I know some people who were genuinely angered, if not outraged, over the park cruising scene, because they prefer depictions of gay men that show them living happily behind hetero-normative picket fences raising 1.5 multi-racial children.
In this respect Green seems to belong to the Modernist movement, which preferred its depiction of reality broken up into its constituent planes, like Picasso's, or fragmented, like Eliot's.
Numerical data were preferred over graphic depiction to ensure accuracy.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the Globes, preferred Affleck's optimistic depiction of the CIA to the agency's darker, more ambivalent portrayal in Zero Dark Thirty.
This purposeful variation was a methodologic approach to evaluate which depiction is preferred and led subjects to identify clinically correct risk level comprehension.
I've written about why I prefer David Fincher's depiction of Zuckerberg by way of the camera to Aaron Sorkin's by way of the script.
When we assessed the depiction that was ranked most preferred, a significantly higher proportion of respondents chose BAR as their most preferred illustration (selected by 37%) as compared to STOPLIGHT (selected by 24%), FACES (selected by 22%), or ARROW (selected by 17%) (p < 0.05), though FACES was ranked the least favorite by 65 subjects (52%).
They were meant to elevate a different kind of black experience in a space that has historically preferred exhibiting respectable, middle class, or freedom-fighting depictions of black life.
In Mad Men, Joan Holloway's shocking date rape on the floor of her apartment by fiancé Greg in the second season was a rare depiction in a medium that had preferred to make attackers anonymous.
Critics generally preferred Casino Royale, but continued to praise Craig's depiction of Bond, and agree that the film is still an enjoyable addition to the series.
