"There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters.
But at what point does exaggerated black style, no matter how defiantly self-affirming, become a self-defeating form of minstrelsy?
But, for me, the humor just comes down to Rudolph and Poehler doing exaggerated New York accents.
Nor does he make exaggerated claims for the Eighth Army's contribution to the war's outcome.
"Sometimes it did seem exaggerated," she agrees, "because I am very strong in lots of ways.
At one point, an extra was reading a copy of Cosmopolitan, turned to a Leo picture, and did an exaggerated double take as he passed.
After a long rally on championship point, which ended when a lob by Sharapova landed long, Azarenka did an exaggerated, kicking run toward the box where her coach, Sam Sumyk, and agent, Meilen Tu, sat.
The senior Israeli official who defended Iron Dome said he understood the skepticism because the world's first antimissile war — which erupted over Israel in 1991 during the gulf war — did produce exaggerated claims of success.
On the contrary, it did exhibit exaggerated immuno-pathology.
The somber hues and harsh texture of The Potato Eaters went against convention, as did the exaggerated features of the peasants.
