician who gets away with everything. How does that grab you? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

But Mary Sarah isn’t a power balladeer, and her fresh take on some aging classics is a heartening sign for an industry currently mired in cynical, pseudo-dance pop. The amazing Mary Sarah debuts with country all-stars | New recordings 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

The best passage shows how the modernising autocracy of Shah Mohammed Reza – brutal, cynical, in a desperate hurry – all but overran even traditional Iranian towns in the first half of the 1970s. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z

So, in 2005, he bought "Screenwriting for Dummies" and wrote a first draft of "Glee," then conceived as a biting, cynical film along the lines of "The Virgin Suicides." The nice guy who puts the mean into 'Glee' 2010-10-23T00:12:00Z

Ms. Plaza plays Darius, a cynical sourpuss intern at the magazine, where one of her humiliating tasks is changing toilet paper rolls. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z

But nowhere, for me, is the real Oscar revealed so much as through his alter-ego here, or rather his dual alter-egos: the beautiful, ruined Dorian and the cynical but empathetic Harry. Dorian Gray's true picture of Oscar Wilde 2010-04-29T09:01:00Z

But many of you are cynical about politics. Robert Reich: “Cynicism is a self-fulfilling prophecy” 2013-05-14T15:58:00Z

Although the gleaming cynical hulk of that mall was just across 10th Avenue from the loft building, it felt light years away from the raw aspirations on view during New York Men’s Day. Men’s Wear Flies Its Freak Flag 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

David is melancholy and introspective — haunted by the wartime death of his parents — while Stephan is rakish, ambitious and cynical. | 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z

Americans are weary, even cynical, after reports of so much violence, he said. Afghanistan National Institute of Music Students to Tour U.S. 2013-02-01T21:18:01Z

They're able to reconstruct the process, which showed this very cynical testing of limits: How can we draw these maps in an ever-more partisan way to ensure ourselves X number of seats no matter what? How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

Critics were, and still are, cynical about Occupy. ‘People are finally talking about class’: Astra Taylor on US democracy, socialism and revolution 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, though, you can get too cynical about these things. Bombino: Nomad – review 2013-03-31T00:05:07Z

If you're feeling particularly cynical, you could tally up who has the most and crown an overall winner with a Comedy/Theatrical/Fringe Spirit/God award. And the award for most awards goes to ... the Edinburgh festival 2010-09-07T13:42:00Z

Why don’t you just shut your mouth and not be cynical for once? Christmas Movies Fit for the Small Screen 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

We care for them in a way we don't for the cool, cynical confidently smirking George Clooney in his slick Ocean's Eleven heist movies. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z

Then over time, like a lot of people, I have just become so saddened and so cynical. "Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident" 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z

I suspect that Ackland, who went on to write brilliantly about the drinking classes in Absolute Hell, simply viewed home counties Tories with cynical contempt. Before the Party – review 2013-03-29T17:37:17Z

Mark Strong pops out of the shadows now and then as a silky, cynical MI6 spymaster, perhaps the only person in the British political establishment who fully appreciates Turing’s oddity and his genius. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The modern analog is the “chick flick,” a demeaning name applied mostly to cynical and threadbare rom-coms trotted out with dreary regularity every spring. The Carpetbagger: Box Office Heroines 2012-12-07T15:00:34Z

His title may cast a cynical shadow over the whole enterprise, but Carnegie insists on sincerity. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

This year made travelers more security conscious, circumspect and perhaps a little more cynical. Perspective | It’s been a wild year for travel. What’s ahead for 2018? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

"Nights Out was a bit cynical," adds Oscar. Feels like Devon 2011-04-01T23:01:00Z

Without wanting to sound cynical I quickly realised that while individual doctors might do their best, it wasn’t in their interests to be successful the first time.” We need to talk about egg freezing 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

Wood said the change to scheduling was "cynical" and showed a "completely different attitude to the one that scheduled Magic Roundabout before the 5.40pm news". BBC children's TV move 'cynical' 2013-01-08T12:44:34Z

She exudes the wised-up attitude of a teenager cynical beyond her years. Theater Review: Love?s Flames Amid a City in Flames 2011-07-12T21:27:37Z

Eventually — perhaps even when “Mad Men” returns with new episodes tonight — a cynical, defiant Sally Draper will dive into the deep end of 1969. Sally Draper and Arya Stark rule TV’s teenage wastelands 2014-04-11T17:16:48Z

Still, let's not be too cynical, not when the lineup contains shows you might happily watch again on DVD. TV highlights 08/07/2013 2013-07-08T06:00:07Z

I haven't seen it, but find it difficult to imagine it is as cynical and bleak as the novel. Step right up for carny classics 2010-10-21T09:25:00Z

A cynical reader might read that introduction and cringe, “Oh no — tears will be jerked, our humanity laid bare.” Review | A man and his son with special needs make their final days together count 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

“Merrily We Roll Along,” a famously problematic adaptation of the Kaufman and Hart reverse-chronology play about how idealistic young artists grow cynical as they age, closed after just 16. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

The mayoress sings the most cynical thoughts to the most sinuous melodies; the psychiatrist uses the simplest musical forms to create chaos. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z

It’s three-chord rock sung with cynical conviction and barricaded with layer upon layer of distorted guitars and additional noise, like the sizzling whistle that opens the track and squeals throughout. The Playlist: Taylor Swift and the Jesus and Mary Chain Offer Different Shades of Teases 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Of course, the cynical Yuangui learns to open his heart, and he abandons his dubious occupation. ‘The Breakup Guru,’ Starring Deng Chao 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

“With a whole lot of work and a little bit of luck/You can wind up right back where your daddy was,” he concludes, cynical as all get-out. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z

How to get a cynical public to trust the messenger is another challenge. Now, there’s one more reason to be a journalist — you can help save journalism 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

“All those issues were raised by the cynical press at the time,” said Howell Begle, a Washington lawyer and artist advocate who organized the show and is an executive producer of the videos. Long-Lost Video of R&B Stars at 1989 Inaugural Is to Air 2014-02-28T23:26:48Z

People are quite cynical, they say they're identikit characters, but I really don't think you have that at all. The Apprentice final pits 'business Barbie' against doctor with a dream 2013-07-14T14:17:48Z

Even more than his flowing, fragmentary, allusive methods, it’s his transcendental world view that renders him grandly untimely, that makes critics who are smitten with television’s cynical “darkness” repudiate the cathedral-like sublimity of his vision. “Song to Song”: Terrence Malick’s Romantic Idealism 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

That atmosphere reflects the glowering attitude of Johnny’s posse of would-be playboys that includes Troy Garity as his best friend, and Dylan McDermott as his sullen, cynical agent. | 'Mercy': Scott Caan, Star and Writer of Tough-Guy Romance 2010-04-30T00:17:00Z

“It’s hard to be cynical about it—it’s so thrilling,” Harmon said of his thirty-six muses. How to Write for the Rockettes 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Hunted isn't – so far – remotely political, and it's already far more cynical. TV review: Hunted; Red Dwarf 2012-10-04T22:00:01Z

Tough and cynical, with a strain of sadness under their wisecracking surface, these songs are almost the equal of Leigh’s best work with Coleman. Music Review: ‘Unsung Carolyn Leigh’ Reveals Charm of a Gatsby Musical 2014-04-08T20:57:35Z

Frank is very good with his iPhone, but he's very cynical about tech and feels we're losing our sense of touch because of it. Robot & Frank: vision of the future? 2013-03-08T09:21:04Z

If I were as cynical as the hard-boiled characters of “Too Late,” I might scoff that each scene is overstuffed with fawning references to classic film noir, Quentin Tarantino and pulp novels. Review: In ‘Too Late,’ Imitation Is Sincere Flattery 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Despite her cynical eye and hardscrabble life, Dellarobia is nonetheless loyal to her region and sensitive to what a visitor calls “the condescension of outsiders.” Books of The Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’ 2012-11-18T22:17:53Z

“We’re journalists and we can be sort of cynical by nature,” said Reed. The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z

All of it topped off with scheming, cynical pols declaiming lengthy arias detailing their scheming cynical plots. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z

But in fact, J.D. is a lot more humane than that, even if he sports an engagingly cynical tone. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

It’s called “The November Story,” and it displays Ms. Makkai’s sharp and cynical side. Review: Rebecca Makkai’s ‘Music for Wartime,’ Stories With Echoes of Loss 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

The story cracked open when he came up with Victor, who seems like a classic character from hard-boiled detective fiction: a prickly, cynical loner with a dark past. In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

There is nothing evil or cynical about choosing to forgo the teaching of ancient myths. No God in our house: Challenges of an atheist parent 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Politics is supposed to be a cynical business, but it warmed my heart to see such devotion.” Review | Christopher Buckley’s ‘Make Russia Great Again’ is the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

Iannucci’s picture is a typically acerbic and cynical look at the jostling power play of the inner circles of government. Toronto film festival 2017: a surge of woman power 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

Casting Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant as witty, cynical partners in crime in early ’90s Manhattan is pretty much foolproof. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

In his cynical world only a dupe says what he means. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z

“Maybe I am being cynical, but all I know, regardless of his intentions, is he is now going to sell more books, and it is a crafty way to do that.” Ricky Martin?s Personal Spin 2010-04-02T21:35:00Z

Ms. Sullivan astutely reinterpreted “In Buddy’s Eyes” and “Being Alive” as wised-up, bitterly cynical expressions of marital boredom and stagnation by a wife feeling trapped in her marriage. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

“Which is a pretty cynical view of humanity.” John Oliver manages brilliant Bill Cosby joke in epic routine on the worthlessness of the penny 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

The shocking state of our woeful and cynical new housing alone would stay my hand, while the wilful privatisation of our public realm would keep both hands firmly in my pockets. What have Labour done for architecture? 2010-04-21T20:30:00Z

But that shift is no mere cynical self-justification; it’s built into the story. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

But now I have a much less cynical view.” Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

By the time of a 1982 show of his works in Amherst, those images had turned more cynical, with Mr. Skolnick depicting plants that seemed to be arming themselves against environmental threats. Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

We believe this is a deeply cynical and deliberately mischievous attempt to draw the Sun into the phone-hacking issue. The Sun dismisses Jude Law's alleged phone-hacking claim as 'mischief' 2011-07-16T00:22:17Z

The villains in this piece are the smug, cynical Republican Party bigwigs who would like to see the pushy, sweaty Nixon erased from the presidential ticket. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z

The show is so joyously clever and surprising, in an era where many other network comedies are cynical, predictable or just dreadful. The TV Surprises and Snubs of the 2018 Golden Globes 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z

Herzog doesn’t write jokes, and her vision, though bleak, is neither cynical nor comforting. Down and Out in Paris: Amy Herzog’s Belleville 2013-03-06T13:00:15Z

My cynical side, well you know what it says, but the mystery, the voodoo, the alchemy of the art of songwriting prevents me from determining one way or another. This is the laziest rhyme in all of songwriting history — and great artists use it all the time 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z

Or else this is the most cynical ending one could imagine. Onstage, Paradise for Black Characters Often Comes With a Price 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z

These questions, not so much cynical as realistic, connect “Love” on Netflix and “Togetherness” on HBO, a pair of bittersweet candy hearts about romance among the Los Angeles creative class. Review: ‘Love’ and ‘Togetherness’ Capture the Arc of the Romantic Pursuit 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Has Tyrion come full circle, back to the cynical dissipation of the outlier, or will his true mettle finally be put to better use? TV Picks: 'Daredevil,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Outlander' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Was it written by a cynical politician in order to win back public office under the restored Medici? The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z

Thomson worries that something happened to the cinema around the time of Jaws, something cynical, sinister and perhaps even fatal. The Big Screen by David Thomson – review 2012-10-12T21:55:01Z

And again, not knowing this was all very cynical, I finished it with “My Big Vacation.” As Far as Luc Tuymans Is Concerned, Nothing Is Original 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

With Wilder, I find that it's a matter of who he collaborated with, and whether they could tamp down his effervescence and his more cynical down-with-everything instincts. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z

Much more rewarding to talk to professional practitioners in any musical style, and you can be pretty sure of a balanced – if sometimes slightly cynical – attitude to the whole business. Letters: Age, intelligence and musical taste 2012-07-17T20:00:05Z

It used to be that Le Carré heroes were the cynical, anti-James Bonds. Naomie Harris: ‘I portray strong women because that’s what I know’ 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

But he says he’s too cynical to believe that his book, or any book, can change the world. Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa’s gloom 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

Related: The Muppets: TV reboot's cynical approach may leave you heartbroken Obviously there are a few reasons why retooling old ideas is all the rage. Muppets, Heroes, X-Files: why we're stuck in the season of the reboot 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

It didn’t help, Wynn says, that friends and strangers alike responded to the news with a flurry of unhelpful sentiments — everything from “I’m sorry,” to a cynical “Good luck!” or “Oh, girls hate their moms.” It’s a boy! It’s a girl! For some parents, learning their baby’s sex is a disappointment 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

And although we journalists try to portray ourselves as cynical sometimes, or hard-bitten, we can also be idealistic, even naive. The media didn’t want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way. 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

The glossy appearance and trappings may evoke standard Anglophile nostalgia, but below the veneer is a cynical portrait of bored, shallow Britons halfheartedly going through the motions of a celebration. Movie Review: ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,’ With Elizabeth McGovern 2012-12-06T21:22:23Z

Disappointed to see Chandler hailed as a martyr, J. D. delivers a cynical riff about the emptiness of life: “Heathers,” Reviewed: The TV Remake of the Classic Teen Comedy Is a Feat of Hostile Farce 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

But maybe — only maybe — Faith No More is less cynical now. Review: Faith No More, Reunited and Reclaiming Its Spot 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

It bothers Weiner that people have been reading the coke ad as a cynical ending. Matthew Weiner opens up about “Mad Men” finale: “I did think, why not end this show with the greatest commercial ever made?” 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

I think that’s too cynical: From creative artists to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dreams have long been the language inspiring communal goals and more equitable policies. A Salzburg Festival Rich With Dreams and Power 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

"I am a little more cynical than he is about things and pessimistic. Brian is not a very jaded human being." Director Victor Levin's French encounter led to '5 to 7' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman’s boundlessly cynical new series marks a new extreme of pure, unleaded contempt for the indignities of office life, from boorish bosses to simpering middle managers to byzantine bureaucracies. Office lol-itics: the evolution of the workplace sitcom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

This isn't a cynical movie, and both Wyatt and Beaney are talented, so the roots of the film's disjointed structure are a bit of a mystery. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

That it’s also painted a rather bleak and cynical picture of humans and their ways of behaviour is something for another day. Westworld finale recap – robot army, assemble! 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

Emily is our cynical guide through this story, an edgy city girl throwing shade at the ritzy suburbanites. Review | ‘When Life Gives You Lululemons’ is a delicious sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Morgan plays this successful, burned-out, cynical writer who arrives in this little town, and I play the neighbor who pushes him into relating to the locals. A Minute With: Hard-working funnyman Fred Willard 2012-07-11T09:04:56Z

He mocks and adores her treacly lyrics and life story, and while his presentation isn’t especially cynical, the air is thick — unbearably so — with irony. Dance Review: One Man?s Fascination With Miley, Real and Not 2010-10-01T22:18:00Z

If you like “Broad City,” but wish it were more cynical and less joyous, this is for you. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Queen Sugar’ and ‘Atlanta’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z

The first episodes of “Sesame Street” contain a delightfully dark, cynical take on the daily frustrations of life as an urban subway rider that would never make it on the show today. The gentrification of “Sesame Street”: Cashing out, once and for all, from the radical notion that the urban working class are people, too 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

A terrible, miserable, cynical film that would have exploded if it had contained a single original idea. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

The Cheerleader Ironic, emerging with the counterculture and a more cynical era, threatened to disrupt all this fantasy. Megan Abbott on Cheerleaders in Pop Culture 2012-07-27T15:27:38Z

Between the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, the time was ripe for cynical material. "He did not suffer fools": Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

Unlike his fellow players, he doesn’t have a cynical bone in his body. Movie Review: ?Goon,? Directed by Michael Dowse 2012-03-29T21:23:35Z

Thing is, it's almost impossible to remain cynical in the 30-year old singer's presence. Gossip girl: In bed with Beth Ditto 2011-03-04T13:56:37Z

It’s a parody of events that’s at times confusing and yet rather charming, thanks to Brad Pitt’s questionable disposition and the late Dennis Farina’s cynical histrionics. 10 Films We See in the Grand Theft Auto Games 2013-09-24T22:17:56Z

“Not to be cynical, but I thought, ‘Oh yeah, great.’ Their Produce Is Pristine Enough for Picky Chefs. But They Give It Away. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

The actress played yet another alcoholic -- Claire, a cynical, post-middle-aged aunt who dispenses barbed asides -- and received some of the best reviews of her career. Elaine Stritch, 89: Five noteworthy performances 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Lilly Scott sang, "I Fall to Pieces," and maybe I was just all worn out and cynical at this point because I was falling to pieces. "American Idol" recap: Sexual frustration edition 2010-03-10T16:01:00Z

Whedon is cynical about the likelihood of teen-vampire overkill – "But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?" – but is also realistic about the way the movie business operates. Joss Whedon written out of Buffy film 2010-11-23T20:30:00Z

It’s not relentlessly foul-mouthed like “Veep,” not corrosively cynical like “House of Cards,” and not brilliantly layered like “The Americans.” Alien brain-bugs gridlock Washington? New satire “BrainDead” spoofs rigid partisan politics 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Despite his reputation and all the scandals, the cynical aperçus and stinging air of pessimism, he was an astonishing optimist. Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

Foer’s greatest failing in “Here I Am,” far more grave than its cynical reliance on ethnic kinship, is writing that is as incoherent as a curbside preacher. With joyless prose about joyless people, Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Here I Am' is kitsch at best 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

K does his grim job thoroughly and without complaint, showing the weary, cynical patience of an old-time shamus. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

I’m happy to say I didn’t come away from my personal white-whale chase quite so cynical. Off Belize, a Hunt for Saltwater Fly-Fishing’s Top Prizes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Without this deeply cynical premise — that there is evil and violence on every street corner — the comic-to-film process simply falls apart. ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’: A blind hero with a clearer vision for comic-book TV 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Trump, who is a showman, is an expert at exploiting the spectacle of their fear and manipulating their anger for cynical political opportunity. A Modest Video Artwork About White-Male Rage Filmed at Yale’s DKE Chapter 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Rival sound-system crews engage in acts of playful sabotage; racist police and neighbors hassle them; friends give up on their dreams and turn their attention to making a quick, cynical buck. What “Babylon” Captured About Racism and Reggae 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

“Even the most cynical concertgoer has to smile in this piece,” he said. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

But while I’m usually grateful for glints of optimism in these cynical times, I can’t honestly say that this transformation is for the good. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

These gags aren't cynical, but their blithe spirit is part of the problem. Aziz Ansari – review 2013-06-17T14:00:46Z

This combined group sang with tremendous energy, focus, and accuracy, in lyrics that range from the amorous and hopeful to the cynical and despairing. SSO delivers ‘Carmina’ in all its splendor 2014-04-04T19:06:01Z

To me, the most cynical type of theft is the practice, as Barelli puts it, of “governments looting art from other countries or their own citizens.” Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Yet this cynical, near-future crime thriller, with its Hunger Games morality and Mad Max aesthetic, is too busy glamorizing cruelty to allow its central relationship to resonate. ‘Mondocane’ Review: Fractured Friendship, Fractured World 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

In Tim Robbins' satire "Bob Roberts," Vidal played an aging and ineffectual senator who is no match for cynical times. The great, and entitled Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T21:11:12Z

"It's all very cynical and insincere, and selling a lie to people." New band of the day ? No 754: Airship 2010-03-25T16:45:00Z

But it's gross and horrible for him to inflict his stale, jaded, cynical views on children. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z

The intransigence which made him the great artist he was—his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to "Rare and Unique" Alan Rickman 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

It's not cynical, it never tips a wink at the audience – it's just honest entertainment, expertly handled and delivered. The Princess Bride: No 23 2010-10-21T10:32:00Z

I don’t know whether to call Mitchell’s second-film strategy cynical or brilliant; it might be both. “It Follows”: An instant horror classic about the dark side of teen sex 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

The episode serves as an understated thesis statement of sorts, in the Scrushy lawyers’ cynical understanding of trial as a game of storytelling; you have to know your audience. Trial by Media: a troubling Netflix series on press coverage of the courtroom 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Marc Newson, industrial designer I was really shocked to learn about the closure of Colette, and even more cynical about what’s about to replace it. Saying Farewell to a Store That Changed Shopping 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Liv is so cynical and such a city person, and her doctor tells her when she's pregnant that she seems stressed out, maybe she could try a meditation app? "Keep Breathing" creators talk survival, not Googling solutions and that controversial ending 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

For wry nipples, cynical nipples, nipples whittled from discounted Peperami sticks or those like hard-boiled eggs with eyebrows drawn on? What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Mr. Rivera, though, knows Rainier and Bingbong better than they know poverty, and his own manipulations are more good-natured than cynical. Movie Review: ‘The Woman in the Septic Tank,’ a Satire by Marlon Rivera 2012-05-22T22:25:20Z

“I think a lot of people who are cynical assume that, ‘Oh everyone knows those songs.’ Sean Ono Lennon on remixing father’s music: It was therapy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Really, one has heard double-talk before from Metropolitan spokesmen but nothing quite so cynical as this.” An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

“That is,” Urin says, with a deeply cynical laugh, “if I’m still working here.” The Power Plays at the Bolshoi, On Film 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

From private equity predators to rightwing media barons, cynical demagogues and doublespeak lawyers, the 1% essentially elect our leaders and create our laws now. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

“The Menu” is deeply cynical about the nature of service and hospitality. The Horrors of Rich-People Food, Fleshed Out on Film 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z

Not appropriate for cynical readers, this novel culminates in a pretty dramatic flourish. Newly Released Books 2011-08-17T22:44:30Z

Billie and Franck are cynical and charming, bickering like siblings and relying on each other to get by. Reviews: New Books From Steven Millhauser, Per Petterson and More 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

You lean into the tropes — the dating montage — but the film is a bit cynical about romance. "What's Love Got to Do With It?" director on dating today, from apps to setups: "Love is a mystery" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

Then again, the less cynical might view yogurt from a wider perspective. DIY yogurt beats the store-bought stuff

"A lot of people who had been cynical about the industry said, ‘Well, that's the last time they're going to try a network drama with African American leads.'" With 'Empire,' diversity becomes the watchword on television 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The only flaw in this act is his inability to be cynical about his employer. | 'Page One: Inside The New York Times': A Hyperactive Fly on the Newsroom Wall 2011-06-16T21:05:42Z

It isn’t entirely cynical, because many social networks function in similar ways. Perspective | Transformed by crisis, arts criticism may never be the same. And that’s a good thing. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Children were not the target because, even by the most self-interested and cynical calculus, killing Palestinian children is disastrous for Israel. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

It’s nothing as craven or cynical as “media bias,” but the full picture of culture in this country doesn’t get told. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

But when we tried it out, it worked: the key was to play against it, to make the character reading it aloud cynical of it, to make sure it was undercut and work in jokes. Why couldn't I quote Charlotte's Web on stage? 2011-03-03T16:30:56Z

Perhaps Game of Thrones is fitting fantasy for a cynical time in which civic discourse is widely assumed to be a façade for power-grabbing and the notion of transcendent or enduring value is in doubt. Don't Root for the Game of Thrones White Walkers Just Yet 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

"Our protest is of course against Donald Trump’s cynical, divisive and destructive policies, especially his unforgivable travel ban," Leigh told the London crowd. Part premiere, part Trump protest, Londoners gather for Oscar movie 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

Under the guidance of a cynical philosopher, two young men test their girlfriends’ fidelity. Russia Locked Him Up. But He’s Directing an Opera 1,400 Miles Away. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Depending on your view, that blatant contradiction is cynical or just part of the fun. Viewing Party! Let’s all Watch ‘Jurassic Park’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z

There are also songs that are darker, and more cynical, than people are likely to expect from you. Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

It's a nice change of pace in these cynical times, though it's hard not to long for more. In 'Cinderella,' goodness and fairy tale innocence rule 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

Viewers expecting a bland, folksy portrait of two beloved American icons fusing in Holbrook’s one-man performance instead were treated to several of Twain’s stinging, occasionally cynical, barbs directed at mendacious and hypocritical politicians. AFI Docs turns in an exceptionally strong year, often at the expense of the U.S. government

Directed by Robert De Niro, it was a cynical look back at the CIA's beginnings. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

In a cynical world sincerity is the toughest sell, especially the kind that is scripted and portrayed confidently and competently by a cast that wholeheartedly believes its mission. Keep on believing in "Ted Lasso" because its second season is richer and sweeter than the first 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Frank Tannenbaum, a prominent Austrian-American professor at Columbia, complained that he was trying to import immorality into American foreign policy and change the wholesome United States into a cynical country practicing European power politics. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

Abe has this somewhat cynical philosophy - a juvenile one as well - but I think the film gradually undermines this, as there is a tenderness and affection for these characters. Director Todd Solondz looks for lightness in new "Dark Horse" 2012-07-26T18:21:08Z

I was always wondering about the sheer earnestness of it, in a world that is as cynical as our world is. As ‘Come From Away’ Closes, a Newfoundlander Heads Back Home 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

But the initial confusion is not a bad thing, at least from a cynical marketing point of view. | The Curse of 57th Street 2011-01-20T23:10:05Z

Smells are powerful, especially when, say, you’ve moved back to the place where you grew up, and are smelling the smells of a suburban childhood through newly cynical nostrils. Map the smells of your day. It will be heady with truths 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

Soon, the family would become the subject of pages and pages of increasingly invasive and cynical online coverage, much of it focused on the grieving mother. Death and the Bratayley family: An Internet-famous child’s death sparks an ugly backlash 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism or sentiment that's had a few chips nicked into it. 'Sleepless in Seattle' writer Nora Ephron dies at 71 2012-06-27T01:41:54Z

But perhaps such a movie requires a cynical moment. George Clooney rules out political bid in US 2011-08-31T19:46:03Z

Set in a run-down Galway bar in the 1970s, it confronts Michael, returning after a 10-year absence in New York, with his old drinking chums dominated by a cynical teacher, Tom. Druid Murphy – review 2012-06-24T17:00:03Z

The 1989 Wen Chang is the same person, evolved — now authoritative, knowing, cynical and intense. Review | Full-court banter and intensity mark a gripping ‘Great Leap’ at Round House Theatre 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z

This goes some way to explaining the bleakness and cynical sense of destiny in Sharp's films, which he called "existential melodramas". Alan Sharp 2013-02-14T11:40:41Z

In this way, she has not hitched her wagon to a star in the cynical, 20th century sense, but in the utopian manner Ralph Waldo Emerson first posited in 1862. A Star Is Born isn't sexist or 'rockist' – it's a cutting insight into so-called 'authenticity' 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z

The show’s cynical and morbid components are more persuasive, if a tad monotonous. Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb’s ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

On the left, a television control room where colleagues and executives monitor his actions and make their cynical decisions. ‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

But all of them are hard working and ambitious and strangely innocent in a cynical world, as is the show itself despite all its self-hype and product placement. Why I'm still watching "American Idol" after all these years 2011-01-19T18:01:00Z

“Look, I’m as cynical and charred a soul as most actors, but he just absorbs all the excitement and radiates the same lovable warmth.” James Corden Goes Far Beyond in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ 2012-08-05T22:56:31Z

Calling the government plans “cynical,” Guaido said it would not change the opposition’s plans to bring in the aid. A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

The stars were Bogart, as a cynical American who runs a saloon in Morocco, and Ingrid Bergman as an old flame from Paris who turns up and stirs his pre-war passion. Madeleine LeBeau, French actress who sang ‘La Marseillaise’ in ‘Casablanca,’ dies at 92 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z

The protagonist is Joel, a bitter, cynical smuggler who just seems exhausted after decades in this wasteland. Review: Humanity abides in 'The Last of Us' 2013-06-13T12:57:08Z

We played JV football together, and the intelligence that rendered him a nerd early on had been marshaled in the services of a cynical sense of humor. My life as a teen brawler 2012-09-03T14:00:00Z

He’s unlike the more cynical, closed-off teenagers that I feel are all over the media today. Film: A Teenager Flying Over a Cuckoo?s Nest 2010-09-25T05:00:00Z

“A lot of people who do my kind of work are quite cynical, and I wanted to get across that I am open and sincere,” he said. Cultural Studies: Facebook Bios: Truth or Fiction? 2010-06-18T20:05:00Z

A woman-for-a-woman’s sake would be cynical and would work against Comedy Central, but the right woman would give the network a much-needed boost. Comedy Central Should Hire a Woman to Replace John Stewart 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

DreamWorks has made plenty of money off the "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises, but the studio has never quite shaken off the sense that they're the second-rate, cynical hucksters of the animation world. "Rango" and the rise of kidult-oriented animation 2011-03-03T02:02:00Z

The craft and care being put into this revival of one of Russia’s greatest cultural exports dispels the cynical allegation that the West is on a canceling frenzy. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

Alano Miller plays a thorny and cynical overseer whose seemingly questionable morals keep us guessing. Promised land: Citizens, superheroes and the Gullah Geechee Nation 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

Also buried is the book’s cynical examination of the gorgeous, unholy facade that is American power and status. ‘The Great Gatsby’ Review: Raising a Glass to an American Tragedy 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

The brothers Julius and Philip Epstein, two of the three credited screenwriters on “Casablanca,” are closer to merry dandies than the clever, cynical, seasoned experts in adapting plays that they were. Review: ‘CasablancaBox’ Is Looking at You, Kid, Behind the Scenes 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Of the 1975 comedy-drama "Lucky Lady," for example, he wrote that it was a "cynical, vulgar, contrived, mismated, violent, uneven and uninteresting disaster." Charles Champlin dies at 88; former L.A. Times arts editor, critic 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

“Solo” is an origin story set some 10 years before the events of the 1977 “Star Wars” movie, when Ford starred as the cynical cowboy space pilot. Good feeling, or bad feeling about young Han Solo? 'Star Wars' fans... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

But that's the kind of cynical business logic that has allowed Hollywood to dodge the creative route, so we should be grateful there's an alternative philosophy growing out there. The Dark Knight and Marvel: the blockbuster franchise comes of age 2012-11-14T12:42:52Z

A lot of what we get in movie theaters and even on TV to a certain degree is cynical and dark and gritty, but “Bros” is about the good things in life. Billy Eichner Wrote Himself Into the Romance He Wanted With ‘Bros’ 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

"He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny," Fagen wrote. Steely Dan Co-Founder Walter Becker Dies at 67 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z

So when you became “cynical,” it may be that you are seeing into the true nature of people — that they can be duplicitous, shallow, manipulative, mean-spirited, self-destructive, conniving, etc. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z

Despite that background, he says he is less cynical than the Pet Shop Boys expected; they learned to respect his romanticism. A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

I see that the speech that is chosen at the end of the film is not chosen as a cynical statement of failure, but as a real expression of hope. Brad Pitt: gangster movie Killing Them Softly reflects economic crimes 2012-05-22T21:03:32Z

His work is the love of his life, that’s his purpose in life, and if he was able to find that purpose again, to me that’s not cynical. Elisabeth Moss on Her Emmy Nomination and How to Follow Success of Peggy Olson 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

Hammond isn’t the villain — Wayne Knight’s venal tech guy and Martin Ferrero’s cynical lawyer are the designated baddies — because of his sincere idealism. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

It’s not a show about flashy, cynical, or malignant characters. “The Killing”: So that’s who murdered Rosie? 2012-06-18T14:40:00Z

The report, by Albert Q. Maisel, featured scathing anecdotes of routine abuse, starvation diets, overcrowded bathrooms and cynical charades of treatment that mocked the very word. The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

The second is that the book exemplifies both the corrupt and brutal way in which the Putin regime does business at home and the cynical help it gets from foreigners when it launders profits abroad. Red sky in the morning 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

They’re both made so cynical by their job—manufacturing romance for a reality show—that the only romance they’re capable of is a platonic, murderous kind with each other. Best TV of 2015: The relationships, big and little, that made TV worth watching 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

It's easy to be cynical, and I do think that our democracy and politics are at some sort of precipice right now. "Voting is important but insufficient": Scott Warren on youth power in politics 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

Then hearing someone else say it – for all Syson's expertise and eloquence – brought out the cynical journalist in me. The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded 2010-07-13T20:31:00Z

In a program note Mr. Okada — who is celebrated as a chronicler of Japan’s “Generation Y,” which grew up amid financial uncertainty — writes that he now sees these plays as “quite cynical.” Theater Review: Toshiki Okada?s Under the Radar Entry at Japan Society - Review 2012-01-07T00:33:21Z

Rather than skewering the Plumbs to death, she pokes them, as though probing to find the humanity beneath their cynical crust. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z

His time there is also riddled with the motifs that a cynical author such as Max might put into a work of horror : doppelgangers, mute children, bird attacks. Burnt Island by Alice Thompson – review 2013-05-29T14:02:55Z

If you’re not familiar with her shtick, you could be forgiven for thinking it a cynical move to get the ratings up. 'The people’s yogi': how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

As Lily Tomlin once famously noted, “No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.” At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

“I’m a lot more cynical than I used to be,” Jewell said in Sack’s story. How the Investigation Into Richard Jewell Unfolded 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Might I have been so cynical and opportunistic to collaborate and seek out rewards for exposing anti-occupation behavior? Alan Furst’s ‘A Hero of France’: Putting a human face on the French Resistance 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

“While weepy films can succeed in some markets,” Ms. Galano said, “the international audience tends to be a little more jaded and cynical.” Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z

And eventually, because of the nihilist pressure of the unstoppable gush of language itself, cynical to the point of despair. One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Davis acknowledges that casting the daughter of movie stars might look crass or cynical. Do you love ‘Love Actually’? Then here's everything you need to know about ‘Love Actually Live’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

Appearing like a mirage from the heart of the show, and presiding over the action like a 1950s beauty pageant winner turned cynical Greek chorus is Heather Christian's seductive songstress, Miss Atomic. Mission Drift ? review 2011-08-09T17:30:01Z

It was advice I later repeated to my writing students, along with Stan's adage, "As a journalist, be cynical of everything." Remembering New Yorker magazine alum Stanley Mieses, a Talk of the Town character in his own right 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

All these adventures arrive gift-wrapped in writing variously rich, inventive, surprising, informed, bawdy, cynical, heartbreaking and hilarious. ‘The Unfortunate Englishman’: a stylish spy thriller set in postwar Berlin 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z

The Web series “Chasing the Hill” is a cynical, cinéma vérité-like look at campaigns that seems written more in sadness than in satire: It’s “Veep” for the readers of Roll Call. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z

"Colin took this on knowing that some people were going to be cynical, and he was ready to meet them head-on," Pratt said. 'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

A sick, weary and cynical world needed a break, and Coach Lasso and his chirpy optimism came through with enough wit — and dashes of crass humor — to avoid giving us all a sugar rush. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

There is, too, the question of whether one wants to reward a news outlet that posts a disturbing video for cynical, revenue-generating reasons. The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

Alex was less cynical about the world and more open to life experiences because of Jason, she wrote. A jogger saved Mike Wise’s life. Six years later, the columnist got to repay him.

Part of me saw this as another instance of Hanks’ kindness, but a more cynical part of me wondered if he just needed some validation after not winning the Oscar for his portrayal of Rogers. Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

We are fickle fish, cynical creatures who have already been hooked so many times that the simpler lures no longer work. Good at Skipping Ads? No, You’re Not 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

In 1986, Yovanovitch arrived at her first posting, in Somalia, and she recalls how the daily grind of dealing with shakedowns and extortion schemes made her “more cynical.” In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

Am I being too cynical when I argue that the election of Donald Trump and the white backlash he represents is in many ways just a return to the norm for most of American history? Professor targeted by right wing attack speaks out: “It was a blitzkrieg” 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

But as a viewer, I don’t know if it is cynical. Elisabeth Moss on Her Emmy Nomination and How to Follow Success of Peggy Olson 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z

This is the best part of the movie, partly because Ostlund allows the characters to behave like people, rather than just grotesque ciphers in his cynical morality play. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Those who shored up our teetering republic were American patriots guided by a moral compass and a commitment to the truth, not by party loyalty or cynical careerism. Perspective | Four years ago, I wondered if the media could handle Trump. Now we know. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

He sells them well, and they reveal an unpretentious man without a cynical bone in his body. Mark Grist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T14:20:48Z

Meanwhile, the work of artists outlives them, operating on minds too young to be cynical. Perspective | Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

The film's cynical tone is hollow, and meaningless. "Crisis" boasts big names – Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, even Armie Hammer! – and fails them all 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

"South Park"'s cynical prophecy didn't come true. Playing "Twist and Shout" with Pete Best 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

“I thought it was refreshing that it’s not cynical,” she says. Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ _ the stage 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

As if on Dylan's cynical command, most critics have so far focused on the 17-minute running time of "Murder Most Foul." "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

I’ve mentioned that under Trump cynicism is on the rise, but I haven’t yet covered the fact that Trump isn’t just making his detractors cynical; he is also actively cultivating a cynical base of supporters. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Part of the impetus for casting her came from wanting to perform a kind of bait-and-switch on audiences expecting to get a rendition of one of her cynical characters. Aubrey Plaza: 'I'm a poster child for irony' 2012-12-14T23:00:16Z

What Trump is saying is powerful and cynical: If you’ve ever felt that fear, then spare some empathy for the men who gather with torches and wave the hated symbols of racism, anti-Semitism and nativism. Perspective | Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

Its central conceit is pretty inarguable: it has totally worked out The X Factor is exploitative, contrived and cynical and that Simon Cowell is probably a bad hat, less interested in music than money. 'The real problem is the songs' 2012-12-11T23:02:00Z

“It is easy to imagine these people will not be cynical at all, that they won’t come to the first rehearsal like they know it all.” Carnegie Hall to Establish National Youth Orchestra in 2013 2012-01-11T21:00:13Z

Curiously, Mitchell seems most cynical about Brook's approach; the scene has a kind of sentimentality, as if her heart isn't quite in it. Five Truths brings new clarity to Ophelia's demise 2011-07-21T10:35:22Z

It's not cynical – and don't get me wrong, there's some great cynical comedy. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z

We are disillusioned, undoubtedly — cynical, perhaps — but inelegant? Review: ‘Sylvia’ at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Shorter than a bad blind date and as sour as a vinegar Popsicle, “Young Adult” shrouds its brilliant, brave and breathtakingly cynical heart in the superficial blandness of commercial comedy. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z

“I got into a little bit of a rut thinking that the way to be cool was to be cynical and dark,” Mr. Stephenson said. Science Fiction Writers Take a Rosier View 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

Shame and bravado are the alternating currents of his act, yoked by hyper-articulate, cynical self-consciousness. ‘Annette’ Review: Love Hurts 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

If you like your techno-futurism bleak, cynical and beautiful, try this textured animated drama. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Indeed, the greatest irony of all is that many of the people promoting optimism are unwittingly feeding a view of human nature that is cynical in the very worst sense. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

The age was cynical, but White’s book is not: He also pays attention to the striving middle- and working-class Americans of neighborhoods, churches and trade unions, who in mostly unsung ways expanded the public good. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

To say that he’s become cynical about teaching would be like saying that Ulysses takes a long time to get home. Review | The plot of ‘The Plot’ — the best thriller of the year (so far) — is too good to give away 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z

“We did a bunch of outlandish, cynical things as politicians, and people were like: ‘Ha, imagine that!’ and now much of it is really happening. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

But I very much liked the choice of monologue from Varys, who in many ways is the cynical heart of the series, about how power is as much persuasion as strength. Video: Game of Thrones Reloads for Season 2 2012-01-30T14:10:48Z

That makes “Escape to Margaritaville” even more cynical than the usual jukebox musical, which merely promotes a catalog of songs, not an alcohol-based empire. Review: ‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ Where Work Is a Dirty Word 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

“Bad news sells best,” growled Kirk Douglas’ reporter character in the 1951 movie “Ace in the Hole,” still the archetype of the cynical newshound. Bad news sells in the 'The Last Kid Left' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

"I dunno, some people actually like that stuff. Seems kinda cynical. I just don't like taking cheap shots, you know?" How "Rick and Morty" and "Loki" built thoughtful altars to apathy for everything we hold dear 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z

Special Forces liaison, a cynical mercenary and a conflicted Colombian soldier. Review | In ‘Missionaries,’ Phil Klay paints a grim picture of Colombia’s drug war 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

And of course, there is Billy Wilder’s corrosive masterpiece, “Ace in the Hole,” a cynical treasure that cost him most of the goodwill he had earned from the previous 10 years of commercial success. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z

It sounds cynical now, but at the time, what she said totally made sense. ‘I Don’t Take a Single Second for Granted’: Asian and Asian American Nominees on the Oscars 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

As a result, we may well start to become as cynical about our social lives as we are about our politics. Seeking Out Peer Pressure 2013-05-03T23:12:03Z

They're both young, hot, and famous — it was only written in the textbook of celebrity relationships that this was going to end, the cynical skeptic would say. When fans mourns a celebrity breakup 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Shaina Taub, the show’s composer and lyricist, also appears onstage as an inquisitive yet cynical character who provides a bird’s-eye view and additional context for audience members. With ‘As You Like It,’ Public Works Aims for a Reflection of Humanity 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

But that Depression-era drama showed the American dream to be a cynical con game, rigged against the little guy. Hands on a Hardbody: Broadway’s New Pickup 2013-03-27T11:00:17Z

There were predictions, wishes and -- given the Recording Academy's knack for the unexpected -- a few cynical choices. Grammys preview: Sam Smith, Beyonce, Iggy Azalea lead L.A. Times' nominee picks 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

Consumers are more cynical, savvy, more empowered, weary of being sold to.” Vocal Opposition: Women Want Work Doing Movie-Trailer Voiceovers 2013-08-12T18:40:35Z

Liberals tend to look on talk of “values” as a cynical distraction from matters of economic justice; that is, in fact, the central theme of “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” The Fight Over the Future of the Democratic Party 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

It’s always questioning, it’s always cynical, it’s always undermining and it’s always been negative. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z

But in assuming that people would simply refuse to experience anything unfamiliar when they went to hear an orchestra play, the program was depressingly cynical. Music Review: Treading Very Carefully on the Road to Nostalgia 2011-04-18T22:00:20Z

Within these cynical confines, it's no wonder that the classic rom-com epiphany, the one where one character realizes they can't live without the other, comes during a nostalgic viewing of a chatty sex tape. Love & Other Drugs: Anatomy Lessons with Anne Hathaway 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z

Ben’s cynical quip echoes the real life aphorism of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was previously Mr. Obama’s chief of staff: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” 'Veep' Recap: Listen, You Are Beyoncé 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

A purely cynical take on this is sort of lazy and not interesting.” “UnREAL” nails reality TV: 5 reasons why this behind-the-scenes drama is a “Bachelor” hate-watcher’s dream 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

We think of Gen X as the blasé generation, the bitter and cynical one. Warwick Davis is the real hero of Gen X 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z

The voice remained the same: tough, knowing, at times cynical. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

The film is stronger with its moment-to-moment tension than with its cynical, shallow media satire. In ‘Default,’ Somali Pirates’ Demand Is for Coverage 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

But the real Armstrong, as revealed through hundreds of home audio recordings he made, was proud, intelligent and sometimes cynical as he negotiated a country dominated by bigotry and segregation. Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

Its brand of humor is cynical, nihilist, and not above being cruel; this is a comedy about the foibles of human existence, so when it lands, it hurts. Hate your job, or your life — or both? Find catharsis in the cruel humor of “Review” 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

Neither cynical nor angry, this song, with its minor-key melody, is a profoundly sad expression of cosmic resignation. Music Review: Ute Lemper in Cabaret at 54 Below 2013-08-16T21:25:50Z

It could have been awful: A cynical Englishman, inspired by Huckleberry Finn, departs down the Mississippi River searching for the meaning of America. 11 Books About Obsessive Searches 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

The album is brave in its fragility and sincerity; it’s not for the cynical. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z

From here the PTC's call for a federal investigation looks like a cynical publicity stunt, on par with MTV's factoring the inevitable gripes of family values activists into its P.R. campaign for "Skins." Why MTV should stick up for "Skins" 2011-01-21T14:01:00Z

Such, at least, is the input you would have needed had you been working on “House of Lies,” a scorchingly cynical comedy having its premiere on Sunday on Showtime. | 'House of Lies': ?House of Lies,? With Don Cheadle, on Showtime - Review 2012-01-07T00:39:31Z

“I was concerned that I would be matched with someone who is jaded or cynical. She seems very optimistic.” Date Lab: The attraction was virtually immediate 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

Was the casting of the glossy pop star Josh Groban in the role of Pierre, a gloomy and none-too-dashing aristocrat, merely a cynical move to sell tickets? Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,’ on the Heels of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

Equal parts playful and cynical, this trend of art dealers subletting digs from the entertainment industry is making perfect nonsense. | An Outlaw Art Fair Sets up Shop on L.A.’s Frontier 2014-02-04T00:08:30Z

"The Pearl Fishers" is a more barbed, complex story about three former schoolmates: the cynical narrator, his one-time boyfriend and the woman whom the boyfriend eventually married. In 'The Empty Family,' Colm T?ib?n's penetrating eye sees all: straight, gay, past, present 2011-01-12T22:50:04Z

It might be high-concept art about art, or it might be a cynical example of art that merely looks like art. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

"His sense of humor about the business never made him cynical or got in the way of his passion for movies and directors." Longtime film studio chief John Calley dies at 81 2011-09-13T19:28:09Z

A small child in the audience, still too young to be cynical, lets loose an adorably enthusiastic giggle. A Thanksgiving tradition for the birds 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

For in this deeply cynical tale, set in the final days of the death penalty in England, we see how “justified” murder, no longer state sanctioned, survives by other means. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

But they do, most of them too young to grasp the cynical charade unfolding around them. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z

He is not a cynical writer — he’s not a cynical guy — and he’s really good at expressing disdain for disdain. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Martha Plimpton 2011-09-12T18:30:14Z

Is it cynical and self-aggrandizing and designed solely to make more money and grab more attention for the world’s richest man? As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, called the decision to ban the singer from Ukraine a “cynical, inhumane act.” Ukraine Bars Russia’s Eurovision Entrant 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

If that's not taking a cynical view of human merit and potential, I don't know what is. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z

Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for best director for this tough, wise and somewhat cynical take on the war on drugs. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

But after Vietnam and Watergate, many novelists grew cynical — or realistic, some would say. Allan Topol’s ‘The Washington Lawyer’ abounds with Beltway skullduggery 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Karla: The cynical read of this situation is that management believes diversity training is primarily for your and your colleague’s benefit, so it’s making you do the legwork. @Work Advice: Why are racial minorities singled out to lead diversity training? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

It offers a compelling, entertaining counterpoint to Micheaux’s often despairingly cynical view of religion in black communities in his films. Second showing: unearthing the lost history of African American cinema 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

There wasn't an authority figure he couldn't be cynical about: parents, the United States Army, academia, rich people, hotel managers, and librarians, just to name a small handful. From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z

The reviews in Washington were positive, Rubinstein said, but the notices for a less cynical version of the show that debuted in New York were not. John Rubinstein, the original Pippin, having ‘great fun’ as Charlemagne in revival 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

No one cracked wise or made a cynical remark. Theater Review: ?How Much Is Enough?? at St. Ann?s Warehouse ? Review 2011-11-18T23:46:52Z

It’s not that he’s being cynical, he says; kids naturally want to bring the characters from the big screen into their lives. With ‘Oogieloves,’ a Plan to Make the Multiplex More Toddler-Friendly 2012-09-02T03:13:01Z

Do you think “The Daily Show” made people more cynical? Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Big Star’s “Third” was a dark, estranged album, very much a product of the studio and Mr. Chilton’s mood: cynical, druggy, perverse but also yearning. Music Review: A Musician?s Musician Receives His Tribute 2011-03-28T00:51:23Z

American television executives stopped broadcasting his documentaries, finding them too “dark,” “strident” and “cynical.” ‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: The Old Man and the Sea 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

A lot of progressives, in our more cynical moments, would have to agree. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z

I was thinking about the movie "The Squid and the Whale," about the smart and cynical father in it who creates this son who adopts all of his cynicism without any of the experience. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z

There are very few things that take less mental and physical energy than being cynical about the Academy Awards. My first Oscars: booze, reality stars and queuing with Jared Leto 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Having had prior experience with Camp Casanovas I fancied myself wise and cynical. I fooled around with the rabbi 2013-02-10T02:00:00Z

After a cynical question from Mailer, Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch” and a woman Life would soon call a “saucy feminist that even men like,” took the stage. ‘The Town Hall Affair’ Recreates a Feminist Firestorm 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

I’m not cynical enough to think Ryan or any ref would deliberately tank a call on his employer’s behalf. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

I’m sorry if that sounds cynical, but those are the rules in Movieland. Telluride and Toronto Look for Exclusivity 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

I’m too cynical to think studio executives will learn all the right lessons from it. Will Hollywood Learn These 5 Lessons From ‘Barbie’? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z

He is an astonishing character, tormented, compromised but self-aware enough to know it, cynical but without self-deceit. 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Now he was just as cynical as I was. Modern Love: An Agnostic’s Guide to Marriage 2012-08-30T17:01:27Z

The latter film contrasts Elliott’s childlike innocence towards his alien friend with the desire of cynical, coldly painted adults to capture the extra-terrestrial and study him. Is the big-hearted Spielbergian sci-fi of Close Encounters dead? 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Even “The Bachelor,” which styles itself as so hopelessly romantic that each season is designed to culminate in an engagement, is a fundamentally cynical exercise. Netflix Finally Brings Romance to Reality TV 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

Those on the left may be tempted to see this strategy as a cynical attempt to hide the true motives of the right. Book Review Podcast: 'The Conservative Heart' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

Even teenagers are too cynical for that now. 'When You're Strange' is both standard Doors worship and valuable documentary 2010-04-08T22:04:00Z

“On the Line” showcases some of her best and most personal writing, chronicling addiction, heartbreak and loss through sprawling ballads and cynical pop ditties. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

In a movie that is largely about Fred Rogers’s relationship with a cynical magazine reporter, the scene imagines an everyday moment between a couple for whom music was a defining part of the relationship. She’s Mrs. Rogers. But Joanne Rogers Has ‘Always Been Her Own Person.’ 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z

“Our generation is so prone to want to be cynical about things that are optimistic. Joy isn’t a bad word. Hope isn’t a four-letter word.” Haters Shall Be Lovers In La La Land 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

I try not to make them cynical about adults or orient the conversation toward fear but toward empowerment — which is not quite the same thing as hopefulness but instead determination. Five famous parents on how they handle racism, mental illness and other tough topics with their kids 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

A cynical TikTok-baiting single from Drake was roundly mocked online, but the RZA, wearing a sleeveless shirt and fingerless gloves, looking like a mechanic from the Paradise Garage, owned the timeline. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

The show’s unfashionable sweetness about politics—in the era of Veep and House of Cards, it’s practically a time machine to some less cynical era—extends to the provenance of Kirkman’s antagonists. Review: Designated Survivor Is a New Look for Kiefer Sutherland 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

Radical imagination begins with a move beyond complaint and resistance, beyond reactive tinkering or hunkering down or cynical accommodation. Why major theatre institutions should be left to die 2012-08-30T16:56:47Z

If I was really cynical, the idea that there is a sense of justice would make me overtly optimistic. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Morty, a shy and cautious kid by nature, and his cynical genius grandfather, Rick, travel the universe, collecting near-death experiences and relationships with many zany alien characters along the way. 14 of the best animated shows for adults from the last decade 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z

“I’m a lot more cynical in my outlook,” he said. In ‘Perry Mason,’ Matthew Rhys Plays Defense 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

These sloppy gestures make the season truly cynical where previous seasons have been, if not optimistic, at least interested in giving viewers more than just fresh intestines and shapely bare bottoms. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 6: Impersonation of Love 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

The full operatic version was shaping up to be just as cynical. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z

Call it a necessary sustainability plan or a cynical ploy on the part of the labels, or both. Carly Rae Jepsen and the Rise of the “Mindie” Artist 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z

At that age I think you can feel both invulnerable and very cynical. Young Avengers: Marvel at Kieron Gillen's new creations 2013-01-18T13:00:00Z

It's funny that writer-producer David E. Kelley keeps making shows about cynical careerists who rediscover their ideals, because on his TV shows you often see the same trajectory happening in reverse. "Harry's Law": Has David E. Kelley finally run out of steam? 2011-01-24T15:01:00Z

It is an extremely cynical and thin work, based around a dependable enough trick: laughing at Johnny Foreigner. Why celebrity memoirs rule publishing 2010-12-13T07:59:00Z

Craig Stevens plays the American version of a sophisticated private eye, his close-cropped hair and beefy body matched with a cynical air and an arch smile. TV Boxed Sets, Whole Series and Seasons 2012-11-22T21:12:23Z

Homeland, co-produced by Reed, featured angry guitar lines and deeply cynical lyrics about Iraq, torture and climate change – and Dirtday!, while less strident, follows in a similar vein. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z

By putting Hillsong United in Hollywood lights, its message of humility and sacrifice could reach a larger audience — the band’s purpose — but it also opened up the organization to more cynical judgment. ‘Hillsong’ Casts a Secular Lens on an Evangelical Band 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z

If only one cynical You Tube commenter hadn't tainted the footage by commenting, "If you look closely you can see that all the Santas' trousers are held up with twine." Angus T Jones joins the 'Ratner moment' hall of fame 2012-11-29T16:08:06Z

The definition should differ greatly from the original; it shouldn’t be a cynical interpretation of the word’s actual meaning. Style Invitational: A remeaning task — redefine a word 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

“I’m sometimes a little cynical, maybe, about this community of women, and how we’re supposed to be part of it,” she said. Laura Kipnis’s Battle Against Vulnerability 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

This is partly because “The Spy Who Dumped Me” breezes through the clichés of the action genre with cynical weariness, and partly because Audrey and Morgan are having too much fun to be properly terrified. Review: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Is a Buddy Comedy With a Body Count 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

“And for a cynical old atheist to use the word ‘magical’ means something.” Handmade blankets for homeless crafted with ‘love’ come to Capitol Hill 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

It makes the speaker sound rather clever and cynical. Coca-Cola didn’t invent Santa ... the 10 biggest Christmas myths debunked 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

Some critics are very cynical of the film and say this is not really happening because they don’t see it around them. ‘Capernaum’ Is Not Just a Film, but a Rallying Cry 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z

But the Spencer that I knew was not a cynical guy. Perspective | ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ became a monster hit. Twenty years later, we’re still wondering why. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

She's the lover Ben deserves, a cool materialist, bruised by life and cynical about everything. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z

These writers are smart, observant, ironic, astute, sober, angry, idealistic, cynical, grieving, scared and passionate. ‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

When I acted as a scientific adviser for the Discovery Channel, a time-pressured production assistant asked me to be less "cynical" on camera. 'Made-for-TV experiments' can make really bad science 2012-12-13T12:24:00Z

"It’s so cynical and horrible. She should have died as a hero or not at all." Roseanne Barr may have just revealed how her namesake character will be killed off on “The Conn... 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

单词	cynical
例句	cynical Colonel Korn was silent a moment, regarding the chaplain with a glint of cynical amusement. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z So, I said, in a reflexively cynical response, I guess the key to finding the meaning of life is to stop taking out the garbage? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a good cop, a cynical but not unhappy man. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "You try to sound cynical, but I see through you. I know, I listened very carefully to what you had to say. You were enormously moved. Your emotions were touched." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I really am a lot more cynical than people realize. At least in my head.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Loading up on free wood was like gathering manna from heaven, and how could a person be completely cynical about that? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Wild was the wrestle which should be paramount; but another feeling rose and triumphed: something hard and cynical: self-willed and resolute: it settled his passion and petrified his countenance: he went on— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As for what people thought about his dress, he was cynical and terse: “That’s their problem.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The cynical have always suggested that the Communists were using us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As you are not playing downstairs, or peacefully abed, a cynical person might wonder what you are doing at this late hour, and if you are up to no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Now I have found a language even more cynical than my own: in Kilanga the word nzolo is used in three different ways, at least. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was cynical enough to always find something to worry about. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It filled me with hatred, confusion, helplessness, hopelessness, anxiety, loneliness, selfishness and a cynical attitude toward people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she is cynical, sullen, and a deeper mystery every day. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z No amount of wheedling and blandishment would cause the cynical badger to change her mind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was especially cynical in groups, perhaps feeling that a witty cut-down about a stranger would earn me the respect and admiration of friends. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Maybe that warmth is genuine, maybe I should be ashamed of my dour, cynical thoughts. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The children, you know, become somewhat cynical when things like this happen because of where they live and how they have to live. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A more cynical approach was taken by Tyra Banks, the popular talk show host, who devoted a show in May 2008 to the recurring question, “Where Have All the Good Black Men Gone?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z By the end of the ceremony, I was far less cynical about the whole event. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You can be cynical all you want, but many a life can be saved by poetry,” he says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “They were in the mountain laboratory. The young enthusiastic scientists had all ganged up on that cynical old scientist who didn’t want to help.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And old men, grill your burgers and give them to teenagers with cynical worldviews. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Kat was more funny and brave than Annabelle, but more cynical, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I felt wise and cynical as all hell. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Or, as cynical as it may sound, his possible acceptance of Catholicism may have been merely a theological chess game, a tactic and long-term strategy that he calculated might lead to eternal salvation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They are “morose,” “live in memory rather than hope,” are “slaves to profit,” and are “prone to pity, though not for the same reasons as young ’He is a cynical old soul, our hero. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Nowadays, people are too cynical and don’t believe in magic anymore,” Abuelita Remedios said as she drove us down the road. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It’s sort of nice not to have to be cynical for a change. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Surely, you are one of the confident North and not one of the cynical old continent.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z What I won’t allow myself to do, though, is to become cynical. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The woman’s voice is calm and cynical, like she’s had to say this countless times before. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He laughed quietly, his sunken, shrewd eyes sparkling perceptively with a cynical and wanton enjoyment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z These were cynical times, but no one risked a catcall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The thought that people would steal things intended for Martin made me a little more cynical about the world. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So cynical was the government’s plan that the removal was to take place even before the houses were built to accommodate the evacuated people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This was surely a cynical attempt to win forgiveness for what could never be forgiven. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I tell her how he’s less cynical than he thinks he is. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Noticing my cynical look, she added quickly, “I’m also not a caseworker. I will represent your best interests in court.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Or was their tenure somewhat less cynical, more a matter of improvisation, motivated by the distant but vague object of forging a lasting harmony between Greek and Egyptian? Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z The picture is not unlike Egypt today, where the government in Cairo keeps power by a combination of tactics, including management of local religious authorities that swerves between heavy-handed intimidation and cynical appeasement. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Thinking themselves cynical about, and not a little afraid of, life, neither Bloom nor Linda wished to become involved again for a long time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At least he’d have one runty, cynical weasel to hang out with. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Rick said, “I understand now why Phil Resch said what he said. He wasn’t being cynical; he had just learned too much. Going through this—I can’t blame him. It warped him.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Though I was not a Communist, cynical rivalry had put me in charge of one of the party’s leading cultural organizations. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was not convinced one way or the other, though she remained cynical and thought it was almost certainly trickery. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that sounds too cynical of him, which would be all wrong. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Biff’s eyes were cold and staring, half-concealed by the cynical droop of his eyelids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This was politics, yes, but in its most fractious and cynical form, seemingly disconnected from any larger sense of purpose. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Of course she would, this cynical part of my brain said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So, when I got home from school and there were a dozen red roses for me on the kitchen table, I tried my best not to be cynical. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Ofttimes I’d find him reading a book; he would stop and in a joking, wistful, and cynical manner ape the antics of the white folks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “I forgot. You and Nick are so cynical.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The empire’s enemies grew thin and desperate and even the most cynical of men could see the end of the war was drawing swiftly near. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “After being with me. Except one. A very cynical man. Phil Resch. And he’s nutty; he works out in left field on his own.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Oppressed for centuries, divided, hopeless, corrupted, misled, they were cynical—as I had once been—and the Communist method of unity had been found historically to be the only means of achieving discipline. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, melancholy way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Old Martin hoped he would get to drive it, but he was cynical about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Well, I've had a very bad time, Nick, and I'm pretty cynical about everything." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He kept the chaplain in a constant state of terror with his curt, derisive tongue and his knowing, cynical eyes that the chaplain was never brave enough to meet for more than an accidental second. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He was just more cynical than the rest of us; stealing did not bother him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I would have told the table that, but they were really having fun being cynical, and I didn’t want to ruin it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I realized we kept piling up these presents because it was as good as free advertising for the firms involved, but I couldn't be cynical. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was a cynical bargain on both sides. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As a protective mechanism, I developed a terse, cynical mode of speech that rebuffed those who sought to get too close to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He has sung whole love songs to the cynical crowds, told tall stories of courage and honor, doing all this without any mythic display, without savvy, almost embarrassing the urban throng. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Juliek, a Pole with eyeglasses and a cynical smile in a pale face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be careful, my cynical friend!” she warned, putting a hand in the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was as cynical as I was regarding uplift and hope, and we were proud of having escaped what we called the “childhood disease of metaphysical fear.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They had mocked him through his misery and remorse, mocked him with how hideous a note of cynical derision! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “An optimist is positive and hopeful. A pessimist is negative and cynical.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Moss turned his head to face Javier, and not even his cynical brain could deny what he saw. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The former boy wonder was now a seasoned and slightly cynical leader of the city he’d called home his entire life. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z What the song captures is the moment’s dank, cynical malaise. The Playlist: Arcade Fire and Gorillaz Return, With Money and Power on Their Minds 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s easy to be cynical about what the Grammys don’t do well, but few institutions could have engineered such a reunion – worth it alone for the Fab Two’s raised-hand unison bow. Daft Punk take Album and Record of the Year Grammy Awards 2014-01-27T04:47:00Z In losing Will, Kalinda lost an equally cynical colleague and wonderful scene partner. Can "The Good Wife" Fill the Kalinda Void? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z This is a big, crude, cynical and impressive movie that will leave almost any possible viewer with mixed feelings, partly because it kills off its best character in what seems irrevocable fashion. “Snow White and the Huntsman”: A would-be fantasy classic 2012-05-30T23:00:00Z Thing is, it's almost impossible to remain cynical in the 30-year-old singer's presence. In bed with Beth Ditto 2011-03-16T22:53:00Z But he never cared for the formulaic fare typical of Broadway, where risk-averse producers commission soundtracks that ooze with cynical sincerity. Human nature 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z A cold and cynical world, to be sure. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Bringing out the musical’s cynical tone was harder. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z One could be cynical about the number of Keeneland employees with “Ask Me About Betting” buttons affixed to their green vests. In Lexington, Selfies With American Pharoah, Then ‘Bourbon and Branch’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Suddenly, a cynical film about politics seemed badly timed. Clooney's latest opens Venice film festival 2011-08-30T14:46:04Z This Alfonso is less the cynical, crusty bachelor you usually see than a bookish and jaded younger man. Music Review: ‘Così Fan Tutte,’ at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-11-16T23:12:47Z The blunt, fearless Kathryn embraces her new job with a gusto that immediately raises eyebrows among her cynical co-workers, who look down at the Eastern Europeans they have been charged to help. \| 'The Whistleblower': American in Bosnia Discovers the Horrors of Human Trafficking 2011-08-04T21:18:52Z The show can often give a cynical take on holidays, so it's a pleasant surprise to see a made-up one, Leap Day, so full of joy and fun. TV highlights 25/05/2012 2012-05-24T19:00:02Z Jay’s thoughtful bits have a cynical edge, one earned from a few lifetimes of tragedy already. Sam Jay: A Comic Who Belongs to No Camp 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z At this point, a cynical onlooker could suggest that, frankly, they might as well. Big Deal interview: 'It's best if there's room to wonder ? ' 2011-08-18T22:00:01Z Instead of regarding these unfortunate men from the lofty perspective of a charming, cynical hatchet man logging frequent-flier miles — George Clooney’s character in — looks them straight in the eye from inside the trenches. \| 'The Company Men': Perils of the Corporate Ladder: It Hurts When You Fall 2010-12-09T22:34:00Z His best poems are cynical, impolite, acid in their wit’s rain. ‘S O S: Poems 1961-2013,’ Works by Amiri Baraka 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z I frankly imagine its verbal daggers will be less envenomed: age can prompt even the most cynical to realize not only nostalgia’s sickly-sweet temptation but also its usefulness. Riff: ?My So-Called Adulthood? 2011-08-07T04:15:28Z And down to the final point, the message that Leonard covertly seeks to convey is one of a cynical nature. Crusher by Niall Leonard - review 2013-07-21T14:00:00Z I don’t mean to suggest that this haunting, absorbing novel is trying to draw readers in with any kind of cynical formula. She’s So Unusual. Is She Magical? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z Naomi Watts provides a rooting interest as the cynical reporter investigating the tape’s mysterious origins and the spell it casts. Stream These 10 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z "He took a mildly cynical view of most things." George Lloyd compositions revived for Proms 2013-09-06T09:31:10Z In Mr. McCartney’s case, for his Friday night concert, that respect was particularly intense, nothing to be cynical about. Critic’s Notebook: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, in All Its Multiplicity 2013-06-17T22:06:12Z These tales seem churlish and negative — deeply cynical, but not in a bracing Jonathan Swift kind of way. Short story collections dive in to this fall Instead it opts for 90 minutes of slightly detached cynical enthusiasm, as events unfold on-screen that are varying shades of horrific. Dennis Rodman’s North Korea diplomacy trainwreck: His “Big Bang in Pyongyang” goes out with a whimper 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s the season to be cynical about all things political. Theater Review: Kevin Spacey?s ?Richard III,? Staged by Sam Mendes - Review 2012-01-19T03:01:14Z And, being the hard-nosed, cynical journalists that we are, those emails usually end up in the bin in about 10 seconds flat. Even superheroes have to queue 2012-06-25T14:06:58Z The first is the cynical hotel owner’s Norwegian daughter; the second is her Lebanese friend, an orphan and asylum seeker who’s at risk of deportation. The Awkward Attempt to Find Comedy in the Refugee Crisis 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z She and her cohort — her producer, sous-chef and a cynical food blogger — keep it together on camera, but behind the scenes and at commercial breaks, devolve into squabbles. A blend of food and comedy in ‘The Dish’ Johnson, in a letter to his mentor, Alfred Barr, MoMA’s first director, took a more cynical view: “What I most want to do is to be influential.” ‘Architecture’s Odd Couple’: Frank Lloyd Wright and Philip Johnson 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Yet Loznitsa’s is a deeply cynical outlook, one that is most apparent in his narrative features, like “Donbass,” a grim satire about corruption and propaganda in the separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. What Does It Mean to Live in Ukraine? Filmmakers Offer Their Answers. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z “A Writer Prepares” captures a pre-Internet, pre-superstore business that included such publications as Manhunt, Trapped and Keyhole, and some institutions that only the most cynical writer would have imagined on his own. Lawrence Block’s memoir recalls a colorful writing career 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Shadyside is drab and dejected, full of cynical kids who work hard and play harder. ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy Review: Carnage and Close Calls 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z As hyperbolic as it sounds in this postmodern, cynical, plague-riddled world, the RZA is one of the most valuable prophets of the past quarter-century. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The production is filled with lines like, "One man can make a difference" -- lines that the cynical might scoff at in different context. Laurence Fishburne does justice to "Thurgood" 2011-02-24T15:25:00Z John Mulaney appears to have become, as many veteran comics do, more cynical about this relationship, and speaks to it after relating an anecdote that makes him look bad. John Mulaney Punctures His Persona in ‘Baby J’ 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z "Sometimes people are gloomy and cynical and I think it's important to say there is another way of looking at life - seeing the light and not just the dark." Chilean film "Gloria" cheered at Berlin festival 2013-02-10T12:49:58Z Precociously smart and precociously cynical, she was hungry to break the bonds of her own inexperience and transform herself into the woman she imagined herself becoming. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z We’d decided we wanted a strong female character, and so she was a beautiful, brilliant, kindly young doctor, who was witty, masterfully cynical and an extraordinarily talented bass player. Gene Weingarten: the Opie-Changey thing 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z His Marlowe is a lumbering, melancholy figure, not so much cynical as bored by the endless corruption and duplicity he encounters. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z "The Duke" is completely agreeable, and pleasant, but it could have been more arch or cynical. In "The Duke," Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a real-life art heist charming 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z As the decade progressed, accounts by other writers became, like the populace, louder and more cynical. ArtsBeat: Page-Turners for the Presidential Campaign 2012-01-11T15:43:32Z The cynical opinion – to which I tend myself – is that drama set in the past avoids many of the problems that make TV executives worry about their jobs and pensions. The Paradise: do viewers really need more period drama? 2012-09-25T14:22:53Z I don't want to appear cynical, but the reality is museums are used as part of the brand building process smart dealers employ to increase the value of the artists they represent. Art power list 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z That's completely understandable reaction in our pessimistic, cynical era, where having seen it all is a true possibility. "Dispatches From Elsewhere" casts a wondrous spell, but can it overcome our cynicism? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z And maybe he would have become as cynical as I am, looking back at the last 40 years and wondering how we let ourselves become this way. What '80s kids also remember: On stranger danger, Satanic panic and generations of trickle-down fear 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z But at the same time, I guess I’m a little cynical. A Director Follows Acclaim for ‘Tangerine’ With a Film for Kenzo 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Perhaps it’s an indication that we’re all growing up, as SNL meanders into cynical middle age – but does growing up have to mean giving up too? The long life of digital shorts: an ode to Saturday Night Live's viral highs 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z I’m not trying to be cynical, just realistic: Once video became easy to manufacture, people started contributing widely to YouTube. Enter the Holodeck 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The liberal punditocracy—because of Trump’s cynical use of the manufacturing issue, as well as its own contempt for workers—has been a font of misinformation on this subject ever since the election. Reviving manufacturing would help all of us—not just white men 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Alex Turner, the band’s leader, sustains melodies within the clamor, singing hard-nosed observations — sometimes cryptic, sometimes bitterly cynical — in a baleful baritone croon. Music Review: Black Keys and Arctic Monkeys at Madison Square Garden 2012-03-13T22:19:08Z But this year may just see its scabrous, cynical spirit finally claim a gong by proxy. There's a Sweet Smell of Success about The Social Network 2011-02-18T14:52:38Z The in-your-face title track — “I’ve had the blues, the reds and the pinks, one thing for sure, love stinks” — seemed to encapsulate the cynical side of rock-and-roll and was later recorded by Joan Jett. J. Geils, guitarist whose band had hits with ‘Centerfold,’ ‘Freeze-Frame,’ dies at 71 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The Soviets had the Iron Curtain; Mr. Putin, with his troll armies and cynical meme warfare, has the Irony Curtain. Ukraine on TV: We’ve Seen This Before. And We’ve Never Seen Anything Like It. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Alicia Keys, a woman who could make believers out of the most cynical among us, was the mentor for the week. "American Idol" recap: Crystal Bowersox saves 2010-04-21T13:22:00Z The Capitol Hill Club — a posh, Republican-only establishment one block from the Capitol — is where your most cynical prejudices about Washington come true. Inside the GOP’s playhouse: Behold, the most important place in all of Republicandom 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The central theme of the comedy, created by Armando Iannucci and debuting Sunday at 10 p.m., is letting people within the Washington power structure say what they're really thinking, in all its cynical glory. Louis-Dreyfus is 1 heartbeat away in HBO comedy 2012-04-20T19:01:08Z Langston’s voice has a steady oratorical power that conveys his deep, life-worn, cynical wisdom regarding more than sales; it regards American life over all. “Sorry to Bother You,” Reviewed: A Wild Workplace Comedy Energized by Righteous Anger 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z They may be skeptical about the trade they ply — nothing tests your faith quite like knowing how the tricks are done — but they’re never cynical. When Harry Met Harry 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The noncolor parts are the observations of a cynical, condescending Chinese bureaucrat dispatched from Beijing to interview the residents. Movie Review: ‘UFO in Her Eyes,’ a Chinese Satire, at MoMA 2012-06-12T23:02:22Z This enigmatic piece is sure to cure any case of the Mondays by making even the most cynical among us smile. \| Ugo Rondinone’s Miniature, Wearable Art 2013-12-25T20:00:42Z You hint at the Iran-Contra scandal that President Reagan traded arms for hostages, but overall, this is an inspiring, not cynical film, and it does have some resonance today. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z There’s no reason to be cynical about that. ‘The Laundromat’ Review: Meryl Streep in a Cycle of Spin 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z What stood out most was his attitude: perpetually bemused, cheerfully, without an ounce of anger in his cynical gibes. There’s No Dave Chappelle or Hannah Gadsby Without Mort Sahl 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z If there are opportunists and profiteers and cynical actors who are willing to fuel the mayhem for a tiny bit of personal or political advantage, then they can go on for decades. Perspective \| What perpetual war looks like in America 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z There’s a less cynical way to look at the Song of the Summer, though. A summer of drive-by listening 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z But trust me on this: The guy’s not cynical. Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence 2014-02-01T19:30:00Z Your film can be seen as cynical, in that opportunities are limited, or it can be seen as hopeful, in that people are free to do what they want. "Alcarràs" filmmaker on farming families losing "this way of life" in Catalonia 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z I love how wholly unimpressed and cynical my kids have been one minute, but the next bowled over by a Vine of a gerbil in a jumper. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z I can sit there in my cynical holier-than-thou way, look to my wife and make a call. I Give It A Year: how I tried to subvert the romcom 2013-02-02T06:00:00Z Perhaps this wasn’t a cynical act of defiance but rather swarms of fans undoing decades of compartmentalizing. “Surviving R. Kelly” Reframes R. Kelly and the Songs We Once Loved 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z While he surely enjoyed skewering the power and immorality of studio executives in "The Big Knife," he also probably heard about some real-life scandals that may inform this cynical play. Review: Fame cuts both ways in 'The Big Knife' 2013-04-17T03:16:04Z In the 1990s, Blur’s default mode was brashly cynical. Review: With Original Lineup, Blur Returns to New York in Punky Form 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z And did she need to approach yoga from a relatively cynical point of view, using phrases like “I got ready for the bossing” and “quietude on the hoof”? Books of The Times: A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga 2010-12-22T23:06:18Z Here's an entertaining guide to cynical readings of these terms, by "industry veterans." Five pop culture items we missed 2011-08-23T21:24:00Z A lack of trust makes us cynical and that's generally thought to be a bad outcome. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z We responded to the dark and cynical sides of his personality that we might ascribe to the ancestral settlers and farmers of the American Midwest whose self-reliance led them to distrust even the weather. David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won. 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z His phenomenal success – making him arguably the UK's most popular composer – led some critics to accuse Tavener of writing deliberately accessible music that tapped into a vague new-agey-ness for the most cynical of reasons. John Tavener: 'The days of seven-hour pieces are gone' 2013-07-01T18:00:01Z "It was like shooting fish in a barrel," she says, "but it's not OK to be facile. Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that." Lydia Millet finds mermaids in her new novel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Here are three key things to keep in mind as our nation enters its most cynical phase in recorded history. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z In the last scene Mr. Obama’s victory speech provokes a cynical tirade from Cogan, who scoffs, in a carefully nonpartisan fashion, at the president-elect’s idealism. Movie Review: ‘Killing Them Softly,’ With Brad Pitt, From Andrew Dominik 2012-11-29T16:13:01Z Even Bonnerjee, who openly acknowledges that his role in these "cynical marketing plays" is perpetuating some of these "late-capitalist artifacts," says he's not yet ready to put down his fork. The wild and wacky world of snack food collaborations 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z And “Champagne Year” was steely and somber, a cynical hymn. Music Review: St. Vincent Sings at Metropolitan Museum of Art - Review 2011-08-26T23:18:13Z A man who's lost everything he ever loved in life begins a new job as a caretaker for a cynical teenager afflicted with advanced Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Paul Rudd and Selena Gomez bring novel to life in 'Fundamentals,' which starts streaming Friday 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Suggesting that there is some cynical calculation to these kinds of gambits is seen as an unsophisticated, even offensive, analysis. The Triumph of the Celebrity Endorsement 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z He was never cynical and armed with a grand strategy. Two Accounts of Donald Trump’s Final Year in Office, One More Vivid and Apt Than the Other 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Armendariz was best known for playing sly, sometimes cynical characters he endowed with wit and charisma. Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. dies at age 71 2011-12-27T02:46:04Z But, as I’ve argued in my research on satire and politics, satire can’t make an audience cynical about something that doesn’t deserve it. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Matt, attending incognito, takes to the marketplace with cynical zest, referring to his killings as “content.” ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z It doesn’t seem right that the spirit of such a pure and exuberant character should be reduced to something so flippant and basically cynical. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Equally, bloggers must stop the cynical practice of reviewing previews. Theatre bloggers must leave previews alone 2011-02-10T12:50:12Z I think it is a critical film, but I also think it is cynical. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z This is not to suggest that Nichols is cynical about his film-making: he simply appears to have adopted flexibility out of necessity. Mud director Jeff Nichols: 'Mark twain bottled what it felt to be a child' 2013-05-02T17:37:37Z Did the film change your feelings about people getting more cynical as they get older? Kate Beckinsale: ‘Austen’s Lady Susan is like Emma on steroids’ 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z But even in these bagatelles, Mr. Ayckbourn doesn’t abandon his deeper view of humanity, which might be described as compassionately cynical. ‘Ayckbourn Ensemble,’ 3 Offerings by the British Playwright 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z That's the thing with these guys: No band is more unassuming or more confident in their abilities; more earnest or more cynical. Avett Brothers disarm audience at Paramount 2010-07-19T19:02:00Z There are times when , with its distrust of technology and its sharp, cynical take on the soldier's servitude, feels like a Kubrickrian twist on . Source Code: A Sci-Fi "Groundhog's Day" Awash in Bombs, Paranoia and Inconsistency 2011-03-31T20:25:00Z I would say you’re probably one of the least cynical songwriters working today. Craig Finn keeps the faith: “We live in divided times, but I do believe that people are inherently good” 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Back then, the tone was violent and cynical. Review: William Forsythe Brings a New Playlist to Boston 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z She becomes cynical, at a young age, about Communism. 2010-01-12T23:49:00Z Call it inspired or call it cynical: It’s sturdy show business logic, and weekly takings have gone up by a couple hundred thousand dollars since he began performances on Dec. 9. In ‘Last Ship,’ Sting Tries to Not Steal the Spotlight 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z Having said that, I don’t think I’ve ever been a desperately cynical journalist. Here’s how to change the world 2013-05-02T15:00:00Z “Chain Letter” is bad in depressing and irritating ways, from the incoherent story to the unimaginative brutality of the killings to the especially cynical, sequel-baiting ending. \| 'Chain Letter': Another Argument Against E-Mail 2010-10-01T23:30:00Z Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. My Meltdown: Richard Thompson 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z But I mean, it's just nonsense because then you look at so many of the great American comedies which is sort of cynical and snide. Nate is a "troubled soul": "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed on his character's dark turn 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The audience watches as she goes from a bright, sparky, pretty woman to a cynical and emotionally exhausted shell. The Hardcore truth about women in porn 2011-07-14T20:01:01Z Call me cynical, but I didn’t think Duke had disavowed his past. I shook hands with a Klansman 2013-03-10T13:00:00Z The LA Times dismissed the novel as "dispiriting and, ultimately, irritating", saying it failed to offer real insights into politics and that its anonymous authorship was a cynical marketing exercise. Obama novel O's anonymous author named 2011-01-28T12:08:09Z Martin has said Tyrion is his favourite character to write for as a result of his wit, penchant for “iconoclastic, cynical one-liners” and lovable rogue qualities. Tales of Tyrion: what could a Game of Thrones spin-off series look like? 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z As the scam artist, he’s hardened, cynical and slightly pitiable. Must-devour TV: Bryan Cranston’s “Sneaky Pete” is your new binge-watch obsession 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s hard not to crack a cynical smile listening to this, but it doesn’t seem contrived. For His Next Act, Anthony Doerr Wrote a Book About Everything 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Given the not-so-vibrant state of the music industry, she said, “There’s a certain freedom right now in being so cynical. You might as well just have fun.” Jill Sobule Finds Seeds of ‘Dottie’s Charms’ in a Drawer 2014-04-17T14:05:28Z In hindsight, it probably would've been wiser to have them all written and recorded and ready to go, but then that sounds a little bit cynical and calculated. Twelve tips for the Flaming Lips 2011-01-12T14:09:59Z Such a cynical comment does not at all do justice to the romance and beauty this place elicits for modern day travelers. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z In fact, it depicts a colorblind suburbia in which the cynical, Garfield-loving local cop is African-American and there’s one black kid in the fraternity that trashes the neighborhood. What “Neighbors” and “Chef” can teach us about white male privilege 2014-05-10T16:30:00Z “You stay in this business long enough, you get jaded and cynical,” one campaign staffer says to another. \| 'The Ides of March': ?The Ides of March,? With George Clooney - Review 2011-10-06T12:00:00Z Indeed, no matter how cynical and nihilistic the times, we have always had artists who make work that invokes meaning, hope and mystery. David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z He’s grown cynical, furiously tossing CDs out of his car window, desperate for something with feeling. Music powers rebirth in ‘Begin Again’ 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Almost unanimously, they noted that Bruce had been cynical, withdrawn and biting, while Sheela is soft and effervescent. For Some in Transgender Community, It’s Never Too Late to Make a Change 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Anderson is so arresting as Thatcher that even cynical late-night hosts became giddy fans when she was on as a guest. Gillian Anderson brings uncanny ‘Iron Lady’ to ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z Where we’ve seen it since: The Internet loves to point out the irony of Rose’s promise through cynical memes that play on the inherent cruelty of her impossible choice. Analysis \| After 20 years, these 8 ‘Titanic’ moments still won’t die. Unlike Jack. 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z First, the outcome was largely driven by what the Supreme Court deemed the "cynical" motives of the legislature, which, in amending the law, had singled out "hippies" as undeserving of food stamps. Friends are saying "I do" — but might not understand the legal risks of their platonic marriages 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Our reviewer Sadie Stein writes: “Warm, affectionate, often angry but never cruel, cynical but not without a certain faith in people, Sorel gives us a life — and a world — in pictures.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z The cynical prickliness of the material — along with Rob’s incessant fourth-wall narration, describing her woe-is-me mismanagement of her own feelings — is too easily recognizable as a forgery. Review \| Sampling too much from the past, Hulu’s ‘High Fidelity’ remix fails to find its own groove 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Gags about cynical journalists are tossed off knowingly, as are the man’s copious bad habits. Vampire-friendly critic in ‘St. Nicholas’ has the right kind of bite 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Even better, it is common to worry that consuming satire makes one cynical and apathetic. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z A more cynical take on the policy is that apprehensions drive budgets, and if you deter people from crossing the border, you won’t apprehend as many. Border fence’s devastating toll 2012-09-18T22:00:00Z As the show’s first few numbers efficiently send up the cynical political playbook, you begin to wonder if Signature should roll this out every election cycle. Oh, “The Fix” these dirty politicians are in 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Terry Edward Moore repeats his winning turn as an anti-social, cynical scrooge of a Sherlock, who comes out of retirement to crack a case and get into the holiday spirit. 5 holiday shows to round out the season 2012-12-27T21:18:27Z There is, perhaps, a slightly more cynical read to the sonic choices on “Midnights”: Swift hasn’t toured since 2018, after “Reputation.” Taylor Swift, Caught Between Yesterday and Tomorrow on ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z In response, the film races through cynical vignettes scattered across the globe, and in one case, on a satellite above it. ‘The 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Small Tales, Big Ideas 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z And then there is “Flora and Ulysses,” which focuses on a cynical girl and a squirrel who develops superpowers after getting caught in a vacuum cleaner. Remember Family Films? Disney Plus Is Making ’Em Like They Used To 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “We got a lot of flack; some people thought it was cynical and money-making,” he said. What It Takes to Save a Mockingjay 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z But "Middle Men" is also true to the film-noir formula in being relentlessly moralistic, or rather -- and this is an important aspect of the formula -- being titillating, cynical and moralistic all at the same time. "Middle Men": Heroes of the Internet-porn revolution 2010-08-05T15:01:00Z If today's young people seem cynical, even put off by the traditionally patriotic displays of the 20th anniversary of this national tragedy, consider the unique, generational circumstances in which they've come of age. How 9/11 helped define this generation’s new brand of patriotism 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z All of those concerns still have credence, but much of the critical discussion in 2012 turned not merely cynical but downright dismal. Oscar movies are hits, too, for a change 2013-02-18T08:46:04Z A cynical thought, perhaps, but appropriate when considering “Go: a community-curated open studio project” at the Brooklyn Museum. Art Review: ‘Go,’ a Group Show at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-01-02T23:18:05Z Chandler is put in charge of a squad of older, cynical veterans who of course resent and reject him, an all-male “Prime Suspect.” Television Review: ?Whitechapel? on BBC America - Review 2011-10-25T22:06:28Z Morales leaves the district attorney’s office in disgust over a cynical decision by his boss in the first episode. The TV Watch: New Job, but Still Chasing Bad Guys 2011-04-10T21:51:33Z You see, under my cynical shell I’m a sentimental mess. Nicky Silver on His Broadway Run of ‘The Lyons’ 2012-07-06T04:47:18Z So the lesson here is, if you're me, anyway: don't believe your first cynical reaction to things that glitter and glower from promotional posters. Pianist Valentina Lisitsa: believe the hype 2012-06-15T13:49:13Z The “Mad Men” finale was many things at once: Frustrating, cynical, dark, moving, optimistic, profound, confounding. The most ridiculous moments from the “Mad Men” finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z For this is not like all those cynical Halo and Assassin's Creed tie-ins. Bedlam by Christopher Brookmyre – review 2013-02-14T09:01:01Z Sometimes, he does this through juxtaposition, evoking, in quick succession, a slightly more cynical version of Whitman’s multitudes. Peter van Agtmael’s Decoding of American Violence 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z While that makes a lovely thought . . . gosh, it’s hard to dismantle this without sounding cynical. Carolyn Hax: A love first-timer dates a man who’s done it all before 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z They're a weary and cynical bunch, but stubbornly spirited, somehow summoning the resilience to endure, and at times flourish, no matter the brutal truth of their circumstances or emotional cost. Review: 'Water By the Spoonful' is vivid, human 2013-01-09T03:31:05Z When in a movie a harried, cynical, pencil-pushing government bureaucrat is saddled with an assignment he doesn’t want, during a crisis in his employment, you know how it’s going to go. ‘The Last Full Measure’ Review: Remembering a Fallen War Hero 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z "I dare you to be compassionate in a cynical age," she added. Yoko Ono awards Lady Gaga peace prize in Iceland 2012-10-09T22:16:27Z But at the time, the news media attacked the whole affair as a cynical victory lap by Atwater, an exploitation of black artists after running a racially charged campaign. George Bush, Soul Man? Footage From an Inauguration Concert Is Restored 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z He really understands the absurdity of life, but he doesn’t let it make him cynical. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Debating Pot in America 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z As a congenitally cynical person, I was incredulous as to how real or positive those images were. Body transformation: from ‘dad bod to rad bod’ in just seven weeks 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z "This is a cynical political ploy that's designed not to create jobs for struggling Americans, but to save the president's own job," Thune said. Obama pushes for passage of jobs bill 2011-10-08T12:32:00Z A more cynical answer, even after recent events, might be Rupert Murdoch, or whichever of his minions gets to write the Sun's election leaders. Heard the one about the corrupt, lying politician? 2011-08-25T21:30:03Z "Doing a sequel is even more cynical, right?" '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z I'd hate for patients to think all doctors are this cynical and uncaring. Another View on Tiger Country 2011-02-06T22:45:01Z The combination of those elements usually produces cynical black comedy, something witty and bitter, but Zigman’s work is too tender for that. Review \| Laura Zigman’s ‘Separation Anxiety’ tackles middle-aged loneliness with a perfect mix of grief and humor 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Chon is a combat veteran, whose tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan have left him cynical and suspicious, as well as tactically adept when it comes to dealing with trouble. \| 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z What I find intriguing is that we think we live in a very cool, smart, cynical age. Twenty-five years on, they ask me if I was wrong about Les Mis?rables ... 2010-09-21T11:48:00Z I remember Karlin as being like her cartoons: spare with words, funny, thoughtful, cynical yet optimistic. The Pioneering Cartoons of Nurit Karlin 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z It's enough to warm the heart of even the most cynical. Biffy Clyro interview: 'We care too much to be cool' 2013-01-26T22:00:01Z But even when it came out in 1995, it was in some ways an extremely cynical, or at least calculated, attempt at hitching a pop wagon to the Riot Grrrl and grunge movements. Alanis Morissette, Corin Tucker and the Frustrating/ Promising State of Women in Rock 2012-08-28T13:45:49Z See this ballet once, and you find problems: The Prokofiev music is often harsh and cynical, and the classical choreography is sometimes sharp and staccato. Dance This Week: Misty Copeland, the Royal Ballet and Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Budget-wise, it will be a substantial step up for Wheatley, but his decision to follow Sightseers immediately with A Field In England's lo-fi psychedelia snorts in the face of cynical career trajectories. Ben Wheatley: 'I don't think I'll ever be a Hollywood guy' 2013-06-22T05:00:00Z As Detective Munch, Mr. Belzer was brainy but hard-boiled, cynical but sensitive. Richard Belzer, Detective Munch on ‘Law & Order: S.V.U.,’ Dies at 78 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Puccini’s “La Bohème,” a natural for young people, and Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus,” an operetta with a cynical adult edge to its humor, are this year’s offerings. Classical Music Listings for July 8-14 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z I’m a comedian and I know a lot of comedians, and that thing of masking your pain through being a contrarian, it’s a way of distancing yourself and being cynical. The Many Fears of Bill Hader 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z When it comes to the most cynical listeners among us—the folks who think of Wings as a kind of bubblegum, pseudo-rock band—one need look no further than McCartney himself. Wings was a better band than Paul McCartney or his critics think 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Dell wants not cash but truth: the missiles will be launched unless the president publicly admits the cynical geopolitical basis to the Vietnam War. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z The premise felt like one more cynical take on showbiz shallowness and debauchery — “Entourage” and “Episodes” crammed into two ends of a horse costume. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Returns for a Hilarious and Hallucinatory Season 3 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The movie industry is portrayed with an acrid eye by the show, which depicts a cynical company attempting to profit from tragedy. Why Universal shouldn't have cancelled The Hunt 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Yet now his image lends credence to shocking allegations that paint the patron of Jim'll Fix It as a child abuser who exploited his power at the BBC to get away with cynical, life-wrecking crimes. Jimmy Savile was hiding in the light 2012-10-04T16:21:10Z For a character who is more cynical, we now live a cyberhell that not even science fiction could have anticipated. ‘The Rise and Fall of Great Powers,’ by Tom Rachman 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z When she won Brand-of-the-Year at the British Fashion Awards last November, even her most cynical critics took notice. T Magazine: Red Carpet Baggers 2012-02-15T00:23:14Z You know, I’m so cynical, especially when it comes to the Bay Area, that I would have said that wasn’t possible now. Chabon on race, sex, Obama: “I never wanted to tell the story of two guys in a record store” 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z If Bosch is right, and the zombie craze is about middle class anxiety, then the slime-green guns really are just a marketing joke, albeit in a cynical industry. Gun owners are obsessed with zombies 2013-02-21T17:28:00Z That’s the last thing Doctor Strange—cynical, acerbic, supremely confident of his role in the universe—would want, anyway. Benedict Cumberbatch Is the Alchemist with the Mostest in 'Doctor Strange' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But it was as cynical about comedians as it was suits, the result being a joke machine with few limits on its satire or its silliness. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Throughout the year, I wrote some characteristically cynical things as part of my ongoing quest to depress Guardian readers to death. The G2 Quiz of 2010: Charlie Brooker's quiz 2010-12-23T08:00:01Z Is it any wonder the ladies of all these tales begin them with a baseline level of cynical grumpiness? The cosmic joke's on her: The antiheroine's journey through a cursed universe 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z I don’t think she’s unhappy because of it, but I think it has fed into her more cynical nature that your dreams don’t come true. 'Catastrophe' Stars on Why the Couple Acutally Has a Model Relationship 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Along the way he grew more and more cynical about the way moral progress lagged, especially regarding race. 'Mark Twain': the ebb and flow of the life of Huckleberry Finn's creator 2010-04-07T22:29:00Z “Triangle of Sadness” turns that struggle into a cynical joke and won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, which feels fitting for an elite festival in a country that decapitated its royals. A Movie House Divided 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It is the story of two people—a black everyman, played with sublime reserve by Kaluuya, and an attorney who is both sincere and cynical in equal measure, compellingly brought to life by Turner-Smith. The Powerful Perspective of “Queen & Slim” 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z A disillusioned Ghost of Christmas Present, played by Will Ferrell, helps guide a cynical marketing executive through his Dickensian journey. Day 10: The Secrets of Being Santa 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z But, coming in the wake of scandal, too many of these promotions feel like cynical twists on a narrative of empowerment and progress. Gabrielle Hamilton, April Bloomfield, and the Problem with Leaving Women to Clean Up the Mess 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z But its outlook — optimistic about human nature yet cynical about the times — lingers. ‘DriverX’ Review: Behind the Wheel and Ready for Anything 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z It's a world of cynical lawyers cutting deals, careworn cops and cons brooding over sinister secrets. The Lincoln Lawyer ? review 2011-03-17T22:31:01Z He is a cynical, lonely war hero and something of an eccentric. Best science fiction and fantasy for February 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Otherwise, we could just as easily be in the late 1960s or early ’70s, in the confusing heyday of sexual liberation, when the hippest theatrical diversions in town were romantically cynical, or cynically romantic. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Charismatic, charming, cynical, worldly-wise; quick to buy a round or throw a fist, slow to open his heart. ArtsBeat Blog: Sting and Brian Yorkey Embark on a New Musical, 'The Last Ship' 2011-09-01T14:49:26Z Even those of us who are very cynical about it or who are artists and want a more bohemian lifestyle, that's still our dream. Seattle reinvents its artists colony 2012-04-29T05:08:07Z Even the most cynical observer has to admit: the puppet is objectively beautiful. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But given his glorious talent – he is, without question, the most naturally gifted male ballet dancer of his generation – his jaded attitude and cynical attitudinising are dispiriting. Coppélia – review 2013-07-13T23:05:57Z The world Cronenberg paints is bleak and cynical, and he is unsparing with his closeups of needles entering veins. Antiviral brings Cronenberg father-son act to Cannes 2012-05-21T16:51:13Z The third movie was cynical to its core, a marathon of mindless destruction that culminated in the gruesome destruction of much of downtown Chicago. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z The only way you could make it work is for him to be so cynical and so jaded. Johnny Flynn on making the crime musical "The Score," in which characters perform songs he wrote 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Now it would be easy to be cynical about this piece, one of the silver-tongued songwriter's first attempts to write what he calls "something serious". Neil Sedaka: 'My great love is classical music' 2012-10-12T16:47:00Z If Glass wasn't real, he might be someone Aaron Sorkin would conjure up: an overly observant, fast-moving quip machine, cynical and heartfelt and funny all at once. Ira Glass: 'I feel like I am getting to do things I didn't have dreams of doing' 2012-08-22T23:13:04Z But after two hours, I was as ravenous for more scheming and cynical philosophy as Underwood tucking into a second helping of barbecue. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z The film’s central crime is the robbery of a bank branch by a gang of small-timers, and most of the cops are beleaguered, cynical bureaucrats. Movie Review: Claude Sautet’s ‘Max et les Ferrailleurs’ 2012-08-10T04:20:08Z This may sound cynical or nihilistic, but I would argue that this book is among the most humane works of art ever created. The Moral Clarity of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ at 50 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Is being a cynical apparatchik better than being a true believer? Conservative William Kristol: ‘We’re really going to pay a price for this terrible failure in leadership’ 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z But I would be cynical about that too. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z "I just think we're very cynical people, and cynical people tend to be right more often than not." The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z He was funniest at his most cynical, describing everyone as replaceable in our economy, including himself. An American Comic on a Russian Channel: What He Avoids Speaks Volumes 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Von Trier told reporters he considered serial killing analogous to making art: “You have to be cynical to do both.” Lars von Trier negotiating for Cannes return after 2011 Nazi comments ban 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z I don’t know about lazy, but employing a service that dishonest and cynical demonstrates a bizarre contempt for the reader. Can self-publishing win respect? 2012-08-27T16:26:00Z Our young narrator isn’t so cynical that he isn’t proud of landing a job there. ‘The Last Magazine,’ Michael Hastings’s Posthumous Novel 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z On the right, upstart outlets like Newsmax and One America News are pushing hard, ready to disregard truth entirely, as they promote Trump’s cynical lie that he won a second term. Perspective \| Fox News needs to reinvent itself for the post-Trump era. Here’s one radical idea. 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Feature animation currently finds itself in a golden age of mediocrity, with sensationally inventive technical means tethered, more often than not, to drab and cynical imaginative ends. \| 'Rango': There?s a New Sheriff in Town, and He?s a Rootin?-Tootin? Reptile 2011-03-03T23:01:04Z They can look cynical, though, when they could be scaled down to smaller, cheaper portions as easily as Llama Inn’s chicken or its take on lomo saltado. Llama Inn Lights the Way to Peru by Way of Williamsburg 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z If “Parenthood” were cynical, or if “Thirtysomething” were less ponderous, you’d get something like “Tangle,” an engrossing and talky drama about a few suburban families who are nursing some serious ennui. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z There is not much left to do once you play through the initial campaign, but even cynical gamers will marvel at the beauty this delivers. Game On: 'El Shaddai' a worthy quest; 'Zumba' a party pooper 2011-08-29T02:39:03Z Even the obvious steals – Operation brazenly lifts the vocal melody and phrasing of Sonic Youth's Teen Age Riot – sound joyful and unfettered rather than sly and cynical. Yuck: Yuck ? review 2011-02-17T23:59:01Z “The Watsons,” is significant in Austen’s oeuvre because it contains a move toward darker, more cynical material, as well as character types and situations that she returned to in later works, Professor Sutherland said. Jane Austen’s Unfinished Novel Comes to the Stage 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z “The independence seeped out of him and he walked the streets alone, afraid of men’s cynical eyes and the incessant hiss of whispering.” The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z “The Layover” is at once deeply cynical about human behavior and almost unbearably empathetic — part razor blade, part cuddle. Look Out! Playwright Leslye Headland Has Her Eye on You 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z To viewers less cynical than me, this may not come as such a surprise. Ant and Dec: just the two of us 2013-02-23T09:00:00Z You can see how Dawkins might have made a cynical piece full of anger, but the strength of the even-keeled show lies in his canny, appreciative analysis of Disney. Review \| ‘Happiest Place’ sadly ponders Disneyland 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z But there’s nothing cynical about Gillis alone in that room, bandaging his feet. The 373-Hit Wonder 2011-01-07T15:27:23Z Weigel asked whether young people would ever flock to the Democratic Party the way they have to the Labour Party in Britain or if they were too cynical. ‘I don’t blame the scream speech’: Howard Dean on the first Internet campaign 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z With the third record you have something that is dark and melancholy, and a little bit cynical.” Alex Chilton, Influential Rock Singer, Dies at 59 2010-03-19T04:41:00Z Hard boiled, cynical, funny, romantic, everything you could possibly want. Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading 2012-06-19T16:30:00Z A cynical comment, sure, but Blondell would have called it realistic. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 2: Give the People What They Want 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z I am pleased this is the only time that Hollywood has revisited a classic film for cynical means. Will the Labyrinth sequel work without David Bowie and Jim Henson? 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z This production, directed and adapted by Jim Niesen, using John Willett’s classic translation, captures some of the spirit of Brecht’s cynical war fable but none of the philosophical or political heft. ‘Mother Courage’ Review: Selling Her Wares Amid the Havoc of War 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z He may be cynical in real life, but he is not cynical on screen. Mel Gibson: the year of living disastrously 2010-12-16T22:39:01Z I would love to see large budgets handed to directors who have ambitions to advance the medium, not engage in cynical and rote franchise recycling. ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The fact that teenagers the world over still believe in it almost warms my cynical, stone heart. A Robert Pattinson–Kristen Stewart break-up may be good for #robsten fans 2012-07-26T11:50:17Z “I hate to be cynical, but I gotta believe that the airlines are using this as another opportunity to rake in some extra bucks.” Perspective \| Your valid passport may not get you where you want to go. Here’s why. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z "It's easy to be cynical," says Portas, who is watching as two of her trainees on reception are checking in an excited family. Hotel GB: check it out, but don't check in 2012-10-01T18:00:03Z Near the end of his life, Farley is said to have become cynical about the basis of his broad appeal, lamenting that “fatty fall down” was his only reliable crowd pleaser. The Big, Funny, Tragic Life of Chris Farley 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z And it's not cynical humor, it's earned humor. Emilio Estevez on making "The Public," a film about dignity, homelessness and libraries 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “You have this romantic idea of art as something pure and a beautiful expression of human beings through history, and then it meets this very cynical, capitalistic world,” says Koefoed, speaking by Zoom from Copenhagen. ‘Lost Leonardo’ unpeels the mysteries of the Salvator Mundi 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z In 2000, you said, “I seem to play a lot of wisecracking, cynical characters, but what I really want is to play the romantic lead and get the girl.” Peter Dinklage Is Still Punk Rock 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Harry Shearer is a terrific bass singer, and a very comical, cynical narrator. Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z An earnest, friendly lad, Aldous is worried about global warming and wants to work on solar energy — particularly artificial photosynthesis — and he tries to get the cynical and misanthropic Beard to share his concern. Books of The Times: Ian McEwan?s ?Solar? Features a Boorish Physicist 2010-03-29T21:45:00Z The deception that drives the story is activated by a cynical bachelor, Don Alfonso. Review: As James Levine Sues, the Met Opera Opens a New ‘Così’ 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z We first meet him at a party on a terrace with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge, where he and a pal spin elaborate philosophical justifications for their cynical, transactional approach to sex and romance. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Firth plays Stanley, a cynical stage magician who seeks to unmask Sophie, a young American medium, as a fraud. Colin Firth, Emma Stone riff on working with Woody 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z All that was left then was to drop , as one of the most bitter and cynical heroes cinema has ever offered, into this "madhouse". Planet of the Apes: No 16 2010-10-21T10:39:00Z This all felt like a cynical case of seriously misplaced priorities. What happened when my flight was invaded by ants 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z But it’s impossible to be pessimistic when filmmakers like Mr. Fincher can make movies with studio support, even if the studios clutter most American screens with cynical junk. Recycled Films and Bitsy Screens 2011-05-22T00:43:01Z A study by Hsuan-Ting Chen, Chen Gan, and Ping Sun showed that the link between cynical anger and political satire was directly tied to citizen engagement. 25 years of "The Daily Show": Here’s 5 ways it permanently changed U.S. satire 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z What one might call "Frankenstein bands" – reassembled years after their apparent demise with bits from other groups bolted on to replace those who have been lost – run the risk of being tawdry, cynical affairs. The show must go on: when bands replace their dead stars 2011-01-27T22:59:01Z But every boom has a bust, and cynical, second-rate imitations featuring haunted mansions, rampaging demons and evil children soon overran the marketplace. Review \| Horror novels are having a renaissance. Here’s what to read. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z The speech is perfect and cynical, and it works. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z But when then-President Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, Rich refused to accept it, citing the administration’s “cynical politics.” Adrienne Rich, Feminist Poet and Essayist, Dies 2012-03-28T22:26:45Z Scorsese’s views were backed up by fellow directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, who described Marvel’s output as “despicable” and Ken Loach, who called them “cynical”. Marvel's Kevin Feige brushes off Scorsese superhero movies criticism 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Framed as a weapon of talentless pop stars and their cynical handlers, it came to represent the height of crass media manipulation. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z He added that writing a song only for commerce -- meaning "Shake Up Christmas" solely for a Coca-Cola ad -- seemed cynical. Train looks to "Shake Up Christmas" for Coca-Cola 2010-10-25T22:31:00Z Making an expanded world from that film is a cynical exercise in riding an already slim idea until the wheels come off. A John Wick 'expanded universe' – Hollywood's most idiotic idea yet? 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z All of a sudden the desire to help started to look like a cynical marketing ploy. Reese Witherspoon’s Fashion Line Offered Free Dresses to Teachers. They Didn’t Mean Every Teacher. 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z The idea that the United States is being taken over by this utterly cynical group of people who know that this is a rigged game and just kind of give it lip service. "Inside Job": Global finance as a criminal conspiracy 2010-10-08T00:30:00Z I could not remain at Bagnacavello; I was too angry, too tired, cynical. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z To a person, the characters are types: the shallow American kids, the dissolute playboys, the noble protesters and journalists, the cynical advisers, sneering elites and sad-eyed children. REVIEW: FX's Tyrant Is Its Own Downfall 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z He's convinced they're needed in this very cynical era of comedy. Superfan Jason Segel hangs with Muppets 2011-11-25T21:54:04Z Unfortunately, the man they have to impress is a cynical booking agent who believes a successful joke is anything that gets a laugh. Comedians 2010-04-21T21:35:00Z But Plummer confides that time has a way of rendering the cynical soft, and the soft cynical; he counts himself among the former camp. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The Brezhnev era was typified by cynical dementia. Books of The Times: Directly Confronting the Appalling 2011-04-04T22:00:07Z Until then I was very much looking forward to writing a cynical review about a cliché-ridden story which presumably wormed its way up the bestseller lists with Stephanie Meyer's complimentary review on the front cover. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - review 2013-05-04T11:00:00Z The festival, she continued, “tempts the cynical observer to get all misty-eyed about the artistic fruits of democracy in America, even as the works critique the maladies of society.” John Reilly, 74, a Champion of Documentary Video, Dies 2013-08-12T02:12:58Z I’d rather try to stay cynical and slightly distant from it. Terry Gilliam and the Time He Shared a Crew With ‘Star Wars’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The film was consistent with Balabanov's cynical view of modern Russia and a crumbling European economy. Aleksei Balabanov obituary 2013-05-19T17:18:05Z From a cynical perspective, we don’t want to see another franchise movie, another reinvention. 'Creed' Director Ryan Coogler on His Chemistry With Michael B. Jordan 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The show’s Kenya is a successful, cynical screenwriter living an extravagant Los Angeles life and raising children with his wife, played by Rashida Jones. What’s on TV Friday: ‘#blackAF’ and ‘Selah and the Spades’ 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Flash forward three university degrees and 20 years of classroom instruction later and the wiser, slightly more cynical me thinks: Heartbreak becomes burnout for teachers when work is turbulent 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z People who reboot old movies are seen as hacks; cynical, idea-free megalomaniacs who'd happily stamp all over your childhood memories for a stack of coins. A Twilight reboot? My blood's racing 2012-06-22T14:50:03Z Ben, I’m not nearly that cynical — LOL — but yes, there is an unrelenting sameness to this whole festival thing. Why We’re Not Making Plans for Coachella and Bonnaroo 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s a line so cynical it could be a bumper sticker for Mayor Quimby. 'You made this bed, America!' How House of Cards turned the tables on us 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The war on sex is how the religious right and cynical politicians are using the issue of sexual regulation for undermining secular democracy. A night at the vibrator museum 2012-05-20T00:00:00Z Winning is what celebrity is, and the streamlined, indestructible musical satire “Chicago” has been making the cynical point and laughing all the way to the bank for two decades now. Review \| How ‘Chicago’ became the musical for every American decade, for all time 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z What was more surprising — or, for the cynical, more predictable — was the way it percolated up. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z As is typical of noir stories, our "hero" is a cynical outsider with a dirty past and a lousy present. Comics: Vertigo Crime's 'Noche Roja' set on border of terror 2011-01-18T20:05:04Z I basically really enjoyed this movie, even while lamenting that I was enjoying it under mendacious premises and that there was something fundamentally cynical about its elegiac, retrospective tone. “X-Men: Days of Future Past”: Superheroes face the sunset 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z The performers felt like cynical manipulators; the audience left the hall with their desires no more gratified than when they came in. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s easy to be cynical about celebrity engagements — or any engagement, really. A Close Reading of Ariana Grande’s Engagement Announcement 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z This would be a proportionate response to the cynical brutality of Osborne and co. Letters: The right response to Newcastle's arts cuts 2012-12-18T21:00:06Z Some of the most cynical people who have ever lived — Bing Crosby, Johnny Carson, John Lennon, Howard Stern, Frank Sinatra — in the presence of Tiny Tim, they completely broke down. Penn Jillette Lives on Hot Baths and Cold Watermelon 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Besides, it’s hard to be cynical about a show that is so knowing in its portrayal of naïfs. Television Review: Sunny Town, Gloomy Boss 2011-02-08T22:17:19Z “The very meaning of art, as I understand it, is incompatible with the cynical politics of this administration,” she wrote. ‘Essential Essays’ Show Adrienne Rich’s Vulnerable, Conflicted Sides 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z “This makes the public more cynical, which makes it less likely to want to intervene.” What it takes to be in Vogue 2012-06-11T14:58:00Z Thirty-three years later, after those three sequels and a couple of cynical hybrids that grafted the Alien monster to the Predator drone, Scott has returned to his space-horror child. Prometheus: Alien Minus One 2012-06-05T13:20:45Z She also isn’t entirely cynical, or unsympathetic, toward those passionately dedicated to a profession of inescapable existential turmoil. Comic angst, alive and well on Seattle stages 2013-01-31T23:00:10Z That seemed slightly cynical, but better than the more forthright “Happy Birthday! My mechanic left this in my back seat.” Saturday Mornings with Click and Clack 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z As suave Roger Sterling, vodka in one hand, mistress in the other, Slattery was the cynical comic foil of “Mad Men.” John Slattery’s turn from adman to ink-stained wretch 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z But given how eagerly this exhibition wants to change the conversation about Warhol, it seems odd to limit the nonpaying public to his most transactional and perhaps cynical work. Review \| Warhol said he wanted to be ‘a machine.’ Two new shows prove he was anything but. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z But it maintains a tricky, entertaining balance between the violence and suspense of its conspiracy-minded mysteries and a continuous current of deadpan, fondly cynical wit. Review: Guy Pearce Is ‘Jack Irish’ in a Noir Down Under 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The kids seem to share, at least in part, a cynical acceptance of shrunken, claustrophobic lives with the adult characters we’ve already met. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z "He seemed assured and optimistic when many other blacks were cynical and bitter," writes Rampersad. 'Selected Letters of Langston Hughes' a glimpse of enigmatic poet 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z It is difficult to imagine a more bloodless season than this one, or a more generally cynical one. In Paris, the Hunt for Real Emotion 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z While Armond is cynical and intense about how he approaches his role, did you find sympathy for the demands of hospitality workers in portraying him? “White Lotus” star bids Aloha to a shocking finale: “Privileged, rich people get away with stuff” 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z No matter how opposed to Obama’s policies some people may be or how cynical their politics, they have to at least acknowledge and respect the raw authenticity of that emotion. “Are you fking kidding me?”: Trevor Noah unloads on inhuman Fox News tear-truthers 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Why inflate the bank account of one cynical star, we're asked, when you could be buying beachfront homes for the entire family? After Earth: keeping it in the family 2013-06-07T14:00:00Z “Around ‘Revelations’ I couldn’t be cynical,” he said. Can Dance Make a More Just America? Donald Byrd Is Working on It 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z “Particularly at that level of professionalism and experience,” he said, “people tend to be not reachable or cynical or not listening, because they have seen it all. And that is not Nina.” She’s the Hollywood Power Behind Those Seeking a Voice 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z And it included the unforgettable scene in which the cynical new chief executive played by Stephen Tobolowsky explained business realities while watching two of his thoroughbreds mate. The Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z For a moment we are in the land of “The Hunger Games,” whose cynical portrait of a corrupt ruling class suggests a dystopian Versailles of the future. Review: In ‘A Little Chaos,’ a Guileless Kate Winslet Offsets a Lavish Versailles 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The intransigence which made him the great artist he was – his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It is so unusual and touching that it destroys cynical remove. Oscar-worthy: Actor John Hawkes Searches for Love in The Sessions 2012-10-17T12:00:39Z As Penelope Longstreet, a high-strung, high-minded avatar of liberal hypocrisy, Ms. Foster is frighteningly intense, and her skirmishes with Alan Cowan, Mr. Waltz’s cynical corporate lawyer, are full of vigor and venom. \| 'Carnage': Roman Polanski?s ?Carnage,? With Jodie Foster - Review 2011-12-15T15:59:53Z It’s a very dark and cynical way to see the world that I don't necessarily embrace, but it is present. Director Denis Villeneuve walks a fine line between art and commerce 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z I like to think that the tone of the game is cynical but lovingly cynical. RedShirt – or what happens when Facebook meets Star Trek 2013-05-01T10:01:14Z There’s a cynical way to look at the use of photography at the march: that attending, for some people, was an act of vanity. Lemme Take a Selfie: The art and vanity of protest photography 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Conrad also anticipated a capitalist system’s capacity to dismantle societies, a point he illustrated through his depiction of Mr. Holroyd, the cynical American silver and steel tycoon in “Nostromo.” The Contradictions of Joseph Conrad 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z But the best scenes are the ones narrated by Walker, a man of the people whose retro wisecracks can be crass and cynical or unexpectedly reflective. Solving Crimes the Old-Fashioned Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z If the conclusion doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you’re way too cynical. Review: In ‘Megan Leavey,’ a Marine, Her Dog and a Bond Forged in War 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Journalists are cynical types and you are known for being especially so. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z When the movie touches on the Livestrong Foundation, Armstrong’s charitable support organization for those with cancer, it is portrayed as a cynical buffer against allegations of drug use. Review: ‘The Program,’ a Docudrama on the Fall of Lance Armstrong 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Their findings were disturbing, if not exactly earth-shattering: the undercover footage revealed some glaring improprieties and a few instances of callousness, plus a cynical eye for profit. TV Review: The Man Who Moves Buildings 2010-07-23T05:45:00Z The “Baby Burlesks” were “a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence,” she wrote in her autobiography, Child Star, adding that they “occasionally were racist and sexist.” Before The Good Ship Lollipop, Shirley Temple Did “Baby Burlesks” 2014-02-12T01:49:17Z Primates make ideal companions for two types of protagonist: lonely children and cynical leading men. What monkeys mean in the movies 2011-08-03T20:00:03Z These events are always made for TV, which in any ordinary year would leave one a bit cynical. Perspective \| As Trump slips out of town, Biden repurposes old symbols for new life 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z It is not cynical about love and intimacy. "What's Love Got to Do With It?" director on dating today, from apps to setups: "Love is a mystery" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z But once a coup, guerrillas and the C.I.A. intrude, that cynical effervescence turns glib. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z So of course he is the one to crack her cynical shell. ‘Honor Society’ Review: Ivy League Strategist’s Cynical Shell Is Cracked 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z A cynical mind may wonder, is his meander actually a climb? The Marc Jacobs Whisperer 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z “When people are trying to be cynical about modern ‘Doctor Who,’ they say, ‘Oh, they always cast these young fellows,’ ” he said. Peter Capaldi Goes From ‘Doctor Who’ Fan to Its Star 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z It's the only romantic comedy to emerge from Hollywood this year that doesn't feel completely defensive and cynical. "Going the Distance": Can Drew Barrymore save the rom-com? 2010-09-03T11:01:00Z From there the lanky performer was off and running with a very up-to-date monologue about her current anxieties — "No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up." Review: Lily Tomlin plays off a packed house of happy fans at the 5th Avenue 2011-01-31T00:31:02Z Their debut single, Marathon, manages to capture the spirit of early Phil Spector productions, but with a dreamy, melodic pop edge that would melt the most cynical of hearts. Best Coast and Tennis make it a sunny outlook for pop 2010-08-19T22:30:00Z Scrooge types, if some holiday shows — “The Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” “Elf” and “Wintuk,” say — are too cheery for your cynical gaze, there will soon be another option. The Week Ahead: Nov. 28-Dec. 4 2010-11-28T08:00:00Z But on “Paper Gods,” he’s newly cynical about the things that used to turn this band on. Review: Duran Duran, Yet Again, With ‘Paper Gods’ 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z I may be cynical, but I didn’t buy it. The Walking Dead Watch: Pulling Back the Curtain 2012-11-12T14:00:32Z Far from being a 'cynical' move, we're just following where our audience has already gone. BBC children's TV move 'cynical' 2013-01-08T12:44:34Z PG: Let me ask you a cynical question, which I can do now because it’s all turned out so well. Table For Three: Allison Williams and Cynthia Nixon Talk About ‘Girls’ and ‘Sex and the City’ 2014-01-17T20:33:07Z So, the solution to your problem, if there is a problem, might hinge on the answer to this question: What’s feeding your “cynical side,” life experience, Mike experience, or ... Timeout for a parent isn’t just OK, but sometimes even essential 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z “Così’s” plot, in which two men disguise themselves to test their fiancées’ fidelity, can often come across as both improbable and cynical. It’s (Almost) Business as Usual at the Salzburg Festival 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z They are just far too cynical about cynicism. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z Similar charges of cynical commercialism have been lobbed against all three artists. Wildly popular exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s art opens Saturday in Vancouver, B.C. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Rorty’s new fans may be surprised, opening their delivery, to discover a book that has almost nothing to do with the rise of a demagogic right and its cynical exploitation of the working class. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The drama seemed to capture a jitteriness and alienation that would become increasingly characteristic in the more cynical 1960s but registered as brash and fresh at its debut. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z What if you were a cynical politician who just wanted to cut taxes for rich people? Dear Class of 2012, life isn’t easy 2012-06-26T20:49:00Z She greets anyone in authority — her parents, her doctors, the guy who runs the group-therapy session at a local church — with an eyebrow raised in cynical judgment. REVIEW: "The Fault in Our Stars" Earns Its Big Fat Tears 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He’s an appealing and effective actor, no easy task when one is required to be both cynical and credulous, amorous and furious. ‘Tales of Hoffmann’: Speight Jenkins goes out on a high note 2014-05-05T16:26:58Z It’s tempting to be cynical or dismissive about this bare-bones moviemaking. ‘Halloween’ 1978: The Times Finally Reviews a Horror Classic 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z It's easy to see how you can be too cynical, but it's also possible to be not cynical enough. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z And although we meet a potential friend for Claire, it hardly seems to penetrate her isolation; this show’s always been cynical about how much a woman’s friendship can sustain you against the patriarchy. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 1: All That Was Me Is Gone 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Like O we’re glad to have it both ways: rough and sweet, cynical and naïve, champion and underdog. \| 'Savages': Review: ‘Savages,’ Oliver Stone’s Adaptation of Don Winslow’s Novel 2012-07-05T16:02:31Z Several prominent art critics also weighed in, including the Los Angeles Times’s Christopher Knight, who excoriated Bedford, implying his motives were cynical. A Baltimore museum tried to raise money by selling three pricey artworks. It backfired stupendously. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z “There’s no cynical wall there. There’s no arrogance. He’s got those qualities.” For Jason Sudeikis, It’s Time to Seize the Stage in ‘Dead Poets Society’ 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Now the most cynical marketing ploys have become utterly commonplace, with foods frequently positioned as healthy when they're actually nothing of the sort. Tv highlights 28/06/2012 2012-06-27T19:00:01Z Senenmut, fueled by bitter memories of life as a slave and an outsider’s cynical view of majesty, is the one who has the idea and the ambition to make a pharaoh out of a queen. Review: ‘Fit for a Queen’ Sees ‘Dynasty’ Centuries Before the TV Show 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Glengarry Glen Ross is spare, cynical, savagely funny. is big, romantic, filled to the brim with characters and plot in a way that marks it as a relic of an earlier playwriting era. The Root of All Evil: Glengarry Glen Ross and Golden Boy on Broadway 2012-12-11T16:00:50Z The works in “Subject to Shadowban” are united by a “cynical tone,” Ms. Blair said. A Different Kind of Museum in Hong Kong 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Quite frankly, and maybe this is me being cynical, but I wasn’t surprised at the 2016 election. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z The studio tour is a way to keep the Harry Potter machine running - but to be a success, it must avoid feeling like a cynical cash-in. Harry Potter studio to open for public tour 2011-10-13T10:36:09Z The new Jim Rockford is described as "slightly crumpled, wry humored, cynical, world weary, compassionate when it's called for and easily irritated by morons." Dermot Mulroney to star in "Rockford" update 2010-03-01T06:37:00Z But there may also be a more cynical explanation for putting the franchise back on viewer radars: Disney is rebooting “High School Musical,” which debuted in 2006 and, after two sequels, went dormant in 2008. Disney Gets Its Head in the Bad Lip Reading Game 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z A cynical voice might suggest that's fitting, given that photographs hung in barbershop windows are usually about 20 years out of date. Viva Brother: Famous First Words - review 2011-07-28T14:30:00Z The truth: It's easy to scoff and be cynical, but at least they're Saying Stuff, even if we haven't a clue what it all means. New band of the day ? No 988: NewVillager 2011-03-17T15:49:41Z The episode did leave us pondering which is more cynical, timing a pregnancy to win re-election or timing a war to win re-election? ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Scandal' in an Election Year 2012-09-28T03:24:38Z Dench is the young, pretty but poor girl that Tom Bell’s cynical burglar comes to love – but not enough to mend his ways. Every Judi Dench film – ranked! 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s a cynical view of faith, one which removes the mystery and terror from life’s unforeseen calamities, and instead frames survival as a matter of calling into the correct belief system. ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ Review: Faith as Flight Insurance 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Even Pop Idol winner Will Young insists that talent shows are "cynical and manipulative". Has Britain got talent show fatigue? 2013-03-16T06:00:00Z All the cynical MTV viewers will be switching away immediately after this. Live-Blogging the Tony Awards 2010-06-13T23:58:00Z As veteran prognosticators put it — with a sadly cynical note of surprise — there are just a lot of good movies this year. The Carpetbagger: The Awards Season Starts for Movies 2012-11-28T23:24:27Z That morsel of historical arcana is the basis of “The Favourite,” a wildly entertaining, bracingly cynical comedy of royal manners directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. ‘The Favourite’ Review: Scheming for Power in a Kinky Palace Triangle 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z You see how cynical you can be as an American. Henry Rollins calls U.S. men "the dumbest creatures" & Trump "wrongest possible" leader for pandemic 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z His “Elite Squad” movies, Brazilian blockbusters that starred Mr. Moura as an ethically erratic police commander, offered an entertaining but cynical — and controversial — look at corruption. Netflix Looks to ‘Narcos’ for a New Audience 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z She is cynical about the lasting impact of group shows generally to change the landscape. The Resurgence of Women-Only Art Shows 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z There are no revelations, only what are called, in the cynical jargon of commercial storytelling, “reveals,” bits of momentarily surprising information bereft of meaning or resonance. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z Even the most seemingly well-pedigreed films can stink like rotten fish, and even the most seemingly cynical and calculated projects can end up being at least interesting, sometimes far more than that. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z “I was a little cynical because of that saying.” You, Me and 53 Dogs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Somebody to Use is typical of what's on offer here: a cynical, cold dissection of relationships over a melody that won't quit. New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z Donovan's support of the Mexican team in the 2018 World Cup was seen by some as a cynical marketing move to keep U.S. fans tuned into the World Cup. Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico) 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z “The long journey of the show is to try to keep her from becoming too cynical.” ArtsBeat: Amy Poehler on the Return (Finally) of 'Parks and Recreation' 2011-01-20T18:55:28Z “Rookie Blue” is accordingly a little saucy, but not at all cynical, and the pilot episode takes a serious, even warmhearted look at the fluttering anxiety of the first day on the job. \| 'Rookie Blue': Missy Peregrym Plays a Sexy New Cop on ABC 2010-06-24T00:03:00Z All-Noise.co.uk … for those who like music with 'no cynical marketing gimmicks' Luke Glassford, a music fanatic who runs All-Noise.co.uk. Blog jam: All-Noise.co.uk 2013-01-23T14:42:05Z At best, it was a cynical ploy to gin up interest in the film. Movie Review: ‘Justin Bieber’s Believe,’ Directed by Jon M. Chu 2013-12-27T15:52:38Z Mr. Sorkin introduced “The Newsroom” as a fantasy workplace where reporters are glib and clever but never cynical, and there is a right side to every story. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom’ Returns, With Some New Faces and Issues 2013-07-12T21:33:38Z “I do what I want when I’m wanting to/My soul so cynical,” she notes in “Bad Guy.” Billie Eilish Redefines Teen-Pop Stardom on a Haunted, Heartfelt Debut Album 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z A more cynical agent might call it a shrewd move, a me-too book that capitalizes on a publishing fad for so-called addiction memoirs. A Book Agent?s Descent and Ascent From the Ashes 2010-05-28T22:45:00Z When someone comes along and steals from them, it makes the idealistic and the creative undeservedly cynical. Patton Oswalt on the Unsavory Business of Joke Theft 2013-06-20T17:38:33Z Rob Lowe co-stars as Father Jude, a self-centered Vatican priest who holds the title of “devil’s advocate,” tasked with disproving miraculous claims attributed to candidates for sainthood — a job that suits his cynical, snide nature. ‘You, Me and the Apocalypse’ won’t save network TV from impending doom, but . . . 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z “He was somebody who was never cynical,” said Matt Hullum, the chief executive of Rooster Teeth. Monty Oum Dies at 33, and His Fans Grieve 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Story lines that start out cynical suddenly turn syrupy. Review: ‘Hollywood’ Gives Movie History a Sudsy Rewrite 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The name is entirely, evocatively on-target: Tillman's faded folk-pop is the sound of a cynical saint on the outside looking in, voice tender and tense with equal parts desperation and resignation. Pearly Gate Music knocks on heaven's door at Neumos on Monday night 2010-07-16T22:56:00Z For more than 50 years, Feiffer has been the nation's cool creative older brother — charming, slightly cynical and a few steps ahead of the culture. Jules Feiffer dances with noir in his graphic novel 'Kill My Mother' 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Castro may emerge here as a cynical amoralist, but he is also something of a regular guy: shrewd, sardonic, finely intelligent and abrasively honest. The Autobiography of Fidel?Castro by Norberto Fuentes 2010-04-30T23:14:00Z 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 We alone worry about things and have cynical instincts, but everybody else – here, the gentiles – is nice and normal. Comedy gold: Jackie Mason's A Night at the Opera 2013-02-07T13:10:00Z Dare I say it, an ever so slightly cynical view of the world? Sam Mendes: life is sweet 2013-04-19T22:00:00Z He was merciless about the cynical use of the Palestinian cause to justify the military coups that resulted in so many Arab countries after the humiliating loss to Israel in 1948. Ali Salem’s Journey 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z In the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, the writer Marianka Swain called Turner-Smith’s casting “pretty cynical” and wrote that it was designed to have “Twitter frothing rather than adding anything to our understanding of an era.” How One Actress Is Reshaping the Story of Anne Boleyn 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z It will be humorous, it will be fun and, despite your cynical self, you will laugh. Is There a Date-Stamp on the Moving Body? 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z Mad Men fans are still debating whether its ending was cynical, heartfelt or both. Review: The Dawning of an Age-Old Aquarius 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Bit too much of a cynical tease, designed to get online Whovian fan forums buzzing, if you ask me. Review: 'Doctor Who', Episode 802, 'Inside The Dalek' -- Peter Capaldi (Almost) Takes Charge 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z And it certainly fits in with the cynical air of despair about human nature that pervades London’s stages these days. London Theater Journal: The Despot Behind a Desk 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z If I said that was something I was intrigued by, people would think I was cynical. Return to Paris 2010-02-26T09:45:00Z What of its sententious and cynical inscriptions, which glorify the lost cause, the valor, the duty, without any mention of slavery or insurrection? When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He seems cynical at best, racist at worst. Review: ‘Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ’n’ Roll,’ by Peter Guralnick 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The real story, of course, is about Gru's not-so-stony heart turning to mush as his utterly cynical adoption of the spunky gals turns into the real thing. "Despicable Me": Steve Carell's adorable supervillain 2010-07-09T17:30:00Z It was a gamble because the older I get, the more cynical I become. David Tennant: ‘Organised religion gave me a good moral compass’ 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Another wrote works of biting and often cynical satire. Shakespeare died 401 years ago, but original scripts from his era live on in a new digital archive 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Still, there’s a more cynical explanation for her mother’s prediction. Susan Miller Always Has a Story for You 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z His friends and contemporaries were astonished and upset; some of the more cynical assumed he must be having an affair with Catherine’s younger sister, Georgina, who stayed on with the family as housekeeper. ‘Mystery of Edwin Drood,’ Dickens’s Unfinished Novel 2012-11-25T00:40:06Z Mr. Grenier, his dark baritone rumbling with mordant humor, imbues his storekeeper with a dryly cynical attitude that matches nicely with his customer’s. Theater Review: ‘The Vandal’ by Hamish Linklater, at the Flea Theater 2013-02-01T03:00:00Z A young widow, cynical about love, keeps receiving letters and gifts from an unknown man expressing his passion for her. 10 Classical Concerts to Stream in November 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z The easy, cynical conclusion is that studios and publicists are going through the motions to show that they are earning their keep. The Art of the Oscars Long-Shot 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The most cynical thing Simon Cowell has ever done is to have voted her through. Last week's TV 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z He's such the benevolent guardian angel figure that the cynical viewer half-expects him to be revealed as a figment of Cal's imagination. The offensive movie cliche that won't die 2010-09-14T13:01:00Z On the ITI website, the large number of entries from Nestruck's native Canada indicate that not everyone there is as cynical about the event as he. What's your World Theatre Day fantasy? \| Karen Fricker 2010-03-26T15:28:00Z Yet “From Afar” musters enough compassion to suggest the degree to which homophobia and rejection have shaped Armando’s cynical view of life in a violent, anti-gay environment. Review: ‘From Afar,’ a Tale of Desire and Repression in Venezuela 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Silver Age TV wouldn’t know how to tell a story that’s not deeply cynical. In TV’s Silver Age, a logjam of shows that are ‘pretty good,’ but not great 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Is Mitt Romney the most cynical plutocrat ever, wooing middle-class voters but really interested only in helping his rich friends? Richard Nelson Tweaks ‘Sorry’ at the Public for Election Day 2012-11-05T23:29:19Z There is the cynical interpretation: that no one critiques that part of the message because it’s an empty platitude that no one really believes. The N.B.A. and China and the Myths of Sports Diplomacy 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z But beneath its mild staginess and intermittent mania lies a cynical, piercing parable about China’s past and perhaps its present. Review: In ‘Mr. Donkey,’ a Village School’s Ruse Farcically Backfires 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z She falls in love with an older Democratic campaign strategist, a handsome and cynical semi-hack, who sees earlier than anyone else the existential threat to American life posed by Trump. With ‘Doxology,’ Nell Zink Delivers Her Most Ambitious and Expansive Novel Yet 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z For a crime film to work, there must be a wizened, cynical cop who is close to retirement and has seen it all. Joe Queenan's guide to crime cliches 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z "A cynical romantic," he says finally, but he's not even sure about that. Jacques Audiard finds romance pulsing in steely 'Dheepan' 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Almost all classical music, though, fits the most cynical definition of public service broadcasting as stuff that the public doesn't want to see. Proms 2013: should classical music concerts be televised? 2013-07-12T11:39:12Z "We trust that our trust is not misplaced…. Trust is a force for good in our cynical world, and the Future Library is a trust-generator." David Mitchell has a new book, but you'll have to wait 98 years to read it 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The motives may be dishonest but the technique is brazen honesty – to scream: "This is the catch!" so loudly at cynical consumers that they perversely ignore it. Truthfulness in advertising? Who knows ? it could just catch on 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z While some were cynical, Crowe was quick to offer support, saying he formed a similar bond with two different horses, including one he met filming Gladiator. 'The horse knew me': Liam Neeson and Russell Crowe on working with animal stars 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Thus, in the 18th century, the visionary artist William Blake denounced Sir Joshua Reynolds and other portraitists of the day as hacks whose cynical face-painting trade undermined more imaginative artists like himself. Portraits are art for life's sake 2011-03-16T17:15:09Z The musical then pushes back against its own skepticism, depicting the powers-that-be as corrupt, cynical and manipulative, exploiting the anxieties of Judas and the other apostles. Review: In ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ an Old Story for (Yet Another) New Millennium 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z But if you subtract those geographic indicators, these cynical stories of humble people embracing absurd illusions illustrate the universal impulse to believe in a better future, no matter what. \| 'The Optimists': Best of All Possible Worlds: When Life Gives You Mud, Take a Mud Bath 2011-07-27T22:21:43Z It's tempting to suggest that Sandler makes such horrifyingly vacuous films, in which absurd gags float around in a killing void resembling outer space, because he is cynical or does not care. "Just Go With It": Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman and a sheep 2011-02-10T20:30:00Z “Intelligence is a rattrap,” says one cynical spymaster. Henri-Georges Clouzot Retrospective at MoMA 2011-12-04T04:03:02Z Simon Cowell denounced the campaign as "cynical" – which struck many as akin to Graham Norton describing an event as too camp. Rage Against the Machine 2010-06-06T23:53:00Z "My first cynical reaction was to wonder whether he has started to collect disorders for creative exploitation across the art forms," confesses Paul Taylor in the Independent, before delivering the coup de grace. Can't bear it 2010-04-08T11:37:00Z “Jeff Bridges,” the album, is hard not to see in a cynical light. New Music: The Dude Sings 2011-08-15T22:07:21Z The cynical approach to politics has led to where we are right now. The Protest Playlist, From the Hip-Hop Duo Run the Jewels 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z He has a caustic, cynical wit that is a joy to behold but is almost certainly Not Safe For Work. Noises off: About The Author 2010-08-18T15:27:00Z The new season is, if anything, even more cynical than Season 1 was about how power and fame function in America. ‘The Boys’ Is Back, More Relevant Than Ever 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z I really think you will benefit from examining in detail what happened, rather than closing it off as simply an experience that soured you and made you cynical. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z After him came the reality-TV deluge — not all of it exploitative or meanspirited or cynical, but enough of it. Jerry Springer, American Ringmaster 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z At a cafe in Primrose Hill, Alderton said that for her generation, “sincerity has become unfashionable” and that coming of age in the 2010s meant growing up in “a very cynical time.” Dolly Alderton Gives Female Friendship the Rom-Com Treatment 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z "The film is a lot less cynical than other movies I've made in terms of its comedic tone, and I think that for me was uncharted territory," he said. Ben Stiller casts 'Walter Mitty' from imagination into life 2013-12-19T22:36:03Z There are a lot of movies about movies, and the default is generally self-flattering even at its most cynical. Review: ‘Dumbo’ Goes Bonkers in Dreamland 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Diego Luna reprises his role as Cassian Andor, a cynical crook with a tragic past, who is persuaded to use his talents for deception and thievery to aid the Rebel cause. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to HBO, Hulu, Apple TV+ and More in September 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s all so funny that a cynical person might wonder if this is a calculated effort to expand her brand among millennials. Forget the handmade wreaths. Now Martha Stewart hangs with Snoop Dogg and makes weed jokes. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z It's cynical, and takes no discipline – you just copy. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z Unfolding like a thriller, the film is both cynical and galvanizing with its striking reminder that it takes a crowd — or rather, a collective — to make any kind of dent in this world. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Her songs are simultaneously harrowing, cynical, uplifting and just plain funny. Brandy Clark, the Raymond Carver of the Hot Country charts: “I live in a world where we have to tell a whole story in just three minutes” 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z No. You can't get cynical about approvals and recognitions, particularly for your team. The Carpetbagger: Ang Lee on the Digital Characters Who Can't Argue Back 2013-01-10T17:40:12Z And that is perhaps the silver lining to what critics see as a cynical effort to persuade customers that the cruise, tour or travel insurance policy they are booking is safe. Why the travel industry’s ethics matter 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Some readers may feel that the book's conclusion is too sad and cynical. 'Our Kind of Traitor': John le Carr?'s novel of the world's number-one money launderer 2010-10-13T23:08:00Z A ringing affirmation of revolutionary idealism as embodied in Lenin, the play implicitly attacked the sclerotic, cynical system of the Brezhnev years and the malign, lingering influence of Stalin. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z Some people believe audiences today have grown past what is classic Disney storytelling, that they have become too cynical for it. Film: Disney Ties Lots of Hopes to Lots of Hair 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z Shadow’s cynical logic in prodding Tom to marry Baba seemed especially right in this staging. Music Review: In Yielding to Temptation, Losing a Chance at True Love 2011-06-27T21:19:10Z But actually, this album is far less cynical in the way that it recycles the past than most contemporary rock and pop. Since I Left You by the Avalanches 2011-08-19T15:50:00Z It’s a cynical enterprise, particularly when the Philharmonic has lately been doing right by film music. Music Review: ‘Pixar in Concert’ From the New York Philharmonic 2014-05-02T22:18:35Z On the more cynical side, he jokes that so far the site seems to benefit only the wealthy. Next Stop: Hamburg?s HafenCity Project Draws Visitors to the Harbor 2010-07-16T19:57:00Z All of which have the requisite cynical snarl but collapse at the gentlest inquiry. A Novel of the Horndog in Winter 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z In this cynical calculation, if something doesn’t make those tsunami-level waves on TV, it didn’t really happen, or doesn’t really matter. Perspective \| Giuliani’s bumbling media blitz might be a calculation, not a mistake 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Sure, the characters are all broad types, from fresh-faced newcomers with dreams of stardom to grizzled, cynical veterans who've seen it all. Review: `Rock of Ages' revels in big-haired kitsch 2012-06-12T23:30:13Z But the novel isn’t just a cynical spoof about put-upon writers. ‘Life Form’: a fan’s notes to a novelist 2013-02-06T23:32:45Z Public faith is more fragile than we thought, and it can be destroyed by cynical demagogy — not just in dictatorships, but in democracies too. The Truth Is Hard. But for a New York Times Lawyer, Defending It Is Fun. 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “Sunset Blvd.” is often viewed as a cynical take on the movie industry. Analysis \| The newly relevant relationship between Trump and ‘Sunset Blvd.’ 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Basilio came across as the operatic prototype of a cynical, modern-day political operative whose repertory of dirty tricks has hardly dated. Trump Has Changed a Night at the Opera, Too 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Billed as Bollywood's Brokeback Mountain, it had a cynical British audience in stitches for almost two and a half hours. When will Bollywood offer a realistic portrayal of relationships? 2010-09-01T10:49:00Z “The cynical, disenchanted and footloose postwar youths of England, who justifiably have been termed ‘angry,’ never have been put into sharper focus,” A.H. ‘Room at the Top’: An Affair to Remember 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z It was a great experience, but I became cynical and soured quickly. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z When “Born Yesterday” opened in 1946, its casually cynical take on American politics probably gave off the aroma of warm newsprint. \| 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z The ensuing jubilation over the supposed recovery of Mal’s archives proved to be short-lived, when Claughton’s discovery was revealed to be a hoax, a cynical money-grab that was swiftly rebuked by collectors. How Yoko Ono and a publishing temp saved the Beatles' Holy Grail from the scrap heap 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z So, in 2005, he bought “Screenwriting for Dummies” and wrote a first draft of “Glee,” then conceived as a biting, cynical film along the lines of “The Virgin Suicides.” The Nice Guy Who Puts the Mean Into ?Glee? 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z This is a show populated by one of the biggest casts of sweethearts ever seen on TV, and if the people around them are cynical — and hilarious — jerks, the churlishness doesn’t quite rub off. Prime time’s antiseptic politics 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z Does it seem too cynical to read the prize that way? Alejandro Aravena: What his Pritzker win says about architecture's top prize 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It was the kind of brazenly cynical power move that even Trump, for all his nativist rhetoric, probably appreciated. ‘The Contrarian’ Goes Searching for Peter Thiel’s Elusive Core 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Mulaney has earned a reputation as a comic’s comic, a choirboy type who makes the sort of embittered observations you’d expect from a much older, more cynical man. The Stealth Success of John Mulaney 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Packer sometimes channels and sometimes overlays the voices of his confidants to point the finger at various modern criminals: lobbyists, Wall Street bankers, cynical politicians. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer – review 2013-06-17T07:30:01Z “Downton Abbey,” a series on PBS last January that was at heart a country-estate version of “Upstairs, Downstairs,” was much less cynical. Television Review: Like Old Times, Almost, In an English Household 2011-04-07T22:20:14Z CBS All Access’ “The Good Fight, ” like its predecessor “The Good Wife,” is about the conflict between principle and the cynical practice of law. How ‘The Good Place’ Became an Antihero Antidote 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z I will not be cynical,” repeated over and over. Critics Discuss ?Christian Marclay: Festival? 2010-07-23T22:31:00Z How do you separate those two things so that you don't become cynical so that you don't become tired and you don't become cranky? Comedian Tom Papa on the McCarthyism of the Left: "It's a terrifying moment" 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z The essay is oddly cynical and ungenerous, too quick to dismiss its subjects and too unwilling to consider anything positive they might have to offer. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z This will sound cynical to many, but if the Johnson administration had won the war in Vietnam, few would be searching for war crimes among the physical and human ruins of Indochina. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “It’s oddly an incredibly cynical position,” he said, “in that it deprives therapists and patients of the possibility that we as people can do better, without such heavy-handed intervention.” The Couch in Rainbow Colors: ‘L.G.B.T.-Affirming’ Therapy 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z "It's been my experience that TV executives are pretty cynical about how TV audiences react to race," Deggans wrote. Suit brings attention to 'The Bachelor' and race 2012-04-27T15:24:35Z I asked Lady Gaga if people won’t be cynical about an agenda so simple and straightforward as kindling kindness. Op-Ed Columnist: Born to Not Get Bullied 2012-03-01T04:18:08Z Introduced in 1866 and completed in 1870, this romantic frolic is built on a plot twist predictable from miles away, a triumph for true love over cynical calculation. Opera Review: ?Bartered Bride? a Fine Start to Marriage of Met and Juilliard 2011-02-16T13:36:30Z “UnREAL” is refreshingly, brilliantly cynical—about Hollywood, about dating, about American audiences. From the Duggars to the Bachelorettes, we’ve made our cynical TV beds — and this damning critique of our “reality” obsession couldn’t come at a better time 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Another study by Hsuan-Ting Chen, Chen Gan, and Ping Sun showed that the link between cynical anger and political satire was directly tied to citizen engagement. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Those with a cynical turn of mind might be tempted to rename it How I Ran the Libyan Revolution. Lévy's Libya: a philosopher's phone call to arms against Gaddafi 2012-05-25T15:00:05Z The cynical might say these reunion shows are exactly that – an empty exercise in nostalgia conceived to generate as much revenue for the ageing group as possible. Stone Roses' fourth coming revives Madchester spirit 2013-06-08T22:05:47Z During our conversation, she made clear that the first part of her comment was “cynical.” Perspective \| Did presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson merit a cover story? Some readers had doubts. 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Like Hope, Mr. MacFarlane is essentially a blank personality behind the facade of cynical, wisecracking toastmaster. Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Older people oftentimes have thick skins and are cynical, and young people are fresh and full of hope. ‘Our Young Man’ Reframes a 19th-Century Work in the 1980s 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Labour depicted the move as a cynical bid by the Lib Dems to distance themselves from an unpopular policy less than a year before the election. Nick Clegg accused of hypocrisy after U-turn on bedroom tax 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z One of the more cynical touches from the new season is the Forgivies, an awards ceremony skewering the current spate of prominent public figures who are accused of wielding their power for bad. ‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Talks About Hollywood and Forgiveness 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Some fans are skeptical about their motives, putting musicians' urge to bury hatchets down to cynical commercialism at a time when top acts can still earn a small fortune from a single live tour. UK band Stone Roses reunite 15 years on for world tour 2011-10-18T16:05:47Z She was also shocked at what she felt was Reagan's cynical detachment from her own analysis: a fight for the principles of democratic self-determination they both claimed to cherish. Margaret Thatcher biography reveals passions across the years 2013-04-21T19:41:48Z He’s really more wry than cynical, witty and reflective about his bumpy ride in show business. Donny and Marie Osmond: Cheerfully embracing their teen-idol past The media, he complained, were “terrible, cynical, sceptical and cheap”. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z But that hope is quickly buried underneath a cynical film that has nothing to offer by way of charisma, comedy or the like, outside of Chan’s name itself. ‘Ride On’ Review: Jackie Chan, Back on the Horse 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z That’s how Samuel Fuller responded to critics — for example, J. Edgar Hoover — who objected to the sketches of American lowlifes, mad men, racists and cynical soldiers in his thrillingly alive films. ‘A Fuller Life’ Tells the Story of Samuel Fuller 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z To call your reaction cynical would be an understatement. Lohan director explains why we hate Lindsay 2010-07-08T15:30:00Z It seems that despite seeming cynical about his duties at first, this particular call woke up his passion and made him own up to his transgression. Netflix's "The Guilty" isn't as progressive and critical of cops as it pretends to be 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z His cynical crony Grimwig, who insists that all boys are bad, bets that he will scarper. The classics revisited 2011-08-20T23:04:02Z Such a cynical reduction is more than just a rhetorical problem, as The New Jim Crow makes appallingly clear. Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr 2013-04-02T20:02:00Z Some people see a cynical money grab, a way to keep those theme park turnstiles clicking and little girls begging their parents for princess gowns. ‘Beauty and the Beast’: Disney’s $300 Million Gamble 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z I am an enthusiast, and being cynical when everyone else is cheering is territory as unknown to me as the moon. I should love Little Women. But sometimes it’s hard to fall in love with the perfect match \| Hadley Freeman 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z His Rochester, greyhound lean, with a crooked, cynical smile set in an angular jaw, is very plausibly a thinking girl’s half-inappropriate crush object. \| 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land 2011-03-10T22:30:15Z American films turned profoundly cynical in the 70s, leading to films such as Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, and later, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, The China Syndrome and Silkwood. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z In many ways, the widespread embrace of such cynical and corrupt tactics has backfired on the right. Anatomy of a right-wing hoax: A year later, the Planned Parenthood videos are still backfiring on the scammers 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z But if Sullivan’s vision of this country sounds cynical, her faith in individuals remains profound. Review \| In ‘Friends and Strangers,’ a new mom insists the babysitter is her buddy. She’s not. 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z If Romberg’s remarks appear cynical it is because we assume that dedications, particularly those between composers, are not sources of pecuniary profit but “expressions of respect.” Chamber Music Society Festival Centers on Dedications 2011-10-30T03:15:06Z Capitalism, in a far more grotesque form, lies at the heart of the cynical crime thriller “I Care a Lot” starring Rosamund Pike as a predatory legal guardian. Perspective \| At a perilous time, the Toronto International Film Festival captured the zeitgeist 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z But he can’t help himself; he simply cannot be as cynical as Robert. Andrew Sean Greer on Writing and Winning 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z On her , she calls Shepherd's piece a "vicious, cynical, resentful and thoroughly ugly article". Author to JK Rowling: Just stop 2014-02-24T23:04:44Z “It’s slightly conservative, slightly old-fashioned, but it’s not cynical.” Can Netflix Take Turkey’s TV Dramas to the World? 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z And his previous disquisitions on show business have been zingingly, stingingly cynical. Everything We Know About ‘Bitter Wheat,’ David Mamet’s New Play 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z I’m a little bit cynical because I think it was very connected to the whole #MeToo movement. It’s ‘Carmen.’ But Not Like You’ve Ever Seen It. 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z There is nothing cynical or spiteful about the show's humour. Mackenzie Crook unearths metal detector sitcom 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z “Maps to the Stars” is an arch, cynical film, and both honest and contemptuous about Hollywood. David Cronenberg: “Hollywood hasn’t fed me very much. Biting their hand would be gratuitous” 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z How does a show get cynical enough to drum up attention with gags like that? "Family Guy's" latest "shock" target: Veterans 2010-05-17T15:03:00Z Meanwhile, House of Cards’ cynical, transactional view of politics is familiar from pretty much every recent political drama not written by Aaron Sorkin. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z A troubled, cynical postman inherits the job of dealing with those letters, and taking that duty seriously changes his life. 'Letters to God': a faith-based drama that doesn't deliver 2010-04-08T20:14:00Z Like the movie’s portrayal of African-Americans, the movie’s representations of women straddle the border between tongue-in-cheek satire and cynical exploitation. From Bluto Blutarsky to Donald Trump: The United States of "Animal House" at 40 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z Not to mention that we've all grown pretty cynical about politics these days; nothing much shocks us anymore. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "The Ides of March" 2011-10-05T13:18:05Z The cynical eye might alight on “Darkest Hour,” Joe Wright’s depiction of Winston Churchill’s first days as wartime prime minister. Best Pictures, Maybe, but Telluride Is Not About Oscars 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z A cynical bunch, they've pretty much given up on ideas such as "right" and "wrong" and instead spend their time exploring in their work more ambiguous situations. TV highlights 27 December 2010-12-20T03:35:00Z "Right now we're somehow this poster child of Seattle ... but you can't expect it to last," Russell said, admitting he's the cynical one in the group. The Head and the Heart left town, came home famous 2011-04-28T20:14:13Z The problem with this generation of electronica is that it is deeply, deeply cynical. Feedback loop: your reviews and comments 2012-08-06T09:53:38Z The idea that the United States is being taken over by this utterly cynical group of people who know that this is a rigged game and just kind of gives lip service. Cannes: How the bankers fleeced the world 2010-05-19T15:20:00Z In his most cynical moments, Fen accuses his wife of “discovering” the matriarchal cultures she wishes existed. ‘Euphoria,’ a novel based on Margaret Mead, by Lily King The question that advances this episode is whether Chase, with his injury, will become as cynical as House, whose injury defines him. House Watch: Ending the Chase 2012-02-14T14:45:51Z Having resurrected the seldom-performed “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” last year, Terrence O’Brien, the troupe’s inventive artistic director, has turned his attention to the knotty “Troilus,” the most cynical love story that Shakespeare ever spun. The Week Ahead: July 4 ? 10 2010-07-01T16:02:00Z Mr. Costello also had a sardonic tune with God as its cynical narrator, “Come the Meantimes,” from “Wise Up Ghost,” his 2013 collaboration with the Roots. Elvis Costello Treats Carnegie Hall to a Solo Show 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z “Kind of appropriate, but also kind of cynical,” he says finally. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Viewed through cynical eyes, the coffee shop might look like fodder for the satirical television series “Portlandia,” which pokes fun at the region’s cultural quirks and earnest, progressive ideals. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z Any expression of “unabashed gratitude” seems an anomaly in today’s highly cynical and ironic age. Poet Ross Gay is on a roll: He talks gardens and gratitude 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z “They’ve grown up in such a cynical time,” he said, “that they’ve never seen the law used to make things better.” It’s Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Jose's mom has the exact same heavenly twinkle in her eyes as he does, and her inner light makes me feel like a cynical crone underserving of love. Stepping, samba and more damaged goods on "SYTYCD" 2010-07-22T12:01:00Z It’s hard not to want more of the cynical, large-hearted Bro. How do we shape memories of those we've lost? A friend's death triggers 'Good Grief' 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Less cynical and more hopeful than the movie, it gives us a Buddy who is still cruel but not so callous, and thus a better candidate for our sympathy. Review: Billy Crystal Carries the Tune in ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z But let's be under no illusion that by and large the remake business is a cynical money-making exercise. The Death at a Funeral remake should have died an early death 2010-04-16T11:16:00Z The book contains dozens of imperishable phrases and judgments, but few stick in the mind like the opening of his Wilder demolition: "Billy Wilder is too cynical to believe even his own cynicism." Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z "The governor and the legislature have acted in a blindly cynical manner here, it seems." New York’s bars, restaurants and distillers say they’re suffering from the abrupt end of to-go cocktails 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z That may sound a little cynical, but it’s how a series becomes something more than an above-average action thriller. Review: ‘Fauda’ Returns on Netflix, Guns Blazing 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z In practice, though, it had essentially set out a series of cynical guidelines for how to exercise that right. The Civility Wars 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z When three unmarried sisters in “Fiddler” confront the village matchmaker, two of them hopeful and the third cynical, they all end up having second thoughts: Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Dies at 99 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Majid Majidi’s latest feature doesn’t lack in style or charm, using a child’s perspective — a staple in Iranian cinema — to locate beauty and hope in a cynical world. ‘Sun Children’ Review: Treasure Hunt 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Still, Zaman doesn’t turn cynical or bitter, just increasingly anorexic. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z They end up being very cynical about the colleges they get into. In the grueling doc "Try Harder!" Asian American students strive to meet "unreasonable" expectations 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Liberals have often viewed the alliance of the religious right and Republican big business that empowered Reagan as a matter of misunderstanding, or a cynical manipulation of poor and middle-class whites by wealthy élites. We Live in the Reproductive Dystopia of “The Handmaid’s Tale” 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Instead of selling fantasies, his take on the Friedrich Hollaender song was a cheerfully cynical acknowledgment that trying to live out romantic dreams inevitably comes to naught. Review: ‘Morphium Kabarett’ Explores a Gay Man’s Erotic Life 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Their progress is tracked by a ragtag assortment of men: a documentary film crew, an evil tabloid newspaper editor and some cynical movie writers from Hollywood. ‘Spice World’ & Me 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z It’s an easy and possibly cynical move — and a plot point that has already brought the show a ton of press attention — but it’s also kind of genius. Perspective \| Rebooted Roseanne is a proud ‘deplorable.’ Can she be the Trump era’s Archie Bunker? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z These not-quite-lost souls, the spiritual children of the “Star Wars” movies, look back to better times as they stumble into a cynical, tightfisted culture of diminished opportunities. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z Seder praised MSNBC’s “thoughtful reconsideration and willingness to understand the cynical motives of those who intentionally misrepresented my tweet for their own toxic political purposes.” The odd episode of Sam Seder’s firing — and rehiring — by MSNBC 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s not a show about flashy, cynical or malignant characters. More bull from Bristol Palin 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z Mark has been assigned a school report on it, while Harris plays the cynical observer who considers the influence of money in politics a blockade to change. Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primary 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z You might be cynical about it, but at the same time wonder, ‘Is this the thing that might change my life forever?’ How “Queer Eye” approached a culturally sensitive season in Japan beyond karate and chopsticks 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But when then-President Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, Rich refused to accept it, citing the administration's "cynical politics." Adrienne Rich, feminist poet and essayist, dies 2012-03-28T22:34:09Z But not all of the analytical errors of libertarianism are so cynical. ‘Chicagonomics’ and ‘Economics Rules’ 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Take her fundraiser: some on social media have speculated that it was a scam – and then, after Calloway posted evidence of the donations, a cynical tax break. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z He describes it as “cynical, very Oscar Wildean in its humour and slightly inaccessible”. Whit Stillman: ‘I find it remarkable that people hate my work’ 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z It may be Mr. Bean’s belief that this is only fair treatment for the cynical, humanity-eating professions being examined here. Richard Bean’s ‘Great Britain’ Opens at the National 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z This video and its many imitators seemed like a cynical bid at virality disguised as a selfless act of kindness, but lately the trend has taken an even darker turn. Dance, I Said — Dance! And Leave the Package on the Porch. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Oasis Britishness stripped down to its worst and most cynical cliches: arrogance without due, rhyme without style, sarcasm without wit, pose without prose, booze without tolerance, chav without street, repetition without foundation, Wonder without Wall. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z The Tuohys' attorney also claims Oher's lawsuit is "a cynical attempt to drum up attention in the middle of his latest book tour." Is "The Blind Side" a lie? Michael Oher's claims of an adoption that never happened, explained 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z His comic is earthy, cynical and profane, as anyone who has spent time around enlisted Marines would expect. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z So if it’s that cynical, we’ve been beat up a long time. Live episode of ‘The Conners’ takes on New Hampshire primary 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The more cynical among us might wonder if many of these ascents toward ubiquity are not in fact preëngineered by corporations, but I don’t think the global psyche is quite so easily cracked. John Mayer Is a Wonderland 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z When Ms. Daum is locked in like this, balancing self-analysis with observation of the outside world, she’s among the best personal essayists of a searching, cynical generation that’s lucky to have her. ‘Unspeakable,’ Essays by Meghan Daum 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z A cynical critic might suppose that the last two hours of “Interstellar” were composed in a fit of spoiler hysteria. Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar,’ with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Von Trier told reporters he considered serial killing analogous to making art: 'You have to be cynical to do both' Lars von Trier negotiating for Cannes return after 2011 Nazi comments ban 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z As envisioned by the director Matthew White and the designer Paul Farnsworth, a cynical carnival of fools becomes a defiantly hopeful fun fair. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z “In those days I was often cynical,” Ellen admits, telling her story 20 years later. Review \| Norman Lock’s ‘American Follies’ mines America’s flawed past for dazzling fiction 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Is it too cynical to dismiss so provincial a “Carmen” as nothing more than box office bait? L.A. Opera opens its new season with 'Carmen,' again 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z If this sounds like major league fussiness — or a cynical stunt — on Nick’s part, the film, directed by Mark Steven Johnson, takes pains to get us back on his team quickly. ‘Love, Guaranteed’ Review: Swiping Left on Online Dating 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It's not quite in the cynical tradition of James Ellroy: the emphasis is on the good guys in uniform. Gangster Squad – review 2013-01-10T21:00:01Z The show's cynical take on celebrity culture, and on the ease with which perception is easily manipulated, can't help but seem relevant. Review: 'Chicago' reminds us that image is everything 2010-11-26T05:01:00Z These spaces offer a canny, if cynical, response: The guests supply the aura. The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Adolfo is certainly sufficiently monstrous in his cynical calculations, as we see him sizing up Pina’s business and little country house with an eye for his future comfort. DVD: Preminger?s ?Anatomy of a Murder? on DVD 2012-03-09T17:00:00Z Making cynical arguments to encourage their audience’s worst instincts? Perspective \| The words Trump uses, and the words the media must use in response 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Hamilton is also iconic as Sarah, who has been transformed from a helpless figure in the first movie to a hardened, cynical warrior in this one. Why the "Terminator" series matters 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Can people find peace for themselves in our cynical commercial age? ‘Forgiveness 4 You’ imagines a faster route to absolution 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z It's a very cynical and incredibly depressing way of looking at the world. Scott Adams takes on Salon 2011-06-23T14:52:00Z If this sounds cynical, it is, although it's also compelling, a kind of contextual lament. In 'Numero Zero,' Umberto Eco has his mind on conspiracy — again 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s a cynical and rather queasy premise: two pairs of happy lovers broken apart as the young men try to win Alfonso’s wager — making themselves unhappy when the girls succumb to their “new” suitors. Seattle Opera puts a zesty 21st century spin on ‘Cosi fan tutte’ 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Clooney is in Britain for Wednesday's London Film Festival premiere of the movie, which he describes as a "cynical look at politics." Clooney: Think Hollywood is cynical? Try politics 2011-10-19T15:56:54Z In “Purity”, the cynical Mr Franzen is at his most authentic when writing about writers. Being Franzen’s friends 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But mainly it just wallows in the cynical act of moral manipulation with a lot of loose ends, a high body count and some regrettable racial overtones. The body count and stereotypes pile up on 'Gang Related' 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Page continued to be the Green Goblin throughout that “Spider-Man” mishap, joking about the disasters that had befallen the show previously in the cynical, taunting voice of the Goblin. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Good Glitch, Bad Glitch 2011-02-10T17:42:16Z So writing the book, I really tried to open myself up to these voices and be inspired, which as a cynical Gen Xer I sometimes find hard to do. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: An Oral History of ‘Angels in America’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Here’s the best Rolling Stones song in decades, all cynical attitude and lunging garage-rock guitar chords. The Playlist: Bad Bunny Gives Drake a Spanish Lesson, and 12 More New Songs 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Boss is a swing-for-the fences drama that can be as reflexively cynical and brutal about politics as The West Wing was reflexively hopeful and earnest. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z You hear words like gratitude and universe and meditation all the time in LA, so sometimes as a cynical person like me, I don't have time ... like I don't take that stuff seriously. Chelsea Handler opens up about long-buried grief: "I'm not fully fixed or complete" 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z I want to see how Carrie deals with murderous enemies abroad and cynical** bosses at home. Homeland Watch: Baby Mama Drama 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z “I suppose it’s sometimes quite cynical, but it’s very funny at the same time. And she exposes racism and narcissistic behavior in society,” Berman added. American Directors Bring Fresh Visions to Europe’s Opera Stages 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z I think what really happens is that experience painfully rips away layers of scales from our eyes, and so we do indeed become more cynical about many of the things we naively accepted when younger. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian If you were of a more cynical disposition, you would assume the record label had paid her. Jake Bugg: 'Mumford and Sons look like posh farmers with banjos' 2013-02-07T20:00:02Z He was frank about the cynical needs of the pop industry and the cruel distinction between being good and being great — the difference between a singer and a star. The End of ‘American Idol,’ TV’s Last Cultural Big Tent 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Smart, cynical and witheringly articulate, Dennis has a restless, resentful mind that grasps the absurdity in everything. Theater Review: Kenneth Lonergan’s ‘Medieval Play’ at Signature 2012-06-08T02:05:00Z Because in Michael J Leeson’s exuberantly cynical script, based on the book by Warren Adler, hard work only gets you so far. The War of the Roses at 30: still one of the nastiest comedies of all time 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Rick, Harmon says, represents humanity at its smallest and most cynical. How Rick and Morty became TV’s most unlikely hit 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The cynical way to look at this is that bar customers are paying to serve as lab rats. The David Chang Restaurant Almost Nobody’s Heard Of 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z Simulated or not, that kiss could have been staged for a more cynical reason: publicity for her new single “Can’t Be Tamed.” Noticed: Celebrity Kissing: What Does It Mean? 2010-06-18T18:41:00Z Am I being cynical for pointing out the obvious? "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Keeping track of that number would inevitably necessitate a spreadsheet, or at least note-taking, which even Seagull sees as a step too far: “I haven’t got that cynical yet.” All you need is maths? The man using equations to find love 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Watching the full clip, it doesn't sound like he's comparing gay people to al-Qaida at all — it sounds like he's being cynical about the hubris behind a marketing strategy. O'Reilly's gay comment: Defamatory or just dumb? 2010-06-04T16:30:00Z It was difficult not to feel cynical as I walked out of the performance — the break from being sold stuff that I’d been promised — to have Beautyrest representatives handing me branded energy drinks. On the Mattress for ‘Sleep,’ an 8-Hour Lullaby 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The characters who do vaunt piety tend to be hypocrites: the most harrowing religious tale is told by the cynical and dishonest Pardoner. Why did Chaucer not make it into Treasures of Heaven? 2011-08-05T13:31:37Z Jeff Bridges plays a formerly cynical DJ named Jack who's been trying to be a better person since an on-air incident that ruined several people's lives — including Parry's. Home Entertainment: Robin Williams is a keeper in 'Fisher King' 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z I am prepared to be cynical about this new food historicism. Books of The Times: Jane Ziegelman?s ?97 Orchard? Is a Culinary History 2010-07-27T18:33:00Z The concern is that canned wine’s grass-roots revival will be overtaken by more cynical efforts and turned into just another momentary trend. The next time you want to drink wine outdoors, try popping a top 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s hard not to bring the same cynical understanding to the publishing industry, which keeps trying to pass off waterlogged ideas as fresh. Margaret Atwood rewrites Shakespeare. Who will do it next — Gillian Flynn? Yes. 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z But it’s a mistake to be too cynical about efforts to push the form or to borrow from new sources, because that’s what will keep comedy growing. Stand-Ups Get Experimental in Five Adventurous New Specials 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Maybe I’m getting cynical in middle age, but I kept unzipping Bauer’s carefully spun fleece and finding myself face to face with the aforementioned wolf. Learning to Heal, With a Little Fur Machine 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z Like the much less good Broken City, it's a cynical tale about the sweet smell of corruption in the city that never sleeps. Arbitrage – review 2013-03-03T00:05:29Z It doesn’t put stock in people who tell kids to have faith in themselves because it suits their own cynical purposes—but it really does want kids to believe in themselves. The Best Episode of the New “Black Mirror” Is a Princess Tale Starring Miley Cyrus 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Weigel: How much more cynical do you think the electorate is now? How the Clinton-Gingrich years became ‘the good old days’: Republicans revisit 1994 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Seth MacFarlane, the creator of TV's Family Guy, has co-written and directed a stoner fantasy which is cynical and lethargic, sour and dour; it is misanthropic, crass, facetious, offensive, immature and very funny. Ted – review 2012-08-02T14:30:02Z The bad guys win in this cynical opera. Music Review: Bad Guys Singing Of Love And Power 2010-11-19T05:30:00Z Both these factors — creeping right-wing hysteria at home and cynical maneuvering abroad — combined to embitter Wisner’s operators. When America’s Cold War Strategy Turned Corrupt 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Ours is a humility born of a parvenu's shoulder chip balanced by pride in a thing made better than anyone else, anywhere else can make it â€” self-knowledge both cynical and satisfied. 'Wheedle's Groove' documentary captures the soul of Seattle 2010-09-02T20:06:00Z Is this cynical advice good advice in the long run? Perspective \| Carolyn Hax: Single-mom sister teaches her kids a cynical view of love. Is she wrong? 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z A best seller in Korea, this novel traces the defining relationships of its cynical, hard-drinking narrator’s young adulthood, from college to postgraduate life in Seoul to burgeoning literary success. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z What you hope when you meet somebody is that they are as cynical as you thought they’d be, and at the same time that they’re kind. Paul Weitz wrote ‘Grandma’ for an audience of one: Lily Tomlin 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z I would love to see large budgets handed to directors who have ambitions to advance the medium, not engage in cynical and rote franchise... ‘Avengers,’ the Most Lucrative Movie Franchise Ever, Is Wrapping Up. Why? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, it is hard to be cynical about these tiny, driven winemakers. The cult of natural wine – 'this is like punk or acid house' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z As a warning of what was to come — or as a cynical investment strategy — you could do worse, in 2003, than focus on subprime loans, refinancing and online degrees. Is Spam Trying to Tell Us Something? 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z It’s what passes for wisdom, being ironic and cynical. Barack Obama and Bryan Cranston on the Roles of a Lifetime 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z But Affleck’s caped crusader, certainly by the time of his final turn in Justice League, seemed to have morphed into more of a cynical, wisecracking type than the tortured soul of Christian Bale-era Batman. Ben Affleck's Batman was hard to like – but the man himself deserves some empathy 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Retired from the Marines after just under eight years as a combat engineer that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Garvey has, by his own reckoning, grown into a “distrusting and cynical” adult. For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z In many ways, the cinematic medium itself might hold the key to the difference between cultural appropriation — whether in the form of cynical co-opting or earnest condescension — and meaningful, intimately observed storytelling. White filmmakers, black characters and the fear of cultural appropriation 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z All of them, without question, were cynical attempts to piggyback on our knowledge of an existing franchise. Breaking Bad: The Movie? Why it could be Vince Gilligan's worst idea 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z What could be more contemporary than George M. Cohan’s bluntly cynical, “Life’s a Funny Proposition After All,” written in 1904? Music Review: Maude Maggart’s ‘Into the Garden’ at Feinstein’s 2012-06-07T21:52:17Z Eun-yi pursues their affair with a determination that seems both simple-minded — can she really believe that this entitled, cynical man, however dashing he might seem, is in love with her? — and ruthlessly cunning. Movie Review: Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family 2011-01-20T22:00:38Z In the past, Mr. Franzen tended to impose a seemingly cynical, mechanistic view of the world on his characters, threatening to turn them into authorial pawns subject to simple Freudian-Darwinian imperatives. Books of The Times: Jonathan Franzen?s ?Freedom? Follows Family?s Quest 2010-08-15T21:30:00Z Fair enough: there’s enough in the first episode to suggest that Anger Management could be a decent cynical comedy if it wanted to. TV Tonight: Anger Management 2012-06-28T11:43:48Z And the themes they explore are tired, cynical, sub-Disney bromides about family reconciliation and self-discovery. Review: ‘The Lego Ninjago Movie’ Sticks to the Instruction Manual 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z I always thought her journey would be a struggle for her not to become cynical. Amy Poehler trades "SNL" skits for single character 2010-12-01T03:06:00Z The cynical explanation, commonly heard in comedy circles, is that the service just outspent everyone else. The Netflix Executives Who Bent Comedy to Their Will 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z His eternal optimism will frustrate the cynical female detective he often works with, but she can’t argue with the results that his unique perspective provides. Fox picks up new shows 'The Grinder' and 'Rosewood' 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Into this unpleasant stew she then adds the cynical and greedy Zardari. Songs of Blood and Sword by Fatima Bhutto 2010-04-24T23:09:00Z We wanted to make this not just cynical and Mormon-bashing, but hopeful and happy, because to me that’s what musicals are all about. ArtsBeat: Holy Terrors: A Conversation With the Creators of 'The Book of Mormon' 2011-02-16T16:23:16Z He will try to embitter people about things that once offered hope and substitute cynical partisan tribalism for the old, imperfect idealism of one American Dream and destiny. Perspective \| Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z I was being cynical when I said I want to pay the rent. Hollywood's fickle; family ties endure 2011-03-16T21:28:00Z The character of Rue, an anxious and cynical teenager with a substance abuse problem, dominates the narrative of "Euphoria." How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z To Ms. Goodwin’s credit, the book has enough sexual heat to make Cora’s inevitable marriage to Ivo seem like something beyond a cynical business transaction, though it has its cynical aspects. Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z The Righteous Gemstones and Perpetual Grace, Ltd are dark comedies that present American evangelical churches as cynical and hypocritical exercises in fleecing the vulnerable out of money while their pastors live like rock stars. Crooked preachers and sexy priests: has TV got a problem with Christianity? 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z The incursion of humor was taken as proof of an ironic stance, which in turn signaled subversive intent or a cynical detachment from the material. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Americans may be cynical about journalism, but not so much so that they're willing to allow reporters to exaggerate wildly, as Williams did — consciously or not. Americans' ability to forgive, forget fibs depends on who tells them 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Only in her 40s did she begin her first novel, "Poor George," about a cynical school teacher who finds purpose - and ruin - in mentoring a vagrant teenager. Paula Fox looks back on a wayward life 2011-05-05T10:32:09Z “She was irreverent, she was cynical, and she was bitterly funny and caustic and all these things. But she was always fun to be around,” he added. Leia leads resistance in Carrie Fisher's final 'Star Wars' film 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z It’s a little hard not to be cynical about that hindsight. Motherlode Blog: Why Are College Kids Defending Joe Paterno? 2011-11-10T14:04:24Z Accustomed to the ways of men on the base, she’s understandably cynical about the male sex in general but accepting of her husband. ArtsBeat: London Journal: Shakespeare’s Liars and Lovers 2013-07-05T15:47:54Z In which case you have already anticipated my second point: Mr. Cattelan directs these barbs at art from inside the art world, rather than lobbing insults from some cynical distance. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Finally, there’s a chance encounter with another foreigner, who is more seasoned, more cynical; together, they turn Tokyo into a playground and leave when the fantasy fades. Watching Tokyo Through the Eyes of Outsiders 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z But the movie is magically impervious to cynical disdain. A Beguiling Beginners: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor and a Talking Dog Learn to Start Over 2011-06-03T10:05:00Z Dixie is older, a little more cynical and a lot less comfortable. TikTok Made Them Famous. Figuring Out What’s Next Is Tough. 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z "I don't always express myself as clearly as I should … I'd like to say this was a publicity stunt, but I'm really not that clever, and I'm definitely not that cynical." Michelle Shocked 'damn sorry' for anti-gay comments 2013-03-21T10:25:33Z Temple later described them as "a cynical exploitation of our childish innocence that occasionally were racist or sexist". Obituary: Shirley Temple 2014-02-11T10:31:05Z A more “cynical” filmmaker than Audiard would have portrayed technology as “isolating,” Tomine said, noting that “it’s almost a daring artistic choice to have it move toward actual romance and connection.” Parisian Love Stories for the Age of Talk Less, Message More 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z No one in the history of the world has ever been passionately cynical. It’s good to be pretentious! 2012-06-28T00:00:00Z Yet the song isn't cynical or arrogant, but a proud declaration — a vibe lead singer/lyricist Simon Le Bon underscores with an urgent, confident vocal delivery that leverages his theatrical background. "Planet Earth" at 40: The perfect debut single that boldly launched Duran Duran 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z What’s more, he wrote, the relationship furthers the cynical public view that the news media is “in cahoots” with the people they cover, especially liberals. Nina Totenberg was close friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Was that a conflict for NPR? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Rebecca Nicholson When Jamie announced he was setting up a school, there was an understandably cynical reaction from some, accusing him of wading into areas he knew nothing about. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-04-13T06:59:00Z The cynical romanticism of noir and the cosmic mind games of speculative sci-fi are a tricky and not always successful blend. Review: ‘Altered Carbon,’ Netflix’s ‘Blade Runner’ Replicant 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z And the whole thing is infused with the wit and warmth that so endeared Gavin & Stacey to its fans, but crucially, has none of the more cynical comic set-pieces that marred it. Have you been watching ? Stella? 2012-02-10T11:19:38Z It's ending up mostly as a cynical collection of office towers, a palisade of rentable space. Gravity's Rainbow: The 9/11 Memorial Manages a Delicate Balance Between Grief and Consolation 2011-09-09T21:00:00Z That’s one of the takeaways of “Only the Animals,” a cynical French puzzler from the director Dominik Moll about a woman who goes missing. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z We made popcorn every Sunday night and watched, and she would provide voice-over: cynical, outrageous stuff. Modern Love: Appreciating a Difficult Mother 2010-03-12T18:40:00Z It’s easy to be cynical about a Cats movie, then, in large part because a Cats movie seemed an absurd impossibility for so long. Litter-ally terrifying: is Cats the creepiest film of the year? 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z But it is a dark and cynical film, and it makes a good test case for film noir, a category that resists clear definition. The 1947 ‘Nightmare Alley’: A Dark View of Class as Destiny 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z “I don’t think people like Hacksaw Ridge for cynical reasons,” says the publicist I spoke to, “but this is Hollywood at the end of the day. It is a business.” Can Mel Gibson ever be rehabilitated? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Enter our cynical protagonist who used to repossess organs and is now being hunted for his heart. Review \| Let’s talk about ‘Starship Troopers’ and other science fiction and fantasy novels that wowed us on screen 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Instead of piety, she offers a pragmatic, borderline cynical view of how faith operates. ‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z 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 In tension with Don’s supposed personal growth was perhaps the most cynical vision imaginable: our hero had hit on a way to sell sugar water by linking it with global peace. The Original, Resonant, Existentially Brilliant “Mad Men” Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z “In the Olympics, you don’t go in with a cynical approach.” Bringing the Sistine Chapel to Life, With the Vatican’s Blessing 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Nothing is irritatingly wrongheaded about Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s direction or choreography — cynical ambivalence about these sins is built into this 1933 ballet by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill — but nothing is remotely memorable either. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z The prickly tone is a difficult balancing act, and “Diamond Tongues” may settle for being a softer-hearted film than its most cynical scenes portend. Review: In ‘Diamond Tongues,’ Leah Goldstein Plays a Flawed Actress 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z And I would argue that in courting its audience, this “Pippin” is ultimately more cynical than Fosse’s. Theater Review: ‘Pippin,’ Directed by Diane Paulus, at the Music Box Theater 2013-04-26T02:01:15Z Smith expertly traces the impact of this separation: “Barbara developed some cynical ideas about marriage. It was the antithesis of freedom, and freedom mattered most.” Troubled Marriages, Old and New 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z "It's the last bastion of peace and innocence in a very cynical time." TCM Fest: Andrews, Plummer reunite for 'Sound of Music's' 50th 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The best Joyce Manor songs are vulnerable but not fragile, cleareyed but not cynical. Even Punks Learn Regret. ‘Cody’ Is Joyce Manor’s Take on Aging 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Lee Smith’s The Strong Horse explores the Mubarak government’s cynical efforts to manipulate popular sentiment and maintain power. ArtsBeat: A Reading List for the Egypt Crisis 2011-02-03T21:45:45Z Mr. Cusack’s sardonic, understated portrayal of Rat, who is not quite what he says he is, grounds the movie in a wistfully cynical realism. Movie Review: In ‘Adult World,’ a Naïf Dreams of Literary Glory 2014-02-13T23:21:16Z His material has the landscape of a Tom Waits song, crusty and cynical, inspiring bleak laughter that sounds as if it might turn into a cough at any moment. Dave Attell Is Our Greatest Club Comic (Says the Writer He Made Fun Of) 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z I'm closing this with "Scarin' Babies" because, in its own way, it best captures the distinct brand of cynical progressivism that defines the group. The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z If Thomas ran an amusement park, there would be a sign right by the turnstile: “You must be this cynical to take this ride.” Writing (and not writing) during a political maelstrom 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The older ones, such as Korolev, are cynical, though wary even of their own children. Thrillers roundup – reviews 2013-07-04T09:00:00Z When it came to death and where someone spends their eternal rest, literature's most hard-boiled detective, Philip Marlowe, was pretty cynical. Raymond Chandler historian cracks lost wife case 2010-09-18T18:32:00Z Our film industry, and our film journalism industry, can be pretty cynical and exhausted. Cry freedom for Jafar Panahi 2010-12-21T11:15:46Z A bizarre and ultimately self-sabotaging movie that defies categorization, "Kick-Ass" is at times cheap and cynical, while in other moments is ingenious and strangely noble. 'Kick-Ass' knocks comic-book conventions upside down 2010-04-16T00:31:00Z Because everybody lived down in cynical LA and we don't. Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' 2011-07-22T15:10:05Z Clue: it's a medical drama named after its protagonist – a cynical, unconventional, emotionally damaged genius doctor who shows a sardonic contempt for authority . TV review: Monroe, The British at Work 2011-03-10T22:05:01Z “Sort of shrewdly, from a cynical standpoint, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if you could combine these two things,’ ” Mr. Grahame-Smith said. Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy 2011-05-09T12:00:00Z “The French are not cynical, but a bit skeptical about the human nature,” the ambassador says. In Charlie Hebdo tragedy, the French ambassador finds his place in Washington 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z I prefer proper drama or true reality to this cynical fusion of the two. Is time up for scripted reality shows? 2012-02-08T15:20:11Z In fact, both Toy Story 3 and Harry Potter 7, far from being cynical reheatings of grub the public was known to buy, featured impressive departures of technology and tone. Why sequels will not come first this year 2011-01-02T18:59:01Z Like Oasis and Blur, like Kate Moss and love doves and Firestarter, it was of its time and captured that time’s cynical yet optimistic, hedonistic heart. Ewan McGregor: ‘What if I'm not Scottish enough any more?’ 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z “Strictly a Female Female” is wild and messy in a 1990s do-it-yourself way and showed, in Ms. Donohue, a more mature artist who nevertheless remains as cynical and bold as ever. Dance Review: Insects Flee, and Kitty Seeks Revenge 2011-05-22T20:58:11Z The movie goes beyond mere chills to point to the terrible anonymity of modern communications and to attack corporate America's cynical indifferences towards its employees. Buried 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z The ceremony broke through the cynical shell we’ve all built up while watching these things multiple times that evening. Chris Rock’s Oscars didn’t “fight the power”: A night of crude jokes and cynical deflection is a poor way to show progress 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z 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 The easy, cynical view is that this is just people with too much money and oversized appetites buying into hype. Can a Christmas pudding ever be worth ?250? 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z He genuinely loved the attention, they said, and never said a cynical word about his fans. The movie that foretold the rise of Donald Trump 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z Either the size of the advance changed his mind or, more likely, that was always a cynical fib. The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume One: Prelude to Power 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z A deeply cynical movie masquerading as a complex moral dilemma, the Australian drama “Felony” proves only that skilled actors and slick photography can tart up even the most problematic script. ‘Felony,’ a Drama About a Police Cover-Up 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But the balloon soon realizes how they can play: a solution so simple, charming and hopeful that it will buoy even cynical grown-ups for the rest of the day. Spare Times for Children, for Jan. 25-31 2013-01-24T22:45:09Z Cheerfully cynical yet with a sincere appetite for the game, “The Circus” is both a document and an example of the superficiality of today’s elections. Review: ‘The Circus’ Is Reality TV for a Reality-TV Presidential Race 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z One to give to your friends who are cynical about what politics can achieve. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Fonda plays Gloria, apparently the most cynical and ruthless contestant in the running, but dealing with an inner hurt. Jane Fonda's 10 best films – ranked! 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Neckbone's motives are initially cynical and mercenary, though he gradually warms to the outsider. Mud – review 2013-05-11T23:07:24Z Such a radically new approach to politics might even re-engage an increasingly apathetic and cynical public. Why the satirist John O'Farrell would make a great MP for Eastleigh 2013-02-13T12:55:01Z But I’m really proud of it for what it is — sincere and not cynical. Two Old Acting Pals, Together on Film at Last 2011-04-22T23:33:01Z Humphrey Bogart is the tough, cynical American with a broken heart, brooding over chess problems in the private room of his bar in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan capital. Casablanca ? review 2012-02-09T22:30:02Z Instead, he has become a cynical rich oligarch with a villa and bodyguards in a Czech resort town. Review \| John le Carré’s new thriller takes aim at Trump, Brexit and the Russia mess 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “Don’t get cynical, don’t ever think you can’t make a difference.” Obama’s Lessons, Unlearned 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Here we start to see Bad Andy, the source of so much that is cynical and empty in the art of today. Andy Warhol: the case against 2012-06-20T13:52:49Z Whereas his first concerto ends in a parade of riotous, Ives-like quotations — a cynical pileup of putatively patriotic melodic sentiments — the second is less obvious in its moods. Decades Later, a Composer Revisits the Piano Concerto 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z However many reasons there are to be cynical, the committee took its shot, told its story and trusted that we still had decency, at long last. The Jan. 6 Hearings Did a Great Service, by Making Great TV 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Somewhere in there you'll find a trio of cynical, out-of-work musketeers, the casualties of "budget cuts," as one of them notes. 'The Three Musketeers': Not one for all 2011-10-19T22:31:04Z Hero and Do You Know? are almost drowned out by screaming, but it's a cynical show at the expense of people who've paid to see it. Enrique Iglesias/Lemar ? review 2011-03-27T20:45:01Z It’s a cynical move, and a pretty hard slap in the face to the victims, wrapped as morning entertainment in between the weather and cooking tips. Dottie Sandusky: Victims “saw money” 2014-03-12T13:48:00Z This is nothing more than a cynical ploy to cash in on the original movie's phenomenal box office performance. 'Tis the season of good horror as The Last Exorcism tops US box office 2010-08-30T12:14:00Z I am too cynical to get on board this particular Oprah bandwagon – too British, too atheist, too sensitive to schmaltz. Is gratitude the secret of happiness? I spent a month finding out 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z It’s tricky to pull off, and Butterworth has a way of giving sentimentality a dry, cynical edge that doesn’t dispose you to care about his characters as much as you need to. ‘Mammals’ Review: James Corden Gets Back to What He Does Best 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z And will Alex’s growing infatuation with his employer destroy his relationship with his TCM-watching boyfriend, who takes a cynical view of Streisand’s public persona? Review: Michael Urie in ‘Buyer & Cellar’ at Sidney Harman Hall “I don’t care how smart Jimmy Carter is, or how cynical,” he said in a 1977 interview. Burt Lancaster in ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ 2012-10-20T23:03:01Z So, the solution to your problem, if there is a problem, might hinge on the answer to this question: What’s feeding your “cynical side,” life experience, Mike experience, or . Carolyn Hax: Is ‘timeout’ from the family a good idea? “We started a super PAC because we didn’t just want to be cynical about the process but to be involved, to have skin in the game.” Political Art in a Fractious Election Year 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z “It sounded much more meanspirited and cynical, to tell the story of Karen Carpenter with Barbie dolls, than the actual experience of watching the film,” Mr. Haynes recalled. VHS Film Retrospective at Museum of Arts and Design 2012-06-28T14:00:00Z We do have proof that exposure to satire makes people more cynical and increases negative attitudes towards politics. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z But that seemed cynical, so I decided to consult the experts: I went to see the movie with a bunch of ten-year-old boys, and then read the comic book with two of them. Why Marvel’s Female Superheroes Look Like Porn Stars 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Last question: It can be argued that Blade Runner is a cynical film. Denis Villeneuve Proved to Us He Loves 'Blade Runner' More Than Anybody 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Davis concedes that many are cynical about genetic engineering. Little San Juan County takes on the GMO goliaths 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Having proved she could turn villain, and that she was tough enough for the most brutal or cynical of thrillers, Stanwyck’s range grew. From femme fatale to cattle rancher: how Barbara Stanwyck bucked convention 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Also on view will be selections from the museum’s Ferris Collection — 234 paintings by 38 Moscow artists, all created when Mikhail Gorbachev was in power and all with a cynical take on socialist history. The Cold War as a museum: At the Wende, one man's 100,000-piece collection finds a new home 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z But at least as many evinced a chilling and deeply cynical take on Storm’s emotional monologue, the Miss America pageant’s treatment of the issue, and the Rice story itself. Miss America, Janay Rice and our long history of conflating glamour and violence 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The ornery Reid was no less cynical than his counterpart McConnell. How Supreme Court Nominations Became So Partisan 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z Over time we all become very cynical and depressed, having to audition endlessly in LA. Penn Badgley: 'Gossip Girl was an endurance test' 2013-05-02T19:22:46Z Or it’s a cynical stunt calculated to break the internet, mocking hypebeast culture and profiting from it at the same time. $76,000 Birkinstocks Made From Actual Birkin Bags? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z That’s not to say Christmas Story or its viewers are cynical. Generation X-Mas: The Rise of A Christmas Story 2011-12-24T14:59:14Z It’s anarchic and rigorous, sophisticated and goofy, heartfelt and cynical. Review: ‘The Great Silence,’ a 1968 Spaghetti Western Unchained 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z This fantastically enjoyable film, a surreally comic portrait of the US, is as cynical and ironically distant as his classic Stroszek. Werner Herzog, a movie-making genius of performance art 2010-10-21T14:35:00Z Fagen and Becker’s lyrics have been described as cynical and sinister, and the artists themselves as “sociopaths masquerading as benign dictators,” a reference to their perfectionist methods in the studio. Review \| How Steely Dan made its mark on music — and shaped an American cool 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s niceploitation; the cynical exploitation of utopian goodness and, conversely, the starry-eyed utopian exploitation of cynicism. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z In the years after “Friday,” she fended off all kinds of cynical business entreaties. What Happens When You Get Famous Off One Song? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z “Mr. Robot” adapts the formula for a more cynical, anti-establishment moment. Review: In ‘Mr. Robot,’ Even the Paranoid May Have Enemies 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Her initial interest in Don carried a promisingly cynical mix of stubbled attraction and secretarial opportunism, but never really developed from there. “Mad Men” eulogies: Megan Draper, would-be Charlie Manson victim 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Do you feel like you are perceived as a cynical writer? Sandra Tsing Loh on menopause, marriage and writing 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Sara has a kind heart, a noble soul and a working pistol, and she uses all three to save the cynical Derek. Review \| Here’s one way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: Read five of the most romantic romance novels 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Color me cynical, but I’m confident that if it were this easy for rich team owners to make themselves richer it would already have happened. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: The Rich Are Different 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z She was from my tribe, my age, also a cynical English major: my maple leaf alter ego. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z That was Walker’s particular genius—he made music feel new and destabilizing, no matter how cynical or jaded the listener. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z It’s also darker and more cynical — or maybe it just looks that way, weeks after a Webcam prank made one teenager distraught enough to jump off the George Washington Bridge. Art Review: A Show Is All Cyber, Some of the Time 2010-10-21T22:17:00Z Ms. Day’s Tracey is more cynical, especially when she decides to apply for that managerial job. Review: The Jobs Are Gone in ‘Sweat.’ So Are People’s Hopes. 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z “It’s quite hard to grow up in New Zealand and be cynical. It’s just too beautiful,” says McKenzie. Flight of the Conchords: ‘We're retired sex symbols' 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Sorry to be cynical here — I mean, I hope he really does do all the dirty laundry — but there’s a Downy whiff of political calculation here. Anthony Weiner gets feminized 2012-07-18T19:28:00Z Peoria, a gifted, cynical and reckless careerist given to drug-and-alcohol binges and avid indulgence in Bangkok nightlife. Review: ‘The Last Magazine,’ by Michael Hastings We may be living through a “pandemic of poppycock,” he says, but he refuses to submit to “the cynical view that the human brain is a basket of delusions.” In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The most cynical reason is money, of course, but what if the real reason is something like love? ‘Muppets,’ ‘X-Files,’ ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Full House’: Why can’t we ever move on? 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z It's an appropriately cynical ending for a series that is at its best when it highlights the worst in humanity. “South Park” blames climate change on Grandpa’s selfishness and it’s barely a metaphor at... 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z "Zulu'"s explcit, and, at times even gratuitous, depiction of violence and inter-human relations, paints a highly cynical picture of post-colonial Cape Town, one in which authorities are corrupt and vigilante justice is king. `Zulu,' violent portrait of S. Africa, ends Cannes 2013-05-26T17:15:13Z The central figures often appear like mirrored images: While Kalanick amasses cynical employees who want to break stuff, Neumann invites his deluded staff to “build tomorrow.” Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Some registered their frustration by simply not voting, a process exploited by a cynical GOP that has made it harder to vote. Outside coastal bubbles, to say 'America is already great' rings hollow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Why, whoever heard of such a cynical, responsibility-averting attempt at viral marketing! Serena Williams' gimmicky "banned" ad 2011-03-23T19:48:00Z I was then and am now a mix of progressive optimism and cynical realism. My obsessive quest to solve the mystery of a missing Virgin Mary 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The way I see it, Yelawolf's song represents either a serious misunderstanding source of material, or a cynical bet that many listeners are too ignorant to realize something's off here. Yelawolf jacks Nirvana's "Marijuana" 2010-11-19T00:01:00Z Diane is the glummest variation of the kind of tough, cynical skeptic that Ms. Keener can be counted on to lend a depth and complexity like no other actress. Movie Review: ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,’ Starring Jane Fonda 2012-06-07T22:47:39Z "Hustlers" is, if anything, even more cynical about money, art, and gender. How both "Hustlers" and "Little Women" anticipated their own Oscar snubs 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Philip Bump, cynical Gen Xer, goes right there and then some. A Prophet of Boom With Charts for Every Occasion 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z And he’s winningly old-fashioned: He may be cynical about the process of acquiring citizenship, but not about being a citizen. \| 'Intr?ngulis': ?Intr?ngulis? at Intar Theater - Review 2011-10-18T21:33:11Z “I hate to sound cynical, but I’m still trying to understand how the government package will directly help freelancers and independents,” Liz Barker, a theater lighting and sound technician, wrote on Twitter. U.K. Announces $2 Billion Bailout to Help Keep the Arts Afloat 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z For more seasoned theatergoers, it has the elegance and inventiveness to erase the jaded memories of dozens of more cynical entertainments. London hit "War Horse" makes thrilling Broadway bow 2011-04-18T03:57:08Z "Game of Thrones" channels that logic through a type of cynical exhaustion with the status quo. "Game of Thrones" isn't "just fantasy": Westeros is a reflection of our terrible realities 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z He is seasoned, but not jaded, clear-sighted but not cynical. Larry David to Lisa Simpson – life lessons from TV's top role models 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z When I say game, people say, 'But I don't want to be part of a cynical game'. Book Talk: Norwegian chief executive shuns perfectionism, says women can succeed 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z But the essential truth of “Veep” is that we see things on the show that are far nastier and more profane and cynical that what we get to see in national politics. “Veep”’s exquisite edge: A profane catharsis for the nastiest presidential election in memory 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The first was inventive, but the sequels were unbelievably cynical. Mark Gatiss: Rocket man 2010-10-11T20:30:00Z Star worship, like almost everything else in Hollywood, was born as a studio boss’s cynical wheeze. Photoplay magazine: the birth of celebrity culture 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z “He alternates between having a bleak view of humanity but gets inspired by a process that makes people so cynical. . . . Or maybe it’s just Rick Wilson is history’s greatest monster.” No campaign news, no problem. These strategists can always lend a quote. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z She's selfish and cynical, only looking out for herself, but at least she goes about her crimes with some verve and style. Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown 2012-07-16T18:40:09Z Her cynical avowal speaks — loudly — of politics today. ‘Dom Juan’ Review: The Perks of Being a Professional Hypocrite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z At a time when the credibility of American mainstream media is under constant attack from President Trump and his cynical allies, the right response becomes more vital than ever. Perspective \| NBC needs a transparent, external investigation of its failure to air Ronan Farrow’s #MeToo reporting 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z Her early years with the Frenchman were touched by unabashed adoration, at which a cynical reader might be forgiven for gagging. ‘I wanted to be Murphy Brown’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z At the same time, though, it seems to know that a crueler, more cynical rendering of its story — a “Bitter, Hopeless, Love” — lurks between the lines. \| 'Crazy, Stupid, Love': What?s a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall 2011-07-29T00:02:43Z The audience – cynical, drunk, music industry types – fall eerily quiet: she's silenced them with her talent alone. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z Vidal appeared cold and cynical on the surface, dispassionately predicting the fall of democracy, the American empire's decline or the destruction of the environment. Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z Photograph: guardian.co.uk If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z A shame he has to spoil it by encouraging children to be lazy, cynical idiots. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z On social media, perpetrators and victims, the traumatised and the traumatising, the innocent and the cynical find themselves gathered with amplifiers blaring out valid claims, ludicrous fancies and filthy abuse in equal proportion. Should I report sexual harassment if I then slept with the man? 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The final scene, which finds them back on their bikes, manages to be sentimental and cynical in equal measure. ‘The Climb’ Review: The Dudes Abide 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z We’re too young as a country to be overly cynical yet. With ‘Welcome to Flatch,’ Paul Feig Comes Home 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Though people in the business tend to be cynical and dismissive about all awards, I've discovered that this is not the case elsewhere. The film academy? Far from perfect. The Oscars? Irresistible 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z The BLM alleges that framing their response around the law was a cynical effort to hide behind victim protection policy to suppress concerns about safety at the festival. Exclusive: Burning Man is supposed to be a safe space. Sexual assault survivors say it's not 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z So I thought Sharon’s harsher, more cynical take on the world might not appeal. 'Catastrophe' Stars on Why the Couple Acutally Has a Model Relationship 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z That seems shockingly cynical, but there is something admirable in a movie that examines some of the worst aspects of modern American life with blunt, good-humored honesty. Review: ‘The House’ Is a Comedy Built on Despair 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Genres like the caustic, cynical cabaret of Germany’s Weimar period and the more romantic French chanson are all but forgotten. Music Review: Ute Lemper in Cabaret at 54 Below 2013-08-16T21:25:50Z “Blank Space” gets ready for a romance that is “gonna be forever, or it’s gonna go down in flames,” and goes on with cynical anticipation: “Wait, the worst is yet to come.” Battle of the Sexes at the iHeartRadio Concert at Madison Square Garden 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z But it’s tougher to be cynical about the documentary category, where an Oscar nomination, let alone a win, can have mighty ripple effects. The Power of Documentaries on the Oscar Trail 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z At the most cynical level, perhaps her death came as a surprise because people thought that someone, somewhere would do anything to protect their investment and succeed. A losing game 2011-07-24T18:15:01Z As cynical as the hippies had grown about the system, these activists had faith and hope in it. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z I know it's cynical, but it frightens me that you could see this person in the street and they may or may not say hello to you. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z He spoke for everyone who was “snarky”–mocking, cutting, sarcastic, skeptical, cynical–in the face of “smarm.” When the absolute right to snark turns sour: A Gawker believer reconsiders the manifesto he once held dear 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z What they didn't seem to notice was a human being who was never flippant or cynical, who could also speak eloquently on the illness and eventual devastating loss of a parent. Tracy Clark-Flory: "Our culture is totally ignorant around the realm of sexual fantasy" 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z There are pious Muslims and cynical hedonists, and each migrant approaches the journey with a distinctive blend of superstition and pragmatism. Movie Review: ‘The Pirogue,’ Directed by Moussa Touré 2013-01-22T23:28:36Z But the awful truth was that both men were fakes: they were being fed the answers by cynical producers, who were creating something as phoney as any soap opera. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Remember how people get more cynical as they get older? The 50 best films of 2016 in the US: No 7 Love & Friendship 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Because what's unfolded over these 16 days has been one of the most authentically amazing, least cynical things ever to happen to a show and its audience. 2010-01-23T14:24:00Z The cynical cliches about Washington bureaucracy laced through “The President’s Daughter” weren’t even fresh in the previous century when Clinton was lying to the American people about “that woman.” Review \| Bill Clinton and James Patterson are back in action — and still ridiculous 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Merlin, inhuman and deeply cynical, is in it only for the power, which creatures like himself desire above all else. Review \| ‘By Force Alone’ is an exciting and wickedly funny reimagining of the King Arthur legend 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z What began as a dream to offer audiences the most breathtakingly immersive cinematic experience possible has quickly become little more than a cynical Hollywood smash and grab. Will Sex and Zen be the saviour of 3D? 2011-07-28T08:37:57Z I feel so cynical when faced with questions like that. "My Dark Vanessa" author: Canceling Nabokov's "Lolita" is "missing the point" of society's problem 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z This only entrenches a cynical attitude toward copyright law and brings it into further disrepute.” European Union Extends Copyright on Recordings 2011-09-12T22:15:07Z World War I’s chief cultural product was irony, he found, as illustrated by the muttering, cynical language of the men on the battle lines and their governments’ fatuous appeals to patriotism. Paul Fussell, Literary Scholar and Critic, Is Dead at 88 2012-05-23T22:21:26Z When I’m feeling cynical about myself, I call myself a facial-hair actor. Ritchie Coster on Playing the Drunk Mayor on 'True Detective' 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The only cynical response I had was in the timing of the transition. Caitlyn Jenner on transitioning: ‘It was hard giving old Bruce up. He still lives inside me’ 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z They ranged from earnest to weirdly cynical: What they had in common was more creepiness than outright sexism. The real Super Bowl babies: Big commercial moments paint men as infantile doofuses 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z But should we really be shocked by this or cynical about it in real life? "Guilt" writer discusses the twisty finale, the importance of that enigmatic smile and Season 2 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Cromwell is so cynical that he reads Machiavelli’s The Prince and shrugs, thinking, “perhaps he could improve on it.” The Year in Novels So Far; Plus, Hilary Mantel! 2012-05-16T15:37:58Z The mogul was proved right, refusing Greene’s original happy ending for a cynical parting note. Why The Third Man is an essential primer for no-deal Brexit 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Once in the group, it was Mayberry who took charge of their cynical stance, giving the rest of the band a reading list on the workings of the music industry. Chvrches: Music for the masses? 2013-06-13T16:25:18Z In 1997, Ms. Rich declined to accept a National Medal for the Arts from President Bill Clinton, saying that art was “incompatible with the cynical politics of this Administration.” ArtsBeat: The Politics and Poems of Adrienne Rich 2012-03-28T23:50:06Z “The Audience will laugh at a cat being burned,” one characteristically cynical line begins. Imagining the Unhappy Life of Stan Laurel 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z I suspect the little girl in me, who grew up with fairytales and happily-ever-afters, was hoping to prove the older, more cynical me wrong. Kasey Edwards: I love being married, but am I the exception? 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z The Chicago hospital executive made little secret of her distaste for the process as she stepped onto the national stage, calling partisan politics a cynical business. Why Michelle Obama has a prime spot at the Democratic National Convention 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z The Emmy-nominated “Succession” isn't a show one turns to in order to forget life’s troubles but rather to verify our cynical suspicions about how the world works. Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z As Frank, the cynical Open University lecturer who opens hairdresser Rita up to the world of literature, Lamb follows in the footsteps of many big-name actors. Life after death 2010-03-28T21:00:00Z Such cynical observations are among the many pleasures of Thomas’s book: “Complexity is the first refuge of the scoundrel”; “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” ‘Fixers’: A financial thriller with cameos by Hillary Clinton and Obama 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z But one measure of the leadership of the Stoneman Douglas generation might be convincing Hollywood that glib, cynical violence no longer sells, and teaching the rest of us that guns are anything but a game. Will the Stoneman Douglas generation finally call BS on cliched movie gun violence? 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Taylor Swift is — at least usually — a cynical media manipulator in the form of a girl next door-turned pop star. With her tough testimony, did we just meet the real Taylor Swift? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The novel’s shocking climax implies that, in their hearts, even the most decent of Neapolitans embrace the bloody, cynical values of the Camorra. Natural Born Killers: Italy’s ‘Baby Gangs’ Blast Through Roberto Saviano’s Debut Novel 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z We have pretty conclusive research that shows that people who watch political satire are, yes, cynical, but also far more politically engaged. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It's hard to see exactly what he's doing in the video, but it wouldn't be too cynical to assume that he's gleefully rubbing his hands together. Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey bust-up: just what American Idol needed 2012-10-03T17:30:00Z The question might seem rhetorical to the jaded or cynical, but it is still a reasonable question to ask. I've got chronic prize fatigue 2010-10-09T10:00:00Z For the ultimate proof, Frank pointed to a cynical MTV advertisement found in the business sections of certain newspapers and magazines. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Then hide it somewhere where nobody will ever find it, don't tell a soul, and we'll all carry on making cynical wisecracks on Twitter like it never even happened. Why you really should keep a journal, no matter how cheesy that sounds 2013-07-18T13:59:00Z But then I think – and it may just be because I'm 62 – it's also made me more . . . cynical? Terry Pratchett: 'I'm open to joy. But I'm also more cynical' 2010-09-01T19:30:00Z Dorf, to put it in cynical terms, has figured out how to monetize a straightforward transaction between buyer and provider — the consumption of live music. Review \| City Winery’s Michael Dorf looks back at his ups and downs in the music business 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But however cynical the show’s message is, the production itself is anything but. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Stripped of Illusions, but Still Glittering and Gay 2014-01-23T17:10:33Z "It's parody but it doesn't feel cynical," he said. Philly book publisher the BRAAAINS! behind phenom 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z One doesn't have reserves of philosophical – or cynical – indifference to one's children. Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939-1995, edited by Lara Feigel and John Sutherland, with Natasha Spender – review 2012-08-03T21:55:00Z I think people always thought “The Daily Show” was cynical and it never was, in my mind. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z I have to say how relieved I was when I returned to “Hamilton” — feeling pretty cynical about the blind worship it was inspiring — that I enjoyed it even more the second and third times. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Is your film asking viewers to be cynical towards the future and the image makers who are meant to give us hope? "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to sound too cynical,” she says. The hippy is back: not so cool if you remember it the first time round 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z “I oscillate between hope and despair for this world as well, Sam,” he says, when Sam expresses a cynical view of the future. Review: ‘“Master Harold” … and the Boys,’ a Searing Indictment of Racism 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Get me another time and I will foam at the mouth with the best of them about the unfairness of it all – the cynical betrayal of a generation. What's up, you posh boys, can't you take a joke? 2012-08-18T23:06:40Z The joke, on us all, was too troubling to be funny, unless from the viewpoint of a cynical God. The Danger Artist 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The US media largely dismissed the conference as cynical Soviet grandstanding, its delegates as dupes. Ian McEwan on Sweet Tooth – Guardian book club 2013-07-13T09:29:00Z In a cynical coda to each video, the death metal cuts off, our heroine clicks her heels together and purrs, “Tomorrow is a new day!” How Sanrio Makes Anti-Capitalism Adorable, and Profitable 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z And where Obama was engaged, thorough, and hopeful, Ryan looked checked out; bored, cynical, and superficial. “I believe in change, because I believe in you”: Obama brings his Jed Bartlet game to his final State of the Union 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z But to the cynical, it felt like the workings of a darkly prescient marketing strategy. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The seminars he arranges these days tend to focus on ways for men to become more content or confident without resorting to cynical bar-trawling. 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 Campaign posters have become nasty and cynical, taking their cue from the Saatchis' for the Tories, which were more about people than policies. General election 2010: the art of the political poster 2010-04-27T07:00:00Z They lose some of the cynical weight of years. Guardian book club: Lorrie Moore's Collected Stories 2010-04-02T09:00:00Z This is music without cynical calculation; it springs from an overflowing heart coupled with an informed knowledge of the possibilities of the singing voice. Ivor Novello, master of the musical 2012-08-03T21:55:11Z Sorrentino powerfully wields his ability to confuse; we never know if Lenny is truly doubtful or performing his doubt for cynical ends. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z “Naive,” is what Ray calls her, and it does seem remarkable that someone otherwise so cynical in their outlook could have such an idealistic image of law enforcement. True Detective season two, episode four recap – Down Will Come 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z D’Avenia’s relationship to simile is misguided and cynical: used to obfuscate, not clarify. Two Young Men Come of Age Amid Violence and Pathos Overseas 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He’s a sensitive soul, at times bitterly cynical, at times charmingly naïve, always courteous, in the grip of a desperate compulsion to own nothing at all. Lee Child Reviews a Debut Novel That’s Vintage Texas Noir 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The industry's rationale for delivering value is utterly cynical. Derrick Burts' brave stand on HIV 2010-12-12T17:00:00Z To my cynical ears, the shocking revelation was not that some restaurants engage in a little consensual drunk-rolling. Highbrow House Cocktails That Aim Too High 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z There is a naïve idealism at the heart of student protest, which might be desperate or loud but never as cynical as the world that necessitated it. The Year of the Imaginary College Student 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z But through her eyes I’ve learned to be positive and not cynical, and always keep moving forward. Gene Simmons: ‘I’ve never got high or drunk in my life’ 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z The result looks a bit like television, though it isn't bad: sparky, boisterous, cynical, a little self-conscious but more grownup and literate than most new British movies. Mother's Milk – review 2012-11-08T22:20:01Z This cynical jab deftly reduces principles to inherited customs and displays a gift for intelligent wordplay. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z “It’s very cinematic. There’s a lot of disappointment and loss, but it’s like a triumph. Robin made it through to the other side in a way that doesn’t feel cynical.” How the Fleet Foxes Frontman Got Out to Get Back In 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Even the most jaded, cynical people feel things intensely. Too Sincere for the Internet? How the Web Journal Thought Catalog Sparked an Online Firestorm 2012-07-05T14:00:18Z Because once you let cynical power politics take over, you're destroying your own religion and you're destroying your own set of beliefs. Fintan O'Toole on Ireland's transformation — and the reverse version now underway in America 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z I’m pretty cynical, but I’m pretty stupid, too. Chelsea Handler Will Not Be Changing Her Face 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z One thing leads to another, and the rest of le Carré’s distinctive ingredients come sifting in: queasy loyalties and disillusion, enemy agents’ unholy infatuation with on another, and cynical, high-level scapegoating. Review \| In these new audiobooks, great tales are matched with great narrators 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Frothy, goofy, blunt and cynical, “Love Island” is the summertime reality bimbo of series America deserves — hot, temporary, and yet cognizant that it embodies every assumption about the genre's dumbness. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Even as it is described as frightfully close, it is held at a cynical distance. Apocalypse When? Global Warming’s Endless Scroll 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Beneath the zany fun, director Sarah E. Budge and the actors do well by the play's edgy language and cynical essence. 'Revenger's Tragedy' a sly gore-fest 2011-11-03T20:04:04Z Then I realize I’m being cynical and backtrack and tell her to go for it. \| Sandra Bernhard on How She Plans to Ring in the New Year 2013-12-23T20:13:06Z The director’s eye here is not, “I am so cynical and knowing and we all know how ridiculous this is.” Perspective \| Seeing ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ through a feminist lens 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Be pithy and cynical, with a world-weary disdain for both the field you’ve chosen and the other people who occupy it. Celebrity Author? Have We Got a Book Title For You 2012-05-14T10:45:28Z Here, Marion was a smart, witty and talented woman who held her own with titans of industry and who fascinated even the immensely cynical Mank. Amanda Seyfried is not taking this moment for granted 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z "I know there's a lot of reason to be cynical in the Arab world," Hamed said. Egypt: First the government, next the arts? 2011-02-14T02:35:00Z Whatever you make of Snowden, whistleblowers and campaigners such as Karen Silkwood and Erin Brockovich are both cynical about what they see and idealistic about what they can do about it. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z What follows is light and goofy and joyous, with a more substantial message about maintaining emotional engagement and heart in a world that wants us to be cynical, mean and detached. Boyhood, Moonlight and beyond: the best coming-of-age movies 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Focused on a friend group of low-ranking crew members assigned to an obscure support vessel, “Lower Decks” practices a lighter version of the transgressive, cynical humor in “Rick and Morty.” Catching Up With ‘Star Trek,’ the Quiet Franchise 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z I had given up on popular music because I had given up on today's youth, mostly because this is the lame human cycle: getting older, cynical, more conservative. Burgerama draws the approval of a music festival-hating musician 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Feeling cynical, it seems, was for the rest of us. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z The film’s plot takes the timeworn story of a young man’s heroic journey from stock room to boardroom and gives it a cynical spin. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The story culminates with two grotesque twists of karmic justice that end the film on a sour note that feels just right for these cynical, paranoid times. Film: Yvan Attal at Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2010-03-11T05:31:00Z Sobol, as previously suggested, has written a dour and cynical book, an extreme example of the “aw, nuts” genre of sports reporting. Review: Books About Babe Ruth 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But casting William, Warner Brothers’ specialist in cynical con men and sleazy professionals, as a straight-arrow champion of law and order, seemed like a waste of natural resources. DVD: New DVDs, Mary Pickford on Blu-ray, Early Perry Mason 2012-11-18T01:53:01Z The scenario is based on a real-life self-help guide that urges women to combat male rapacity with equally cynical manipulation of access to "the cookie". Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z Harnessing the phenomenon that is “Downton Abbey,” which on Sunday wrapped its fifth season on PBS’s “Masterpiece,” might seem like savvy, even cynical casting. ‘Cinderella’ Has a Dusting of ‘Downton Abbey’ 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “A Face in the Crowd” is dark and cynical, and the acting is as superb as the script. Art imitates life: Can’t bear to watch the Inauguration? Check out these political dystopian films instead 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z With this year's "The Lego Movie" and 2012's "21 Jump Street," Lord and Miller have turned what looked to be Hollywood's most cynical efforts to cash in on recognizable brands into legitimately good movies. '22 Jump Street': Phil Lord, Chris Miller are a fresh brand in comedy 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Maybe I’m cynical, but I put more credence in a truly anonymous Internet survey than in one that involved an adult sitting in your bedroom. Motherlode Blog: Are Teens Really Having Less Sex? 2011-11-15T19:11:34Z The alternative is an abrasive self-consciousness that pretends to be subversive but quickly turns sour and cynical. ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Review: A Fresh Take on a Venerable Hero 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z So it ends with neither mystery nor cynical fatalism, but a narcissistic act. Review \| Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Wildly exaggerated propaganda on both sides made it all but impossible to reach a negotiated settlement and, after the hostilities were over, left a deeply cynical public. Narrative history of WWI focuses on war resisters 2011-05-02T11:11:09Z Very few contemporary painters have tangled with the limits of the medium as consistently as Mr. Stingel, but this is the first time I have ever thought of him as cynical. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Almost every scene has both whimsy and something darker, at once daftly effervescent and snidely cynical. Review: ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Features a Midwestern Fish Out of Water 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z It’s one thing to exploit people’s desire to hate-watch a beloved musical like they did for The Sound of Music, but surely even more cynical to exploit people’s religious feelings into an entertainment trifle. Fox's live TV crucifixion musical The Passion sounds like an unholy mess 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z And while the tears salting these scenes may be cynical given the movie’s embrace of a what-me-worry nihilism, they offer a necessary break from the strained patter and violence. Review: ‘Deadpool,’ a Sardonic Supervillain on a Kill Mission 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z A jovially cynical Mr. Newman shows up in “Who’s to Blame,” singing about “little girls chasin’ fame” and warning, “It’s all in the game.” Reviews: New Albums From Big Sean, Emile Haynie and DRKWAV 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z What's left is a mildly cynical rehash of Mario's past, which – while as mechanically perfect as ever – lacks the personality and sparkle that made the series stand out. This week's new games 2012-08-10T23:05:31Z "I never felt cynical about it," she said. Britain's Youngest Head Chef 2013-04-18T06:00:08Z Humour also comes from the juxtaposition of Andy, an idealist in his first job after graduating with an art history degree, and the battle-hardened, cynical and at times savage Mike. Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z A cynical but not inaccurate way to put this would be to describe it as a careerist movie about careerism. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z And it also acknowledges Akira Kurosawa, the form’s spiritual godfather, whose film “Yojimbo” inspired Leone and his colleagues to see westerns as cynical samurai films. A Spaghetti Western Roundup at Film Forum 2012-06-02T15:03:01Z Romy’s narration darts around in a voice that is tough, cynical, a little defensive at times, but ruthlessly honest and without a trace of self-pity. Rachel Kushner’s ‘The Mars Room’ Offers a Blackly Comic Take on Prison Life 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Critics denounced it as a cynical and polarizing right-wing propaganda machine. Scandal-plagued Fox News founder Roger Ailes dead at 77 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z There isn't a cynical bone in Kidd's righteous body. Tom Hanks' "News of the World" is a toothless throwback Western 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z For that matter, Max Casella’s cynical philosopher Apemantus sometimes exudes a scruffy sympathy rather than the implacable disgust for man’s vileness that defines the character. \| 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z Still, the earlier film, which never had an American commercial release, has some potent scenes and a gamy, cynical perspective on the zone where middle-class respectability intersects with underworld opportunism. Review: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘When You Read This Letter’ Is a Vexing Noir 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z There is something cynical about the way the music business incessantly repackages its history to squeeze new money out of old sounds. The Year in Boxed Sets, From David Bowie to Weird Al 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Even the cynical structure of “It’s Always Sunny” — which resets after every episode, releasing its misanthropic bar staff to pinball around the pub again — feels oddly better suited to the moment. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z A cynical person might suspect she set this up, this otherworldly substance on an unassuming side street. Jane Goldman: 'The only way Hit-Girl could be not sexualised was by being 11' 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Whether that’s a character growing stronger or growing into a more cynical political operative, I will leave to you to decide. How 'The Good Wife' Changed Feminism and Politics on TV 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z “And who he is, is an advertising man. And so, this thing comes to him. “There’s a way to see it in a completely cynical way, and say, ‘Wow, that’s awful.’ Jon Hamm thinks Mad Men's final scene is 'a serene moment of understanding' 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The open secret of post-punk is that no matter how cynical the vocal gets, the song is always about the groove. Billie Eilish’s Forlorn ‘Barbie’ Ballad, and 10 More New Songs 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z I suppose you could say that I’m marginally less cynical about sexual resolutions this year and, as a result, I figured I would make some. My sexual resolutions 2012-12-30T02:00:00Z Longwinded and hammy pantomime performances would leave even a Christmas elf feeling cynical. Swallow the humbug and let Christmas theatre indulge your sweet tooth 2010-12-15T17:30:35Z We live in a really cynical age, and it’s an incredibly uncynical thing to do. An Exhibition Whose Curator Is 17 2011-07-09T05:02:48Z Despite the cynical male fantasy at its core -- a harem of women at your command! How "The Bachelor" hooked us -- again 2010-03-01T13:27:00Z It has also been called offensive and cynical and "unbelievably misogynistic"; "the whole novel has this ludicrous comedy-macho sensibility," objected journalist India Knight. Christos Tsiolkas: 'There's love in this book' 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z Colbert, meanwhile, appeared much less jaded, discussing the nature of his satire and explaining “I am not cynical, I behave cynically.” Jon Stewart is ready to be done with “The Daily Show”: “As much as I like work, nothing beats not working” 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Underwood still turns from the action to address the audience in the style of Shakespeare’s Richard III, but his cynical asides are not as clever as his underhanded actions. The TV Watch: ‘House of Cards’ Returns, With More Dark Scheming 2014-02-13T13:00:01Z The legal system is a sham; the media is cynical. Presto! Pulp and Poetry: ‘Chandu the Magician’ and ‘Stranger on the Third Floor’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z We manipulate it for cynical purposes, to sell bad products and push bad ideologies. The Year in Fear: From Ebola to street violence to Comrade Kim 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z When I think about your relative positions in the film, your postures -- you're slumped down in the chair, despondent, depressed, cynical. Michael Fassbender, future superstar 2011-03-08T23:01:00Z A rather pointed remark, I felt, to the sometimes cynical music world. If there's a backlash against Gustavo Dudamel, I won't be joining in 2011-02-02T11:46:30Z I feel really cynical about the gay martyr movie. Lisa Cholodenko: 'I'm cynical about the gay martyr movie' 2010-10-28T06:59:00Z Ms. Freud showed an early draft of the book to her husband, who found some of those jokes too cynical. Esther Freud?s ?Lucky Break? Explores the Actor?s Life 2011-10-30T04:03:33Z In “Compromising Positions” and “Long Time No See,” she does a perfect job of writing the relationship between Long Island suburban housewife/detective Judith Singer and her cynical southern B.F.F. Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z And even cynical PR people have admitted that her apology appears sincere. Kristen Stewart’s stunning apology 2012-07-26T13:50:00Z Not only are its politicians power-driven, cynical and without principle, they give speeches about how power-driven, cynical and without principle they are. Starz?s Politics Drama Boss: Powerful But Messy, Just Like Its Subject 2011-10-21T12:23:02Z The opera opens with young Ferrando defending the honor of his betrothed against the doubts of the cynical older bachelor Don Alfonso. Critic?s Notebook: How Opera Challenges Translators 2010-12-24T21:45:45Z As a cynical, jaded citizen of Los Angeles, I want to laugh about how seriously people take being in the same room with and talking to their heroes. Empire at the Paley Festival: why fans nearly faint when stars are in the room 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z Where Bond was always on the winning side, amoral and assured, Connery began appearing as a lost-cause moralist in a cynical world. Sir Sean Connery obituary 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Just before, he was great as the cynical prisoner in Alan Parker’s Midnight Express, the old lag in the Turkish jail. Peter Bradshaw on John Hurt: 'A virtual folk memory of wisdom and style' 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Sounds like the sort of desperate, cynical move Jon Stewart would make fun of on The Daily Show. Could Jon Stewart Have Put Sunday Morning Shows Out of Their Misery? 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Everyone else may find it predictably, even tediously, cynical. Review \| Ryan Murphy’s ‘The Politician’ is cool and cynical — and difficult to fully endorse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z As Bruni notes, even colleges admit that their emphasis on extracurriculars has spawned a culture of “résumé padding” at once cynical and exhausting. The Poisonous Reach of the College-Admissions Process 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z But Ramsay melts like butter in front of the kids, and their confidence and eagerness is an antidote to a reality television landscape that is otherwise often cynical and petty. “Kids cut themselves far less than adults”: Inside “MasterChef Junior,” the best cooking show on television 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z And while Mr. Gout seems pessimistic about his country, he is not entirely cynical about human nature, or for that matter about movies. ‘Days of Grace,’ a Mexican Film by Everardo Gout 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Abbasi: I think it is a movie about a cynical society. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Still the ball, which is organized by Busboys and Poets, a much-loved Washington community bookstore and cafe, offers this cynical and compromising town a progressive and idealistic vision of tomorrow. The Buzz: A-List Guide to the Inauguration Parties 2013-01-16T21:51:40Z People would perhaps be less cynical about politicians if the politicians themselves would be more cynical. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z “The rich are different,” Fitzgerald said, prompting Ernest Hemingway’s cynical response, “Yes, they have more money.” Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby: From Jazz Age to Baz Age 2013-05-09T18:30:54Z This isn't just a heist film but an all-time classic noir: bleak, realistic and cynical. Scarecrow Video recommendations for 'Tower Heist 2011-11-03T13:01:07Z For bored or outraged critics, jukebox musicals are Broadway’s most cynical money-grabbers, mainly good for offering reviewers the chance to see who can gag the loudest. Perspective \| Are jukebox musicals like ‘The Cher Show’ dumbing down Broadway, or just giving us what we want? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z While it is very, very easy this time of year to become cynical about "rainbow capitalism" and corporate allyship, it is noteworthy when companies change their policies and behaviors surrounding the queer community publicly. “Bigotry was the blue plate special”: How Cracker Barrel went from anti-gay to angering the GOP 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Sadly, many of these memes were only a tad less cynical than similar jabs from far-right pundits. Perspective \| 21 Savage is facing deportation. Curb your memes and locate your humanity. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Now those people, again, if they got out of the time machine now would be horrified that people have education and they don’t take advantage of it, they are cynical about it. 'Silly question!' Mike Leigh interviewed by our readers and famous fans 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z The move would represent a strong break with Boyle's cynical public image, but all his management will say is that "Frankie is only commenting via his Twitter feed". Will Frankie Boyle go hungry for Guantánamo's detainees? 2013-07-16T14:00:59Z This is how cynical we as a people have become in the Putin era. ArtsBeat: Masha Gessen Talks About the Reign of Vladimir Putin 2012-03-07T18:52:16Z 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 We’re obviously in a far more cynical era now where the “fake news” charge is common. ABC news anchor David Muir: ‘I’m having a conversation with America in a very polarized time’ 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z It is also too cynical to convey the notion that anything important is at stake beyond personal power. \| 'The Conquest': ?The Conquest? Sarkozy Made - Review 2011-11-10T23:13:46Z Whether or not you agree with that cynical take, it’s hard to argue with Dippel when he says that these expeditions “mattered more for what they attempted than what they actually attained.” To the Poles — Before They Started Melting 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to sound cynical, and I’m not unaware of my own function in this system, which consists mainly of evaluating individual movies as they make their way into the marketplace. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Both Trump and Griffin found their fame as trash-talking reality stars, outrageous in hair and dress, with a cynical knack for latching onto the news cycle and stoking the culture wars. The White House correspondents’ dinner doesn’t draw stars anymore. So Kathy Griffin had it to herself. 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a dark and cynical time, and humor is a way of dealing with it.” Sundance Festival Shows More Comedies 2013-01-16T17:58:40Z 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 “It’s not as idealistic as ‘The West Wing,’ and it’s not as cynical as ‘House of Cards,’ ” she said. On TV, France’s New President Is Young, Centrist and Female 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z “This is as cynical as it gets,” one person wrote. The downfall of “Roseanne”: How ABC’s attempt to normalize Trump-era racism backfired 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The cynical pro forma luridness “Yakuza Princess” grinds out suggests that sensationalist cinema, or at least its most ostensibly mainstream iteration, is currently depleted of resources. ‘Yakuza Princess’ Review: Crime, Amnesia and Ancient Swords 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The film, directed by Jason Winer and based on a fondly recalled 1981 comedy of the same name starring Dudley Moore, has been made according to a lazy and cynical commercial blueprint. \| 'Arthur': A Lush Life Revisited, With Nanny on Board 2011-04-07T21:14:56Z There’s a calculation here, and a cynical one: It’s better grist for the culture war to oppose vaccination than to be a booster for it. Perspective \| Right-wing media could end the pandemic — without giving an inch in the culture war. Here’s the script. 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “She was irreverent, she was cynical, and she was bitterly funny and caustic and all these things. But she was always fun to be around,” he added. Leia leads resistance in Carrie Fisher's final 'Star Wars' film 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z This nasty, hip, knowing revenge fantasy lacks some of the sparkle of the first series, but remains a gleeful, cynical treat. Kick-Ass 2 by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr – review 2012-07-03T06:59:01Z Finally, I will share with them the fact that I was cynical about Thunberg, and explain why cynicism is not always a good attitude. I was cynical about Greta Thunberg’s voyage, but she’s upsetting all the right people \| Romesh Ranganathan 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z On the whole, Mapplethorpe’s “Black Book” images, some of them portraits, don’t feel cynical or opportunistic. Why Mapplethorpe Still Matters 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z She plays Jesse’s other favorite professor—he took British Romantic Literature with her—the cynical Professor Judith Fairfield, who only appears in about two scenes but upends the movie. Liberal Arts: How I Met the Inappropriately Young College Student 2012-09-12T14:00:15Z Mr. Lane plays the cynical, cantankerous editor Walter Burns in a new revival of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s voluble 1928 newspaper comedy, “The Front Page,” at the Broadhurst Theater on West 44th Street. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Broadway – Nathan Lane! 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “I’m worried about getting cynical,” a young officer tells Brooks. The Merit, Thrills, Boredom and Fear of Police Work 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Take that as you will, but even I'm not cynical enough to believe that America wants to watch a show about a formerly homeless man trying -- and failing -- to get clean. Why we shouldn't give "Golden Voice" Ted Williams a reality show 2011-02-22T22:46:00Z The sequel merits the same indifference because it’s inept, but also because it’s the kind of cynical product that gives violent movies a bad name. Movie Review: ‘Kick-Ass 2’ Stars Chloë Grace Moretz 2013-08-15T22:04:11Z If Mr. German isn’t keen on explaining his source material, he does look at it with the glint of cynical experience. ‘Hard to Be a God,’ Aleksei German’s Last Film 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The national tour has also provoked some cynical mutterings. 50 years of 'Cabaret': How the 1966 musical keeps sharpening its edges for modern times 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Her persona has the slightly cynical, moderately raunchy perspective that is quite common in clubs these days. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The cynical way in which Stalin had switched sides had come as no surprise to Orwell, who was by then accustomed to the dishonesty and cruelty of the Soviet regime. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Writing on the Guardian's website Priyamvada Gopal, who teaches English at Cambridge University, viewed the Time cover in terms of a "cynical ploy" to justify the occupation. Bibi Aisha, victim of the Taliban's political strategy 2010-12-05T00:06:00Z Mr. Davis’s humor had a sardonic, even cynical, sting, he said, but retained “sweetness and a Minnesota outlook.” Tom Davis, ‘Saturday Night Live’ Comedy Writer, Dies at 59 2012-07-19T21:41:39Z It's a smart, cynical look at space travel, treating it as a blue-collar job and not a divine calling as Kubrick and others would have you believe. Dark Star: No 19 2010-10-21T10:36:00Z That might sound like a cynical capitulation to pure partisanship, but once again, the literary critics got here before us. Review \| In the impeachment spin wars, only the English majors can save us 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The house of the title is shared by four moderate Republican senators in Washington: a closeted gay man, an African-American dealmaker facing indictment, a cynical good old boy and a womanizing Latino. Watch List: Original Pilots, Judged by the Masses 2013-04-22T21:43:18Z But the steady production of repeatable, renewable movie franchises provides both the clearest evidence of Hollywood’s fundamental cynicism, and also the best excuse to wax cynical about Hollywood. Film: An Old Pairing: Summer and Movie Sequels 2010-06-11T04:28:00Z But this survey itself merely illustrates the importance of being cynical. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z As satire, though, the movie is facile: not quite mean, outlandish or energetic enough in the challenges it imagines for Julio, notwithstanding a bracingly cynical use of an unexpected death. ‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s too cynical, or too scared, to be as grisly or as dirty as it should be. Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ Chases Nihilistic Swagger but Trips Over Its Own Feet 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Thom and Lee are cynical, but they are nevertheless presented as sensitive souls who seek meaning and a moral compass in a messed-up new world order ruled by Twitter and Tumblr. Review: Showtime’s ‘Happyish’ Is Funnyish 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Lattuada’s point of view — underlined by occasional cutaways to the rooster who struts around the sisters’ henhouse — is cynical but not censorious. DVD: A Version of Gogol?s Short Story ?The Overcoat? on DVD 2012-01-13T18:02:55Z The more skeptical and cynical I get the more soft are my feelings. Finnish fairytale wins fans, Cannes films warm up 2011-05-17T10:59:32Z Romanians are back with another bone-dry, pitch-black comedy—this time bearing a particularly cynical view on happiness, the cruelty of families, and the making of inept television commercials. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z Some people are cynical about it, and don't want to believe the truth, and their selfish desire overrides the scenario. Isolate or infect humanity? In "Sea Fever," a captain faces a dilemma eerily like our own 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z I'm not cynical – but, you know, people come around the studio and say the stupidest things. Dinos Chapman's debut album: here comes the Luftbobler! 2013-02-19T18:24:32Z To put it in mathematical if perhaps cynical terms: Hitler + handicap + Shakespeare + $100 million = best picture. Film: Best Movie Query? You Win 2011-02-23T17:20:40Z Its initiating event is one of the most cynical war crimes of the last century: the fire-bombing of Dresden by the RAF in 1945. An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo 2010-07-15T23:05:00Z Aurora, the most cynical of the group, is an ecological “doomsdayer” who plans to flee to the forest and listen to “the distant echoes of civilization’s demise” from there. Novels From Around the World Examine Kinship and Conflict 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z On the face of it they are total opposites – he's the idealist; she's the cynical operator. Spiral III: The Butcher of La Villette - episodes one and two 2011-04-02T21:50:00Z “Scandal,” on the other hand, isn’t in the least cynical about consultants. \| 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z The show’s exclusive focus on providing men with physical upgrades now plays as cynical. The New Spiritual Consumerism 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Like many of Colette’s works, the novella is both cynical and deeply human — effervescent, yes, but with tragic notes. The Essential Colette 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z I know maybe that's a little cynical, but the stand-up shows you used to draw, I'm sure people seeing all those shows sell out had impact. Hari Kondabolu: "It works in the interest of those with power" to divide people of color 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z As befits work from the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, their songs are generally remembered as wisecracking and hard-shelled, breezy and cynical. \| 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z All of this action is set against the backdrop of a freshly resurgent and gleaming downtown L.A., where the local media is singularly cynical and opportunistic, the police force incompetent and ineffectual. Learning to Look at L.A. 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Isn't Ray's whole oeuvre that of a cynical charlatan? How easy is it to copy a famous painting? 2013-07-22T07:00:09Z As he once told an inquisitive reporter, in a quote that manages to sound naïve and cynical all at once, “If you don’t ask, you can’t tell.” ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z And in the flamboyant, cynical grin on Buzz's face, Corey Allen delivered the message. Corey Allen: Buzz's second sad send-off 2010-07-01T16:57:00Z Furthermore, the Golden Globes' governing body, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been a reliable source of cynical insider humor since the last night’s final presenter, Michael Douglas, was a toddler. The Golden Globes of hatred 2011-01-17T14:10:00Z And they weren't all cynical exercises in box-office exploitation; Alfred Hitchcock and Cecil B. DeMille remade their own movies because they wanted to do them again on a larger scale, or with a different feel. Why we should give remakes a chance 2011-08-31T00:31:00Z The premise may sound corny, but there’s an atmosphere of genuine enthusiasm and kindness here that will charm even the most cynical of listeners. 6 Podcasts to Make You Feel Good 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Well he doesn't now, but doubtless he'll be in the same job at the Sunday Sun, or whatever the amusingly cynical News of the World replacement will be called. Did the News of the World target Amanda Holden before giving her a job? 2011-07-07T17:30:03Z But his writing is less cynical, more earnestly nostalgic: “I don’t hardly disbelieve it,” or “He up and went downtown.” Ed Ruscha: He Up and Went Home 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z The cynical among us might say that every date in June, July and August is Bug Day. Tarantulas to Pet and Crickets to Taste: It’s Bug Day at the Hall of Science 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Dillane is on hand playing “Monsieur Melancholy,” otherwise known as Jaques, the cynical lord whose “all the world’s a stage” here sounds like natural chat, not something downloaded from a Shakespearean Top Ten. Review: In Shakespeare, When to Underact? 2010-06-29T14:30:00Z By the time we walked inside, I was growing more cynical: this place was grand, of course, but grand enough? \| Palatial Near Pienza 2012-09-05T18:00:21Z The more she is tempted to surrender, the louder a cynical inner voice preaches resistance. Music Review: Maude Maggart Explores Love at the Oak Room 2010-04-14T21:17:00Z Is it because the accusations of fakery harm Britain's Got Talent, or is it because entertainment has become even more cynical than us, the viewers? Has Britain's Got Talent been faking it? 2013-04-26T13:14:15Z Easy to be cynical, except that they seem to be such interesting musicians — especially Isata, the eldest and a pianist. 5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Not all are swayed by the approach; one observer is downright cynical. Filmmaker takes center stage in surveillance story 2013-06-14T06:53:07Z That’s part of the point here, it’s a very facile and childish philosophy, that cynical speech that he has. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z The white guests started off quite optimistic as the polls closed, while Chappelle’s character was increasingly cynical. Saturday Night Live: Dave Chappelle back to see in the Trump era 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But they are worried that at any moment the Old Gods might rise again and rekindle some of that “belief” stuff in a distracted but cynical people. American Gods recap: season one, episode five – David Bowie rules the world 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Covering the Maverick character with the soot of misanthropy, and testing Garner’s ability to spit out tongue-twister dialogue, Chayefsky handed the actor reams of cynical soliloquies, a few of which can be found here. James Garner: Tribute to a Marvelous Maverick 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z I was cynical, but it's a winner: a 30-minute hair wash that also focuses on pressure points to release stress. \| The 'Shampage' at Pierre Michel 2012-12-10T14:00:56Z So you’re a cynic about love, since all those romantic clichés are totally taken apart… I don’t think it’s cynical. Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Writer, Director, Object of Teenage Lust 2013-09-26T13:25:08Z It’s impossible to be cynical about any of that, whatever you think of the movie itself. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z I fear the real motivation is more cynical than that. Worst ideas of 2012: the rise of the multi-part movie 2012-12-28T23:00:11Z I think it’s the seminal festival experience, and I love that it doesn’t feel that commercial or cynical. Jack Whitehall Will Do Anything to Get to the Glastonbury Festival 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z I don’t think it’s overly cynical to suggest that The Mandalorian’s creative team intentionally fashioned several of Baby Yoda’s scenes with the express purpose of having them go viral. Big deal, he is: how Baby Yoda became 2019's biggest new character 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Amy, features producer: In a wonderful and supportive relationship, yet somehow still very cynical about love. We rewatched Netflix’s ‘To All the Boys’ rom-com trilogy to decide which movie is the best 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Publishing him is a cynical move by Simon & Schuster, one worth protesting vociferously and specifically, in e-mails, letters, tweets, and phone calls—you name it. Milo Yiannopoulos’s Cynical Book Deal 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z Helped by a disgraced psychic and a cynical private detective, she searches for the truth. Fall books: 37 new titles to add to your reading list 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z But power isn’t humble, and power gets pretty cynical pretty quickly—even in the service of its high ideals. Philip Gourevitch: Memory is a disease 2012-09-26T20:31:00Z The mighty scale of Bay’s crude and cynical vision is, at times, shocking and awesome.—R.B. Movies 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z Instead, “Lineup” has a deflating coda of contemporary figurative paintings that incidentally include stripes, such as a waxy portrait by the drainingly cynical Chloe Wise. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z There’s a way to see it in a completely cynical way, and say, “Wow, that’s awful.” Jon Hamm Talks About the 'Mad Men' Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z That's always been the cynical kicker within this show's gleeful joke. "The Boys" versus The Big Sellout 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z After “Ghost World” and “Art School Confidential,” his latest character to make the transition is Wilson, a solitary, cynical, and hilariously blunt middle-aged man living in a nondescript American town. Dan Clowes’s “Wilson” 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Perhaps he truly is today’s Archie, making one last cynical grab at relevance, with a group of familiar friends who’ve been similarly rewritten to accommodate cruelties and savviness of the Internet age. ‘Riverdale’ isn’t about the same old Archie. (For starters, he’s having sex with Ms. Grundy.) 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Television publicized the American dystopia with crude, cynical, selfish characters modeling the New Nihilism. Gen X vs. Bill Clinton: Cobain and Clinton, “Seinfeld” and “Simpsons,” and the ’90s fight for America’s soul 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z But there is also the cynical episodes where Saeed meets with men who are working to free him behind the scenes. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Even though her name is officially struck from the ballot, Tammy still beats both Tracy and Paul with a solid plurality of the votes, a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it joke that is both brutally cynical and bluntly realistic. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Though his cynical take on the human condition made him a viral sensation, he faced tougher consequences for bringing his family into his routine. The Comic Louis C. K. Has a New Show on FX 2010-06-18T16:28:00Z “He told me that is a transaction that we, as storytellers, can’t afford to be cynical about,” Burns said in a recent video call. In ‘Extrapolations,’ Scott Z. Burns Dramatizes Some Inconvenient Truths 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the void of explanation is filled with speculation ranging from the cynical to the absurd, the likely to the very unlikely. There’s a ton of crap in the sky we haven’t shot down (yet) 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Let me explain why I’d been so wary, even cynical at times. I never thought I’d see the day 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z It was a little cynical and a lot gaudy. The Branded Marriage of Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The writing may be agonizing at times to the ears and the cynical brain, but again – we’re tired. With "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings," you know 'tis the season for feel-good culture 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z It advertised the story of a high school girl — misunderstood, quirky and deeply cynical about even being in high school — who would go through adolescent strife and ultimately be accepted, even embraced, by her peers. Perspective \| I saw the teen comedies of my generation, but they didn’t see me. Then came ‘Easy A.’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Related: How to catch up with … UnREAL But for all her moralising about the awful, cynical things Quinn asks her to do, Rachel is just as corrupt as her boss. 'Walter White in power heels': UnREAL is evil, twisted, unmissable TV 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z But to cynical observers what was perhaps inevitable was that Hollywood executives would try to wring the collective trauma of Covid-19 for entertainment purposes and big bucks. Michael Bay pandemic movie trailer criticized as 'exploitation cinema' 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Columnist Jason Ng said the disappearance of the booksellers left Hong Kong citizens cynical and despondent. Good news: Some missing Hong Kong booksellers have appeared on TV. But there's bad news. 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Most cynical of all has been the Ultimate series of storylines, set in an alternate universe. Spider-Man's lost lustre 2011-08-05T19:00:00Z It’s not sex that brings them together so much as complicity: They are both selfish, cynical and boorish, and compete over who can be more indifferent. It’s Ennui Time on ‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Married’ 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z As a kind of post-Brexit tale of upper-level government machinations, “Roadkill” couldn’t be more cynical about the political process. Review \| With ‘Roadkill,’ PBS invites you to watch a narcissist politician who gets away with everything. How does that grab you? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But Mary Sarah isn’t a power balladeer, and her fresh take on some aging classics is a heartening sign for an industry currently mired in cynical, pseudo-dance pop. The amazing Mary Sarah debuts with country all-stars \| New recordings 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The best passage shows how the modernising autocracy of Shah Mohammed Reza – brutal, cynical, in a desperate hurry – all but overran even traditional Iranian towns in the first half of the 1970s. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah \| Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z So, in 2005, he bought "Screenwriting for Dummies" and wrote a first draft of "Glee," then conceived as a biting, cynical film along the lines of "The Virgin Suicides." The nice guy who puts the mean into 'Glee' 2010-10-23T00:12:00Z Ms. Plaza plays Darius, a cynical sourpuss intern at the magazine, where one of her humiliating tasks is changing toilet paper rolls. Movie Review: ‘Safety Not Guaranteed,’ a Comedy With a Time Machine 2012-06-07T22:55:46Z But nowhere, for me, is the real Oscar revealed so much as through his alter-ego here, or rather his dual alter-egos: the beautiful, ruined Dorian and the cynical but empathetic Harry. Dorian Gray's true picture of Oscar Wilde 2010-04-29T09:01:00Z But many of you are cynical about politics. Robert Reich: “Cynicism is a self-fulfilling prophecy” 2013-05-14T15:58:00Z Although the gleaming cynical hulk of that mall was just across 10th Avenue from the loft building, it felt light years away from the raw aspirations on view during New York Men’s Day. Men’s Wear Flies Its Freak Flag 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z David is melancholy and introspective — haunted by the wartime death of his parents — while Stephan is rakish, ambitious and cynical. \| 'The Debt': ?Debt,? With Helen Mirren - Review 2011-08-30T12:00:00Z Americans are weary, even cynical, after reports of so much violence, he said. Afghanistan National Institute of Music Students to Tour U.S. 2013-02-01T21:18:01Z They're able to reconstruct the process, which showed this very cynical testing of limits: How can we draw these maps in an ever-more partisan way to ensure ourselves X number of seats no matter what? How to un-rig an election: In "Slay the Dragon," citizens fight back against gerrymandering 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Critics were, and still are, cynical about Occupy. ‘People are finally talking about class’: Astra Taylor on US democracy, socialism and revolution 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Ultimately, though, you can get too cynical about these things. Bombino: Nomad – review 2013-03-31T00:05:07Z If you're feeling particularly cynical, you could tally up who has the most and crown an overall winner with a Comedy/Theatrical/Fringe Spirit/God award. And the award for most awards goes to ... the Edinburgh festival 2010-09-07T13:42:00Z Why don’t you just shut your mouth and not be cynical for once? Christmas Movies Fit for the Small Screen 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z We care for them in a way we don't for the cool, cynical confidently smirking George Clooney in his slick Ocean's Eleven heist movies. The Angels' Share – review 2012-06-02T23:05:32Z Then over time, like a lot of people, I have just become so saddened and so cynical. "Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident" 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z I suspect that Ackland, who went on to write brilliantly about the drinking classes in Absolute Hell, simply viewed home counties Tories with cynical contempt. Before the Party – review 2013-03-29T17:37:17Z Mark Strong pops out of the shadows now and then as a silky, cynical MI6 spymaster, perhaps the only person in the British political establishment who fully appreciates Turing’s oddity and his genius. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The modern analog is the “chick flick,” a demeaning name applied mostly to cynical and threadbare rom-coms trotted out with dreary regularity every spring. The Carpetbagger: Box Office Heroines 2012-12-07T15:00:34Z His title may cast a cynical shadow over the whole enterprise, but Carnegie insists on sincerity. ‘How to Win Friends & Influence People’: Why the granddaddy of self-help endures 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z This year made travelers more security conscious, circumspect and perhaps a little more cynical. Perspective \| It’s been a wild year for travel. What’s ahead for 2018? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z "Nights Out was a bit cynical," adds Oscar. Feels like Devon 2011-04-01T23:01:00Z Without wanting to sound cynical I quickly realised that while individual doctors might do their best, it wasn’t in their interests to be successful the first time.” We need to talk about egg freezing 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Wood said the change to scheduling was "cynical" and showed a "completely different attitude to the one that scheduled Magic Roundabout before the 5.40pm news". BBC children's TV move 'cynical' 2013-01-08T12:44:34Z She exudes the wised-up attitude of a teenager cynical beyond her years. Theater Review: Love?s Flames Amid a City in Flames 2011-07-12T21:27:37Z Eventually — perhaps even when “Mad Men” returns with new episodes tonight — a cynical, defiant Sally Draper will dive into the deep end of 1969. Sally Draper and Arya Stark rule TV’s teenage wastelands 2014-04-11T17:16:48Z Still, let's not be too cynical, not when the lineup contains shows you might happily watch again on DVD. TV highlights 08/07/2013 2013-07-08T06:00:07Z I haven't seen it, but find it difficult to imagine it is as cynical and bleak as the novel. Step right up for carny classics 2010-10-21T09:25:00Z A cynical reader might read that introduction and cringe, “Oh no — tears will be jerked, our humanity laid bare.” Review \| A man and his son with special needs make their final days together count 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z “Merrily We Roll Along,” a famously problematic adaptation of the Kaufman and Hart reverse-chronology play about how idealistic young artists grow cynical as they age, closed after just 16. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The mayoress sings the most cynical thoughts to the most sinuous melodies; the psychiatrist uses the simplest musical forms to create chaos. Attend the Tale of ‘Anyone Can Whistle,’ Then and Now 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z It’s three-chord rock sung with cynical conviction and barricaded with layer upon layer of distorted guitars and additional noise, like the sizzling whistle that opens the track and squeals throughout. The Playlist: Taylor Swift and the Jesus and Mary Chain Offer Different Shades of Teases 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Of course, the cynical Yuangui learns to open his heart, and he abandons his dubious occupation. ‘The Breakup Guru,’ Starring Deng Chao 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z “With a whole lot of work and a little bit of luck/You can wind up right back where your daddy was,” he concludes, cynical as all get-out. New Music: New Albums Include ‘A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac’ 2012-08-13T22:29:39Z How to get a cynical public to trust the messenger is another challenge. Now, there’s one more reason to be a journalist — you can help save journalism 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z “All those issues were raised by the cynical press at the time,” said Howell Begle, a Washington lawyer and artist advocate who organized the show and is an executive producer of the videos. Long-Lost Video of R&B Stars at 1989 Inaugural Is to Air 2014-02-28T23:26:48Z People are quite cynical, they say they're identikit characters, but I really don't think you have that at all. The Apprentice final pits 'business Barbie' against doctor with a dream 2013-07-14T14:17:48Z Even more than his flowing, fragmentary, allusive methods, it’s his transcendental world view that renders him grandly untimely, that makes critics who are smitten with television’s cynical “darkness” repudiate the cathedral-like sublimity of his vision. “Song to Song”: Terrence Malick’s Romantic Idealism 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z That atmosphere reflects the glowering attitude of Johnny’s posse of would-be playboys that includes Troy Garity as his best friend, and Dylan McDermott as his sullen, cynical agent. \| 'Mercy': Scott Caan, Star and Writer of Tough-Guy Romance 2010-04-30T00:17:00Z “It’s hard to be cynical about it—it’s so thrilling,” Harmon said of his thirty-six muses. How to Write for the Rockettes 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Hunted isn't – so far – remotely political, and it's already far more cynical. TV review: Hunted; Red Dwarf 2012-10-04T22:00:01Z Tough and cynical, with a strain of sadness under their wisecracking surface, these songs are almost the equal of Leigh’s best work with Coleman. Music Review: ‘Unsung Carolyn Leigh’ Reveals Charm of a Gatsby Musical 2014-04-08T20:57:35Z Frank is very good with his iPhone, but he's very cynical about tech and feels we're losing our sense of touch because of it. Robot & Frank: vision of the future? 2013-03-08T09:21:04Z If I were as cynical as the hard-boiled characters of “Too Late,” I might scoff that each scene is overstuffed with fawning references to classic film noir, Quentin Tarantino and pulp novels. Review: In ‘Too Late,’ Imitation Is Sincere Flattery 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Despite her cynical eye and hardscrabble life, Dellarobia is nonetheless loyal to her region and sensitive to what a visitor calls “the condescension of outsiders.” Books of The Times: Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Flight Behavior’ 2012-11-18T22:17:53Z “We’re journalists and we can be sort of cynical by nature,” said Reed. The battle for Tribune: Inside the campaign to find new owners for a legendary group of newspapers 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z All of it topped off with scheming, cynical pols declaiming lengthy arias detailing their scheming cynical plots. Vacation Robo-Post: The 2011 Cincy Awards 2011-12-27T13:58:58Z But in fact, J.D. is a lot more humane than that, even if he sports an engagingly cynical tone. A former Romney strategist tries the impossible: Political satire in the Trump era 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z It’s called “The November Story,” and it displays Ms. Makkai’s sharp and cynical side. Review: Rebecca Makkai’s ‘Music for Wartime,’ Stories With Echoes of Loss 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The story cracked open when he came up with Victor, who seems like a classic character from hard-boiled detective fiction: a prickly, cynical loner with a dark past. In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z There is nothing evil or cynical about choosing to forgo the teaching of ancient myths. No God in our house: Challenges of an atheist parent 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Politics is supposed to be a cynical business, but it warmed my heart to see such devotion.” Review \| Christopher Buckley’s ‘Make Russia Great Again’ is the Trump satire we’ve been waiting for 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z Iannucci’s picture is a typically acerbic and cynical look at the jostling power play of the inner circles of government. Toronto film festival 2017: a surge of woman power 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Casting Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant as witty, cynical partners in crime in early ’90s Manhattan is pretty much foolproof. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z In his cynical world only a dupe says what he means. Learning How to Sell From ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ 2012-11-11T04:40:29Z “Maybe I am being cynical, but all I know, regardless of his intentions, is he is now going to sell more books, and it is a crafty way to do that.” Ricky Martin?s Personal Spin 2010-04-02T21:35:00Z Ms. Sullivan astutely reinterpreted “In Buddy’s Eyes” and “Being Alive” as wised-up, bitterly cynical expressions of marital boredom and stagnation by a wife feeling trapped in her marriage. KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar Reflect a New Era 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z “Which is a pretty cynical view of humanity.” John Oliver manages brilliant Bill Cosby joke in epic routine on the worthlessness of the penny 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The shocking state of our woeful and cynical new housing alone would stay my hand, while the wilful privatisation of our public realm would keep both hands firmly in my pockets. What have Labour done for architecture? 2010-04-21T20:30:00Z But that shift is no mere cynical self-justification; it’s built into the story. “Magic Mike XXL” Grabs Our Convoluted Fantasies of Pleasure 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z But now I have a much less cynical view.” Ryan Reynolds: ‘I’m good at being the butt of the joke’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z By the time of a 1982 show of his works in Amherst, those images had turned more cynical, with Mr. Skolnick depicting plants that seemed to be arming themselves against environmental threats. Arnold Skolnick, Whose Poster Embodied Woodstock, Dies at 85 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z We believe this is a deeply cynical and deliberately mischievous attempt to draw the Sun into the phone-hacking issue. The Sun dismisses Jude Law's alleged phone-hacking claim as 'mischief' 2011-07-16T00:22:17Z The villains in this piece are the smug, cynical Republican Party bigwigs who would like to see the pushy, sweaty Nixon erased from the presidential ticket. Theater Review: ‘Checkers,’ With Anthony LaPaglia, at the Vineyard Theater 2012-11-09T03:00:08Z The show is so joyously clever and surprising, in an era where many other network comedies are cynical, predictable or just dreadful. The TV Surprises and Snubs of the 2018 Golden Globes 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z Herzog doesn’t write jokes, and her vision, though bleak, is neither cynical nor comforting. Down and Out in Paris: Amy Herzog’s Belleville 2013-03-06T13:00:15Z My cynical side, well you know what it says, but the mystery, the voodoo, the alchemy of the art of songwriting prevents me from determining one way or another. This is the laziest rhyme in all of songwriting history — and great artists use it all the time 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z Or else this is the most cynical ending one could imagine. Onstage, Paradise for Black Characters Often Comes With a Price 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z These questions, not so much cynical as realistic, connect “Love” on Netflix and “Togetherness” on HBO, a pair of bittersweet candy hearts about romance among the Los Angeles creative class. Review: ‘Love’ and ‘Togetherness’ Capture the Arc of the Romantic Pursuit 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Has Tyrion come full circle, back to the cynical dissipation of the outlier, or will his true mettle finally be put to better use? TV Picks: 'Daredevil,' 'Game of Thrones,' 'Outlander' 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Was it written by a cynical politician in order to win back public office under the restored Medici? The Garments of Court and Palace: Machiavelli and the World that He Made by Philip Bobbitt – review 2013-07-11T14:59:00Z Thomson worries that something happened to the cinema around the time of Jaws, something cynical, sinister and perhaps even fatal. The Big Screen by David Thomson – review 2012-10-12T21:55:01Z And again, not knowing this was all very cynical, I finished it with “My Big Vacation.” As Far as Luc Tuymans Is Concerned, Nothing Is Original 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z With Wilder, I find that it's a matter of who he collaborated with, and whether they could tamp down his effervescence and his more cynical down-with-everything instincts. Billy Wilder, still less than meets the eye 2012-06-08T23:05:00Z Much more rewarding to talk to professional practitioners in any musical style, and you can be pretty sure of a balanced – if sometimes slightly cynical – attitude to the whole business. Letters: Age, intelligence and musical taste 2012-07-17T20:00:05Z It used to be that Le Carré heroes were the cynical, anti-James Bonds. Naomie Harris: ‘I portray strong women because that’s what I know’ 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z But he says he’s too cynical to believe that his book, or any book, can change the world. Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa’s gloom 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Related: The Muppets: TV reboot's cynical approach may leave you heartbroken Obviously there are a few reasons why retooling old ideas is all the rage. Muppets, Heroes, X-Files: why we're stuck in the season of the reboot 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z It didn’t help, Wynn says, that friends and strangers alike responded to the news with a flurry of unhelpful sentiments — everything from “I’m sorry,” to a cynical “Good luck!” or “Oh, girls hate their moms.” It’s a boy! It’s a girl! For some parents, learning their baby’s sex is a disappointment 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z And although we journalists try to portray ourselves as cynical sometimes, or hard-bitten, we can also be idealistic, even naive. The media didn’t want to believe Trump could win. So they looked the other way. 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The glossy appearance and trappings may evoke standard Anglophile nostalgia, but below the veneer is a cynical portrait of bored, shallow Britons halfheartedly going through the motions of a celebration. Movie Review: ‘Cheerful Weather for the Wedding,’ With Elizabeth McGovern 2012-12-06T21:22:23Z Disappointed to see Chandler hailed as a martyr, J. D. delivers a cynical riff about the emptiness of life: “Heathers,” Reviewed: The TV Remake of the Classic Teen Comedy Is a Feat of Hostile Farce 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z But maybe — only maybe — Faith No More is less cynical now. Review: Faith No More, Reunited and Reclaiming Its Spot 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z It bothers Weiner that people have been reading the coke ad as a cynical ending. Matthew Weiner opens up about “Mad Men” finale: “I did think, why not end this show with the greatest commercial ever made?” 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z I think that’s too cynical: From creative artists to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dreams have long been the language inspiring communal goals and more equitable policies. A Salzburg Festival Rich With Dreams and Power 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z "I am a little more cynical than he is about things and pessimistic. Brian is not a very jaded human being." Director Victor Levin's French encounter led to '5 to 7' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Matt Ingebretson and Jake Weisman’s boundlessly cynical new series marks a new extreme of pure, unleaded contempt for the indignities of office life, from boorish bosses to simpering middle managers to byzantine bureaucracies. Office lol-itics: the evolution of the workplace sitcom 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z This isn't a cynical movie, and both Wyatt and Beaney are talented, so the roots of the film's disjointed structure are a bit of a mystery. "Captive State" is boring 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z That it’s also painted a rather bleak and cynical picture of humans and their ways of behaviour is something for another day. Westworld finale recap – robot army, assemble! 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Emily is our cynical guide through this story, an edgy city girl throwing shade at the ritzy suburbanites. Review \| ‘When Life Gives You Lululemons’ is a delicious sequel to ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Morgan plays this successful, burned-out, cynical writer who arrives in this little town, and I play the neighbor who pushes him into relating to the locals. A Minute With: Hard-working funnyman Fred Willard 2012-07-11T09:04:56Z He mocks and adores her treacly lyrics and life story, and while his presentation isn’t especially cynical, the air is thick — unbearably so — with irony. Dance Review: One Man?s Fascination With Miley, Real and Not 2010-10-01T22:18:00Z If you like “Broad City,” but wish it were more cynical and less joyous, this is for you. What You Should Watch This Week: ‘Queen Sugar’ and ‘Atlanta’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The first episodes of “Sesame Street” contain a delightfully dark, cynical take on the daily frustrations of life as an urban subway rider that would never make it on the show today. The gentrification of “Sesame Street”: Cashing out, once and for all, from the radical notion that the urban working class are people, too 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z A terrible, miserable, cynical film that would have exploded if it had contained a single original idea. From Trolls to Transformers: toy films – ranked! 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The Cheerleader Ironic, emerging with the counterculture and a more cynical era, threatened to disrupt all this fantasy. Megan Abbott on Cheerleaders in Pop Culture 2012-07-27T15:27:38Z Between the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal, the time was ripe for cynical material. "He did not suffer fools": Honoring Richard Belzer, the stand-up conspiracy theorist 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Unlike his fellow players, he doesn’t have a cynical bone in his body. Movie Review: ?Goon,? Directed by Michael Dowse 2012-03-29T21:23:35Z Thing is, it's almost impossible to remain cynical in the 30-year old singer's presence. Gossip girl: In bed with Beth Ditto 2011-03-04T13:56:37Z It’s a parody of events that’s at times confusing and yet rather charming, thanks to Brad Pitt’s questionable disposition and the late Dennis Farina’s cynical histrionics. 10 Films We See in the Grand Theft Auto Games 2013-09-24T22:17:56Z “Not to be cynical, but I thought, ‘Oh yeah, great.’ Their Produce Is Pristine Enough for Picky Chefs. But They Give It Away. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The actress played yet another alcoholic -- Claire, a cynical, post-middle-aged aunt who dispenses barbed asides -- and received some of the best reviews of her career. Elaine Stritch, 89: Five noteworthy performances 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Lilly Scott sang, "I Fall to Pieces," and maybe I was just all worn out and cynical at this point because I was falling to pieces. "American Idol" recap: Sexual frustration edition 2010-03-10T16:01:00Z Whedon is cynical about the likelihood of teen-vampire overkill – "But seriously, are vampires even popular any more?" – but is also realistic about the way the movie business operates. Joss Whedon written out of Buffy film 2010-11-23T20:30:00Z It’s not relentlessly foul-mouthed like “Veep,” not corrosively cynical like “House of Cards,” and not brilliantly layered like “The Americans.” Alien brain-bugs gridlock Washington? New satire “BrainDead” spoofs rigid partisan politics 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Despite his reputation and all the scandals, the cynical aperçus and stinging air of pessimism, he was an astonishing optimist. Godard Taught Me How to Watch Cinema, Even as He Kept Reinventing It 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Foer’s greatest failing in “Here I Am,” far more grave than its cynical reliance on ethnic kinship, is writing that is as incoherent as a curbside preacher. With joyless prose about joyless people, Jonathan Safran Foer's 'Here I Am' is kitsch at best 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z K does his grim job thoroughly and without complaint, showing the weary, cynical patience of an old-time shamus. Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Tries to Honor the Original and to Slip Free of It 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z I’m happy to say I didn’t come away from my personal white-whale chase quite so cynical. Off Belize, a Hunt for Saltwater Fly-Fishing’s Top Prizes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Without this deeply cynical premise — that there is evil and violence on every street corner — the comic-to-film process simply falls apart. ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’: A blind hero with a clearer vision for comic-book TV 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Trump, who is a showman, is an expert at exploiting the spectacle of their fear and manipulating their anger for cynical political opportunity. A Modest Video Artwork About White-Male Rage Filmed at Yale’s DKE Chapter 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Rival sound-system crews engage in acts of playful sabotage; racist police and neighbors hassle them; friends give up on their dreams and turn their attention to making a quick, cynical buck. What “Babylon” Captured About Racism and Reggae 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z “Even the most cynical concertgoer has to smile in this piece,” he said. A Composer Shows the Way to Give Classical Music Swing 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z But while I’m usually grateful for glints of optimism in these cynical times, I can’t honestly say that this transformation is for the good. Review: Michael C. Hall Probes the Despair of ‘Thom Pain’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z These gags aren't cynical, but their blithe spirit is part of the problem. Aziz Ansari – review 2013-06-17T14:00:46Z This combined group sang with tremendous energy, focus, and accuracy, in lyrics that range from the amorous and hopeful to the cynical and despairing. SSO delivers ‘Carmina’ in all its splendor 2014-04-04T19:06:01Z To me, the most cynical type of theft is the practice, as Barelli puts it, of “governments looting art from other countries or their own citizens.” Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Yet this cynical, near-future crime thriller, with its Hunger Games morality and Mad Max aesthetic, is too busy glamorizing cruelty to allow its central relationship to resonate. ‘Mondocane’ Review: Fractured Friendship, Fractured World 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In Tim Robbins' satire "Bob Roberts," Vidal played an aging and ineffectual senator who is no match for cynical times. The great, and entitled Gore Vidal 2012-08-01T21:11:12Z "It's all very cynical and insincere, and selling a lie to people." New band of the day ? No 754: Airship 2010-03-25T16:45:00Z But it's gross and horrible for him to inflict his stale, jaded, cynical views on children. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z The intransigence which made him the great artist he was—his ineffable and cynical wit, the clarity with which he saw most things, including me, and the fact that he never spared me the view. Emma Thompson Pays Tribute to "Rare and Unique" Alan Rickman 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It's not cynical, it never tips a wink at the audience – it's just honest entertainment, expertly handled and delivered. The Princess Bride: No 23 2010-10-21T10:32:00Z I don’t know whether to call Mitchell’s second-film strategy cynical or brilliant; it might be both. “It Follows”: An instant horror classic about the dark side of teen sex 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The episode serves as an understated thesis statement of sorts, in the Scrushy lawyers’ cynical understanding of trial as a game of storytelling; you have to know your audience. Trial by Media: a troubling Netflix series on press coverage of the courtroom 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Marc Newson, industrial designer I was really shocked to learn about the closure of Colette, and even more cynical about what’s about to replace it. Saying Farewell to a Store That Changed Shopping 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Liv is so cynical and such a city person, and her doctor tells her when she's pregnant that she seems stressed out, maybe she could try a meditation app? "Keep Breathing" creators talk survival, not Googling solutions and that controversial ending 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z For wry nipples, cynical nipples, nipples whittled from discounted Peperami sticks or those like hard-boiled eggs with eyebrows drawn on? What does the trend for smaller nipples say about us? 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Rivera, though, knows Rainier and Bingbong better than they know poverty, and his own manipulations are more good-natured than cynical. Movie Review: ‘The Woman in the Septic Tank,’ a Satire by Marlon Rivera 2012-05-22T22:25:20Z “I think a lot of people who are cynical assume that, ‘Oh everyone knows those songs.’ Sean Ono Lennon on remixing father’s music: It was therapy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Really, one has heard double-talk before from Metropolitan spokesmen but nothing quite so cynical as this.” An Essential Music Critic, but Nobody’s Role Model 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z “That is,” Urin says, with a deeply cynical laugh, “if I’m still working here.” The Power Plays at the Bolshoi, On Film 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z From private equity predators to rightwing media barons, cynical demagogues and doublespeak lawyers, the 1% essentially elect our leaders and create our laws now. Breath of fresh heir: how Succession became the must-watch TV of the year 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “The Menu” is deeply cynical about the nature of service and hospitality. The Horrors of Rich-People Food, Fleshed Out on Film 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Not appropriate for cynical readers, this novel culminates in a pretty dramatic flourish. Newly Released Books 2011-08-17T22:44:30Z Billie and Franck are cynical and charming, bickering like siblings and relying on each other to get by. Reviews: New Books From Steven Millhauser, Per Petterson and More 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z You lean into the tropes — the dating montage — but the film is a bit cynical about romance. "What's Love Got to Do With It?" director on dating today, from apps to setups: "Love is a mystery" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Then again, the less cynical might view yogurt from a wider perspective. DIY yogurt beats the store-bought stuff "A lot of people who had been cynical about the industry said, ‘Well, that's the last time they're going to try a network drama with African American leads.'" With 'Empire,' diversity becomes the watchword on television 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z The only flaw in this act is his inability to be cynical about his employer. \| 'Page One: Inside The New York Times': A Hyperactive Fly on the Newsroom Wall 2011-06-16T21:05:42Z It isn’t entirely cynical, because many social networks function in similar ways. Perspective \| Transformed by crisis, arts criticism may never be the same. And that’s a good thing. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Children were not the target because, even by the most self-interested and cynical calculus, killing Palestinian children is disastrous for Israel. Sam Harris talks Islam, ISIS, atheism, GOP madness: “We are confronting people, in dozens of countries, who despise more or less everything that we value” 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s nothing as craven or cynical as “media bias,” but the full picture of culture in this country doesn’t get told. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z But when we tried it out, it worked: the key was to play against it, to make the character reading it aloud cynical of it, to make sure it was undercut and work in jokes. Why couldn't I quote Charlotte's Web on stage? 2011-03-03T16:30:56Z Perhaps Game of Thrones is fitting fantasy for a cynical time in which civic discourse is widely assumed to be a façade for power-grabbing and the notion of transcendent or enduring value is in doubt. Don't Root for the Game of Thrones White Walkers Just Yet 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z "Our protest is of course against Donald Trump’s cynical, divisive and destructive policies, especially his unforgivable travel ban," Leigh told the London crowd. Part premiere, part Trump protest, Londoners gather for Oscar movie 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Under the guidance of a cynical philosopher, two young men test their girlfriends’ fidelity. Russia Locked Him Up. But He’s Directing an Opera 1,400 Miles Away. 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Depending on your view, that blatant contradiction is cynical or just part of the fun. Viewing Party! Let’s all Watch ‘Jurassic Park’ 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z There are also songs that are darker, and more cynical, than people are likely to expect from you. Carly Rae Jepsen on the Song She Wrote About Mike Tyson That Didn't Make Her New Album 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z It's a nice change of pace in these cynical times, though it's hard not to long for more. In 'Cinderella,' goodness and fairy tale innocence rule 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Viewers expecting a bland, folksy portrait of two beloved American icons fusing in Holbrook’s one-man performance instead were treated to several of Twain’s stinging, occasionally cynical, barbs directed at mendacious and hypocritical politicians. AFI Docs turns in an exceptionally strong year, often at the expense of the U.S. government Directed by Robert De Niro, it was a cynical look back at the CIA's beginnings. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z In a cynical world sincerity is the toughest sell, especially the kind that is scripted and portrayed confidently and competently by a cast that wholeheartedly believes its mission. Keep on believing in "Ted Lasso" because its second season is richer and sweeter than the first 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Frank Tannenbaum, a prominent Austrian-American professor at Columbia, complained that he was trying to import immorality into American foreign policy and change the wholesome United States into a cynical country practicing European power politics. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Abe has this somewhat cynical philosophy - a juvenile one as well - but I think the film gradually undermines this, as there is a tenderness and affection for these characters. Director Todd Solondz looks for lightness in new "Dark Horse" 2012-07-26T18:21:08Z I was always wondering about the sheer earnestness of it, in a world that is as cynical as our world is. As ‘Come From Away’ Closes, a Newfoundlander Heads Back Home 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z But the initial confusion is not a bad thing, at least from a cynical marketing point of view. \| The Curse of 57th Street 2011-01-20T23:10:05Z Smells are powerful, especially when, say, you’ve moved back to the place where you grew up, and are smelling the smells of a suburban childhood through newly cynical nostrils. Map the smells of your day. It will be heady with truths 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z Soon, the family would become the subject of pages and pages of increasingly invasive and cynical online coverage, much of it focused on the grieving mother. Death and the Bratayley family: An Internet-famous child’s death sparks an ugly backlash 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z I do think that you don't become cynical or 'unsentimental' unless there's a core of romanticism or sentiment that's had a few chips nicked into it. 'Sleepless in Seattle' writer Nora Ephron dies at 71 2012-06-27T01:41:54Z But perhaps such a movie requires a cynical moment. George Clooney rules out political bid in US 2011-08-31T19:46:03Z Set in a run-down Galway bar in the 1970s, it confronts Michael, returning after a 10-year absence in New York, with his old drinking chums dominated by a cynical teacher, Tom. Druid Murphy – review 2012-06-24T17:00:03Z The 1989 Wen Chang is the same person, evolved — now authoritative, knowing, cynical and intense. Review \| Full-court banter and intensity mark a gripping ‘Great Leap’ at Round House Theatre 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z This goes some way to explaining the bleakness and cynical sense of destiny in Sharp's films, which he called "existential melodramas". Alan Sharp 2013-02-14T11:40:41Z In this way, she has not hitched her wagon to a star in the cynical, 20th century sense, but in the utopian manner Ralph Waldo Emerson first posited in 1862. A Star Is Born isn't sexist or 'rockist' – it's a cutting insight into so-called 'authenticity' 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The show’s cynical and morbid components are more persuasive, if a tad monotonous. Review: Chita Rivera Stars in Kander and Ebb’s ‘The Visit’ 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z On the left, a television control room where colleagues and executives monitor his actions and make their cynical decisions. ‘Network’ in an Age of Fake News and Fury 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z But all of them are hard working and ambitious and strangely innocent in a cynical world, as is the show itself despite all its self-hype and product placement. Why I'm still watching "American Idol" after all these years 2011-01-19T18:01:00Z “Look, I’m as cynical and charred a soul as most actors, but he just absorbs all the excitement and radiates the same lovable warmth.” James Corden Goes Far Beyond in ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ 2012-08-05T22:56:31Z Calling the government plans “cynical,” Guaido said it would not change the opposition’s plans to bring in the aid. A look at rival Branson vs Maduro concerts for Venezuela 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The stars were Bogart, as a cynical American who runs a saloon in Morocco, and Ingrid Bergman as an old flame from Paris who turns up and stirs his pre-war passion. Madeleine LeBeau, French actress who sang ‘La Marseillaise’ in ‘Casablanca,’ dies at 92 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The protagonist is Joel, a bitter, cynical smuggler who just seems exhausted after decades in this wasteland. Review: Humanity abides in 'The Last of Us' 2013-06-13T12:57:08Z We played JV football together, and the intelligence that rendered him a nerd early on had been marshaled in the services of a cynical sense of humor. My life as a teen brawler 2012-09-03T14:00:00Z He’s unlike the more cynical, closed-off teenagers that I feel are all over the media today. Film: A Teenager Flying Over a Cuckoo?s Nest 2010-09-25T05:00:00Z “A lot of people who do my kind of work are quite cynical, and I wanted to get across that I am open and sincere,” he said. Cultural Studies: Facebook Bios: Truth or Fiction? 2010-06-18T20:05:00Z A woman-for-a-woman’s sake would be cynical and would work against Comedy Central, but the right woman would give the network a much-needed boost. Comedy Central Should Hire a Woman to Replace John Stewart 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z DreamWorks has made plenty of money off the "Shrek" and "Kung Fu Panda" franchises, but the studio has never quite shaken off the sense that they're the second-rate, cynical hucksters of the animation world. "Rango" and the rise of kidult-oriented animation 2011-03-03T02:02:00Z The craft and care being put into this revival of one of Russia’s greatest cultural exports dispels the cynical allegation that the West is on a canceling frenzy. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z Alano Miller plays a thorny and cynical overseer whose seemingly questionable morals keep us guessing. Promised land: Citizens, superheroes and the Gullah Geechee Nation 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Also buried is the book’s cynical examination of the gorgeous, unholy facade that is American power and status. ‘The Great Gatsby’ Review: Raising a Glass to an American Tragedy 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z The brothers Julius and Philip Epstein, two of the three credited screenwriters on “Casablanca,” are closer to merry dandies than the clever, cynical, seasoned experts in adapting plays that they were. Review: ‘CasablancaBox’ Is Looking at You, Kid, Behind the Scenes 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Of the 1975 comedy-drama "Lucky Lady," for example, he wrote that it was a "cynical, vulgar, contrived, mismated, violent, uneven and uninteresting disaster." Charles Champlin dies at 88; former L.A. Times arts editor, critic 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z “Solo” is an origin story set some 10 years before the events of the 1977 “Star Wars” movie, when Ford starred as the cynical cowboy space pilot. Good feeling, or bad feeling about young Han Solo? 'Star Wars' fans... 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z But that's the kind of cynical business logic that has allowed Hollywood to dodge the creative route, so we should be grateful there's an alternative philosophy growing out there. The Dark Knight and Marvel: the blockbuster franchise comes of age 2012-11-14T12:42:52Z A lot of what we get in movie theaters and even on TV to a certain degree is cynical and dark and gritty, but “Bros” is about the good things in life. Billy Eichner Wrote Himself Into the Romance He Wanted With ‘Bros’ 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z "He was cynical about human nature, including his own, and hysterically funny," Fagen wrote. Steely Dan Co-Founder Walter Becker Dies at 67 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z So when you became “cynical,” it may be that you are seeing into the true nature of people — that they can be duplicitous, shallow, manipulative, mean-spirited, self-destructive, conniving, etc. “Community” botches damage control 2012-05-24T16:00:00Z Despite that background, he says he is less cynical than the Pet Shop Boys expected; they learned to respect his romanticism. A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z I see that the speech that is chosen at the end of the film is not chosen as a cynical statement of failure, but as a real expression of hope. Brad Pitt: gangster movie Killing Them Softly reflects economic crimes 2012-05-22T21:03:32Z His work is the love of his life, that’s his purpose in life, and if he was able to find that purpose again, to me that’s not cynical. Elisabeth Moss on Her Emmy Nomination and How to Follow Success of Peggy Olson 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Hammond isn’t the villain — Wayne Knight’s venal tech guy and Martin Ferrero’s cynical lawyer are the designated baddies — because of his sincere idealism. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s not a show about flashy, cynical, or malignant characters. “The Killing”: So that’s who murdered Rosie? 2012-06-18T14:40:00Z The report, by Albert Q. Maisel, featured scathing anecdotes of routine abuse, starvation diets, overcrowded bathrooms and cynical charades of treatment that mocked the very word. The ‘Insane’ Way Our Prison System Handles the Mentally Ill 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The second is that the book exemplifies both the corrupt and brutal way in which the Putin regime does business at home and the cynical help it gets from foreigners when it launders profits abroad. Red sky in the morning 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z They’re both made so cynical by their job—manufacturing romance for a reality show—that the only romance they’re capable of is a platonic, murderous kind with each other. Best TV of 2015: The relationships, big and little, that made TV worth watching 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z It's easy to be cynical, and I do think that our democracy and politics are at some sort of precipice right now. "Voting is important but insufficient": Scott Warren on youth power in politics 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z Then hearing someone else say it – for all Syson's expertise and eloquence – brought out the cynical journalist in me. The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded 2010-07-13T20:31:00Z In a program note Mr. Okada — who is celebrated as a chronicler of Japan’s “Generation Y,” which grew up amid financial uncertainty — writes that he now sees these plays as “quite cynical.” Theater Review: Toshiki Okada?s Under the Radar Entry at Japan Society - Review 2012-01-07T00:33:21Z Rather than skewering the Plumbs to death, she pokes them, as though probing to find the humanity beneath their cynical crust. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z His time there is also riddled with the motifs that a cynical author such as Max might put into a work of horror : doppelgangers, mute children, bird attacks. Burnt Island by Alice Thompson – review 2013-05-29T14:02:55Z If you’re not familiar with her shtick, you could be forgiven for thinking it a cynical move to get the ratings up. 'The people’s yogi': how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z As Lily Tomlin once famously noted, “No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.” At the dawn of the Trump era, cynicism in film has become instantly obsolete 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “I’m a lot more cynical than I used to be,” Jewell said in Sack’s story. How the Investigation Into Richard Jewell Unfolded 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Might I have been so cynical and opportunistic to collaborate and seek out rewards for exposing anti-occupation behavior? Alan Furst’s ‘A Hero of France’: Putting a human face on the French Resistance 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z “While weepy films can succeed in some markets,” Ms. Galano said, “the international audience tends to be a little more jaded and cynical.” Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z And eventually, because of the nihilist pressure of the unstoppable gush of language itself, cynical to the point of despair. One Last Book From a Virtuoso of the Short Story 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Davis acknowledges that casting the daughter of movie stars might look crass or cynical. Do you love ‘Love Actually’? Then here's everything you need to know about ‘Love Actually Live’ 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Appearing like a mirage from the heart of the show, and presiding over the action like a 1950s beauty pageant winner turned cynical Greek chorus is Heather Christian's seductive songstress, Miss Atomic. Mission Drift ? review 2011-08-09T17:30:01Z It was advice I later repeated to my writing students, along with Stan's adage, "As a journalist, be cynical of everything." Remembering New Yorker magazine alum Stanley Mieses, a Talk of the Town character in his own right 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z All these adventures arrive gift-wrapped in writing variously rich, inventive, surprising, informed, bawdy, cynical, heartbreaking and hilarious. ‘The Unfortunate Englishman’: a stylish spy thriller set in postwar Berlin 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z The Web series “Chasing the Hill” is a cynical, cinéma vérité-like look at campaigns that seems written more in sadness than in satire: It’s “Veep” for the readers of Roll Call. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Prime Time’s Other Women in Power 2014-05-02T12:00:01Z "Colin took this on knowing that some people were going to be cynical, and he was ready to meet them head-on," Pratt said. 'Jurassic World' is Trevorrow Land 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z A sick, weary and cynical world needed a break, and Coach Lasso and his chirpy optimism came through with enough wit — and dashes of crass humor — to avoid giving us all a sugar rush. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z There is, too, the question of whether one wants to reward a news outlet that posts a disturbing video for cynical, revenue-generating reasons. The Trauma of Violent News on the Internet 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Alex was less cynical about the world and more open to life experiences because of Jason, she wrote. A jogger saved Mike Wise’s life. Six years later, the columnist got to repay him. Part of me saw this as another instance of Hanks’ kindness, but a more cynical part of me wondered if he just needed some validation after not winning the Oscar for his portrayal of Rogers. Tom Hanks on surviving coronavirus: 'I had crippling body aches, fatigue and couldn't concentrate' 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z We are fickle fish, cynical creatures who have already been hooked so many times that the simpler lures no longer work. Good at Skipping Ads? No, You’re Not 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z In 1986, Yovanovitch arrived at her first posting, in Somalia, and she recalls how the daily grind of dealing with shakedowns and extortion schemes made her “more cynical.” In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Am I being too cynical when I argue that the election of Donald Trump and the white backlash he represents is in many ways just a return to the norm for most of American history? Professor targeted by right wing attack speaks out: “It was a blitzkrieg” 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z But as a viewer, I don’t know if it is cynical. Elisabeth Moss on Her Emmy Nomination and How to Follow Success of Peggy Olson 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z This is the best part of the movie, partly because Ostlund allows the characters to behave like people, rather than just grotesque ciphers in his cynical morality play. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Those who shored up our teetering republic were American patriots guided by a moral compass and a commitment to the truth, not by party loyalty or cynical careerism. Perspective \| Four years ago, I wondered if the media could handle Trump. Now we know. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z He sells them well, and they reveal an unpretentious man without a cynical bone in his body. Mark Grist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T14:20:48Z Meanwhile, the work of artists outlives them, operating on minds too young to be cynical. Perspective \| Obituaries are the only redemptive news anymore 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The film's cynical tone is hollow, and meaningless. "Crisis" boasts big names – Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, even Armie Hammer! – and fails them all 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z "South Park"'s cynical prophecy didn't come true. Playing "Twist and Shout" with Pete Best 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z “I thought it was refreshing that it’s not cynical,” she says. Julia Stiles goes ‘back to my roots’ _ the stage 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z As if on Dylan's cynical command, most critics have so far focused on the 17-minute running time of "Murder Most Foul." "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z I’ve mentioned that under Trump cynicism is on the rise, but I haven’t yet covered the fact that Trump isn’t just making his detractors cynical; he is also actively cultivating a cynical base of supporters. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Part of the impetus for casting her came from wanting to perform a kind of bait-and-switch on audiences expecting to get a rendition of one of her cynical characters. Aubrey Plaza: 'I'm a poster child for irony' 2012-12-14T23:00:16Z What Trump is saying is powerful and cynical: If you’ve ever felt that fear, then spare some empathy for the men who gather with torches and wave the hated symbols of racism, anti-Semitism and nativism. Perspective \| Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Its central conceit is pretty inarguable: it has totally worked out The X Factor is exploitative, contrived and cynical and that Simon Cowell is probably a bad hat, less interested in music than money. 'The real problem is the songs' 2012-12-11T23:02:00Z “It is easy to imagine these people will not be cynical at all, that they won’t come to the first rehearsal like they know it all.” Carnegie Hall to Establish National Youth Orchestra in 2013 2012-01-11T21:00:13Z Curiously, Mitchell seems most cynical about Brook's approach; the scene has a kind of sentimentality, as if her heart isn't quite in it. Five Truths brings new clarity to Ophelia's demise 2011-07-21T10:35:22Z It's not cynical – and don't get me wrong, there's some great cynical comedy. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z We are disillusioned, undoubtedly — cynical, perhaps — but inelegant? Review: ‘Sylvia’ at the Joffrey Ballet, a Myth Revamped 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Shorter than a bad blind date and as sour as a vinegar Popsicle, “Young Adult” shrouds its brilliant, brave and breathtakingly cynical heart in the superficial blandness of commercial comedy. \| 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z “I got into a little bit of a rut thinking that the way to be cool was to be cynical and dark,” Mr. Stephenson said. Science Fiction Writers Take a Rosier View 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Shame and bravado are the alternating currents of his act, yoked by hyper-articulate, cynical self-consciousness. ‘Annette’ Review: Love Hurts 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z If you like your techno-futurism bleak, cynical and beautiful, try this textured animated drama. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Indeed, the greatest irony of all is that many of the people promoting optimism are unwittingly feeding a view of human nature that is cynical in the very worst sense. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z The age was cynical, but White’s book is not: He also pays attention to the striving middle- and working-class Americans of neighborhoods, churches and trade unions, who in mostly unsung ways expanded the public good. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z To say that he’s become cynical about teaching would be like saying that Ulysses takes a long time to get home. Review \| The plot of ‘The Plot’ — the best thriller of the year (so far) — is too good to give away 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z “We did a bunch of outlandish, cynical things as politicians, and people were like: ‘Ha, imagine that!’ and now much of it is really happening. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z But I very much liked the choice of monologue from Varys, who in many ways is the cynical heart of the series, about how power is as much persuasion as strength. Video: Game of Thrones Reloads for Season 2 2012-01-30T14:10:48Z That makes “Escape to Margaritaville” even more cynical than the usual jukebox musical, which merely promotes a catalog of songs, not an alcohol-based empire. Review: ‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ Where Work Is a Dirty Word 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z “Bad news sells best,” growled Kirk Douglas’ reporter character in the 1951 movie “Ace in the Hole,” still the archetype of the cynical newshound. Bad news sells in the 'The Last Kid Left' 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z "I dunno, some people actually like that stuff. Seems kinda cynical. I just don't like taking cheap shots, you know?" How "Rick and Morty" and "Loki" built thoughtful altars to apathy for everything we hold dear 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z Special Forces liaison, a cynical mercenary and a conflicted Colombian soldier. Review \| In ‘Missionaries,’ Phil Klay paints a grim picture of Colombia’s drug war 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z And of course, there is Billy Wilder’s corrosive masterpiece, “Ace in the Hole,” a cynical treasure that cost him most of the goodwill he had earned from the previous 10 years of commercial success. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z It sounds cynical now, but at the time, what she said totally made sense. ‘I Don’t Take a Single Second for Granted’: Asian and Asian American Nominees on the Oscars 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z As a result, we may well start to become as cynical about our social lives as we are about our politics. Seeking Out Peer Pressure 2013-05-03T23:12:03Z They're both young, hot, and famous — it was only written in the textbook of celebrity relationships that this was going to end, the cynical skeptic would say. When fans mourns a celebrity breakup 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Shaina Taub, the show’s composer and lyricist, also appears onstage as an inquisitive yet cynical character who provides a bird’s-eye view and additional context for audience members. With ‘As You Like It,’ Public Works Aims for a Reflection of Humanity 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z But that Depression-era drama showed the American dream to be a cynical con game, rigged against the little guy. Hands on a Hardbody: Broadway’s New Pickup 2013-03-27T11:00:17Z There were predictions, wishes and -- given the Recording Academy's knack for the unexpected -- a few cynical choices. Grammys preview: Sam Smith, Beyonce, Iggy Azalea lead L.A. Times' nominee picks 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Consumers are more cynical, savvy, more empowered, weary of being sold to.” Vocal Opposition: Women Want Work Doing Movie-Trailer Voiceovers 2013-08-12T18:40:35Z Liberals tend to look on talk of “values” as a cynical distraction from matters of economic justice; that is, in fact, the central theme of “What’s the Matter With Kansas?” The Fight Over the Future of the Democratic Party 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s always questioning, it’s always cynical, it’s always undermining and it’s always been negative. Slang: The universal language 2012-10-15T11:45:00Z But in assuming that people would simply refuse to experience anything unfamiliar when they went to hear an orchestra play, the program was depressingly cynical. Music Review: Treading Very Carefully on the Road to Nostalgia 2011-04-18T22:00:20Z Within these cynical confines, it's no wonder that the classic rom-com epiphany, the one where one character realizes they can't live without the other, comes during a nostalgic viewing of a chatty sex tape. Love & Other Drugs: Anatomy Lessons with Anne Hathaway 2010-11-24T07:00:00Z Ben’s cynical quip echoes the real life aphorism of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was previously Mr. Obama’s chief of staff: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” 'Veep' Recap: Listen, You Are Beyoncé 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z A purely cynical take on this is sort of lazy and not interesting.” “UnREAL” nails reality TV: 5 reasons why this behind-the-scenes drama is a “Bachelor” hate-watcher’s dream 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z We think of Gen X as the blasé generation, the bitter and cynical one. Warwick Davis is the real hero of Gen X 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z The voice remained the same: tough, knowing, at times cynical. Joan Didion, ‘New Journalist’ Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z The film is stronger with its moment-to-moment tension than with its cynical, shallow media satire. In ‘Default,’ Somali Pirates’ Demand Is for Coverage 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But the real Armstrong, as revealed through hundreds of home audio recordings he made, was proud, intelligent and sometimes cynical as he negotiated a country dominated by bigotry and segregation. Louis Armstrong’s museum has gone silent, but ‘Pops’ is still talking 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z Its brand of humor is cynical, nihilist, and not above being cruel; this is a comedy about the foibles of human existence, so when it lands, it hurts. Hate your job, or your life — or both? Find catharsis in the cruel humor of “Review” 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Neither cynical nor angry, this song, with its minor-key melody, is a profoundly sad expression of cosmic resignation. Music Review: Ute Lemper in Cabaret at 54 Below 2013-08-16T21:25:50Z It could have been awful: A cynical Englishman, inspired by Huckleberry Finn, departs down the Mississippi River searching for the meaning of America. 11 Books About Obsessive Searches 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The album is brave in its fragility and sincerity; it’s not for the cynical. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z From here the PTC's call for a federal investigation looks like a cynical publicity stunt, on par with MTV's factoring the inevitable gripes of family values activists into its P.R. campaign for "Skins." Why MTV should stick up for "Skins" 2011-01-21T14:01:00Z Such, at least, is the input you would have needed had you been working on “House of Lies,” a scorchingly cynical comedy having its premiere on Sunday on Showtime. \| 'House of Lies': ?House of Lies,? With Don Cheadle, on Showtime - Review 2012-01-07T00:39:31Z “I was concerned that I would be matched with someone who is jaded or cynical. She seems very optimistic.” Date Lab: The attraction was virtually immediate 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Was the casting of the glossy pop star Josh Groban in the role of Pierre, a gloomy and none-too-dashing aristocrat, merely a cynical move to sell tickets? Review: ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,’ on the Heels of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z Equal parts playful and cynical, this trend of art dealers subletting digs from the entertainment industry is making perfect nonsense. \| An Outlaw Art Fair Sets up Shop on L.A.’s Frontier 2014-02-04T00:08:30Z "The Pearl Fishers" is a more barbed, complex story about three former schoolmates: the cynical narrator, his one-time boyfriend and the woman whom the boyfriend eventually married. In 'The Empty Family,' Colm T?ib?n's penetrating eye sees all: straight, gay, past, present 2011-01-12T22:50:04Z It might be high-concept art about art, or it might be a cynical example of art that merely looks like art. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z "His sense of humor about the business never made him cynical or got in the way of his passion for movies and directors." Longtime film studio chief John Calley dies at 81 2011-09-13T19:28:09Z A small child in the audience, still too young to be cynical, lets loose an adorably enthusiastic giggle. A Thanksgiving tradition for the birds 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z For in this deeply cynical tale, set in the final days of the death penalty in England, we see how “justified” murder, no longer state sanctioned, survives by other means. Review: ‘Hangmen,’ Offering the Last Word in Gallows Humor 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But they do, most of them too young to grasp the cynical charade unfolding around them. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z He is not a cynical writer — he’s not a cynical guy — and he’s really good at expressing disdain for disdain. ArtsBeat Blog: Emmys Watch: Martha Plimpton 2011-09-12T18:30:14Z Is it cynical and self-aggrandizing and designed solely to make more money and grab more attention for the world’s richest man? As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Grigory Karasin, called the decision to ban the singer from Ukraine a “cynical, inhumane act.” Ukraine Bars Russia’s Eurovision Entrant 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z If that's not taking a cynical view of human merit and potential, I don't know what is. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for best director for this tough, wise and somewhat cynical take on the war on drugs. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z But after Vietnam and Watergate, many novelists grew cynical — or realistic, some would say. Allan Topol’s ‘The Washington Lawyer’ abounds with Beltway skullduggery 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z Karla: The cynical read of this situation is that management believes diversity training is primarily for your and your colleague’s benefit, so it’s making you do the legwork. @Work Advice: Why are racial minorities singled out to lead diversity training? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It offers a compelling, entertaining counterpoint to Micheaux’s often despairingly cynical view of religion in black communities in his films. Second showing: unearthing the lost history of African American cinema 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z There wasn't an authority figure he couldn't be cynical about: parents, the United States Army, academia, rich people, hotel managers, and librarians, just to name a small handful. From "Meatballs" to "Ghostbusters," Ivan Reitman was the anarchic boomer voice for Gen X nihilism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The reviews in Washington were positive, Rubinstein said, but the notices for a less cynical version of the show that debuted in New York were not. John Rubinstein, the original Pippin, having ‘great fun’ as Charlemagne in revival 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z No one cracked wise or made a cynical remark. Theater Review: ?How Much Is Enough?? at St. Ann?s Warehouse ? Review 2011-11-18T23:46:52Z It’s not that he’s being cynical, he says; kids naturally want to bring the characters from the big screen into their lives. With ‘Oogieloves,’ a Plan to Make the Multiplex More Toddler-Friendly 2012-09-02T03:13:01Z Do you think “The Daily Show” made people more cynical? Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Big Star’s “Third” was a dark, estranged album, very much a product of the studio and Mr. Chilton’s mood: cynical, druggy, perverse but also yearning. Music Review: A Musician?s Musician Receives His Tribute 2011-03-28T00:51:23Z American television executives stopped broadcasting his documentaries, finding them too “dark,” “strident” and “cynical.” ‘Becoming Cousteau’ Review: The Old Man and the Sea 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A lot of progressives, in our more cynical moments, would have to agree. Science fiction’s 2012 2012-08-05T16:00:00Z I was thinking about the movie "The Squid and the Whale," about the smart and cynical father in it who creates this son who adopts all of his cynicism without any of the experience. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z There are very few things that take less mental and physical energy than being cynical about the Academy Awards. My first Oscars: booze, reality stars and queuing with Jared Leto 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Having had prior experience with Camp Casanovas I fancied myself wise and cynical. I fooled around with the rabbi 2013-02-10T02:00:00Z After a cynical question from Mailer, Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch” and a woman Life would soon call a “saucy feminist that even men like,” took the stage. ‘The Town Hall Affair’ Recreates a Feminist Firestorm 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z I’m not cynical enough to think Ryan or any ref would deliberately tank a call on his employer’s behalf. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z I’m sorry if that sounds cynical, but those are the rules in Movieland. Telluride and Toronto Look for Exclusivity 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z I’m too cynical to think studio executives will learn all the right lessons from it. Will Hollywood Learn These 5 Lessons From ‘Barbie’? 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z He is an astonishing character, tormented, compromised but self-aware enough to know it, cynical but without self-deceit. 'Your Face in Mine' a bold take on race, identity by Jess Row 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Now he was just as cynical as I was. Modern Love: An Agnostic’s Guide to Marriage 2012-08-30T17:01:27Z The latter film contrasts Elliott’s childlike innocence towards his alien friend with the desire of cynical, coldly painted adults to capture the extra-terrestrial and study him. Is the big-hearted Spielbergian sci-fi of Close Encounters dead? 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z Even “The Bachelor,” which styles itself as so hopelessly romantic that each season is designed to culminate in an engagement, is a fundamentally cynical exercise. Netflix Finally Brings Romance to Reality TV 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Those on the left may be tempted to see this strategy as a cynical attempt to hide the true motives of the right. Book Review Podcast: 'The Conservative Heart' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Even teenagers are too cynical for that now. 'When You're Strange' is both standard Doors worship and valuable documentary 2010-04-08T22:04:00Z “On the Line” showcases some of her best and most personal writing, chronicling addiction, heartbreak and loss through sprawling ballads and cynical pop ditties. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z In a movie that is largely about Fred Rogers’s relationship with a cynical magazine reporter, the scene imagines an everyday moment between a couple for whom music was a defining part of the relationship. She’s Mrs. Rogers. But Joanne Rogers Has ‘Always Been Her Own Person.’ 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z “Our generation is so prone to want to be cynical about things that are optimistic. Joy isn’t a bad word. Hope isn’t a four-letter word.” Haters Shall Be Lovers In La La Land 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z I try not to make them cynical about adults or orient the conversation toward fear but toward empowerment — which is not quite the same thing as hopefulness but instead determination. Five famous parents on how they handle racism, mental illness and other tough topics with their kids 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z A cynical TikTok-baiting single from Drake was roundly mocked online, but the RZA, wearing a sleeveless shirt and fingerless gloves, looking like a mechanic from the Paradise Garage, owned the timeline. The RZA has made some of your favorite music. Now he wants to help you find enlightenment. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The show’s unfashionable sweetness about politics—in the era of Veep and House of Cards, it’s practically a time machine to some less cynical era—extends to the provenance of Kirkman’s antagonists. Review: Designated Survivor Is a New Look for Kiefer Sutherland 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Radical imagination begins with a move beyond complaint and resistance, beyond reactive tinkering or hunkering down or cynical accommodation. Why major theatre institutions should be left to die 2012-08-30T16:56:47Z If I was really cynical, the idea that there is a sense of justice would make me overtly optimistic. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Morty, a shy and cautious kid by nature, and his cynical genius grandfather, Rick, travel the universe, collecting near-death experiences and relationships with many zany alien characters along the way. 14 of the best animated shows for adults from the last decade 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z “I’m a lot more cynical in my outlook,” he said. In ‘Perry Mason,’ Matthew Rhys Plays Defense 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z These sloppy gestures make the season truly cynical where previous seasons have been, if not optimistic, at least interested in giving viewers more than just fresh intestines and shapely bare bottoms. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 6: Impersonation of Love 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The full operatic version was shaping up to be just as cynical. A Young Composer Takes On Opera’s Oldest Myth 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Call it a necessary sustainability plan or a cynical ploy on the part of the labels, or both. Carly Rae Jepsen and the Rise of the “Mindie” Artist 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z At that age I think you can feel both invulnerable and very cynical. Young Avengers: Marvel at Kieron Gillen's new creations 2013-01-18T13:00:00Z It's funny that writer-producer David E. Kelley keeps making shows about cynical careerists who rediscover their ideals, because on his TV shows you often see the same trajectory happening in reverse. "Harry's Law": Has David E. Kelley finally run out of steam? 2011-01-24T15:01:00Z It is an extremely cynical and thin work, based around a dependable enough trick: laughing at Johnny Foreigner. Why celebrity memoirs rule publishing 2010-12-13T07:59:00Z Craig Stevens plays the American version of a sophisticated private eye, his close-cropped hair and beefy body matched with a cynical air and an arch smile. TV Boxed Sets, Whole Series and Seasons 2012-11-22T21:12:23Z Homeland, co-produced by Reed, featured angry guitar lines and deeply cynical lyrics about Iraq, torture and climate change – and Dirtday!, while less strident, follows in a similar vein. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z By putting Hillsong United in Hollywood lights, its message of humility and sacrifice could reach a larger audience — the band’s purpose — but it also opened up the organization to more cynical judgment. ‘Hillsong’ Casts a Secular Lens on an Evangelical Band 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z If only one cynical You Tube commenter hadn't tainted the footage by commenting, "If you look closely you can see that all the Santas' trousers are held up with twine." Angus T Jones joins the 'Ratner moment' hall of fame 2012-11-29T16:08:06Z The definition should differ greatly from the original; it shouldn’t be a cynical interpretation of the word’s actual meaning. Style Invitational: A remeaning task — redefine a word 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z “I’m sometimes a little cynical, maybe, about this community of women, and how we’re supposed to be part of it,” she said. Laura Kipnis’s Battle Against Vulnerability 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z This is partly because “The Spy Who Dumped Me” breezes through the clichés of the action genre with cynical weariness, and partly because Audrey and Morgan are having too much fun to be properly terrified. Review: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Is a Buddy Comedy With a Body Count 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z “And for a cynical old atheist to use the word ‘magical’ means something.” Handmade blankets for homeless crafted with ‘love’ come to Capitol Hill 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z It makes the speaker sound rather clever and cynical. Coca-Cola didn’t invent Santa ... the 10 biggest Christmas myths debunked 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Some critics are very cynical of the film and say this is not really happening because they don’t see it around them. ‘Capernaum’ Is Not Just a Film, but a Rallying Cry 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z But the Spencer that I knew was not a cynical guy. Perspective \| ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ became a monster hit. Twenty years later, we’re still wondering why. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z She's the lover Ben deserves, a cool materialist, bruised by life and cynical about everything. Michael Douglas: The last great antihero 2010-05-21T12:01:00Z These writers are smart, observant, ironic, astute, sober, angry, idealistic, cynical, grieving, scared and passionate. ‘Youngblood’ review: A novel about the Iraq War from a soldier who was there 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z When I acted as a scientific adviser for the Discovery Channel, a time-pressured production assistant asked me to be less "cynical" on camera. 'Made-for-TV experiments' can make really bad science 2012-12-13T12:24:00Z "It’s so cynical and horrible. She should have died as a hero or not at all." Roseanne Barr may have just revealed how her namesake character will be killed off on “The Conn... 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z
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