Word: shorthands
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...that the reaction would be almost visceral, so that you would feel it more than think about it.”To this end, Haney cast actors that he felt would cut straight to the core of each character. “The best actors have a shorthand for expressing the emotional life of a character that even the real character can’t quite express as comfortably,” he says. Haney cast up-and-comer Nicole Beharie as female protagonist Dee Roberts. Joining Beharie in the film are veteran actors like Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson...
...Renaissance had taken place in Florence and then Rome, by way of art that emphasized clear drawing and firmly contoured forms - disegno, as the theorists of the day called it. But by the first decades of the 16th century, Venice had developed a mighty alternative, under the shorthand term colorito, building forms through a multitude of gentle, broadly applied brushstrokes and warm colors...
...tore the plastic off their new shirts and tossed them in the washer in the year 1998.” It’s an era of unprecedented wealth, cartoon sitcoms and sex scandals: in a word, the Clinton Era.The dust jacket of “NoVA” (shorthand for Northern Virginia) reads like a recap of an episode of Desperate Housewives, promising to finally “scratch the shiny surface [of suburbia].” This topic may seem trite at worst and overworked at best, but Boice determinedly takes a stab at originality in examining...
...secret that people like shorthand names. Bartholomew almost always becomes Bart, Alexander gets squeezed down to Alex and Margaret - inexplicably - turns into Peggy. Coca-Cola had barely dented the national consciousness before it was compressed to a short and sweet Coke. Ditto the National Biscuit Co., which sounds like a place that manufactures dog chew toys - until you abbreviate it to the scrumptious Nabisco...
...other profession is that its most famous practitioners are almost all women. It's the only industry, outside modeling, where females have higher profiles and are more influential than their male counterparts. So there's another reason there are so many fashion editors in movies: it's an easy shorthand for feminine power...