Word: metaphorical
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...film’s absurdity is perfectly exemplified in the scene that follows: a shot of Mr. Lolly coughing up a brownish-orange tumor in his bathroom. Likewise, the unidentified and aimlessly violent homeless man who chases Brian throughout much of the movie seems to be more a metaphor for Brian’s demons of insecurity than any real person.The film thus touches on a kind of magical realism in dealing with chance and control—and perhaps, for the success of the ending, it is best that it does. The conscious rejection of pure realism serves...
...performer Barry Manilow’s music, for instance, has been a thread running through the series. McCafferty uses his songs, such as “Ready To Take A Chance Again” and “Can’t Smile Without You” as a metaphor for Jessica and Marcus’s relationship. But bringing in a Vegas-bound tour group of elderly Manilow fans and having them stay at the same hotel as Jessica and Marcus is a quirk in the story that strays close to too convenient to ring true.Suspension of disbelief...
...Cause and Effect" could be a metaphor for the whole Star Trek franchise. Each new version - and to date we've had five Trek TV series and 10 Trek movies - repeats the same basic scenario, but each iteration is burdened more and more heavily by the past, and each one ends in collapse. Then the loop starts all over again, but with that sense of looming doom one notch darker. Even I, a fan, am surprised that Star Trek is still with us after 43 years...
...wagon that needs to get through is health care," says a second Obama adviser, picking up the metaphor. But that won't be easy either - unless the Obama Administration can lure some Republicans to support it, which might be possible if the plan relieves the pressure of health-care coverage on corporate America. "If he narrows his agenda to fixing the banks and focusing fully on health care," says Senator Alexander, "there's a good chance we could get it done." If the rest of his agenda is trashed but Obama emerges with universal health insurance, the achievement will...
...University of Liverpool and author of Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt, published last year. It's a symbol that has not always been flattering. Centuries of Western literature evoked Cleopatra as a lustful seductress, corrupting the stoic Roman men who strayed into her orbit. European empires seized upon this metaphor of temptation and decadence: after Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Egypt, the French government issued a commemorative coin nevertheless, depicting France as a virile Roman conqueror standing over a bare-breasted, feminine figure of the East...