Sentences with phrase «material by rote»

Not exact matches

What it gets right on paper is immediately apparent: Casting hot - ticket stars against type as crestfallen romantics struggling to cope with mental illness provides two attractive but ostensibly vacuous mainstream celebrities (Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence) the enviable opportunity to prove their worth with conspicuously «revelatory» performances; meanwhile, the fundamental seriousness of their characters» respective arcs, with Cooper hoping to control the outbursts caused by his bipolar disorder and Lawrence attempting to overcome her grief over her husband's recent death, raise the emotional stakes considerably, elevating largely light material from rote comedy to overtly «adult» drama.

[9] These teachers do not teach by rote but attempt to find new invigoration for the course materials on a daily basis.

Jesus was a copy writer He spoke in allegories and symbols and grand ideals, not in rote «facts» or recountings of step - by - step actions or the listing of material features.