But there were also portrayals that were paternalistic and played on stereotypes and fears.
That sense is reinforced by portrayals of female suicide in China's traditional literature and theatre.
Unless the Supreme Court clears up the battle, artistic portrayals of celebrities will remain rolls of the dice.
From the stay-at-home dad in "Up All Night" to the lovable dads in "Modern Family, " relatively positive portrayals abound.
They feature scenes with detailed architectural settings, engaging portrayals of legendary immortals, and charming depictions of scholars communing with nature.
Third, most portrayals depict an exceptionally narrow and violent view of special operations that weakens our collective understanding of military power.
But she says that many of the portrayals of husband and wife partnerships in the popular press feature remarkably egalitarian couples.
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Dr. Gabbard says that out of some 400 portrayals of therapists in films, he's found only a handful that were reasonably accurate.
Her homey scenes with her children (lively portrayals by Jake Lucas and Julianna Rigoglioso) lend an air of normalcy to her increasingly discordant life.
Now, it just so happens that last week Turner Classic Movies presented Christopher Lee in the first of his three portrayals as the villainous crime lord (1965).
Nowadays, though, such portrayals are common enough that the play's initial shock effect has been significantly diminished, making its flaws easier to perceive and harder to forgive.
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"This wasn't just that they had created a bumbling dad character or that sort of thing or just excluding dad, " like so many other TV portrayals, he said.
Respondents to the survey said over-exposure to negative media and advertising portrayals of Africa and developing countries in other parts of the world was "depressing, manipulative and hopeless".
The portrayals of Pecora and Mitchell are fascinating and balanced.
As their joint appeal came to a close this month, his lawyer, Giulia Bongiorno, rejected media portrayals of Sollecito as a patsy who fell into the clutches of a femme fatale, Knox.
Portrayals of smoking in kid-oriented movies tend to be less than realistic and are probably a weaker influence on tween and teen behavior than smoking in films geared toward older audiences, Sargent says.
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But, as the response to the GoDaddy spot showed, the campaign not only highlights demeaning portrayals of women but also the limited depiction of manhood on display in most Super Bowl commercials, he said.
Sheen, known for his portrayals of public figures including Tony Blair and David Frost, has said he was inspired by the community spirit of the passion plays he watched at Margam Park as a youngster.
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Their gritty and well depicted portrayals of their characters meant that the audience was not dazzled by the glamour of Hollywood but was gently bathed in the afterglow of a well rounded and satisfying performance.
But Heng shows he is as effective an actress as the women who took on the production, delighting hometown crowds with campy aplomb but also investing his Emily with moments of dramatic poignancy in more "straight" portrayals before international audiences.
Late in his life Zoffany traveled to India, and the works from that period seem to be the weakest suggesting that he may well have been losing the technical mastery that pervades even works that are uneven as credible portrayals of people.
They persuaded the festival to screen a strand of Sherlock Holmes films - a rare chance to compare and contrast some very different screen portrayals, from the recent thriller Reichenbach Falls to Buster Keaton and Douglas Fairbanks' take on the pipe smoking detective.
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