Sentence examples for provocative take from inspiring English sources

And even when, in October, "The Shape of Things" moved to Off Broadway and New York reviewers were less smitten with Mr. LaBute's famously provocative take on the battle of the sexes, Ms. Mol appeared to be beyond reproach.

New York audiences recently had an opportunity to see another example of Mr. Naharin's provocative take on cultural references when the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed "Minus 16," in black suits and hats, set to a pounding remix of a traditional Passover song, "Echad Mi Yodea".

And in a playful and provocative take on the current spill in the Gulf, the organizations depict Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE ., RicharD-NE . (Richard Burr Mike Johanns (R-N.C .- thR-N.C .ly tandets -- as oil-soaked pelicans.

Rock, a comedian known for his provocative take on race, tackled the issue head-on, opening the 3 1/2-hour telecast with a 10-minute monologue that bluntly declared Hollywood racist, albeit in a "sorority" rather than "burning cross" way".

It should make for a provocative take on Britishness as seen from the outside.

Doris Dörrie's production of Admeto, an import from Göttingen, relocates Handel's provocative take on Euripides to medieval Japan.

His approach, while provocative, took a toll on his playing.

It was an unlikely occasion for one of Hahn-Bin's dazzling, genuinely provocative takes on classical music as performance art.

One of the more provocative takes on the count was written by former Gawker blogger and essayist Emily Gould, who's one of the women lucky enough to write for, and be written up by, the New York Times.

It was this conversation I recalled as I read Juan Vidal's recent lament, "Where Have All the Poets Gone?" -- a provocative take-down of the current poetry establishment and, as such, a much-circulated essay in poetry circles.

He has strong, sometimes provocative, interpretive takes on music.