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Since then, all sorts of filmmakers have splashed drama and morality plays on the wide-open canvas of the Western, with varying degrees of success.
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
Basie watch the scene, made no move to stop it, and in fact quite evidently enjoyed the morality play.
—Larry Tye, TIME, 9 May 2024
They are also all transformed into morality plays of sorts—although, unlike in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the morals in Trump’s America are inscrutable.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
It might, simultaneously, be cast as a parable about mutual benefit not being the same as love, a morality play about the distorting influence of money, and a sporting case study in the limited functionality of stardust as a building material.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
Basie watch the scene, made no move to stop it, and in fact quite evidently enjoyed the morality play.
—Larry Tye, TIME, 9 May 2024
They are also all transformed into morality plays of sorts—although, unlike in the Massachusetts Bay Colony of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the morals in Trump’s America are inscrutable.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
It might, simultaneously, be cast as a parable about mutual benefit not being the same as love, a morality play about the distorting influence of money, and a sporting case study in the limited functionality of stardust as a building material.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
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Now, a similar narrative is building once again, this time for her supporting turn in the August Wilson adaptation of The Piano Lesson, for which she’s earned standout critical praise for her arresting performance.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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By changing the narrative around this type of technology, and focusing on deploying training equitably, leaders can help ensure their employees feel confident and empowered to leverage these tools to drive solutions that are innovative and meet the needs of their customers.Bill Pappas, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Eros, known as Cupid in Roman mythology, was the ancient Greek god of love and desire, often depicted as a winged youth with a bow and arrow.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The small asteroid, which is little more than 3 miles in diameter, approaches so close to the sun that it was named for the son of the sun-god Helios, who in Greek mythology lost control of his father's chariot and set the Earth ablaze.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Zucker kicked things off in the book’s foreword writing about seeing and collecting pointed diamonds from the 15th century and earlier — a point that helped Fasel to unlock a myth that engagement rings are an invention of the 20th century.Thomas Waller, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
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Read more What People Think Opinion related to business and economic issues submitted to The Hill: Debunking the myth of the military welfare queen You’re all caught up.Sylvan Lane, The Hill, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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