But both broke out big in subversive big-screen comedies.

The uncomfortable message sent by Bobcat Goldthwait's lean, subversive comedy "Sleeping Dogs Lie" is how easy it is to gross out people who think they're so swinging and cool.

"Kakita Akanishi" is a preview of the sort of forthright, alert, briskly subversive comedies that would later be made by Juzo Itami.

"And that is point-of-view comedy, cutting-edge comedy, subversive comedy."

The show was produced by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg, and it showcased his ability to improvise realistic, silly, and subversive comedy.

Reitman described his production company's goal as being to produce "small subversive comedy that is independent but accessible".

Now, she has directed Sandra Bullock in "28 Days" (review, Page 14) about an addict's journey through rehab, told with frequent jabs of subversive comedy.

The producers of "Will and Grace" seem to have taken Ball's trailblazing subversive comedy to heart.

The central joke of this gleefully subversive comedy is that its main character is a corpse.

First there was the slyly subversive comedy "She's Gotta Have It," about a young woman who can be satisfied only by three men.