| 单词 | mocking |
| 例句 | My mother is not humorous, not like the girl at the end who lifts her mocking chin to pose like Girl Graduate. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood among my other relations mocking me when I no longer spoke Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Tino to see if he was mocking me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and continued, in a mocking mimicry of an English accent, “Fantastically desirable bottoms.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he met Trey, he laughed, pointing at me, mocking. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If he was seeing anything, it was the mocking faces of the other alchemists, or the cool calculations of the queen herself, ordering up miracles like breakfast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Kainene was inspecting her plate with that arch expression of hers, as if she were mocking the avocado. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She pronounces this word in a mocking drawl, to show that it’s the sort of word she herself has outgrown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You weren’t pleading with him to come back. You were mocking him.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Pinmei looked at him, his black eyes mocking and triumphant, and she felt something deeper than rage steel itself inside her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The trees creaked in the mocking sunlight of the late afternoon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “But you are alive!” the harpy said, her harsh voice mocking them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Which is his way of promising to keep quiet and sort of mocking me at the same time. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Nothing malicious or mocking lay beneath his words. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They have an extravagant, mocking way of talking, which seems like an imitation of something, only it’s unclear what they’re imitating. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The parrot and the mocking bird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z The right side of the guy’s lips inched up, turning a grim line into a mocking smirk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Blow something, man? Jelly Bones said, mocking the way Clayton said “man,” which was Cool Papa’s way of saying “man.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z She met his stare with a calm, bold smile, a smile mocking innocence, so that her face was filled with the age-old cunning of a woman. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They rose again slowly, circling and recircling over his head, mocking him with their cries, and they flew at last into the darkening sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z School continued to be a minefield, with kids shunning and mocking me, and I dreaded going there every day. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The sellswords threw taunts at their backs as they pushed through the doors of the Merchant’s House, mocking them as bloodless cravens and frightened girls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And I be’s full as a Jersey cow,” said Aunt Loma, mocking her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “What a pleasure,” the man said with an air of mocking hospitality. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then he threw back his head and, with a mocking smile, added, “My concern is for your steed, not your skin.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The gold glimmered at him, mocking and taunting. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “So they are dream women,” rejoined Cuckoo; with mocking good humor, “but dreams such as a little silver will turn into flesh.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Poaching, trading on the black market, mocking the Capitol in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If Kainene were here, she would certainly say something mocking—There go the marauding Europeans. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He stood at the edge of the pit, the crowd surging around him, hissing, mocking, their words scathing and dry as coals. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Our friendship, if you could call it that, had started a couple of months before with his mocking me, but in a way that I deserved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman’s eyes flicker, and for a moment, I think she’s mocking me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He told himself Nero was mocking him, that it was all a prank. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But a darker voice rose in her, rich with mocking. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was funny how the buffalo boy’s whole manner changed when he talked about her — his vaguely mocking attitude and tough expression washed away and he lit up like a lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z "I do," a mocking voice said in his ear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His lips were set in a mocking smile. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the most awful and sad opera, the strong music of his English, then her black English; her colorful, almost elevated, mocking of him, and his grim explosions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Three railroad workers had been thrown in jail for mocking a Liberty Bond poster, and a woman had been fined for sending twenty dollars to her mother in Germany. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw some gentle amusement in her face, but no mocking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He wore a slashed velvet doublet in cream-and-silver, a grey silk cloak trimmed with black fox, and his customary mocking smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Four smiling, mocking, threatening men remained in the drawing room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “As you command,” Cardan says, mocking smile pulling at his mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “When Jeremiah come home, he would start mocking Jeremiah. Mandela say, ‘As for me, I will play basketball.’” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The girls had tired of mocking Momma and turned to other means of agitation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He was mocking me, of course, expecting me to slink down into my seat, cowed and ashamed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “And you’re staying in Apartment A. I think the universe is mocking us.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z With his mocking, hostile attitude, Trueba managed to frighten off this man who had survived a concentration camp, overcome poverty and exile, and triumphed in the ruthless world of commerce. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He squinted at Lazlo to see if he was mocking him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z DeeDee lay back on the pillows, bare-legged under her green wool dressing gown, and watched me with a little mocking smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Interestingly, the man who found the answer to that question was a cosmologist who heartily despised the Big Bang as a theory and coined the term "Big Bang" sarcastically, as a way of mocking it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I scooted to the rear edge on the seat of my pants, ignoring Ayanna’s mocking look as I eased up next to her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Moody could not tell whether Trip was mocking him or simply thinking about Pearl himself. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But he did not look triumphant or mocking. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z A hint of a mocking smile lay in the flesh around her eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Devine, obsessed by those repugnant crosses, could not stomach the thought that one of them, somewhere, somehow, might survive, mocking him into eternity. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost as if she were mocking us, since our moods and cares are far from “happy.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z There’s music and mocking, teasing nonstop, but when the play begins all the talk ceases. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Instead it was in a mocking sort of baby-talk tone, all whiney. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if it’s a mocking laugh or a disbelieving one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Pollard let his mount dog him, mocking him, and Whichcee broke. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an eerie smile on his face as if he were mocking her, his black eyes wide and staring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Rodney was nodding, and I thought there was something a little bit mocking around the edges of his smile. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They would repeat the words I said, mocking my accent and laughing hysterically. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We sit in a room in Candor headquarters called the Gathering Place, which the Dauntless have taken to saying in a mocking way whenever they can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Vic thought it too fancy a word to be proper, and soon had gotten the entire table laughing and saying “enjoyable” in mocking tones until Reynie had finally excused himself without dessert and retreated here. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The mocking chorus grated the inside of her brain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “What disgraceful behavior!” he exclaimed in a mocking tone so familiar that it made her teary. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her violin mostly sat on a shelf these days, calling out to her, almost mocking her as she washed endless piles of dishes and dirty diapers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They were mocking me, so I mocked them: I hoped I could find more cartoons that would help me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Wash slid the watch back into his pocket and gave a single, mocking clap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Celaena gave him a mocking smile, and then returned her attention to the prince. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The operative reported that Hale seemed to be mocking investigators. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z "In that case, I have a delightful palace in Valyria that I would dearly love to sell you," Littlefinger said with a mocking smile. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The mocking tone reminded her of Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I wondered if—for a lot of people—it was going to feel like the air had been let out of their angry protest, leaving nothing behind but a strange, empty, mocking silence. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z A month later, in a mocking ceremonial pageant, the king of Mutal paraded around with the effigy strapped to the back of his palanquin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z All she could see in the darkness was Dr. Cable’s mocking smile. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand that he was mocking us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he lifted his gloved hand to his temple, mocking a gun firing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sound, mocking and cruel, came faintly to his ears, as though muffled by sand or sacking. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She stiffened, seeing in her mother’s eyes a mocking pity. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They sang exuberantly and with a mocking tone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kainene gave a mocking bow and led the way out through the back door to the orange orchard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He could hear the mocking laughter of colleagues in Washington and at Rand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Dearly beloved in the Lord,” he began—but her eyes were on him, that strange, that mocking fight—“let us bow our heads in prayer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was mocking laughter, and the woman standing there beside him was laughing, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z However, he received no answer, save the mocking echo of his own voice ringing back at him through the dark woodlands. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I raise my eyebrows at Will, who is giving me a look that’s not mocking for once. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The sun seemed to be mocking him, deliberately growing brighter to remind him of the time. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The man was too clever by half, a mocking smile never far from his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z So he staked high and unsparingly, hating himself, mocking himself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z However, leaving the sarcastic, mocking side of myself behind turned out to be a bad idea, because nothing really stepped in to fill the gap. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Bellatrix,” he replied, his thin mouth curling into a slightly mocking smile as he closed the door with a snap behind them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But as for loving this insensitive person this mocking creature—it’s becoming more and more impossible every day! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And heard the tiny laughter beyond the door, mocking her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z On June 11, 1859, Harper’s Weekly published a wood engraving mocking such conventions. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He threw a mocking smile in my direction, and my breath caught in my throat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though he was breathing heavily, his mocking tone was still clear. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But if anyone, a boy, draws a silly picture on purpose, she holds the page up in mocking outrage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Jack didn’t say this in a mocking or condescending tone. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z People made portraits and statues of him; they drew disrespectful, mocking cartoons about him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as if his brain were mocking him, trying to make it worse, he had a thought. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Because whatever mocking was to come, it was to come. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked down at us, mocking, faintly sardonic, a ghost of a smile on his lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Julian and he were talking—in jocular, mocking, pedantic Latin—like a couple of priests tidying the vestry before a mass. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When he smiled, she knew he was mocking her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the minute my mother turned round to me again, Mrs. Tomolillo matched the tips of her fingers together the way my mother had just done and cast a black, mocking look at me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There were shadows all around me, laughing, jerking, mocking. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sisi’s cheekbones were so high they gave her an angular, eerily amused expression, as if she were mocking you, laughing at you, and you would never know why. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I was quite afraid that if I tried to say, “Hello, Reverend Thomas,” I would choke on the sin of mocking him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But that same touch of the childish also gave it an air of something not quite rational, faintly threatening and mocking. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Will clutched at Lyra and they both clung together as the scream turned into wild, mocking peals of laughter, which were answered by other harpy voices in the fog along the shore. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Some of the men wave white handkerchiefs, mocking the Confederates, jeering that they should surrender. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But the instant was gone before she could grasp it, and the mocking light had sprung again into his eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The Other said something in a language that Will did not know; his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Meggie couldn't decide whether it was mocking, supercilious, or just awkward. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a small-minded and ludicrous insult, sure, but his mocking of my intellect, his marginalizing of my young self, carried with it a larger dismissiveness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was like an ironic smile, on that finger; like something mocking her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The envelope wavers, mocking its own danger, as if to say It’s only paper. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The phrases irritated her, reminding her of countless hours spent huddled over her books, feeling as though they were only mocking her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was no mocking in it, only amusement. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Evelyn’s mocking smile twists like she has just tasted something unpleasant. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Olanna had expected Mama to dance and look at her with mocking eyes, but the lined face was dour, the smile as she hugged Odenigbo was strained. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The rest of the time, aside from a few furious cuffings to vent an ill humor, or mocking taunts to enhance a good one, he ignored Ranofer completely. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z This crazy lift, this question, would remain with him forever, and emphasize forever something mocking and sinister in Roy’s face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The light over my desk flickered as he said it, mocking him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Sarai detected nothing mocking in his voice, but she had to see his face to confirm it, which meant sitting up and breaking the embrace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Spurge demanded, “Are they mocking me? Teasing me? Laughing about the torture of my people while they’re dressed in our chopped-up clothes?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Even now, she recalled the thin, mocking quality of the creature’s voice, the cool prickle of his laughter. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Feeling a little sorry for him, Dimple adjusted her tone from mocking to gently teasing, “This is really flashy for a non-date.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At this the suitors, while they dressed their meat, began to exchange loud mocking talk about him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Whether they were shouting encouragement or mocking him he could not have said for certain, though he had a fair notion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One single piece, mocking me with its bright colors and happy roses. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z However, from the color of his rays she knew at a glance whether he was hatching a swindle, and she could defuse one of his tantrums with a few simple, mocking words. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fjerdans would stand outside their cages, eating and drinking, mocking their filthy clothes and the way they smelled. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “If God is really taking a hand in things,” I informed Thérèse, “he is bitterly mocking the hope of brotherly love. He is making sure that color will matter forever.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We all laughed, as we knew he was mocking Musa for adding some details to the tale. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He turned then, with a mocking smile, and I stifled a gasp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z These walls are mocking me, laughing at my tears… Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Now whatever befell he was going to be there to witness it, with those mocking blue eyes and that maddening cool amusement. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned to the class and said in a high, mocking voice,“Insufficient information to draw a conclusion.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “They are mocking me to my face, making a show of how powerless I am to stop them.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She looked at him sharply to see if he was mocking her, more than just the little bit of teasing that she allowed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Charles had figured out, looking at the finches and mocking birds from the Galapagos all those years ago, that certain variations helped the birds survive. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell if the shaman was mocking me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “No need for a mocking tone, Lucille. We should use our windfall to improve our prospects. If it were up to you, we’d bury the money in the backyard to benefit the worms.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You've drawn your father and his friends mocking the leader of the Soviet Union! Are there others?” he asked. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Making a grotesque, mocking face, Nancy clapped hands over her ears. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged would not forget this, nor, it seemed, would Jasper, who always spoke to him with a polite voice and a mocking smile. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z She seemed aloof, watching the people in their group with a now indifferent, now mocking expression. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Men would be standing on corners again, watching him pass, girls would be sitting on stoops again, mocking his walk. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He thought she was mocking him with this question, because the falcon had not fully obeyed his summons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But Cain didn’t smile at her, not in that mocking way. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But nobody had ever said, “How funny,” in a mocking tone, as Kainene did that first day in the cocktail room of the Federal Palace Hotel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The dead beasts in our hands seemed to be cursing and mocking us for having killed them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not getting away!” the soldier said in a tone that would have been mocking if it weren’t so vicious. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The grate is locked by a steel padlock, its shine a mocking contrast to the muted green coat that covers the rest of the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A sickly, mocking smile flickered across his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With mocking laughter they swaggered off to Odysseus’ palace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The ringing continued, mocking him the way Janza had mocked him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where’s your friend with the sensitive taste buds?” she says in a mocking whisper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And they are nice guys, so this is not threatening or mocking, just—it’s unusual enough to make them wonder. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I expected a mocking tone, but didn’t hear one, so I made myself meet his eyes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The older woman spread her hands and made a mocking bow. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the devil's house!” said the bearded man with a mocking bow before opening the heavy door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z For a second, I think I hear a peal of deep, mocking laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He turned and fled up the corridor, Artemis Fowl’s mocking tones carrying down the metal funnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It was fierce, mocking talk, with only a trace of envy or awe, but even so the image played itself out behind their eyes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She mocked—it was what she did—and her mocking spared no one, least of all herself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Cardan must have been mocking him for letting me under his guard. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He did not do so, however; he could not forget Aurora’s mocking words. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z After the race, Howard learned that members of the Riddle barn were publicly mocking him for being afraid of War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When he looked up again, Hooper's eyes were on his, narrowed and mocking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z There was no one on the hill, nothing but the footsteps coming clearly along the path and the faint mocking laughter. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z To get the dragon’s pearl, they would have to ask to see the king, which, Pinmei suspected, would result in mocking laughter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z His thin dark face had become animated, his eyes had lost their mocking expression and grown almost dreamy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The ocean seems to laugh, but not in a mocking way. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Sansa kept her tone cool and polite, yet even so Joffrey's eyes narrowed as he tried to decide whether she was mocking him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Under that hawk's beak of a nose, her wide mouth twisted in a mocking grin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aureliano Segundo and Meme took leave of her with mocking farewells and promised her that on the following Saturday they would have a big resurrection party. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was not Robert at all; it was Littlefinger, grinning, mocking him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They replayed the devouring, mocking their companion's struggles with malicious delight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Jesse Little Horse simply grinned in that cocky, mocking way he had. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z And by doing so made it clear I was, in fact, mocking the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Beowulf sounded another mocking note on his horn. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z But as Nat followed her into the road, his mocking tone changed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His faint smile was mocking; his eyes were still tight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She took hold of her dress with one hand and bobbed a curtsey, somehow managing to make it look graceful and mocking and playful all at once. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z His enemies, mocking him, put it about that he was working on a flying machine, and indeed he admitted that the thought had crossed his mind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Jesus Jesus Jesus,” rang over and over again in his mind, like a bell—as he moved closer to her, undone by her breath, and her wide, angry, mocking eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “The irony is that everyone acted more concerned with us mocking their precious rite of passage than with drunk driving or girls getting roofied.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Chango, who believed the lizard was mocking him, aimed a lightning bolt at the tree, intending to scorch the sorry creature dead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please,” the kid said in a squeaky voice, mocking me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Pilar was only ten years old and already mocking everything. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, a bright sunny day would feel mocking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Thomas turned to see his original pursuer still coming, though it had slowed a bit, clasping and unclasping a metal claw as if mocking him, laughing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I thought, too, that he was mocking me with his mouth, which lay slack, agape. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I pictured the man as a raging demon, slashing with his pen, consumed with hate, denouncing everything American, extolling everything European or German, laughing at the weaknesses of people, mocking God, authority. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Alba did not resent his mocking nickname for her; in fact, on more than one occasion she had fantasized about seducing the stalwart professor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the circumstances, it sounded a bit mocking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No, I didn’t miss that whole history lesson, she said, mocking him. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z If we were living past today, I get the sense he’d be mocking the Deckers swimming with sharks for a long time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I can hear the magpies—they’re laughing, mocking me, a raucous cackling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The walk from Dr. Minerva’s office to our apartment is a short one, but loaded with mocking stores. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The first great, practical achievement of the new science was Newcomen’s steam engine of 1712—the very engine Swift was presumably mocking when he complained about mills being built where there were no rivers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Not much of a mountain, is it?” he said in a familiar mocking tone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “A walled city for the king of Bright Moonlight, the Vast Wall for the emperor,” Yishan said in a mocking tone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Edward’s pocket watch was located later, deep within the bowels of the vacuum cleaner, dented, but still in working condition; it was returned to him by Abilene’s father, who presented it with a mocking bow. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “You can’t really believe that I would give in so easily,” he said with a sour edge to his mocking tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He drew out the words of the nickname, mocking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He held the door for me, his smile polite but his eyes mocking. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Jack didn’t say this in a mocking or condescending tone. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He wanted to hit her, to smash that mocking smile off her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As for the people, as soon as they understood what Will was saying, they shouted and jeered and hooted with mocking laughter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There were still times when the vision of the prunus vase he had once dreamed of making appeared in his mind’s eye, as if mocking him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They gathered at bars and apartments, discussing details of the campaign, mocking the silliness of the news stories. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At die door die gave him one last mocking smile. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An outraged press was loudly mocking Trump and he was embarrassed. What I learned after 100,000 miles on the road talking to Trump supporters 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z She thought she was being funny, mocking the insincerity of the business. A Former Child Star Returns, With Wisdom 2011-03-27T22:28:00Z In the late-night political comedy war that is mocking Donald Trump, “The Daily Show” threw down one hell of a gauntlet Tuesday evening. Wow, “The Daily Show” calls “gruesome” “racist maniac” Donald Trump “white ISIS” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The consignor had withdrawn the pixelated collectibles and posted a meme on Twitter mocking the auction house. Sotheby’s NFT Sale, Expected to Hit $30 Million, Suddenly Canceled 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In the next scene, she sees the tabloid headlines mocking her appearance from the supermarket stands, and it’s clear that she’s in a type of prison. The Emmys 2016: The Season’s Most Memorable TV Moments 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Reiman, the author, calls the move “indicative of skepticism, bewilderment, irony, mocking.” On the Screen, an Arched Eyebrow Speaks Volumes 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z And Prose has plenty of fun mocking her invented disaster, but her real interest is the web of people connected by “Mister Monkey.” Francine Prose’s ‘Mister Monkey’ takes on the bananas world of children’s theater 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z After much mocking — the incident sparked its very own Internet meme — the hit program appears to be taking it in stride. Downton Abbey Cast Laughs Off Water Bottle Gaffe 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z When he encounters Rivers, he becomes a mocking antagonist. Regeneration by Pat Barker 2012-08-17T21:54:01Z The man himself has voiced a cameo on “The Simpsons” mocking his folksy style and signature bowl haircut. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Tackle the Vietnam War 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The music is sometimes grim and foreboding, but the most frequently heard tune is a jaunty waltz that functions as a mordant, mocking laugh track against the sorrow on screen. Review: ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch,’ Roy Andersson’s Rumination on Life 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z He left Women’s Wear Daily when they wrote mocking captions for his pictures of women on the street. Op-Ed Columnist: Hunting Birds of Paradise 2011-04-06T19:39:26Z She takes on the mocking voice of a Black classmate who expresses gratitude to the trans-Atlantic slave trade for sparing Black Americans the fate of being an “African Booty Scratcher” like Kamuyu. ‘A disguised welcome …’ Review: Finding Home 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Rhys wore a thick black winter coat, earning mocking scorn from Ms. Russell: "Do you want me to get you some earmuffs?" ArtsBeat: The Spy Who Married Me: Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys on 'The Americans' 2013-01-24T17:18:07Z As a mixed-race girl growing up in San Diego, she remembers her classmates mocking her Asian looks relentlessly on the playground. ‘Mulan’ 1998: A Moment of Joy and Anxiety for Asian-American Viewers 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Fondly mocking his airs and hers, Harvey reminds her that their purpose is to gratify male desire, after she assembles a sex scene inspired, as her cameraman notes, by the acid trip in “Easy Rider.” The Best Part of “The Deuce” Is Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Emerging Auteur 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “I can’t play because I’ve got a hangnail. … I don’t play because my head hurt,” he says, mocking the current combatants. Is America’s Most Popular Sport Under Siege? 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Oct 3 - Liam Gallagher, the brash frontman of British rock band Oasis, continued his sibling feud by mocking brother Noel for missing the world premiere of 'Supersonic', a documentary about the Manchester group. Liam Gallagher mocks absent Noel at premiere of Oasis film 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z A more balanced definition of a cynic, courtesy of the trusty Oxford English Dictionary, is someone who is "distrustful or incredulous of human goodness and sincerity", sceptical of human merit, often mocking or sarcastic. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z It is used in a mocking, demeaning way that marginalizes an entire community of people. Stop mocking Adam Holland 2013-04-30T15:04:00Z She uses “Emo” ambivalently, embracing art’s emotional range while mocking the expectation that art, in the end, should express something sincere. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z One of the hallmarks of the weekend show was its wonderfully mocking tone. 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z Also, oddly, satirists in the Trump era have often found themselves in the unlikely position of defending core institutions rather than just mocking abuses of power. Why we need serious Trump jokes: From "SNL" to Colbert, comedians make sense out of impeachment 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z He skillfully conveys the cruel, mocking tone that the SS officers and guards often used with prisoners as a way of reinforcing their power. A Novel About the Death Camps, Brought to Vivid Life in Audio 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z President Donald Trump is known for attacking, assailing, insulting and mocking his political enemies on his favorite social media platform. Donald Trump dumps Ann Coulter on Twitter after she rips his inability to deliver a campaign promise 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z However, joking about something isn’t necessarily mocking it. In ‘The New Negroes,’ Unpacking the Politics Behind a Word 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In Guy Ableman, the would-be scurrilous hero of my latest novel Zoo Time, I give mocking voice to such equivocations. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z These were some of the satirical visions on social media mocking a U.S. pundit on terrorism who told the U.S. television channel Fox News that Britain's second largest city, Birmingham, was "totally Muslim". Birmingham: Britain's new Mecca? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z While searching for Him, we search for ourselves; while refuting Him, we refute ourselves; while mocking Him, we mock ourselves—the choice is ours. The Square 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Our gracelessness with technology is almost endless—five minutes of mocking it wasn’t enough. Five Short, Dark Comedies About Smartphone Obsession 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Rhea’s mocking question about whether Daemon was ready to finally consummate their marriage raised a couple of additional questions: One, does that mean his, uh, performance issues are a longstanding condition? ‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: Wedding Crashers 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Still, the initial announcement of Ms. Cox’s casting in “Rocky Horror” elicited some wary responses from potential viewers who worried the project might be mocking transgender people. ‘Rocky Horror’ Remake: Is It Time to Go Back to Camp? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z During the loading screens in the late stages of the game, Spec Ops begins gently mocking the player with text: “Can you even remember why you’re here?” Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z After a leaked set last December, he drew a backlash for mocking survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. Louis C.K. Is Trying to Outlaw Leaks. Can He Do That? 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z The brother has been taking care of his sister’s son and is gently mocking himself with his observation — kids are a lot! — though he’s also drawing attention to himself and the work he’s put in. ‘C’mon C’mon’ Review: Are You My Mommy? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z It became clear that by questioning the author, he was, in a way, mocking my own pantywaist reading of the text. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z At once mocking, lamenting, and paying homage to Modernist ideals of order and reason, the pieces also expose the hypnotic strangeness of the era’s advertising culture. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Marsalis may have an encyclopedic knowledge of music but he’s not above mocking himself. Fantasia Prepares for Broadway Under Watchful Eye 2013-09-04T13:39:08Z Friendly and a little mocking, Anna — the central character in Scott Organ’s spine-tingling new play “The Thing With Feathers” — is less eager for this conversation than the older guy she’s talking with. Review: An Online Chat Turns Unnerving in ‘The Thing With Feathers’ 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Teenagers gain thousands of likes by mocking her clothing line on TikTok. If you’re 7 years old, JoJo Siwa is the most famous person in the world 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Lady Bunny has held firm, mocking political correctness in her solo show “Trans-Jester!,” which she performed at the Stonewall Inn in 2016, even as Donald Trump was fanning his presidential campaign with similar gripes. Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Pictures of avant-garde art had been included, often with mocking commentary, in New York newspapers and magazines for years. Two Exhibitions Re-examine the 1913 Armory Show 2012-10-28T04:27:18Z “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show” is The Simpsons’ perfect parody of itself, mocking its own writers, catchphrases and fans. 'The Simpsons': Your Must-Watch Episodes 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The simultaneous fondness for the recurring motifs of speculative fiction and its irreverent mocking of twists and tools that have been done to death are central to this show's duende. "Rick and Morty," resistance heroes, face a new nemesis channeling our current uncertainties 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Orange’s first novel is set in Oakland, Calif., and takes its mocking title from Gertrude Stein’s observation about the city, which is that’s there’s no there there. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z There’s something charmingly alien about GOOP’s attitude towards everyday life, which is perhaps why it’s developed a kind of mocking anti-fandom rather than just sinking without trace like most celebrity vanity projects. The pleasures of hate-reading GOOP 2013-04-27T17:00:00Z Mr. McEwan’s little homunculus is, by turns, earnest, mocking, sarcastic, searching and irreverent, especially when his mother has had several glasses of wine and he’s reeling from a contact high. Review: ‘Nutshell,’ a Tale Told by a Baby-to-Be (or Not-to-Be) 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The risk of mocking – or appearing to mock – the TV show is very real. Corrie on stage? Bless my hairnet! 2011-02-09T21:31:01Z Nothing is left to the imagination in “The Every,” which moves relentlessly from one mocking sendup of tech culture to the next, taking trends like athleisure and public shaming to their fullest, worst extent. In Dave Eggers’s New Novel, the Problem With Big Tech Is Us 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z In fact it probably invited his attention, since he did a mocking imitation of my defensive arms-crossed posture. Theater Talkback: From Seat to Stage 2010-10-07T16:15:00Z At the gala, Gielen heard directly from youth who stuttered about bullying and marginalization, experienced a “thunderclap, kind of life-changing moment” witnessing a young child speak and receive palpable, crucial validation rather than mocking. 'We know exactly what we want to say': inside a film that normalizes stuttering 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z They would never be brave enough to run a skit mocking Mohammad at any time — let alone during Ramadan.” “Djesus Uncrossed,” Grievance, and How Satire Actually Works 2013-02-19T22:42:23Z Photograph: Michael Ward Joe Orton struck the pose for his own portrait, at once mocking its seduction and using it to allude to his own rebellious identity as a gay writer. Christine Keeler's nude photograph: still sexy and subversive, 50 years on 2013-05-01T14:56:17Z She looked down her nose at my shirt, and then she continued in a high-pitched, singsong mocking tone, attempting to imitate my aunt Sheila, but sounding nothing like her. It took me 25 years — after marriage and 2 kids — to come out 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z Initially, he began mocking up entire Victorian rooms, except their chaises longues were covered, not in velvet and silk chintz, but in Dutch wax. God save the Queen 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z I wouldn’t call that episode Very Special per se, but it’s how this “Bell” has its corniness and eats it, too, both mocking and happily delivering its lessons. ‘Saved by the Bell’ Review: This Time, It’s Actually All Right 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z His response to Pop Art was “Yes Art,” a 1965 one-man exhibition mocking Andy Warhol. Review: ‘Art Bastard’ Depicts Robert Cenedella, a Rebel Artist 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Because he’s like, yo, I want to know, is he mocking me? The Last Days of Pop Smoke 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z Over several decades, the tradition of a comic speech by the commander in chief, gently mocking the press and himself, had boosted the black-tie dinner into an A-list attraction. The rise and fall — or maybe rebirth? — of the White House correspondents’ dinner 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Far from being the administration’s friendly softball pitcher, he ended up mocking the mismanagement of the Affordable Care Act in one of his more memorable and devastating interviews. They’ll Just Hate to See Jon Stewart Go (So They Say) 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z “Nietzsche and the Burbs” sticks to the same formula, illuminating and gently mocking the ideas of its title subject. If Nietzsche Were in High School 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z I have a pretty thick skin — I work on the internet — but these women who are older than my mother are mocking my clever, adorable, loyal little girl, and I am filled with impotent anger. Are we good girls yet? My adventures in “modern dog parenting” 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z There would be people outside mocking them, and there would be people on the street catcalling them. Chloe Sevigny: LGBT community’s made “huge strides” 2012-07-11T12:00:00Z The scrutiny of baby names eventually leads to guests’ mocking deconstructions of one another’s facial expressions and vocal inflections. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z Or will I be accused of mocking transgender people? Civilities: Is it offensive to wear the ‘Call Me Caitlyn’ Halloween costume? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Like many internet jokes, the line between mocking and celebration is murky. What Does It Mean to ‘Yassify’ Anything? 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Usually it's Keener who puts her foot in it – mocking Heche's engagement ring in Walking, for example, or telling adoptee Raven Goodwin in Amazing that her skin can't burn because "it's already brown". Seen it before? 2010-06-14T14:31:00Z When Alfredo quoted his beloved’s avowal of love to him, Violetta mouthed along with the words, mocking the moment with melodramatic arm gestures. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z Among the conference-goers, most of whom didn’t notice the nurses going down the same escalators that brought them to the ballroom, the grave admonitions of public health authorities were ripe for the mocking. What if Republicans had a party and Trump wasn’t there? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z We were back in familiar, enjoyable “Daily Show” territory, with Stewart delighting in mocking meanness and insanity and making us laugh. Jon Stewart’s Big Announcement 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Ms. Heard was on the receiving end of much of the online vitriol, with Depp fans mocking her testimony and calling her a liar. Amber Heard: I ‘Stand by Every Word’ of Testimony in Defamation Trial 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z His rich and aristocratic characters are treated with a mixture of mocking envy and artless adulation. Disraeli: Or the Two Lives by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young – review 2013-07-17T17:05:21Z This was poetry functioning as an 18th-century Twitter: mocking Wollstonecraft as a “poor maniac” a “voluptuous” victim of “licentious love.” The original Suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z “I do know her well enough to say that she would want us to be laughing and even mocking her,” Hamill said. Leia leads resistance in Carrie Fisher's final 'Star Wars' film 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Though the film deals in stock subjects like Mexican drug dealers and corrupt American border police, Mr. García Bernal said he was never concerned that it was mocking his native country or culture. Will Ferrell Tackles Spanish for ?Casa de Mi Madre? 2012-03-02T19:44:52Z Borrowing from mainstream marketing, they’re gently mocking their own customers, who obsessively collect soldierly accessories, modify the weapons and do their own gunsmithing. Gun owners are obsessed with zombies 2013-02-21T17:28:00Z As the novel unfolds, Ng adds various subplots that support both sides of the case, in her democratic and gently mocking tone. Review | Celeste Ng grapples with both sides of the debate over interracial adoptions 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z It’s an easy target for mocking, the Thanksgiving dinner. I f*cked a Republican on Thanksgiving 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Barnes, who acknowledges “Testimony” as one of his major sources, gives us a mournfully sarcastic, frustrated Shostakovich, at once mocking of his Soviet patrons and stymied by his inability to break with them fully. Julian Barnes and the Shostakovich Wars 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Throughout her career, she was renowned for her many acid-tongued pearls of wit which took swipes at other celebrities but also turned inwardly, mocking her own later penchant for plastic surgery. In quotes: Joan Rivers 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z AiG goes on to attack Tyson for mocking the Bible as authoritative. Neil DeGrasse Tyson reveals age of Earth, creationists’ heads collectively explode 2014-04-25T11:50:00Z Last year, he and some friends started a Web site — Tweeting Too Hard — devoted to mocking self-important Twitter users. On the Twitter Patrol 2010-04-28T16:26:00Z Viewers and TV news columnists have been mocking this cliché for decades now, labeling it irresponsible and dumb. Why TV news is addicted to weather porn 2011-08-29T12:30:00Z But if the universe is mocking them, Ms. Reichardt is a bit more compassionate, acknowledging the bravery as well as the foolishness of their quest. | 'Meek?s Cutoff': Out on the Frontier, Bringing All That Baggage With Them 2011-04-07T22:33:01Z The video went viral and Chinese netizens dubbed the man “Big Joy Brother”, mocking him for his cross-dressing. In rural China, elderly transgender Sister Liu longs for family life 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z But I don’t want to be perceived as mocking Islam, particularly as an American Jewish artist. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Is the character’s lisp on the wrong side of the line between depicting a speech defect and mocking it? Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert joined the long list of people mocking the DNC for nearly the worst debate schedule possible. Stephen Colbert unloads on DNC: “They’re going to show the next Democratic debate after the credits of the Fantastic Four” 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z When he dove into a familiar premise, his voice could move from dry to wry in a blink, mocking himself. Richard Belzer Had a Ball With the Relationship Between Comic and Crowd 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z At one point, a group of people shouted from a cafe across the street: were they cheering us as heroes or mocking us as fools? Frugal Traveler Blog: You Will Love Sao Paulo. (Please?) 2012-10-25T03:15:25Z But you didn't see anyone mocking "Modern Family" or "Breaking Bad." Emmys 2014: Little awards love for big 'Game of Thrones' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z While I enjoy mocking Vasquez, he hasn't really been presented as a complete imbecile until recently, and I'm not sure I really buy his rationale for calling Raylan in. 'Justified' 'Fugitive Number One' recap: blood and betrayal 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Led by their distracted, emotionless mother, known only as the Matriatch, they idle away their days, torturing and mocking one another. In a Debut Novel, Humans Are Scarce and Humanity Is Scarcer 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z It’s like a voice from beyond, mocking Joel with lyrics that now sound like lies: “He knows where he’s taking me / Taking me where I want to be.” ‘The Last of Us,’ Season 1, Episode 6: The Ties That Bind 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Far from mocking the subject or approaching it lightly, Lee takes on gun violence with a scathing seriousness that spares nobody—not the characters in the film and not its viewers. Spike Lee’s Necessary, Overwhelming “Chi-Raq” 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Gervais denied he was mocking the room full of A-list movie and TV stars with his jokes about Scientology, bad behavior, and the organizers of the event -- the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Ricky Gervais says did nothing wrong at Globes gala 2011-01-21T14:56:47Z Amry’s fails were met with horror, mocking — and a profound solidarity among other bakers and their similarly botched baking attempts. Twitter users share baking fails during quarantine 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Trump — who likes to brand opponents with his own mocking nicknames — uses “Squad” derisively with what Jenkins calls scare quotes. ‘Squad’ jumped from pop culture to become the most politically polarizing word of the year 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z TikToks were made mocking Amber’s tears and presenting her every gesture as evidence she was lying. Perspective | The trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was too much and not enough 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z It rides that line between enjoying the genre without meanly mocking it. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Lady Gaga showed off her ballot in athleisure wear and sunglasses on Vote Early Day — before catching heat for seemingly mocking rural Americans ahead of the 2020 presidential election in a pro-Biden campaign video. 2020 election: What celebrities wore to vote 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Was such policing meant to be tongue-in-cheek, mocking how the real world operated? ‘Not Nothing’ Tries to Capture the Artist Ray Johnson 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z The three artists tended to perform in a stereotypical manner without clearly or thoroughly mocking the stereotypes. Was Yuja Wang’s Concert Satirical or Offensive? It’s Complicated 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “So, instead of mocking or dismissing it out of hand, tonight let’s take a serious proposal by a serious presidential candidate seriously.” “It’s a big, dumb thing that only gets more expensive over time”: John Oliver punctures Donald Trump’s one serious policy proposal 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z The blooms had been there all along, shriveled, mocking me — but now the sun was out, and so were they. Pursuits: Chasing Elusive Flowers in South Africa 2014-04-23T16:27:31Z The religious rationales used by Spain to justify the murder and enslavement of an entire culture are voiced, too — with mocking irony. Review: UMO Ensemble's buffoonery shines in 'El Dorado' 2010-08-20T21:44:00Z I could never wear a shirt mocking death and certainly I wasn’t ready to be a sex object. Trading my bicycle for a Harley: Learning to ride a motorcycle at 57 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z But when mocking law and order, familial sentimentality and mercantile vulgarity—not from below but, so to speak, from above—Chaplin sacrificed the popular touch. Movie of the Week: “Limelight” 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z While he's very funny mocking the mundanities of his suburban upbringing, he's at his best when playing pranks on the rest of the world. Edinburgh fringe festival comedy special 2012-08-03T23:05:22Z This will come in handy later when the New York Times wants to portray you in a mocking, unfavorable light. Olympic women’s burden 2012-08-09T15:51:00Z Behind them sit three sad, middle-aged adults mocking the hipsters, sarcastically saying “because I know who the latest bands are I am too cool to eat a cheeseburger without making fun of it.” David Foster Wallace was right: Irony is ruining our culture 2014-04-13T19:30:00Z Seth Meyers had fun mocking the fact that the makers of Tiki torches were quicker to condemn the violent protesters than Trump. One more lesson from Charlottesville: Our comedians are more ethical than our president 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z Yet her scorn for her father's grim idealism allows for a mocking perceptiveness. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 2013-05-03T17:41:01Z “On some level these are still parody songs, but they’re much deeper than just mocking a genre or a pop star or a song.” New York Funny Songs Fest on Lower East Side 2012-05-31T20:41:24Z Nowadays comedies are less interested in mocking the inept parent than in sending up the extreme and silly lengths mothers and fathers go to to be overprotective of their children. The TV Watch: ?I Hate My Teenage Daughter,? on Fox 2011-11-29T23:19:39Z Now, I’ve watched enough reality TV to know that, if I see the Thompsons transcending Honey Boo Boo’s mocking format, it’s because TLC has edited the show to allow me to see that. The Morning After: Honey Boo Boo Don’t Care 2012-08-09T14:36:08Z Where that work opened with a metronome, “Before It Is Time” is built around a two-note click that sounds like a clock’s second hand imitating — or mocking — a heartbeat. Review: So Percussion, Glenn Kotche and Shara Worden Join in Making a Joyful Noise 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z “That alone would be enough to make me move,” jokes Bill Post, a delegate from Oregon, cheerfully mocking the Texans’ costuming. The secret life of delegates: The convention may get ugly — but it’s still a party 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z After Mike and Lucas begin lightly mocking Will’s campaign, he races up the stairs, angry and confused. "Stranger Things" and the heartbreak of growing up 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Family Guy revealed a trailer previewing its upcoming 14th season to fans at Comic-Con on Saturday, with mocking references to NASCAR, Archer, steam rooms,The Shawshank Redemption, The Ten Commandments, Santa Claus and more. New 'Gamily Guy' Trailer Mocks NASCAR, 'Shawshank Redemption' 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The university’s statement did not include any mention of the white supremacist origins of the term Ciccariello-Maher was mocking — an omission that extended to numerous press outlets which covered the story. Is anti-racist a code word for anti-white? No, but the people behind #WhiteGenocide may think so 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z The cruelty of this development — was nature itself mocking us? — set the teeth on edge. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z But aren’t you really pretending to be her, and mocking her? ArtsBeat: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Lady Gaga Saga 2011-04-20T20:28:49Z If FS was on Mastermind, mocking celebrities would probably be our specialist subject. The folly of festival fashion 2010-08-12T11:34:00Z With mocking, try, “Why not let her decide who she is?” Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband with a new daughter struggles to ‘relate to a girl’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z And Adam Sandler and his fellow childhood-pals-made-good will be back in July’s Grown Ups 2 to celebrate their own wealth and privilege while mocking the bitter townies who never made it big. Occupy the Multiplex: Class Warfare in This Summer’s Movies 2013-06-14T09:45:27Z More credible are earthier moments of mocking irreverence. The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi 2010-04-23T23:07:00Z Laid off two years later, she set to work that very day mocking up a Web page for the nonprofit news site she had long toyed with starting — and just kept on reporting. Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Beyond the realm of classy cocktails, PepsiCo recently was the butt of a lot of mocking online commentary when it confirmed that rumors of a Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew were not a prank. Cocktails: If it tastes good on the plate, will it taste good in the glass? 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “This is a community that we appreciate, and we’re not mocking it,” Mr. Harris told me. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The film followed the lawsuit Islamist groups brought against the satirical newspaper after it published Danish cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Read TIME's Review of a Charlie Hebdo Documentary 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z They accuse Comedy Central of a double standard in mocking Christian figures and beliefs while recently refusing to let "South Park" depict the prophet Muhammad for fear of offending Muslims. Comedy Central chided for proposed Jesus cartoon 2010-06-03T15:34:00Z Iranians have managed to make mocking the clergy an art form, which is wonderfully brave given their theocratic government. “Marriage is an uncut watermelon”: How translation brought my native language to life 2014-03-21T22:58:00Z Others worried that mocking memes would undermine Williamson’s claim to a serious run. Ironic Occultists for Marianne Williamson 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The cutting-edge campaign of perpetual congressional candidate Clint Didier, R-Ag Welfare, is giving away free firearms in an online sweepstakes, at the same time casually mocking national concerns about gun violence. Clint Didier: Still gunning (literally) for GOP stardom 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z His jokes are absurdist fun — culture mocking and taboo hunting, not deep introspection. Zach Galifianakis Hates to Be Loved 2011-05-19T09:05:00Z Luciano is saying his goodbyes, and as soon as he leaves, Capone spits at the door and starts mocking him. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Paying the Price 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z “It’s all quite ironic: Rebellious cartoonists mocking consumer culture were inadvertently producing collectible artifacts for the same consumer culture 40 years down the road.” Jay Lynch, Underground Comics Creator, Dies at 72 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z "Scream" was ahead of its time in 1996, at once mocking a genre while also serving as a key entrant in it. Creators of MTV's 'Scream' aim to scare up new glory with fresh blood 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z A few, of course, are also mocking the practice. 'Perineum sunning' leaves Josh Brolin 'crazy burned' as doctors warn against viral wellness trend 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Just as the history of Christianity is punctuated with the demonizing of numerous groups, so too is there a tradition of victims creatively rejecting and mocking such demonization. Lil Nas X’s dance with the devil evokes tradition of resisting, mocking religious demonization 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Dear Stay or Go, It may sound facile or mocking, but what I want to say to you is that this relationship is already working. Is he the right guy? 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z As one commenter said under a picture of horchata with mango jelly, "I'm pleased that this group is not all about mocking aspics," to which another commenter replied, "Does that offend you?" Getting jiggly with it: The curious community that's grown around gelatinous creations 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Who knows how many different ways she serenaded his character with a chilling, mocking version of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Ann Dowd, a Late Arrival Worth the Wait 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z And thus, South Park manages to find a way to apologise repeatedly while still mocking Gore as a narcissist, who wears a Nobel medal and a cape. South Park's Al Gore apology contains an inconvenient truth: it's funny 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z And mocking Maryann White doesn’t solve the complicated discussions we’re only beginning to have, regarding teaching boys how to navigate the world without “scarves tied over their eyes.” Perspective | Hating on the Notre Dame mom’s wretched view of leggings takes the easy way out 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The men then spend the rest of the date mocking the sumo belts, with lots of pointing, laughing, pointed blurring and referring to the belts as “man diapers.” 'The Bachelorette' Recap: Sumo Wrestling and Sex Ed 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z When I try to address the behavior, she’ll shut me down by mocking me. Perspective | Ask Amy: Mother struggles with daughter’s insults 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Morrison was a handful early on; he was kicked out of Cub Scouts for flouting the rules and mocking his den mother, and many high-school classmates remember him as angry and drunk. ‘Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre’ review: The rise and fall of the Doors 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z “Buzzkill” moves from depressive rapping — “I’m disillusioned by the world and I am living in apathy” — to a perfectly harmonized power-pop chorus mocking all her misery: “Just shut up, you’re bringing me down.” Drake Clears His Throat With DJ Khaled, and 10 More New Songs 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Some fans of "Family Guy" said the show is all about mocking people. 2010-02-17T09:02:00Z Reading her text from behind a lectern, Finley is in turn impassioned, mocking, beseeching, goofy, coy. ‘Covid Vortex Anxiety Opera’ Review: Gloom, Zoom and a New Bloom 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The women are playful—nearly mocking—as they mouth Bieber’s rueful lyrics through red lips. A Void Where Justin Bieber Usually Is 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z As high-profile as the "Aquaman" star was before the trial opened, Heard is currently known by way of the mocking memes and clickbait takes that now flood every corner of the internet. With the Depp-Heard trial, courtroom television's exploitative tricks reached new misogynist heights 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z One of the funniest bits at the Kennedy Center is MacLeod’s Velma jealously mocking the attention-getting vocal trills of Brandy’s Roxie. Review | How ‘Chicago’ became the musical for every American decade, for all time 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z He is mocking Adolf Hitler, each dopey and villainous character having a Nazi counterpart in real life. 25 Great Books by Refugees in America 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z But the second movement, with its sarcastic, mocking tone, brought out a tougher side, and in the slow third movement, he conjured delicately nuanced tone colors over Mr. Robbins’s lovely, transparent playing. Music Review: Farewells Begin for New York Philharmonic’s Glenn Dicterow 2014-01-20T22:26:57Z This disillusionment is seen in a number of ways, ranging from ignoring clerical pronouncements to challenging and even mocking religious leaders on social media. Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia (where just talking about atheism is illegal) 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But, like the American version of “The Office” compared with its British counterpart, Ms. London is gently mocking rather than harsh. Stacy London, of ‘What Not to Wear,’ Has a New Book 2012-12-05T20:22:26Z It’s silly stuff, yes, and at first I thought he might be mocking the whole Cause that he found so ludicrous, as both lovers laugh hysterically. The Master Mystery: Solving Paul Thomas Anderson’s Many Riddles 2012-09-24T12:00:35Z Other comedians speak of his work with awe, particularly the sketches mocking the left that surely hurt his award prospects in Hollywood. Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z No sooner does the piano spin a tragically tinged narrative of loss than the orchestra sneers in mocking, sarcastic derision. Classical CDs: Gerstein, Gaffigan do justice to Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No. 1 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He turned the same mocking wonder toward the media, which he seems to blame, at least in part, for the rise of Trump. The Sweet Solidarity of Barack Obama and Larry Wilmore 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But the late-night host didn't spend the whole monologue mocking it. Watch Stephen Colbert take down Space Force: “Mars has cleaner water than Flint” 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z When he first became a star, hosting “Late Night With David Letterman” on NBC in 1982, Mr. Letterman was a thinking man’s Everyman, dryly mocking all the clichés of television talk shows and conventional comedy. The TV Watch: David Letterman’s Place in a Rather Kindly Landscape 2014-04-04T21:57:25Z In a mocking tone, the demon declares, “I am a liar — that is the truth,” and baits Yeshua about his faith. Review: In ‘Last Days in the Desert,’ Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z She championed several groups such as the press, artists and immigrants, but none so strongly as those with disabilities, as she spoke against Donald Trump’s mocking disabled New York Times reporter Serge Kovaleski. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Everyone’s stupid in the show, it just so happens that I’m Greek and I’m mocking myself. Jamie Demetriou: ‘After Fleabag, people demand to see my teeth’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z He begins with a series of jokes addressing and warmly mocking the “vagenda of manocide”-type masculine paranoia, culminating in jokes about the internment camps for men that would arise in a Clinton Presidency. What Michael Moore Understands About Hillary Clinton 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z On my last day, the judge made me laugh by mocking the Respondent’s death-threat love letter for being so terribly written. Modern Love: The View From the Victim Room 2013-06-27T20:45:27Z “We have discussed the incident many, many times since, as well as Douglas’ relentless, goading, mocking and belittling sexual behavior,” he wrote. Michael Douglas accuser on alleged sexual harassment: 'I was humiliated' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It celebrates diverse identities while mocking prophets and politicians, the British and their empire, and all manner of divisions and dogma. Salman Rushdie not first novelist to suffer assassination attempt by someone who hadn’t read book 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The editor of the Vatican newspaper, for his part, penned a short letter in Wednesday’s edition of L’Osservatore Romano mocking the “transgression at all cost” impulse of the performance. Vatican, Italy bishop slam “profane” Sanremo performance 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Adopting a mocking tone, she continues, “They’re like, ‘No, we should be able to wear whatever we want, and drink as much as we want, and pass out in the streets.’ Bill O’Reilly at his most odious: Everything Fox News gets horribly wrong about rape culture and sexual assault 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z If you have a life, it will seem like a distant and mocking dream. Rooms not of one's own 2010-04-13T09:37:00Z "The first quarter of an hour is all about mocking Full Metal Jacket." Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z The Covfefe cocktail, mocking President Trump’s most recent incoherent tweet, was actually a popular drink at various watch parties. “This is D.C.’s version of the Super Bowl”: In the nation’s capitol, James Comey’s televised congressional testimony is treated like a national holiday 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z The actor exhibits it not only in George’s psychological mastery of physically imposing Nick, but also in his dealing forcefully with Martha’s ferocious mocking of his failures. A scintillating ‘Virginia Woolf’ with a scalding Holly Twyford 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Legal experts said the topics of Mr. Cohen’s show — frequently mocking political figures and making light of current events — would qualify. Sacha Baron Cohen Pranked Me, Can I Sue? Yes. Win? Not So Much. 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z One song, titled "England Lost", represents Jagger's mocking take on Britain's split from the European Union. England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Redford, reportedly asked about the mocking by her daughter, told the girl that “not everyone is nice and not everyone is going to be nice and it's unfortunate.” Airline agent mocked 5-year-old epileptic girl’s name, mother claims 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z And the mocking lessened after Aerosmith reaped the benefits of Tyler's newfound TV fame. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler reaps rewards from 'Idol' fame 2012-01-17T19:39:03Z She is sitting in class, quietly working on an essay about Huckleberry Finn, seemingly unaware of the “cool” girls mocking her for getting on with her assignment while they paint their nails. 'It's sunny and safe': why Gilmore Girls is perfect comfort TV 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z On “The Daily Show,” especially in Jon Stewart’s early years, correspondents perfected the art of the punk sit-down, in which the interviewees seemed not to realize that the interviewers were mocking them. Review: ‘Eat That Question,’ on Frank Zappa, the Media and Cultural Upheavals 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Georgia's law, which banned abortion care at six weeks, was ultimately blocked from taking effect, and Milano's "organizing" stunt faded into a cesspool of rightfully mocking memes, too. Withholding sex is not the answer to abortion bans: The spectacle of celebrity "pro-choice" activism 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z For nearly for 40 years, Berger had been trying to explain that he is not mocking anyone — that he isn’t even impersonating a black person. A final night in blackface: Baltimore’s Al Jolson impersonator calls it quits 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z When criticized for doing so, Trump vehemently denied that mocking Kovaleski was even possible because he didn’t know him. A hellscape of lies and distorted reality awaits journalists covering President Trump 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z One of them, a woman, held a banner mocking Gergiev's recent "Hero of Labour" award received from Putin on Wednesday, suggesting the conductor should either pull down the building or hand back the medal. Russia's new Mariinsky theatre woos the doubters 2013-05-02T20:36:35Z According to Balram, a wealthy young Bangalore businessman, “the Indian entrepreneur” must be a combination of opposites: “straight and crooked, mocking and believing, sly and sincere.” ‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z “I was afraid people would think I was mocking fashion, and it’s like, ‘No, I swear, I’m wearing feathered sleeves as I write this!’ ” Fashion Triumph: Deflecting the Male Gaze 2010-12-16T06:30:08Z For their apparent belief that mocking disabled people is the most hilarious thing ever. Web exclusive! All the celeb lists we couldn't fit in the mag 2010-12-17T12:18:20Z And despite all of the mocking from the Trasteverini, the neighborhood had undergone rejuvenation. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Their rapid-fire, pomposity-pricking banter – belligerently daft, mocking conventions without ever threatening to break them – has come to represent the British sense of humour. From Python to Seinfeld - are these 12 classic comedies still funny? 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Noah’s skepticism was echoed across late-night television on Monday as fellow comics joined him in mocking the official story of Trump’s weekend visit. ‘Was this a physical or a kitchen remodel?’: Late-night TV has a field day with Trump’s ‘interim checkup’ 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z "Miracle," the show's opening number, expresses this mocking spirit. The real magic of 'Matilda' is in the story of a spirited, bookish girl 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Another candidate dropped out after videos of him mocking people with disabilities surfaced on YouTube. 11 weeks of campaigning is too long? Oh, Canada! 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z "As an Older Millennial, my favourite part of the skinny jeans/side part thing is that I remember mocking Gen Xers for literally the same fashion choices," she tweeted Tuesday. Millennials slam Gen Z over fashion, beauty, emoji preferences 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z She opened the show with “Marlene on the Wall,” in which a picture of Marlene Dietrich, wearing a “mocking smile,” becomes a personally iconic vision of a woman in charge of her own erotic life. 2010-01-30T05:31:00Z At the southern end of town on West Avenue is glassy Lake Belle, where “the mocking birds sang all night and alligators trumpeted from their stronghold,” according to a passage in “Dust Tracks.” Cultured Traveler: Zora Neale Hurston?s Florida 2010-03-31T18:01:00Z Judging by the Internet’s mocking, the only thing worse than a pop star who doesn’t try is one who tries too hard. Hear Rita Ora's New Song 'Poison' 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Now the creators of that show, Robert and Michelle King, are trying their hand at comedy with a series mocking Capitol Hill. These Are TIME’s Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2016 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z I was not mocking her, not calling her out. Thank you, Kate Spade, for making women feel “quick and curious and playful and strong” 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Undoubtedly, my father was smiling down at us, mocking us for being so superstitious. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z “Wan — whose first sly shot is of a cracked, smiling face — sets a relentlessly uneasy tone that imperceptibly shifts between intense seriousness and lightly mocking,” Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Spelling the Dream’ and ‘Rambo’ 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z To pay tribute to that achievement while also mocking it and duplicating it: only Tony Curtis could have done that. An Appraisal: Marvelous Invention of Movie Make-Believe 2010-10-01T23:18:00Z Mr. Evans’s voice is more bitter and mocking; it’s a little more poised. Music Review: Venom P. Stinger at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn 2010-05-13T20:31:00Z Kazoos set the mocking tone of “Your Parents’ Cocaine” and the ghost of Wilson Pickett joins the party-out-of-bounds anthem “Land of 7 Billion Dances.” Album review: The Coup, 'Sorry to Bother You' 2012-11-05T17:11:00Z But Jarmusch is up to something fiercely earnest—for starters, mocking critics who want and expect a movie about the dead rising from their graves to proceed with a naturalistic earnestness. “The Dead Don’t Die,” Reviewed: Jim Jarmusch’s Fiercely Political Zombie Comedy 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The two hosts have engaged in a strange, embittered-yet-cordial relationship over the years, frequently mocking each other while still agreeing to appear on one another’s shows. Watch Jon Stewart's 11 Best 'Daily Show' Takedowns 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Here he redirected his analytic mind to his paralyzing grief, mocking the language of recovery, preferring “numb slog” to “healing journey.” A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Though now I’m wondering whether, hearing my lack of a North Carolina accent and immediately pegging me as an outsider, they were just mocking me. I Hopped a Plane Just for a Barbecue Sandwich. I’d Do It Again. 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z There will be no mocking this teddy bear, or anything else at HubSpot. Review: ‘Disrupted,’ a Tech Takedown by Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z With no solid ground beneath you, ocean swells become a mocking replica of an endless plain. 'Open Ocean': panoramas of water, light, vapor 2011-12-22T21:39:07Z Runway fashion, with very few exceptions, exists in a state of permanent seriousness; drag sends it up mercilessly, worshiping its extremes while mocking its pretensions with impunity. Why the Fashion World Is Obsessed With ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Burnham is gifted at mocking the performative liberal sanctimony of the moment as well as corporate attempts to exploit it, such as his very realistic YouTube ads that pop up below. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The mere act of atheists saying, “We exist” — this is enough to send many believers into fits, accusing us of being offensive, provocative, mocking, flaunting, and hateful. Why are believers ignorant about atheists? 2012-06-30T17:00:00Z If I made fun of a friend and he thought I was seriously mocking him, it would immediately cease being funny. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband won’t stop offensive name-calling because it’s ‘too fun’ 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Another recent stunt was a billboard mocking Al Franken, the Democratic senator who resigned after groping allegations. Rightwing artist put up Meryl Streep 'she knew' posters as revenge for Trump 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z It took a minute to absorb his words, although he was speaking in mocking, accented English: “Stupid American.” Why Are Americans So Anxious? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Like Barbarella’s outfits, the film is carefully and delicately constructed, mocking its own dreams of pleasure and peace the better to indulge in them to sensual excess. Why the new Barbarella comic will struggle to match the original film 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Often, it is assumed that the artist is trying to destroy the power of the old work through an excoriating humor, mocking it into submission. Perspective | America needs an epic narrative right now. Painters are working on it. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The woman was mocking a devastating experience, they said, making the meltdown about her instead of the child in distress. A disability-focused website ran a ‘funny’ post on autism. Anger ensued. 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Watts doesn't seem interested in mocking the conventions of stand-up: it's more that he's cheerfully unaware that they exist. This week's new comedy 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z But something like mocking people’s pronouns is actually the opposite of edgy. Perspective | Elon Musk’s Twitter is a safe space for bros who think they’re funny 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z It was so widespread that viral videos came out mocking the idea that the fellow whose films since "Signs" have annoyed and dismayed horror fans could still consider himself a "brand." 'Devil': Confining chills to a stalled elevator 2010-09-20T21:30:00Z In one scene, a wheelchair runs over a Donald Trump mask, an apparent reference to Trump’s alleged mocking of a disabled reporter. More on Jussie Smollett, a child actor who rose to stardom 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z In 1981, a Rolling Stone profile described him as spending his final three dollars on a taxi to his set, performing while on quaaludes and mocking a famous talent manager in the audience. Richard Belzer, Detective Munch on ‘Law & Order: S.V.U.,’ Dies at 78 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z And then newspapers have to write stories about the imaginary things, the disclaimers and the mocking? Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z We readers sometimes hear from the unknown person behind the site, who sends out brief, mocking, anonymous comments like: Review | Danger feels real in the brilliant ‘I See You. ’ Maybe because the author is a female ex-cop. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In 2005, mocking Dubya's latest gaffe was a catharsis for the left. How late-night political comedy needs to evolve: Be more subversive 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z After his own “Oy,” he breaks into a mocking chorus: “Yakety-yak don’t talk back.” | 'Baby It?s You!': Girl Group Tale Is Reharmonized 2011-04-28T02:30:28Z Many fans felt the comedian was mocking not only Malik’s Muslim faith but also his appearance. Bill Maher Feels Heat After Comparing Zayn Malik to Accused Boston Bomber 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z I said with a mocking tone, as though it were a thing she said often, or ever at all. My sweet threesome 2012-11-28T01:00:00Z The song, an autumnal scene painted with a blustery, agitated piano part, ends with an oak tree mocking the love-struck traveler. Luca Pisaroni in Concert at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z My phone pinged several times after my posts: texts from friends mocking my self-mockery or asking if I needed any assistance, in my state of desperation, finishing up those enoki mushrooms. Eating Alone in China 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z They mimic the shape of paintings, mocking the form: They look acid-eaten in places, or perhaps in revolt, returning to nature. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z And instead of mocking it, his voters understand. Obamas in love: the most retweeted moment in history 2012-11-09T15:52:17Z Scoring his footage with marching-band arrangements of the Stones' greatest hits, Whitehead's tone is gently mocking but also genuinely fascinated, particularly by the band's cross-generational appeal. The Rolling Stones' forbidden documentary 2010-05-22T18:01:00Z Past the notorious, mocking gateway, into the brick ranks of the former barracks of the Polish army camp that the Nazis seized and converted into prisons and death chambers, visitors bear witness via this exhibition. Abroad: Auschwitz Shifts From Memorializing to Teaching 2011-02-18T21:35:20Z The journalist was told that "mocking the memory of Soviet soldiers who gave their lives for the victory over fascism cannot be justified or forgiven," the ministry said in a statement on its website. How Russia hits back at slights over WWII victory 2014-02-10T14:06:15Z Further extending the olive branch, Kimmel gifted West with toddler leather jogging pants — a reference to the knock he made on the rapper when mocking the BBC interview. Kanye to Kimmel: I Would Be Lying If I Didn’t Call Myself a Creative Genius 2013-10-10T05:26:16Z “If he’s good, he suspects nothing of my piñata. If he’s corrupt, he immediately assumes that what I’ve done is mocking.” The Man Behind the Trump Piñata 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z During a speech to supporters in Mississippi, President Trump exercised his power to humiliate, mocking Blasey Ford to the cheers of his audience. The Kavanaugh hearings: Angry white men get to be righteous; angry women “a mob” 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Seidl’s stylization feels more like a distrust of familiar realism than artificiality for its own sake, or a mocking freak show. Review: ‘In the Basement,’ What Lies Beneath in Austria 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z “I’m a block from the beach, I drive an electric car and I just bought a paddleboard,” he said, mocking himself as the California cliché. Pass the Pork Belly, and the Joint 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z He then invited the anti-Brexit star to atone for the sin of mocking the town by switching the Christmas lights’s on. Lindsay Lohan Apologizes to Small British Town Over Christmas Lights 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It's the sort of satire we need more than ever today, as these potent forces, ripe for mocking and derision, persist. At last! "History of the World Part II" is finally being made – prepare for “phoney baloney stories" 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes I’d catch a glimpse of a pair when I was grabbing some socks for him, and I could hear the mocking from SpongeBob himself. My father, the woman 2012-06-15T23:30:00Z Apparently, if you succeed in that pursuit, your prize will be relentless mocking. ‘The Filthy Rich Guide,’ a Look at a Lifestyle, on CNBC 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Here she wittily recast it as a song mocking a certain presidential candidate who loves the spotlight. Review: Kristin Chenoweth, That Perky Performer With the Powerhouse Pipes 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z He can’t help laughing at white America’s hypocrisy, and mocking the calls to bargain with a government that wanted him silenced. A New Life of Malcolm X Brimming With Detail, Insight and Feeling 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In Rockford, Santorum sought to appeal to blue-collar Republicans by engaging in a form of class warfare by mocking Romney's financial background. A final pitch to woo Illinois voters 2012-03-20T02:58:00Z These are brief diversions in what Gunn may intend as a fondly mocking deconstruction of the more serious Marvel movies. REVIEW: Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy': The Expendables In Outer Space 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In short, the two men were dubious soul-mate material, yet they carried on a decades-long relationship that was by turns respectful and friendly, mocking and hostile. Mysterious frenemies: Houdini and Conan Doyle 2011-11-23T22:16:04Z He’s mocking Rochelle in a way that even he doesn’t believe, but he’s confident that he can get a rise out of her in that scene. If you have to ask: “How To Tell You’re a Douchebag” filmmaker on making his Twitter-era rom-com 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Witness the Tankards’ mocking of their hero’s self-puffery, as if he were aspiring to be an action hero, with laughable results. Bone Up on Shakespeare, With a Skeleton and His Ankle-Nibbling Nemesis 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z The 11 songs from the 18-year-old singer-songwriter’s breakup album are raw and angry, dreamy and mocking, playful and profane, with shards of punk and princess pop. AP’s top albums of 2021: ‘Sour,’ ‘Donda,’ H.E.R. and Eilish 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Handler is doing something treacherous here with his signature irony: simultaneously enacting and mocking the latent racism in enlightened white society. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “Turmeric and salt! Turmeric and salt!” he sings in the middle of Manhattan’s Bryant Park, mocking the entire business with an impromptu jig. Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men. It’s landed him on our cultural divide. 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z In mocking his water-stain monologues and improbably ornate turns of phrase, did we diminish him to the point that every gang in town felt comfortable taking advantage of him? 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Eugenides excels at penetrating — and gently mocking — the insider lingo of academics. The anxious, disappointing world of Jeffrey Eugenides 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z “Can we turn the sun down, like, 20 percent?” she asks, half seriously, simultaneously mocking and celebrating their megarich status. ‘Loot’ Review: Maya Rudolph Among the .001 Percent 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Valerie was naive and mild-mannered, more comfortable around adults than those her own age, and I enjoyed mocking her innocence. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z To put it another, needlessly complicated way: Mocking those who mock the media is just as important as actually mocking the media. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z Long would engage in the personal abuse of his opponents, often deploying colourful language aimed at mocking their physical characteristics. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Quayle, then the vice president, criticized Candace Bergen’s journalist character Murphy Brown, arguing in a speech at the Commonwealth Club of California that she was “mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone.” The family values sham: Research shows that most of these ’90s fears were nonsense 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z He applies one of the new steam irons to the face of a colleague who is mocking him. Boardwalk Empire Watch: Everyone Has a Breaking Point 2012-11-05T13:00:37Z Though he doesn’t mask his expressions — usually astounded, though never mocking — he’s a genial interviewer, empathic, he says, even if he can’t be sympathetic. Review: ‘American Chaos’ Looks at the Election. You Know the End. 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The performers are less interested in mocking the will to euphoria than in showing the pain that underlies it. | 'The Momentum': Life Is an Existential Cabaret, My Friend 2011-02-09T01:42:27Z Well, it is, but it also got a friend of mine harassed for months because of a fake tweet mocking autistic people. Twitter’s toxic party: Anything goes, everyone’s invited and the host is too terrified to set down house rules 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z On screen, its screamy satire seemed too blunt; in mocking the obvious stupidities of television it also mocked its viewers. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Instead, these structures have become artifacts of a fantasy, mocking the current housing crisis from their hilltop perches. Lautner fans, be warned: Catherine Opie's 'The Modernist' will play like a horror movie 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z In fact, the project loses traction toward the end, as the picture strains to become a full-blooded action film — the very thing it spends the rest of its time mocking. 21 Jump Street: Rude Fun at Fantasy High 2012-03-15T16:34:26Z “Playlist,” instead, takes a mocking look at France’s comic book industry. ‘Playlist’ Review: A Broken Record of Trials 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Kimmel played clips from the interview, mocking the rapper’s diatribe about rejection for cooking up the idea of leather jogging pants and touting himself as the “biggest” rockstar in the world. Kanye West Will Be a Guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live 2013-10-09T00:35:24Z In his mural here, he is mocking the selfie culture with Temper Tot, his over-muscled child character that he says represents an immature superpower. In Miami, the Murals Are the Message 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z "Judge, he's mocking New York," Trump's attorney said, standing to object. 87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case 2013-05-23T19:37:08Z He also continues in the tradition of mocking poor old Dave itself, a privilege unavailable to most of its caught-on-repeat inhabitants. Tim Marlow on Gaugin 2010-10-16T05:45:00Z George Ciccariello-Maher, an associate professor of international politics and decolonization at Philadelphia-based Drexel University, recently found himself at the center of a smear campaign for mocking the concept of white genocide. Is anti-racist a code word for anti-white? No, but the people behind #WhiteGenocide may think so 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Their tiff echoed on Twitter on Monday, as 50 Cent posted a series of variously mocking and somewhat empathetic comments about Ja Rule's guilty plea. Rapper Ja Rule pleads guilty in '07 NY weapon case 2010-12-14T00:31:05Z This detour from mocking to justifying dad humor is short, but filling in this caricature with a sympathetic motivation introduces an unusual twist in sketch comedy: heart. Critic?s Notebook: Harvard Sailing Team Breathes New Life Into Sketch Comedy 2012-01-30T21:58:14Z Often they just cannot believe what they are looking at, picking holes in some very rudimentary film-making mistakes as well as mocking the overlong, overblown action sequences and the incredible level of pretentiousness. Commission us: films that only get better with a good DVD commentary 2010-10-14T11:33:00Z A scene late in the proceedings, in which the negotiators on both sides join in good-natured mocking of Terje, would be funnier if this trait had a bit more foundation. Review | ‘Oslo’ is an incisive, and dispiriting, look at a stunning pact between Israel and the PLO 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z In its modest, mocking way, the movie showcases living dinosaurs in eager anticipation of their extinction. Movies 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Weatherly was more than delighted to fill in the blanks by reframing Dushku’s recorded details of his harassment as “jokes mocking some lines in the script.” Eliza Dushku's scathing indictment of "Bull" sexual harassment shows how deep CBS rot still goes 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Oldenburg and Richter back in the day were mocking this pretension by selling art in ordinary, actual shops. James Franco to work in Christmas shop – but is it art? 2012-11-20T11:58:04Z Yet these friends can also be vicious, mocking one another with the targeted hits of a loved one who knows where to stick the knife. ‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: The Saga of Female Friendship 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A girl’s first gig as an official no one involves watching a third-rate theater troupe mocking the very thing she’s not supposed to care about anymore. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 5: Hold the Door 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Comedy thrives on mocking the powerful, he continues, but in South Africa everyone still considers themselves an underdog. New Africa: the doctor who became a standup comedian 2012-08-23T23:05:01Z For the second time in three years, her group will put on the Golden Probes, a full-on satirical ceremony mocking misogyny with award categories such as Best Original Science and Pro-Lifetime Achievement. 5 Comedy Shows to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Here, Ms. Christlieb takes a mostly mocking view, making sure to show us Mr. Rollinger’s compulsive collection of bookkeeping binders and his finicky hotel selections. ‘Naked Opera,’ a Documentary Profile by Angela Christlieb 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z “There’s no mocking of American Indians at all.” Adam Sandler Says Film Does Not Mock Native Americans 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z It pains me to say it, but I think Christian Lander — and his colleagues in the “mocking effete white liberals” business — are seriously damaging the culture at large. From Stuff White People Like to #NotYourShield: How irony is killing activism 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z From the antisemitic posters that line the streets two images continue to haunt him: a Humpty Dumpty grotesque and a mocking beak-nosed caricature that becomes his aggressive alter ego. Gainsbourg 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z It's a neat idea, and if the piece sometimes veers off course, it succeeds in walking a fine line between the mocking and the sad – and it uses its location brilliantly. Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-28T17:08:02Z “Who Is America?” leads with this, mocking it and attempting to shock the audience in a single pass. “Who Is America?” and “Big Brother” separately and together illuminate our racial divide 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z “The Juche Idea” is meant to be a comedy, one that cuts two ways: mocking the strictures placed on moviemakers in both Communist and capitalist systems. | 'The Juche Idea': Jim Finn Ponders North Korea and Cinema 2010-05-26T23:10:00Z They swap in-jokes and pull faces when asked to describe what it was that brought them together, discussing the start of their romance in a mocking, but affectionate tone. Life in our transgender family 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Or are they mocking a cultural fixation on pregnancy as the marker of womanhood? The “Terrorist Drag” of Vaginal Davis 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Asked whether she ever dropped R's or used other eastern New England variants, one young Claremont woman told the researchers, "Only when mocking someone from Massachusetts." ArtsBeat: Is That New England Accent in Retreat? 2012-08-15T12:00:37Z The movie later expands to make a larger accusation, linking the atrocities of Vietnam with the recent conflict in Afghanistan — and frankly mocking the Nobel Peace Prize given to President Obama. ‘Mumia Abu-Jamal’: a portrait of the imprisoned activist 2013-02-21T23:14:48Z It was meant to channel an imaginary Soviet artist producing “sincere” propaganda and, in retrospect, mocking both Communist and capitalist slogans that they later sought to undermine once they were in New York. Soviet Pop Art Duo Reunites for First U.S. Retrospective Since Their Breakup 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z There's also Doreen, a force of nature, dressing gown "the colour of sin", knowing everything, mocking everyone. Reading group: Is it OK to find The Bell Jar funny? 2013-01-31T11:37:44Z He has a shrewd sense of humor, a way of mocking himself through materials: all those recycled jeans, and all that crazy hands-on sewing! Jim Hodges at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z A well-known author begins to tease the young playwright, mocking his humble origins. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z They proclaimed it the worst song ever, likening Phair's rapping to Madonna's on American Life, mocking her for apparently morphing into a MIA wannabe. Has Liz Phair written the worst album of all time? Far from it ... 2010-07-12T12:19:00Z But while you're busy mocking a dealer for punting twenty grand on a set of gold dentures, they're marking them up and selling them on for a fortune to Kate Moss or someone. Four Rooms: how to beat the experts 2011-07-08T23:06:59Z Salon dug into the full context of Rock's history mocking Pinkett Smith, her condition of alopecia and possibly even Rock's own issues. Chris Rock's history of Jada Pinkett Smith jokes, hair commentary and disability 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Other clips show him mocking his father's vanity when describing how he met his wife in Pakistan, and joking with a devout friend whom he calls "Taliban". Diary of a Badman: 'I'm not a model Muslim, but I make people think' 2012-06-10T19:00:02Z The Chinese version avoided mocking political leaders, instead taking a jab at China’s oft-ridiculed national football team in a recent episode. 'Saturday Night Live' pulled in China amid crackdown on content 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Despite its enormous popularity, erotic romance is still plagued by ridicule and mocking preconceptions. Gay vampires and bisexual cowboys: why erotica has e-readers to thank 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Pyongyang regularly warns Seoul to prevent its press from mocking its leadership. North Korea’s take on new US movie: “Act of war” 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z But did we really need Colbert, of all people, to further that disturbing reality, rather than mocking it? Stephen Colbert’s one mistake: The monstrous Henry Kissinger shouldn’t get to laugh his sins away 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Quayle said the show was glamorizing single motherhood and “mocking the importance of fathers.” Hillary Clinton jokes about email in 'Murphy Brown' return to TV 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z “The shrieks of those bondsmen, whose blood is now streaming. From the merciless lash, while our banner in sight / With its stars, mocking freedom, is fitfully gleaming.” Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Every time I reached for my Zylyss Susi 3, I felt it mocking me, taunting me that real cooks don't need such gadgets. Why I love my unitaskers (with apologies to Alton Brown) 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z It's still sitting on my shelf now, spine unbroken, mocking me from beneath an equally unread copy of Against the Day. Choose April's Reading group book 2013-03-26T12:14:46Z In an interview with Bill Simmons, the cartoonists claimed that they had grown tired of mocking Trump, whom they compared to a monkey “running himself into the wall over and over.” Why "South Park" is perfectly armed to fight the alt-right 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z However, a few days ago, he included me on a group text with a picture and message mocking immigrants, specifically a different immigrant group from my own, but nonetheless, I found it hurtful. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A first-generation American confronts an in-law’s intolerance 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z That led to ribald jokes about Mandela, AIDS, the Afrikaans language, followed by a mocking group rendition of an A.N.C. freedom song and more fits of hysterics. Black Comedians in South Africa Put Power in the Punch Lines 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z Loki is the only one who is clever and Loki is irresponsible and wayward and mocking. Ragnar?k: the doom of the gods 2011-08-05T21:55:10Z One song, titled "England Lost", represents Jagger's mocking take on Britain's split from the European Union. England Lost: sardonic Mick Jagger releases two songs responding to Brexit 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Many accused the show of mocking Islam and perpetuating racial stereotypes. Citizen Khan - view from abroad 2012-09-07T07:31:55Z After mocking space film The Martian for being nominated for best comedy rather than best drama, Gervais called Damon the “only person Ben Affleck hasn’t been unfaithful to.” Watch Matt Damon React to Ricky Gervais' Brutal Ben Affleck Burn 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Over drinks and on social media, mocking ensued. What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z With his novel, Rushdie was accused of mocking some of the tenets of Muslim religious beliefs. The long controversy around Salman Rushdie, and his refusal to stop speaking up 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z In 2004, Wiley made this explicit in his single Wot U Call It, mocking the record shops, punters and media confused as to where to place him among house, garage, "urban" and grime. Grime watch: a decade of birth and renewal 2013-04-19T06:00:09Z Shot in the British colony that would become Ghana after its independence, the film showed members of a cult in the throes of spiritual possession, in part as a means of mocking their colonial overlords. Jean Rouch: A Long-Overdue Homage to a Documentary Maker 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Like the hipster of a decade ago, the concept of the hypebeast began as a way of mocking a certain kind of overzealous consumer, a new variety of fashion victim for the Internet age. Gucci Mane Among the Hypebeasts 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z “He knew how to stand up to the crowds mocking him,” McGough says of Wilde as he looks up at the statue. In London, a Temple Where You Can Worship at the Altar of Oscar Wilde 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z He added that Dylan “can be poignant and mocking, angry and exultant, reflective and whoopingly joyful.” ‘Shake It Up’ Aims to Put Rock Writing in the Pantheon 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Famuyiwa may be interested in mocking and subverting stereotypes, but he’s unwilling to go beyond them entirely, to populate his sunny Southern California mean streets with fully rounded human beings. ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Most Blaxploitation spoofs – and there have been quite a few – make the mistake of mocking the obvious: the ridiculous characters and situations and the technical shortcomings of the flicks. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-01-22T00:06:30Z Listening to the confidently deeper vocal tones of his 39-year-old self, he yelps and screams, entering into a dialogue with the younger Krapp, mocking his artistic ambitions. Krapp's Last Tape – review 2012-08-26T17:00:01Z Mostly, that would be Sue, who never tires of mocking his manhood or his jelled-back curly hair. Television: In Fox?s ?Glee,? It?s the Attitude That?s the Showstopper 2010-04-09T18:08:00Z Loyalists subsequently fired back with their own revamp, mocking the patriots: “Come shake your dull noddles, ye pumpkins and bawl, and own that you’re mad at fair liberty’s call.” ‘Hamilton’ Is Known For Its Music, but What Did Alexander Hamilton Listen To? 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z But as a low-key, largely amiable comedy that spends as much time critiquing — or gently mocking — wokeness as it does affirming it, it’s in a particularly tricky place. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z And sure enough, as the game got underway, I found myself surrounded by singing and swaying fans, mocking their opponents with anti-gay choruses. WATCH: “Forever Pure” exposes raw prejudice on the soccer field when foreign recruits arrive 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Mitigate my hanger — barely — by just eating the perky, unripe bananas right then and there, each bite of their off-sweet, basically chewy flesh mocking me as I choke it down. A surprising trick to ripen bananas quickly for baking 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Now, he mostly hears laughter mocking him for getting brainwashed into joining a terrorist organisation. Borat director Larry Charles: why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z The points of communication are the overwhelming confirmations of persecution fantasies which, mocking the invalid with being right, only plunge him deeper into them. Horror: a genre doomed to literary hell? 2012-11-07T11:47:02Z "I have a very particular set of channels," said MacFarlane, mocking the Irish actor's dialogue from the "Taken" movie series. Seth MacFarlane impersonates Liam Neeson on 'The Tonight Show' 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z My friends and I never dared to utter a word of gossip; a stray mocking word would be treated with shocked looks. Confessions of a rabbi’s wife: “I wanted to hide behind a husband and a wig” 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z Punk's use of the flag was more explicitly sarcastic, as in Jamie Reid's God Save the Queen poster, mocking and slicing up the insignia which was at that point festooning thousands of street parties. Why we're all flying the union flag 2012-06-21T18:31:56Z “I do know her well enough to say that she would want us to be laughing and even mocking her,” Hamill said. Leia leads resistance in Carrie Fisher's final 'Star Wars' film 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The satirical programme, which ran from 1984 to 1996, was fearless – and often gleefully tasteless – when it came to mocking the political figures of the day. Spitting Image creators remember Margaret Thatcher 2013-04-12T18:37:54Z But gentle mocking gave way to the usual enthusiasm that permeates the convention, an event whose original purpose was partly to give bookstores the chance to order books for the fall season. BookExpo America Draws 20,000 to Javits Center 2013-05-31T22:00:22Z Rather, they enacted what to many in the audience surely sounded like a solemn yet mocking atheistic rendition of the Lord’s Prayer. We’re coming for Fox News: “America is a very dangerous land for women, because it has such a party as the Republican Party” 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Here, the screenplay was on the verge of mocking us in the audience. The Walking Dead season seven premiere: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z While they did topical material, mocking targets that are now long forgotten, many of their funniest bits are timeless comedic premises performed with amiable understatement. Recalling Bob and Ray, Who Paved the Way for Today’s Deadpan Humor 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Because the dopamine rush of mocking young people is so irresistible, no one bothers to actually investigate the veracity of the charges against the so called “snowflake generation.” My college students aren’t “snowflakes” — they’re tougher than their critics could imagine 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z In its third series, when it was mocking the last days of New Labour, The Thick of It satirised a similar kind of unthinking art choice. Why modern art is not a class issue 2013-01-15T15:11:01Z Brian Rogers, the artistic director of the Chocolate Factory, which presented Ms. Valencia’s “Bouquet” last year, has noticed the fine line she treads between mocking and appreciating dance, never quite settling on either side. What if a Dance Piece Was Actually Funny? Or Super Sad? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Not a drop of acid mars the surface of this deadpan satire as it darts along, mocking and skewering the racist, homophobic and generally dingbat ideals of its characters. ‘Mislaid’: Nell Zink’s subversive novel takes on racism and sexuality 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z AP: But you also weren’t timid about subjects some considered off limits like mocking Hitler and the Nazis in “The Producers” or the language of “Blazing Saddles.” Q&A: Mel Brooks, 95, is still riffing 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z In the play, written by Mike Vogel, the editorial staff of Drug Store Times toils under a pitiless publisher, a mocking sales department and an inept manager. Theater Review: Mike Vogel’s ‘March Madnesss’ at the Abingdon Theater 2012-11-05T22:43:29Z On the surface, she was mocking her husband as a wonky grind — but her not-so-subliminal message was clear: This guy takes his job seriously. How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can’t 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The mocking tone of the narrator reminds the viewer that each episode is tinged with, though not confined to, the perspective of a single character. 'The Slap' may challenge notions of fault, but abuse is abuse 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z And people were telling them to their face they were the next big thing, but then almost with the next breath mocking them behind their back. From Viva Brother to Lovelife 2012-08-13T15:02:00Z A clip of Lycett mocking the evasive politician’s “great clear answers” went viral, and made the front page of The Daily Mail. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Other prominent Chicago hip-hop artists jumped in with their own Twitter comments Wednesday in reaction to the rising star's apparent mocking of Coleman's slaying. Young rapper's slaying linked to feuds on Twitter, YouTube 2012-09-07T02:43:29Z However, he was not thrilled about the rather critical response to the trailer, which included fans mocking the newly designed light saber. Stephen Colbert, “the original fan of ‘Star Wars,’” responds to critics of new trailer 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z "Yes," nods Ulrika, long since inured to his mocking, "Yes, it is." Shooting Stars: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-08-05T23:07:45Z And then there was the hilarious channeling of a naval trainee mocking another for believing in atoms. Shared camaraderie in ‘We Know How You Die!’ 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z There the whole thing was to try and get a mocking angle at the future. David Bowie on Ziggy Stardust, white funk and other theatrical matters – a classic interview 2012-06-12T15:57:34Z A customer is calling out a California Starbucks for allegedly changing the name on his order to one mocking Asian people. Starbucks apologizes after barista accused of using racist name for Asian American veteran 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z I’m not proud to say I lost it and was openly cruel and mocking of her. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Bully feels regret for lashing out at tormentor 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z A New Zealand public television host resigned Sunday after his mocking of an Indian official's name sparked a diplomatic protest of racism. NZealand TV host resigns after mocking Indian name 2010-10-10T12:16:00Z Bill seems to be mocking the traditional Mormon church, and Carl watches, horrified, as Bill succeeds, and he founders. ArtsBeat: 'Big Love' Watch: Q. and A. With the Creators 2011-03-21T05:01:44Z With that in mind, she pivoted to a performance that had unnerved her: Trump’s mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the campaign. Meryl Streep at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Workplace bullies might make fun of him, mocking his nerdy clothes and self-effacing manner, but from the start this Walter is, for the audience, a magnet for our sympathy. Movie Review: ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ Stars Ben Stiller 2013-12-24T18:27:55Z The segment deftly walked the line between mocking Phillip and gazing in awe at his originality and utter lack of self-consciousness. "Survivor" redeems itself 2011-03-17T13:18:00Z Snyder begins by mocking a scene from my conclusion where, he claims, I reveal myself as a vainglorious Quixote — the first person to take on “the ‘science’ of how stories work.” Letters to the Editor From Steven Pinker, Jonathan Gottschall, and Others 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z The one-minute video, in which three female dancers performed microscopic movements that caused their bodies to shake and shudder, went viral, producing thousands of comments and memes — some gently humorous, some more mocking. Moriah Evans: Communitarian, Feminist, Dance Maker 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z But Melton made sense of them all, whether slow and spiraling or antic and abrupt, without ever mocking the music. Khambatta Dance Company tops off a fine 'Spotlight on Seattle' evening with some blanket-wrestling that turns into a sublime duet 2010-06-09T17:38:00Z The show never holds back on mocking politicians of any stripe or even friends in the business, Michaels said, but he does try to avoid attacking "our own," a reference to former cast members. Producer: NY is best home for Fallon's 'Tonight' 2013-04-17T00:46:04Z Brown and Wright said Slater made various racist statements, including mocking stereotypically black speech, claimed black men are "women beaters" and regularly expressed her fear of black people. Two black women sue Fox News executive, network for racial harassment 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z “SNL” writer Robert Smigel says Phil never seemed reluctant to play the part, but that he later expressed some guilt about mocking the former Vietnam prisoner of war and subsequent Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Phil Hartman’s greatest sketch ever: Secrets of “SNL’s” perfect Clinton parody 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Maybe mocking the President for 90 minutes every week is just getting old. ‘Saturday Night Live’: Alec Baldwin and Larry David Contribute to an Awkward Episode 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Even harder to imagine was how young Jon Stewart looked while mocking Jackson's intentions that week. 10 year time capsule: When Michael Jackson spoke out about abuse 2011-03-08T15:32:00Z Footage of Mr. Trump mocking a disabled reporter played over and over. Boos, Cheers and Talk Therapy for the Democrats in Philadelphia 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z She was not mocking her subjects, she insisted. The Charming, Disgusting Paintings of Tala Madani 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z “This is the first time I remember staff openly dismissing and mocking the environmental policies of an administration.” EPA employees speak out about the agency’s problems under Trump 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Once, when he’s bitterly mocking his own obsequiousness to patrons, the miming heightens expression; otherwise, it’s superfluous. Review: From His Letters, the Dark Side of a Man of Letters 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z The first music that introduces these supposedly intimate peeks behind the curtain is mocking and even ironic: Tracey Ullman singing “They Don’t Know.” Television Review: ‘Our Nixon,’ a CNN Documentary About White House Cameras 2013-07-31T22:11:25Z Bob and Roberta Smith, it should be noted, is the cognomen of not two but one British artist who specializes in humorously mocking art institutions and the conventional attitudes they tend to promulgate. ‘Bob and Roberta Smith: Art Amnesty,’ at MoMA PS1 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z The phrase has reportedly been used by Apu only eight times in 31 years, but its mocking sing-song is recognised everywhere. No laughing matter: how can The Simpsons solve its problem with Apu? 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z She also shows some gleeful scorn as she overdubs her voice into a mocking horn section, trumpeting “tararatata” as she demolishes any hopes of reconciliation. Foo Fighters Begin a New Chapter, and 8 More New Songs 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z For nearly half a century, Rivers has been Hollywood's licensed jester, mocking all the stars she moves among with a wry ferocity that almost no one else would be permitted. Comedy gold: Joan Rivers in An Audience with Joan Rivers 2012-08-09T11:23:23Z He owns Nazi handbills, advertisements for hotels that turned away Jewish guests, and gently mocking postcards with photographs of heavyset Tunisian Jewish women in folk costumes. Not All Medieval Sacred Art Was Anti-Semitic 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Several outlets made films similar to Mr. Dunne’s and many others featured articles and slide shows that took a mocking tone toward the group. The Gathering of the Juggalos, Now in Its 17th Year 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Even Sandra Bullock shed earnest tears when she won “Miss Congeniality” after mocking such behavior earlier in the film. In Praise of This Summer's 'Complicated Women' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Over the first 80 pages Padnos outlines his missteps in forensic detail, mocking his vanities and ruing the many warning signals he missed. Held Hostage in Syria, a Reporter Tells What It Took to Survive 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Her eldest son, at least with Diana, is callous and cruel, mocking her eating disorder and lecturing her on the necessity of keeping up appearances. ‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Back in August, “Good Morning America” host Lara Spencer got herself into trouble when she made mocking comments about Britain’s Prince George taking ballet at age 6. Perspective | Parents, you’re enrolling your little ones in the wrong kind of dance class 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z In addressing rumors about his health that took root during his absence, the actor reminded the public that he is also a comic by mocking some of the outlandish theories. Jamie Foxx Says He Is ‘Coming Back’ After Hospitalization 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z When Kovalev is onstage weeping at the loss of his nose, we see Anna Pavlova on screen, gently mocking him, dancing completely gorgeously. As Plain as the Nose on His Stage 2010-02-27T03:36:00Z The group has its sassy side, taking pleasure in mocking Yelp reviewers and trashing Michigan's favorite seasonal ale, Oberon. T Magazine: Motor Mouths 2012-09-13T12:00:15Z The story’s biblical language manages to be simultaneously sincere and mocking; Nassar is particularly good at casting a dark, troubling shadow over his nostalgic vision of rural life. Why Brazil’s Greatest Writer Stopped Writing 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z When “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” first débuted, a lot of people complained about that title: so harsh, so mocking, maybe kind of sexist? Losing Her Mind: “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Ends with Hope 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z He opened the show with a musical number mocking the sheer volume of television shows and later gave out the log-in information for his HBO subscription. The 2015 Emmy Awards 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z He thanked former mentor Jon Stewart along with the show’s writers, while mocking his staff’s lack of diversity. Jimmy Fallon upstages Stephen Colbert’s Emmy win with hilarious acceptance speech 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z He compares himself to Peaches Geldof and devotes 10 minutes to mocking his dad. Tom Rosenthal ? review 2011-08-17T17:44:23Z The result, Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The Times, is a film that takes the form of “a mock, mocking documentary, one that disjointedly swings between heehaw comedy and wincing agony.” What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and Remembering the Tulsa Massacre 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets of Washington and other capitals around the world on Saturday for "sister marches," mocking and denouncing the new U.S. leader the day after his inauguration. Bruce Springsteen says the "new resistance" against Trump has begun 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The album art includes a caricature of the band holding a sign that reads “Will Record for Food!” -- playfully mocking the idea of a bunch of fortysomethings reuniting to relive their glory days. Oblivians return, chaos follows 2013-07-03T14:57:00Z The post from the devout Christian family inspired a wide variety of comments, with some people agreeing with the more innocent-sounding moniker and others mocking the mouthful of a phrase. The Duggar family’s name for deviled eggs stirs online debate 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Later, after answering other people’s questions, Crimmins turned back to the man and apologized for mocking him. Barry Crimmins’s Hard Truths 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The app’s founders were accused of promoting racism and mocking poverty. SketchFactor: Starting with its name, safety-focused app leaves many uneasy On myRedBook, the self-proclaimed “Premiere Adult Entertainment Community,” a user by the name “carpediem” takes delight in mocking the amateur mistakes of these alleged johns — or “square horndogs,” as he calls them. Johns on Zumba prostitution ring 2012-10-17T00:00:00Z The real message of the movie is that, jock or nerd, young men share one essential thing in common—the need to prove their worth to other men by subjugating and mocking and victimizing women. “Revenge of the Nerds” Enters the Brett Kavanaugh Culture War 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Recently, I've noticed she stifles herself around him, as he's been very vocal about elements of her demeanor which he's made clear he finds "amusing" to the point of mocking her in front of others. Perspective | Friend’s mocking boyfriend has her all bottled up 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z The new Labour leader, Harold Wilson, turned out to be an excellent leader of the opposition, challenging, mocking and puncturing Tory pretensions on every front. 1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheaval 2013-05-07T05:00:01Z When he goes after these issues he tends to skewer the GOP, exposing the flaws to their logic, mocking their twisted so-called values, and revealing their penchant for re-writing history. Republicans just don’t get Stephen Colbert: Why the Fox News-watching, climate-change denying crowd can’t understand complex satire 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The spoof’s creator, Gerard Alessandrini, said his show is paying homage to “Hamilton” by mocking it — and doing so within the legal bounds for parodies. Now ‘Spamilton’ Really Can’t Miss Its Shot to Tease ‘Hamilton’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z In cutting Scott, he goes beyond a mere lack of affectation into positive derision, mocking the pretensions of the refined society that mocked him. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z "I can't believe Kate Hudson has brought two bodyguards here with her," says one of the men, with a mocking shake of his head. Glastonbury 2010: Meet the celebrities 2010-06-28T07:00:00Z He switches to a high-pitched mocking tone: "Still working on the Great American Novel?" Jonathan Franzen: 'I must be near the end of my career ? people are starting to approve' 2010-09-24T23:03:00Z He also possesses a sharp wit and a generous spirit, mocking his characters without meanness and lampooning their social circumstances without condescension. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z Her speech, as well as a poll on the matter, echoed the sentiment that liberal Americans believe mocking a disabled man to be one of Trump’s most reprehensible offenses to date. Dear Meryl Streep: The disabled community has more to worry about than Trump’s mockery 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z That gently mocking tone reflects Less’s attitude about all his foibles, which are obvious to him but incurable. Do we really need another novel about a novelist? Yes — this one is delightful. 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z A big and bearded Matt Groening, the show’s creator, continued the mocking. 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z In a mocking tone, Mesereau asked: “After the Chinese dinner you drove to his house with the man who had assaulted you?” Our culture is full of myths about rape. Bill Cosby trial prosecutors want to tell us what really happens. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Press attention was huge, but much of it was mocking. At 80, Yoko Ono sees a world full of new activism 2013-02-18T12:58:58Z It was a night when the old truths were honored: a commitment to family, the treasure of romance, and, perhaps most important, the simple joy of mocking others. The hills are alive with the sound of a Bowl sing-along 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z Instead of mocking its protagonist’s eccentricities, the film makes achingly palpable the depth of her connection to her animal friends. Film: At Berlinale, Something for Everyone 2012-02-17T17:13:20Z Surely Not, as if mocking the whole idea of summing oneself up. Thomas Schütte: Faces & Figures – review 2012-09-29T23:05:27Z He often plays a likable jerk or a smarmy man-child, in entertainment that walks the line between mocking obnoxiousness and glorifying it. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z And when his mocking prophecies come too true, too quickly, Mr. Ouimette grows even more touching in his solicitousness. ‘King John’ and ‘King Lear’ at the Stratford Festival 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z In Brussels they distributed leaflets mocking a government that cracks down on freedom at home and stages free concerts abroad. 2010-02-03T21:58:00Z Last year this episode gifted us with the Wisdom of Donny Osmond, where Donny was dishing out tens like sweets and generally making a mockery of something we were already mocking to death. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z Part of the ritual, he says, was a joyful mocking. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z It’s not so much mocking contrasting schools of thought, but asking its audience to understand why it is so exhausting to live in such a climate. Post-outrage TV: how South Park is surviving the era of controversy 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z In addition, it was staged by Kirill S. Serebrennikov, considered perhaps the most talented, innovative theater director in Russia, but one with a reputation for mocking social conventions. Bolshoi Denies Gay Theme Forced Postponing of Nureyev Ballet 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Or was he mocking Lehar, rather than Shostakovich? Borrowing, appropriating and stealing as old as art itself 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z I was mesmerised by that mocking arrogance and such conviction. Six novelists on their favourite second artform 2013-04-27T07:00:18Z On Sunday afternoon, during one mocking phrase in the boisterous final movement of the Symphony No. 8, the string players erupted in rhythmic laughter. Budapest Festival Orchestra Has Fun at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z “You think I don’t know how to do ice?” she replies when he advises her on the finer points of tending wounds, incredulous, mocking and playful all at once. The Reinvention of Aubrey Plaza 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z But the cast knows where the laughs are, starting with Karcher, and if she had more colors to play than miffed and mocking, her Hedda might be more than just naughty fun. Review | In the comic ‘Resolving Hedda,’ the protagonist tries to actually live through the end of the play 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z In 1980, Wolfe emerged from his self-imposed netherworld with “In Our Time,” his book of mocking sketches and stinging essays about the 1970s’ absurd fashions, trendy morals and silly conceits. Tom Wolfe’s Lesser Known Career as a Cartoonist 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z But in his attempt to suggest we need better mocking of the media, Almond just shows we need better mocking of those who mock those who mock. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z Controversial presenter Paul Henry left his post at state broadcaster Television New Zealand over his mocking of the name of New Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. NZealand TV host resigns after mocking Indian name 2010-10-10T12:16:00Z No one, or no one you’d let in your feed, would revel in a mocking list of the most brutal/boneheaded sports injuries of a season. Spelling bees make trolls of us all 2013-06-01T15:00:00Z And while Alice is amusing when mocking other people’s wedding photos, she is not against being mischievous while posing for one. Cheers to Maya Erskine, flawless life of the "Plus One" party 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Then she turned to us with a condescending smile, as though she were mocking our silence. A Brief History of Death 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z It was often irreverent and mocking; it had an underground quality, and it sprang from his innate distrust of authority. In Milan Kundera’s Work, the Erotic Meets the Subversive 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Streep, who spoke on behalf of Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention last summer, criticized Trump for mocking a disabled reporter and sending a message that humiliating others is acceptable. Celebrities Who Called Out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z But for how long he is able to keep his freedom while mocking the Russian state – bucking the fate of generations of Russian revolutionaries – is anyone's guess. Don't raise the bridge: Voina, Russia art terrorists 2011-04-12T21:00:01Z And since the earliest days of movies, filmmakers have delighted in subverting, or mocking, opera. Opera in Film Takes On a New Note in ‘Bel Canto’ (It’s Not Evil) 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z So instead of showing compassion, he was mocking, condescending and vicious. Turning a Disease Into a Sideshow 2013-07-19T18:42:51Z 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 Every French president since de Gaulle has imagined some Pharaonic cultural monument or other to honor La Grande Nation, as the mocking German media occasionally call their Gallic neighbor, and to enshrine himself, of course. Abroad: In Planning a History Museum, Sarkozy Opens a Can of Worms Instead 2011-03-08T10:23:38Z "I realize that some will interpret this debate as me mocking the rituals and traditions of others," he said in a fresh tweet on Friday. Russell Crowe apologizes for circumcision tweets 2011-06-10T16:55:13Z Knowingly or otherwise, he also apes a famous Bill Hicks routine, mocking the quaintness of British crime, with "pickpockets" substituted for Hicks's "hooligans". Jake Hurwitz & Amir Blumenfeld with Streeter Seidell – review 2013-06-27T11:34:00Z “It’s one thing to talk about mocking a person with a disability. But it’s different to say, ‘Okay, so what are we going to do about it?’ ” she says. Donald Trump put disability in the spotlight, but not in the way these advocates hoped 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z “Thank you for your question,” Care says, appearing, and with this simple line — imbued with mocking humor by the wondrous, mellifluously voiced Karen Kandel — Mabou Mines’s “Faust 2.0” bursts into life. Review: A Devil’s Bargain, Live and on Video, in ‘Faust 2.0’ 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z My personal beliefs aside I realize that some will interpret this debate as me mocking the rituals and traditions of others. Russell Crowe's anti-circumcision rant blows up 2011-06-13T15:14:00Z So now it’s just sitting there mocking me and making me feel bad but I swear I’m going to get to it soon. Samantha Irby: By the Book 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z The oddly perky musical setting lets Gore mine the character’s hurt while slyly mocking it; she is both the victim and the amused commentator. Remembering Lesley Gore, a '60s Queen of Teen Angst 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Beckman’s thrust is that from its earliest days our society has been riven by competing cultures: the dominant one of diligent worker bees, juxtaposed against a seditious gang of rowdy party animals mocking authority. ‘American Fun’: diligent worker bees vs. party animals 2014-04-02T23:33:12Z So the snarky articles mocking Willis’s vehicles, or rather creaky jalopies, only made me more curious: Could these movies be that awful? The Bruce Willis Journey From In Demand to On Demand 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Hate-watch: to watch a television show with the express intent of mocking it. Neckbeard, mansplain, now in Oxford Dictionary online: Amazeballs 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Ms. Schumer has become outspoken, mocking exactly this kind of slight from the gatekeepers, and some of her sharpest jokes are about how she’s seen by Hollywood or women’s magazines. ‘Trainwreck Comedy Tour’ Is Amy Schumer’s Thing 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z I leave my window slightly open, my subtle way of mocking the guards. The sex that helped us survive: Love and defiance in an Iranian prison 2014-03-19T23:00:00Z Returning to the comedy circuit and mocking his wholesome TV alter ego, Mr. Saget developed a cult following as a comedian who could unleash torrents of scatological material. Bob Saget, Comic Who Portrayed Danny Tanner on ‘Full House,’ Dies at 65 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Stewart, of course, was referring to the significant amount of time he’s spent mocking Donald Trump in the weeks since the business magnate and unhinged Twitter personality announced his 2016 bid mid-June. Jon Stewart explains why he needs to take a Donald Trump break: “Much like incessant masturbation, eventually you feel a deep sense of shame” 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z "I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive," she says, quickly following this remark with a high, mocking "Oh!" Alex Kingston: 'Lady Macbeth freaked me out' 2013-06-19T18:30:05Z 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 Banter, by common consent, wasn’t confined to mocking each other: it was about action. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z With her distinctive accent, perfectly blown-out hair and New Age axioms, she also gathered her share of mild mocking, including on “Saturday Night Live.” Influential, shrewd and quirky, Arianna Huffington changed the Web 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Sander van Doorn, a Dutch disc jockey, often detoured into new material instead of finishing a typical buildup, mocking and trumping expectations. Music Review: Electric Zoo 2011, Dance Festival on Randalls Island 2011-09-04T22:47:17Z From the beginning, Russia was dismissive and mocking, at turns accusing British spy agencies and the C.I.A. of plotting to frame the Kremlin with the poisoning, or of making up the events entirely. After ‘The Salisbury Poisonings,’ Locals Picked Up the Pieces 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Whether mocking the Muslim world or indicting Western attitudes toward that world — perhaps a little of both — “The Sheik and I” argues vociferously that it’s always better to offend than to bore. | 'the Sheik and I': ‘The Sheik and I,’ Directed by Caveh Zahedi 2012-12-07T02:52:56Z She unleashed a fiery speech that called out his mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the campaign — a performance that “sank its hooks into my heart” — and extolled the open borders of culture. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The president taunted Schwarzenegger for the show’s recent poor performance in the ratings, even mocking him during an address at the National Prayer Breakfast. Arnold Schwarzenegger quits Celebrity Apprentice after one season as host 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It's a cleverly plotted film, wittily mocking the French legal system, conventional morality and horrors of small-town life. La Poison 2013-03-03T00:05:25Z But anyone with a higher threshold for humor, or with a low tolerance for mocking people of different nationalities, will find little to laugh at here. | 'The Road to Qatar!': Let?s Sing About People Who Don?t Speak Like Us 2011-02-04T23:19:12Z At the Golden Globes last month, Meryl Streep made a speech excoriating the president for mocking a disabled reporter. #OscarsSoOrange? Hollywood on edge as politically charged ceremony looms 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “I think so,” I said, happy to join in the mocking. Motherlode Blog: Secondary Infertility: I Have One Child. Why Can’t I Get Pregnant Again? 2013-07-24T13:18:10Z According to Shields, she wrote for the magazine a short play mocking a racist amendment proposed for the state constitution. Harper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “He repeats his song three times . . . mocking other birds,” Gavin said. Birders of a feather flock together 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z In the final, mocking Allegro, the violinist imitates a kind of teenage cackle through crisp fast notes embellished with grace notes. Music Review: Farewells Begin for New York Philharmonic’s Glenn Dicterow 2014-01-20T22:26:57Z He was warm and cheerful with the guests who approached him, mocking his own English and posing for pictures. When Great Chefs Swap Kitchens 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z They came to California for the tattered shelter of mocking freedom that the Golden State had to offer people like them, poor people willing to work hard. Patter and Patois 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z French is exquisitely sensitive to the look and manner of mean girls: the mocking stares, the whisper campaigns, the delicate skill with which cliques eviscerate the outsider. Tana French’s ‘The Secret Place’: The Dublin Murder Squad takes on the Mean Girls But instead of being grateful for finding such a lovely and gentle partner, Norma’s husband rages, admitting that he’s nothing but a fraud and mocking her for being too weak to leave. 'Orange Is the New Black' Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Norma Romano's Magic 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z My internet connection was in meltdown for a few days, rather appropriately, as you'll see, because I'd chosen a playfully mocking address to a computer program. Poem of the week: Dragon Talk by Fleur Adcock 2010-10-20T12:52:00Z It was the kind of news nubbin that seemed ripe for mocking, for cheeky Mars/Venus comparisons. Perspective | Cynthia Nixon asked to turn down the AC. It isn’t silly. It’s symbolic. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Is she mocking her work as unworthy of theirs? Review: In ‘Endlings,’ the Pain of Swimming Between Worlds 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z As for prohibition, St. Pierre says, just like sex and celebrity, “mocking the establishment sells.” Marketing the munchies 2012-07-21T13:00:00Z It's a story full of the interesting tips that make the Muppets so real to people, but it's also a tale of holding on to dreams and of nurturing, rather than mocking, those dreamers. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-07-13T23:11:01Z The messages show the governor and key aides mocking women, the disabled and Hurricane Maria victims. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins rally against Puerto Rico governor 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Fermi was mocking concerns that the fission explosion of the bomb might trigger runaway fusion of the nitrogen that makes up over 70 percent of the air that surrounds the entire planet! "The Big Bang Theory" and real science, from Leonard's wedding vows to the "Time Machine" prop 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z “What does that mean?” he asked, in a mocking tone. Movies: Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender Team Up in ?Shame? 2011-11-27T05:31:02Z After calling out former mayor of New York City for not “owning” the tragedy of 9/11, and mocking Giuliani’s former hairstyle, Stewart played an old clip of Giuliani from 1994. “You don’t own 9/11″: Jon Stewart tears Rudy Giuliani apart 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Last time Mrs. Clinton set up Mr. Trump by bringing up his mocking of Alicia Machado, a former winner of his Miss Universe pageant, and needled him by inviting his billionaire adversary, Mark Cuban. Was That a Debate? Or Were the Candidates Just Trying to Go Viral? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z "After that I was like, 'This guy's really good, man,'" Rose says, mocking himself with a fake American accent. Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me 2012-12-17T23:11:56Z In July, after it was publicized by the now-closed Twitter account Real Peer Review, which was dedicated to mocking absurd-seeming research, journalists began sniffing around. Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z He had posted that message after many people on Twitter had changed their names to variations on Mr. Musk’s name, most of them mocking. She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Thinking about it afterwards, it seemed to me that this mocking discourse is increasingly becoming obsolete. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z Crimson Key makes no apology for mocking an abrasive character who constantly puts down the love of her life as a “preppie” and punctuates her speech with a vulgar barnyard epithet. Film: Attitude Adjustment: How Harvard Views ?Love Story? 2010-08-22T01:13:00Z After examining each speech — and giving them a thorough mocking — Stewart made a decision. Jon Stewart lampoons Ted Cruz, Joni Ernst for ridiculous SOTU responses 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z The comedian tackled the topic of Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, while also mocking the standard “late-night” formula used for delivering such a routine on nearly every comedy show, her own included. Michelle Wolf went full meta on “The Break,” and it was the best comedy moment all week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Her self-serious response to Ms. Kardashian West’s raucous exposé — “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative” — soon curdled into a mocking meme. The New Celebrity Diet: Cyberbullying 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z While mocking the pseudo-scientific use of magnets to treat disease, he even neatly sums up the power of all charlatans: “Induce belief and blind confidence, and you may do any thing.” Review | The 19th-century book that helps us understand the allure — and perils — of social media 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Indeed, find a blog post mocking Ms. Sklar and you are almost guaranteed to find her in the comments, saying something upbeat and nonconfrontational. Rachel Sklar Tries to Become a Social Media Entrepreneur 2013-05-31T22:35:34Z “I can’t come up with a good answer as to why it’s so funny. The opening line is hilarious. Not in a mocking kind of way. It’s so good.” Remixing Smash Mouth’s “All Star” has become an art form, and its writer is loving it 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z In an open letter, available online, philosopher and visiting professor at NYU Slavoj Žižek bemoans the potential loss to the academy, because it is in need of her “ironic, mocking, sardonic” language. A witch hunt or a quest for justice: An insider’s perspective on disgraced academic Avital Ronell 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Payne’s take on the workaday travails and existential anguish of generally humdrum middle-class Americans is insightful and tartly compassionate, although detractors often see his films as mocking or contemptuous. Alexander Payne on Downsizing: ‘The film isn’t a major statement – it’s a metaphor’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z For years, the UK music mags tore into his band Bush – mocking his private school upbringing and his embracing of angsty American grunge just as Britpop was sweeping that sound away over here. Gavin Rossdale: ‘If you divorce America's sweetheart, you're in trouble’ 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Their viral videos and tweets mocking his leadership, his intelligence and his patriotism — aimed both at Republican voters who are wavering and Trump himself — have attracted millions of dollars, via donors from both parties. The Lincoln Project’s plan for preserving the union: Drive Trump out of office by driving him nuts 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z "The cartoons of Prophet Mohammad are childish caricatures compared to what this publication allows itself in mocking the feelings of Christians," Kirill said in an excerpt of the sermon broadcast by Rossiya 24 state television. Russian Orthodox head slams French weekly's mockery of Christians 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z A common narrative arc involves a bully mocking the protagonist for being poor or having acne; then a twist of fate strikes the bully with poverty or pimples. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z A perhaps more convincing explanation is that Ferrara was mocking Locarno's staid festival just for the hell of it. Abel Ferrara takes the Swiss as he rocks the Locarno film festival 2011-08-08T11:47:11Z Are we mocking them or are they mocking us? ThighMasters, Jazzercise, Yoga and Other Chapters in the History of Women and Exercise 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z In light of that, the vice president’s anti-glass protestations were rather like a burglar breaking into a house and then mocking the owners for installing an alarm. Perspective | The dullness is the point 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z He relished mocking farmers markets and glamorized eating red meat. Anthony Bourdain: The last gasp of CNN’s original vision 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Q: Back in '77, London's punks protested the Queen's Silver Jubilee celebrations and the Sex Pistols famously performed "God Save the Queen" sailing down the Thames, mocking her river trip. John Lydon boosts his Public Image with new album 2012-05-25T09:04:06Z He is mocking self-importance when he discusses the gravity of having a “platform,” sending up comics with a message. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z “If a man wears the costume with the intention of mocking Caitlyn Jenner, and by extension all transgender women, that is just mean-spirited and unacceptable,” says Nick Adams, GLAAD’s director of programs for transgender media. Civilities: Is it offensive to wear the ‘Call Me Caitlyn’ Halloween costume? 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z But this particular tirade was special because Trump not only suggested that there should be a federal investigation into "SNL"’s mocking of him, he got himself all worked up over a rerun. Trump vs. "SNL": A political comedy Americans are actually watching 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Cartwright said she would like to perform a full song as Nelson Muntz, the school bully noted for his mocking laughter. 'The Simpsons' set to invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z The Residents' collage is at once tender and sinister: a mocking polemic masking deep emotions. Jon Savage on song: The Residents create the first Beatles mash-up 2010-06-21T10:37:00Z Palin said the "final straw" was when Johnston told her he was going to Hollywood to see a hunting show, but actually went there to star in a music video mocking her family. Bristol Palin calls it quits with fiance Johnston 2010-08-03T21:49:00Z It’s dealing with racism and looking at it through a comedic lens, but because there are racist jokes told in the mocking of racism, it would have been pulled. Rainn Wilson: In Defense of the Anti-Hero and Cracking Offensive Jokes 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z His “Anyone you want us to call? Girlfriend? Family? Still alone, are we?” were faintly mocking. ‘The Night Manager’ Season 1, Episode 2: The Mistress, Unveiled 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Only Sen. Rand Paul went after Trump, more than once, earning a mocking reply: “I don’t think you heard me; you’re having a hard time tonight.” Fox News tries to expel Donald Trump — but last night’s debate didn’t finish him 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He worked on stories like this one, mocking the media’s soft take on the California recall. Rob Corddry and the Healing Power of Laughter 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z “A lot of the country shared those attitudes about women, and Bobby was just kind of mocking that, or using it and exploiting it.” ‘Battle of the Sexes’ is about a tennis match — but it feels a lot like the 2016 election 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Before The Daily Show, this show was mocking the news format — in Morris' words, "hijacking the delivery system." 'Four Lions' Review: Finding Comedy in Suicide Bombers 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z My paltry effort was to take a screengrab of the email and share it on Twitter with a pithy comment mocking the sender. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z They've got the advantages, and mocking them is a solace for the rest of us. Can you define offensive comedy? 2010-04-09T11:59:00Z Last year this episode gifted us with the Wisdom of Donny Osmond, where Donny was dishing out tens like sweets and generally making a mockery of something we were already mocking to death. Strictly Come Dancing 2015: week three – as it happened 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z With the new show, Mr. Van Damme, a native French speaker, has no problem mocking his image. Jean-Claude Van Damme Plays Jean-Claude Van Damme, for Kicks 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z He then began chanting gibberish in a mocking way. What I should have said 2012-07-12T00:00:00Z He was also very fond of gently mocking Mr Hicks, who ran the cricket team, by constantly reiterating "it's a green 'un". Appreciations: Alan Plater obituary 2010-06-27T17:14:00Z They’re so delightful and on target–when they’re mocking and ridiculing people who are not you, who do things that you don’t do, and believe things that you do not personally believe! Hummus-Aisle Intifadah! The Daily Show Comes to My Neighborhood 2012-03-28T13:07:30Z In the past, Louis C.K. has questioned the value of life, mocking its sanctity and downplaying its importance, but this grim image goes just as far in undercutting the solemnity of death. Louis C.K. Doubles Down on the Value of Saying the Wrong Thing 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The sponge bawks alongside a two-part caption: an questionable statement from one person, and the mocking repetition of it CaPiTaLiZeD lIkE tHiS and attributed to someone else. How ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ invaded our brains 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Quayle said the character was “mocking the importance of fathers, by bearing a child alone, and calling it just another ‘lifestyle choice.’” That Time ‘Murphy Brown’ and Dan Quayle Topped the Front Page 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Our show showcases the art of drag, which is really about mocking everything — everything's up for grabs. Reality hosts lay it on the line: naked photos, ugly cry face and all 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z “Regards Croisés” offers sketch comedies that send up Haitian life and its hardships; it also brings audiences together by mocking the rigid class lines that keep Haitians apart. The TV Watch: Haiti 2012-07-25T16:19:46Z And whereas Dido’s court is ceremonious, the Sorceress’s coven begins chillingly with an image of mocking sightlessness, every character facing and traveling a separate path, like so many zombies. Dance Review: ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ From Mark Morris, at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-23T22:03:45Z I need the Hunter of ’72, who wouldn’t let Trump’s mocking of Serge Kovaleski, Megyn Kelly’s “blood coming out of her whatever” and the P-word get stuck in a file labeled “campaign controversies, past.” If only Hunter S. Thompson could have lived to take on this election 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Making a mocking joke about Trump’s ridiculous hair or his ill-fitting suits gets a laugh, for example, but doesn’t lead to any productive political outcome. Don’t worry, be cynical: Why the fear of a nation of critical skeptics is overblown 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Leonardo was sceptical about many beliefs of his time, mocking the idea of ghosts or walking spirits, but another eerie note seems to show that he did believe in bad omens. Was Leonardo da Vinci a prophet? 2011-03-25T16:41:49Z There’s a self-awareness to the way Acaster needles the crowd, which he does repeatedly, mocking his fans and describing his relationship with them as demeaning. Can You Love a Stand-Up Special About Loathing? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Both shows have made a staple out of mocking the news media and politics, and both have faced criticism for a lack of diversity. On Comedy: Jon Stewart’s Role in Developing Stars 2014-04-16T21:19:38Z "Seriously? SNL is being criticized for mocking Isis, and the people who join it? There's no group more deserving of ridicule. Thumbs up #SNL," echoed another user. 'SNL': Fake ISIS ad with Dakota Johnson divides Twittersphere 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The diction is sometimes slightly mannered, as if the painter were making a formal speech to the academicians of the salon and mocking their language as well as their prescriptions and proscriptions. Poem of the week: Pissarro's Orchards by Marianne Burton 2013-06-24T10:20:03Z During a brief hour of peacetime, I took aside one of my bullies and asked him why people were mocking my nose. The Mirror: Nose Jobs Aren?t for Everyone - The Mirror 2011-10-14T22:26:02Z He was all over the talk shows, too, sometimes singing his songs in his slightly tinny voice, sometimes genially mocking his less-than-glamorous appearance. 'Paul Williams: Still Alive,' still singing 2012-07-12T18:15:05Z The assumption is that it is a satiric work, mocking a woman emblematic of excess and desperate to be loved by anyone with some to spare. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z "I don't mean 'sense of humor' in a mocking sense. I see a lot of chefs owning Midwestern stereotypes and paying homage to the best parts of them." Beyond hot dish: A new generation of chefs is defining "New Midwestern" cuisine 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The announcement was made in January, shortly before that infamous Super Bowl ad mocking snobs drinking “Pumpkin Peach Ale.” Beer of the Week: Alpine Nelson Golden Rye IPA 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z “Well, I’m sure you can understand how hard that is to leave, you being a woman of the world,” Coral continues in a slightly mocking tone, with the Masters’ twin beds in the background. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Jumping Into an Ice Cold Lake 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z But the chorus itself, instead of unfurling a grand melody line, just chants the song title: eight times with slight variations, in tones that can be vindictive, mocking, dismissive, even a little playful. Taylor Swift Goes to a Darker Place: Discuss 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Overly exaggerated convergence – sometimes called overaccommodation – can be perceived as mocking or patronizing. What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z In the process she also sends up popular advice books such as Neil Strauss's The Rules of the Game, mocking its suggestion that men should wear a plumed hat to get noticed. Edinburgh comedy notebook: spoof self-help gurus have pulling power 2011-08-19T13:55:04Z Like that film, this one spends a lot of time gently mocking its superhero source material. ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Review: #ReleaseTheLassieCut 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z “Theater of blood” went anti-viral, which is to say, the only people who repeated it were those mocking its clumsiness. | 'Silence! The Musical': ?Silence! The Musical? at P.S. 122 - Review 2011-11-23T22:31:43Z Good stuff, but Brooker is probably still funnier mocking media "players" than political expediency. TV highlights 25/02/2013 2013-02-25T07:00:14Z Conservatives have been mocking campus “social justice warriors” and “totalitarian” professors for 70 years in a crusade to harness liberal education to the market economy. The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Dinklage delivers the line not with a cruel, mocking flourish but with a hint of sadness — at the only way he can connect with the sister who never loved him. Peter Dinklage Was Smart to Say No 2012-03-31T23:17:15Z As such, throughout season five the term "Dickensian" is used in a mocking manner to pour scorn on the journalistic values of senior Baltimore Sun editor James Whiting. The Wire re-up: season five, episode eight ? the Dickensian aspects 2010-04-05T23:15:00Z She is constantly mocking and belittling her sister. Perspective | How do I help my bullied child when the bully is her older sister? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z David A. Paterson’s advisers criticized “Saturday Night Live” for mocking his impaired vision in its send-up of him, Mr. Paterson confronted his impersonator, Fred Armisen, with a batch of his own one-liners. Paterson Makes Up With 'Weekend Update' 2010-09-26T05:28:00Z “Godsend” includes, at interludes, letters from Aden to her father, mocking his Volvo and his cheating. In ‘Godsend,’ an Idealistic Young Woman Gets Tangled Up in Trouble in Afghanistan 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Along the way, Mr. Clarkson was occasionally accused of angering locals and mocking the culture of the places he visited. Jeremy Clarkson, Former ‘Top Gear’ Host, Announces Deal With Amazon 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As a director, Ms. Holden Jones subverts the conventions of the genre not by mocking them, but by giving them exaggerated force and scale: hyperbolizing them into oblivion. DVDs: Hot and Sticky Grindhouse, Classics and Homages 2010-10-03T01:53:00Z While commenting on a tweet mocking the Democratic Party’s platform for the 2020 presidential election, Trump Jr. compared the platform to that of an “S&L sketch.” Chris Evans, Bobby Moynihan, and more rip Donald Trump Jr. for epic "Saturday Night Live" flub 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Her mocking response to my offloading on to her would seem disrespectful from anyone other than a fellow traveller. I feel like Jason Bourne – I can’t recall daily life with my wife 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Because his show Last Week Tonight took a break Easter Sunday, Oliver released a web exclusive clip instead mocking the style of YouTube conspiracy videos by taking on the seemingly-innocent Easter candy. Watch John Oliver Expose the Conspiracy Behind Cadbury Creme Eggs 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, Saturday Night Live managed to wring humor from the star, mocking her sacred status in the culture and her overwrought fans with their “Beygency” sketch. Beyoncé Parodies Reveal the Limitations of Late Night 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z What was so upsetting about it was the idea that we would somehow want to be either patronizing or mocking. Ageism, affairs and Mexico Week: Getting personal with Prue Leith of "Bake Off" 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z But the reason the show works is that, very subtly, it’s mocking them. Review: ‘Difficult People,’ on Hulu, Has Fun With the Aspiring and the Struggling 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Lily Allen continues to challenge stereotypes and satirize pop culture with her music, releasing on Wednesday a music video mocking Internet trolls. Lily Allen gets back at Internet trolls in new music video for “URL Badman” 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Many people knew that Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt lived largely separate lives, and criticism of Eleanor for not being an adequate housewife spilled into editorial cartoons mocking their marriage. How are Donald and Melania doing? Why America cares about the presidential marriage. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Related: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season two: funnier and smarter than ever No matter the actual target of these jokes – whoever it is – the Kimmy plot feeds into a long trend of sitcoms mocking “PC culture”. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and the pushback against 'PC culture' 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z He was merciless from the start, mocking his hosts for nominating the stars of the badly reviewed movie “The Tourist.” The TV Watch: Master of Ceremonies, Not Civility 2011-01-17T05:43:03Z Is this something to do with mocking someone’s collection of 45 rpm vinyl? 'Single-shaming’: why it never pays to ridicule those alone on Valentine's 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Initially, the cop-western hybrid seemed to consist of nothing but scenes of Olyphant's Marshal Raylan Givens mocking and then gunning down an entire community of villainous Kentucky yokels while remaining laconic under his big hat. States of bliss 2011-01-29T00:05:00Z The tone is mocking, almost spiteful, as he repeats the phrase “smiling at your fall from grace” seven times. Up Close: James L. Dolan Says He Lets His Music Speak for Him 2010-06-17T00:47:00Z The brilliance of something like "The Daily Show" comes from its little guy outrage, not from arrogantly mocking the handicapped or the people who died in a war. "Family Guy's" latest "shock" target: Veterans 2010-05-17T15:03:00Z Amazon, however, still has for sale orange jumpsuits, aviator glasses similar to the ones Dahmer wore, T-shirts with fake blood splatter and ones mocking cannibalism. Jeffrey Dahmer's disturbing newfound popularity, from offensive Halloween costumes to themed pizzas 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z I’ve never been keen on mocking fans of certain kinds of books or noting, as too many reviewers still do, that “you’ll like this book if you like this kind of thing.” Perspective | Don’t be so quick to dismiss ‘Book Club’ — or fans of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Reporters found his name on flight manifests, Twitter exploded with mocking hashtags including #FlyinTed, and a photo went viral of the Cruz family poodle Snowflake staring forlornly out the front door of their empty home. The Season of the Snitch 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The play is stuffed with lines demonstrating a playful affection for both genres, including a knowing “Exorcist” joke and a mocking reference to a “Dr. Jekyll and Miss Piggy act.” ‘Hand to God’ Melds Gore and Giggles, Each Often Elicited by a Puppet 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Seen as provocateurs or pranksters, and sometimes art world trolls, KIRAC’s members often deliver critical monologues directly to the camera, usually in the form of articulate academic analysis from Sinha, or mocking insults from Ruitenbeek. Trailing Michel Houellebecq From the Bedroom to the Courtroom 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Several people have commented on vegan ice cream in mocking tones, asking, what's the point? Vegan Ice Cream Enters a Golden Age 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Twitter users soon jumped all over Lawson, with some mocking her mispronunciation, and others vowing to adopt the mispronunciation deliberately. Nigella Lawson responds to scrutiny over her pronunciation of the word 'microwave' 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z This was Dovlatov’s own form of vnye: an ironic detachment that allowed him to participate in society’s obligations while also gently mocking them. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z It also usually happens to contain more bacon and mayonnaise by weight than broccoli, and often a lot of sugar, almost as if mocking the word “salad.” Lighter and brighter, this broccoli salad delivers on flavor 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Satire depends on exaggeration and parody to point out the flaws and folly in what it is mocking. Enough with “the Colbert Defense”: Why criminals, bigots and jerks cry “satire!” when exposed 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z As nonverbal cues became increasingly legible to him, Mr. Robison also realizes that a longtime friend has been subtly mocking him for years. Review: In ‘Switched On,’ John Elder Robison’s Asperger’s Brain Is Changed 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z In this context, all laughter is mocking, and all of it is an indication of superiority over the victim. Royal pranksters have gone from hunter to hunted 2012-12-09T20:30:06Z Late last Friday, a video surfaced that appeared to show a group of them aggressively surrounding and mocking a Native American activist at the Indigenous Peoples March, in Washington, D.C. What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z So marked are the musical similarities that a small pocket of fans at this rammed gig aim affectionately mocking cries of "Brooce!" at them between songs. The Gaslight Anthem – review 2012-06-13T17:41:01Z Here she provides an exquisitely sensitive look at the mean-girl world: the mocking stares, the whisper campaigns, the machinations of cliques. The five best thrillers of 2014 How could I explain to a mocking, possibly drunk, nun-hating Irish adult the esoteric meaning of yin and yang? T Magazine: Vexed in Venice 2011-12-01T00:10:20Z Missy Elliott made a hip-hop song mocking premature ejaculators. Music moves us, physically and mentally, by outwitting our impulse to stay in the same place. Polarized Punks 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Notaro sounded surprised, even mocking the interest in bad news, before adding: “Now I feel bad I don’t have more tragedy to share.” That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z And so she did – and now nobody wants to buy it, and critics are mocking the poor lass. Forget Pippa Middleton's party pooper. Not all celebrity books are a bum deal 2012-11-15T11:45:50Z The easy jokes about Biden's age, or the jabs mocking his stutter, may feel like punching down these days. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “Oh, potential,” Admiral Dennis Blair, a former director of national intelligence, told Gellman in a whiny, mocking voice, doing his angry best to mimic critics of the government’s enormous latent powers. One Journalist’s Wary, Frustrating Relationship With Edward Snowden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Moreover, his film follows in a British comic tradition of mocking everyday idiocy. Four Lions 2010-05-08T23:08:00Z This is easy to get wrong; the risk of mocking a young woman with special needs is high here, but Baggott captures Tilton’s oddness and charm with real affection. The long, dark shadow of literary fame 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z King Louis cleverly insults the way he speaks French while complimenting Claire, mocking his English ancestry and the bluntness of his people. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 5: On Your Knees 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z Lee Camp, 35, is the host and creator of “Redacted Tonight,” a twice-weekly political comedy show mocking dysfunction in media and the American political system. The host of ‘Redacted Tonight’ is making his mock 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z They appear to be having a lot more fun in the gag reels that accompany the closing credits, fondly mocking some of their previous films. | 'Furry Vengeance': Brendan Fraser Battles a Forest of Animals 2010-04-29T23:56:00Z In the film Mandelson is shown theatrically mocking Osborne in front of journalists in the "spin room" during the first televised debate. Revealing documentary shows unguarded side of Lord Mandelson 2010-10-15T10:13:00Z This film is brimming with empathy for its many eccentric real-life characters, never mocking them or making light of their relationships with their animals or their grief over the loss of those pets. Scarecrow suggests more fashion, animal and advertising documentaries 2011-04-28T23:48:49Z He filters the slightest interactions with them through his arch responses, mocking but not mean. 5 Standup Specials to Stream for the Labor Day Weekend 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z The film is obviously mocking the sheeple who deny climate change. "Don't Look Up," sheeple! Adam McKay's comedy about a comet that will destroy Earth, fails to hit 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z Bates finds this “very clearly being done to mock, to create humour by mocking” trans people. Health warning: why the sexy nurse stereotype is no laughing matter 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The hosts, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, did an updated Catskills routine, but were at their best when snubbing George Clooney and mocking the most distinguished nominees. The TV Watch: Supersizing the Show (Austerity Is So 2009) 2010-03-08T14:27:00Z It’s always in my field of vision, in my peripheral, mocking me. Dave Malloy Wrote ‘The Great Comet,’ but He’s Not Much of a Painter 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z On one side of the police line, a skinny guy in a long black dress and a poufed-up white wig spent a day mocking America’s most beleaguered elections supervisor, Broward County’s Brenda C. Snipes. The dark, crazy heart of Florida is on full display — again — at the election recount 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He adds, without reservation, “Encouraging students to be what mocking neoconservatives call ‘politically correct’ has made our country a far better place.” Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The show pays fantastical, gently mocking tribute to the Misses Lewisohn. At 100, the Abrons Arts Center Revels in the Risky 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Martin refer to the conservative activists with the mocking sobriquet "sad puppies." John Scalzi conquers the publishing universe 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z This can be its own form of cringe humor and mocking it can really bring people together. Hey, Elon Musk, Comedy Doesn’t Want to Be Legal 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z South Park creators Matt Parker and Trey Stone have said they will refrain from “mocking everybody in government” in future episodes. South Park creators to back off Trump jokes: 'Satire has become reality' 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Men can be men and still get excited about other men kicking a ball around and they're never mocked, whereas it's easy for women to take mocking on board, to be belittled. Marian Keyes: a life in books 2012-12-14T22:55:02Z “So many artists are good at mocking social media and selfie culture,” he told her in excellent English. Nature With Chirps, but No Tweets 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z That sometimes produces a strange clashing of tones, as though the author is still recovering from her own trauma while mocking her old peers. Review | Christina McDowell’s satire ‘The Cave Dwellers’ belongs among the essential books about Washington 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Page responded to the gossip in characteristically unabashed style, neither confirming nor denying it but rather mocking it on Saturday Night Live in 2009. 'Why are people so reluctant to say they're feminists?' 2013-07-03T18:00:00Z His Lenny Bruce is crude but winningly so — more forgiving of human frailty than mocking it, and skillful in using earthy common sense to attack the prejudices of his day. Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z A tale of heartbreak or betrayal is likely to be punctuated by hoots of laughter or mocking cries of ay! Regional Mexican Music Is Finding More Ears. Peso Pluma Is Helping. 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Fitness locations on Friday after she posted a Snapchat mocking another woman using the gym’s showers. Playboy playmate body-shames woman in gym shower, gets banned from all L.A. Fitness locations 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z I don't understand when movies are mocking some style. Tilda Swinton and Luca Guadagnino: a match made in arthouse cinema heaven 2010-04-01T21:30:00Z The latter set, exhibited at the American University Museum in 2017, depicts human weakness as a sort of circus, with lots of mocking simians. Review | In the galleries: Canadian artist looks to the outdoors for inspiration 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z “The timing is right, the puppets are ready, the people have spoken,” said Law, mocking Johnson’s recent election campaign rhetoric, which focused on a promise to “get Brexit done”. Weather reports from Greta Thunberg as cult UK show 'Spitting Image' returns 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Fashionistas are mocking a dress being offered at Nordstrom, likening its color to that of a medical gown and noting that its attached red leather gloves look more suited for surgery. Nordstrom ad for $740 gown mocked as 'murder dress' by fashion critics 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z The saxophonist Marty Ehrlich, sensitively accompanied by Ms. Stern-Wolfe, fully brought to life the music’s conversational immediacy with passages of sunny optimism followed by mocking cackles, cunning microtonal slides and colorful riffs. Review: Summoning Erwin Schulhoff’s Zest for Life 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Stewart’s main angle was satire of media and politics; Noah has a history of mocking fat chicks and African Americans. Trevor Noah gives Fox News a free pass: The new “Daily Show” could be great for Ailes and Hannity, bad for America 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Marclay is half Swiss, I remember; is “The Clock” a grand riposte to this mocking of his nation’s invention? 24 Hours Inside the Christian Marclay Installation ‘The Clock’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Whatever their inspirations, these baroque spasms of violence — evoking see, hear and speak no evil — are just a few of the tortures that he rains down on his characters like a vengeful, mocking god. | 'Outrage': ?Outrage,? Directed by Takeshi Kitano - Review 2011-12-02T00:11:28Z Mr. Stewart, a veteran of the Trump rodeo, might have been able to balance mocking Mr. Trump while treating him as a real, even serious phenomenon. Donald Trump Is a Conundrum for Political Comedy 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Then there was the character played by Noel Fielding who started mocking the real-life Noel Fielding for his reliance on lazy surreal juxtapositions. Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy gets funnier the more it apologises for its own rubbishness 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z There is a little bit of silliness in that, but it's not necessarily mocking stuff. Inside "Taco Bell Quarterly," the seriously delicious literary magazine honoring the fast food chain 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z The 33-year-old journalist always jokes about her next “Black community meeting,” mocking the idea that she and millions of other Americans are a monolithic group that might convene regularly on Zoom. D.C.’s rising libertarian star, with her ‘healthy skepticism of state power,’ secures an influential podcast 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Stone puts on a pedantic voice, mocking his friend: “For your information, I was a crocodile.” The friends who foiled a gunman - and are now playing themselves in a Clint Eastwood movie 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Rosemary Jenkinson, though, needs no help in gently mocking her home city of Belfast. Dramatic destinations: around Britain in 61 plays 2010-12-13T17:18:00Z The slightly less common hate-watch, defined as watching something “for the sake of the enjoyment one derives from mocking or criticizing it” joined the dictionary as well. Oxford Dictionary Recognizes: YOLO, Amazeballs and Hot Mess 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Real Time With Bill Maher" last week, the host began what seemed like a mocking "U.S.A., Pelosi's July 4th documentary visits new Americans 2011-07-02T14:31:04Z Colbert's creation of his PAC is aimed at mocking a 2010 U.S. Comedian Colbert lampoons campaign finance laws 2011-06-30T20:18:31Z Brooks is neither mocking nor endorsing her self-help nostrums, but if anything George is a little envious of Lisa's relentlessly positive attitude and her refusal to be dishonest with herself. "How Do You Know": A deliciously messy holiday rom-com 2010-12-17T01:30:00Z Growing, moving, amplifying, it sounds like the torment delivered by a group of mocking middle-schoolers. In an endless news cycle, art at Glenstone both echoes and quiets the chaos 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z He described himself as a moderate who leans left, but conceded that he spent more time mocking progressives on his podcast. Akaash Singh and His Case for Bringing Back Apu 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z “It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smoke screen which keeps the other in its place.” Embattled and emboldened: Arts and culture in the age of Trump 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Both comedians are biracial and much of their comedy was given to exploring, mocking and confounding racial stereotypes. ‘Key & Peele’ to End After Its Fifth Season 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z The Trump avatar appeared on Trump’s election-night special, mocking the president’s rhetoric and rage in a short called The Making of Donald Trump. Stephen Colbert to bring Trump-centric animated series to small screen 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z In a program note Mr. Wuorinen stresses that his atonal composition isn’t narrative and that his attitude, like Dante’s, is mocking. Dance Review: Sean Curran Company at the Joyce Theater 2013-02-01T22:53:53Z In the crisp air, the constellations I’m unable to recognize sparkled with mocking clarity. Seduced by Tuscany in Winter 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Rather than mocking “dad bods”, shouldn’t we be celebrating big boys? No more Mr Muscle: the activists championing body confidence for men 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z And now the one man who understood his indecisiveness the most astutely – in particular, towards the war – appeared to be mocking him for it. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z She heard one of her sons use the word “triggered” in a sarcastic, mocking tone. ‘Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up.’ How white supremacists are recruiting boys online. - The Washington Post 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z By the time he reaches the front of the queue, showbiz sites are running catty stories calling him "Justin Bitter" and mocking him for turning on fans. Justin Bieber: Teen pop idols never die. They're gradually unfollowed 2013-01-27T19:59:01Z “It’s what Americans expect of Paris. The French are good at mocking other people but don’t have a sense of humor about themselves.” Want to Play La Parisienne? Here’s How 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Asked if he was mocking the judicial system, Brodkin made no reply and climbed into a waiting taxi. BBC comedian cautioned over football stunt 2013-04-03T12:24:05Z As they did in sketches mocking the first two debates, McKinnon and Baldwin centered on the notable moments of the night and both candidates’ personality tics. Watch 'Saturday Night Live' Take on the Third Presidential Debate 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z “The belittling, the discounting, the mocking of the States is not about them at all,” he writes. Books of The Times: ‘To America With Love,’ by. A. A. Gill 2013-08-21T22:17:14Z "And that word is 'No,'" Ross said before mocking Jackson in "Snakes on a Plane." Tarantino roasted by Jackson at Friars Club 2010-12-02T04:32:00Z Sentences seem to twist phrase by phrase — mocking, mourning, satirizing, celebrating. Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z And she believed that the comically self-important Malvolio, in “Twelfth Night,” was a mocking reference to Shakespeare himself. Katherine Duncan-Jones, Who Cast Shakespeare as a Boor, Dies at 81 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z A mini midcentury movie musical, it’s not quite satire; it’s a celebration, having fun with romantic sentimentality without mocking it. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z We are a bunch deeply dedicated to watching the series in a mocking, ironic way — although the show is increasingly becoming self-aware and doing the mocking for us. “The Bachelor’s” sexism has finally gone too far — and viewers are right to be pissed 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Of course there was plenty of mocking to go around on both sides of the aisle, as Stewart looked back to 2007 when Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Syria without the blessing of President Bush. “We’re f**king cuckoo! Cuckoo bananas!”: Jon Stewart rips the GOP Senators’ letter to Iran 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The stuff that’s worth mocking gets into a much sadder area. Not all comedians are tickled by Trump: He’s “in the news and that’s our job, but personally, to me? It’s nothing but scary” 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The irony of a network that deliberately misleads its senior audience mocking young people for being ignorant seems completely lost on them. Fox News declares war on its own children: Inside its bizarre new crusade 2014-05-08T11:00:00Z For some, a stand-up show conjures images of smoky clubs, with comics mercilessly mocking audience members while trying not to be upstaged by alcohol-fueled hecklers — and most comedy is still performed in such places. Stand-Up Comedy Beyond the Brick Wall 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Reacting to Jeb Bush’s comment that Americans would not want “such a hothead with the nuclear codes,” Mr. Trump is seen rolling his eyes, raising his eyebrows, mocking surprise, feigning laughter and otherwise exuding smugness. Political GIFs Are the New Sound Bites This Campaign Season 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Steed is an essence, a collection of attitudes, a way of dressing, of walking, an “air of casual elegance,” to borrow Steed's own, lightly mocking description of himself. Patrick Macnee: The essence of a gentleman 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z When he asked the crowd if they’d come “to watch old people dance,” it wasn’t clear whether he was mocking his flock or himself. Did rock-and-roll die at Desert Trip? Or did it finally achieve eternal life? 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z “Stolen valor” was also referenced by the conservative pundit and former congressman Joe Walsh, who was also duped by Baron Cohen and claimed that the comedian was mocking disabled war veterans. Sacha Baron Cohen channel defends Who Is America? against claims of mocking veterans 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z In the dramatic episodes, when the choristers become the voices of the people, mocking Jesus and calling for his death, the singing lacked bite and tension. Oratorio Society of New York Performs ‘St. Matthew Passion’ 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Plenty of those albums were Bee Gees records; Dahl used to inhale helium on the air to do a mocking imitation of the band. Review | In HBO’s magnificent Bee Gees documentary, broken hearts — and icon status — can finally be mended 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z And in a stunning feat of prestidigitation, in the final act the cast switches seamlessly between the roles of the amateur actors and the mocking royal audience for which they are performing. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The same image also appeared in Nazi propaganda in 1943, with a mocking reference to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Review | Dorothea Lange used photography to make an ugly world beautiful. She used words to give that beauty meaning. 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z But Mr. Ward’s original tweet can also be seen as mocking the entirety of the now-familiar outrage cycle. How a Joke Becomes a Meme: The Birth of ‘Milkshake Duck’ 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z If millennials mainly has a mocking or derogatory sense now, that says more about the older generations who use it that way than about millennials themselves. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The Lardner story he recites is boring, dated and mocking of women and the mentally disabled. John Lithgow, on Barnstorming His Way to Broadway 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z You don't need to be hurting someone or mocking them to tell great jokes. Echoes of that "Ted Lasso" Midwest niceness in "Somebody Somewhere" 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z “Tell me exactly the circumstances of the photo you posted online,” she said, mocking the strained conversation from the event. Social Media Reduce Allure of High School Reunions 2011-12-16T23:08:52Z In a YouTube video, they said Mr. Paul bullied them, terrorized them with pranks and made racist comments mocking their background and language skills. Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z It's a sneering, caustic commentary that asserts the prophet's self-absorbed grandiosity while mocking his prohibition against idolatry. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z When The Bugle was eventually chucked out of its cradle at the Times for repeatedly, brutally mocking Murdoch and the News of the World, it wasn’t much of a surprise. The Bugle: Andy Zaltzman revives 'satire and bullshit' podcast sans John Oliver 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Comments soon began pouring in as well, with the vast majority mocking the mom’s post or theorizing about where her anger might actually stem from. Disney World guest's angry rant about 'childless' millennials goes viral: 'You made my son cry!' 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z The radio parodies, the mocking tweets, the headlines that read “Ben Carson’s wife is a terrible singer” all undervalue the full, soaring meaning of Mrs. Carson’s performance. Lonnae O’Neal: The good thing about Candy Carson’s anthem moment 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Whether he was celebrating classicism or mocking it is a little hard to tell in well-known pictures like “The Source,” with its massive woman suggestively cradling a long-necked jug in her lap. Art Review: When the Artists Voted for the Politics of Order 2010-10-10T21:37:00Z Stephen Colbert, not content with mocking President Trump only after dark, will now expand his political comedy to an animated realm. Stephen Colbert to Produce an Animated Trump Series 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z In fact, Mr. Eustis continued, there had been a certain amount of discussion among his staff members that mocking the presumptive Republican nominee for president may not be such a smart idea. Meryl Streep’s Newest Role: Donald Trump (but Just for One Night) 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z You can see Gina twinge as her colleagues make assumptions and pass judgments on Dennis, scornfully referring to his "precious GPA" and mocking him for no doubt being a virgin. Sandra Oh is in top form in SCR's 'Office Hour,' which tackles race, identity in a gun violence-wracked world 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Short of mocking the clichéd nature of their bullying — “Four eyes? Seriously? Is that the best you got, punk?” — my prospects for retribution were slim. When Mothers Bully Back 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z In fact, sometimes it borders on mocking Qatari influence on soccer. In Soccer, Power’s Always in Play 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Trump Jr. saw the mocking costume and took to Twitter to slam PETA, calling the organization “hypocrites” and saying it was an “animal slaughter factory.” Donald Trump Jr. slams PETA on Twitter over mocking 'trophy-hunting' Halloween costume 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Friday the president was back on the front lines, asking why Bee hadn’t been fired and mocking her “low ratings.” Exhausting and entirely predictable: How the 60-hour Roseanne-Samantha Bee outrage cycle unfolded 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z |
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