The past decade in Hindi cinema has seen portrayals of a woman's relationship to food alternating between being a source of her oppression and that of her liberation, with the latter often lying just outside the kitchen.
It's fascinating, too, to see portrayals of art world notables like Willem de Kooning, Clement Greenberg and Peggy Guggenheim -- Friday at 4 p.m. on Cinemax.
They seem less focused on struggles against segregation and more willing to see portrayals of a variety of black experiences, according to Mr. Thomas and Reginald Lawrence, artistic director of MPAACT.
Where's your tirade against, say, HBO, where your daughter can hear the same words, and see portrayals of violence that rappers can only describe, any time you're not tending the remote?
Put aside sexuality for just one moment – regardless of whether you are gay or not, it is extremely important to see portrayals of deep, emotional, non-sexual romantic male friendships in popular culture.
At the other end of the spectrum, we see portrayals of men as being inept at activities like housework and childrearing.
When I see portrayals such as Outlander's, they serve as windows for personal reflection and growth.
It takes an act of courage for most people to consider getting psychotherapy, especially when they see portrayals of it on television or in movies.
But then I turned on the television and saw portrayals of rape victims as women who had been drugged or who had been dragged down an alley by a stranger and fought tooth and nail without success.
I've seen impressive portrayals of Welles before, but nothing like the unknown Christian McKay, who looks and sounds like the great man, and exhibits the charisma and ego to boot.
