He instead shapes the production as distanced, exaggerated satire, a forerunner to Brecht's theater of alienation.
Figure 2 Exaggerated example of distance matrix between chunks.
That analysis offered a far more cautious assessment of Scotland's notional oil wealth in a clear sign that Nicola Sturgeon has distanced herself from exaggerated claims by Alex Salmond, her predecessor as first minister and Scottish national party leader.
But instead of distancing us from the exaggerated cartoon types onstage, these devices pull us into greater intimacy with them.
Still, it is to Ms. Stern's credit that she can distance herself from the exaggerated expressions of self-loathing the material requires.
When Price plunges his dagger into the neck of an enemy in Modern Warfare 3, it's a little gory, but the slightly robotic animation and garish exaggerated blood effects keep us at a distance.
O'Brien, who has the voice, high cheekbones, and slightly exaggerated gestures of a stage actress, often looks into the distance as she talks, as if she were seeing a vision.
Because the plays were often performed out-of-doors at court or temple, the masks were given greatly exaggerated features so they would retain their comic effect when viewed at a distance.
David Finkelhor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, calls this distance between anxiety and reality "juvenoia" and chalks it up to an "exaggerated fear about the influence of social change on children".
In T. dalmanni the distance between the eyes (eyespan) is a sexually dimorphic trait, with males having greatly exaggerated eyespans compared to females [25].
