It's an almost theme park, with shops built into a low-lying village that changes its geography and century on every block, from ancient Rome to New Orleans' Bourbon Street -- anything but Macao.
Down on newly hip Orchard and Eldridge Streets, among the exclusive no-signage clubs and Zagat-rated fusion eateries, what was once an authentic urban jungle has almost themed itself out of existence, turning a lot of the cops into park rangers.
Jagged fragments of almost-themes explode and are instantly extinguished.
On almost all themes, similar proportions of women with and without a previous mental health issue endorse each theme.
Propagandists populate much of the public discourse on almost all themes in the region.
Nor does he exploit the absurdist, almost comic themes that are latent in the film's premise.
They have chosen to run campaigns that feature warm, almost apolitical themes that make a direct appeal to women and elderly voters.
And yet if you were looking for an adjective to describe "Beasts" — a word that might convey its sense of spectacle, its blend of strategic naïveté and sly sophistication, its embrace of outsize emotions and grand, almost cosmic themes — you could do worse than "Spielbergian".
At first glance, "No Country," which is a kind of modern western with almost mythological themes set against the landscape of Texas, would seem to be a surprising fit with the Coens, who are known for dark, almost surrealistic comedies like the Oscar-winning "Fargo," the Hollywood noir "Barton Fink" and their ode to stoner iconoclasm, "The Big Lebowski".
"Ozymandias" was hard to watch, but it was the culmination of almost every idea, theme and story the past five seasons had set in motion.
