From a brash guerrilla solider to the seductive Madame Ing and a sensitive nun, Wantanabe skillfully portrays the range of personalities of some twenty characters that the reporter meets along his way.
But while Mr. Chávez skillfully portrayed the United States as an imperialist bully and cast himself in the role of underdog hero, many Chávez supporters are finding Mr. Maduro's attempts to imitate his mentor unconvincing.
But Cassidy's career, hemmed in by a good-natured sexism that is subtly and skillfully portrayed by Ms. Smith, is on the edge.
For another thing, while Owen's secret guilt skillfully portrays the conflicts of an older generation, it is Philip's relations with various lovers that stand as the novel's norm.
After her last match, in July at Wimbledon, Williams signed a $40 million deal with Nike, but has only been seen in swoosh garb during a commercial -- in which she skillfully portrayed a volleyball player.
Jacob's search for love and connection with another man is sweetly satisfying, but not as intriguing as the life experiences of the European characters whom the author so skillfully portrays — like Jacob's first boyfriend in Prague, the secretive Lubos, who dabbles in prostitution, or the cultured, cash-shy German expatriate Kaspar, a haunting portrait of romantic melancholy.
Craig Seymour, writing for Entertainment Weekly, praised its melodrama and opined that, apart from a few songs that stray from her musical strengths, Aaliyah "skillfully portrays love as part woozy thrill, part pulse-racing terror".
While DeLaria skillfully portrays the complexities of life as a butch lesbian on Orange Is the New Black, make no mistake, the marketing force behind the show is the feminine on feminine, or the highly feminized.
What resonated with me was the terrible social stigmatism that was prevalent in the South at that time (and for decades after). What Dee Rees did so skillfully was to portray the leading characters as ordinary people trapped in a situation not of their making.
But the cover should be used as a weapon against the lies that Blitt so skillfully portrays.
This chapter explores how attackers use deception strategies and techniques to skillfully circumvent human defenses.
