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The characters may function metaphorically as stand-ins for the U.S. and Mexico and how those countries, like these people, need each other.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
The biographical circumstances and the reddish tinge of the foremost prisoner’s hair have led commentators to interpret the image metaphorically, even solipsistically––the prisoner becomes a cipher for van Gogh, physically and psychologically incarcerated.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Sweetness and sustenance — pleasure and wealth, metaphorically speaking — are being put away for safekeeping.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
McCandless seems to metaphorically have astronaut yarns in his DNA.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2025
The biographical circumstances and the reddish tinge of the foremost prisoner’s hair have led commentators to interpret the image metaphorically, even solipsistically––the prisoner becomes a cipher for van Gogh, physically and psychologically incarcerated.
—Sarah C. Schaefer, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Sweetness and sustenance — pleasure and wealth, metaphorically speaking — are being put away for safekeeping.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
McCandless seems to metaphorically have astronaut yarns in his DNA.
—Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Metaphorically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metaphorically. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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