Sentences with phrase «than the caricatures in»

Such relationships allow lawmakers to see that faith - based schools are more than the caricatures in the headlines.

Gerard Butler's Leonidas is about as memorable as they get and even he is little more than a caricature in a heavy metal video, all muscle and little depth.

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We should not over-generalise, nor do we mean to join in the routine caricature of the era «before the Council» as all dust and darkness, any more than we believe that all has been all sweetness and light since 1968.

I am not convinced that this objectification of humanity into victim and executioner does justice to the complexity of the human individual or to the dynamic of evil... The web that unites victim and tyrant in the same person is more complex than the white hat / black hat caricature that seems banal even in its natural habitat, the «grade B» movie.

Large sections portray contemporary anti-Semitism as a phenomenon of the right, with a full chapter given to a vicious caricature of «the religious right,» when in fact anti-Israel and overtly anti-Jewish passions today are more than equally on the left.

He has preferred to take time for a careful analysis in a document that can serve as a text of reference, rather than posting a brief and partial intervention limited to the taking of a position «for» or «against»; thus he hopes to avoid being exposed to dismissive caricatures, which, alas, are all too common where subjects such as this are concerned.

And do they think that believing that an invisible magic man (who will torture you if you don't believe in him) is really better answer to universe origins than their caricature of scientific conjecture on the subject.

If you're interested in digging deeper, you might like knowing that Wake Forest University has published a short, objective Q&A primer on the current law (rather than history) of separation of church and state — as applied by the courts rather than as caricatured in the blogosphere.

Btw — he made more forward passes than any other CDM in the premiership last year — so you need to watch more closely before throwing in your causal and inaccurate caricatures.

But McDonnell is proving to be more multi-layered than his caricature, seeking late in his career to match expediency with belief, gripped by the need to prove economic competence (he reads the findings of focus groups as avidly as New Labour's leading figures used to do), knows the importance of narrative and how George Osborne impressively framed one about how Labour crashed the car and should never be given the keys again.

His position in this respect is entirely mainstream, consistent with all of the following liberal thinkers: Mill, Green, Hobhouse, Hobson, Rawls, Dworkin, Ackerman, Galston, Nussbaum, Sen.... The «communitarian critique» of liberalism in the 1980s was always an attack on something of a strawperson, on a caricature of liberalism rather than the liberalism actually espoused by such as Rawls.

In all seriousness, though, the real US presidents are actually far more cooler than their cinematic caricatures, so let's take a look at our history and deliberate what the world of online dating would be like under four great US presidents.

What's more, the jokes made courtesy of ultra - sexist / racist caricatures actually go further than being witty and insightful comments about our multicultural society, and in fact come right back around to being sexist and racist.

Bruce Greenwood practices appearing disinterested as judge David Burnett, while, most jarringly, Kevin Durand (the bodyguard in Cosmopolis) works so hard not to come across as a caricature of John Mark Byers that he seems far less demonstrative than the man he plays.

Rampling, on the other hand, breathes real life and character into what could have been a mere caricature — as she did with Mitchum, she more than holds her own with Newman in their scenes together and as a result, her final scenes with him are undeniably powerful and affecting.

(It's not Belushi's fault that Humpty is a caricature of «blue collar» slobbiness, because Allen can't conceive anybody who's not an aspiring playwright or intellectual in anything more than two cartoonish dimensions.)

At first, thanks to a cleverly deceptive storyline, Black Panther may lead you to believe the big battle will involve defeating the caricature - like evil white guy, Ulysses Klaue, played by Andy Serkis, appearing in his human form rather than through motion capture, with a good dash of Eurotrash.

Of the other two key characters in this film, Mr. Washington is more caricature than character (although ultimately a pretty good baddie, thanks to Purefoy having some fun with the role), and the Senator is far too much a mystery to be believable (and a waste of Freeman's talents).

Max was a character you really couldn't take seriously, as his over the top and melodramatic method of narration painted a picture of a game world filled with larger than life caricatures, sprinkled with comedy relief via in - game television shows.

In this very respect he is a genuine character and not just a caricature or cardboard entity, as is the case more often than not in post 1960s films, for instancIn this very respect he is a genuine character and not just a caricature or cardboard entity, as is the case more often than not in post 1960s films, for instancin post 1960s films, for instance.

She can't seem to make Brandy much more than a caricature, but seeing the same fate befall the always solid Connie Britton and Clark Gregg (as Brandy's parents) leads the trail right back to weaknesses in script and direction.

If critics have a function anymore besides carving their own gravestones on the marble of modern cinema, it's to point a finger at films like Junebug, which sounds like a thousand other pictures but is actually something all its own: a Southern Gothic in the tradition of Flannery O'Connor that treats its characters as more than plot - movers or cardboard caricatures.

It can not, therefore, be held accountable for gaping plot holes, implausible set - ups, Iraqi terrorists who speak to each other in accented English, presidential figures who are more lobotomized than caricatured, and truly dreadful American Idol pop song parodies.

In a visual device that may have worked better on the page than on the screen, Sfar has him imagining an anti-Semitic face with a huge hatchet nose, atop a small body in the form of a caricaturIn a visual device that may have worked better on the page than on the screen, Sfar has him imagining an anti-Semitic face with a huge hatchet nose, atop a small body in the form of a caricaturin the form of a caricature.

All of the pieces seem to be in place to tell the story, including exquisite period detail and a talented cast of supporting players, but Mann never allows Smith to become anything more than a caricature of the man.

Sure, she's playing a caricature, but really dang well and they do get a better story line than most in the film.

Peopled by flapper - era caricatures partaking in white - collar social orgies fuelled by selfish hedonism, Luhrmann's interpretation of Fitzgerald's oft - debated novel emerges as grotesque melodrama that plays more like a Mexican telenovela than a respectful reinterpretation of 1920's New York high society.

First - time writer / director Gavin Wiesen does his best to avoid high school cliches like bullying and teachers that are more caricatures than real mentors, but he falls into just as many in his portrayal of high school romance, art and teen angst.

Even Coach Haskins, who provides the entry point into the story, is little more than a caricature of the tough but inspirational coach, and his wife — a typically thankless role in such movies to begin with — simply appears briefly in scenes to look concerned, supportive, or a combination of the two.

This has been shown to work in character pieces, however I Am Sam isn't so much a character study than one of caricature.

Unfortunately, using the most blatant stereotypes and caricatures I have ever seen — even worse than those in Waiting for Superman — the film affixes blame on the wrong culprit: America's teachers unions.

Looking somewhat like a caricature of its elder siblings, it is nonetheless successfully shrunken visually, making a less - jarring impression and at least acknowledging that the macho bearing of the first Hummers is less in demand than it was at the time of their debuts.

It can place me in the «caricature» camp for value managers, because my valuation metrics are usually lower than most.

Max was a character you really couldn't take seriously, as his over the top and melodramatic method of narration painted a picture of a game world filled with larger than life caricatures, sprinkled with comedy relief via in - game television shows.

The characters become more than just talking portraits during cutscenes or caricatures to woo in any other dating sim.

None of this is terribly surprising for a character in a Rockstar game, as they are often caricatures of reality, but neither should it be surprising that it hits home more often than not.

There's some reasonable amount of fog everywhere (but nowhere near as much as in Turok), and the game does some crazy form of mipmapping where every object more than a couple dozen feet away is rendered into a horribly pixellated caricature of itself.

His tendency to hit the nail on the head in his depiction of those close to him suggests a cold streak of cruelty, his relentless caricatures of biographer Jaumes Sabartés no less chilling than his derisive, Cubist portrait of Olga of 1935.

As Saar has said about her work, «It was really about evolution rather than revolution, about evolving the consciousness in another way and seeing black people as human beings instead of the caricatures or the derogatory images.»

The title of the exhibition, Better than de Kooning, refers to the same - named work created in 2008 by the American artist Peter Saul who, with his concept of painting - appropriation, which is nourished both by Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism as well as by underground comics and political caricature, developed an innovative politpop painting style.

In the series «Terms of Beauty,» Han integrates various racial and ethnic facial features (hooked noses, thick lips, and oblique eyes, sometimes including more than one trait in the same face, or exaggerating them to the point of caricature) into nine Venus heads cast in bronzIn the series «Terms of Beauty,» Han integrates various racial and ethnic facial features (hooked noses, thick lips, and oblique eyes, sometimes including more than one trait in the same face, or exaggerating them to the point of caricature) into nine Venus heads cast in bronzin the same face, or exaggerating them to the point of caricature) into nine Venus heads cast in bronzin bronze.

This is, in embryo, what human control begins to look like in practice, rather than the caricature you offer.

Religion is more complex than any simplistic caricature, as shown in Veldman, Szasz, and Haluza - DeLay's recent book, How Religions are Responding to Climate Change: Social Scientific Investigations.

Far from giving a voice to sceptics» arguments, then, these shows offered only a caricature of their personalities: to set them up as fools, rather than engage them in debate, to make statements about «denial» in general.

Of course real climate scientists believe no such thing, but its so much easier for the deniers to argue with the caricature of a climate science that they hold in their head, than to argue with an actual climate scientist...

Real and fictional clinicians on TV and in the movies are regularly portrayed as jargon - spouting caricatures, or are often shown to break ethical codes without blinking, displaying more personal problems than their clients.