Sentences with phrase «effacement into»

However, MAD turns the contradictory goals of preservation and effacement into a plan.

Not exact matches

Achilles and the Tortoise offers another pathetic Beat Takeshi double, but in a further effacement of his onscreen persona, Kitano doesn't appear until two - thirds of the way into the film.

Because of this, the passages about Danticat's own childhood never fully snap into focus and she can only gesture toward her feeling of abandonment when her parents move to the U.S.. For at least one reviewer, this self - effacement compromises Danticat's honesty with the reader, especially since she was writing acclaimed novels and winning literary renown as the book's events unfolded.

The Brucennial 2012, billed with some measure of self - effacement as «the single most important art exhibition in the history of the world,» opened big last week, with visitors standing in light rain for up to 2 hours to get into the show's beer - fueled launch party at 159 Bleecker Street in the West Village.