The answer is: a fair bit; and no.For a start, as befits a fine novelist himself, Mr Thomas offers a more rounded portrayal of Solzhenitsyn the man and a more measured and telling assessment of Solzhenitsyn the artist.
And while Narcos does have a certain Goodfellas-style glamour to its depiction of Escobar's gaudy world, it is careful to present a fully rounded portrayal of the drugs trade.
The episode was shot on location in Ghana, and formed part of the BBC's 'Africa Lives' series, aiming "to give the viewers a more rounded portrayal of African life and culture through special editions of favourite shows as well as new commissions".
As awesome as I think this is, and it is most definitely great news, I am even more excited about the opportunity for her to employ a wide range of Caribbean talent, including but not limited to Trinidadian writers to help with her script, Trini actors and to give a well rounded portrayal of our cultural life.
The next year he gave a full- rounded portrayal of Gulley Jimson in "The Horse's Mouth," a Swiftian satire.
There are still taboos, of course, but there is a wealth of new information available to titillate readers and to provide a far more rounded portrayal of China's leaders.
And the limpid, fluid soprano of Erin Morley, who stepped into the role of Sophie when Mojca Erdmann fell ill, with a thoroughly confident and rounded portrayal of the girl who is innocent but strong-willed and morally incorruptible.
Of the remaining acting nominations Julianna Margulies shines in The Good Wife (one of the rare well-developed female roles on network rather than cable television), while Terry O'Quinn dominated Lost's erratic final season and his co-star Michael Emerson deserves the continuing recognition for his rounded portrayal of a man who is both victim and villain.
More than that, she fashioned a rounded, affecting portrayal of the Ethiopian princess, transcending the array of bravura gestures that have characterized much of her past work.
