Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Almodovar's version of homosexual love is far more adventurous and honest than any of Hollywood's tame, schmaltzy attempts to portray gay relationships such as Making Love and Personal Best. Even the recent British films by Stephen Frears, My Beautiful Launderette and Prick Up Your Ears, which dealt with homosexuality intelligently and forthrightly, shied away from exploring sexual intimacy on a par with straight films. The graphic homosexual sex in Law of Desire may seem irresponsible in light of AIDS, but in Almodovar's world, caution is irrelevant...
Biden played along but his candidacy went nowhere. So he decided to take on a different role and portray "a middle-class guy" who wasn't "big on flak jackets and tie-dye shirts" in the '60s. (Presumably because he was too busy screwing up in law school.) Now an adviser, probably Pat Caddell, is saying that Biden's latest troubles will "free" him to "get into being himself." The new self is an aggressive "populist, anti-Establishment" candidate and arch-defender of the middle class. Who knows? Maybe he'll bounce back, stay in and run a strong race...
...counterproductive because in the long run jurisprudence won't change unless the President says, 'I campaigned because we wanted to change the Supreme Court, and Bork represents the kind of judge who will correct the errors the court has made in the past.' " Fein believes the attempt to portray Bork as a moderate will collapse at the hearings as soon as a Judiciary Committee member says to the judge, "The White House says you're just like Powell. Do you agree?" Says Fein: "He can't possibly...
...testifies before the Judiciary Committee, the more persuasive and reasoned his philosophy of judicial restraint will sound." Armed with an agile mind and a caustic wit, Bork is expected to be a formidable opponent for his critics on the committee. "Any Senator who decides to just jump in and portray Bork as some racist, some evil Neanderthal, is going to be in deep trouble," says Republican Committee Member Alan Simpson of Wyoming. Many hopeful conservatives, remembering the turnabout in public opinion during the Iran-contra hearings, envision Bork as "Ollie North without the medals...
...appear as unchallenged truth to everyone embroiled in its practice then. Those who possessed and those who were possessed struggled, like most people at all times, everywhere, to get through their days; neither history nor the exigencies of survival allowed them much time for meditation or outrage. To portray the texture of such lives, a novelist must be willing to forgo reflective indignation and let the characters and details speak for themselves...