2012, Steph Harmon, "Meta Is Better", Brag, Issue 466, 11 June 2012, page 26:
In their past work, both Whedon and Goddard have shown an inclination to embrace tropes so tightly that you're forced to question them – and with Cabin, as one journalist in the room suggests, 'There's kind of a sense of this movie dropping the mic [on the genre] and walking away like, 'There it is guys. Ball's in your court.'
I feel bad for the news outfits and bloggers who come here ready to drop the mic on Oscar season.
2014, Tina Chadha, "Rodarte", Metro (Boston), 11 September 2014, page 11:
Rodarte just dropped the mic on fashion week. After last season's esoteric tribute to "Star Wars" – really, how many women would wear a gown emblazoned with a giant Luke Skywalker? – sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy's dazzling spring outing mixed the right amount of fantasy and commercial appeal.