Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long as these differences help to make a better film, without sacrificing the essence of the figures involved, then they should be tolerated. But trying to fit real people into a "protagonist" or "antagonist" mold usually does mean tampering with the facts, and can portray people unfairly. Although Wigand and Bergman do not mind that their characterizations were altered for the film, the crew at "60 Minutes" have had a very different reaction...
...Bush has gotten results in his home state. Bush has not done so on his own; for the most part he has simply continued and strengthened the changes made under the previous Democratic administration, led by former Governor Ann Richards. To his credit, Bush has not tried to portray himself as having initiating the changes, but he has certainly capitalized on the rapid turnaround in Texas' schools. By emphasizing education in his stump speeches Bush can point to the successes in his home state, an area which has frustrated legislators for decades...
...companies, you're not talking about something that necessarily requires the brainpower of a genius," Rohrbeck says. "I don't think they're necessarily looking for how smart you are, or how good your grades are. They're looking for intangibles, and I think it's really hard to portray that on a resume...
...filmmakers also seem to derive large segments of the film from other media. Like the aforementioned commercial derivation, numerous scenes and themes are ripped off from other films. The only concrete aspect of Body Shots is that it is very self conscious of the message it wants to portray and in doing so, removes any weight or meaning that could reside in the film (however remote that possibility might...
...This is not to say that Body Shots is devoid of interest. There are some genuinely funny scenes, such as when one character is introduced into a new sexual theater, and it does portray sex in all its awkwardness and difficulty. But in the end, from being beaten over the head with pop psychology, the result is not a revelation, simply a pounding in the ears...