Sentence examples for critics perceived from inspiring English sources

Declaring himself "the last couturier," Saint Laurent retreated into what some critics perceived as stultifying nostalgia for his own past work.

In 1968 he made it to Broadway in a short-lived play, "Soldiers," and in 1970 he was in the original London cast of "Oh! Calcutta!" He became well-known in Canada when he played the title role in Michel Tremblay's play "Hosanna," about a transvestite in denial of his sexual predilections whom some critics perceived as a metaphor for Quebec wrestling with the issue of separatism.

There was much debate but it did little to diminish what critics perceived as the core problem.

I'm arguing that critics, perceived as elitist, are actually fairly good barometers of popular taste.

Critics perceived the piece as a reflection of the political situation in Europe.

Music critics perceived Nas' violent, fantastical mafioso stories as lacking the emotion and truthfulness of his debut album.

What Jung saw in western culture is very familiar to what its contemporary critics perceive.

Many of these former Soviet properties had been auctioned off to insiders at very low prices, and what critics perceive as the effective theft of them from the commonweal remains a national sore spot in Ukraine.

Shatz also explained how the books have drawn controversy in France for their harsh portrayal of a traditional Muslim society plagued by everyday violence and bigotry, which some critics perceive as pandering to anti-Arab prejudices.

As he once said: 'I understand popular entertainment better than anyone.' Given that he rarely speaks to the press but is prone to such statements, it is no surprise that critics perceive him as a sinister svengali.

She was not interested in acknowledging the distinction that many critics perceive between the spirit and the letter of the law legally speaking, Gorelick argued, they were one and the same.