Word: lilliputian
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...struck extravagant poses, and left those that stood stiffly at attention to the other children. At the age of nine, Andy did a book of watercolors, full of musketeers and damsels in distress, and romantically titled The Clang of Steel. When he was twelve, Andy staged a memorable performance, Lilliputian-style in a theater that he made himself, of the battle in The White Company, the Arthur Conan Doyle drama of a staunch medieval company of soldiers, which N.C. had illustrated. The old playroom castle still sits in Andy's studio, and the toy soldiers are billeted...
...BRICs—developing markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China—in 2001, Brazil has often been considered the ugly duckling of the group. Next to a former superpower and two ancient civilizations boasting over one billion citizens, the South American giant may have seemed Lilliputian. But the global economic crisis has made a huge difference. Brazil’s admirable resistance to the current turmoil vindicates its placement. It also strengthens the judgment that the B-side of the BRIC dream is not one of scandalous GDP growth rates, but one of steady 3-7 percent increases...
...easily from their context, stripped of their contents, and placed together in a museum. And although “Place (Village)” succeeds in suggesting a sense of melancholy, the method feels overdone. The dollhouses immediately bring to mind images of deserted Disneylands, Lilliputian worlds, and models for gated suburban housing communities. While the art is beautiful, it fails to strike the viewer in a more significant way, resulting in a pointed absence of emotion that stems from the work’s lack of originality. Her reasons for piecing together this exhibit could be simple. Discovering...
...with regard to the burlesque dance? Her penetrating gaze forces us to confront the stripper that we all repress inside. Overall, the video’s artistic choices serve it well. They provide a steady, relaxing stream of undulating eye candy to watch as you reflect upon whether the Lilliputian Ms. Tequila picked the guy or the girl in the final episode of her reality show. If this video is any indication, perhaps she, like Queen Elizabeth centuries ago, picked herself—and really, why wouldn’t she? —Alec E. Jones
...guess who?—Chingy. Tabloid pictures of Chingy clubbing with friends and waxing his car, for example, come alive as he joins BFFs Bobby Valentino and Ludacris in stepping out of the pages. This unfortunately recalls the viewer to recall the latter’s Lilliputian role as elfin DJ Donnie in 2007’s “Fred Claus.” As members of his crew extol the virtues of cruisin’ down the block with jewels on they watch, the lyrics of such poeticisms are streamingly “printed?...