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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are recast" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of changing or reshaping something, often in a context related to narratives, ideas, or roles.
Example: "The characters in the story are recast to reflect modern values and perspectives."
Alternatives: "are reinterpreted" or "are reshaped".
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In Haidt's retelling, all the fools, foils and villains of intellectual history are recast as heroes.
Women with unwanted pregnancies are recast, in this parlance, as another "vulnerable" group.
Asian roles are recast as white, or white characters are written into the heart of Asian stories.
In "Monumental Propaganda," these events are recast, seen as the history of de-Stalinization and always incipient re-Stalinization.
The chorus boys and girls are recast with skateboarders and mountain-bike riders showing off extreme stunts, who are seen from above in vintage overhead camera shots.
The gambolling creatures we habitually count to get to sleep are recast as necrotic nightmares, a World War Z-style rolling wave of bad baa juju.
There are plenty to choose from and they now include the fictional viral video scenario where Phoenix are recast as a John Hughes band.
Several ideas are thus highlighted: The similarity of the texts; the disparity between "enlightened" charter-writing and everyday reality; and the way political differences are at least partially neutralized when individuals from conflicted regions are recast as immigrant Americans.
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Some are recasting themselves as "mobility service providers".
Remarkably, their identities changed; caste was recast.
Henriksen was recast as the cop Vukovich.
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