But it doesn't mean that the social spectacle of train travel — the personalities encountered, the intimate interactions — aren't worth the ride.
The 2006 Pixar computer-animated film Cars is set in the cartoon village of Radiator Springs, which was created as a composite of real landmarks and personalities encountered by Pixar artists on multiple research trips on 1200 mile of the former U.S. Route 66.
–What types of scenarios or events might this person encounter in a typical day? –What characterizes this person's personality?
In "The Matchmaker," written and directed by Avi Nesher, Arik's coming-of-age story and the personalities he encounters along the way express the hopes and fears of a country awash in unsettling history.
In her Washington Post review of Mate's earlier work of Eurocozy lit, "The Hills of Tuscany," Nancy McKeon noted that the personalities one encounters "are those of new friends and neighbors, not the hired hands (masons, plumbers and plasterers) of Mayle and Mayes".
To help the participants learn to avoid what O'Neil called "dumb, nerdy mistakes" in dealing with other people, the course paid considerable attention to the wide variety of management and personality styles encountered in working situations.
It's a principle the Hutterites are committed to living by, no matter how difficult a situation or personality they encounter.
Although Sargent's subjects were often posed, his oeuvre suggests the painter as flaneur, strolling through metropolitan cities and capturing the personalities he encountered, the scenes he saw.
"My reasons were based not only on the physical circumstances but in particular on my assessment of the personalities I encountered in the camp and especially on my evaluation of the nature of the camp commandant Wäckerle, who made a devastating impression on me," Hartinger recalled.
And the personalities you encounter in the Legion are far more interesting than those you'd find in the UN.
