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Word: depictions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...shrink, the first moments of Antz suggest a film destined to become another prototypical Woody Allen movie. Until Woody (now an ant named "Z") gets off the psychoanalyst's couch and walks into "The Colony." The makers of Antz seem particularly interested in demonstrating their ability to depict water and human movement, disregarding the fact that the plot must make some rather forced detours in order to accommodate these animated showpieces. Though the character of Allen as well as those of the other actors (voiced by Dan Akroyd, Anne Bancroft, Sylvester Stalone and Jennifer Lopez among others) take some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...care he takes in choosing the discarded lumber and furniture he uses to make his wood blocks, how the difficult process of woodcut creates a beneficial restraint that painting lacks. One cannot even begin to describe a work like "Das Haus" (The House), three 24-foot prints which depict all the residents of a house, and their activities. Mansen comments: "Over the past 15 years I've made occasional retreats into painting, but when I look back, my prints always seem more interested than my paintings. So I always return to woodcut." One hopes that Mansen will, and continue...

Author: By John T. Maier, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Domesticity, Modernity | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

...media's inability to disassociate promiscuity among a small group of gay men and the larger gay and lesbian community further perpetuated stereotypes that depict homosexuals in a biased manner, the report states...

Author: By Gila D. Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study Finds Gay Biases In Time, Newsweek | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

...series of print, radio and television advertisements that graphically depict the results of excessive drinking recently...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: City Ads Target Heavy Drinking | 10/14/1998 | See Source »

...1980s who enjoys tales of decadence and back-stabbing. Yet, the book remains frustrating, not only because of its superficiality, but because of its flippant disregard for the pain that Basquiat's associates and supposed friends obviously caused him. Unfortunately, Hoban manages to depict Basquiat as both a "victim" and a monster, without touching upon "the real danger of Basquiat right...

Author: By V. MICHELLE Mcewen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Idol Gossip: 'Basquiat' Skims the Surface of the Iconoclast | 10/9/1998 | See Source »

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