She's had a decade of fame, of being judged and misunderstood, and has been written off as a vacuous diva.
In another way, though, Schulz's is a classic American story: the lonely, misunderstood genius who clings to his dream, finds riches and fame, and discovers that they don't make him happy after all.
His is a "classic American story," Charles McGrath wrote in the Book Review, a "lonely, misunderstood genius who clings to his dream, finds riches and fame, and discovers that they don't make him happy after all".
He still failed to enjoy his fame as an author, forever complaining that his ideas were misunderstood and his character maligned.
Not surprisingly, given those decades of feints, dodges and "aw shucks" protestations that he cares little about fame or influence, Gehry, who is now 86, became deeply misunderstood — more misunderstood than any prominent architect of his generation.
Unlike the Hungarian Horntail, Draco of Dragonheart fame represents the other side of these complex creatures: one that is misunderstood, intelligent, noble, and loyal to the bitter end.
Public figures always claim to be "misunderstood" to some degree, but it would be hard to name an athlete of comparable fame and accomplishment for whom the public has less of a feel.
Though his boy-next-door good looks have helped to secure an endorsement deal with Piaget, the Swiss watchmaker, and previously a modeling contract with the Wilhelmina agency, Mr. Roldan said he was not out and about to enhance his personal fame, but to help raise awareness of a sport that he thinks is misunderstood in the United States.
The painting is layered with sculpted braille poetry, that with lines like, "I sometimes fear that I am misunderstood," and "What I need to say, won't be heard," suggest that the singer's fame has drowned out her voice.
