Sentences with phrase «while mythologizing»

Not exact matches

For generations mainline Protestants have tried to «demythologize» the contents of scriptures and creeds in an effort to gain social and political influence, while dispensationalists have avidly «mythologized» the Bible into ever more incredible systems of belief about the «end times.»

She's an unreliable narrator, and while I wouldn't say I, Tonya laughs at her, it does undercut her attempts to self - mythologize her own status as an underdog turned unwitting villain.

While the film never makes us doubt that Neruda is a great poet and a politician of true conviction, nevertheless he also emerges as a self - serving, self - mythologizing, perpetually randy buffoon.

Their Finest dealt with the mythologizing of the event — propaganda filmmakers telling the story of the Little Ships, or one little ship, to stoke American support for joining the war — while Dunkirk showed us, in stressful detail, the scene on the ground, at sea, and in the air.

While earlier films mythologize legend, and do so in fascinating manners — Touch of Zen's ghost story elements for example — The Hidden Sword takes advantage of an already established genre, thus reducing the power of its reach.

While earlier films mythologize legend, and do so in fascinating...