Certainly there is no satiric edge to the excerpts quoted in the play.

The film has the satiric edge of a damp croissant.

Although Kaufman elsewhere mixed iconoclasm, acerbity and affection in masterful proportions, there is no satiric edge here.

But he's not just mimicking these heroes, he is using them to give his own character a broad, satiric edge.

Whether this change will also rob "The Naked Truth" of its satiric edge is an open question.

Commercial comedies of such brio and darkly satiric edge are rare these days.

The show could use more of Mr. Kinnear's old satiric edge.

Until then the emerging wolfishness of Randall's character gives the film its entertaining, satiric edge and unexpectedly revealing pop-culture soul.

If the central performances have a sly satiric edge, the supporting performances are flailingly farcical.

And Ms. Wen's satiric edge could occasionally have been sharper.