Within the membership of this group, as has been found true of men in other professional or trade associations, the most ready portrayal of oneself to `` the public '' is that of a neutral agent simply serving the interests of a seller or buyer and mediating between them.

His portrayal of an edgy head-in-the-clouds artist is virtually flawless.

A marked difference from the text exists in Moran's portrayal, where she is shown to be an attractive, fashionable and emotional woman showing an occassional soft corner for Poirot.

The Rutherford films are frequently repeated on television in Germany, and in that country Miss Marple is generally identified with Rutherford's quirky portrayal.

Scholars are unsure how much of Aristophanes ' portrayal is fact and how much mere comic invention.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

The film was a commercial success, but was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of African American men ( played by white actors in blackface ) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan ( whose original founding is dramatized ) as a heroic force.

He took a special interest in Morisot, as is evident from his warm portrayal of her in several paintings, including a striking portrait study of Morisot in a black veil, while in mourning for her father's death ( displayed at the top of the article ).

The town is named for famous American pioneer and explorer Daniel Boone, and every summer since 1952 has hosted an outdoor amphitheatre portrayal of the life and times of its namesake.

In television, Campbell is known for his lead role in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., his portrayal of Autolycus ( the King of Thieves ) in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, and notably for his role as Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice.

Whilst the stories were shocking in their time, this affectionate portrayal of a forthright and self-assured French girl who blossoms into a charismatic adult is nowadays more likely to be regarded as chastely sensual.

Kane is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, wife of Latka Gravas ( Andy Kaufman ), on the American television series Taxi, from 1981 to 1983, and also for her role as Allison Portchnik in Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

Kane is known for her portrayal of the evil headmistress Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked, whom she played in various productions from 2005 to 2009.

Feeling that Clark is the real person and that Clark is not afraid to be himself in his civilian identity, John Byrne has stated in interviews that he took inspiration for this portrayal from the George Reeves version of Superman.

For example, Eliade says, the portrayal of Nebuchadnezzar as a dragon in Jeremiah 51: 34 is a case in which the Hebrews " interpreted contemporary events by means of the very ancient cosmogonico-heroic myth " of a battle between a hero and a dragon.

The term is a modern word that describes the portrayal of the human anatomy and sexuality with high-art aspirations, differentiating such work from commercial pornography.

Wendy Doniger, who is on the editorial board of Britannica, has been criticised for her negative portrayal of Hinduism.

In modern popular culture, the portrayal of earthquakes is shaped by the memory of great cities laid waste, such as Kobe in 1995 or San Francisco in 1906.

One criticism leveled at Gone with the Wind is for its portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South.

Valli's character was an early yet incomplete example of the Hawkian woman archetype as the sexually aggressive showgirl, while O ' Brien's Michael portrayal of a shy man not interested in sex is a character later elaborated upon by Cary Grant and Gary Cooper in later Hawks films.

The earliest Christian portrayal of Isaac is found in the Roman catacomb frescoes.

The film will star Daniel Craig in his third portrayal of Bond: he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series.

American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

Many scholars debate over what happened on the threshing floor ; yet it seems unlikely Boaz and Ruth had sexual relations based on the narrative's portrayal of their character ( esp.

He received accolades for his portrayal of Sydney Carton in a made for television version of A Tale of Two Cities ( 1980 ), co-starred with Dennis Hopper in The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), which was based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same name, and co-starred with Goldie Hawn in Protocol ( 1984 ).

All main characters in the film are based on real people from the Danish film industry, with the thinly veiled portrayals including Jens Albinus as director Nils Malmros, Dejan Čukić as screenwriter Mogens Rukov and Søren Pilmark in an especially unflattering portrayal as sex-obsessed school principal Henning Camre.

Bulloch based his performance on Clint Eastwood's portrayal of the Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars ; similar to the Western character, Bulloch cradled the gun prop, made the character seem ready to shoot, slightly tilted his head, and stood a particular way.

In 1997, Claude Berri produced the biopic Lucie Aubrac based on the life of the Résistance heroine of the same name, which was criticized for its Gaullist portrayal of the Résistance and over-emphasis on the relationship between Aubrac and her husband.

The portrayal of Anne of Cleves is based largely on the writer's interpretation of obscure historical events.

Nonetheless, Brown stated that his portrayal of Opus Dei was based on interviews with members and ex-members, and books about Opus Dei.

The character Garth Algar ( from the movie Wayne's World ) is a loosely based portrayal of Brad.

The sinologist Robert van Gulik concluded gibbons were widespread in Central and Southern China until at least the Song Dynasty, and furthermore, based on an analysis of references to primates in Chinese literature and their portrayal in Chinese paintings, the Chinese word yuán ( 猿 ) referred specifically to gibbons until they were extirpated throughout most of the country due to habitat destruction ( circa 14th century ).

The film The Last Legion ( 2007 ), based in part on the novel of the same name ( 2002 ) by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, features a highly fictionalized portrayal of Vortigern under the pseudo-authentic name Vortgyn.

The commonly accepted version of events states this portrayal was based on faulty calculations of the iron content.

According to actress Anne Hathaway, the portrayal of Catwoman in the 2012 Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises was based on Hedy Lamarr.

He based his portrayal on the evil " re-educator " from 1984.

She says she based her portrayal of the character on Dixie Carter, adding, " Were she still alive, the role would have been hers and should have been.

Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town ( a musical based on the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred ).

In modern times, the resulting identification of Lesbia with Clodia Metelli, based largely on her portrayal by Cicero, is usually treated as accepted fact, despite occasional challenges.

He based his arguments on the Protestant beliefs that sin is part of the world, that justice must take precedence over love, and that pacifism is a symbolic portrayal of absolute love but cannot prevent sin.

" The appeal of the political cartoon or caricature is often based on exploitation of unfortunate physical traits or politically embarrassing events – an exploitation often calculated to injure the feelings of the subject of the portrayal ".

Lisa's hiding of The Tell-Tale Heart diorama under the gym floorboards is a parody of Edgar Allan Poe's " The Tell-Tale Heart ", while the speech patterns of the beekeeper voiced by Hank Azaria are based on Adam West's portrayal of Batman.

He became nationally recognized for his portrayal of John " John-Boy " Walton, Jr., in the 1970s TV series The Waltons, which was based on the real life of writer Earl Hamner, Jr.

Dumas based the life and character of d ' Artagnan on the 17th-century captain of musketeers Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d ' Artagnan, and Dumas's portrayal was indebted to the semi-fictionalized memoirs of d ' Artagnan written 27 years after the hero's death by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras ( published in 1700 ).

* Streets of Laredo, a 1995 TV mini-series, based on the Larry McMurtry novel of the same name, includes a portrayal of Bean by Ned Beatty, who had a supporting role in the 1972 film, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.

Confidential ( based on James Ellroy's 1990 novel ), Kim Basinger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a prostitute who is a Veronica Lake look-alike, and who, in one of the book's and film's signature lines, is complimented by a police officer who tells her, " You look better than Veronica Lake ".