Sentences with phrase «defy social conventions»

A man (Danny Glover) holding vigil by the death bed of his beloved (Tantoo Cardinal) recalls their struggles to defy social conventions in search of true love, and the unbreakable bond they forged by following their hearts.
Just try not to swoon as Bathsheba and Gabriel defy social convention and pursue a relationship based on mutual respect and vigor atop a hill as majestic as the steed she loves to hurtle into the sky on.

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As for his own personal life, Alexander defies convention not by the intense homoerotic suggestions between he and Jared Leto's Hephaistion (homosexuality not a social taboo during this time), but by his marriage to Roxane (Rosario Dawson), a woman of a lower social order and about whom Alexander is given much grief from his advisors.
People who defied prejudice and jealousies, conventions and the social mores of a hypocritical society, who fought for their passions, conquered them or were conquered by them.
Characterized by a relentlessly experimental and inquisitive attitude, the artist's work employs unusual materials and techniques, and playfully defies social, political, and aesthetic conventions.
Characterized by a relentlessly experimental and inquisitive approach to a wide variety of styles and subject matter, the artist's work engages unconventional materials and techniques, and playfully defies social, political, and aesthetic conventions.
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