Sentences with phrase «as white characters»

The book title (or part of it, if it's in portrait mode), page number, total number of pages, percentage completed and battery status are all displayed as white characters against a black background in the header.

Eventually, visitors will be able to locate the book they want and specify, down to the most microscopic detail, the way it will be presented to them: as white characters on a black background, as a Braille printout, as text spoken and displayed simultaneously, or any of a hundred other permutations.

The African American actor who played Dr. Kananga / Mr Big in «Live and Let Die,» believes «James Bond was established by Ian Fleming as a white character,» and should be «played by white actors»

Not exact matches

Level 3: An Obama character drops a copy of the US Constitution from the top of the White House as the Clinton character waits below to try to hit it as far as possible

Kicking off her troubled history with superhuman characters, she starred as the white - haired Ororo Munroe, aka Storm, in the «X-Men» series.

Video games have come under close scrutiny in the last few years as critics have pushed back at the overwhelming skew towards young white men in game characters, themes, and ideals.

Most of the programming featured white men as protagonists; women and black men were, by and large, secondary characters.

Hoping to avoid the possibility of a white actor taking on the role of the Chinese warrior, Molnar wrote: «Casting a Caucasian actor as a character of colour, regardless of reason has a direct, harmful impact on not only the movie itself, but the audience, as well as POC members of the acting community.»

Similarly, Black Panther «s early success is already dispelling industry concerns that a superhero movie revolving almost entirely around black characters could resonate with a general audience and earn the same box - office popularity as other (whiter) blockbusters.

After the allegations began to surface, top Republicans, such as White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Porter's former boss Sen. Orrin Hatch (R - UT), went out of their way to defend Porter, vouch for his good character, and say he shouldn't resign.

Or, as he referred to one character in a TV spot: «a 24 - year - old white guy being an idiot.»

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

Jackson faces the elephants in the room of whites and blacks having deep, meaningful relationships very quickly, especially in book two when one of the White main character's husband, Denny, is mistaken by, MaDea, an aging African American woman who is suffering from dementia, as one of the men who brutally lynched her brother nearly 70 years ago.

What is offensive that Ms. Harris is so pained by a fictional Christmas character being represented as White that she would rather see said character portrayed in the form of a bird rather than a human being.

But, as Vale shows, this success and popularity rested on sustaining the projects as the home to a very narrow spectrum of the Boston poor, those deemed both deserving and respectable: two - parent, mostly white, single - earner, low - income, working - class families of good character in need of a temporary leg up — a stratum «below the bulk of blue - collar employees but above that of the unemployed, the irregularly employed, and the welfare - dependent.»

Even Italians are not «white»... When a movie becomes a global project as this movie was you will most likely have non white characters.

Piper refers to Trump's «divisive rhetorical style... and his reckless Twitter form of leadership,» and says, as his third point, that a «huge percentage» of white evangelicals voted for Trump «even though the character issues were screaming to be taken more seriously» (Statistically, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.).

While these characters» ethnicities are not explicitly stated in the book, they're coded as white (and have been depicted as white in almost all of the book's artwork), so it's revolutionary casting, and it made waves.

White the fictional character in the culture originated with the legend of St. Nicholas... the fictional character of Santa Claus was popularized in advertising images by the Coca Cola company as a rotund, bearded elderly white man in a red and white suit in the early 20th cenWhite the fictional character in the culture originated with the legend of St. Nicholas... the fictional character of Santa Claus was popularized in advertising images by the Coca Cola company as a rotund, bearded elderly white man in a red and white suit in the early 20th cenwhite man in a red and white suit in the early 20th cenwhite suit in the early 20th century.

Santa Claus, being an undeniably fictional character and an invention of the Dutch, is most certainly white as that is what he has been depicted as since he was invented hundreds of years ago.

Public polling now shows that white Evangelical Christians now regard personal character as less relevant for public leadership.

Every soufflé begins with a base, explained the general, usually no more than a white sauce of butter, flour and either milk or broth, to which is added the beaten yolks of eggs and whatever material may be chosen to give the soufflé its character, sweet or savory (such as chocolate, fruit purée, spinach, mushrooms, etc.).

Indeed, with the capacity to keep milk fresh for days rather than hours, America plunged into a near - obsession with milk - drinking that came to be part of the national character: Three glasses of milk a day turned into a staple of the diet for city dwellers along with farm families already close to the source; kids with red - and - white milk cartons became as common in school cafeterias as mystery meat.

In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.

As a teenager, I loved the Saturday afternoon black and white films on TV, with strong women characters played by Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.

I'd wondered whether the Hollywood star Clint Eastwood, directing Hollywood actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon as the two leading characters, could possibly capture the essence, even the magic, of that final; of how it became such a unifying force for a society still in a fragile process of transition from white supremacy to majority rule, fear and hostility abounding.

One need only turn on the television to watch Machine Gun Preacher for a similar portrayal of a white character who travels to «Africa» to «save the children» against the backdrop of black - on - black slaughter, rape and torture which is never historically contextualised (see The Guardian's Catherine Shoard's critique of the white criminal - turned - saviour character of Sam in Machine Gun Preacher as «half saint, half psychopath»).

The White Paper suggests there would be requirements of residency, good character, and perhaps further requirements as developed in Scottish immigration law.

He's the only candidate to play a character from the fearsome Klingon Empire in «Star Trek,» and he's the only one to don a straw hat and white suit to portray Mark Twain as a part of his campaign routine.

In a bid to assess the amount of violence young children might be exposed to, they analysed the length of time it takes for key characters to die in the 45 top - grossing children's cartoons, released between 1937 (Snow White) and 2013 (Frozen), and rated either as suitable for a general audience (G) or with parental guidance suggested (PG).

But when the black spaces are replaced by a green shade with the same luminance as the blue (previously white) spaces, the 3 - D character of the image falls apart (right).

A person is determined by the character and the heart they have as per the white men.

But then, the New York Post comes along and validates and reports a position I have taken from DAY ONE — interracial dating isn't about exclusion, but inclusion; and choose character above color — and now it seems previous outlets who viewed me as hell's handmaiden for white supremacy are beginning to soften their position.

With its focus on Central African youth in peril, interludes of dreamy stylization and non-native directorial perspective, «White Shadow» will routinely be compared to Kim Nguyen's recent, Oscar - nominated child - soldier study «War Witch» — which also, as it happens, featured a significant albino character.

Early on, a white character carelessly describes it as «a third world country — textiles, shepherds, cool outfits.»

Hostiles has less success with its broader exploration of the Old West and the United States» genocide against the Native Americans, in no small part because Yellow Hawk and his family aren't afforded the same development as most of the white characters here.

With shadowy, black - and - white production, a slow - burning jazz soundtrack, and a wide ensemble of characters that runs the gamut of crime movie archetypes, Dick Hopper serves as a love letter to film noir, even as it skewers the genre with no mercy.

More supporting roles in Big Fat Liar and Solaris were quick to follow, and after rounding out the «American» trilogy in American Wedding, it was burger time for Cho as he played one of the titular characters (opposite Van Wilder's Kal Penn) in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.

Katja's decision to not commit suicide is tonally pivotal to the film, as this is the juncture at which she becomes less a character than a symbol of the fury and impotency that white nationalists conjure in their victims.

Solo is as much the Kessel - running starship's origin story as it is the title character's, and without wanting to give away too many surprises, it's great to see how the Falcon looks before she is turned into a hyperspacing bucket of junk: all shimmering and white and with an escape pod neatly filling the gap between those two front prongs.

As a result of VanderMeer's deliberately cryptic play with narrative, it isn't revealed until «Authority,» the second book in the trilogy, that the character who inspired Lena is of Asian descent, while the character who inspired Dr. Ventress is half Native American and half white.

«Coco,» which has the twists and turns of the kind of black - and - white melodramas Ernesto starred in, is in some respects as old - fashioned a story as they come about the close bonds of family; the many zestily - drawn characters speak entertainingly to the push and pull of tradition within that bubble and across generations.

Bryan Cranston understands his role as Walter White so well that at times it's easy to forget that we are merely watching an actor portray a character.

Their presence and attitude serve as the catalyst for the mainly white characters to change their own attitude about the native people of this country.

Since the controversy erupted, director Laura Brownson and team exclusively filmed with Rachel, her sons and her adopted sister Esther, capturing the intimate, vérité life story of a damaged character who lands squarely in the cross-hairs of race and identity politics in America — and exploring how that character still provokes negative reactions from millions who see her as the ultimate example of white privilege.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

As always, the studios and distributors seem to take as truth the notion that stories of characters who aren't white dudes are too niche to connect with audienceAs always, the studios and distributors seem to take as truth the notion that stories of characters who aren't white dudes are too niche to connect with audienceas truth the notion that stories of characters who aren't white dudes are too niche to connect with audiences.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

The essential characters are rounded out by Brendan Gleeson's dour sheriff, Oliver Platt's rich and eccentric mythology buff, and Betty White as the colorful local little old lady with a secret or two.

It's partly intentional, as the two white, privileged characters are meant to be shocked to discover bad things can happen to them, too, and thus to be out of place in the «foreign» world.