Sentences with word «affectation»

"Affectation" refers to when someone pretends to have a certain characteristic or behavior in order to impress others, but it is not genuine or natural to them. It can be described as putting on a fake or insincere display. Full definition
Vintage - inspired photoshoots ran amok, as they would for Jessica Chastain, another seemingly overnight - success redhead, half a decade later, hailed with affectations of being otherworldly and somehow more innocent as a result.
There's a long monologue just before the roadshow version's Intermission (which feels like affectation, let's be honest; this ain't The Sand Pebbles — why does it want to be?)
On the contrary, one who without affectation says that he is in despair is after all a little bit nearer, a dialectical step nearer to being cured than all those who are not regarded and do not regard themselves as being in despair.
House (A Standardized Affectation for Telepresence), 2000, mixed media installation at Roebling Hall, views of room 1 and room 2.
The words drip with affectation as do the actors and Jodie Mankell's direction is dipped in southern gothic honey and glazed over with period sprinkles.
Rangel gave him the address and basic directions, which was always a kind of affectation in Backton, and then she cruised away, all yellow and sedate.
Del is played with a wondrous lack of affectation by Steve Buscemi; honestly, the guy is so often cast as «quirky dude» that it's a joy to see him just sit back and act.
Almost as soon as Ruby Sparks gets underway, literary affectations begin cascading off the screen.
It was there that the Henry Koehler drawings appearing on these pages were made — and the sturdy British tweeds and the waterproof Ride Macs being worn by the hunt - meeting devotees are not mere affectations.
There are a lot of good actors wastes and a lot of subplots hastily shoved to the side in favor of putting all the focus on Depp, who still manages to slather himself in makeup and prosthetics and affectation even as he returns to less Disney - fied fare.
Equally unique is the way Lanthimos directs actors, and Killing of a Sacred Deer owns the same stilted affectation that defined his performers» turns in previous works.
It speaks to a very specific kind of British mentality, the kind that operates independently of any other cultural affectation or belief system.
In the best works, James tests the limits of perception and its tenuous connection to language without devolving into affectation or didacticism, which is rather remarkable in this jargon - riddled age.
Blanchett gives a brilliantly varied performance, channeling Tennessee Williams» Blanche DuBois to depict a high - strung woman whose affectations descend into delusion.
It has long been fashionable in auto - enthusiast and auto - journalist circles to dismiss the Toyota Prius as a precious affectation of misguided Al Gore devotees, people who find automobiles something to endure — for the sake of pure transportation — rather than enjoy.
His menacing style and bizarre affectations are perfect for this eccentric crime boss who ties his hair back in a ponytail and wears a kimono as he lounges at a cocktail party.
No one likes to be preached at or lectured to, even though Campbell wants the meaning of his works to be open ended, It for Others can seem more like an academic Powerpoint lecture than an artwork, even though I take its tone as an almost poetic conceit, an almost theatrical affectation.
But even after the documentary affectation gives way to a more conventional narrative, the film has trouble ringing true.
Modern drop caps are a nostalgic affectation by people keen on spicing up their books with decorations but who are too stingy to pay an actual illustrator to draw an actual goddamn illustration.
Fortunately, George is there to still some of the spotlight, as is Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) as a CIA agent with cowboy affectations and an «eh, fuck it» attitude.
In another year's time he'd be producing oblique agitprop antagonisms outside of the system; in two he'd be liberating his craft from the strictures of conventional filmmaking practice altogether, rejecting the petite - bourgeois affectations of narrative and drama in favor of hyperpolitical obscurantism; and by 1970 he was producing documentaries for the Arab League on the subject of Palestinian persecution, dedicated only to ideological saber - rattling.
Dante shoots his load here, incorporating everything but the bathroom basin: the French cowboy, if I'm not mistaken, paved the way for a «Doctor Who» reference, with his big - oil Texas suit adopting a Peter Davison affectation when worn by the gawky Short, and there's an altogether transcendent passage in which Quaid blasts a cry for help in the form of Sam Cooke's «Cupid» inside his now - ex-wife Ryan's skull.
Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk loses the comic affectations of Lee's film — there are no shots composed to resemble comic book panels — but retains the emotional core [however little screen time it might get] and powers forth the action.
Come to think of it, I've gotten more pleasure from a slice then this over-ripe, and rancid, exercise in cinematic affectation.
As Mary's increasingly severe depression causes a polite chill in her relationship with Tom and Gerri, Manville gradually strips the character of her more appealing affectations, leaving little more than a shivering shell of woman.
Though effective in creating atmosphere, in a less dramatic picture it reads more like a historical affectation.
He systematically strips affectation and method from his performers by relentlessly drilling them in rehearsals until they master the mechanical, uninflected motions and line deliveries.
The wireless version of the LS50 have their own affectations, including robust heat sinks at the back (which partly accounts for that anvil weight), and CAT - 6 inputs to sync the stereo channels.
And the Old Country macho affectations of the Helghan ruling class certainly made it feel like they were in a futuristic version of the Politburo.
Natalie Portman — Jackie The many affectations only enhance the film's study on ego and performance, but Portman is loose and unencumbered.
The innately sharp image is lacquered with grain, and though it's not particularly obstructive, it looks to have been artificially pumped up — another gritty affectation in a film that's all ersatz squalor.
Nominated for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Winner of Best Actor (Alessandro Nivola) in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, One Percent More Humid explores such themes of heartache, love, and retribution via the bold affectations of two young women trying to make sense of themselves and their circumstances.
The themes and settings are classic Williams, almost a pastiche, but the characters lack the full - blooded passion and depth of the great Williams characters and the film compounds the weaknesses with a recreation that feels more affectation than lived life.
Even as its groovy formula for urban renaissance is repeated in cities around the world — often with explicit reference to the original — the back - to - basics affectations of Brooklynization verge on cliché.
They defy the status quo, challenge power structures and strip away affectation.
Far from being mere good manners or social affectation, the virtuous life is likened by the author to a garden, in which both weeds and roses grow.
The low, guttural affectation has been dismissed — mostly by old guys — as annoying and unprofessional, blamed on eye - roll - inducing celebs like Zooey Deschanel, Britney Spears, Ke $ ha, and the Kardashians.
True, God could change in some ways and still be beyond affectations.
Like any culture, the evangelical culture in the U.S. has its own linguistic affectations and quirks, blending together lines from Scripture, hymns, and tradition with everyday colloquialisms and figures of speech.
The corpuscles are active in virtue of primary qualities — mechanical affectations by which all the phenomena can be explained at least in principle.
Admittedly, the masks were a Hollywood affectation.
Though some people might like to dismiss these sorts of sentiments as wishful thinking, melodramatic affectation or worse, they actually emerge from deeply held beliefs about the power of suffering, the motivational memory of the beloved, and ultimately the hope of a potential reunion.
If you count — along with the 20 % non-religious — the vast percentage of people who don't really believe what they say they believe, and those whose religiosity is merely a casual affectation, I might even say that «we're» in the majority.
Like many of my seasonal affectations, I'm always delighted when citrus season rolls around for three main reasons: One: because it means the plump, juicy oranges from my tree will soon be ready and two: meyer meyer meyer meyer meyer meyer lemons, and three: blood oranges.
North Coast Marijuana Growers Fear a Takeover by «Big Alcohol»: For the Humboldt farmers, Sonoma County's subterranean tasting rooms and Tuscan affectations offered a glimpse into a rarefied realm of legal intoxicants...
Roy, a three - time winner of the Vezina Trophy, could only shake his head, a common affectation among goalies suffering from post-Mario stress disorder.
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