Word: legendizing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...more serious, action-oriented portions of the movie that are likely to confuse and alienate the average American. For one thing, the battle scenes—choreographed by Hong Kong legend Yuen Wo-Ping—are a curious mix of live-action fighting and intentionally over-the-top special effects...
...situation becomes troublesome when Smith tries to reenter the rap world; within a scene centered around boisterously celebrating African-American culture, it is not surprising that Smith has been characterized as overly deferential to white culture. One critic said Smith’s performance in “The Legend of Bagger Vance” consisted of “wearing the most Uncle Tom-ish grin committed to film in half a century...
...there would be a point when he would get launched, and we would try to launch him. There were two different house-burning stories. I worked in a little bit of one in the book, the one where Great Grandpa came back from the Colorado gold flelds, is the legend, and the gold dust was all lost in the blaze...
Plausible legend has it that the Sheeds met on a soapbox. For most of their marriage they appeared to coexist on one platform or another, like figurines on a wedding cake. Sheed estimates that his father alone delivered some 14,000 outdoor sermons, manning pulpits in Hyde Park and on street corners from his native Sydney to his favorite adopted borough, Manhattan...
...don’t know if that’s sort of an urban legend, or if it’s actually true,” Huang said. “If so, it will have a tangible impact, and if not, it will just be a tremendous honor to be part of this group of really talented scholars...