Of course, the cracks in the show’s oversimplified girl-power ideology show more with age – and in light of everything we now know about series creator Joss Whedon – but Buffy still packs a punch thanks to its ever-excellent cast, nimble scripts, and its clever, thoughtful exploration ...
In particular, I wanted to offer a unique and engaging opportunity to examine a very complex moment in time that challenges the cold, oversimplified narrative of a Panther who is prone to violence and consumed with anger. Thoroughly examining the history of the Black Panther Party allowed me to...
There's a moment in "The Dogs of War" when Quark has had enough. He has watched as Ferengi society around him has become, in his view, a travesty. And he realizes he hasn't been immune from the changes over the years; he sees that he has gone "soft." He launches into a histrio...
and Christopher Paolini’sEragonwas one of the biggest victims. The resulting film was an oversimplified narrative that flattened the book’s world-building, characters, and plot, and terrible
In the context of The Simpsons, what makes these texts for children is their oversimplified narratives, as the texts are reduced to their most basic plot points, to make them attainable to all ages. At which point, the audience is comedically made aware of Homer’s own lack of intelligence...
So what was the Jansenist heresy, and how was the Sacred Heart an answer to it? Although the heresy of Jansenism is sometimes unfairly oversimplified, there were three particular features of the heresy that (inadvertently) produced disastrous effects. The first was adouble predestination: that Go...
Her character is tough and she is appropriately gorgeous, the kind of woman any man would fight for. What started out as a great idea was oversimplified and falls short of the mark. Nevertheless, I'm giving this movie two stars because I am a big fan of Belinda Bauer! Helpful•1 2 ...
“Junk science” is those beliefs promoted to persuade or entertain that have either been shown to be false or are simply unsupported by empirical tests. The media world is flooded with it, with sober studies making one small data point on some topic oversimplified and promoted as a breakthrou...
Perhaps I’ve oversimplified, but that’s basically it, right?”(加粗部分中文原文是“建立一支独立于地球主力舰队的太空力量,以球状闪电和宏原子核聚变作为主要武器装备,”这里改成了泰勒的新表面计划) “There’s no point in discussing this with you,” Tyler said. He had been considering whether to ...
1. The canoe was now approaching the land. The man with the carved paddle stopped. "It should be somewhere here," he said. The other man had been in the fore part of the canoe, closely scrutinisingthe land. He had a sheet of yellow paper on his knee. "Come and look at this, Eva...