Sentences with phrase «cult of personality as»

I definitely wouldn't put my real name out here, because some posters on this board come across as just crazy enough to make real life threats because I don't worship at the same cult of personality as they do.

It is history as far from the cult of personality as it is possible to go.

North Koreans are victims of a cult of personality as opposed to a cult of divinity.

Not exact matches

In the case of an eccentric atheist dictator such as Kim Jong - Il, Hitchens argued that his personality cult was as religious in character as any fanatical sect.

That's no evidence that Christianity is true, but the religion certainly did start as a cult of personality that followed a charismatic teacher who is generally accepted to be an historical personage.

They built cults of personality with themselves in the Godhead position — as is happening in North Korea right now.

Despite often being labeled a «personality cult» they are often privately very critical of the leadership with some talking of a succession to a new, younger leader such as Clive Lewis or Angela Rayner.

Hero worship and the cult of personality are as dangerous on the left as the right.

As the group settles into its months - long recording session at a wooded retreat, Abrahamson lays bare the cult of personality through multiple «Amadeus» - worthy creative clashes, some of them howlingly funny.

A throwback to the star - driven cinema of the Fifties and a reflection of our own fanatical interest in cults of personality, the film features transparent performances (with the exception of Don Cheadle, each performer in Ocean's Eleven is playing his - or herself), and the same kind of sadistic voyeurism that impels us to simultaneously deify and find fault with our favourite actors keeps our peepers glued to the screen as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliot Gould, and Carl Reiner revolve around one another in a loose heist intrigue intended to relieve Andy Garcia of both his millions and his girlfriend.

When it begins Thursday night with a story of international rivalry and cult - of - hothead - personality (tennis drama «Borg / McEnroe» with Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe)-- and continues over the following 10 days with movies about race, environmentalism, globalism, feminism and politics — TIFF will engage with the current moment as few cultural events do.

I.E. Ernest Hemingway and Norman Mailer didn't survive as bestsellers on talent alone: they spent a great deal of time building their cult of personality.

He makes tongue - in - cheek references to Stalin as The Helmsman and The Great Leader who has been imbued with supernatural powers — and whose Cult of Personality is far - reaching and incapable of error.

While he isn't as impactful as Vaas from the third game, he has his own personality and charm that you can't help but be drawn in to, but it's in his lieutenants where the real depth to the persona of the cult as a whole shines and they are as good as the main man himself but for very different reasons.

So instead, I'll mention Alice in Chains» «Them Bones» and Living Colour's «Cult of Personality» as my favourite songs to rock out to when I was driving around in San Andreas.

Classic examples are Willem De Kooning, Jackson Pollack, Mark Rothko, all white men whose appeal was based as much on talent as a cult of personality.

Given his refusal to a «signature» aesthetic, it perhaps comes as no surprise that the painter has no truck with the «cult of personality» he believes to now surround contemporary artists.

Nappelbaum's modest gelatin silver print from the early»30s of Stalin in his trademark worker's tunic and boots stands in as the sole representative in the show of the cult of personality that characterized the autocrat's long rule.

Even though the Hero is a silent protagonist and his personality is open for the player to define, a strong sense of justice can be seen in the beginning of the game, as he sets out to stop Hargon's evil cult without so much as a «But thou must» question from the King.