Sentences with phrase «famous over the narrative»

This poses a massive problem for Ross Gelbspan, who has become rather famous over the narrative that Lindzen «charges oil and coal interests $ 2,500 a day for his consulting services.»

Not exact matches

At the centre of the narrative, of course, is John himself, the most famous English actor in that mid-nineteenth century European drama of the breakdown of church establishments all over the continent, from the Dutch Afscheiding to the Scottish Disruption.

Contemplating their take on the historic «Battle of the Sexes» — the famous 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs — some writers might be inclined to trot out simple displays of athleticism, emphasizing the tug and pull and sheer physicality of the match itself over a more complicated narrative.

Lincoln is not some mushy life - spanning biopic of our sixteenth president; it is instead heir to a class of film never truly reputable enough to have been actively missed; think of the forties Hollywood films Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet or Edison, the Man, which sprinkle biographical detail over narratives deeply invested in tracking their famous protagonists» often obsessive quest to achieve a single goal, say, the invention of vaccinations, the creation of light bulbs, or the cessation of slavery.

Gaines became famous in the 1970s for interrogating systems while still exploring narrative, a practice that set him apart from his contemporaries, who prioritized ideas over representation.