Portraits of friends, mostly writers and artists, were
almost caricatures in their bold simplicity.
-LSB-...] Portraits of friends, mostly writers and artists, were
almost caricatures in their bold simplicity.
Played by a dramatically adept cast of character actors, the crewmembers are written by Oren Uziel (22 Jump Street) as
almost caricatures of one - note personalities.
Light relief was provided both by in - jokes from the books as well as
almost caricature portrayals of politicians, with a topical aside regarding funding for a house.
Rockwell as Dixon, Willoughby's deputy who is a racist, a homophobe, an ignoramus, and a cop who lives with his domineering mother, is
almost a caricature, surviving it only because of Rockwell's astonishing performance.
The design, despite the fact the pebble - like surface of a racing helmet and the McLaren's aero - inspired,
almost caricature form have very little in common, translates fairly well, but any P1 GTR owners who take a fancy to it will be disappointed.
It's
almost a caricature of everything SUV haters hate about SUVs.
Lara had become
almost a caricature of herself and several of the games just had little to do with any sort of tomb raiding.
Without idealizing her models, her way of depicting people became, in certain ways, bold, focusing on all of the peculiarities of their appearance with
an almost caricature quality.
Obliqueness, understatement — these attitudes are played out,
almost caricatured, by diCorcia.
The sculptor also oscillated between the classical tradition of the nude through his Pomone (Pomona) series and, during the years he spent in Switzerland in exile, to
an almost caricature - like interpretation with the deformation of the shape of the body.
Obviously, my choice of the «forest» — the general trends in international adjudication — entailed a superficial,
almost caricature - like, treatment of the «trees» — the specific courts.
Not exact matches
The tone of these remarks so far may appear to be realistic
almost to the point of cynicism and exaggerated
almost to the point of
caricature; and I freely admit, on points like this, a certain initial predilection for excess.
McCormick lives under the burden of believing that everybody, or
almost everybody, who criticizes his position has «
caricatured» or «distorted» his position.
It's
almost a mockery, a
caricature of the thirsting Jesus, whose heart aches for our attention.
You know it's
almost like become a
caricature of a middle - aged woman with a glass of wine.
Stan walks a razor thin edge; too much, and he would be a
caricature, not enough and it could be construed as
almost romanticizing abuse.
But for all its
caricatures and tip - toeing, an early scene in Stonewall depicting a raid of a cruising area — during which Danny is beaten and
almost raped by two police officers simply for being a «faggot» — is a haunting nod toward the contemporary American context in which the film has been produced.
Vaughan and Goldman obviously have little love or sympathy for right - wing conservatives, pitting broad, ugly, reactionary
caricatures against the Kingsman - Statesman combo, but they're
almost as eager to offend moviegoers on the opposite side of the political divide.
Daniel Plainview is so manic and driven as to
almost be
caricature, but Day - Lewis finds the exact pitch at which his actions and reactions are both terrifying and brilliant.
Almost no one in Lady Bird is a caricature and almost everyone is played by a terrific actor, from Tracy Letts to Lois Smith to Manchester By The Sea's scene - stealing Lucas H
Almost no one in Lady Bird is a
caricature and
almost everyone is played by a terrific actor, from Tracy Letts to Lois Smith to Manchester By The Sea's scene - stealing Lucas H
almost everyone is played by a terrific actor, from Tracy Letts to Lois Smith to Manchester By The Sea's scene - stealing Lucas Hedges.
Jackson plays Stephen as
almost a stereotypical
caricature of a southern slave, but with a twist.
The Cornetto Trilogy, as it has come to be known, works so well as comedy because of its
caricatures and lampooning of traditional clichés; Cuban Fury on the other hand falls into these clichés
almost consistently, playing out exactly as you'd expect.
It's even less: Poe is
almost like a
caricature, despite John Cusack's acting prowess, which leads me to believe that James McTeigue is largely to blame.
By turns needy and belligerent, repulsive and
almost sweet, Jerri is one of those sketch - comedy creations, like Martin Short's Ed Grimley or Gilda Radner's Lisa Loopner, that somehow transcends
caricature to become — well, human might be overstating it, but you know what I mean.
The same goes for Kristin Chenoweth, who walks the fine line between
caricature and depth
almost effortlessly.
Swinton's Karen Crowder on the other hand is so ambitious as to be
almost irredeemable, but the interesting choice made in writing is to give her moments of self doubt and crushing anxiety, such that she is not reduced to a simple
caricature.
Bale's interesting in his role, playing strict and dignified
almost, but not quite, to the point of
caricature.
Both Stewart and Lively are captivating love interests, and while supporting roles from the likes of Corey Stoll and Parker Posey are barely there (Stoll's gangster is an
almost comically lazy
caricature of a 1930's mob man), both remain magnetic screen presences with so little to do.
People like Starr and Claire
almost seem like
caricatures at times.
If you can get past the association with that noxious Deep Blue Something song and the sight of Mickey Rooney playing a racist
caricature of a Chinese man, you're
almost certain to be captivated by Audrey Hepburn's indelible incarnation of Holly Golightly.
Like Michael Haneke with a funny bone instead of a magnifying glass, Ruben Östlund's vision of humanity is a bleak,
almost faithless
caricature of our most craven impulses.
But in positing normal as special, the pic requires
caricaturing almost everyone else.
It's an absurdist self - parodying film about the French, adapted by an American, directed by a Dutchman, produced by a Tunisian (who also did Aquarius), that is
almost Wildean in its
caricatures, possibly inventing some brand new French clichés along the way.
Jim Broadbent is
almost unrecognizable as «the Drunken Major» — a
caricature so extreme (there have been drunken English majors in movies, but never one this major) that you're laughing even when you can't decipher a slurry word.
His intention was to «re-create what the space looked like before the gallery moved in
almost two years ago», but the result was a
caricature of a dingy Chinatown.
The catalogue noted that «In this explosive, exquisitely painted canvas, Warhol transforms Mao's inscrutable mask into an attractive,
almost congenial
caricature.»
The works — hybrids — of canvas painting and relief sculpture — with their brash primary hues, reduced forms, and
caricature - like,
almost anthropomorphic curves, assume a position somewhere between Pop and Minimalism.
The work proceeds from a cartoon Graham found in a 1950s men's pulp magazine, where two persons are standing in front of
almost identical
caricatured representation of two abstract paintings by the artist «Picado» made about 40 years apart.
He is an accurate proxy for the views of a large number of misinformed / disinformed americans —
almost to the point of being a
caricature.
In
caricature, the argument often runs as follows: SRM proposals are highly risky,
almost entirely untested, and reasonably perceived as «nuts».
Almost unanimously, they agreed in interviews that the two depictions were wrong, turning what is still a complicated scientific puzzle into a simplistic
caricature.
It was characteristic Carter: He was no
caricature of a wild - eyed denier, but in
almost any discussion invariably the most sane and sensible man on the panel.