Raised in South Africa, trilingual, he wrote in English and French as well as in Portuguese, and in person ("pessoa" means simply person in Portuguese) affected the reserve of an English gentleman, inventing in his writing heteronyms, or imaginary characters, through which to make himself, as it were, disappear.
Film critics such as Arnab Ray subsequently credited Khan for taking "insane risks" and "pushing the envelope" by choosing to play such characters, through which he established his career in Bollywood.
During the next four years, I hope that Mr. Obama will remember the crucible of character through which he passed at Harvard Law and that those recollections will serve him well.
Walking the line between honoring the fictional reality of what the game's characters are going through, which is horrifying, but also allowing the gamer to have fun while doing horrifying things — yeah, that was a bit of a tonal challenge, and it took us a while to get it right.
Mary belongs to a recent cohort of female anti-protagonists: Devoid of personality and interests, they are not so much characters as devices through which the author can funnel observations about modern life and thoughtful plots.
The true focus of Lacey's interest, though, is Mary, which is difficult because she belongs to a recent cohort of female anti-protagonists: Devoid of personality and interests, they are not so much characters as devices through which the author can funnel observations about modern life and thoughtful plots.
Such moments are as bleak as those marshes of inertia through which characters flail in an Antonioni film; like his heroines, Sophie tends to be stylishly dressed, with a buttoned coat or a shimmering ruff, the better to intone her despair.
But because she gives the one unconditionally authentic performance in this production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, her character becomes the prism through which everything is refracted.
Because she gives the one unconditionally authentic performance in this production, which also features Ben Shenkman in very low gear as the painter, her character becomes the prism through which everything else is refracted.
Ten doors lead into the room through which her characters come and go.
This is a brave approach to a play in which boredom is the defining element through which the characters move.
