Although the stories in her songs are somewhat oblique, her dance troupe acts them all out literally: "Speak Now," a fantasy of a woman interrupting her crush's wedding, is performed on a church set, complete with pews and bridesmaids.
Crimmins emphasizes that, despite his talk of pretense, "we are instituting a manner of speaking, not painting a fantasy world".
And, speaking of fantasies, Mr. Gingrich has pledged to complete a double-wall border fence by the end of next year.
One hundred percent turnout may always be a fantasy, practically speaking.
"When we come to an important oracle," he said, speaking of a juncture in a fantasy game, "I ask things like, 'Um, where's the nearest tavern?' The other players just roll their eyes".
"It consists of works that are part of a five-year project in which I use images from popular culture that speak to fantasy, human impulse and America's capitalistic sensibility," Newsome tells The Creators Project.
The Web site for John Daugherty, an old-line real estate firm, speaks to this fantasy in describing this neighborhood of gargantuan Tudors, Taras, Mediterraneans and mini-Versailles: "Experience a way of life as beautifully crafted and carefully guarded as heirloom silver.
Ultimately, though, it took a Republican in the form of Colin L. Powell to speak truth to fantasy.
They imagine themselves as future rich people who don't want the poor leeching off their imagined wealth – and maybe Trump's bullying persona speaks to that fantasy.
The fantasy novelist was speaking to a sold-out crowd at the Edinburgh International Literary Festival yesterday, when he addressed numerous questions.
