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Recent Examples of morality play
The Tudor drama morphs into a morality play via Sir Thomas More, beheaded by Henry in 1535 for refusing to recognize him as supreme head of the Church of England.
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Playground By Richard Powers Playground seems on the surface to belong in the first group—the flat-character morality plays that have come to define Powers’s later career.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The most celebrated Spanish novelists and directors of the Franco era offered accounts of people’s lives that avoided simple morality plays and partisan games.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
Playground By Richard Powers Playground seems on the surface to belong in the first group—the flat-character morality plays that have come to define Powers’s later career.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The most celebrated Spanish novelists and directors of the Franco era offered accounts of people’s lives that avoided simple morality plays and partisan games.
—Victor Pérez-Díaz, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
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His underdog narrative, rising from micro-budget filmmaking to Academy acclaim, plays right into Hollywood’s favorite kind of success story.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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Altman's comments come one day after his increasingly heated rival Musk made a shock $97.4 billion offer for OpenAI's assets, potentially changing the narrative around the technology's future.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The sequel does not deal with time passing at different rates between the physical and heavenly realm as the 2019 movie did, and there is exponentially more mythology added to Ne Zha’s story here.—
Fred Topel,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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More Entertainment: What to Know About the MCU Ahead of 'Captain America: Brave New World' Naturally, fans have a ton of questions regarding what can be expected from the movie, including what new characters and mythology are introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Officials in New York City have tried to present facts and dispel myths circulating online about ICE actions, though this hasn’t eased concerns.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The mysterious circumstances of his death only added to his Gothic-y myth—which, 176 year later, is as potent as ever.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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