| 单词 | subvert |
| 例句 | Mother’s being a midwife would subvert the Medical Establishment, but in order to be a midwife she needed a phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I want anything that breaks the monotony, subverts the perceived respectable order of things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A pawn in the monstrous bourgeois plot to subvert the revolution. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Cool things going on with subverting trad, ideas of femininity etc. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “However, the Oakland Police Department cannot comment on pending investigations, nor can it subvert the rule of law in this city.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, it is certainly important to subvert the patriarchal paradigm, and I suppose this is a way All right, then,” he said, stepping to the left of the podium. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The cruelty of racial prejudice was so often accompanied by absurdity, a tangle of arbitrary rules and distinctions that subverted the shared interests of people who had been taught to see themselves as irreconcilably different. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “The Fowls have been subverting justice for generations. Racketeering, smuggling, armed robbery. Mostly corporate crime last century.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Their appeals are to regional interest, showing complete contempt for privacy of conscience, and a willingness to destroy and subvert values that have traditionally been held supreme in this land. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “But, Lord, ‘subverting the patriarchal paradigm’—it’s like she wrote the speech.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z It subverted the belief held by most whites, and even by many blacks, that the race brought over from Africa in chains could prosper outside of slavery only as laborers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s my friend, and this is my way to defy the Capitol, to subvert its terrible Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The first sentence, which says that most Internet users go to news sites in their own country, subverts its attempt to express a resemblance relation in three ways. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The petition accused Morgan of subverting the Second Amendment of the U.S. CNN host Piers Morgan writing book about his career: publisher 2013-05-22T21:41:21Z Along the way, she subverts expectations of what constitutes "soul food." Add these cookbooks by Black authors to your kitchen repertoire 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “It’s perfect for a sort of postmodern 21st-century opera, because it was basically a grand opera plot that subverted itself. She was an aspiring femme fatale, but she didn’t pull it off, thank heavens.” An Aria for the Long Island Lolita on ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Popular terms include: radically, interrogates, subverts, void, tension. A user's guide to art-speak 2013-01-27T19:00:02Z Ting, following his playwright's plan, effectively establishes this theatrical world only to subtly subvert it as the play progresses. 'Appropriate' unearths ugly family dynamics in epic dramatic fashion 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Variety critic Alissa Simon called it an “exciting, intelligent mix of romance, Nordic noir, social realism and supernatural horror that defies and subverts genre conventions”. Weird romance 'Border' wins Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Manically energetic, the result both subverts and celebrates Wilde's text, as well as the genre of opera. The Importance of Being Earnest – review 2013-06-16T16:06:34Z The proportions are often oversize, and there are quirky twists and unconventional materials that subvert expectations. Who Is Demna Gvasalia, Balenciaga’s New Designer? 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Can you tell a dissident cultural history of Britain in which radical and anti-monarchist artists subverted the royalist aesthetic establishment? Is it possible to like royalty and be a republican? 2011-01-18T15:51:14Z "I think she certainly subverted expectations, but I guess what's interesting is that she did that throughout her life, right?" said Sweeney. "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade admits in "deathbed confession" she was paid to fake anti-abortion stance 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z It is not just characters that he subverts. In praise of … Xu Bing 2013-05-19T22:59:59Z With his square jaw and British charm, Graf embodies the classic leading man while also subverting the very notion. The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z So to do something like that, to do a movie where you subvert traditional things. 6 women in film talk about the movie industry's challenges and pluses 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Intentionally or not, they gathered images that complicate and to some extent subvert the somber, emptied-out language of the regime, disclosing a complicated human reality beneath the ideological boilerplate. ‘State Funeral’ Review: Saying Goodbye to Stalin 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z “Twin Peaks” was revolutionary for the way it subverted it. CNN’s “The Nineties”: Empty nostalgia for a decade we should let die 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z This revival annoys, subverts and unnerves in equal measure. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Expectations were subverted — not just of who gets to access couture or who is included, but what constitutes a couture garment; the totems of the everyday and the street turned into elite objects. Falling for Couture’s Gravitational Pull 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z As a director, Ms. Holden Jones subverts the conventions of the genre not by mocking them, but by giving them exaggerated force and scale: hyperbolizing them into oblivion. DVDs: Hot and Sticky Grindhouse, Classics and Homages 2010-10-03T01:53:00Z Clowns also subverted gender norms, with many appearing in drag, often exaggerating the female figure with cartoonishly big fake breasts. The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of the 19th century 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z That was sort of our way of subverting it. ArtsBeat: Gus Van Sant on Young Love and Young Death 2011-05-13T21:18:32Z While I wasn't exactly subverting Barbie's look, the outfit made it apparent to everyone that Barbie as the template for beauty was a joke. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z He had learned to hack computers as a teenager, subverting his family’s dial-up connection so they could get Internet access for free, then learning more tricks on hacker forums in the late 1990s. Anonymous strikes back 2012-06-03T13:00:00Z I’m going to subvert this question: none of them. Mia Wasikowska: ‘After a while acting leaves you feeling hollow' 2019-11-16T05:00:00Z The rowdiness of the city is conveyed in summary, in blunt statements — “Violence made this city”; “we were London’s scowling youth” — and only rarely staged or subverted. A Debut Novel Unfolds Over 48 Tense Hours in London 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Raised in the age of so-called “hookup culture,” millennials — who are reaching an age where they are starting to think about settling down — are subverting the rules of courtship. The End of Courtship? 2013-01-11T21:56:39Z In a season full of books about the stealth accumulation of consumers’ data and the ways that knowledge can be subverted, Jaron Lanier’s wildly imaginative Who Owns the Future? is the standout. Books of The Times: Beach Reads From Stephen King, Kevin Kwan, Carl Hiaasen and More 2013-06-06T21:14:31Z Brief detentions are the standard response to opposition street protests in a country that frowns on public dissent and views dissidents as mercenaries in the pay of the United States to subvert the government. Bruguera and other Cuban artists detained ahead of protest over decree 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s an event that subverts the Cinderella template and underscores the losses that echo throughout Mr. Swift’s fiction. Review: Graham Swift’s ‘Mothering Sunday,’ a Haunting Day Forever Relived 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z“I’m Meghan and this is ‘Archetypes,’ the podcast where we dissect, explore and subvert the labels that try to hold women back,” the Duchess of Sussex says on the clip. Meghan’s 1st Spotify podcast to focus on female stereotypes 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z One way or another, they subvert our expectations for fiction. Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z We weren’t interested in being the poster women for subverting the legal system. Modern Love: Ring-Finger Follies 2011-07-21T21:27:17Z In some ways, the show never changed – even if it became four people talking – but it also ended up subverting a number of television traditions during its nine seasons. Before Tony Soprano, there was “Seinfeld”: “It turns out we love nothing more than terrible people, but at that time it was unheard of” 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z A talented extrovert may subvert these conventions, with joyous results. Behind the times? The strange, sad story of rear of the year 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z He just wants to find ways to subvert the occupation and as soon as possible start killing Germans. Alan Furst’s ‘A Hero of France’: Putting a human face on the French Resistance 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z There is the wretched oxymoron of the peaceful ideal of the mid-60s counterculture being subverted by the violence it abhorred, as the decades clicked over. Old music: David Bowie - Cygnet Committee 2012-05-29T10:54:13Z The production, he said, would "subvert the concrete elegance of this building". Tori Amos, Mike Leigh and Stalin: the National Theatre's new programme 2011-01-26T21:31:43Z He found time to explain to multiple international news broadcasters that all countries subvert other countries’ elections. Steven Seagal is now in charge of Russia-US relations. Is there anything this man can’t do? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z There are natural laws that govern the reading experience, some chemical process in the brain that responds to suspense and mystery, generating attention until those mysteries are solved, or subverted. Writing middle-aged men in crisis: Novelists Lindsay Stern and Andrew Ridker in conversation 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Arnby knows all the genre codes, and how to subvert them when necessary. Review: In ‘When Animals Dream’ a Teenager’s Secret Is a Revelation Even to Her 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Some genuine, if mild, laughs are derived not by subverting talk-show clichés but simply by compressing them: a one-joke stand-up routine, a bumped guest nearly every episode. Television/The Web: Fishing Online for Cable Viewers 2011-02-20T02:01:55Z Embracing and subverting stereotypes in equal measure, hits such as Up the Ra and Horse Outside have positioned them as one of the country's most engaging pop groups in a decade. Sounds of Europe - explore the rest of the continent 2012-07-13T15:13:45Z She also hopes to subvert the usual formula, with no sit-down dinner, no dress code and no ending time. Clouds Have Lifted, and the Hamptons Beckon 2011-05-25T22:26:19Z The more or less straightforward introduction set up expectations that were meanderingly subverted. Grasping for Dad's story in 'The Institute of Memory (TIMe)' 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z She also wants to subvert the very notion of cultural identity, which is rather less so. Why Bran Nue Dae should get a UK release 2010-07-25T21:04:00Z In "The Last Jedi," expectations were subverted for reasons that did not seem to fit within the grander scheme of the story. "The Rise of Skywalker" fixes the sins of "The Last Jedi" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In New York, the creative team wrestled with adapting the show for the HD broadcast without subverting its tone. ‘Of Mice and Men,’ From Broadway to Movie Screens 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z But Song subverts her argument by pushing it too hard. Review: In ‘Endlings,’ the Pain of Swimming Between Worlds 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z But the events of Sunday’s episode suggest that the creators, Joy and Jonathan Nolan, plan to question and subvert this white, male fantasy. Women Now Rule Westworld. But Was It Worth It? 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z This is just one of the many ways that the movie subverts how women have been portrayed onscreen. "Wild and raunchy": "Joy Ride" delivers a full-frontal subversion of sexuality for Asian women 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Dismissing it all as a sexless fiction, she can then glorify a mixed bag of artists on the spurious grounds that they subvert something called "the nude". Naked or nude? Laying bare an artistic divide 2012-11-28T16:53:35Z Still, Hollywood gives us a few pointed examples of mobster comrades subverting the state, chilling and drinking with friends, and sticking it to the man — and for now, that will have to suffice. Why the left loves Martin Scorsese movies – especially right now 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Sometimes it is merely one word in a line that subverts the line and/or makes the music new. Five Poets That Yusef Komunyakaa Returns to Again and Again 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z And yet both films then use that impasse to subvert the expectations of the genres in which they’re working. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z The part required her to submerge, and even subvert, her unconventional beauty. Mamie Gummer Wants to Make a Name for Herself 2012-10-05T20:45:19Z He enjoys watching “authority wittily subverted by the water, which has robbed every imperious command of its meaning.” Books of The Times: ?Driving Home,? by Jonathan Raban - Review 2011-09-15T21:30:23Z “Man From Nebraska” doesn’t upend or subvert the archetypal plot of a middle-class, middle-aged, middle-American man on a journey of self-discovery. Review: ‘Man From Nebraska’ Delivers a Midlife Crisis of Faith 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z A big part of acting is subverting who you are in the service of a character. Mad about the man 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z In presenting a female character who is attractive, but bereft of substance, the movie subverts its own premise. ‘Love Hard’ Review: Seeking Connection, Not Perfection 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Here is an explanation I have never found anywhere else of how human nature can be so subverted that someone becomes a suicide bomber. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Other artists cleverly subvert the protocol of online communities. Art Review: A Show Is All Cyber, Some of the Time 2010-10-21T22:17:00Z What’s refreshing about “Baby,” however, is that it subverts many of the hallmarks of the original movies. Stop obsessing over movie trailers: Snap judgments based on commercials take their toll 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z So, when a princess comes along with the potential to subvert all that, it's worth a notice. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z My father, the only son my Bà nội raised, subverted strict Vietnamese mores — all while he simultaneously upheld it. Living with the legacy of my Trump-voting Vietnamese relatives 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Seattle Art Museum brings together three black painters whose works have toyed with, subverted and commented on art history. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2018 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z And I think maybe what I like to do is try to find a way to subvert the trope. Perspective | Seeing ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ through a feminist lens 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z In describing the younger conservatives in 2008, he shows he understood what he was dealing with, referring to Republicans from “Crazytown” who tried that year to subvert President Bush’s stimulus package. The Divided Mind and Politics of John Boehner 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Dessner, a guitarist with the indie rock group the National, used the opportunity to subvert the traditional division of labor within a band. Review: With Flower Pots and Toys, an Ensemble’s Fresh Take on Percussion 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z Among the abundant talents possessed by Les 7 Doigts de la Main — the philosophizing acrobats whose delightful new show “Séquence 8” runs through Sunday at City Center — is a gift for subverting metaphors. Review: In ‘Séquence 8’ Acrobats Defy Gravity and Constrictive Words 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z The pastiche songs of “Follies,” particularly, recycle the styles of classic show tunes, matching or outdoing their antecedents in quality while subverting their escapism. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z Fast-paced and entertaining, “The Wangs” draws urgency not only from its many voices and from the inherent plot of a pilgrimage but from the way it subverts the reader’s expectations of an immigrant narrative. With her debut novel 'The Wangs Vs. The World,' Jade Chang hit big 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z He said the audience laughed because the transgression and apology subverted the traditional trope of the serious, just-the-facts detective. In ‘M3gan,’ a Detective’s Guilty Laugh Speaks Volumes About Him (and Us) 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The police sketch out the story of a bullied loner set on revenge—the psychology of the modern school shooter, which the show subtly probes and cleverly subverts—and promptly squeeze a confession from Kevin. “American Vandal” Season 2 Goes from Poop Jokes to Adolescent Dystopia 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z The complexity of the issue was demonstrated by how some prisoners exploit regulations intended to guard their rights as a means of subverting the system. Andrew Anthony 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z They are also neatly subverting the product placement that has dominated the red carpet for the last 20 years or so, since screams and flashbulbs drown out all of the now-automatic branding burps. Kim K., J-Lo, Beyoncé Undress for Success With the Naked Look 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Where she's spanking him and they subvert their normal power roles. Skinemax meets "Twin Peaks"? Our wild interview on "Now Apocalypse," a totally bonkers show 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Other pieces, either subtly or blatantly, subvert their historical antecedents. In Dishes and Dolls, a Foundation of Feminist Art 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z They were so ubiquitous, indeed, that Courtney Love, one of their prime movers, saw fit to sidestep or subvert the medium by assuming a radically soft position to the left of it. New band of the day (Waxahatchee No 1,513) 2013-05-15T15:31:23Z But Vanderbilt, who grew up nearby in Connecticut and would frequently visit, wanted to subvert the familiar idea that a relatively abandoned car was the most terrifying scenario. In ‘Scream VI,’ Ghostface Takes the 1 Train 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Until that point, “I never felt that the most powerful person in the world was going to be seeking to subvert the role of the free press in this democracy,” Baron said. Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the eight years that reshaped The Washington Post — and journalism 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Embracing the artifice of theatre, the intimacy of camera-confessional and the stylisation of drama, the film cannily and courageously uses meta-narrative to subvert both audience expectations and documentary form. Casting JonBenét director on our obsession with the murder of a child pageant queen 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Unless, of course, the trope is being subverted. When did you last see a man begging for his life in a horror movie? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Lady Bird subverts that, and the film’s romantic apex is found in Lady Bird and Julie’s reconciliation. Youth in revolt: is Lady Bird the first truly feminist teen movie? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Like Mr. Smith, who ran again for president in 1996 and for other offices since, the play subverts conventional ideas of success and failure. Review: In ‘Ms. Blakk for President,’ a Winning Losing Campaign 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The approach was obviously in Moran’s wheelhouse, but in a sense it was in Monk’s too: Endlessly subversive in his day, to subvert him is to revere him. Jason Moran takes liberties with his homage to Thelonious Monk 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z If “Hamilton” is subversive, Reed asks, what is it subverting? In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z Yet “Chapter Twenty-Seven,” despite how close it seems to be inching toward a rekindling between Jane and Michael, instead subverts viewers’ expectations. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 5: Who Will She Choose? 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z While the appeal of this genre is usually based in titillation and sexual wish fulfillment, Addicted subverts that, while also reveling in it. Basic instincts: how the erotic thriller went black to the future 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The word “rebellion” invites enlistees and subverts established power structures. How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In this way, Faliveno not only refuses to shy away from the ways in which violent language permeates our discourse, but subverts its gendered associations. Review | Melissa Faliveno’s ‘Tomboyland’ essays offer funny, moving explorations of self and society 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The music itself doesn't exactly subvert that feeling either. This week's new live music 2012-08-17T23:05:00Z David Bowie’s dense catalog is a rich portrait of the ways in which he subverted rock and pop norms, exalted his fellow misfits and delighted in reinvention. All the Young Bands: The Artists David Bowie Championed 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z In any case, Crowley believed that ordinary consciousness could be subverted and expanded through the technological manipulation of phonographs and film, and he wrote about it in 1912. What exactly lurks within the backward grooves of “Stairway to Heaven?” 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z But Stratiev, who died in 2000, emerges as a fascinating writer who realised that comedy is ultimately the best weapon for subverting state power. The Roman Bath 2010-05-04T20:30:00Z I think she certainly subverted expectations, but I guess what's interesting is that she did that throughout her life, right? it wasn't the first time. "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z It’s much more dangerous when those in power use that power to subvert trust. Is it impossible to trust one another in the information age? 2013-01-21T12:45:00Z He is best known, however, for his mobile games, which often subvert or expand familiar formats such as the crossword or Solitaire. The Best Video Games of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Critics are sticking to rigid gender definitions that the publication seeks to subvert, he said. Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z We cannot circumvent legal procedures and subvert democratic norms in the name of efficiency alone. How Facebook could get you arrested 2013-03-09T19:20:01Z They’re books that not only have great recipes and gorgeous images but take exuberant advantage of their form—subverting, reconsidering, and reframing the rules and limits of cookbook writing. The Best Cookbooks of the Century So Far 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z “The Enchanted Island” was designed to subvert modern ideas about the primacy of composers’ intentions. The Metropolitan Opera Revives ‘The Enchanted Island’ 2014-02-24T23:05:14Z She is bored staying home with their daughter, and he is bored at work, a situation that both upholds and subverts the Ozzie-and-Harriet stereotype. Movie Review: Adulthood vs. Arrested Development in ‘Neighbors’ 2014-05-08T12:00:03Z Claim to fame: Naomi Mishkin is an artist and budding fashion designer, whose work frequently takes everyday objects and subverts them with a clever, feminist-skewed twist. Those Iron Scorch Marks Are by Design 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z But at the same time, the established codes of modern movie comedy are scrambled and subverted in ways that are puzzling, amusing, horrifying and ultimately astonishing. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Letterman subverted the format's tradition of geniality with his own grouchy personality, not fearing to display boredom with a guest. David Letterman to be awarded Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Allen entered, he ratcheted up the intensity and subverted it into darker, more complex territory that released tension as fast as it built. Pianist Orrin Evans and quartet shine at Bohemian Caverns But then as with everything, it gets subverted, it gets taken advantage of. HBO doc shows how it's easy to make "Fake Famous" influencers, whose job is to "make you feel bad" 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z What is worthwhile about its approach, however, is that "Joy Ride" subverts and expands expectations of closure. Full of gags and gusto, "Joy Ride" is a provocative comedy that isn't afraid to probe identity 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z But much of the show’s humor comes from subverting the viewer’s assumptions. Fran Drescher in “The Nanny” Is the Fashion Look This Fall 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z She began mining and subverting the materials of art history while she was still in graduate school at the University of California in Los Angeles. An Artist at Home on the Fault Lines 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z This isn't a gig that puts the world to rights, or subverts the homely, rattle-no-cages shtick that has made Manford's name. Jason Manford – review 2013-07-22T17:49:08Z Peggy, who is either pregnant or holding a child in almost all of her scenes, embodies a familiar feminine ideal, and Ms. Adams does nothing to subvert the image of a perfect mother and helpmeet. Review: ‘The Master,’ From Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-09-13T15:23:48Z The comedy is underpinned by genuine musical talent, and they also have a nice line in social commentary, subverting genres with spot-on pastiche. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z If both shows borrow the superficial structure of macho procedurals, they subvert the genre with bonkers crises, deep kindness and ensembles that lean on queer characters, characters of color, women over 40. When the World Feels Like a Disaster, ‘9-1-1’ Is on Call 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z Others found clever ways to subvert it, maybe by forgoing a tie. Oscars 2020 nominees photo: statement suits, sneaky hats and bicep curls 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Point Blank and Tokyo Drifter aimed to subvert the institutions that produced such characters. Burning desire: John Wick and the undying appeal of the revenge thriller 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z In the first two parts of the “Thank You For Coming” trilogy, this choreographer takes very different approaches to subverting the audience’s experience in a theater. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z But Mitchell says subverting clichés wasn’t his specific intention—it’s just the result of his writing style. How an Indie Director Is Upending the Horror Genre With His New Movie 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z His breakout starring role in 1990’s Darkman was a thrill precisely because he was already subverting a reputation that didn’t exist yet, cutting his well-versed sincerity with moments of gonzo ridiculousness. Liam Neeson has retired from action films – we'll miss his particular set of skills 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z She subverts this hagiography at every turn, starting at the beginning. Review: ‘White Trash’ Ruminates on an American Underclass 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z All of them guest stars in a production premised on subverting old norms and expectations — of luxury, materials, silhouette, what celebrity even means — in three acts. Blockbusters at Balenciaga and Margiela 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z One of the movie’s main twists actually relies, at least in part, on subverting the audience’s racial expectations. “Spider-Man: Homecoming”: A bold bid for diversity that doesn’t land its punch 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z They invite willing readers to suspend disbelief and offer up the familiar to the initiated only to later subvert it. Lev Grossman's 'The Magician's Land' closes the book 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z She sometimes plays it alone, but more often in small groups of experimental musicians who prefer, as Ms. Parkins herself does, to subvert the storytelling mission that guides much of American music. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z A billowing crimson Valentino gown on display is an example of that dialogue between sexual frisson and modesty: It is almost monastic in its simplicity but subverts that asceticism with a plunging, U-shaped neckline. Review | ‘Heavenly Bodies’ at the Met shows just how much fashion and Catholicism have in common 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z All significant organizations committed to ending the war of fostering social or economic change were infiltrated, subjected to surveillance, and/or subverted. Was James Earl Ray innocent? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The specific goal is to subvert “geek” culture, and the way women are labeled as “fake geeky girls.” Do you feel uncomfortable, yet? Here’s what would happen if geeky girls acted like geeky guys 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The whole intent of the project is to subvert art market hysteria — not drive it. Found: The $4.99 thrift store painting that turned out to be a Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia original 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z There would be three squads, instead of two, he explained, “to subvert the binary of win and lose.” Ryan McNamara, the Artist Who Dances About the Internet 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Rather than work to expose unfair expectations, she chose to subvert them. Nellie Bly's Lessons in Writing What You Want To 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It sounds as if he rather enjoyed subverting the school orthodoxy. Robbie Coltrane: 'I take no nonsense' 2012-11-09T22:59:00Z “Style,” she once said, “gets absorbed really fast by culture, basically by absorbing the formal elements or the structure and then subverting the content.” Art Review: Gretchen Bender’s Work Is Displayed at the Kitchen 2013-09-05T23:02:42Z If there was an abiding theme across X’s work and life, it was the attempt to subvert a fixed self, choosing to cycle through artistic personas and abjure her personal history. She Never Existed. Catherine Lacey Wrote Her Biography Anyway. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z It is intentional, something to be commented on and subverted. ‘Watcher’ Review: Terror, at a Glance 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z They seem to revel in subverting that old fashioned notion of how to tell a story. Westworld finale: even with the spot-on fan theories we're still left guessing 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Think “Game of Thrones”-level fraught sagas of familial responsibility and the scamps that subvert it, but without the drudgery. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Thus, nobody would ever acquire voting rights and subvert Disney’s programme. Tomorrowland: how Walt Disney’s strange utopia shaped the world of tomorrow 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z “King Charles III,” written in iambic pentameter by Mike Bartlett, imagines a future where the monarch subverts tradition and refuses to rubber-stamp the wishes of the elected government. 'King Charles III' to Reign on Broadway in October 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z It is a prison where the traditional hierarchies of British jails are subverted. Drama in the wings: why theatre in prisons matters 2010-06-25T12:49:00Z "The 21st century is something all of us are trying to subvert." Attenberg, Dogtooth and the weird wave of Greek cinema 2011-08-26T23:04:02Z Some critics were put off by the way Baldwin subverted expectations and conventions of children’s literature. A James Baldwin Book, Forgotten and Overlooked for Four Decades, Gets Another Life 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Cuba considers dissidents to be mercenaries in the pay of the United States trying to subvert the government. Art frenzy takes over Havana as biennial kicks off 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z Alexie says Hudson used the pseudonym “as a means of subverting what he believes to be a politically correct poetry business.” Actual Asian poets use #WhitePenName to respond to poetry controversy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Married or single, working or not, and most often grandmothers, they are asserting their presence on Instagram, intent, in the process, on subverting shopworn notions of what “old” looks and feels like. The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Somerset collaborated on a new version that transformed Aaron, a Moor and the lover of the barbarian queen Tamora, from villain to hero, subverting racial stereotype. Let It Bleed: The Perverse Influence of ‘Titus Andronicus’ 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z By making such stories, what is my brain trying to do if not subvert my initial rejection? 23 and Not Me: As an adoptee, I'm not even remotely tempted to take a DNA test 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Grant and Eleanor are thoughtful mavericks, working to subvert a soulless system while trying to raise a fierce and powerful daughter. Review | Gish Jen’s ‘The Resisters’ reminds us of the importance of standing up for what’s right 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z What keeps you watching is how thoroughly and meticulously the show appropriates and subverts true-crime conventions. Review: True Crime? When the ‘Family Jewels’ Are Painted on Cars 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z The contrast subverted the finale’s stylized rusticity, the dance turning strident and sardonic by turn: Schubert as teenage punk. Review | Arod Quartet’s program explores generations, but its performance is determinedly youthful 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z But Troyer at any rate tackled and subverted that idea — with confidence, with comic gusto and with charm. Verne Troyer: a cult star who sustained a career with dignity and good humour | Peter Bradshaw 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z The California artist subverts the precision of digital photography by exposing his camera’s sensors to heat and electromagnetic static. In the Galleries: Exploring Cuba via the artwork 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The film doesn’t exactly subvert its clichéd “when two worlds meet” premise, and its bubbly but lame music cues are no help. ‘Sublet’ Review: A Less-Than-Intrepid Traveler 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z He started making drawings studded with eyes and lenses that “watch” the viewer, reversing the direction of the gaze and subverting the hierarchy of spectator and work: the surveyor becomes the surveyed. An Artist for the Dystopian Age 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z From secret training facilities at Camp David, the multilingual commandos of the Special Operations Branch learned to spy, subvert and kill. As the last WWII spies die off, a private eye hopes to build a museum to keep their legacy alive 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Theologian Walter Brueggemann argues that such visionary artists "subvert the 'managed prose' offered by the dominant culture". William Blake's passionate humanity 2010-08-12T15:00:00Z Documentary Now!” is a collection of vastly different documentary spoofs—taking a film genre beloved to all of them and finding a way to both pay homage to those originals and subvert them, too. Seth Meyers on “Late Night” in the Donald Trump era: “We’re certainly excited to be doing comedy about politics at a time when politics is providing a lot of comedy” 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z But while “Piggy” does take a gory turn, it’s also a left one: The director Carlota Pereda carefully sets up our expectations only to subvert them. ‘Piggy’ Review: A Bullied Teenager Gets an Unexpected Assist 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Yet the most jarring jokes in this special are those that subvert her reputation for kindness. Ellen DeGeneres Is Not as Nice as You Think 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z In interviews, Linton has expressed that the movie is an attempt to subvert the femme fatale steretotype, with a little "American Psycho" thrown in for good measure. Louise Linton, wife of Steven Mnuchin, is a cannibalistic killer in a trailer for her campy new film 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z In the play’s most unexpected and moving moment he speaks with reverence about the courage and defiance of the Black Americans he is supposed to be trying to subvert. ‘Russian Troll Farm’ Review: Clock In, Undermine Democracy, Clock Out 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z In Reeves’s iteration, this misogynist archetype is completely subverted. Moving From Elegy to Ecstasy, a Poet Pushes Against the Canon 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Jelly, as she’s sometimes known, works at a call center, and in her spare time she’s part of a cadre of phone hackers “united in the high of subverting Ma Bell.” ‘Innocents and Others’: Female friendship through the lens of film 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Like the castles of classic gothic literature, both novel and film create spaces in which the normal order can be subverted. Sarah Waters: ‘The Handmaiden turns pornography into a spectacle – but it's true to my novel' 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Donatella Versace also emphasized shoulders in a collection that joyfully subverted pinstriped power suits by repeating the pattern in neon minkand metal mesh. Fashion Review: Spring Couture Collections in Paris — Fashion Review 2013-01-23T22:42:16Z By seizing on the male-gendered beverage, as they would say at Sarah Lawrence, the women are actually participating in an act of subverting the patrimony’s control. An Art-Historical Analysis of Cersei Lannister Sipping Wine 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Belafonte came of age as a vocalist in an era in which tone and modulation were paramount, watched as those foundations were successfully subverted, and then grew expert at drawing from both customs. Harry Belafonte and the Social Power of Song 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z All of German intellectual history—Goethe and Beethoven—was subverted by the Nazis. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Shechet’s art works in contradictions, like elegance and ugliness, to subvert traditions in arts and crafts. Spare Times for Oct. 9-15 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The Mad “idiots” subverted the comics form into a mainstream ideological weapon, aimed at icons of the left and the right—attacking both McCarthyism and the Beat Generation, Nixon and Kennedy, Hollywood and Madison Avenue. A World Without Mad Magazine 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Meg Miroshnik's inventively comic "The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls" plugs these mythological figures into post-Soviet Russia and adroitly subverts them. 'Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls' is a subversive romp through modern Moscow 2012-10-04T20:05:08Z Achatz's fondness for subverting expectations of flavor and texture are on display. Restaurant review: Next's 'Trio' menu ★★★★ “As a nonbinary person, to be able to take that power away from men really subverts those expectations,” Goddess Ambrosia added. She Gets Paid Just to Humiliate Her Fans 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z The adult insistence that children are innocents corrupted by civilisation is a presumption the brothers want to subvert. How the Chapman Brothers became the brothers grim 2010-08-03T20:31:00Z Williams and Cregger also talked about a thematically similar sketch, 2009's "Call of Duty," in which the idea that video games are somehow violent is subverted by one player's incompetence. The "Whitest Kids U Know" — a cult classic comedy group whose sketches eerily foresaw the Trump era 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z So, we inhabit a shallowed and evacuated art world that sees itself as "subverting" the heaviness of modernist art. The joy of cubism 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z “It is in the nature of subversion that its perpetrators should be subverted in turn,” he wrote. Tribute to Amos Vogel at Anthology Film Archives 2013-02-02T19:03:08Z Or were you on the run from a nefarious network of undercover evildoers who felt you were constantly getting in the way of their attempts to subvert the global order? Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis: Just a Couple of ‘Bachelor’ Fans on the Run 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The Good Place was subverting some sitcom conventions but it was also embracing others. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z But it subverts the potential narrative power of this earnest, thoughtful drama, which opened on Tuesday night in a Manhattan Theater Club production starring the formidable Cherry Jones and directed by Pam MacKinnon. ‘When We Were Young and Unafraid,’ With Cherry Jones 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z In the second season of "The White Lotus," both of these assumptions regarding sex and food are subverted as an overarching question emerges: When it comes to vacation, what does pleasure actually look like? "The White Lotus": When it comes to vacation, what does pleasure actually look like? 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z They are works, writes Times reviewer Leah Ollman, where “visual logic is subverted in what feels, viscerally, like an urgent bad dream.” Essential Arts & Culture: Vampire weekend, a Mexican masterpiece reemerges (sort of), the rising Academy museum 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Yoda does not speak using backwards syntax because he is being used to subvert modern American English, and with it prevailing Anglo-Saxon culture. After Russian trolls tarnished The Last Jedi, is it safe to like Star Wars again? 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z They both said their competitors are subverting the law by hiring veterans to front for them. Putting the Cart Before the Art 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Partly because movies remain a top-down, capital-intensive art form, they have been more cautious and apt to cater to rather than to subvert the perceived prejudices of the audience. Film: Hollywood?s Whiteout Year: Few Blacks on Silver Screen 2011-02-12T06:53:01Z What Ms. Gadsby glosses over is that it’s a nimble art form, one whose conventions can be toyed with or subverted or stuck to rigidly. If Comedy Is Making You Feel Bad, You’re Not Paying Attention 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z "I have to subvert these events," he tells me afterwards. A life in writing: Slavoj ?i?ek 2011-07-15T21:55:00Z That was repeatedly apparent in Wednesday’s thrilling, poignant and occasionally horrifying episode, as characters saw the unpredictable human elements of their schemes subvert them. ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 3, Episode 2: Elliot Hits Undo 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z At the risk of making a premature judgment, the musical experience of 2017 just might subvert the sleepy clichés of pop culture popularity. “Play it loud on the radio”: From Strand of Oaks, an ode to joy for grown-ups 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z As “Creatures” unfolds, Van Meter subverts narrative expectations by making long and frequent digressions away from the compelling present, pre-wedding story line, to reveal either the past or future. Off the Coast of Los Angeles, a Father and Daughter Fight to Survive 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z I'm just imagining as a journalist having this confession that completely subverts people's expectations. "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z With loud tie-dye tees and backward trucker snapbacks, it's a delight to watch her both embody and subvert all the "lovable stoner" roles that preceded her. HBO's "Betty" is a sun-soaked celebration of women who find freedom on skateboards 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Anthony Mackie and Samuel L. Jackson play men who join forces to subvert discriminatory housing practices in this historical drama. What’s on TV Friday: ‘The Banker’ and ‘Blow the Man Down’ 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z But, she added, “we are here to also reclaim history, to occupy its architecture and to subvert its intended use.” Turning Nairobi’s Public Libraries Into ‘Palaces for the People’ 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Maybe they’ve managed to subvert the idea of the “housewife” once and for all, crawling into its navel “Matrix”-style and exploding the myth from the inside. Riff: ?Housewives,? Rebranded 2011-11-18T23:36:00Z The Sudanese Aboulela, who now lives in Scotland, doubly subverts what in the West is a traditionally white, male genre by casting Muslim women as the rogue adventurers. Review | Leila Aboulela’s ‘Bird Summons’ takes the traditional road trip novel down a new path 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Arguably the crux of his achievement was not so much to overturn the style as to subvert it from within. An Appraisal: An Artist of Selective Abandon 2011-07-06T18:34:22Z And then of course, to kind of subvert that by giving an egotistical character the reading of: oh, you are going to become the sun! "Killing Eve" boss on that shocking finale: "It just felt like the most truthful end" 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z He was fond of rhythmic palindromes that subverted the traditional one-way flow of a phrase. A Pulse-Slowing Playlist for an Unmoored Time 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The freshest takes these days find new ways to subvert, escape or toy with the familiar cliches. 'The American epic': Hollywood's enduring love for the western 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z In “Everything Under,” she subverts Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” by expanding the marginal part of Jocasta. Her Mother Disappeared 16 Years Ago. In This Novel, the Hunt Continues. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Like those other tales, “Once Upon a Tim” subverts the genre’s tropes in the service of satire. Funny Genre-Bending Fiction From the Creators of ‘Dragons Love Tacos’ and the ‘Spy School’ Series 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In contrast, Mr. Taylor upends this tradition in the first of “Esplanade’s” two slow movements by introducing an additional character whose androgyny strangely subverts everything. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-30T20:37:16Z She called the images’ tendency to build on each other “memetic piggybacking,” and noted that everyday items that are subverted into objects of protest are “inherently charismatic.” Why Protest Tactics Spread Like Memes 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z “It’s almost like a video of slow and boring movement. It shows clearly I am in the fear, but one or two photos really subvert the context and show like I am peaceful or aggressive.” Photographer Jun Ahn’s images place viewers on the precipice 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z It shows Sowerby to have been a pioneering and perceptive observer of the way women's legal rights were subverted by social practice. The Stepmother – review 2013-02-11T18:03:35Z An engaging performer, Cuiffo subverts the splashy style that many professional magicians are known for; he’s low-key, grounded in both his gestures and his manner of speech. ‘A Simulacrum’ Review: A Magic Show in the Making, and Unmaking 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z Were you consciously trying to subvert the usual immigrant narratives of “struggle and strife,” as you put it earlier? Kumail Nanjiani on ‘Little America’ and Hopeful Immigrant Stories 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z “Here you can subvert the normal marriage plot, because it’s Victoria who has the power and must propose to Albert.” A Woman at the Helm, Bringing ‘Victoria’ to Life 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z Whether the series subverts our expectations will demonstrate whether it has empathy for flawed black women like her, even when the world around her does not. ‘Insecure’ Season 1 Finale: Great Expectations 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z But there’s none quite like “Terriers,” a tender gem that subverts some of those worn-out formulas. What You Should Watch This Memorial Day Weekend 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z With this entertaining novel, Reid subverts our notions of what it means to write about race and class in America, not to mention what it means to write about love. Review | In ‘Such a Fun Age,’ Kiley Reid takes aim at race and class in America 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z In terms of raw effect, the sound design is great, but it is the screenplay that subverts expectations and makes you feel like you are having fun then it punches you in the face. "It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The show continually subverted what it said and did, always alighting on the notion of Putin pulling the strings of our consciousness. Washington theaters shine a spotlight on Vladimir Putin 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z It also subverted the TV comedy conventions of its time — when this episode debuted, “Family Matters,” “Full House,” “The Cosby Show” and “Empty Nest” were Top 15 programs. ‘The Simpsons’ at 30 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z And while I was intrigued by the premise, it was the sheer weirdness of the book, its insistence on subverting expectations at every turn, that made it so good. A Dark Cavalcade of New Horror Fiction 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z “You can subvert the Constitution and make it harder for people to vote, make it more difficult for government to work,” he said. Jazz at Lincoln Center Reopens, With Four Young Players in the Spotlight 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Not only does the moment underline the fascination of Lecter, but it also subverts classical music’s wonted role as signifier of the good. Perspective | When classical music becomes another character in a movie 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z And it's one of many things that Dragon Age 2 does to subvert expectations of the genre. Dragon Age 2 - review 2011-03-13T00:05:21Z “Their reasoning was they wanted to subvert the dominant paradigm,” Goldston said. Why don’t more men take their wives’ last names? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z When Johnson tried to do that, by subverting many of the saga’s founding principles in The Last Jedi, he faced a minor backlash. Spent force: why is making a good Star Wars film so hard? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Queer nightlife has long been a place where gender binary stereotypes have been challenged, subverted, ignored or otherwise toyed with, and where fashion-forward lingerie made with stretch lace, mesh and cutouts found a home. Sexy Lingerie for Men Is Here 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z It’s through these chats that Maxwell’s main theme is laid bare: how have humans grown from, subverted, or undermined their past, and what will come from it? Review: In ‘Field of Mars,’ a March Toward Oblivion 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Who would take issue right now with a teen-focused romantic comedy that affirms cross-cultural experiences, subverts some stereotypes about immigrants and acknowledges a spectrum of desire in adolescent girls? Review | Mindy Kaling’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ is breezy, cheerful and not as good as it ought to be 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z But there’s nothing to subvert as president; breaking with protocol is not admirable and is, in fact, often criminal. ‘Madam Secretary’ Proved TV Didn’t Have to Be Hip to be Great 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Devised by Banksy to subvert the excesses of the art trade, according to his Instagram posts, the stunt created what experts correctly predicted would become a highly valuable work of performance art. Banksy’s Shredding Artwork Is Auctioned for $25.4 Million at Sotheby’s 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Few fiction writers have worked as tirelessly to subvert stereotypes about “Orientals” as the Korean American Don Lee. Don Lee’s Long War on Asian American Stereotypes 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Everything popular, the elites proclaimed, would subvert American standards and values. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z “The Encounter” is meant to subvert such fictions, in part, as it reminds us of the destructive encroachments of lucre-minded Westerners into the Amazon. Review: You See ‘The Encounter’ With Your Ears 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z "We also subvert the genre by attacking social issues," Strong said. ''Empire' and its phenomenal ratings a top priority for Fox 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z The eminent film scholar makes the provocative case that the erotic life of movies shapes and misshapes us, and suggests that since the Production Code of the 1930s, cinema has helped subvert smug heterosexual pieties. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z I enjoy subverting people’s expectations of me, and using the terms “black” or “mixed-race” interchangeably, and have found that being mixed-race allows me to instantly connect with so many people. Living on the borderline: how I embraced my mixed-race status after years of denial 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Wasn't he tempted to subvert it in some way? John O'Connell's choice of thrillers | Book review 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z Self-inflicted wounds were always part of the bargain for Faith No More, which blazed a trail for alternative metal in the 1980s and ’90s, always with a compulsion for subverting expectations. Times Critics’ Guide: What to Do This Week 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z They went to court to defend themselves, and they also subverted the nation's attempts to shut them out of the country by becoming undocumented migrants. 'The Making of Asian America' is a stirring chronicle long overdue 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z “Nobody Is Ever Missing” subverted the trope of the disappearing woman by placing it in a conceptual narrative about a woman who had disappeared herself. Faces to watch: Remember these authors and their books 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The ballet’s peculiar layerings — the poetry of sweets, the surrealism of fantasy subverting reality — grow from his vision. Review: Ratmansky’s Confectionery Shop Also Serves Ballet Poetry 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z This movie has some unusual rhythms — it takes its time with the more intimate scenes and subverts expectations in some of the bigger historical moments. Director Ava DuVernay populates 'Selma' with real people and events 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In this solo show, Darci Tucker, a teaching artist, will portray three 18th-century female figures: two who aided independence and one who tried to subvert it. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Gill, a devout Jimi Hendrix and Funkadelic fan, was seeking ways to subvert how typical rock bands operated at the time. Gang Of Four seek contentment on new album 2011-02-15T15:37:52Z Displayed helter-skelter, for instance, are Conceptual pieces from his early “relational aesthetics” years, when he subverted various social transactions and art-world conventions, yielding works that often make sense only if you know the back story. Art Review: Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim - Review 2011-11-03T22:20:09Z Together they'll form a triptych exploring Byrd's "recent interest in subverting the traditional viewing relationship between dance and its audience." Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theater announces 2011-12 season 2011-08-26T19:39:03Z Whedon turns inside-out the idea “that being young and frivolous and having profound influence are mutually exclusive,” which subverts both the sexism and ageism that prevent young women from being taken seriously. Slaying the patriarchy: Everything I need to know I learned 20 years ago from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “Amir Zaki: Survey 1999-2015”: A retrospective of a fascinating Southern California photographer’s work that cunningly confounds the rules of perspective and subverts your sense of spatial logic. 5 must-see art exhibitions for November in Seattle area 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Even more interestingly, the idea of the traditionally glamorous magician's assistant is subverted. Doctor Faustus – review 2013-02-28T13:08:08Z Ratking's agenda may not involve hate or destruction, but it could well be to subvert through gently dislocating weirdness. New band of the day – Ratking (No 1,362) 2012-10-01T16:51:57Z Through corruption and through lack of resources for enforcement, environmental and labor protections that we take for granted in the United States are easily subverted in Mexico. A better border is possible 2012-05-26T22:00:00Z How one can subvert expectations so easily and we will just fall for their tricks because we are sheep shackled to the limitations of our own brains? AMERICA SURVIVES with Joanna Rothkopf pt. 3: How to survive a bear attack 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Another hurdle, as “Bombshell” makes clear, is that a female performer who subverted expectations — who was smart and not just lovely — wasn’t welcome in the world. Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z That recitation included poses of languorous temple maidens, so that Mr. Subramaniam was subverting gender binaries, an idea with ancient Indian roots that also counts as trendy. Broad Hints of Modern Angst at a Festival of Indian Dance 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z “It’s fair to say that ‘Mistress America’ revises and subverts this most buoyant of genres with a steady undertow of anxiety, dread and anger,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Tuesday 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z I do think that the show from the very beginning has done a wonderful job of subverting the audience's expectations in terms of what is comedic, and what is violent or graphic. "Barry" star Anthony Carrigan on the finale: "Something lights up inside of Hank" 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z A few cuts came surprisingly close to purist techno, unwinding long bass patterns that subverted club music while obeying all its basic rules. Aphex Twin's 'Syro' lines up the faithful at Complex in Glendale 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Their focus on consumption over the acquisition of cultural capital subverts the classic immigrant trajectory in American society. How MTV's "Jersey Shore" fetishized the Guido, a subversive ethnic stereotype that America disdained 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z As such, the band members are mostly unconcerned with subverting expectations or engaging gender politics. Flowing Hair? Tight Pants? Women Can Rock That 2011-07-21T20:30:29Z We thought it would be fun to see how their business model worked, how we could subvert it, which we did. From Yoko Ono to Lady Gaga: how pop embraced performance art 2011-07-07T21:00:03Z Art’s Turn on the Catwalk “LET me tell you something,” said the artist K8 Hardy, a star of the current Whitney Biennial, whose work typically subverts common conceptions of fashion and consumerism. Front Row: Art?s Turn on the Catwalk 2012-05-17T19:07:05Z The only thing more satisfying and powerful than fulfilling expectations is subverting them. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z But he subverts these questions--or, more accurately, renders them irrelevant. Jurassic World: Chris Pratt's tricky beast of stardom 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z Instead of a grand finale, the chords fall away, leaving little more than a pulsing riff and what might as well be electronic crickets: remnants of a subverted song. Playlist: The Grammy Awards Before the Grammys 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z A man who publicly colludes with a hostile foreign power to subvert an election, and then lies about and obstructs justice to conceal his skulduggery should have been immediately impeached and removed from office. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The drab, mumbly realism with which the director Edgar Wright depicts that city is offset — subverted, enlivened, thrown into crazy do-it-yourself pop-art relief — by images and situations drawn from arcade video games. | 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World': Michael Cera in an Adaptation of Bryan Lee O?Malley Novels 2010-08-12T21:50:00Z But are these ads really subverting girls from waving their freak flags? Does Tide hate tomboys? 2011-08-10T22:01:00Z The script subverts immigration, he said, by focusing on how “the only way the characters can achieve a place in the American project is by severing ties with their ancestors.” Lloyd Suh’s Plays About the Past Speak Directly to Our Present 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “Wife Swap” happily subverts old gender norms, sending spouses from same-sex marriages and also stay-at-home dads into the process, and not just as novelty acts. Perspective | All those reality shows you loved about people’s weight, marriage and kids? They’re back — and nicer. 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z At a time when the thriller and horror genres are increasingly subverting stereotypes and sexist writing of "crazy," hysterical or mentally ill female characters, "The Guilty" feels like a step backwards. Netflix's "The Guilty" isn't as progressive and critical of cops as it pretends to be 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The stars subvert the male, pale and stale status quo: they are mainly women of colour, and also represent queer, trans and working-class identities. ‘The boys' club has been obliterated’: meet the women of colour shaking up comedy 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Most of the courses sought to subvert the gender expectations foisted on American men, which faculty believed steered young men toward the armed forces. The Unlikely History of Tolstoy College 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Watching Lang Lang mine them for expression without subverting their essential nature was an instructive lesson in interpretation — and an illustration of this artist’s fundamental sensitivity and musicality. Lang Lang offers a generous helping of serious music at engaging recital 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z "It wasn't the first time. This confession she gives in the film is not the first time she has completely subverted people's expectations of Jane Roe." "Jane Roe" of Roe v. Wade admits in "deathbed confession" she was paid to fake anti-abortion stance 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z They give you a set of universal rules which you can obey or contradict or subvert; a sort of template that allows access for any person from anywhere. SXSW 2011: Joe Cornish on aliens, hoodies and Attack the Block 2011-03-14T01:24:49Z The scenes undermined Fricka's and Erda's roles as the voice of moral authority in the opera in a subverting of traditional portrayals of the characters that Castorf did time and again. Wagner birthday "Ring" booed: will clan go up in smoke? 2013-08-01T10:20:01Z He also does this more cleverly by subverting the structure of comedy, unpacking the logic of others. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Steve Martin: The Television Stuff’: A Comedian’s Evolution 2012-09-17T21:49:26Z For composers and musicians, subverting norms has always been the normal thing to do. Beethoven Was the Johnny Rotten of His Day 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z As a British period drama, “The Favourite” has the look of a traditional Oscar winner but gleefully inverts and subverts typical traits of the genre — making it kind of a perfect Academy Awards Trojan horse. What will win best picture? It’s a maddeningly close race 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s not subverting the First Amendment, therefore, to criticize a politician or a cable news host or a right-wing provocateur. Perspective | So you’re being held accountable? That’s not ‘cancel culture.’ 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Russell, who played vulnerable charmers in films like “Waitress,” acknowledged that subverting this reputation was “what was interesting” about taking on a K.G.B. agent. ‘The Americans’ With Keri Russell as a K.G.B. Agent 2013-01-24T17:00:00Z The early work felt intense and studious, with a clear Gil Evans influence, dipping into swing rhythm without subverting or interrogating it. Music Review: Maria Schneider Plays Her Career at Birdland 2010-07-23T22:09:00Z For years I’ve worked within this context, trying to find ways to poke at that conception — to subvert and manipulate it. I left Facebook 2012-07-10T15:22:00Z The first song, “The Void,” suggests, without being remotely maudlin, a fumbling need to fill an emptiness, while the closing number, “Good Not Bad,” playfully subverts its cheery melody. ‘Come for Me’ Review: T.M.I. in Overdrive 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “There is nothing conservative about subverting democracy,” wrote Tim Alberta, the author and Politico correspondent. Perspective | We must stop calling Trump’s enablers ‘conservative.’ They are the radical right. 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Nicole Wermers uses the forms and vocabulary of design objects — industrial shelving units and acrylic boxes — but subverts them in ways that alter one’s sense of the everyday. | A Place Where Art and Design Collide 2013-06-24T20:41:57Z Talking to him about his work and the current state of the world is a ceremonial experience that subverts all presupposed expectations, the first being, “I can’t believe I’m having this conversation with George McFly.” What exactly is it? Crispin Glover’s surreal, cinematic vision of the big, bad world 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z He subverted the sunny title phrase of “I Don’t Worry About a Thing” with the next line: “because I know nothing’s gonna be all right.” Mose Allison, who sang the blues with whimsy and a twist of jazz, dies at 89 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The Russians worked diligently to subvert the 2016 election, and the Trump campaign was grateful for the support. The Mueller Report: A Thorny, Patriotic Addition to a Curious American Bookshelf 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z At Glenstone, the cushy surroundings are simply the encasement — often a mask — for heavy, penetrating content that gets at the chaos of our everyday lives and subverts the very ethos of a billionaire-funded art space. In an endless news cycle, art at Glenstone both echoes and quiets the chaos 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z The Wire found an extremely clever way of subverting the normal character arc, by brutally cutting it off at an arbitrary point. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z Then to lovingly, impishly subvert that subversion, extending the story backward and forwards in time. The Incredible, Indelible ‘Watchmen’ 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Sophie Mackintosh subverts both of these assumptions in her sumptuous yet sparsely written debut, “The Water Cure,” which was longlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize. Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s clear from watching Twin Peaks that Lynch and Frost were dedicated students of the primetime soap opera, and were drawing from its immense melodramatic pull as much as they were subverting it. Twin Peaks at 30: the weird and wonderful show that changed television 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Mounsey subverts this idea, suggesting that acts of pure hatred and evil may also be expressions of the collective unconscious, and that they, too, may arise from the wellspring of creativity. The Need for Art That Hurts 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Chesterton's conscious aim in writing the Father Brown stories was to subvert the misconception that priests must be unworldly innocents ignorant of the world. Father Brown: the empathetic detective 2013-01-18T20:00:03Z The opening ballet, Steven McMahon’s “Confluence,” is remarkably successful in subverting another rule: Don’t begin a ballet with dancing in silence. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z The creators’ ability to constantly subvert and surprise is what’s earned them widespread critical acclaim. Budding Success 'High Maintenance' Is About More Than Drugs 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z They dance on department store counters and fight with squirt guns in a sequence that subverts the white-knuckle mechanics of the first game’s zombie combat. Critic’s Notebook: The Last of Us: Left Behind, a Game With the Unexpected 2014-04-25T20:23:47Z Did they ever feel bad about subverting democracy? In ‘Succession,’ Tom and Greg Were Never Playing the Long Game 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Lee is a theatrical provocateur who addresses big topics with ironic bluntness, by embracing and subverting conventional wisdom. New on Seattle stages: Kafka, a poignant Passover, a statement made without clothes 2013-03-28T22:04:00Z By the end of an evening in his company, you'll doubt there are any expressions in the English language that he couldn't invert, subvert or mine for deeply buried dual meanings. Milton Jones – review 2013-02-10T16:55:06Z His intrusive tinkerings, ending with a clunky dialogue between winds and strings that subverts the inspiration of Schumann's troubled final bars, only detract from the work. RLPO/Petrenko 2010-07-20T21:30:00Z Were you trying to subvert some of the elements of a classic “Nutcracker”? A Word With: Mark Morris: Cracking Open A Holiday Classic 2010-12-02T22:55:00Z Then you have stuff that takes place on culturally specific terrain, that engages with it, but actually subverts assumptions. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z “You have to subvert expectations,” Mr. Wood said. Up Close: A Cause With Every Party 2011-06-08T20:32:40Z It’s a longstanding fantasy that avant-garde art opposes and subverts the homogenizing effects of consumerism, bureaucracy, industrialization and so forth. ‘Unorthodox’ Faces Paradox at the Jewish Museum 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z “A Most Imperfect Union” is hardly the first comic work to subvert and satirize history, of course. ‘A Most Imperfect Union,’ a retelling of U.S. history by Ilan Stavans and Lalo Alcaraz But the artist found ways to subvert these tropes. Jordan Casteel Won’t Let You Look Away 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The concern was that they might constitute a fifth column that would subvert the American war effort. Museum Review: Heart Mountain Interpretive Learning Center - Review 2011-12-10T00:45:29Z In their separate ways, each photo raises questions about fame: about the presence that certain performers have, even offstage, and their willingness to play up to, or subvert, their own status. From a musician to a rock star 2011-08-23T14:55:40Z But if you are able to subvert it and take it to a place you might not expect, the audience can really go for a ride. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Aliens, Romance and the Vicious Brothers 2014-04-25T17:00:57Z “We wanted to subvert the iconography of power and beauty,” he said. Ruth Hogben, Fashion Filmmaker, Pushes the Envelope 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Sidney is ethically adaptable, even sleazy, but with an underlying niceness that subverts the film’s relentless and florid cynicism. An Appraisal: Marvelous Invention of Movie Make-Believe 2010-10-01T23:18:00Z With Teenage Jesus, she subverted the common purpose of rhythm — to create a groove that moves the music forward — to instead favor a static series of hellacious thuds. Lydia Lunch’s Infinite Rebellion 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z A writer, dancer, circus acrobat and comedian, Ms. Truscott can subvert and invert the conventions of any genre: cabaret, comedy show, modern dance performance. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z "Putting them on the stage together at the same time -- I think it's a wonderful way to undercut and subvert these myths," said Graybill, who introduced McMurtry at the Dallas event. McMurtry revisits American West in newest book 2014-05-08T13:08:55Z Music is everywhere in contemporary German theater, often used to heighten or subvert emotional effects. Avant-Garde Theater, or a Musical: Who Says You Need to Choose? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Even the hardcore faithful were incensed, when really it was an inspired device designed to subvert the notion of rap ego. Doom: 'It's all new, all fun' 2012-08-16T13:35:39Z But what really sets this movie apart is that by looking for equality between its characters, it leaves a trail of delicately subverted expectations. How ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Sees Power in Two Women in Love 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z “Glass Onion” also subverts that expectation through its structure: At exactly halfway through the movie, Blanc has figured it out, but before he explains everything, “Glass Onion” cuts to the past. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z And the designer did not disappoint - evolving his own minimalist style with whimsical exuberance and also that of the iconic house, whose codes he mastered, then subverted. Dior hemlines rise and designers use color, black 2012-09-28T20:38:10Z They maintain ironic distance without sacrificing emotional engagement and feature strong opinions before subverting them. Exploring That Old Knee-Slapper, Suicide 2011-01-06T22:13:28Z The quickest and most dramatic way to achieve this was by taking an over-familiar garment and, in the argot of the age, "subverting" it. Club rules: how London dressed up for the 80s 2013-06-22T07:00:12Z This novel completely subverted my expectations, in the best of ways: the surprise for the reader is that Justin, the son, returns home safely — in fact, quite early on in the book. Bret Anthony Johnston: I’m just trying to write a PJ Harvey album 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Hard became soft, iron became glass, out turned to in; categories existed only to be subverted. Louise Bourgeois's greatest work of art 2010-06-06T21:29:00Z “Long Bright River” — a book that has garnered much pre-publication buzz — nervously twists, turns and subverts readers’ expectations till its very last pages. Review | ‘Long Bright River’ is that wonderful thriller that subverts your expectations till the very last page 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z This confession she gives in the film is not the first time she has completely subverted people's expectations of Jane Roe. "AKA Jane Roe" filmmaker on Norma McCorvey's authenticity and getting to that "deathbed confession" 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z I don't want to subvert their consciousness at all. An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z Rather, in subverting social norms and rejecting easy categorisation, it has a long and radical history. LGBT+ history: The story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Gates interweaves his own childhood experiences with more than 400 years of history to analyze how Christianity, and the community of Black churches, helped create a culture that subverted centuries of oppression. 13 New Books to Watch For in February 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Salon spoke with Benincasa about being a “real” artist, subverting the self-help genre, overcoming her own prejudices and learning to stop apologizing. Stop saying you’re sorry: “Women will apologize to inanimate objects for bumping into them” 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z What she has done is slyly subvert a ubiquitous paradigm. Review: In ‘Maggie’s Plan,’ Greta Gerwig Aspires to Motherhood on Her Terms 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The actor continues to subvert expectations in other ways. George Takei on his life and career, subject of Sundance doc 2014-01-24T21:34:16Z “Hustlers,” which debuts September 15, may subvert the trend. Hollywood's Latinx representation is dismal: Why don't movies look more like America? 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Her account of how the presence of her voice subverts some of the political intentions of the record is almost convincing. Movie Review: ‘20 Feet From Stardom’ Explores World of Backup Singers 2013-06-13T23:57:32Z In “The Seagull,” Chekhov was one of the first great writers to subvert a prevailing romantic formula of theatrical villainy and heroism. Clarity, humor make this ‘Seagull’ fly 2013-01-31T17:44:16Z Advertisement Their wry vérité style, which occasionally borrows images from Western media, “plays in a very, very sophisticated way with the history of filmmaking, subverts it, toys with it and advances it,” Ms. Kuoni said. Syrian Film Collective Offers View of Life Behind a Conflict 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Kahlo dug into her own psyche to champion women and subvert the arbitrary rules of gender; Rivera sought to connect people across racial, geographic and class lines. Detroit museum roars back with powerful exhibit on Kahlo, Rivera 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Consciously or not, “Even the Rain” risks subverting its own good will. | 'Even the Rain': Discovering Columbus?s Exploitation 2011-02-17T22:31:19Z As usual, the American idea of subverting both reality and text involves putting on a razzle-dazzle show. Review: Is There a Method to the Madness of ‘Seagullmachine’? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z It's indeed a shame that Scruggs attempted to bribe a state court judge to subvert justice and went to jail as a result, but this is hardly what most would consider a tragedy. 'The Fall of the House of Zeus': Portrayal of lawyer's fall not a pretty picture 2011-01-06T00:11:06Z At the same time, they all have one thing in common — the will to work within a recognizable tract of popular culture, taking advantage of conventions while subverting them for the novel’s own purposes. In Colson Whitehead’s Latest, the Underground Railroad Is More Than a Metaphor 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Or, rather, the narratives of the war are exactly what the book means to subvert. “Relentless Absurdity”: An Army Photographer’s Censored Images 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z The revolutionary thing about “Our Planet” is how it subverts this genre by following its structure and expectations. Watching ‘Our Planet,’ Where the Predator Is Us 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Mythic Quest is also in the business of subverting expectations. Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Vogel’s notion of subversive art depended on his setting up of a straw man of conventions that films subverted, the norms that they defied. The Limits of American Cinephilia 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Lund’s Web site claims that his tokens are “subverting the traditional power structures that inform the contemporary art world.” The Artist Who Guides His Art with Crypto-tokens 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Later dubbed Eustace Tilley, the magazine’s presiding dandy has since been parodied, subverted, or deconstructed on most of our anniversary covers. Cover Story: Nine for Ninety 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z A fan of genre films and blockbusters such as “Die Hard” and “Aliens,” he packed “Fire in Cardboard City” full of popcorn-movie tropes, gently subverted or made comic by the presence of paper. The Screening Room: “Fire in Cardboard City” 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z In Machado’s stories, reclaiming the female body doesn’t mean ignoring the damage so often done to it but rather subverting the narrative that allows this damage to define the body. Carmen Maria Machado's 'Her Body and Other Parties' reclaims the female body in subversive, joyful ways 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Continue your binge of short documentaries featuring athletes that subvert societal expectations with "Little Miss Sumo." Here are 9 great Netflix short documentaries to watch for inspiration 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But the review subverted readers’ expectations; its headline called the restaurant “cultural appropriation done right.” Soleil Ho is a young, queer woman of color who wants to redefine food criticism 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Barack Obama’s campaign famously subverted cliches in 2008 with a simple, wordless logo: three rippling red stripes inside a blue circle. Analysis | Red, white and blah: Why are all these 2020 campaign logos so boring? 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Although not without moments of terror and desperation, the screenplay’s leisurely timing subverts their dramatic impact. Review: In ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife,’ the Holocaust Seems Tame 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Akin McKenzie, the production designer for Gap spot that is currently running, said Ms. Kaye manages to both embrace and subvert the stereotype of the grandmother knitting on the couch. Yarn Bombing Hits the High Street 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z They’ve painted “a pretty compelling picture of a president who was actively engaged in trying to subvert the law.” The Jan. 6th hearings: Was the finale just the beginning? 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z How might we subvert the divisiveness that so troubles the debate? Joyce Carol Oates’s Novel Plumbs the Depths of America’s Abortion War 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Indeed, crafting has long been used for political ends, slyly subverting the expectation that “women’s work” stay inside the home, and using existing women’s networks, like sewing circles, to foment political action. ‘In This House’ Yard Signs, and Their Curious Power 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The structure is further developed/subverted in more modern works such as Here She Comes Again and Where Do You Want It 7. Porn Studies – from plumbing to narrative theory? 2013-05-03T12:48:41Z The Allure and other mega-ships of its ilk subvert this recipe because they offer a plenitude of choices. T Magazine: The Biggest Boat 2010-12-01T14:00:00Z Whitfield, whose acclaimed debut novel, Bareback, subverted the werewolf myth, was "astonished" to be shortlisted for In Great Waters. Authors prepare for battle in World Fantasy awards 2010-08-26T13:31:00Z This is a heady answer, but there was a part of me that wanted to subvert that paradigm. Zoe Lister-Jones subverts sex in "Slip": "Through orgasm, she's being transported into a multiverse" 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z But it turns out to be a fine taking-off point for a 75-minute exercise that subverts our faith in fixed identities through simple but sly theatrical devices. Review: ‘D Deb Debbie Deborah,’ a Dizzying Subversion of Identity 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them. Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter 2013-04-27T08:00:00Z And Matt Porterfield’s “Putty Hill,” set among alienated kids in suburban Baltimore, also subverts its realist aesthetic with formal trickery, encouraging its actors to break the fourth wall. Berlin Takes Film Fest, and Fringe, in Stride 2010-02-17T22:45:00Z At the New York premiere on Wednesday, matters were subverted further when a fire alarm sounded late in Act 1. Review: In Bolshoi’s Ballet, Little Shrewishness and Less Taming 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Bhatia’s sophomore album, “Breaking English,” is about more than just subverting one kind of language. 15 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z The paradox is that what they try to subvert in “Stone” — namely, your viewing habits — are intrinsic to your enjoyment of the movie. | 'Stone': Upright Parole Officer With a Target on His Back 2010-10-07T23:04:00Z In this exhibition, ideas around longing, memory, and exile resonate and subvert traditional notions of a singular place of origin. African art around the globe 2012-11-30T12:10:54Z For many, the contrivance of the is-he-or-isn’t-he plot device insulted fans and subverted the show’s life-or-death stakes. ‘The Walking Dead’: Reacting to the Big Reveal, and Looking Ahead to Next Week 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z In this case, changing the outcome was smart because it subverted readers’ expectations while also allowing the show to avoid TV’s stubbornly persistent tendency to treat gay characters as expendable. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 7 Recap: An Ugly Game 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z This series, which was spearheaded by documentarian Clay Tweel, carefully dismantles and subverts the obvious question asked about the cult members: "How could they be easily taken?" From a fertility doctor with a god complex to "Wonder Woman," here's what's on HBO Max in December 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z The hanging glass is often used in large-scale architecture work, and her piece “is subverting its typical use within architecture,” she added. Words and Actions: Queens Museum Shows About Seeking Racial Justice 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z This sweeping story twists, turns and subverts readers’ expectations, while also growing into something else: an elegiac novel about a blighted city. Best thriller and mystery books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z "It becomes an issue when these strings are used to subvert a dominant political reality," said Wasim Bhat, a Kashmiri sociologist. Kashmir girl band breaks up after threats 2013-02-05T13:32:10Z Wendy McLeod’s comedy “Things Being What They Are,” now at the Road Theatre, plays with the primeval terror of this scenario — then subverts it. Comic take on the hovering neighbor at the Road on Lankershim 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But the best examples often subvert that idea, redefining the Americans as invaders rather than mere victims, their wanderlust taking on a more obnoxious, imperialist edge. Hidden horrors: our writers on the scariest movies you (probably) haven't seen 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z "The idea is in no way to subvert or interfere with proper adoption proceedings," Jahraus said. Ukraine boy's adoption stalls amid Russia's attacks: 'It's my kid,' Alabama man says 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z It's a book of many interesting ideas, but perhaps its most intriguing quality is the way it subverts the reader's assumption that no crime can go unpunished, that justice must be served. Book Review: Solar: A Novel Without an Ending 2010-03-19T20:15:00Z But the National embrace the obvious the more effectively to subvert it. The National: Trouble Will Find Me – review 2013-05-16T20:30:02Z His rippling articulation and deep focus subverted flashiness, an offering more than a plea for attention. Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The poems in this debut collection methodically subvert traditional notions of beauty, to show how they leave no room for a “transgender cripple-punk” like the author. New & Noteworthy Poetry, From Beethoven to Armageddon 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z His work addresses ageing and masculinity in an often surreal way while dramatically subverting the traditional idea of self-portraiture by literally turning his back on the camera. The 10 best … photographic self-portraits 2013-03-23T16:00:00Z Time’s Up organizers staged the campaign’s coming-out party on the Golden Globes red carpet with an eye toward subverting the often sexist display. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z In many ways, it was an opportunity to subvert a lot of those tropes. Big Mess on Campus: Making ‘Emergency’ 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z And why many writers and comedians have tried to subvert the rules. It’s worse than Jerry Seinfeld says: PC is undermining free speech, expression, liberties 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z “My main thing that was driving me was to subvert the expectation of what a royal film was meant to be,” he said. The Carpetbagger: A Swirl of Back Patting on the Statuette Circuit 2011-01-12T23:17:49Z They lend their husky, spry harmonies voices to a varied batch of cover songs, subverting rock pathos and chewy country into serene, glossy roots meanderings. Pop & Rock Listings for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z How did the dozen or so James Bonds you met in this project lean into or subvert your expectations of Bond's masculinity? In "The Other Fellow," real people named James Bond reveal the blessing and curse of the 007 moniker 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z I like taking universally recognized images and kind of subverting them and playing with them. Ke$ha on Bathing in Glitter, Singing with Iggy Pop, and That “Intimate Experience” She Had With a Ghost 2012-11-20T13:00:55Z “You did a good job of subverting good comedy,” Buress replies, unconvinced. Jay-Z’s all-black remake of “Friends” lands a punch for representation 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z The images are printed in a variety of sizes and framed eclectically—or not framed at all—to convey the breadth of styles that Gutierrez manages to both celebrate and subvert. Martine Gutierrez's "Indigenous Woman": A Trans Latinx Artist's High-Fashion Critique of Colonialism 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z But there are ways to work within these traditions, or subvert them, that give women equal power and agency, or at least try to. No More Gang Rape Scenes in Ballets, Please 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Instead, writer and director Yeon Sang-ho plays with South Korean tropes and subverts them to show that who we perceive people to be has no bearing on who they are morally. Hollywood, please stop adapting K-dramas. It's not just unnecessary, it's racist 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Officials were reluctant to accept them, fearful that the undisciplined Impressionist works would subvert the teachings of the French art academies. Gustave Caillebotte's role in Impressionist history illuminated in 'Painter's Eye' 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z Others are focused on subverting women’s magazines as a genre. Zine queens: how women’s magazines found new life via indie publishing 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z The Iraq-born Arizonan uses her assumed poses to subvert received ideas of Arab life and culture. Review | In the galleries: A century apart, Khalil Gibran and contemporary artists explore questions of home and displacement at MEI Art Gallery 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z He is not allowed to do that, anyway, and so he allows “Closed Curtain” to unfold in an intriguing limbo of deniability, subverting both its own existence and its officially mandated nonexistence. ‘Closed Curtain,’ by the Iranian Dissident Jafar Panahi 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Slate attacks the role — from the inside — with an acute ferocity that might subvert the movie’s mostly jaunty tone if she weren’t such a stupendous pleasure to watch. REVIEW: Obvious Child: Do Not Abort This Movie! 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Just when Britain in the 1990s led Europe in diverting farm subsidies to finance conservation, it subverted that purpose by eroding green belts and opting for dispersed rural housing sprawl rather than higher urban densities. We all care about beauty ? why don't politicians? 2010-04-08T07:06:00Z At times that heritage is subverted to perpetuate garish stereotypes. Joining the Caravan: The Gypsy Aesthetic Gains in Popularity on Runways and Streets 2012-07-11T21:27:14Z Mr. Sanderson’s goal isn’t to churn tired genre themes, either, but to subvert them. Brandon Sanderson Tops Best Sellers With ‘Words of Radiance’ 2014-04-16T21:20:10Z Other stories suggest the enslaved turned to the supernatural realm in order to subvert the conditions of slavery itself. The Haunted Past 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Clause 5.3 says governments “need to be alert to any efforts by the tobacco industry to undermine or subvert tobacco control efforts” and must limit their contact to the absolute minimum. The great vape debate: are e-cigarettes saving smokers or creating new addicts? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z One of the things I thought was so cool about this movie is the score, and the way that it subverts all of these expectations. Alison Brie on filmmaking, "back to old antics" with Danny Pudi and a possible "Community" reunion 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z This series show Dali’s skill at taking the ordinary and subverting it. In pictures: Salvador Dali fruit watercolours 2013-06-18T11:26:54Z The podcast subverts the idea that death is a “difficult” subject at all. The Art of the Taboo Podcast Interview 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z A cappella subverts that: it's highly composed music but there's no composer. Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z Pravda, the Soviet party daily, condemned sightings of the Madonna in Poland and elsewhere as the work of "wreckers" bent on subverting socialist utopias. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z After that muddled early scene, the film teeters between subverting the genre and obeying convention. ‘Blacklight’ Review: He’s Off the Books (But You’ve Read This One Before) 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But to take the lead in the new Amazon limited series “Swarm,” Fishback had to subvert expectations, asking her shining eyes to convey something other than their signature warmth and groundedness. Dominique Fishback Knows You Think She’s Sweet. ‘Swarm’ May Confuse That 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z "My light", "My balance" and "Yours the face" subvert the dead hand of the end-stop and ensure the flow of rhythmic energy from one short line to the next. Luminary by RS Thomas: Poem of the week 2013-06-17T11:37:44Z More than acceptable, they have proved a reliable means of relaxing or, indeed, subverting a look that may otherwise seem contrived. Spring Fashion, Hand Yourself Bouquets 2014-04-16T21:59:50Z The relentless rituals and conventions of the daily traffic through Heathrow have been subverted to other ends. Flight of fancy: how aviation changed art for ever 2012-08-17T21:55:08Z Did you find that the sense of individuals fighting to get to the next level subverted the traditional incentives of winning and improving as a team? ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Lucas Mann Talks About 'Class A' 2013-05-16T19:00:06Z “We’re hoping to subvert a culture that promotes a standard of perfection that most of us can never attain.” Losing Their Clothes, Finding Themselves 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Six months before taking over as Prime Minister, Mussolini famously asked, “Does Fascism aim at restoring the State, or subverting it? Is it order or disorder?” A Scholar of Fascism Sees a Lot That’s Familiar with Trump 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z But as a bandleader, he finds a way to subvert the incorporation of that sound, or to encourage the band to play against its own type. Tom Harrell at the Village Vanguard 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Throughout her daily grind, she cheerfully acquiesces to her lot even as she subverts almost every task assigned to her. The Secret Rebellion of Amelia Bedelia, the Bartleby of Domestic Work 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z It is a strong – if eccentric – concept, full of possibility for a comic adept at subverting gender, cultural and class stereotypes. Russell Kane – review 2012-10-29T17:26:22Z I didn't have this start where I had a very sophisticated thought of how I could subvert the literary world. Inside "Taco Bell Quarterly," the seriously delicious literary magazine honoring the fast food chain 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z In some ways, by becoming a zombie version of Barbie, I effectively killed the classic, blonde beauty, decolonizing her not only in my mind, but also by subverting the costume for all to see. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z How does your book subvert racist ideas that people of some races experience higher rates of unwanted pregnancy because of carelessness? The gendered burden to "Just Get on the Pill": "That is not reproductive freedom. It's the opposite" 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The historical works I enjoy tends to subvert or ignore the tropes of the genre. Top 10 books on the ancient world 2010-09-29T12:08:00Z In telling the story from the perspective of a black protagonist, “Get Out” subverts its own genre. Jordan Peele made a woke horror film 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The recent Netflix film “Pieces of a Woman,” featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Vanessa Kirby, tries to subvert this narrative, with a naturalistic home birth scene that occupies nearly a fifth of the movie. ‘Pieces of a Woman’ Has Midwives Talking About That Birth Scene 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Do you feel like The Overnight subverts these stereotypes? Meet Judith Godrèche, the Surprise Comic Standout From The Overnight 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z They end up subverting expectations by denying pleasure. | 'Stone': Upright Parole Officer With a Target on His Back 2010-10-07T23:04:00Z "I don't want to see it. Try to subvert people's concept of what L.A. is." For 'The Gambler,' filmmaker sought a less familiar side of L.A. 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Gardley underscores how the mercenary interests of the white landowners subverted attempts to help the black population reach safety. | 'On the Levee': Tamping Down a Flood at the Duke on 42nd Street 2010-06-29T02:37:00Z The painting quotes abstract expressionism – the image suggests such seminal works as Kazimir Malevich's 1915 Black Square – while entirely subverting its tone. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z “The more we understand what the Nazis represented, the more we are able to analyze the contemporary versions of Nazis” and avoid being deceived by their efforts to subvert “what they actually represent,” Simi said. Nazi cautionary dramas wade into political, factual disputes 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z “I saw buried in the story these elements that subvert a traditional narrative of what a hero is, and what strength is,” she said. An Unexpected Hero Will Visit Central Park: Here Comes Hercules 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z It turns out that, for some addicts, drug use doesn’t just subvert ambition—it also mimics it. Memoirs of Addiction and Ambition by Cat Marnell and Julia Phillips 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z In his view, cars that lack steering wheels or are inoperable when disconnected from communications networks subvert human agency, self-sufficiency, and freedom. The Fight for the Right to Drive 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z You're able to subvert whatever situation you find yourself in, because your humor gets you through. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Freddy as a character was so powerful that he spawned an entire library of films, which gave him a mythology that Craven later subverted with New Nightmare. How Wes Craven Reinvented the Horror Movie 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Eastwood might have cast her as the monster in his horror show, but Walter subverted that impulse to deliver a performance touched by vulnerability and the sympathetic spark of mutual understanding. Jessica Walter and George Segal personified a time when movies grew up 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Directed by Vaughn Stein and written by David K. Murray, the movie coasts on so many tropes that you almost expect it to subvert them, but the plot remains equally foreseeable. ‘Every Breath You Take’ Review: The Therapist as Trauma Victim 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z That was the subject of his previous novel, “Zero K,” in which humans use technology to arrest aging and disease in an attempt at subverting death and effecting resurrection. In Don DeLillo’s New Novel, Technology Is Dead. Civilization Might Be, Too. 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z She'd already made a career out of subverting religious imagery and, besides, that near-heroic self-regard is what much of her persona has been built on. Chris Brown: not the first pop star with a God complex 2013-01-29T16:15:06Z The series does little to subvert preconceptions of “mean girls,” a wildly popular subject during my childhood thanks to the movie of the same name. How the Clique Books Taught Me to Hate Other Girls and Myself 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z “Candy” works in the era of #MeToo in part because it so coyly subverts the male gaze. A Parody of Smut — and of Voltaire — Turns 60 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z He is constantly turning it over in his mind, figuring out how best to subvert, wield, or decipher it. What Just Happened at the Video Music Awards? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z But the filmmakers here know that you know how these movies are supposed to go, gracefully subverting those expectations, and Samuel L. Jackson is cast perfectly in the title role. Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in February 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Once may be regarded as unfortunate; twice is a thug’s strategy to subvert justice. The dark stars of the far right compete to bask in the glory of Tommy Robinson 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Knightley is clearly having a good time subverting her prim-and-proper persona, while Dominic West is deliciously doofy as the man who brings her out of her shell before receding into her long shadow. Stream These Great Movies Before They Leave Netflix in September 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z A veritable "vertigo of infinity," a plenitude of names and objects and dollars and pages that overwhelms, delights and subverts the constraints of the poor old novel. In 'Confessions of a Young Novelist,' Umberto Eco offers his secret formula for a bestselling novel 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Misanthropic oddball Lawrence nicely subverts that with this image, which supports his show's title while also giving an indication of the simmering, suppressed anger that drives much of his comedy. Paste masters: the art of the Edinburgh fringe poster 2010-08-26T15:27:00Z Though he visits war graves in Slovenia and Poland, Stasiuk is fascinated more by legends and fables than by history, and by the writers who helped to reinvent or subvert their national mythologies. On the Road to Babadag by Andrzej Stasiuk ? review 2011-07-08T21:55:08Z Fallada gives instances of small acts, invisible to others, which may appear to be failures but which create a pattern to subvert the patterns created by nazism. Rereading: Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin 2011-01-07T11:40:24Z He may look like a hippie, but he’s not exactly out to subvert the dominant paradigm. “Congress does not require desire on a woman’s part, only patience.” “Game of Thrones”: Start Choppin’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z There he meets an older girl who calls herself the Aleph and enjoys subverting the hospital staff’s efforts to normalize their patients. Review | If a book could talk, what would it say? Ruth Ozeki has some ideas. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z More profound connections between them might include a shared relish for subverting formulae, eclectic knowledge, eccentric humour and key roles in the cutting-edge groups of their time. Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – April 2013-04-19T09:33:10Z So by making a dress out of maps, which is about power and ownership and possession, is subverting the material and getting people to look at it differently. Art of maps 2010-04-30T09:48:00Z The movie works especially well when compared to "Thor: Ragnarok," which subverted the self-seriousness of this movie for comedy and pathos. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z They feel like they’re trying to communicate something bigger, and I think the fun, for us, was subverting that. With ‘Roar,’ the Creators of ‘GLOW’ Got Extra Personal. And Weird. 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Having the same actors play opposing sides undercuts our desire to cheer for the English, subverting the play’s nationalism. Review: Does Power Corrupt in ‘Henry V’? Absolutely 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z And yet “The Baptism” never feels grim, because in the text and video, Mr. Rux and Ms. Weems subvert these expectations of death and tropes of the dying Black body. Black Art and Poetry Elevate a Tribute to Civil Rights Leaders 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z She uses black-and-white illustrations and diagrams from old reference books, isolating and recombining the botanical, biological, astronomical and mechanical imagery, subverting its didactic clarity. Two artists' work at Couturier Gallery negotiate chance and control 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z He cultivated sources among the police and in the drug trade, often at great risk, while compiling dramatic tales that explored the ways in which the narcotics industry was subverting the civic life of Mexico. Charles Bowden, author of probing, lyrical accounts of the Southwest, dies at 69 This is just another attempt by the film’s opponents to subvert the right to free speech.” Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z “What I’m doing is kind of this balance between working with the ad in a way, but also fighting against it and subverting it,” he said. Graffiti Artist Defaces Fashion Ads, Fashion Embraces Him 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Duvernay’s critical portrayal of Johnson seems designed to subvert the “white savior” archetype. Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture? 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The talented Morano, whose work on the TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” shows a knack for shuddery grim realism, sometimes seems to want to subvert the espionage-action genre by bludgeoning the pleasure out of it. ‘The Rhythm Section’ Review: The Semi-Reluctant Assassin 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The largely documentary nature of the proceedings is further subverted by a short, episodic, musing video in which Ms. Esquivias, pausing twice to sing a cappella, recounts parts of her process of discovery. Patricia Esquivias: ‘111-119 Generalísimo/Castellana’ 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z How does your book confront or subvert those? How to eat like a Vermont farmer — starting with this luscious burrata salad 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Top Goon draws on Assad's speeches and biased state TV coverage of the uprising to highlight and subvert the regime's propaganda. Syrian satirists take puppet show into war-torn towns to mock Assad regime 2013-06-22T14:47:32Z The shorts are better tied together by how they subvert current 1990s nostalgia, digging into the darkest side of Y2K and Woodstock 99 and other cultural artifacts from the final decade of the last millennium. ‘V/H/S/99’ Review: Death on the Way to DVD 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Our expectations for the scene—for the whole minutes we’re staring at Jon Snow’s body—are not intriguingly being subverted, or anything. “Game Of Thrones” recap: Familiar faces return—and a few depart for good 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z In theory, the film subverts the book's brutal message; in practice, it's the worldview underpinning this message that its story ends up celebrating. Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z Song’s harrowing novel subverts the standards of merfolk lore — clamshell bras, underwater kingdoms, the love of a sailor or prince. These Are Not Your G-Rated Fairy Tales 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z But the fact that it can be subverted emphasises how much the final girl is embedded in culture. When did you last see a man begging for his life in a horror movie? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z Each of the book’s four sections subverts everything readers think they know about the story, posing questions about the human costs of wealth. Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Like a lot of marginalized people — Mr. Michele is gay — he evolved a rich fantasy life and a knack for subverting narratives that historically left little room for people like him. At Milan Men’s Week, the War Lives On 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z But Mr. Harrison was best known for subverting his own genre. Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87 2012-08-18T02:52:27Z Such an appearance prompts questions about where the line is drawn between a rock band subverting the norm and killing off any final traces of credibility. Will the Manics' appearance on Strictly Come Dancing be subversive or just submissive? 2010-12-01T12:25:00Z Ms. Danes, who was the early favorite in the category, thanked the writers for “subverting our expectations in the most masterful way.” ‘Homeland’ and ‘Modern Family’ Win Top Emmys 2012-09-24T04:27:43Z Paul Graham: The Present, Mack, £45Graham explores the idea of street photography in a book that pays a tentative homage to the tradition as it subverts it. The best photography books of 2012: an alternative selection 2012-12-21T16:01:33Z “It was a cute name, and we knew we were going to subvert that,” Ms. Conlon said. A Virtual Gathering of Feminist Artists 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In either case, size mattered in 2018, as shows with the breadth and breathlessness of Victorian novels or the miniaturist precision of New Yorker short stories played with and subverted conventional expectations of scale. The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z One gleefully misanthropic monologue was built around his memories of working for a classical music publisher and gleefully subverting the wishes of callers seeking musical esoterica. Review: Joseph Keckler Shares Operatic Overtones and Tales at Pangea 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z It's a mixture of different elements: straightforward standup, observational, a bit of politics, a bit of philosophical discourse, a bit of interaction with the audience where I try to subvert the nature of audience participation. Bill Bailey: Bill's excellent adventure 2013-04-19T14:00:00Z Subtitled “A Nightmare,” this 1908 classic subverts the reader’s expectations at every turn. Review | The perfect book for this year’s coincidence, Easter on April Fools’ Day 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Three new films, however, show in very different ways that it is possible to bypass or subvert official channels when dealing with North Korea. Film: Filmmakers on North Korea: Restricted, but Not Deterred 2010-03-27T01:07:00Z The series acknowledges these viewer expectations but subverts them from the start. ‘Hijack,’ With Idris Elba, Is a Throwback Thriller 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z How many history books contain, and then go on to justify, the sentence "It would not be the only trained patrol dog she subverted"? The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville by Clare Mulley – review 2012-08-03T21:55:03Z But at this stage it is a different show to the one we were initially sold: more conventional, closer to the fantastical tales of knights and sorcerers Martin’s books seemed to be subverting. Game of Thrones has lost its evil streak – and it's a crying shame 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Talk is action here, and the humor comes from Ms. Jarcho’s controlled use of language as she catches and sometimes subverts the flattened-out rhythms of daily speech. | 'Dreamless Land' : Julia Jarcho?s ?Dreamless Land? - Review 2011-11-10T22:54:11Z "I just want to subvert the bad cliches of the genre." 'What If's' Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse try to elevate the rom-com 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z That Edwards and Troy mix needlecraft with distortion remains one of this superlative duo's plus points; subverting expectations from the off. Deap Vally: Sistrionix – review 2013-06-22T23:05:06Z But where Sedaris really subverts the average home entertainment program, to delightful effect, is in how she is consistently more emotionally revealing than your typical stand-and-stir host. "At Home with Amy Sedaris" is the kind of pandemic cooking content we deserve 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z In Act 3, against a set reminiscent of a Marbella nightclub, he looks eerily like Gary Glitter, and the lurid mise-en-scène actively subverts the plot. Swan Lake ? review 2011-01-30T00:05:59Z In terms of subverting the image of a traditional beauty queen, she seemed to have the year locked. Miss America brushes off the bigots 2013-09-16T14:25:00Z She championed the likes of The Fault in Our Stars and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for subverting stereotypes and giving voice to oft-marginalised demographics. Salma Hayek, Aishwarya Rai and Parker Posey hit back at gender inequality 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z “Now, we’re both trying invent a form and subvert it at the same time, and it’s just — yeah, it’s terrifying.” Can Physical Comedy Work on Zoom? Bill Irwin Wants to Find Out 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z I want to subvert expectations; to be provoking in a way that I like to be provoked when I go to the movies—which is to experience the world anew, afresh in some way. Todd Solondz’s comedy of despair: “I am always trying to navigate a line that is not too far, and not too soft” 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z There is always something new to mock — so much seriousness and silliness, so much sound and spectacle, so much strenuous novelty and lazy cliché, so many anthems and earworms to sample and subvert. Review: Andy Samberg Spoofs Pop Stars Without Spite. And That’s 4 Real. 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z “Troop Zero” may not radically subvert expectations, or ruffle too many feathers, but it’s nonetheless a pleasant viewing experience. ‘Troop Zero’ Review: A New Generation of Underdogs 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z “The foundational fact,” Snyder reminded Brooks, “is you cannot earn your way into a state of grace—this denies grace’s power, and subverts its very definition.” David Brooks’s Conversion Story 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z To subvert negative stereotypes of bookishness was one of the genius maneuvers of J.K. The power of pop literature: Why we need diverse YA books more than ever 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z This year’s sequel, Bad Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, goes even further to subvert the toxic masculinity of the genre. Sex, booze and stupidity: fratboys on film, from Animal House to Goat 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z "Modern feminism in the United States advocates subverting men and their rights and opportunities and futures to those of women," @jmwcarter13 said. J. Crew made a "feminist" T-shirt for boys, and some conservatives were not happy about it 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z Yet one of the less noticed aspects of this film is how cleverly it subverts the assumptions of the first. Why the "Terminator" series matters 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z How about “struggling to overturn the election he just lost” or “struggling to subvert the will of the voters”? Maybe “struggling to undermine American democracy.” William P. Barr’s Good Donald Trump and Bad Donald Trump 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z It points to enduring psychological damage, and the happily-ever-after ending is indeed shockingly subverted. Rodelinda ? review 2011-08-02T17:54:47Z “Insidious” is a haunted house picture, probably the most traditional and rule-bound of the horror genres, and it faithfully follows the conventions even while subverting a couple of them. Life After ?Saw? Turns Out to Still Be Scary 2011-03-18T22:01:35Z The film may subvert the expectations of a contemporary audience in a more fundamental way as well. Review: The Tulsa Massacre, Remembered by Those Who Survived 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z Groff’s story of a marriage in which neither partner truly understands the other uses a sophisticated technique to tell its simple story, subverting our expectations with a two-voice counterpoint as meaningful as it is dazzling. Love May Be Time’s Fool in Fates and Furies 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z "The old adage that no one likes a loser is gloriously subverted with Barry who is both lovable and hilarious," said Rosen, who chaired the judging panel. Loser wins Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2013-12-11T10:04:03Z That is down to McElhenney’s determination to keep subverting expectations, not least with his own physical transformations that make a mockery of the idea that sitcom characters enter a form of stasis. Rob McElhenney: 'I was fuelled by privilege, ignorance and testosterone' 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Though the new “Watchmen” expertly subverts expectations set up by the original comics, the show seems less confident inhabiting the world of Tulsa itself. The Great Achievement of “Watchmen” Is in Showing How Black Americans Shape History 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The musical frames the story as a minstrel show - that deeply racist storytelling device performed by whites in blackface - and then immediately subverts it by having an all-black cast. 2 very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race 2011-05-04T01:01:04Z Ms. Brown is adept at subverting traditional notions of how choreography develops; much like the misty cloud, the dancers momentarily cohered into larger, shared themes, only to melt away along individual trajectories. Dance Review: Trisha Brown Dance at Dia:Beacon 2010-05-03T21:42:00Z When we don't do that, it sort of subverts, it metastasizes, you know? Salon gets Goopy to delve into the wacky, vulva-friendly world of Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z We are not trying to subvert the genre, but we did approach things with a different point of view. Mark Hopkins?s Film Explores Doctors Without Borders 2010-05-29T02:32:00Z There’s a bigger picture, and it’s how long Shalwitz’s Woolly has subverted conventions and cried out with civic purpose. Review | Sex, politics and art painted in broad strokes in ‘Botticelli in the Fire’ 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z As an artist, Mr. Cattelan is known for skillfully subverting the expectations of his audience. The New Museum Is Offering Strange Stories for Trying Times 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z I think there’s a subverted fairy tale there. Mona Awad on her sharp-voiced debut, '13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl' 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z "The Rise of Skywalker" also understands that subverting expectations is not in and of itself good storytelling; one has to have a larger vision for the story that makes sense. "The Rise of Skywalker" fixes the sins of "The Last Jedi" 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “She was inscribing them into these very serious, spiritual kind of experiences,” he said, subverting the idea of “these costumes being hoochie-coochie.” The Costumes in Modern Dance’s Attic 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z They've both done their best to subvert the idea of identity in an image-obsessed industry, and at times it's hard to tell if they're being ironic or just a bit rubbish. Spring Breakers hunt James Franco – but wait, he looks much less attractive 2013-02-06T13:53:00Z In film history, many directors have used movements of the piece to subvert or comment on the realities they create. Clip joint: Beethoven's ninth symphony 2012-12-05T16:13:20Z Through tacit collaboration, the men on the front lines subvert the military code. Books of The Times: ‘Poilu,’ a French Memoir About Serving on the Western Front 2014-04-20T21:11:41Z Because I was interested in the Weimar Republic, I’ve always been aware that culture can be overwhelmed and subverted in a very short time. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The process by which Mr Gehry works is almost entirely intuitive, which plays into the hands of sceptics, because it subverts the idea of architecture as mainly a practical art. A life in shapes 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The National embrace the obvious the more effectively to subvert it. The best albums of 2013 (so far) 2013-07-05T12:58:00Z How do you sift through, avoid, honor or subvert all those connections to other fantasy films and series and to all the Arthur and Merlin stories of the past? How the Creators of ‘Cursed’ Conjured a Fresh Take on King Arthur 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z The director explains: “I like setting up expectations, then subverting them and delivering them somewhere else.” The unstoppable rise of nosebleeds in cinema 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The dedicated dancers look at their best here, and happiest, and the spatial organization of the stage toys with, and subverts, proscenium expectations in intriguing ways. Dance Review: Philadanco at the Joyce Theater 2012-10-05T23:25:20Z Under no circumstances, she says, does she plan to fall in love; she's just there to "subvert harmful beauty standards, inspire women across America, and get a free hot air balloon ride. That's it." New page-turners heat up our summer reading: "Blacktop Wasteland," "The Only Good Indians" and more 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z But one reason I ultimately liked the film is its unexpected ending: “La La Land” gently subverts the very tradition it seemed set to embrace. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z And since the earliest days of movies, filmmakers have delighted in subverting, or mocking, opera. Opera in Film Takes On a New Note in ‘Bel Canto’ (It’s Not Evil) 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z This is a book that, without seeming to, subverts the keystone notions of family, home and nurture. The Devil Walks by Anne Fine ? review 2011-07-08T21:55:09Z I don’t like formulaic work, but I enjoy books that acknowledge the formula only to subvert it. How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Of course, as any mystery reader can tell you, their paths are bound to cross, and Boyle both leans into our expectations and subverts them with his clever culture clash setup. ‘Ben Is Back,’ ‘Censor’ and More 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Over the course of the collection’s 14 stories, Thammavongsa’s tales of Lao immigrants in the Western world continually subvert many such prejudices. Review | In ‘How to Pronounce Knife,’ stories of Lao immigrants reveal everyday moments of racism, classism, power and privilege 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z But the way these women then step off balance and stretch their bodies up to the fullest exposure subverts genteelly conventional ideas of Mozartian decorum. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z I then set about subverting the cliché in a manner that reflects the author’s topsy-turvy style of storytelling. Book Covers: Before and After 2013-07-29T17:02:08Z For anyone who doesn’t see it, simply consider Jonathan Anderson’s Loewe, where classicism and establishment expectations were subverted, stretched this way and that, and otherwise punctured. Welcome to Now, Courtesy of Rick Owens 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z To the extent that this is the tale of a young woman choosing between alternative suitors, it suggests romantic comedy, a genre Trier both subverts and satisfies. ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review: Oslo, Her Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z With Good Vibrations, expectations are subverted, horror is heightened. Mood music: how a jaunty pop song can ramp up movie terror 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z But they're also beautifully and undeniably French in the way that Americans love to both subvert and fetishize, thanks, again, to that gingham top. The unique "second lives" of Bonne Maman jars 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z That indelible performance indirectly enabled Considine to subvert it, to change perceptions again. In ‘House of the Dragon,’ Paddy Considine Claims the Crown 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Republican senators, poisoned by partisan spleen, dispatch an unsolicited letter to the leaders of Iran and treasonously subvert President Obama’s bona fide negotiations to thwart the possibility of that country’s developing nuclear weapons. David Brooks just makes God up: More horse-and-buggy priggishness from deeply unserious NYT writer 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z Still, I wish him luck in his bid to subvert the British obsession with period, even if it's from within the confines of costume. Trailer Trash 2013-05-11T23:06:09Z I felt that I was subverting many of those genre archetypes through the structure of the film. Ti West on anyone walking out of his slasher film "X": "What did you think you were signing up for?" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z “Panda to Panda” is also an art piece about subverting state power, surveillance, and secrets. What Will the Future Be Like? These Objects Help Us Imagine 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Even though I had subverted Dale’s process by leapfrogging other candidates, he still intended to make sure Jim got his money’s worth and met all of his potential matches. Modern Love: A Dollar a Day, for Only 20 Years 2013-08-08T18:10:01Z The songs blend styles, subvert formula, tinker with different approaches to percussion, sublimate the guitars, build up the atmosphere, and work the mood as much as the melody. Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 'Mosquito' 2013-04-15T16:18:00Z I suggest a concentrated effort to lampoon, ironise, subvert, mock and otherwise puncture faux outrage wherever we find it. Britain's anger issues: something to shout about 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z You can subvert this form, but never the automatic associations that type infers. True to type: why letters are a labour of love 2010-10-16T23:00:00Z Some are consciously deploying painful stereotypes, and subverting them. With ‘There There,’ Tommy Orange Has Written a New Kind of American Epic 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Like Warhol, Mr. Ai surrounds himself with stray cats, has a fondness for neon-tinted floral arrangements and takes pleasure in subverting hallowed cultural touchstones. Ai Weiwei and Warhol, Together Again 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The movie's thrills come from how Joe's and the viewers' expectations are subverted. Netflix's "The Guilty" isn't as progressive and critical of cops as it pretends to be 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z While the Birthday Boys keep deftly subverting expectations, Murderfist just keeps playing its few chords, faster and more intensely. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z Any attempt to subvert the male gaze feels like lip service as the story keeps diverting back to men. Netflix's pole dance therapy film "Strip Down, Rise Up" exploits trauma & is fixated on male gaze 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Turning the banners, signs and symbols of overbearing cultural orders to his own ends, Pepperstein subverts power systems to reveal the possibility of imaginative reinvention. Artist of the week 82: Pavel Pepperstein 2010-04-08T10:17:00Z Mr. Ventura, who often subverts commercial images he finds in magazines, said he likes “to layer different realities.” Special Report: Asian Art: A Filipino Artist's Fantastical Vision, Finely Crafted 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z I can't think of another artist who has taken one of their own iconic album artworks, and subverted it in this way. Why David Bowie's new album cover is a masterstroke 2013-01-09T12:39:13Z But Jessie J also subverts the stereotype of a solo female artist. Jessie J tops BBC Sound of 2011 poll 2011-01-07T10:43:09Z The personnel tells its own story; it hints at Mr. Lloyd’s willful urge to subvert while also making sense of things, to prove something about the oneness of the world. Charles Lloyd Revels in the Flow on a Stellar Live Album 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z “We liked the murder mystery, because it’s a serious genre, and formulaic, so the audience knows what it is before we subvert it,” Mr. Lewis said. In ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ It’s Murder, Strictly for Laughs 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z “Tehran” works at subverting expectations, and — major Season 1 spoiler here — one of its big surprises was that Tamar’s first mission failed, though she redeemed herself by saving most of the Israeli airplanes from destruction. ‘Tehran’ Review: ‘24’ Meets ‘The Americans’ in Iran 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Rutault’s wryly iconoclastic process represented a break from the past, subverting the basic notion that painters are people who paint. Claude Rutault, Master of the Painted Word, Is Dead at 80 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Though they gravitated to different areas of cinema, Franco and Godard both borrowed from and subverted high and low art in a manner that resonates still in the postmodern genre cinema of Quentin Tarantino. Jesús Franco 2013-04-05T15:29:47Z In stark contrast to structuralism and its many offshoots, all of which are largely concerned with how literature either supports or subverts institutional power, creative criticism is all about the inner journey. ‘B & Me: A True Story of Literary Arousal,’ by J.C. Hallman 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z "Some of the things people say about him – that he's a Muslim imam from Kenya who came to subvert American democracy and capitalism – are pretty amazing." John Legend and the Roots: hearts, minds and soul 2010-10-19T21:00:00Z “The Looming Tower,” like such recent series as “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” revisits a well-publicized tragedy that people think they know well, only to subvert our expectations. He hunted bin Laden — then died in 9/11. Now the FBI legend is the center of a new TV show. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The banal frustrations of call centres are subverted and advertising campaigns afforded the power of subliminal influence. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-08T00:06:27Z Sopranos, on the other hand, takes a seemingly familiar world and seeks to subvert it from within. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z To what extent were they emasculating men, or actively subverting social conventions? The Girl I Left Behind Me 2010-05-20T21:15:00Z Since constitutional reform has little popular support, it was easy for the Conservatives to subvert. 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis – review 2013-05-13T07:00:03Z Tag lines taken from New York subway advertisements are subverted into vulgar slogans, most of which can’t be printed here. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But give this spot its due: The owners know how to subvert a cliché. Drinks, ahoy, at the Octopus bar 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z From then on, she subverted traditional quilting forms and made unconventional choices with words and color in her art. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z "I don't want to subvert the genre," said Michael Dowse of his new directorial effort, "What If." 'What If's' Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse try to elevate the rom-com 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Against the backdrop of the fitted, tailored suit that is the house’s staple garment this season, Thom Browne took historic fashion items and humorously subverted them. Secret gardens and co-ed styles hit Paris men’s collections 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z The question for viewers, and the central challenge of Wall’s work, is whether these postmodern twists can coexist with the social critique, or fatally subvert it. Review | In Jeff Wall’s photographs, it’s all about the details. But are they important? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z It's a harrowing historical chapter, reconfigured in the form of a subverted, old-time minstrel show on a simple set. Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z Both subverted your initial idea of where the story is headed, something most plot-driven shorts do. Witty or gritty? What ingredients make the best short films? 2011-01-14T16:29:46Z Here he attempts to exploit and subvert that, presenting “Counterfeit Scenario” as something of a rehearsal in which he — and Ms. Green, following his verbal prompts — is trying to build the finished performance. Dance Review: Amanda Loulaki and Levi Gonzalez at the Kitchen 2012-02-11T01:06:45Z “I want to subvert a commercial enterprise into a social enterprise,” Lo tells the crowd, then adds, borrowing a term from sociologist Ray Oldenburg, “I want Eaton to be seen as the ‘third place.’ Inside Washington’s new anti-Trump hotel 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Famuyiwa may be interested in mocking and subverting stereotypes, but he’s unwilling to go beyond them entirely, to populate his sunny Southern California mean streets with fully rounded human beings. ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z I like to subvert the codes of different typologies of film, obviously, body horror, but also comedy, drama, and thriller. From Hitchcock to the Macarena, "Titane" director on how monstrosity and humor feed her body horror 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Before Stonewall, queer people were subverting gender roles, playing with gender roles, and camping it up. Coming Out, and Rising Up, in the Fifty Years After Stonewall 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Flemons, who is Black and Mexican-American, has long subverted stereotypes of traditional music and the people who play it. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Artists of Mr. Mueller’s generation often strove to undermine or subvert Color Field Painting, which he did by adding thick flourishes of paint to canvases delicately stained with color. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Their show is, however, light years more nuanced than, say, Al Murray's Pub Landlord: Chambers and McGlynn are forever subverting any sense of who the Rubberbandits are and what they represent. The Rubberbandits: comedy, prank CDs ... and the IRA 2013-01-16T18:33:59Z "Dirty Martini", "Mimi Le Meaux" and the other artistes rework and subvert the conventions of "gentlemen's entertainment", flaunting their tattoos, false eyelashes and sagging flesh outrageously. Bond baddie brings burlesque film to Cannes 2010-05-13T13:53:00Z Like Shakespeare’s great comedies, it ends with a wedding, but it subverts the expectation of a return to some ancient, mystical world order: It turns out that our own world is miraculous enough. John Crowley's new epic 'Ka' is a late masterpiece in a stellar fantasy career 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Saba’s passive, judgmental mother is beholden to the camp’s midwife, herself a cruel traditionalist who is constantly condemning Saba for subverting their cultural norms. In This Novel of Exile, Sulaiman Addonia Writes From Experience 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z And his energetic score mirrors Haydn’s habit of tinkering with accents and phrase lengths as a way of subverting symmetry. Music Review: The Brentano String Quartet at Carnegie Hall 2012-03-22T21:57:58Z You really live for this homemaking stuff, but this show seems to subvert the idealized home concepts we're used to. Amy Sedaris on Her Hilarious New Show and Jerri Blank 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z Yohji Yamamoto said after his joyous show that he wanted to “go back to the beginning” — which explained the subverted Edwardian elegance, the black clothes and the “backs are beautiful” elements. Special Report: Fashion: Giving a Rebel Yell 2010-10-03T17:03:00Z The IM3 script subverts that entirely by taking Tony OUT of his suit for most of the movie, making him rely just on his own brains and courage. Is Iron Man the Only Interesting Marvel Superhero? 2013-05-03T18:58:16Z Their embrace of photography helped them escape and subvert the long shadow cast by the male-dominated history of painting. PhotoEspaña 2013: the 1970s feminist avant garde 2013-06-14T15:50:00Z The casting of Cumberbatch, a vocal supporter of the “Remain” campaign, was central to subverting expectations. Brexit Is Dividing Britain. So Is a Brexit Movie. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z On Thursday, Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley wrote an essay about how the prolific TV creator is breaking the current mold of TV heroines and subverting stereotypes in the process. Shonda Rhimes responds to 'angry black woman' New York Times piece 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Hack the Cover by Craig Mod was a fascinating essay looking at how to subvert the traditional expectations of the ebook cover, but few artists seem to be exploring similar possibilities with digital music files. Why David Bowie's new album cover is a masterstroke 2013-01-09T12:39:13Z "I wanted to take everything and subvert your expectations." The comedy-drama 'Dope' defies 'black film' expectations 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Casting them contrariwise subverts the clichés in their characters. ‘The Village Bike’ Stars Greta Gerwig as a Woman Obsessed 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z If anything, rough sex, with its rules and safe words and consent and trust, is subverting some of that emotional chaos and making it manageable, enjoyable, safe. Rough sex can be empowering for women, too 2014-04-10T22:30:00Z Call it counterintuitive, then, that Mr. Coltrane spends a good portion of this album subverting precise alignment. New Music: New Albums from Patti Smith, Ravi Coltrane and Neneh Cherry 2012-06-18T21:55:59Z Ferguson’s enigmatic presence in Rogue Nation intelligently subverts the traditional spy movie dynamic by making a female secret agent the movie’s paramount exponent in the art of using sexual charisma as a weapon of espionage. All hail Tom Cruise and the era of the equal opportunity action movie 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The problem is not so much that Ms. Oria subverts formulas but that the frequency of the subversion makes it seem formulaic. 'New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,' Stories by Shelly Oria 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “After art school, it was a privilege to return to Bob,” whose layering techniques Mr. Raitt treats as rules to be followed, or subverted, he said. Bob Ross Fans Seek Some Happy Little Appreciation for Their Muse 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Yes, that requires an artist who understands the power of drag to subvert convention. Review: Taylor Mac’s 24-Hour Concert Was One of the Great Experiences of My Life 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z These stories subvert the vampire mythos traditionally dominated by white men of high social status. Three essential tales of black vampirism 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z It’s also the rare movie about abortion rights that doesn’t litigate their morality, choosing instead to focus on the social and structural forces that would subvert a young woman’s will. Seeing Abortion Laws From a Teenager’s Point of View 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The bitter ex-wife who hires him to ruin her ex-husband’s favorite team, the vapid influencer, the prima donna athlete — nearly everybody embodies a stereotype that eventually gets subverted. ‘Ted Lasso’ Is Back, but No Longer an Underdog 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z In “Men,” he skillfully manipulates moods and subverts expectations without achieving the unsettling, hallucinatory clarity of his best films. ‘Men’ Review: Putting the ‘Male’ in Malevolent 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z A lot of your work subverts easy categorization by playing in different genres simultaneously. Why Colson Whitehead made the Underground Railroad real: “It’s fanciful and childish, but it also had many possibilities” 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Critics are sticking to rigid gender definitions that the publication seeks to subvert, he said. Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z It depicts key moments in American history — “a greatest hits of American history” from the American Revolution to the War of 1812 — but subverts dominant historical narratives through its centering of historically sidelined figures. Exhibit of iconic Jacob Lawrence series, reunited for first time since 1958, opens at Seattle Art Museum 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z A decade of her feminist mom subverting the dominant paradigm, and she asks me this. “If Dad made more money, you wouldn’t work, right?”: How my daughter learned gender dynamics I didn’t mean to teach her 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z But the more you think about them, the more they mutate into something less comfortable, which subverts the essence of their cozy surface charm. Review: Daniel Kitson’s ‘Mouse’ Tells Its Tales Over a Speakerphone 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But whatever nostalgia might hover around this movie is subverted by its mischievous, inventive and entirely appropriate use of digital special effects. Movie Review: In Remote Corner of Portugal, a Photographer Finds More Than He Expects 2010-12-28T23:04:34Z Might I embody the spirit of the American Revolution by rescuing a horse, and also by subverting expectations at my stuffy etiquette classes? ‘American Girl’ & Me 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Quickly, however, Spec Ops begins to subvert its rivals, as Walker and his men end up going to war with the renegade United States infantry battalion they once intended to rescue. Video Game Review: Spec Ops: The Line, From 2K Games, Makes Killing Personal 2012-06-25T16:34:27Z On the other hand, parody is a pas-de-deux, in that the parodist must inhabit the language and speech-rhythms of the parodied while subverting them for his own ends. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z These are the moments in which the system is briefly subverted. “Seasonal Associate” Is a Labor Memoir for the Amazon Era 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Fast forward to 2019, when media and tech companies are subverting that schedule and the majority of viewers using U.S. The Netflix decade: How one company changed the way we watch TV 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z He cleverly folds state-of-the-classroom messages about the education system and ominous assessments of how corporate dollars control and subvert scientific progress inside raucous party songs and catchy melodies. Album review: The Coup, 'Sorry to Bother You' 2012-11-05T17:11:00Z In “Ocean State,” O’Nan is subverting the thriller, borrowing its momentum to propel this bracing, chilling novel. A Thriller Wrapped in a Story of Sisters and First Love 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z They subvert the status quo only to pique the interest of the dominant players, who absorb their strategies and then go on to absorb the actual source. Can Supreme Stay Cool While Going Corporate? 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z The rest of the works look like well-trod efforts to subvert the polite precincts of painting. Review: ‘Portraiture Now,’ a Group Show of Latino Artists 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Here and there, a step or gesture quotes or reflects the tradition that Murphy wants to build upon or creatively subvert. Australian Ballet's 'Swan Lake' a royal disconnect 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z His "caviar" – made with seaweed, wasabi, fish stock and soy – essentially just approximates the same flavor it intends to subvert, which essentially renders the dish moot. "Top Chef: World All Stars" aims to "deceive the eye" — but the runaway top contender is 100% clear 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z In the Battersea Arts Centre tepee, Little Bulb's five-piece folk band play a single song to an tiny audience, as if subverting the idea of a music gig. Latitude festival roundup: my theatre highs and lows 2011-07-18T15:40:33Z At the same time, however, Perez seems to revel in sabotaging familiar backbeats, subverting them with brief silences and constantly changing meters. The provocative pianism of Danilo Perez 2011-04-22T14:03:00Z Since it’s about Celeste separating from a man, not about her searching for one, did you think about how it fit in the canon of romantic comedies or about subverting those conventions? Rashida Jones Writes a New Part for Herself 2012-08-01T15:19:07Z Here Astaire is subverting racist caricature to celebrate the black tradition of tap dance. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Like Victor LaValle’s brilliant 2016 novella “The Ballad of Black Tom,” “The City We Became” subverts the work of the repellent H.P. Review | N.K. Jemisin’s fantasy tale ‘The City We Became’ shows the resilience of New York 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “Lemonade” subverted the very idea of what an album could be, débuting as a film on HBO. Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Ode to Happiness in “Everything Is Love” 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z MacLean is a sympathetic and perceptive guide, his characters memorable partly for confirming and sometimes subverting stereotypes. Three Books on the Enigma That Is Modern Russia 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The film subverts genre tropes, and takes the opportunity to explore the sexism that is, the film argues, inherent in the Greek system. Sex, booze and stupidity: fratboys on film, from Animal House to Goat 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z A good place to start is this 2009 production of a comedy by Young Jean Lee, which subverts racist clichés for smart laughs. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Gotham’ and ‘Shrek Forever After’ 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z This might seem merely facetious, but it subverts our supposedly straightforward evaluative criteria, while affectionately poking fun at American values, reminding us that bigger is not always better. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z The incredible ascension of mankind that surrounds us is largely possible because we’ve developed systems to nurture the Rex’s in our brains, to subdue, soothe and subvert them. How Do I Get Over My Bad Habit of Procrastinating 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z In this wide-ranging conversation, Nix told us how shows like “24″ and “The Shield” influenced him as he worked on “Complications” and how the show subverts the expected formula storytelling of procedural and medical shows. Matt Nix on "Complications": Medical & Moral Quandaries Abound 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Parents worry, or are told to worry, that giving too many presents subverts the meaning of the season. It’s a Ho-Ho-Humblebrag holiday: The annual debate over kids and gift-giving rears its ugly head 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Some of its more whimsical flourishes, like the anthropomorphized Israeli cows, do threaten to subvert actual history into follies. 'Wanted 18' hoofs it through Israeli hunt for cows on the lamb 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z That might have been the case in the Christian west, where animist traditions were first suborned and then subverted. Mountain: a movie that reaches new peaks of cinematography 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z They subvert precepts of genre, story, and technique. A Mesmerizing Marathon of Robert Frank’s Movies 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z She and Jane Krakowski do a fantastic job of subverting roles that might have had uncomfortable shades of subservience, especially when they get their men. Women on Broadway: A Year of Living Dangerously 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z Siegel acknowledged that James was in some ways a counterintuitive choice for the role, but he had wanted to subvert expectations. ‘Pam & Tommy’: A Story of Sex, Crimes and Videotape 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z I didn’t want the technology to subvert Mark’s honest performance. A Word With: Steven Spielberg 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z His seventh album does show remarkable agility — and complete willingness to subvert any and all genre restrictions. 2012′s best — so far! 2012-07-04T14:00:00Z Throughout her career, the style-shifting novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia has demonstrated a remarkable ability to employ the tropes of genre fiction while simultaneously subverting and decolonizing them. Review | Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s ‘Velvet Was the Night’ is a noir-thriller as captivating as its title 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z She was arrested, imprisoned, tried and convicted of "subverting the war effort" and "aiding the enemy". An opera for my resistance fighter aunt 2012-11-21T19:07:19Z The plotting is ingenious and the performers are at their best, both using and subverting their well-established personas, just as Miller slyly turns her film from another indie rom-com into something sharper. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z So young people are already taking selfies that subvert beauty standards. What Dove gets wrong in its new “Selfie” campaign 2014-03-01T15:30:00Z But this is Jonathan Lethem, a master at subverting expectations of form and genre and the author of some of the most original novels in recent decades, including “Motherless Brooklyn” and “The Fortress of Solitude.” Jonathan Lethem Imagines a World Where Technology Stops Working 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The play takes place in a world in which race relations are subverted — whiteness is marginalized, and there’s brief derogatory talk of “beige babies” from the mothers, all of whom are women of color. ‘Mothers’ Review: Mommy and Me and the Apocalypse 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z You have only to look at the Lily Ledbetter debacle to see how easy it is to subvert the law if your intentions are not pure. Surely it's time American women's equality was added to the constitution 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Having thought they were subverting the corporate music industry with In Rainbows, he now fears they were inadvertently playing into the hands of Apple and Google and the rest. Thom Yorke: 'If I can't enjoy this now, when do I start?' 2013-02-23T19:00:00Z Brodesser-Akner is not the first author to split a book about marriage into two parts, or to explore the unknowability of one’s spouse, or to subvert a man’s chronicle by means of a woman’s. “Fleishman Is in Trouble” Turns the Marriage Novel Inside-Out 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z I was curious if you were intentionally playing with, or even looking to subvert, those expectations that we might have for a book framed around a father-daughter relationship with this particular soundtrack? "My dad had a secret rage problem that only we could see": Author Erin Hosier on "Don't Let Me Down" 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z He either rejects the tropes of rap entirely or subverts them playfully. Jimothy’s Flex Looks a Little Different 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z He's had sour fun recently with banners subverting the government cuts agenda – images of them feature on his blog. Home of Metal turns the Midlands up to 11 2011-07-10T20:30:02Z Or maybe the late, great David Warner, who again had the leading man visage and presence but used it to subvert roles and our expectations. From "The Wire" to "John Wick," we trusted Lance Reddick as a voice of authority, empathy and comedy 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But when she revisited the stories years later, she found herself recoiling from them in ways that made her want to subvert them. In ‘Little Birds,’ Anaïs Nin Erotica Gets a Revolutionary New Context 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Your new research also seems to subvert the dominant and incorrect narrative that Donald Trump's support was and remains driven by "economic anxiety" among white voters. Donald Trump and the “N-word”: Many voters would still support him — but not enough 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z As Zao’s paintings start to carom stylistically toward the end of the show, you may wonder if his career is not a striking instance of talent subverted by ambition. Zao Wou-Ki, an Abstract Fusion Master 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Maybe, just maybe, the eye could redirect the moment, make things work, subvert destiny. Going to the Movies with Jackie Kennedy 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “It’s good to shake up the dynamic every once in awhile, even if characters are going to subvert it at their first opportunity,” says Reed. Archer creator Adam Reed: 'I wouldn’t want the characters to be my friends' 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Those types exist and you might recognize those scenes, but we are looking do different things to subvert genre and make you aware of the expectations that you bring. "It's America's genre": Thandiwe Newton defends her land in "God's Country," a modern-day western 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z There is something devastatingly mischievous about the subverted authority of the fictional epigraph, just as there is something wonderfully mischievous about Fitzgerald's quatrain itself. Epigraphs: opening possibilities | Toby Lichtig 2010-03-30T12:00:00Z “Pitch,” which makes its premiere on Thursday, doesn’t subvert sports clichés, it just adapts them to a new gender. Review: ‘Pitch,’ a Gender Changeup, but With Clichés Intact 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z What about passively cooperating with a foreign power to subvert an American election and then, after clear proof of such interference, refusing to counter that foreign power’s intent to disrupt the next election too? Can Donald Trump Be Impeached? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Glover did one of the only truly risky things that can be done to subvert this often overly reverential variety show: He played a song that pretty much no one has heard. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Have you noticed how, on these shows, that it’s not at all about subverting the celebrity culture from within, but just rolling around in it like pigs in A-list mud? David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won. 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Janiak was also looking to subvert the horror genre she loves by focusing more on misfits and outsiders, the frequent heroes of Stine’s series. Binge-Viewing Movies? Netflix Bets on the ‘Fear Street’ Trilogy. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z It’s unclear whether Mr. Franzen means Pip to initially be so obnoxious — perhaps as a way of subverting tropes of the bildungsroman, or as an act of self-satire. Review: In ‘Purity,’ Jonathan Franzen Hits a New Octave 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z His plan to subvert the communist menace, which he sees as the greatest long-term threat to world peace, involves Kay Lake, a bright, unfocused 21-year-old with an appetite for “heedless adventure.” ‘Perfidia,’ the new James Ellroy novel, starts the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor They are likable people, who are more than the stereotypes that they lean into or subvert. In crime comedy "Vengeance," B.J. Novak dares to mess with Texas while also skewering all the rest 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Even though Ms. Ouizguen’s youth and obvious dance training make her something of a fourth wheel “in Madame Plaza” — why is she in it? — the work manages to subvert ideas about femininity in dance. Dance Review: ‘Voices of Strength’ at New York Live Arts 2012-09-23T21:57:09Z "All wonderful writing subverts and transcends generic boundaries, although it is always fun to play the genre game and to stick books into categories," she said. Could Miles Franklin turn the Booker prize to crime? 2010-06-25T12:21:00Z His creations both celebrate and subvert the human body. Review | In the galleries: Matt Wilt wields a deft hand for his ceramic creations 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z But he quickly subverts the idea of the "poor short story" and its modest ambitions. Is the short story really the novel's poor relation? 2011-03-24T11:05:40Z But Hollywood movies are meant to satisfy expectations, not subvert them. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods': A Disney Musical for Adults of All Ages 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z Nor did the delicate lace, its prettiness subverted by skull patterns, which created a dark romance in Mr. Tisci’s July haute couture collection. Special Report: Fashion: Taking the Long View 2010-10-04T18:40:00Z This subverts the flowers’ natural appeal yet still endows the bouquet with a severe beauty. Review | In the galleries: Kathryn Polk’s images withhold as much as they reveal 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z And far from subverting the trope of the “tragic mulatto,” Senna toys with it. ‘New People’ Riffs on Race and Love, With a Twist 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z And, while it may be visually unifying to put all the actors into the same black, subfusc garb, it subverts individuality, reducing Banquo and Macduff to part of a choreographic pattern. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z What this “Twilight Zone” shares with Serling’s series, Peele said, is “a sense of simplicity” — a narrative arc of heightening revelations, “and then, at the end, the pattern is subverted or committed to even further.” After ‘Us,’ Jordan Peele Crosses Over to ‘The Twilight Zone’ 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z How much of that idea of subverting the trope of the Final Girl play into her development? Resurrecting "Hellraiser" Cenobites as part of "an interrogation of how we negotiate our desires" 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z "Shang-Chi" is also a triumph in subverting western stereotypes of grand eastern mysticism. "Shang-Chi" is an unapologetically Asian triumph about an unapologetically Asian superhero 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z And as shocking images proliferate, they become dissonant among one another, subverting logic. Perspective | Trump spoke of images he’d ‘never seen before.’ Now there are mass graves in New York. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z We are subverting typical ideas about what it is to be the good guy. The Stars of ‘Homeland’ Get Their Final Debriefing 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Some Surrealists — Breton in particular — took very seriously their campaign to subvert norms in the service of psycho-social revolution. Art Review: Georges Hugnet?s ?Spumifers? at Ubu Gallery - Review 2012-01-05T22:30:33Z Any feminist running a feminist center and a feminist program at Stanford shouldn’t need reminding that the best analyses of ranking master discourses come from those who’ve felt their lash — and learned to subvert them. ‘What Tech Calls Thinking’ Might Really Be Something Else 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Yes, and rock and roll was the first music to subvert religion. "My dad had a secret rage problem that only we could see": Author Erin Hosier on "Don't Let Me Down" 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z It’s a funny, lovely way to subvert gender norms, and it’s no wonder Rosalie laughs as she spins. Rewriting Women Back Into Film History 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z And while the films show Baron Cohen's range as both a comedian and a dramatic actor, they are unified by the use of humor as a way to actively subvert and challenge corruption. Sacha Baron Cohen trolls Rudy Giuliani yet again, culminating a year of cinematic resistance 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z “It’s obvious that Mar-a-Lago is attempting to subvert the political participation process.” Trump made Florida his official residence. He may have also made a legal mess. 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Despite these tweaks, Cooper remains surprisingly faithful to the “Star” template, which he doesn’t subvert. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z Elsewhere on the lake, assumptions about families and class are similarly subverted. ‘Ozark’ on Netflix: This Lake Has Hidden Depths 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z He says his intention was to have every character in the film subvert stereotypes: The bully turns out to be weak, the mean cheerleader becomes loving, the jock is revealed as proudly gay. Are we ready for a gay Disney princess? We may be closer than you think. 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The mainstream entertainment world has an ambivalent relationship to the online fan-fiction enclaves that have built up around it, where fans seize control of characters or celebrities and subvert their narratives for their own ends. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The routine wins belly laughs but subverts both plot and mood, and it takes a brilliant final twist by Wright to return us to anything like a state of enchantment. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ? review 2011-03-06T00:10:18Z “Many children enjoyed reading an ‘instructional’ book despite its didactic nature, often subverting it and making it an object of fun through mischievous annotations and games,” Mr. Grenby explains. ArtsBeat: Children Scribbling in the Margins 2011-03-15T18:23:00Z But they all seem strangely conflict-averse as they promote or subvert the Maid among them. Review: In Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan,’ a Sane and Sensible Martyr 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z "I think you need to be familiar before you can subvert," he says. Kick-Ass: changing comic book films in a single blow 2010-03-29T13:41:00Z But canny film-makers exploit the unstable nature of this dynamic, subverting it by reaching through to shatter our complacency and mess with our minds. Clip joint: windows 2010-12-08T14:34:00Z André Breton first subverted this convention in his Surrealist romance, “Nadja,” published in 1928, where the mysterious and unstable title character with whom he is obsessed never appears in a photo. Jona Frank: Between Reality and Fantasy 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “Moonlight” is also potent because it subverts the omnipresence of the white gaze — there are few if any white people in the film. “Moonlight” and “Loving”: Film as symbolic resistance in the age of Trump 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Rothenberg has made a practice of appropriating ordinary tools of communication and persuasion, inverting and subverting the content that passes through them. What to see in L.A. galleries: Hot-button greeting cards, mesmerizing photograms 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z But he decided to protect the reality and subvert the usual conventions of hard-charging, heroic protagonists. The Carpetbagger: Ben Affleck, Now an Underdog With ‘Argo,’ Is on the Rebound 2013-01-16T22:39:05Z “Super” is an attempt both to subvert and inject some new life in a tired genre, one with very well-known formulas. Propelling a Genre Beyond Hero Worship 2011-03-25T16:14:24Z It’s as if the artifices of fiction were too much for Hastings to take; they had to be subverted periodically. Review: ‘The Last Magazine,’ by Michael Hastings |
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