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No spoilers here, but each movie builds to a high-wire moment of physical and psychological transference, while expanding the conceptual possibilities of audience identification—both inside and outside the frame.
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Birds Aren’t Real, by Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos
Like birds perched on a power line, this is a high-wire act, a performance-art piece in print, and an examination of the psychology that results in an ironic, tongue-in-cheek comic phenomenon.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
That diplomatic high-wire act was rooted in Mr. Trump’s belief that a combination of personal diplomacy and economic lures would drive Mr. Kim to give up his arsenal of nuclear weapons.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
But hanging art on a wall and inviting the public in for free is a high-wire act.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
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Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Birds Aren’t Real, by Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos
Like birds perched on a power line, this is a high-wire act, a performance-art piece in print, and an examination of the psychology that results in an ironic, tongue-in-cheek comic phenomenon.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
That diplomatic high-wire act was rooted in Mr. Trump’s belief that a combination of personal diplomacy and economic lures would drive Mr. Kim to give up his arsenal of nuclear weapons.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
But hanging art on a wall and inviting the public in for free is a high-wire act.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024
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“High-wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-wire. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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