Word: portrayal
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...Trier means to portray the woman's dangerous identity with the witches who were the subject of her thesis, and to argue that nature itself may be evil. ("Nature," the woman says, "is Satan's church.") What troubles even von Trier partisans is the connection this woman has with some of his other female protagonists. Emily Watson in Breaking the Waves, Bjork in Dancer in the Dark, Nicole Kidman in Dogville and Bryce Dallas Howard in Manderlay are all made to endure, at the rough hands of men, indignations that are depicted so long and lovingly that they seem like...
...Pakistani frontier city of Peshawar, cheap, mass-produced DVDs feature footage of coalition atrocities: mud-brick Afghan villages leveled by allied attacks and ordinary citizens allegedly killed by coalition fire. Also popular: a montage from the anti-Soviet jihad of the 1980s, part of a running effort to portray the current foreign troops as "invaders." Other discs show Taliban executions of so-called traitors and spectacular attacks against coalition forces...
...particular interpretation of “’Tis Pity” remains true to the spirit of Ford’s original work. The play does not shy away from hard-hitting topics such as incestuous love affairs, adultery, and domestic violence. Yet it also seeks to portray these subjects realistically. “I read the incest as a metaphor for the things that are taboo in our own society, such as gay marriage and homosexuality in general,” Benowitz says. “Any kind of alternative lifestyle that people don?...
...have an interim period in which to be acclimated.” Winters said that in his experience observing the Council, the job performance of councillors has little to do with their chances of re-election. More important, he said, is a candidate’s ability to portray himself as the strongest representative of the interests of a particular group.Although he called Ward’s approach to his first month on the council “tentative,” Winters said that he still has time to position himself as a strong presence on the Council...
Ever since Rod Blagojevich was roused out of bed one cold December morning, federal prosecutors have done their best to portray their colorful corruption case against the now former Illinois governor in the starkest possible terms. Normally tight-lipped U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald declared that Blagojevich, who was caught on tape allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, had embarked on a "political corruption crime spree [that would] make Lincoln roll over in his grave." When the actual indictment came down April 2, the government was much more low-key, with no accompanying press conference or statement...