Word: portrayal
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...shuffle around the stage, stare into the audience with vacant expressions, and speak in monotone. Sister Felicity (Hollie Zegman) even wipes down the floor with red water resembling blood as the action of the play continues on around her.The high-pitched and babyish voice Medina uses to portray Catherine is reminiscent of a bad horror movie, which only gets worse as Medina—hair slung in front of her face while she lays on the floor—peers out at the audience with striking resemblance to the girl from “The Ring.” Amidst...
...livestock market in Ngiya, the cowherds parade their animals before Malik. "What I am trying to do is not make a spectacle," said Malik. "The price is based on how they perceive you. I am trying to portray a posture of disinterest." It's not working. A broad man who is well over 6 feet tall and is wearing a bright yellow-and-blue African print shirt, Malik towers over the animals and their owners in the center of the market. In the end, he buys two impressive looking animals for 17,000 Kenyan shillings each (around $220), well above...
...booths for various Israel-related organizations. “Our goal is to make Israel a lot more accessible to the general population,” explained HSI President Miranda E. Rosenberg ’09, the main organizer of the event. “We want to portray a side of the country you don’t see in the news.” To this end, I-Fest featured posters that explained the country’s history, Supreme Court, ethnic and religious diversity, LGBT and women’s rights, and other aspects of Israeli culture...
...creating character,” Wood said. According to Wood, there are only a few authors, such at Tolstoy or Shakespeare, who “have something freakish about their ability to create galleries of characters not like themselves.” But, Wood added, though other writers portray “essentially flat” characters with fewer dimensions, they are deftly rendered and equally as effective. Wood said he was motivated to write his latest book by the students in the MFA classes he teaches at Colombia, as well as a rift that he sees in American literature...
...work of Khadim Ali, an Afghan born as a refugee in Pakistan, incorporates classical miniature techniques honed at Lahore's renowned National College of Arts. He uses the flat planes, thick gouache, gold leaf and impeccable brushwork, all typical of 18th century Mughal miniatures, to portray scenes from the Shahnameh, a Persian epic familiar to Afghan children. Ali is a member of Afghanistan's Hazara minority, and his people's persecution by the Taliban during the late stages of the civil war is also reflected in the dark panels of his miniatures. His Herculean hero, Rustam, is ambiguous, portrayed...