Word: poetically
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...portraits of Charles I, especially the "greate peece," which depicts him with his consort and children -- the mobile thin face, shadowed with melancholy, amid the grand, vaporous profusion of light on silk and marble. No later court painter -- at least not in England -- would rival Van Dyck's poetic conception of kingship. From there it is downhill to Winterhalter, though Americans will be interested to see their very own Benjamin West, the wunderkind from the colonies and George III's favorite artist, doing a full length of the monarch with Redcoats in the background in 1779. No Yankee rebel...
...about wanting a certain atmosphere that attracts a certain demographic." -- CINEPLEX ODEON MARKETING EXECUTIVE EXPLAINING WHY THE CHAIN'S 18-PLEX IN L.A. WOULD NOT RUN JOHN SINGLETON'S POETIC JUSTICE; AFTER THE PICTURE OPENED BIG, THE THEATER SHOWED...
...fucking mad'...and in her fury she jumped two stories and tore her jeans in all the right places. All the girls screamed and told her she looked really cool." Bernhard's precise ear for the nuances of the language of popular culture works here to almost poetic effect. There are few writers who could put a phrase like "causative day" into a characters' mouth without delivering her up for the reader's contempt. Bernhard retains a sense of empathy, ridiculing the words' inherent silliness while capturing their earnest enthusiasm...
...TITLE: POETIC JUSTICE...
...questions now arise: Was John Singleton's first film, Boyz N the Hood, a lucky accident? Or is his second, Poetic Justice, an unlucky one? Too soon to say, of course, since Singleton, the youngest person (and only black) to receive simultaneous Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, is still in his 20s, with most of his career ahead...