Sentences with phrase «though fictionalized»

Though fictionalized, Pearsall shines a light on Hampton, an amazing, lesser - known artist whose pieces are housed in the Smithsonian Museum, with an author's note detailing the true story.

Though it fictionalizes and chronicles a depressing (and violent) American crisis, it belongs on everyone's must - watch list this summer.

Not exact matches

Though Coover painstakingly researched his subjects, he has compounded the impact of his borrowings from history with fantastic excursions: the executions at Sing Sing Prison, for example, are transposed to Times Square; Richard Nixon is fancifully shown trying to win favor with Uncle Sam by extracting a last - minute confession from Ethel Rosenberg, only to make love to her instead; Nixon's fictionalized reward is his sodomization by Uncle Sam.

Though largely fictionalized, this is a moving report of the defense of the Pacific Island base, with strong emphasis on the heroic gallantry of three Manrines, played by Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, and William Bendix.

Early on, though, I was reminded of patriarch Homer's warning to grandson Lonnie in Hud: that «little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire» — that our perceived, fictionalized, mythologized history becomes the template into which we slot our behaviour into an increasingly Pirandellian future.

It's definitely a more sci - fi tinged account than the fictionalized version, with clandestine visits from the «Men in Black» and mysterious, conveniently - timed deaths, though the piece is undone by two - cent re-enactments that are impossible to take seriously.

Haynes's epic history of glam rock is really visually stunning, though, as reporter Christian Bale attempts to track down a fictionalized David Bowie-esque rock star who disappeared from the spotlight after faking his own death.

Always a bit partial to films based on a true story, I would have to label this as a fictionalized historical period piece, and a step above most costume dramas (though the costumes here are quite stunning).

I really enjoyed the piece, even though it was sort of surreal to watch a fictionalized version of the dynamic shared by stars Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett (the director and writer team responsible for You're Next, parts of V / H / S and V / H / S2 and the upcoming The Guest).

The details of the book are based a real stories from the war even though some of it is fictionalized.

There is a huge amount of people writing picture books because they love Jesus, writing a young adult book even though they haven't read one since high school, lightly fictionalizing the summer they backpacked Europe.

Now, though, memoirs have emerged as a dominant form, often with fictionalized details and dialogue.

Beryl was real after all so some of the book is fictionalized even though it is based on a real person's life.

Inevitably, a political gossip site discovered the blog and Cutler was immediately fired — though she was also offered a lot of money to pose for Playboy, and to write a sexy «fictionalized» memoir.

Even though the resume samples you see probably have fictionalized names and other identifying information, they're most likely real resumes written for real people who may still be actively job searching.

Though the effects of fictionalized suicide are not completely understood, new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association suggests that those most at risk are students who are already experiencing suicidal thoughts.

That all said, the actual flip shows are just as fictional, though flip men seem to have a bit more accuracy on some numbers, but lots of the «issues» are dramatized and fictionalized for TV.