Others, however, praised it for its steadfast candor and for its diverse array of characters.
Deefus makes the simplest mistakes (a "figurine of speech," a "convertible" to Islam and "hemmeroyd cream" are typical Deefusisms) yet meticulously transcribes dialogue (including a six-page sermon) between a linguistically diverse array of characters.
Acclaimed and bestselling – in the Guardian it was called "a compelling, swashbuckling read" – the fantasy trilogy features a diverse array of characters, from the gender-fluid pickpocket Lila to the bisexual prince Rhy.
In its inspired lunacy, the film reminds me of the late films of Jean Renoir, particularly "Picnic on the Grass," from 1959, in which the grand conundrums of nature and science are distilled into a loopy, caustically satirical, and robustly erotic frolic that, like Allen's film, brings together a diverse array of characters and stories.
The revitalized Carol Danvers had become a central player in Marvel's comics universe, and the publisher successfully introduced a diverse array of characters like a young new Spider-Man, Miles Morales, who is of black and Puerto Rican descent, and a new Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, who is a Muslim teenager.
As noted in my end-of-year Top 10 list, a number of current dramas feature complex, interesting women, and more platforms seem willing to tell offbeat or unusual stories about a more diverse array of characters.
And the more diverse array of quality options for parents, the better - for all of us.
He also zeroed in on one of Hoffman's ineffable gifts as an actor -- "his Everyman mien". In a wildly diverse array of roles, Hoffman embodied each character so completely as to suggest he could be anyone we knew -- either in real life or, in the case of Truman Capote, someone from the pantheon of culture.
The one thing Iger has made abundantly clear is that — whatever tonal and storytelling challenges may be involved in integrating this wide and diverse array of superheroes and villains — there will not be a wall separating the former Fox characters from the current Marvel characters.
While the basic rules of each game are set, the ideas for character and situation all come from the audience, which calls out a wildly diverse array of suggestions that change at every performance as cast members are requested to play such disparate characters as Imelda Marcos and a duck-billed platypus.
Rainer unfolds these themes with an incisively imaginative approach to Jenny's recollections, which she analyzes prismatically, with a gleefully diverse array of cinematic devices voice-overs, fantasylike stagings on a half-finishedevices voice-oversiews with fantasylikeharacterstagings ponted on the screen of an early-generation Apple computer.
