He repeatedly invoked Scripture in his argument, using the tale of Jesus and the harlot to suggest that those behind the recall were not entirely blameless for the state's troubled political and economic condition.
He also used the tale of an individual "maxing out on a credit card" to prove that a nation must balance its books speedily.
The result was a flashiness that drew in readers with a "violent sex" headline and taboo premise, but also an imprecision that left her open to reasonable critiques (from those who felt she portrayed Haiti in a colonialist fashion and used the tale of an unnamed rape victim without permission) as well as hateful ones.
Sitting in the museum's outdoor cafe, he spoke about how Mr. Yang's films resist the overwhelming consumerism of his country — maybe using the old tale of the Seven Sages to stand for a withdrawal from consumer culture as well as for the "radical disenchantment with the real" of his generation, as one scholar has put it.
(Scott) ★ 'Blackfish' (PG-13, 1 23) Through the rueful voices of former trainers, Gabriela Cowperthwaite's delicately lacerating documentary uses the tragic tale of a single whale and his human victims as the backbone of a hypercritical investigation into the marine-park giant, SeaWorld Entertainment.
(Jeannette Catsoulis) ★ 'Blackfish' (PG-13, 1 23) Through the rueful voices of former trainers, Gabriela Cowperthwaite's delicately lacerating documentary uses the tragic tale of a single whale and his human victims as the backbone of a hypercritical investigation into the marine-park giant, SeaWorld Entertainment.
Unapologetically designed both to inform and affect, Gabriela Cowperthwaite's delicately lacerating documentary, "Blackfish," uses the tragic tale of a single whale and his human victims as the backbone of a hypercritical investigation into the marine-park giant SeaWorld Entertainment.
The imagination has produced a fictional tale by using the techniques of story telling to structure the assorted facts of life.
With their new star-studded "Hunger Is A Real Story" campaign, the organization is using actors to tell the tales of hungry Americans in a series of heartwarming PSAs.
In "The Story of O. J.," Jay gives us his sort of morality tale, using the example of O. J. Simpson, who famously said that his success had made him raceless.
