Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minutes, this film is a model of efficiency and a textbook for narrative film-making. There are no unnecessary scenes or storylines and the plot progresses quickly and confidently. Ford set out to portray simple characters in simple situations, and in "My Darling Clementine" he accomplishes this...
Ford and his cinematographer, Joseph P. McDonald, were able to portray Wyatt Earp as the contemplative loner using many wonderful, contrasty long shots. Many of the scenes in this film are memorable not only because of Fonda and Mature, but also because of the many shadows they were forced to walk...
...first concern stems from the way in which these organizations advertise. The typical method is a poster featuring a "grabber" on top, with pertinent information following in smaller print on the bottom. The grabber itself is almost always a quote intended to portray particular emotions from the point of view of a generic, troubled individual...
Three artists from the rap group Bulldogs--Cruz, Ed O.G., and Scientific--argued against Butts' charges, saying rappers simply portray street life...
...Deavere Smith takes a different, almost journalistic approach to drama. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is based on 220 interviews that she conducted with Los Angeles residents of every race and economic class after the city's devastating riot in 1992. Onstage Smith employs her formidable talent for mimicry to portray such characters as Reginald Denny, the white truck driver who was almost beaten to death by black gang members, police chief Daryl Gates and a Korean store owner -- all in their own words. The result is a painful, multifaceted portrait of racial differences. Says Smith: "My work is both political...