Word: portrayal
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...That You, Bond" [NOV. 20]: Daniel Craig, the latest actor to portray James Bond, reminds me of Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire. His muscular torso goes with a T shirt and jeans more than a Brioni suit. From your article, I understood how the movie industry's obsession with the hyperkinetic brutality of action films is choking the sophisticated elegance of 007. Isn't there any way to make more room for cultural diversity in Hollywood...
...H.M.S. Pinafore” nearly achieves just this.Noah Van Niel ’08 plays Ralph, a sailor who has fallen for the captain’s daughter Josephine (Chelsey J. Forbess ’07). In a comedy where most characters are cartoons, Van Niel portrays Ralph with sincerity and depth. He sings with feeling and a face that begs for sympathy, winning the hearts of the crew. Hill returns as Captain Corcoran, Commander of the H.M.S. Pinafore, another slightly ridiculous older man, though a somewhat more complex one this time. In “My Gallant Crew...
...have these mascots representing native people—they don’t,” said Carmen D. Lopez, a member of the Navajo nation and the executive director of the Harvard University Native American Program. “I think they are legacies of stereotypes and really portray native peoples in caricatures,” she said. “It’s part of an American myth that we need to rectify...
...hallmarks of a “stereotypical Muslim,” the movie makes it very clear that Borat is, in fact, not a Muslim (and even appears to have converted to Christianity by the end of the movie). There is also little evidence that Cohen tried to portray his character as a Muslim. Despite all this, a largely subconscious tension exists between the similarity of Borat’s “Muslim” attitudes and his claim not to be an adherent to Islam...
...time; that’s how I enjoy working,” he says. “It makes it interesting for me, it’s fun, and to me, it fills up my spirit with what’s important in order to try and portray this guy.”Harris’ preparation for playing Beethoven was grueling.“I played the piano for a year prior to filming. I mean, I took lessons and practiced every day. I took violin lessons and conducting lessons,” he recalls.Even in post-production, Harris...