Sentence examples for on portrayed from inspiring English sources

The campaign for "Bring It On" portrayed the story as a rivalry between white and black cheerleading squads, even though more than eighty per cent of the film was about the white squad.

Tim League, a founder of Fantastic Fest at South by Southwest, argued that it was not possible to place legal limits on portrayed acts, even child rape, in movies in a free society, "if acts are simulated and nobody is forced to perform against their will".

He has built a five-decade career on portraying the worst in humanity, both in film and on stage.

John Malkovich has virtually cornered the market on portraying cold, obsessive aesthetes in the thrall of demonic visions.

Democrats, and many of their allies, are intent on portraying the bill as a cynical exercise in political self-protection.

The ire has extended to Brazil's established news media, which some see as tied to the elite and focused on portraying the violent minority of demonstrators.

For Mr. Romney, who started as a business consultant and then moved into the heady world of private equity, insists on portraying himself as a plucky small businessman.

The academy, which offers graduate programs and lectures at its building on Franklin Street near Church Street, is known for its unusual emphasis on portraying the human figure.

Sitting in profile in ornate and gorgeous robes, he concentrates on his work while the European artist visiting the Ottoman court concentrates on portraying him.

Why do the media insist on portraying the success of Howard Dean's campaign as based on anything other than his overwhelming appeal to voters?

In this so-called MUSH -- "multi-user shared hallucination" -- those who log on portray various types of characters: vampires, werewolves, ordinary humans.