He portrayed distinctly different levels of the British class system: from grave, besooted Northumbrian miners to those uniformed parlormaids to wealthy Londoners playing backgammon in a Mayfair drawing room.
The films portray distinctly different representations of black and white characters, creating tension that speaks to the stories Hollywood tells about race then and now.
But don't think you'll see Snow White romping with Grumpy, Dopey, Sneezy, et. al. The distinctly non-Disney dwarfs are portrayed by shadow puppets, who appear behind a painted backdrop that is periodically strung across Zane Pihlstr? silvery set.
Catching her breath after her three-hour rehearsal, Peaches found it somewhat difficult to explain exactly how she planned to portray so many different characters so distinctly.
Drawing on a wide variety of materials for tragedies, comedies, pastorals, histories, and the distinctly Spanish genre of the cloak-and-sword drama, Lope portrayed a rigid society divided into three estates: the king, the nobles, and the common people.
Yes, one can go back to Scott's historical novels -- the most widely-read fictions of the 19th century -- in order to see how books like Ivanhoe and Rob Roy portray "old-fashioned" values like propriety and chivalry in ways distinctly similar to Austen's more enduringly popular novels.
I didn't care for the sloppy way "Stumpy" disappears without explanation after page two or that Max was so distinctly American – this is a world of "soccer" and "pop flies" – but Eggers does a fine job portraying the chaotic existence of a very young boy, as well as the innumerable stresses the rest of the world places on him without even thinking.
Now the ultimate indignity: Not only are they shooting the film based on Nate's book right outside her apartment -- but the actress portraying the character based on Cheri shows up at the dinner as her father's distinctly under-age date.
The new stage adaptation of "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Truman Capote's beloved portrait of a glamorous waif in 1940s New York, moves with a distinctly leaden step, as if it dreaded what might be waiting around every dark corner of the sinister city it portrays.
Far from portraying her as a saint, Li makes her a difficult, unlikable teenager, with a gift for spreading misery, and a distinctly predatory sexuality.
