Word: portrayal
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...Iraq ... I don't regret going." Despite the resolute rhetoric--and a backdrop declaring PLAN FOR VICTORY--the address signaled an incremental withdrawal of troops before the 2006 U.S. midterm elections. Likewise, the release last week of a 35-page report, National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, aimed to portray Bush as acting deliberately rather than buckling to critics, who carped that the plan had arrived a few years late...
...refusing to portray African-Americans as socioeconomically or culturally homogenous, and by crafting a conception of black solidarity that could appeal to individuals of diverse political beliefs, Shelby enlightens readers to the difficulty that inherently arises in finding sufficient commonalities for black solidarity...
...part isn’t so realistic). This relatively straightforward sequence is literally warped: the video plays with proportion and scale, stretching the Stripes vertically and horizontally, and using tricks of perspective to make them alternately tower over each other, not to mention the occasional use of midgets to portray O’Brian and passers-by on the street. Also, Meg’s giant foot from the future crushes a piano.The first time around, the video is fun to watch for its sheer dizzying surrealistic kick. On a second viewing it becomes impossible not to try to piece...
Collier's richly colored watercolors and collages, like Giovanni's text, portray an impassioned episode boldly but with dignified restraint. In light of Parks' death at age 92 in October, this book seems especially timely. But its message of quiet courage is timeless...
...that “Rent” doesn’t achieve anything worthwhile on a political level. The film’s defense of alternative lifestyles (which, in this case, is not simply a code for “gay people”), its willingness to portray interracial relationships without drawing attention to them as such, its portrayal of non-stereotyped BGLT characters —all these elements and more make the film politically interesting. And “Rent” is, ignoring a few melodramatic excesses, a compelling and deeply moving piece of entertainment.And that?...