There was a more modest reaction to the depiction of Muhammad in a teddy bear outfit in an episode of South Park in 2000, in which he was summoned by celebrities to meet them on the grounds that his 'goo' would make them immune to ridicule.
Stone's flashy filmmaking, including grand set pieces in enormous secret facilities, can't conceal his flat, thin, psychology-free depiction of a modest and self-sacrificing hero who single-handedly changed the politics of our time.
Like Jet Set Willy, it is filled with surreal puzzles and weird enemies, but in its detailed depiction of Wally's modest terrace home, it reveals one of the charms of early-eighties British games: they weren't always about space heroes or ludicrous anthropomorphised critters; they were sometimes about normal people worrying about everyday things.
Mumford's paintings, some larger than life and others much more modest in size, show an emotionally introspective depiction of war, through desolate Middle Eastern landscapes, contemplative soldiers on the few breaks permitted by war, and an American soldier kneeling in prayer in a barren desert.
Her modest fascination with backs evolved into confrontational depictions of complete female nudes -- and we're not talking Giacometti or Delacroix style nudes here (although some critics have compared her to classical greats).
"Solo Faces" met with modest success, and is highly regarded by alpinists for its authentic depiction of climbing.
Set in Harlem, Mr. Glaudini's modest, quietly moving drama offers a needed corrective to flashier, more widely disseminated depictions of the meaner streets of Manhattan.
Skin tones are warmed, in Greuze's depiction of a young, pretty woman in "Wool Winder," and also in three modest Goya portraits otherwise mostly black, white and gray that include a sweet, weak-chinned officer.
Ms. Williams's relentless depiction of the vast incommensurability of blacks and whites makes even their most modest social interactions seem as fraught with incomprehension as a lunch for Captain Kirk and the Klingons.
Economists and political scientists may debate who, in fact, wins the outdoor courtroom's debates, but Sissako's depiction of the gap between bureaucratic decision-making and local experience poignantly lifts unheralded citizens and their modest concerns to the big historical stage.
The depiction was uplifting.
