tongue-in-cheek
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Blurring the lines between fiction and reality — everyone on screen is playing a version of themselves — the result is a tongue-in-cheek metafiction about the pitfalls of an industry that prioritizes productivity over people.
From Los Angeles Times
“Not until I launch it,” was his tongue-in-cheek response.
From MarketWatch
Now that he owns both, Libow has declared himself, tongue-in-cheek, the “King of Storybook,” and said he intends to protect the property and be a spokesperson for the style.
From Los Angeles Times
The flier was tongue-in-cheek: “Everything must go! Including me!”
From Los Angeles Times
“The producer’s idea was to have a tongue-in-cheek kind of approach to it,” said Macfarlane Moleli, a journalist with the TV show Carte Blanche.
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