Sentences with phrase «role does fiction»

What role does fiction have in a research based practice?

What role does fiction play in helping us to understand the historical and political events that have shaped our world?

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«He had no role in the lawful decision to have Rivkin review the matter, and the notion that four months into his tenure he exerted pressure on the Town of Oyster Bay to amend their agreement with Singh — which TOB had already done on their own on three separate occasions before Ed became County Executive — is a total fiction,» Keating said.

Could that be something to do with the Lib Dems» role in ushering these people into power, keeping them there, and buying wholeheartedly into the fiction that the crash was caused by Labour overspending and that austerity was the only economic policy option?

Bottle Rocket did not appear any different, especially given that, like Pulp Fiction, it had a 1970s - era star (James Caan) cast in a supporting role to give it some toughness and crime credibility.

Tarantino wrote the character of Pulp Fiction's Jules Winnfield for Samuel L. Jackson after working with him on True Romance and after a reading for Reservoir Dogs, but a subsequent, lackluster Pulp line reading (Jackson did not realize he had to give an energetic audition for a part written for him) planted doubt in Tarantino's mind — and Jackson lost the role to Paul Calderon, who gave a great reading.

The casting also represented a few coups by getting Samuel L. Jackson onboard as McClane's bickering partner fresh from his defining role in Pulp Fiction and having Jeremy Irons successfully do an Alan Rickman as a (Spoiler!)

Though a Native American named Squanto did really exist, did learn English, and did play a role significant enough to land him in history books, the hero portrayed in the film is even closer to folklore than historical fiction.

Dido and her cousin Elizabeth struggle with issues familiar to fans of Georgian - era - set fiction, particularly class, money, and the role love does or doesn't play in courtship and marriage.

Maggie Gyllenhaal (Stranger Than Fiction) and Scoot McNairy (Monsters)-- both almost as good as Fassbender — do fine work in supporting roles as a counterbalance to the parts that don't succeed.

A recent move in the world of science fiction publishing, however, suggests a slightly different model, in which publishers do not entirely abdicate the investor role that has traditionally been such a key part of their contribution to the publishing process.

This is not too surprising, since the growth of e-books is most likely to impact sales of mass - market paperbacks, as MMPs are the least expensive print offering, their release is delayed after hardcovers (as some publishers do with e-books), and most closely filled the role that e-books are starting to fill for people: day - to - day fiction reading, as opposed to hardcover cookbooks, graphic books, or bookshelf display items.

Why does upcoming science - fiction role - playing game Mass Effect 3 support Kinect?

2007 Crossing the Water, Cartwright Hall Gallery, Bradford; travelling to City Gallery, Leicester, UK Stardust or the last border, Musée d'art contemporain du Val - de-Marne (MAC / VAL), Vitry - sur - Seine, France Role Exchange, Sean Kelly, New York, USA African Art Today: An Unbounded Vista, Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA Check - List Luanda Pop, African Pavillion, 52nd Venice Biennale Uncomfortable Truths - the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art and design, Victoria & Albert Museum, London; touring to Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK Tomorrow Now: When Design Meets Science Fiction, MUDAM, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg War and Discontent, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Scratch the Surface, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom Fashion Accidentally, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia