In Washington, some people go straight to caricature, without getting much chance to be interesting or complicated.
This rich and carefully researched biography sets Qutb for the first time in his Egyptian context, rescuing him from caricature without whitewashing his radicalism.
In the nudes in particular, one can see how exaggerating a body's length allowed Modigliani the emphatic advantages of caricature without its essentializing limitations.
Writers can get away with playing with the trappings of Victoriana without having any real insight into the history they're tinkering with, and readers can wallow in the tight corsets and even tighter trousers of an array of Buchanesque caricatures without ever having to engage the old grey matter.
It is difficult, however, to characterize the WMD threat without caricature, difficult to raise alarms without drowning out reasons for encouragement.
In Britain we no longer seem able to write across the crass and subtle distortions of class - or rather, we can't do it gracefully, without seeming to strain or without caricature.
But it is impossible to imagine contemporary politics without caricature.
"What Mr. Beatty does better than any other Big Daddy I've seen is to convey without caricature the monstrous, exhilarated egotism of a man who believes he has outrun death," Ben Brantley said in his review in The New York Times.
Amin's bombastic utterances to his people and his tirades against perceived enemies are dramatically presented, but without caricature, and Masson also captures his exuberant energy and vulnerability, which make Nicholas's predicament more understandable.
However, changes to the law are to be introduced which allow the use of copyrighted material "for the purposes of parody, caricature or pastiche", without first seeking permission from the rights holder.
But Laurie delivered it with a respect for long-gone originals of the art like Jelly Roll Morton, Huddie Ledbetter, Leroy Carr and JB Lenoir, a more than competent sideman's skills on piano and guitar, and an actor's instincts for the art of tribute without caricature in some fine vocals, that rekindled a music often abandoned to archivists and buffs.
