Word: villainized
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...same holds true for opera: on any given night, whether at a leading international house or a provincial company, the languishing soprano heroine or the menacing bass villain is now likely to come from East Asia?particularly Korea. The lyric soprano Hei-Kyung Hong and the coloratura soprano Sumi Jo currently dominate their roles to a degree unrivaled by any Western singers...
...live octopus, the tongue removal without benefit of anesthetic, even a bout of lovemaking?are essentially acts of self-mutilation, in a world where Original Sin blots out the sunlight of redemption. That's not a Hollywood precept. What American movie would climax with the hero begging for the villain's mercy and licking his shoes? What U.S. movie star would dare play the part? None. Which is why Choi Min Sik's performance as Oh was not just the most bravura but the bravest on view in Cannes...
...Drew Pinsky (MTV's Dr. Drew) and Bob Saget (the girls' dad on Full House), we get to observe the mortification of some fine comic actors: Eugene Levy as a truant officer who thinks he's Dirty Harry, Andrea Martin as a Senator, Andy Richter as a klutzy villain and Darrell Hammond as the hapless victim of the twins' artless physical comedy...
...bloodthirsty villain, Echevarria shows Santa Anna’s extreme cruelty toward members of his own army and his merciless treatment of the Texans. Vowing to take no prisoners, Santa Anna exclaims at one point that he values the lives of his own soldiers as much as “chickens.” The evil in Santa Anna’s character, contrasted with the more pleasant depiction of the Mexican soldiers, help viewers concentrate their hatred on Santa Anna and less on the Mexican army in general. The director and writers seem to be trying to tone down...
...Close, co-starring Shu Qi and Hong Kong's Karen Mok, Zhao plays a hacker hottie with her usual winsome charm. She (or her stunt and computer-graphic doubles) gets to pirouette over stairwell railings, jump from atop one speeding elevator to another and duel furiously with legendary villain Yasuaki Kurata. But when asked to sum up her defining characteristic?contrasted in the film with Shu Qi's beauty and sexiness, and with Karen Mok's coolness and big personality?Zhao pauses pensively, and says to her interviewer: "At the time, I really didn't know. And right...