| 单词 | escapist |
| 例句 | So involved was I in my escapist daydreams, I lost all track of the seconds racing by. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The Threepenny Opera wasn’t intended just as escapist fun in hard times, but also as a piece of biting Marxist satire critiquing the corruption of capitalism. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I have these very deep feelings that white people who want to join black organizations are really just taking the escapist way to salve their consciences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever else Beethoven’s music may have been, it was certainly not intended to be escapist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Masterson’s Tomb is an escapist’s dream in the summer, but it’s a realist’s nightmare in December. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There is nothing whatsoever escapist about this new play, running at the Gene Frankel Theater. | 'Bridesburg': ?Bridesburg? at Gene Frankel Theater - Review 2012-01-23T22:55:31Z But they cannot make the argument that exactly the same escapist fantasy has surfaced in movie after movie in the past. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z The same may be said of the endearingly escapist show in which she appears. | 'Lysistrata Jones': ?Lysistrata Jones? at Walter Kerr Theater - Review 2011-12-15T03:05:04Z Dior may well be betting that despite the intense public interest in the Depp-Heard trial, consumers will be on to the next escapist distraction now that the verdict is in. Through Weeks of Depp v. Heard, Dior Stood By 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z We get the wry observations when we can’t ignore the author’s identity and we get the escapist mystery when we can. ‘The Silkworm’ by J. K. Rowling, as Robert Galbraith 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z It was probably reassuring and a bit escapist for him to play that role.” Arts & Leisure Preview: The New Face of Hip-Hop 2010-06-09T19:29:00Z Americans, including millions of former G.I.s, were suddenly more mobile, less provincial and less interested in escapist fiction than they were in understanding the world around them. Sterling Lord, Premier Literary Agent, Is Dead at 102 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z But escapist entertainment may speak to us through metaphor, like seeing the presidential race through the prism of “Game of Thrones.” When bloody horror movies are actually about . . . politics 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z And yet, there was also something soothing and escapist about reading a fictional villain’s story, especially at a time when real life feels like its own horror show. Why Can’t Women Be Serial Killers, Too? 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z This recurring myth of the everyday antihero embodies a specific set of American values that play to our shared escapist impulses while simultaneously exposing the limits hard-wired into those dreams of criminal flight. Men behaving badly: how the white middle-class everyman became 2017's antihero 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But it doesn't offer a solution; it's escapist. Why I miss the monoculture 2011-09-29T00:01:00Z “People need to read things that are escapist, whether they can go to the beach or not,” she says. Perspective | It’s okay to admit it: We’d all like to be living in an Elin Hilderbrand novel 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z As for the argument that the movie is merely escapist entertainment, Williams doesn't quite buy it. What recession? 'Sex and the City 2' revels in $$ 2010-05-28T21:29:00Z Getting high in “The Ascent” is accomplished by taking drugs, flying in a plane or disappearing into an escapist daydream. Books of The Times: Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen?s Empty Nest 2010-03-08T08:48:00Z Some argue that certain elements of tiki iconography exploit genuine elements of Polynesian and other “exotic” cultures, turning them into escapist kitsch. Anyone who picks a fight over tiki drinks’ authenticity is missing the point of tiki drinks 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z While many cartoonists hope to keep their work escapist and so have avoided dealing directly with the coronavirus, Kirkman and Chatfield have gradually incorporated elements of the pandemic into their daily strips. Cartoonists to thank frontline workers playfully this Sunday 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z And together the group fostered a kind of bleak, escapist, off-season way of life for artists that remains familiar to this day. The Inquisitive Guest Visits a Motherwell Retrospective 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Dixon believes American cinema could enter a period of "escapist entertainment." Hack attack over Sony's 'Interview' shows risks of naming bad guys 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Or do readers prefer escapist fiction with no links to the real world? Lies, leaks and threats to our liberties: A new thriller captures the moment 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z Our show is escapist in one sense, but it's also hopeful. Quick Talk With Mandy Moore 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Those in need of some escapist action this holiday weekend can gaze at the latest digital reboot of the world’s most famous gorilla. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Beatles’ and ‘Fences’ 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z Their escapist game, echoed in “Fifty Shades” and “Mad Men,” can be found at the heart of every conquistador’s tale. Riff: What Don Draper and Christian Grey Have in Common 2012-06-22T21:48:00Z We got dozens of stories, serious and escapist, brilliant and dumb, because we had things we needed to work through, and we responded to them. When TV Turns Itself Off 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z I'm not averse to getting my fix in the form of something purely escapist, for example, Donizetti's comic opera La Fille du Régiment. How a modest Italian film trumped the extravagance of Donizetti 2010-06-18T09:00:00Z The Office showed that it could be escapist without being, entirely, an escape. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z He’s paying the bills with escapist shows like “The Rocky Horror Show” and “The Luther Vandross Experience.” On the Front Lines of Ohio’s Heroin Crisis: Playwrights 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z But there also has to be enough lightness — velocity, surprise, even humor — to fulfill the basic escapist mandate. | 'Battle: Los Angeles': City of Angels Resists Becoming City of Aliens (the Outer-Space Type) 2011-03-11T00:59:25Z Amid the gun violence of recent months, though, suspense novels with trauma plots seem less like escapist mysteries and more like how-to manuals for survival. A Bloody Crime, a Mysterious Disappearance and the Long After 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z As escapist as it can be, “Lupin” often touches on societal issues, and pays particular attention to those who get cast aside. The Musée d’Orsay and Stanley Kubrick: What ‘Lupin’ Is Made Of 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z “He regarded space travel as a humanistic, rather than escapist, venture.” A ‘Right Stuff’ for Our Moment of Space Travel 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Not all the stories are so dark, and in some cases, the girls resist dreadful circumstances with escapist fantasy. Review: In Ensler's play, girls just wanna be free 2012-11-13T02:06:08Z The implication is that this poppy field is the escapist hallucination of Igor’s concussed brain. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Prince Igor’ Aims to Integrate Movement and Storytelling 2014-03-07T23:01:11Z Williams' aqua-musicals were escapist comedies in lush colour, with lavish song and dance numbers and footage of synchronised swimming. Esther Williams, film and swimming star, dies at 91 2013-06-06T18:52:14Z “Honestly, Nevermind,” Drake’s seventh solo studio album, which was released on Friday just a few hours after it was announced, is a small marvel of bodily exuberance — appealingly weightless, escapist and zealously free. Drake Rebuilt Hip-Hop in His Image. Now He Wants You to Dance. 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Instead, she wrote songs that were, if anything, even more ornate and escapist than before. The Mummers: 'We're honouring his spirit completely' 2011-01-20T22:18:01Z The strange thing is, it works: ‘Die Hard’ is exceedingly stupid, but escapist fun. 10 Classic Christmas Movies That Our Critics Didn’t See Coming 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The studios have long made escapist movies, many wonderful. Movie Review: ‘Iron Man 3,’ With Robert Downey Jr. 2013-05-02T12:00:01Z These cool, gorgeous, lonely spaces conjure up associations with both the futuristic perfection of virtual worlds and vaguely seedy memories of glamorous vacations and escapist activities. Artists at Winston Wächter gallery construct enticing ‘Summer Dreams’ 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z After the alarming winter and the weird spring comes the escapist summer. Murder, Blackmail and an Epic Battle to the Death in Australia 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z So in that sense the show is truly escapist, in a way that "Sex and the City" never was. "Entourage" recap: 8x2 2011-08-01T06:01:00Z “I ended up deciding to keep my sadder songs for a later date and keep this album as much fun as possible, more of an escapist album.” Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z But in mannerisms and voice, this guy is too tight, too cautious to be the extravagant, escapist playboy he is said to be. Review: Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto Enter Sniping in ‘The Boys in the Band’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Not that this is an escapist festival, exactly. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But there is a long way to go from sharing these escapist enthusiams, and entering a complex and demanding literary culture. Not-so essential reading 2010-10-22T08:43:00Z On the bonus track, “Butter Pecan,” which was originally released in June, he juxtaposes the childlike innocence of apple juice with the escapist drug Molly. The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The album's restless dynamism owes much more to the escapist rush of dance music and the muscular end of shoegazing. The Horrors: Skying - review 2011-07-07T14:29:01Z “Cinderella” retellings start to look a lot less escapist once you realize that “princess” is just a metaphor for a better, more rewarding kind of job. Three New Cinderella-Inspired Romance Novels 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Her escapist content essentially portrays a fantasy that’s both familiar yet unfamiliar all at once. Christian Girl Autumn was once a joke and has now become a seasonal inspiration of coziness 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Gee, I love being preached to while watching escapist entertainment. On ‘Black Lightning,’ a Superhero Takes On Race, Justice and the Real World 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Whether you find this escape escapist is more a personality test than a critical assessment. ‘Run’ Review: A Rail Romance Turns Train Wreck 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z That it’s now a form of escapist entertainment is depressing. 13 Hours: Michael Bay's Benghazi movie and 'the American Way' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z She also recommends board games and escapist books. 'Start a daily routine – and make the weekends different': the isolation experts' guide to lockdown living 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Instead, we got topics like horror, true crime and science fiction — which, while escapist, seem less important at this moment than those devoted to coping, mental health and resolving personal struggles. Summer Reading, the I.R.S. and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Is making joyful music in grim times escapist, even reactionary? Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Photograph: SNAP/Rex Features "Exotic" is the epithet most frequently used to describe the series of Technicolored escapist movies produced by Universal Pictures in the 1940s. Turhan Bey obituary 2012-10-10T17:06:20Z Viewers and critics have become more sensitive to these shadings and can’t merely write off problematic portrayals as escapist fare anymore. What’s your damage? Why a "Heathers" TV adaptation hasn’t worked — yet 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z By putting women in male roles, Takarazuka is aiming less for transgression or social rebellion than for an added level of escapist fantasy. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Comedies are our favorite form of escapist entertainment. 'Gay' joke in 'The Dilemma' movie trailer: Humorous or harmful? 2010-10-13T23:23:00Z Like so many ABC series, from “Desperate Housewives” to “Revenge,” this is escapist fare with a feminine bent. | 'Scandal': ?Scandal,? ABC Political Drama With Kerry Washington 2012-04-04T22:18:40Z Put his improved mood today down to the more escapist slant of Ant-Man, a smoother relationship with his co-star this time around or simply an upswing in his own fortunes. Michael Peña: 'I'm not funny. I just point out what's funny in others' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Which, again, telegraphs to the audience that “This is not an authentic depiction of the world around you. It’s escapist entertainment in an action genre.” “‘Westworld’ is a lot tamer than video games”: Putting graphic TV violence in context 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z At first, the disparity between the escapist entertainment of those titles and the traditional science-fiction tastes of longtime viewers caused confusion. How Social Media Gave Sharknado Teeth 2013-07-12T21:50:49Z And however escapist the scenario, the floral effects were planted in real clothes for a certain type of elegant woman. Special Report: American Style Is No Tea Party 2010-09-19T12:20:00Z "It's not background viewing and doesn't present a really easy viewing but it's still escapist." The White Queen: Women in history rediscovered 2013-06-12T08:21:51Z “We are both very passionate about houses and gardens,” says Copping, a genial Englishman whose Instagram feed is an escapist parade of his favorite interiors, landscapes, and antiques. This Dreamy Country Estate in Normandy Blends High Style with Cozy Charm 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Silent-era movie magazines made use of painted covers and radically inventive Chinese typography, while wartime magazines promoted both patriotic pictures and escapist schmaltz. The Best Art Books of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Perhaps it’s in the nature of an escapist beach vacation to escape: to ignore the local culture and, in essence, face the sea with your back to the land. 1,000 Islands, 2 Worlds 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z But sex work as escapist fantasy is still apparently a goer. Sing a song of sex work – why no one needs a Pretty Woman musical | Suzanne Moore 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In the movie, Penelope invents escapist characters ranging from a Darth Vader dominatrix who performs a burlesque strip tease to a swaggering man who authoritatively misdirects a parallel parker. Encounters : Shannon Plumb, A Brooklyn Life On the Big Screen 2013-08-28T23:14:51Z The exhibition is split into five themes, ranging from escapist fantasies to remembered landscapes to images that reflect prison life. In pictures: Prisoners' art on show 2014-05-09T06:57:49Z The only such film to take the war on terror as its explicit backdrop, it was also the most purely escapist blockbuster of the genre. Iron Man 2: the first superhero film of the Obama era? 2010-04-28T13:33:00Z But these were escapist fantasies designed by people who hated cities. The urban age: how cities became our greatest design challenge yet | Justin McGuirk 2010-03-29T13:39:00Z Ludwig really did have an escapist imagination, supported Wagner in his operatic excesses and blew his fortune on building Versailles-style castles. Valhalla! 2010-07-12T20:31:00Z “People don’t want escapist, mindless entertainment right now,” he says. Kumail Nanjiani is the Romantic Comedian We've Been Waiting For 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Which is a fair assessment: these films speak to legitimate fears, both macro and micro, while also giving us an opportunity to enjoy escapist violence from a safe distance. Making America Gory Again: how the Purge films troll Trumpism 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z And that does allow it to be escapist, as opposed to if it was just a dark journey into a damaged woman — people might think it was too much. "Flight Attendant" boss on Cassie and Megan’s parallel journeys and a potential Season 2 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z You've got to remember," he says, "that the cinema of the 1950s specialised all but exclusively in escapist entertainment. Alain Resnais: vive la diff?rence 2010-06-22T21:00:00Z Refusing to offer escapist laughs, Gadsby forced the audience to sit with her pain — and it turned her into a sensation far beyond her native Australia. Hannah Gadsby broke comedy. So what’s she building now? 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Releasing it after the onslaught of prestige year-end films also helped, said Aronson, who noted, "This is the first popcorn, escapist film of the year, and audiences were absolutely primed for that." Liam Neeson wins U.S. box office again with 'Taken 3' 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z It was anything but escapist — but it was dance music, too. Critic’s Notebook: At the Electric Zoo and Rock the Bells Festivals 2012-09-03T22:49:01Z In this deliciously escapist novel, Alex Claremont-Diaz, the charismatic son of the first female U.S. president, gets together with Henry, the Prince of Wales — and sexual fireworks ensue. Perspective | 23 adult books for teens who are ready to read beyond the YA shelf 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Way beyond the conversation about what each top headliner "means" for pop culture, there's a whole universe of the festival's fans that comes for a pure escapist romp, usually fueled by EDM. Coachella makes space for rockers and ravers this year 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z I'm a little bit escapist really, a little bit hide-my-head-in-the-sand of my music. The Levellers take it to the next level ? the return of crusty 2011-02-17T23:21:01Z I had wanted to talk to Star about his escapist visions of urban female experience. Darren Star Finds Sex in Another City With ‘Emily in Paris’ 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z His brother Ira and Heyward joined in, to create something far more ambitious than the escapist, all-black musical revues that had delighted Broadway. Gershwin classic 'Porgy and Bess' to take stage at Seattle Opera 2011-07-24T02:05:27Z People don’t watch game shows to get riled up — it’s escapist, fantastical fun. An oral history of how Alex Trebek became America’s most beloved game-show host 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “Mother!” is not for those seeking escapist entertainment, but I would urge people to watch it and spend time arguing about it afterward. Hating ‘Mother!’: Readers Speak Out 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Williams' "aqua-musicals" were escapist comedies in lush color, with lavish song and watery dance numbers and lots of footage of synchronized swimming. Hollywood star and swimmer Esther Williams dies at 91 2013-06-06T17:18:26Z This is mainstream, escapist fare, as opposed to the tragic or messy narratives that have been more prevalent in queer arthouse films or cable dramas. The West can't keep up with the East in telling mainstream queer love stories in TV and movies 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Though a world apart from her delightfully escapist meta-musical limited series “Schmigadoon,” the magazine essay and the book are also attempts to release something positive into the world during a fraught time. Cecily Strong has a raw new memoir about grief. That surprises her too. 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Nitty-gritty slices of life on the lower rungs may sound grim, and not the kind of escapist fare America has preferred lately — from futurist fantasies to unreal reality shows to terrorist thrillers. Playwright’s working-class roots inspired Seattle Rep’s ‘Good People’ 2013-03-07T20:19:42Z Those series, whatever their merits, are basically escapist. Relax, "Prime Suspect" fans, the remake has promise 2011-09-22T22:23:00Z “It’s an escapist pleasure,” said Daniel D’Addario, the chief TV critic of Variety, who has been watching one episode of “Curb” at lunchtime and one before bed. Larry David, Master of His Quarantine 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Before this winter, the whole thing might’ve looked like escapist fancy. A Zombie Novel for Our Virus-Stricken Times 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z "We need a bit of escapist fun and this show is back absolutely at the right time," he said. Big Brother line-up: Bercow and Jedward but no Tyson or Sheen 2011-08-18T21:41:00Z But “now I just feel like there’s such magical stuff to watch that is not so much about an escapist experience but more about connecting to other people through story.” Sarah Paulson: ‘If I’m terrified, I feel compelled to do it’ 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z But however escapist and magical that period before the first great European war seems, the show’s curator brings in a reality check to the frivolity. The Fashion Show From the Belle Époque 2012-10-08T13:33:21Z Are prison movies the most escapist of Hollywood genres — or the least? ‘Riot in Cell Block 11’ and ‘The Big House’ on DVD 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The show’s escapist comedy and Harry’s grudging attitude shift toward Earthlings suit a pandemic-weary country grappling with political and social divisions, Sheridan said. Syfy’s ‘Resident Alien’ invader gets lift-off with viewers 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z During this scary summer, it offers escapist visits to a gothic family of choice that does whatever they want, frequently attempts to make the right choice, and often screws up in the process. "What We Do in the Shadows" sinks its teeth into a trend of men playing surrogate dads 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Initially, McGonigal was worried that her theories would be rejected by an industry that wanted games to be seen as purely entertainment or escapist, but the opposite happened. Author McGonigal on a mission to makes games matter 2011-03-17T17:48:22Z It was definitely three hours of escapist fun. Thanks, "Avengers: Endgame," for showing us inflation 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Flip-flops largely finished the look that Kors called “barefoot glamor” with an “escapist kind of attitude.” Flip-flop glamor at Michael Kors Spring 2018 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z The effect is not so much escapist fantasy as existential reflection. Review | Perumal Murugan said his career as a novelist was dead. Lucky for us, he was wrong. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z I don't think the limitless list is essentially escapist, it's too essentially confrontational in its nature for that. Literary lists: Proof of our existence 2013-02-15T19:30:01Z Stranger Things isn’t just an excellent escapist drama in its own right. Shannon Purser: ‘People have actually had Barb’s face tattooed on their bodies’ 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Like a well brewed ale, or a good malt whisky, a finely crafted escapist fantasy can be a thing of joy and beauty. Can fantasy ever tell the truth? 2011-03-17T09:37:12Z "There's something very escapist about 'The Jinx' and about true-crime movies in general," said documentary expert Thom Powers, who programs nonfiction films at a half-dozen festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival. Andrew Jarecki's 'The Jinx' marks documentaries' big shift in real time 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Turning absolutely everything -- even silly, escapist movies -- into yet another battle in the endless gender and culture wars is a leading reason why the Times is becoming irrelevant. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z But the slow-motion beach scene isn’t the attraction at Weligama, an escapist paradise open to the Indian Ocean and an infinite distance from angst. In Sri Lanka, an Island of Detachment and Desire 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z It's a charming vision, tempting and apparently sustainable, but I wonder whether this techno-regression in a world of exponential population growth isn't also a little escapist. Planning for the future: how design students got serious 2010-07-13T13:18:00Z The problem is that they aspire to be more than escapist entertainment; their goal is to send a message. The MAGA fever dream of "Rambo: Last Blood" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z They speak to something larger than our tastes, fulfilling a collective need for music that’s as danceable as it is escapist as it is a shared experience.” A taxonomy of summer jams: Here are the 8 types of songs that cure the summertime blues 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z A wistfully saccharine, soft-focus imitation of Botticelli, this picture is easy to dismiss as escapist fantasy. ‘The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy’ at the Met Is a Journey Back 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z I’m not sure the public is better served by 10-second plugs of these worthy causes than by hearty escapist chuckles at the absurdity of current celebrity culture. Farewell, Mani Cam. On the Red Carpet, Things Turn Serious. 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Gunn’s songs are not escapist in the traditional sense, although they do engage with the idea of shedding the self, of letting up on the burning throttle of consciousness. Music to Forget Yourself With 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “Camino Winds” was intended as escapist entertainment, but its timing unavoidably gives it a different resonance. John Grisham Returns to Camino Island, This Time in Hurricane Season 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z In a time when rock’s most lauded vocalists were the most bruised, Mr. Duritz was dippy and whimsical, a clear escapist. Maroon 5 and Counting Crows Offer New Albums 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Children loved the escapist fantasy — “Monsters don’t have exams or school!” went the theme song of the TV version — while adults found wry satire in the comic depravity of the supernatural characters. Shigeru Mizuki, Influential Japanese Cartoonist, Dies at 93 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s hard to find much escapist fun in a book about a woman whose main attributes are deadly sins. Review: In ‘Maestra,’ a Heroine’s Routine Includes Sex, Murder and Shopping 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Nevins, the Showtime executive, echoed that he would be looking at escapist fare but that he also wanted “more hard-hitting dramas” and documentaries that had something to say about the current political moment. Now That Trump Is President, How Will TV Respond? 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z "The Wire" was bleak, too, but there was an escapist aspect, however grubby. How "Treme" untangles the lessons of trauma 2011-04-25T13:26:00Z The film, conceived during a fractious era of the Vietnam war and Watergate hearings, became an escapist fable for a generation of frustrated Americans, he said. In a warehouse far, far away, the galaxy's top Star Wars collector holds court 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Equally they could be the imprudently expressed justification of an escapist drama, with no pretensions to realism, of a reasonable man who knows his market. Beware the jolly journalists who add a splash of mischief to their interviews 2011-03-20T00:05:20Z The jittery, partisan mood has overshadowed the expected sweep for La La Land, which has a record-equalling 14 nominations, with the romantic musical cast as escapist fare for troubled times. #OscarsSoOrange? Hollywood on edge as politically charged ceremony looms 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z These were popular, escapist comedies that didn’t try to break new ground. ‘Hand to God’ Melds Gore and Giggles, Each Often Elicited by a Puppet 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z In an era when so much comedy is boisterous and engaged with the world, The American Bystander’s humor is understated and escapist, steering clear of topicality and political jokes. Titanic Still Afloat: The American Bystander Publishes Second Issue 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Set in 1950s east London, Call the Midwife has a distinctly different kind of British sensibility that is more loose and gritty than the escapist Downton. PBS seeks Downton-esque Brit hit with Call the Midwife and Mr Selfridge 2013-03-29T17:04:00Z Scott, assessing it for The New York Times, described it as an escapist romp made with “lavish grandiosity” and “zero pretension.” ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Roars at the Box Office With $48.5 Million 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z There are plenty of other musicals that offer a jolly, escapist knees-up, but few that combine it with such subversive wit and emotional clout. My Fair Lady – review 2012-12-19T13:14:23Z It’s much simpler, however, to spit-shine escapist Social Progress tales drawn from a mythologized version of history. Hollywood still loves a white savior: "Green Book" and the lazy, feel-good take on race 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Fascism was on the rise as people's economic security grew ever more precarious — hm, relatable — and even in the escapist soap opera of "Downton Abbey," the moneyed Crawley family could feel it coming. "Smash capitalism" to "release your job," what "Downton Abbey" & Beyoncé can teach us about progress 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Not only isn’t it an escapist experience, it’s almost the opposite of escapism. ‘Our Boys’ Explores the Anatomy of Hate Crimes 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z But ephemeral and escapist they most definitely are not. The Godfather – but with chimpanzees: on set with War for the Planet of the Apes 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z And as the players and their tastes mature, many great games may come to feel less like escapist fantasies and more like creative riffs on reality. Rockstar, Blizzard and Quantic Dream Lead the Pack 2010-08-06T16:00:00Z For art is complex, as human beings are complex, and only in a completely crass view of culture is the realistic necessarily real, the contemporary necessarily urgent, the historical or fantastic escapist. What's wrong with a little escapism in art? | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-26T11:04:00Z It’s like escapist television now — like a balm, a tonic. Claire Danes Could Really Use a Nap 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z As much as I say I don't think that one should be too obviously moralistic in their creative work, I also think that we have to avoid the urge to be purely escapist. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Movies have always been escapist: During the Great Depression, audiences flocked to cinemas in an attempt to forget their worries, at least for a while. Enjoy That Last Gasp of Summer 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Does he regard his own bingeing on these topics as escapist? Future Tense: Binge Media Culture Finds a Receptive Audience in Americans 2014-05-02T23:01:27Z These are not the preoccupations of escapist entertainment; they're the foundations of a morality play. Braaaains! The 10 essential zombie films 2010-05-30T18:01:00Z But the movie — more than four hours long, split into two parts with a cliffhanger in the middle — also works, perhaps unexpectedly, as escapist entertainment. Review: ‘Watergate’ Shocks Anew With Its True Tale of Political Scandal 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z In a time of tumult, preppy clothing is escapist. Cheap chic ruined us 2012-06-13T11:45:00Z It's why the escapist potential of fantasy, and of video games to fulfil those fantasies, are so central to it. How do you write about life when it's lived on computers? 2013-05-17T09:59:03Z At some level, HGTV's appeal may have as much to do with its own pleasantly escapist offerings as with what's available elsewhere on the dial. HGTV builds into a top cable network on foundation of no-frills shows 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Which is why Season 2 opens on a note of such studied ebullience that Ansari had to film the first episode in black and white, lending it the dreamy, escapist feel of classic Italian cinema. Review | Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’ returns — less impressive but still enviably chill 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Photograph: David Cairns/Rex Features Shirley Conran's Lace is to be republished this summer, 30 years after it became the ultimate escapist fiction, for a generation of women. Shirley Conran's Lace is a feminist bonkbuster 2012-06-11T20:00:00Z As escapist popcorn fare became more popular, studios became fearful about producing movies that were too gloomy. 'The Fault in Our Stars' adds new power to films' 'tear-jerker' label 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “He provided a kind of escapist sorbet that cleared the palate of all the socially conscious TV shows.” Garry Marshall, creator of TV’s ‘Happy Days,’ director of ‘Pretty Woman,’ dies 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z These similarities only point up how smart "Salt" is in crafting its escapist fare. "Salt" adds flavor to summer movie menu 2010-07-18T17:58:00Z But nestled into the film’s bounty of escapist tropes lie some kernels of deeper wisdom. Perspective | Summer movies were smarter than ever, with ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and ‘BlacKkKlansman’ leading the way 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z The increases are not just for escapist fare. Television audiences surge to 12-month highs as coronavirus keeps Americans home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Men, unfortunately, doesn't command the ratings of some of basic cable's more escapist summer dramas. TV Tonight: Men of a Certain Age 2011-06-02T10:15:00Z Based on Alice Oseman’s best-selling graphic novel, it’s a minimalist and escapist series that the whole family can enjoy, depending on the family. Watching ‘Queer as Folk’ but Craving ‘Heartstopper’ 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Stalter, 29, has become essential escapist entertainment, an oasis of invigorating silliness in feeds dominated by wearying tragedy. Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z Now many are posting escapist or socially progressive literature to engage with their fans. Kaia, Kendall and EmRata Are Taking a Page From Oprah 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Such books inevitably get labeled “charming,” “escapist” and “light.” Review | ‘The Lido’ is a gently uplifting trifle. But maybe that’s enough. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The difference between adequate escapist fluff and transcendent popular art is the difference between the moments where "Glee" characters talk and the moments when they sing. Why "Glee" is this century's "Twin Peaks" 2010-06-08T17:10:00Z “Of course, there’s still Mrs Brown’s Boys. But beyond that, there isn’t much room in the schedules for the escapist and silly. Catastrophe, People Just Do Nothing, Fleabag,” he says, reeling off the list. From the King of Comedy to People Just Do Nothing: why the 'cringe com' reigns 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Grinding inequality, nonstop escapist entertainment and a compulsory draft. Can three comedians transcend the red-blue divide? 2011-08-26T20:30:00Z Here are some of my favorite escapist novels. Perspective | For a lot of book lovers, rereading old favorites is the only reading they can manage at the moment 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z If you want an expensive copy of the wonderfully escapist 1999 Best Picture winner, by all means check it out. Review | Oddly, ‘Shakespeare in Love’ is America’s top play 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z But he is not convinced that the escapist phenomenon is only a response to hard economic times. "True Blood" star really wanted to be a physicist 2010-06-14T03:22:00Z What went missing were depictions of quotidian life, love and work that, even at their most idealized and escapist, white audiences have long taken for granted as mirroring and reinforcing their own experience. Perspective | ‘Black Panther’ is a revelation but also a reminder of what we’ve been missing 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z I think that there’s this tendency to look at genre fiction, science fiction and fantasy, as escapist. Leigh Bardugo on bringing her Grisha YA trilogy to a close 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z “The Lion’s Den” is classic escapist reading, in every sense of the word. The Beach May Be Closed, but These Books Are Worth Opening 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z As an escapist experience, fantasy has fallen in to disregard with writers and readers who seek to understand the often difficult and painful truths of real life. Can fantasy ever tell the truth? 2011-03-17T09:37:12Z So as much of the world went into lockdown and looked for escapist entertainment, he began reading extensively on climate change. His Game Made Beating a Pandemic Fun. Can He Do It for Climate Change? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Not exactly escapist fare, but a lot funnier than you may remember. Turn the Living Room into a Stage: Read Plays Out Loud 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z A book that transports me to another world without having to work too hard, preferably with well-drawn characters and a story line that is either relatable or escapist. Jane Green: By the Book 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Is The War of the Worlds really escapist? What's wrong with a little escapism in art? | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-26T11:04:00Z “Guitar music, a lot of indie, it’s still very escapist. It’s very inward,” Murphy says. The Moondoggies find love in an angry world, return with ‘A Love Sleeps Deep’ 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z So much culture coverage this year emphasized comfort or escapist reading. Times Critics Discuss 2020 in Books, From ‘Pandemic Blur’ to Favorite Discoveries 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z The Good Place, with its pastel hues and twee, euphemistic cursing was his most whimsically escapist yet. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z That’s a valid choice, but one more consistent with an escapist comedy, and at times the show seems to have other intentions. Review: ‘Good Girls’ Offers Equal Time for Antiheroines 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z “I worry that it’s becoming escapist entertainment that depletes resources from other stories.” In ‘Crime Scene,’ Joe Berlinger Investigates True-Crime Obsession 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Flip-flops largely finished the look that Kors called “barefoot glamor” with an “escapist kind of attitude.” Flip-flop glamor at Michael Kors Spring 2018 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z For more escapist fare, Netflix adds the globe-trotting "The Hangover" this month – and both sequels – for a truly debauched movie marathon of manchildren. From Chris Rock live to a Waco siege docuseries, here's what's new on Netflix in March 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z People tend to think of crime and mystery stories as “escapist” literature, a way to hide from the atrocities and absurdities of real life. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z "We decided to design and build a game to provide some escapist fun for the whole M&A community, anywhere in the world." Wolves of Wall Street can sharpen M&A teeth on new game app 2014-01-16T18:08:58Z “I don’t like the escapist notion that we are not like them,” he says. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z If that seems a rather hollow, escapist way of looking at life, well, it is. Phillips Collection’s Neo-Impressionism exhibit captures movement’s escapist mood Back then, before Hill Street Blues or the rise of HBO, it was dramas that were escapist and sitcoms–at least the best of them–that brought uncomfortable reality. All the Things That Make Us Laugh and Cry: Family Guy and When Sitcoms Kill 2013-11-26T15:14:22Z Beatty’s satire breaks open the private jokes and secrets of blackness in a way that feels powerful and profane but not escapist. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Given that “Wonderful Town” is escapist entertainment best known for its wonderful songs, that doesn’t necessarily mean a disaster. A 'Wonderful Town' in search of wonder 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z So whenever I want some escapist entertainment, I pick up a book about an actual crime. Diamond Doris, the Bourbon King and Other Stars of True Crime 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z During the event’s most escapist moments, anyone longing for a dose of reality would have had more luck finding it in the virtual world. Cold war experiments and storybook monsters - back to Venice's VR island 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A Marvel editor told me that they would smuggle a bit of the real world into that type of escapist fiction. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Yet in the world of contemporary country, which is ruled by kids with escapist fantasies, and grownups eager to seem young, Brooks seems fatherly and proudly unhip. Garth Brooks: Country Music’s Square, Liberal Dad 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z If those aren’t escapist enough, there’s always the one about the squirrel cop. Serial: What to Watch, Hear and Read If You're Obsessed with the Podcast 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z You could say that Corden's triumph in One Man, Two Guvnors proves that Broadway audiences are as hungry as we Brits for an escapist laugh. James Corden's Tony award is deserved recognition for fine-tuned farce 2012-06-11T14:22:57Z And given their tremendous popularity, fairy tales are becoming the escapist antidote of choice to help weather stressful times. From 'Maleficent' to 'Game of Thrones,' a magical time for adults 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z It's not just you being escapist; it's an active choice. Surrender. It's Brian Eno 2010-04-28T20:35:00Z Many Americans yearn for escapist heroes of this caliber. Zorro at 100: Why the original swashbuckler is still the quintessential American action hero 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z What’s left are survivors — men and women who have been sharpened into efficient escapists and confident killers. The Walking Dead Watch: Still 2014-03-03T15:30:58Z Atomic Age creature features — about mutant people, animals and insects gone wild — are escapist nostalgia trips that make up in fun what they lack in quality. When Reality Is Scary Enough, These Movies Are Safe Nightmares 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It provides a cathartic, climate-controlled run supported by escapist Black Eyed Peas videos and E! reality television. Urban Athlete: Indoor Runs, as if You Were Out 2011-04-21T22:00:15Z The producer Ismail Merchant once wrote in The New York Times that the film, like many Bollywood movies, seems escapist at first. The Week Ahead: May 16 ? 22 2010-05-13T14:25:00Z Tens of thousands of visitors arrive annually, not for pilgrimages but for escapist vacations. The Viral Wedding Photos That Conquered China 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z By contrast, in contemporary pop music, he says, “I see a lot of escapist songs.” The New Concept Album Is a Podcast 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The admittedly simple premise — that El Libertador fought the good fight, for a worthy cause — is refreshingly escapist. 'The Liberator' is a compelling primer on Simón Bolivar 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z If you work in print media or publishing, this might feel like a betrayal, or a sweet escapist dream. With ‘Younger’ and ‘The Bold Type’ Ending, Will TV Turn the Page? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z When they are not purely escapist or flat-out inane, they are narrowly concerned with the airbrushed circumstances of their own creation. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Maureen O’Hara, the spirited Irish-born actress who played strong-willed, tempestuous beauties opposite all manner of adventurers in escapist movies of the 1940s and ’50s, died on Saturday at her home in Boise, Idaho. Maureen O’Hara, Irish-Born Star Who Played Strong-Willed Beauties, Dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z His popular name was "Turkish Delight" - a reference to his suave good looks that made him an ideal partner to exotics like Maria Montez in escapist Technicolor adventure fantasies set in faraway places. 1940s Hollywood actor dies in Austria 2012-10-09T23:01:04Z The depression of the 1930s gave us gritty, campaigning dramas such as Love On the Dole, but it also offered the escapist pleasures of the musical. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z It was a fitting choice, if not an especially hilarious one, at the most escapist of awards shows. Trump Was the Elephant in the Ballroom at the Golden Globes 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z The solution for ideological interrogators, then, would be either to dismiss Miró as a bourgeois escapist or to discover political convictions underlying the seemingly innocuous surfaces of his works. Art Review: ‘Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape,’ at National Gallery 2012-08-02T19:39:06Z This most recent reimagining of the children’s literature character Doctor Dolittle was a bit of a box-office dud, but young viewers stuck at home may be able to get an escapist thrill from it. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ and ‘Shaq Life’ 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “Doctor you ain’t got a pill/For whatever’s making this world ill,” he sings, going on to lament drugs and politics as escapist fantasies. Garth Brooks Is Back With a New Album, ‘Man Against Machine’ 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z And while the coast wasn’t lost to the Native Americans, loggers and cannabis growers who have left their mark here, it appealed to us in another escapist sense: little connectivity. On California’s Lost Coast: Sea Lions, Surf and Squiggly Roads 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z On or off the runways, some froth is refreshing, an archly feminine, and patently escapist, alternative to a season of trouser suits, utility looks and aggressive militaria. On the Runway: Practice Those Pli?s 2010-12-31T00:45:40Z Just last year, another film critic from The Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan, wrote off the entire genre in an essay that suggested he sees scary movies narrowly, a genre for escapist shocks. Why Are We Ashamed to Call ‘Get Out’ and ‘The Shape of Water’ Horror Films? 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Ms. McCullough’s fiction was prized by readers for its propulsive plots, sympathetic characters and sheer escapist potential. Colleen McCullough, Author of ‘The Thorn Birds,’ Dies at 77 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z It’s a whodunit full of nuance on women and power that unfolded in the most picturesque, escapist setting in America. 'Big Little Lies' Stars Champion Roles for Women at Emmys 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The book also focuses on aesthetic hallmarks of the Kim Jong Un era: escapist pastel hues, cylindrical residential towers and opulent leisure destinations that project a socialist utopia. Review | A rare glimpse of North Korea 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Along with more serious cases, the incident compounded my fear that maybe festivals weren’t the safe, escapist realms I had hoped they were. ‘Avoid dark areas’: are music festivals doing enough to tackle sexual assault? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps revisiting a lazy beachside vacation might trigger an escapist dopamine hit. There’s never been a better time to organize your travel photos. Here’s how. 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z We’ve created a culture of treating murders — real, not just fictional ones — as addictive, twisty, escapist obsessions. ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z And at the same time, I think, for grown-ups especially, it’s so escapist. Beautiful Creatures Authors: In Defense of Young Adult Paranormal Genre Fiction 2013-02-13T19:00:07Z Elsewhere, Acorn TV heads to India with “The Good Karma Hospital,” an escapist medical melodrama. What’s on TV Monday: The Great American Eclipse and ‘The Good Karma Hospital’ 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z Staged in the ciderblock-walled rehearsal hall downstairs at Woolly, the show skips along as an escapist comic lark but eventually erupts as a full-throated roar about one of the most troubled spots on Earth. A political ‘Kiss’ with theatrical surprises at Woolly Mammoth 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z With its urgent warnings about our ecological future, this novel may not be textbook escapist reading, but it conjures up thought-provoking, immersive worlds. Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book. 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z And the thing that it lacks is what makes it truly escapist. Perspective | ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ a period drama that erases sexism from 1960, is the best fantasy show of the year 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Last year, Barlow had watched the first season of Netflix’s saucy period drama about the elite marriage market of Regency England, along with millions of others searching for escapist entertainment during the pandemic. TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z I have a certain bias about purely escapist fare which offer, at the moment, bigger box office returns but little insight into the mysteries of human relationships and the intrinsic value of great storytelling. Authors weigh in on their favorite page-to-screen adaptations 2013-05-09T19:21:16Z Not that there is anything wrong with escapist reality shows aimed at women. ‘The Divide,’ a Drama Inspired by the Innocence Project 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Summer television has improved more than that of any other season, but it’s still a time for escapist pleasures — they’re just smarter and better made than they used to be. The Summer TV Lineup: 13 Series to Watch 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z The director’s publicist explained at the time that he made the last-minute decision to remove the towers because the film was an escapist comedy and seeing the buildings “would defeat that purpose.” ‘25th Hour’: The Best 9/11 Movie Was Always About New York 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z I had read all the books one winter, living in the US after the election of Donald Trump, and found them brilliantly escapist, a tonic for an anxious mind. Sense and social distancing: 'Lockdown has given me a newfound affinity with Jane Austen's heroines' | Josephine Tovey 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z “Runaways” is the type of stomping classic rock escapist fantasy that’s played well throughout time. The Killers Are Both Grand and Forgettable with Battle Born 2012-09-19T17:00:51Z Creativity is also something that plays into our sense — heightened in this go-go, Fomo world — that someone else is having it a lot easier than we are, a spiritual escapist fantasy of sorts. Now showing: 'Suffering for their art' films like 'Birdman' and 'Whiplash' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Was the lovely flute solo in the first movement intended as hopeful, mystical or escapist? Maxim Vengerov Performs With the Philharmonic 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Even novels, my usual refuge, seemed irresponsibly escapist. How I found solace in Nabokov’s Speak, Memory during the pandemic 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z The story is diverting enough — and if a book about Houdini can’t be escapist, what can? When Harry Met Harry 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z But the tone has changed most dramatically among a younger generation of comics who seem interested in more than mere escapist entertainment. That’s the Funny Thing About Grief 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z A tone of sunny desperation isn’t out of keeping with what seems to be this production’s escapist mission, which is to deliver nostalgia with an exclamation point. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z And in this version “Love’s Labour’s Lost” brings to mind the fast-paced escapist fare of Depression- and wartime-era Hollywood, especially as directed by Howard Hawks, with its briskly scrapping leading lovers. Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest 2012-07-31T22:20:55Z We may be swept away by its portrayal of ballroom's outrageous creativity and appreciate its role as an escapist balm. "Pose" kicks off its final fabulous walk by ratcheting up the nonsense as well as its optimism 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Blockbuster culture is frequently criticised for its escapist immaturity. Fairytale films are in fashion – but can Hollywood deliver a happy ending? 2012-11-09T12:25:40Z Though it hardly qualifies as escapist reading, its fascination with historical detail and celebration of raw courage make it hard to resist. Books of The Times: ‘Granddad, There’s a Head on the Beach’ and Other Summer Reads 2012-05-24T22:43:29Z “On Your Feet!,” for those who want the equivalent of an escapist summer movie. ‘Hamilton’ and Company: Tony Award Nominees in a Season That Reflected the World 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Curtis’s rom-com style invites us into a strain of British lifestyle that can be soothingly escapist; he writes crunchy-gravel period pieces that have the extra advantage of being modern. Review | Send your regrets to Hulu’s ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ (and a sympathy card) 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Which is to say that the modern almanac is meant to be both useful and a comfort — and like a lot of comforts, it’s escapist. Perspective | Facts, just the facts: My 10-year-old has reminded me of the allure of the almanac 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Who’s all in and who’s just engaged in escapist fantasies? HGTV loves a Tiny house; you do too, but in the communities that need them most they’re outlawed 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z But expressionism is too escapist for this production. Wozzeck; A Scream and an Outrage – review 2013-05-18T23:05:43Z It's not until the 7-10 slots that we find true escapist entertainment in the form of a science fiction epic, two beloved musicals and a spot-on romantic comedy. Zag-At the Movies: "Real People" Pick Their "Best Films" 2010-10-21T16:10:00Z But what I want now is something that's fun and escapist. Wil Wheaton, lifelong fan of PBS and libraries, has one book he can’t recommend 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z But Sarasota, Fla., is making a bid for arts fans as well as escapists with its second annual Ringling International Arts Festival from Wednesday through Sunday. In Transit: The Arts Meet the Beach in Sarasota 2010-10-12T16:24:00Z In a flurry of funny new specials that supply escapist laughs and downplay their own significance, some stand-ups even embrace what Gary ran away from. These Stand-Ups Are in an Escapist Mood, Much Like Their Audience 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “It isn’t just mindless entertainment or like, escapist romance,” he said. Kit Harington shifts from Jon Snow to ‘Modern Love’ 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z The focus on dark subjects is typical of indie filmmaking, but it contrasts to the escapist fare and hopeful tales for which audiences haved longed at theaters in recent years of recession and joblessness. Tales of greed, excess meet mild response at Sundance 2012-01-25T20:16:33Z There are so many escapist elements — the travel, the locations, the clothes — but an unexpected breakout was the hair. Kaley Cuoco Thanks You for Flying With ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z There may be an escapist element to the show, but what you're saying rings true: There’s climate change in Westeros, too, it just goes in the other direction. Kit Harington: Season 7 Is a ’Huge Seismic Shift’ for Jon Snow 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Jackie is drawn to Frank's stories as escapist pulp fiction, but she doesn't care to confront them as weighty biographical factoids. 'Laugh Killer Laugh' pulls off an offbeat crime caper 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z The book seemed spry, nearly escapist, at first glance. What We’re Reading This Summer 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Podcasts seem to be, at worst, tolerated as escapist entertainment, and at best, able to influence the criminal justice system — in a more socially progressive way than crime reporting did in the 19th century. Penny dreadfuls were the true crime podcasts of their time 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Cooley moved to Seattle on an adventurous/escapist whim and is currently working in the wonderful world of retail. Music Monday: Mesita, James Pants, Yelawolf 2010-06-28T16:54:00Z "It is," he wrote, "a prime, and highly pleasurable, example of the musical as escapist fantasy and source of fun." Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 'entertains' 2014-04-03T11:09:18Z They are often accused of providing escapist fantasies of the past; this is unfortunately the case here as Scharer succumbs to the mythology of Paris in the early 1930s. A Novel About the Life and Times of the Photographer Lee Miller 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Do you find the movie escapist and do you look for that in the movies? Golden Globe Nominee Reactions 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Though not revolutionary, Mercy Street is a crisp and quick and a great addition to PBS’s roster, though not nearly as escapist as the channel’s regular Anglo-centric programming. Mercy Street: PBS civil war hospital drama is ER version of Downton Abbey 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z It will now be adapted for educational displays about connections between early aviation, space travel, science fiction and escapist theme parks. A Brooklyn Show Celebrates an Inventive Mind of the Midway 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z That kind of stage-managed culture transforms the unpredictability of city life into escapist entertainment. Art gallery or parking lot? John Knight's installation at REDCAT makes you think about the difference 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But the reality is, even in Nazi Germany, the majority of movies approved by the Nazi minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, were escapist and feather-light, with a Hallmark movie-style emphasis on the importance of "normality." Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The “Road” movies, his series of slapstick travelogues with Bob Hope, provided goofy escapist fun for the folks back home. How Bing Crosby Changed the Course of Pop Music 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z An unfiltered diet of escapist fantasy blockbusters can be similarly unhealthy. Can fantasy ever tell the truth? 2011-03-17T09:37:12Z As dramatic as the material sounds, in many ways Girlfriends’ Guide is as escapist as any of Bravo’s reality shows. Review: The Image-Conscious Uncoupling of Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Gallingly, none of the works rise very far above this special-interest corner; they’re neither sufficiently escapist for beach reads, nor sufficiently wise to offer the means to escape. The Examined Life May Be More Worth Living. Reading About It Is Another Matter. 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z But not all the movies of the 1930s fell into the escapist genre. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z The titular hero, played by Joel McCrea, is a hotshot director dissatisfied with the escapist fare that has made him rich. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z It was more like a return to some of high fashion’s escapist failings of the past rather than a meaningful step toward the future. Chanel’s First Digital Show Was a Disappointment on Many Levels 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z There is a definite escapist appeal, including sumptuous scenery that was shot in Bangkok and Rome before the pandemic. Kaley Cuoco Thanks You for Flying With ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z It provided the perfect escapist reading for American parents who tiptoe round their own young like a terrified concierge on a short-term contract. A Warning to Women of a Certain Age: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Nightdress 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z So, a contemporary sci-fi romance is a bit surprising and more escapist in nature than his favorites. “Red, White & Royal Blue”: Here's what Henry's and Alex's taste in books say about their characters 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z The words “escape” and “escapist” are built into our language for entertainment. You Can Stream, but You Can’t Hide 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z There is an escapist element, to be sure. The Wheel Thing 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Much of why "New Horizons" works as escapist media is thanks to the wild amount of customization that allows people to bring in elements of the real world. “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” offers control and structure in a time of perilous uncertainty 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z So it at first seems curious, even irresponsibly escapist, that the theme of this summer’s Salzburg Festival is the nature and power of dreams. A Salzburg Festival Rich With Dreams and Power 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z “It’s escapist,” Ms. Paget said of her work with @Joe_the_Intern. Tally of the Dolls 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z They are not so much escapist TV as fully immersive experiences of tragedy. Feel-bad TV: why are we obsessed with small-screen tragedy? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z But really, all reading is escapist in one way or another, even if it’s nonfiction. Leigh Bardugo on bringing her Grisha YA trilogy to a close 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z But until opera stops being associated with escapist nostalgia and fancy dates, it is doomed to struggle for relevance. Critic’s Notebook: How Hollywood Films Are Killing Opera 2012-08-16T21:49:50Z Indeed, pop culture has slid so far into the slough of celebrity worship and escapist fluff that the antics of the Kardashian sisters now pass as entertainment. The 9/11 Decade: Outdone by Reality 2011-09-01T16:55:45Z Somewhere between Jacob Riis and Charlie Chaplin, Murillo offers a knowing but escapist prance through need. Murillo, Not So Saintly: A Quiet Master Reassessed 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z They believe utterly in the idea of music as a transformative, escapist force. Muse – review 2012-10-01T11:35:50Z Ms. Cao had begun to immerse herself in another domain of escapist fantasy, that of the online reality of Second Life. Cao Fei Captures Modern Malaise in a Series of Inventive Videos 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z As much as anyone possibly could, she has taken on Oprah Winfrey’s mantle as the queen of inspirational daytime talk, providing an oasis of positivity and escapist comedy in a culture short on both. Ellen DeGeneres Is Not as Nice as You Think 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z As Americans flocked to escapist movies, he made $2,000 a week, toured the nation and hobnobbed with Bing Crosby, Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Crawford. Jackie Cooper, Film and Television Actor, Dies at 88 2011-05-04T23:30:04Z A skeptical critic might see humorous art as escapist. ‘Puddle, pothole, portal’ at SculptureCenter in Queens 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z I often can’t recommend much more than “Jeopardy!” to them, but here’s my best attempt to offer some ideas that are either somewhat gentle, escapist, purely funny or some combination of the three. Perspective | What to watch when you’ve seen everything else? Oh, now you want to hear from the TV critic. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z “Come Away With Me” is a Stephen Stills-like love song that doubles as an escapist fantasy for fleeing the hot, stinking city before it’s too late. Tim Heidecker found fame through absurdist humor. His new album ‘Fear of Death’ is no laughing matter. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Poised somewhere between a saucy indie film, a soap opera and a "complications ensue" sitcom, it was an escapist fantasy in which teens carried themselves like seen-it-all rock stars. "Skins'" salacious teen thrills 2011-01-18T16:53:00Z Jaar talks of dance music accelerating and shrinking through the 1990s; increasing in speed but narrowing its emotional range, in the process becoming a one-dimensional, escapist soundtrack. Does Nicolas Jaar's music defy description? 2010-09-01T15:22:00Z In just a few years, he has become one of the industry’s most ingenious and reliable purveyors of escapist fare while devising for himself some fulfilling escape routes from those escapes. What Makes Taika Waititi Run and Run and Run? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “Fictional romance is my escapist distraction from this tragedy and it’s stupid, but I feel powerless to stop it.” Sense and social distancing: 'Lockdown has given me a newfound affinity with Jane Austen's heroines' | Josephine Tovey 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z The concept is an escapist fantasy for anyone of a marginalized background. The Politician's antihero is a victory for queer characters – because he's awful 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Yet, in recent years, this escapist function of Bollywood has been failing to capture its audience. Indian audiences shun spectacle with Bollywood's first hip-hop film 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Though these movies are tales about the human experience, the most fundamental part of life under capitalism is ignored and replaced with an escapist monomyth. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z But it’s often an entertainment with an escapist bent. London Men’s Wear: Burberry, McQueen and Others Puncture the Fashion Bubble 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z In recent years, ambient music has become an escapist salve for a planet coping with mass death, political instability, climate anxiety, the incessant culture of overwork and the dissociation these conditions cause. Ambient Music Isn’t a Backdrop. It’s an Invitation to Suspend Time. 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z A show about this escapist trend, “Turkish Taste at the Court of Marie-Antoinette,” opens on Tuesday at the Frick Collection in Manhattan. Antiques: Artist?s Heroic Struggle to Make Heroic Paintings 2011-06-02T22:41:34Z The title is a joke on another village unaffected by time from the splashy Broadway musical “Brigadoon” and it skewers such escapist and naïve shows like “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and “Hello, Dolly!” Old Broadway pizazz collides with 2021 in ‘Schmigadoon!’ 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Naturally his escapist tendencies were pushing him toward a “Wet Hot American Summer” prequel, which he would write with Mr. Showalter and cast with the original performers. David Wain Tests Mainstream Credentials With ?Wanderlust? 2012-02-18T02:53:02Z Women with jobs, husbands and mortgages indulged in the escapist sheen of Carrie's luxury lifestyle, their daydreams becoming fodder for spinoffs, movies and a "Sex and the City" bus tour of Manhattan. How Tina Fey ousted Carrie Bradshaw 2010-05-20T16:10:00Z As escapist entertainment, “No Ordinary Family” is in the same vein as “Heroes,” the science-fiction show that NBC canceled this year after four seasons. Playing a Superhero, Yes; Typecasting, No 2010-09-24T22:30:00Z The message of the story was much more embedded, and it felt escapist and it felt like fun. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The emotional fuel can also be in the form of the fantastical and escapist, moving away from the pain and hardship of the present by imagining other worlds and possibilities. "We in America have actual fascists marching in the streets": Ed Brubaker on releasing art right now 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z But I prefer to think of movies and musicals as less escapist and more like you’re temporarily putting on a different set of glasses to look at the world. Golden Globe Nominee Reactions 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z In this thriller and escapist fairy tale co-written by Clinton and Patterson, the fictitious President Jonathan Lincoln Duncan is in trouble for supposedly having had dealings with terrorists. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z How many toxic messages has each sex uncritically internalized as a social norm, in the guise of entertainment and escapist fun? Amid calls for gender equity in Hollywood, the stakes are high. 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z It was a lovely evening of music and forgivably escapist on a day of so many dark thoughts elsewhere. 4x4 Baroque Music Festival Presents ‘The Grand Overture’ 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z It can be escapist or aspirational, extravagantly hyperbolic or easily plausible, but it’s still idealized. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z I knew this movie was always a total escapist action movie. Josh Peck on the Red Dawn Remake, the Appeal of Escapism—and Being a Joke Guy in an Action Movie 2012-11-20T16:45:58Z Given that many people have curbed their travel during the pandemic, the sale can provide an escapist thrill. At Museums and Auctions, Paintings, Posters and a Magician’s Treasures 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z As Flora grows closer to Jeff, an escapist fantasy from her dreary Dublin life, Carney liberates him from the screen of her laptop. Review: ‘Flora and Son’ an utterly irresistible emotional earworm 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z As Flora grows closer to Jeff, who represents an escapist fantasy from her dreary Dublin life, Carney liberates him from the screen of her laptop. Review: In the charming 'Flora and Son,' songwriting becomes a way forward to a happier life 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Whatever the subject matter, these works are united by one theme: There are always possibilities, for better and for worse, and exploring them is entertaining, enlightening and escapist. What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn’t let go 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z But he also defended his creation as escapist entertainment, and argued that it offered ordinary people a chance to air grievances and express themselves in a public forum. Jerry Springer, whose tabloid talk show became a rowdy hit, dies at 79 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Springer called it “escapist entertainment,” while others saw the show as contributing to a dumbing-down decline in American social values. Jerry Springer, politician-turned-TV ringmaster, dies at 79 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Last year, audiences flocked to “Top Gun: Maverick,” the top-grossing Academy Award nominee for best picture, I assume because they were seeking pure escapist fantasy. Opinion | ‘Women Talking’ is the escapist film the world really needs 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Granit and Maymon allow the characters, and the audience, to escape the clinic through the women’s shared guided visualizations, which they call holidays, escapist fantasies to an island rainforest, Burning Man or just back home. Review: Andie MacDowell brings signature charm to the modest but insightful 'My Happy Ending' 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z But the box office was dominated by big-budget, escapist entertainment based on established film franchises. Hollywood's 2022 box office reality check: Not enough hits and a movie shortage 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z But this does not mean, as shortsighted critics insist, that striving to send humans to live and work in space must be an escapist techno- fantasy abdicating our stewardship over Earth. Keep Looking Up 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z “As a kid, I was totally hooked by Snoopy and the escapist fun and humor of that character,” he says. Schulz at 100: How ‘Peanuts’ lifts those on stage, on ice and in space 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But if you want to go rogue, I recommend another escapist fantasy: “Women Talking.” Opinion | ‘Women Talking’ is the escapist film the world really needs 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “Superheroes are throwbacks, it’s escapist, it’s fantasy. There is definitely an appetite and a yearning for the superheroes of the world to save us from some impending disasters.” Using Superheroes to Sell, This Time to Adults 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Through their actions, a John Constable painting becomes more than some escapist countryside fantasy — it becomes a poignant reminder that the natural landscape is endangered. More activists are gluing themselves to art. Their tactics aren’t new. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z From Charles Champlin’s 1978 review: When it is done well, there is nothing quite like an escapist entertainment to ease the aches and strains of daily living. 9 Angela Lansbury favorites to watch and where to find them 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z His big break would come in 1994 with “Fantastic Voyage,” an escapist song that hit No. 3 on the Billboard 100 chart after appearing on his debut album, “It Takes a Thief.” Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ hip-hop star, dies at 59 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z But an escapist fantasy that is literally a fantasy of female escape — methodical, collective, ethical, well-provisioned and in plenty of time? Opinion | ‘Women Talking’ is the escapist film the world really needs 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z You could call this movie, which Universal will open in theaters Nov. 11, an unusually self-indulgent project for Spielberg, a director who’s often oscillated between escapist thrill rides and weighty historical dramas. From Spielberg to Iñárritu: Evaluating the season's many styles of personal filmmaking 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Because Americans, unlike Britons, don’t pay taxes to support the royal family, it is easier for some to “dwell on the romantic, escapist aspects of it,” Professor Chernock said. Was Elizabeth the Queen of America? This Week It Seemed Like It. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z These days, I find myself watching a lot of escapist television. Perspective | Wait, there isn’t a streaming TV show called ‘House of Thrones’? 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Wanting to write something that would make him happy during the early days of the pandemic, King concocted an escapist, enchanting tale of a place that’s familiar but feels entirely new. 10 noteworthy books for September 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Talk of secession — or even another American civil war — is escapist fantasy. Ron DeSantis’s Florida 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The Guardian gave the track list of 16 songs four out of five stars, describing it as "unapologetically escapist" where the singer "unleashes everything from disco bangers to global house hedonism". Beyoncé album Renaissance a dance-floor hit with critics 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z "So we're in this sort of comic book world, this escapist fantasy world and we can play with some of those darker ideas." Brad Pitt battles assassins in action thriller 'Bullet Train' 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z It would be nice to view the Emmys as a moment of escapist fun. Column: Are TV dramas ... OK? The Emmys nod to cynical visions of a world beyond our control 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In just a few years, he has become one of the industry’s most ingenious and reliable purveyors of escapist fare. Your Thursday Briefing 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z These assertions, whether Platonism, the simulation hypothesis or my insane-god theology, can easily become escapist and nihilistic. When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But the reality franchise always was escapist fare, cast and executives say, split off from the reality of ordinary viewers. ‘Real Housewives’ franchise takes its drama to flashy Dubai 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s a maximalist, escapist vision of where the internet, and how we interact with it, is headed. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel thinks the metaverse is ‘ambiguous and hypothetical’ 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Our political system is hobbled, our health-care system is in tatters, and even the Oscars are no longer pure, escapist fun. Perspective | Passover reminds us that freedom is hard — and that’s okay 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z The glacier photos are almost too beautiful, like escapist computer-desktop wallpaper or an advertisement for an Arctic cruise. Review | ‘Coal and Ice’ exhibit won’t help you understand climate change 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Still, based as it is on historical events, “Julia” retains an aspirational, even escapist quality — it’s meant to be a confection. Review | ‘Julia,’ about the TV chef, serves up just desserts with elan and a smile 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z It feels more like an escapist fantasy than a ripped-from-the-headlines cautionary tale. Review: Noomi Rapace on Netflix, a real-life Ted Lasso, and more movies to watch this weekend 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z By focusing on Bruce Wayne's alter ego as "the world's greatest detective," the movie feels more like a gritty noir than an escapist superhero adventure. Box Office: 'The Batman' Scores $128 Million, Second-Biggest Pandemic Debut 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Last fall, the historical-drama devotees turned their love of escapist TV into a podcast, “Historical Drama With the Boston Sisters.” Perspective | It’s time for more backward thinking: Readers step back into the time machine 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Fans of Disney are passionate about the company's control of detail and elaborate escapist experiences. Disney to develop U.S. residential communities, with local themes 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The song - which became one of the band's biggest hits - is an escapist fantasy about running away from a world fraught with political tension. Scott Morrison criticised by New Zealand band over song use 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Before then, most paperbacks released in the United States were lowbrow escapist fiction. Jason Epstein, publishing executive who shaped literary tastes, dies at 93 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z And yet here we are with the escapist new period drama “The Gilded Age,” which takes as its chief concern the pearl-clutching clash between old and new money in 19th-century New York high society. Review | ‘The Gilded Age,’ the lavish period drama from the creator of ‘Downton Abbey,’ is all surface and no shine 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z The singer known for making even the most content soul feel deep heartache has produced an escapist fantasy that makes it hard to sit still. Review: The Weeknd curates an escapist fantasy in ‘Dawn FM’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z "It's fascinating to encounter an escapist Hollywood offering that seeks to understand the root of these characters' megalomaniacal behaviour." Spider-Man: No Way Home plays the 'greatest hits' and pleases critics 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z "Some of it can be automated away but a lot of it must have the human touch. It's not all just escapist behaviour and pretty dresses and gorgeous avatars." Zuckerberg's metaverse: Lessons from Second Life 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Sigmund Freud notably described religions as escapist, illogical and pathological responses to adversity and existential angst. Social Capital in Black Communities Is Often Overlooked 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z "I don't understand why people love escapist scares and yet it's given me my entire creative life," Lee Curtis said. Jamie Lee Curtis channels mum's 'Psycho' character at 'Halloween Kills' premiere 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z The show imagines tony Oak Bluffs as party after gala after soiree, offering up plenty of escapist pageantry. Review | In ‘The Wonder Years’ and ‘Our Kind of People,’ Black characters grapple with their history 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z "At first I wasn't thinking of crime writing. Originally I wanted to do escapist fiction, a story people could fall into and not think too much," she says. LJ Ross: The self-published crime writer making a killing 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Say “freedom,” and you simultaneously evoke jingoistic policies and legacies of resistance, jarring opportunism and escapist tranquility, defiance and ease, protection and condescension, potential and burden. Review | Embracing the sprawling contradictions of ‘freedom’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z But for the most part we’re still in the same escapist bubble that immediately followed the event, and entertaining spectacle for its own sake has even more thoroughly colonized the medium. How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more Stephen Brown, executive vice president for programming and development at Fox Television Stations, said the breezy entertainment that game shows provide makes them an escapist sanctuary in the current TV landscape. Jay Leno revives game show 'You Bet Your Life.' Will it work? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z She said that she felt a responsibility to include positive messages in her shows — many were about women who overcome trauma, whether acts of violence or isolation from loved ones — while also offering escapist entertainment. Delia Fiallo, screenwriter known as ‘the mother of the telenovela,’ dies at 96 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Be cautious if your utopias all involve technological fixes or escapist colonies on Mars. How to Think Like a Utopian 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z But the escapist fantasies are painfully see-through, and demure décolletage eventually gives way to chest hair and pecs. 'This American Wife' views 'Real Housewives' through a queer looking glass 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Hollywood shied away from darkness and violence, giving us easygoing escapist fare like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Harry Potter movies. How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more His cousin’s novels, set on distant planets, peopled by beings whose names sound foreign on the tongue, are more than escapist fantasies. The Black Nerds Redefining the Culture 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s not the intense escapist delight it used to be, especially for so many of us who used it as a vital portal to human connection. Fear and self-loathing in Animal Crossing: New Horizons 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “I’m a person who is an escapist creative,” he continued. Thundercat and Flying Lotus, uncompromising pop outsiders with Grammy hopes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z Vintage escapist favorites like “The Golden Girls” had a resurgence. How the Pandemic Stalled Peak TV 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The list seemed to confirm earlier findings that Americans favored comfort and escapist entertainment, in addition to news, as the nation confronted a public health emergency, massive social unrest and a searing presidential election. Viewers’ Streaming Favorites? Old Network TV Shows 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z It was a novel approach to self-isolation... but he had an ulterior motive: shooting a promo photo for the band's breezy, escapist single Daydreams. BBC Sound of 2021: What the class of 2020 did next 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z The show was dismissed by reviewers and even some network executives as escapist filler on the TV schedule, lowbrow and slapstick. Dawn Wells, castaway on ‘Gilligan’s Island’ and UW grad, dies of COVID-19 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Pop's greatest diarist Taylor Swift took a U-turn this year, recording a two-album set of escapist folk tales - and earning herself an album of the year nomination from the Grammys in the process. Will concerts come back in 2021? And other music stories to look out for 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z As much as all the incessant body swapping and dimension hopping, this vision of New York may be what ultimately marks this story as a fantasy — an escapist evocation of a happier, more carefree moment. Review: It's not quite 'Inside Out,' but Pixar's metaphysical comedy 'Soul' will lift your spirits 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Or maybe it’s not so escapist after all. Gal Gadot knows this year was rough. She hopes 'Wonder Woman 1984' will end it on a high 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z While Ian Fleming's James Bond was a Technicolor escapist fantasy, le Carré's spies were rooted in a grey, complex and morally ambiguous reality. How fact met fiction in Le Carré's secret world 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Evermore is described as a "sister album" to the delicate, escapist Folklore, which itself arrived out-of-the-blue in July. Taylor Swift announces second surprise album of 2020 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z It’s far from escapist — the album speaks directly to the pandemic and its consequences, at least in how it’s all felt for fans and artists. Review: On pandemic album 'Be,' BTS longs for better times, then dance through the tears 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The uses of enchantment, by her lights, have much more to do with real world pain than escapist adventure. Review | ‘Come Away’ is a smart, stylish mash-up of ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Sure, I guess — though it’s unclear to me how a musical community that prides itself on its truthfulness can honorably go all escapist right when the truth matters most. Somehow, the CMA Awards recklessly ignored the COVID pandemic during a show devastated by it 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Related How Half-Life: Alyx’s designers built an escapist dystopia with a spot of hope If you haven’t jumped into the game yet — first off, I’m jealous that you get to experience it with fresh eyes. Half-Life: Alyx now has over three hours of developer commentary 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z By juxtaposing glamorous international backdrops with naturalistic dialogue, “The Flight Attendant” manages to be both entertainingly escapist and refreshingly relatable. Kaley Cuoco isn't just 'the girl next door.' And she's out to prove it 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Surprisingly strong ticket sales in the first days of autumn in much of the industry suggest Americans are eager for an escapist scare. Can Blood Manor’s Homicidal Clown Scare People in a Year Like 2020? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Some of the happiest moments of my childhood were spent in escapist solitude beneath a plum tree in our backyard setting up and admiring my little works of art. Why Would a Grown Man Play With Toy Soldiers? 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z In a climate where so much of public life and pop culture has been politicized, inserting too much reform talk into escapist entertainment could be tricky. CBS is remaking its police shows for the Black Lives Matter era 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z The settings and plots of escapist TV are almost always fantastical - that’s the whole point. Yes, Emily In Paris is unrealistic. But reality is overrated | Hadley Freeman 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Box office analysts also noted that “Tenet” is a complicated, cerebral movie with little star power; a frothier, more escapist offering may have had an easier time coaxing people back to cinemas. Movie Theaters Returned. Audiences Didn’t. Now What? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The Los Angeles Times took a more middling stance, simultaneously deeming the sci-fi thriller “energetically escapist” and “copious and confusing.” From 'enthralling' to 'dud,' critics are mixed on Christopher Nolan's 'Tenet' 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The subject matter may not sound like escapist fare, but Mr. Gill said his research suggested that audiences were hungry for this kind of thing. Will Americans Return to Theaters for Russell Crowe? 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Did the escapist pleasures of Indiana Jones’ greatest adventure simply overpower the more fearsome and brooding “Jaws”? Were movie lovers inclined to embrace a well-oiled entertainment machine rather than a grim environmental cautionary tale? How ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ beat ‘Jaws’ — and won the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But like a glittery Louboutin striding through a muddy apocalypse, the God of escapist TV, Darren Star, arrives when we need him most. Yes, Emily In Paris is unrealistic. But reality is overrated | Hadley Freeman 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z The four biographies featured here are not escapist literature. Get lost in history with these 4 biographies of vastly different people, from Joseph McCarthy to Dorothy Day 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Since the app encourages endless scrolling though videos, it all blurs into a escapist present — exactly what many people are looking for during quarantine. ‘Cars That Go Boom’ has made a comeback, thanks to TikTok. The ’80s duo L’Trimm says it’s ‘surreal.’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z Gloriously escapist thrills from an Agatha Christie for the Instagram age. The great escape: 50 brilliant books to transport you this summer 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z During the stay-at-home weeks, viewers have craved both news programs and escapist fare, splitting their TV time between the likes of Anderson Cooper and Bea Arthur, with one balancing the other. Lockdown TV: Netflix Dominates, News Surges and Bea Arthur Is Still Golden 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z The escapist response to disaster is another predictable move and The Decameron epitomises it. The end of coronavirus: what plague literature tells us about our future 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z We see a lot of movies at festivals and screening rooms, but studios still want us to see their populist, escapist efforts in big theaters full of people. From 'Star Wars' to 'Independence Day,' an excellent adventure down summer-movie memory lane 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z She turns to music that’s validating rather than escapist, though books lately have provided an important escape. Amid COVID-19 isolation, Wyoming residents turn to the arts 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z But as the news turned more grim, he turned more escapist. ‘Captive audience’: Pandemic-lit, disaster flicks surge in ‘strange, scary time’ 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z The traditional narrative suggests disco harmed Mayfield’s career, not least because his kind of social commentary fell out of fashion in favour of something more escapist. Curtis Mayfield: where to start in his back catalogue 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Fictitious shows and movies that are far removed from reality, such as science fiction programs set a thousand years in the future, may offer viewers more of an escapist retreat, Levinson said. Our TVs are full of characters spreading germs and now we can never unsee it 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z From socially relevant dramas to escapist, feel-good comedies, this is a to-do list worth tackling between bouts of fresh air. The 44 best TV shows to binge while self-quarantining, according to TV experts 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Even escapist activities such as basketball can’t provide an escape from the pandemic. Lakers' possible exposure to coronavirus shows seriousness of this pandemic 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z "Russian films were mostly depressing and dark at the time. We hadn't seen anything like that that was so fun and enjoyable and escapist. I was obsessed with Whoopi Goldberg." How Hollywood movies saved a gay Russian teenager 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z But even if “Power” successfully presented itself as purely escapist fare, it can’t avoid being read in the context of its contemporary setting and the broader societal issues it uses to create drama. 'Power' created a black TV antihero. It wasn't equipped to handle the consequences 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Another exception to the escapist fare was a spot on police shootings. 2020 Super Bowl Commercials: Funeral for Mr. Peanut, Tears for Google 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z Watson said inmates often gravitate to escapist fiction early in their incarcerations. ‘Reading changed me’: Prisoners at Jessup inspired by books, from Obama to Odom 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z "Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood," he wrote. Rep. Crenshaw applauds Ricky Gervais' takedown of Hollywood elites: 'He has the support of the people' 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z “Even in Nazi Germany, the majority of movies approved by the Nazi minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, were escapist and feather-light, with a Hallmark movie-style emphasis on the importance of ‘normality.’” Fox News accuses Salon of attacking "American values" after writer calls Hallmark movies "fascist" 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Maybe the next decade in politics and culture will bring a return to relative normalcy in which we all agree that politicians should be boring and effective and that culture should be escapist and disengaged. Opinion | A cliffhanger end to a decade that married politics and culture 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z It isn’t an escapist response, it’s a way of managing it. Jeanette Winterson: ‘I didn’t see this coming’ 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z But the announcement of the latest winner capped a season that did not provide the usual escapist thrills. ‘Survivor’ Limps to a Finale After a Difficult Season 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s your basic escapist fare, though as some of it is set in the D.C. area I was on the lookout for mistakes. Perspective | Even telephone scammers agree: Don’t trust them! 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z ‘Dancing With the Stars’ perfected a formula for kitschy, escapist joy. Analysis | Why Hannah Brown’s win on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ was somehow both shocking and very predictable 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z As warnings about global warming become more dire, scientists retreat into escapist fantasies. Jeffrey Epstein and the Decadence of Science 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Significantly, many of these information failures involve a term Gioia is ambivalent about: “entertainment,” which he brands “mere,” “idle” and “escapist” at various junctures. Review: The history of music — all of it — in 400-plus pages 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z At a time when real life seems to be meshing inextricably with the narrative and hyper-emotional contours of escapist entertainment, how can movies possibly reflect, much less make sense of, real life? Review | ‘The Laundromat’ has shell companies, martinis and Meryl Streep in funny hats. It’s kind of confusing. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z They may have been escapist television, big on sight gags, but they were brilliantly executed. I invited Mary Ann to a Gilligan-themed tiki party — and she showed up 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z A familiar refrain from developers of violent games is that they're creating escapist entertainment. Video games do not cause violence – but makers do need to think about it 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z But with its grim setting, challenging subject matter and hourlong format, “Orange Is the New Black” hardly seemed the kind of escapist fare viewers would consume in giddy binge-watching sessions. How 'Orange Is the New Black' defined what makes a Netflix hit 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z They’re linked, however, by a desire to offer something other than escapist entertainment. 2019's Mercury prize shortlist is alive to today's politics and pain 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z And as far as escapist fare, finding yourself inside someone else’s head turns out to be a nice vacation in these tough times. Review: The Flaming Lips’ concept album will blow your mind 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z The escapist urge to build cities from scratch is nothing new. 'The next era of human progress': what lies behind the global new cities epidemic? 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z This echoes a familiar refrain from the developers of violent games – that they’re creating escapist entertainment. Video games do not cause violence – but makers do need to think about it 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z “In a world where we live in sensationalism and Marvel-land and escapist film, it’s amazing that people will also respond to a tragic, realistic drama,” she says. ‘Wild Rose’ heralds arrival of rising star Jessie Buckley 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z On set during a lunch break, she complains that she’s fed up with the show’s flimsy excuse for its escapist violence. Review | Set in the milieu of the French literary life, Olivier Assayas’s latest film is a sublime pleasure 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The whole thing is so escapist that I’m indifferent to its shock tactics. Review | ‘Mortal Kombat 11’ lives up to its reputation: Brash, fun and ridiculously violent 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z This may be escapist entertainment, but it also has a hint of steel. Review: Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen make for winning political romance in ‘Long Shot’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z “The books and stories I write are what are usually called escapist, in the pejorative sense,” he once said, according to the reference work Contemporary Authors. Gene Wolfe, science-fiction writer with a literary touch, dies at 87 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Pop music is meant to be an escapist balm, solace from reality or at least a vehicle for shared commiseration. Leather and lace: how Stevie Nicks created a new musical language 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z All sports are, by their nature, escapist—a momentary stay against confusion, the embrace of a world governed by strictly defined rules. Beating Federer at Indian Wells, Dominic Thiem Offers Yet Another Glimpse at a Possible Future 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z They were escapist books full of intrigue, insight and inspiration. I found all my childhood heroes in fantasy novels | Yassmin Abdel-Magied 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z “I'm not super into escapist/alternate realities of what mankind is. Even in ‘Wonder Woman,’ I'm very interested in embracing the darkness and the light of mankind.” Why 'Wonder Woman' director Patty Jenkins returned to TV for the L.A. noir 'I Am the Night' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z Many of these things are American favorites for a reason: They resonated with us over many years, and have things to say that remain relevant - and, at times, fun and escapist. Old favorites, outdated attitudes: Can entertainment expire? 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The aesthetic she cultivated on Instagram became an escapist alternate reality, to both her local followers and herself, one that erased the painful backdrop she grew up against. When influencing becomes deadly 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z It’s the sunny television equivalent of a beach read, a perfect escapist fantasy for getting through the worst of winter. Netflix’s Tidelands was tailor-made for a nudity-based drinking game 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z There's also the escapist fantasy element, says Guy. The shop where it's OK to be different 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z He saw nothing wrong with tackling the profoundest tragedies and challenges of one’s era through a prism of escapist entertainment. Stan Lee, the progressive genius: Michel Faber pays tribute to Marvel's mythmaker 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Whether you’re in a thoughtful or purely escapist mood, there’s something to pique any theatrical appetite. 99-Seat Beat: Genderless space creatures, mythic New Jerseyites, bickering Hungarians, and more - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z But the show somehow hit a nerve with an East German audience that otherwise had a special love for escapist Viennese operetta. Critic's Notebook: As anti-Semitic hate crimes rise, a German production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' preaches tolerlance - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Historically, that’s a new development; science fiction was once a reviled genre, dismissed as juvenile trash or escapist nonsense. These two books examine some of sci-fi’s most influential projects 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z That said, an escapist gestalt seems to permeate Mr. Musk’s recent behavior. Opinion | Time to Put Down the Bong, Elon 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Rodgers has once more offered pure, escapist fun and you can now find us on the dance floor. Review: Niles Rodgers returns with Chic to make us boogie 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The vibe, she said, was wanderlust, an escapist fantasy. Anna Sui opens a grand bazaar at New York Fashion Week 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z We delve into the escapist joys of a great summer read. Lee Child, “Moby-Dick,” and Other Summer Reads 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z R&B star Raheem DeVaughn: for escapist diversion or for “edutainment,” tunes that teach while entertaining and that explore the complexities of societal and personal relationships. This summer music festival presents black artists who aren’t often heard on commercial radio 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z But for the 32-year-old Sparrow, the interactive installation, currently on view at the Standard Hotel in downtown L.A., is merely escapist fun. At this supermarket pop-up, everything is made of felt. Really 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Her songs offer personal empowerment and are a salve for dark times, or provide a whimsical, escapist fantasy, but leave space for listeners to fill in their own details — and derive emotional solace. Kate Bush at 60: An exquisite pop genius whose influence endures 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Here We Go Again’ is escapist fluff of the highest order — joyful, filled with beloved pop songs and incredibly bizarre.” Indie Focus: Seeing more in 'Blindspotting,' 'McQueen' and 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z “Teen Titans GO! to the Movies” is the sort of silly film you and your kids can both enjoy, a slice of pure escapist fare in these divisive days. Film Review: Cartoon ‘Teen Titans’ goof across DC universe 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Alyssa Mastromonaco, an Obama deputy chief of staff, wrote an essay in October saying, “I now find myself joining all those escapist liberals who like to reminisce about ‘The West Wing.’ In the Trump era, some find escapism in ‘The West Wing’: ‘It’s the president we all want’ 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Musical sequel is escapist fun; some innuendo, drinking. What to watch with your kids: ‘Eighth Grade,’ ‘White Fang’ and more 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The story of Frederica, like nearly all of Ms. Nöstlinger’s tales for children, was fantastical but not escapist, with serious themes but a dash of silliness that drew comparisons to British writer E. Nesbit. Christine Nöstlinger, award-winning children’s writer from Austria, dies at 81 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Pottery, improbably, is the latest escapist pastime to sweep the nation. How Online Hobbyists Can Reaffirm Your Faith in the Internet 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z It’s not a comedy special that offers escapist laughs but, instead, demands that the audience not shy away from considering harsh truths. Analysis | Why Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special ‘Nanette’ is so remarkable 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z These statistics refute any notion of true crime as escapist fare. Why do we — women in particular — love true crime? 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of frothy escapist fare that goes down easy on a hot summer day, with a big old beating heart to boot. Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Isla Fisher deliver summer fun in comedy romp 'Tag' 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There is a final canard to add to our duck soup: that comic novels are generally “light” or “escapist”. Has fiction lost its sense of humour? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s all outsize — more like an escapist TV series than a nuanced exposé of international criminal networks. Cop and drug dealer team in smooth Korean action flick 'Believer' 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Royal shows are an escapist distraction for a fractious nation, but when the confetti is swept away and the bunting taken down, Britain is still left to wrestle with its deep divisions. When the confetti is swept away we are left with a deeply divided country | Andrew Rawnsley 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z It may be fantasy, but that Hollywood would even dream up a bit of escapist fluff where Andy Garcia romances Keaton is refreshing. 'Book Club's' Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen prove to be sexy and funny at any age 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Often described as “Polynesian,” they are an American invention, born of and feeding on an escapist longing for tropical Pacific isles. Potent drinks demand strong food at Navy Strength 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z So to see comic fiction as generally escapist – or generally Wodehousian – is to ignore most comic fiction. Has fiction lost its sense of humour? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z These tracks became anthems for the millions of millennials gathering at massive festivals to partake in the relentlessly escapist electronic music scene of the late aughts. Avicii: the EDM poster boy who struggled with the spotlight 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z But the universe of “Ready Player One” remains a loving, fanboy homage to the escapist entertainments Spielberg did more than anyone to create. ‘Ready Player One’ Review: Spielberg goes back to the future 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Noting romance novels are first and foremost escapist fiction, Ms. Grant said the heroines do have influence. Will Office Affairs Ever Be the Same? Not in Romance Novels 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z “We demand too much of our casual pop culture offerings. It’s escapist fiction … you’re escaping into the fantasy of a guy seeking justice on its own terms,” he says. ‘Death Wish,’ starring Bruce Willis, arrives in theaters amid debates over guns, alt-right 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Dystopian fiction is inherently political, but it also gained steam because it was good entertainment, an escapist adventure into the frightening hypothetical consequences of human frailty. To stay relevant, Black Mirror has to change how dystopian fiction works 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Another among many of the highest-profile nominations is the juxtaposition of songs tackling weighty subjects of mental health, suicidal tendencies and racial identity against escapist fare celebrating romantic aspirations and longings. Kendrick Lamar has three early Grammy Awards as the dialogue around the gala centers on social and political issues 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z That tension powers the first couple episodes of “Black Lightning,” a thrilling, smart and pop culture-savvy series that bounces between present-day politics and escapist fantasy that debuts Tuesday. The CW's 'Black Lightning' offers an electrifying superhero facing tough issues 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z With its perfidious turns, this escapist entertainment is a fine example of the 21st century’s more cynical version of the O. Henry ending. For your listening pleasure: 3 recommended audiobooks 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Harrelson sees benefits in these troubled times of escapist, upbeat movies like Star Wars. Woody Harrelson: 'I used to have my head up my ass' 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z After an unusually bleak year on Broadway, the 2018 season will open with a few escapist musicals – and still more bleakness. Mean Girls, Frozen and Denzel: what to expect on Broadway in 2018 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z For the most part, I found 2017’s most overtly escapist blockbuster films pretty easy to watch, no matter how loud and busy they got. Critics roundtable: the movies that transported and troubled us in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z I’ve been told that “Friends” reruns would be healthier escapist fare, but no thanks. Need a break from new plot twists and cable news? Try these comfort TV favorites 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But by focusing on art, photography and other creative pursuits, and by studiously sticking to the kind of apolitical content that few people object to, Bored Panda has steadily built a feel-good, escapist empire. How 41 People in Lithuania Took Over Your Facebook Feed 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z But for the most part, the movie means to deliver a throwback to an earlier era of escapist entertainment and luxury travel, to situate the viewer in the dramatic equivalent of a plush, first-class seat. Kenneth Branagh gives good Poirot, clumsy direction in 'Murder on the Orient Express' 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z From escapist franchise fare to festival darlings and awards hopefuls, the holiday season features some of Hollywood's most diverse slate of movies. Holiday movie preview 2017: 'Justice League,' 'I, Tonya,' 'Mudbound' and more 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Where Contemporary Color is pure escapist fantasy, Step contextualizes its dance routines within the personal struggles facing the young women performing them. Critics roundtable: the movies that transported and troubled us in 2017 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Is it crass to read all the escapist imagery as a political reference to the Soviet Union? 'A paradise inside hell' … the amazing Kabakovs on how art became a weapon in Soviet times 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Which is not to imply that horror is primarily escapist in function. Has horror become the movie genre of the Trump era? 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Peering into the dysfunctional life of a wealthy family with more power than sense equaled escapist entertainment, at least back then. With tales of the rich and famous crowding reality and TV, 'Dynasty's' dysfunction feels redundant 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Science fiction remains a popular genre for its simultaneous escapist qualities and its mirror of current reality. Amazon’s big content shift includes more kids’ shows about science — and science fiction 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Honoring and remembering those who serve is vital — especially in real life, after combat is over — but doesn’t escapist nonsense sound lovely right now? Overrated/Underrated: Are we still ready for some football? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Twin Peaks is the new, true escapist television. Twin Peaks: The Return created a new kind of escapist TV 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Beyond the mere escapist arcade adventures of yore, a few video games are directly or indirectly about labor and laborers. Games of labor: These video games celebrate workers and worker struggles 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z There are escapist tactics and genuine ways to finding Mr Right. 'Darkness masked in lightness': the designer using a board game to avoid arranged marriage 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z In other words, a mix of physical activities that energize you, escapist activities that relax you, and time spent with people who inspire you. 14 Ways to Squeeze More Joy Out of Every Day 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z But Florida’s proud, contrived role as a lazy, breezy, escapist state of nature yields something nobody could have predicted: lots of cultural heroes, large and small. Perspective | Five myths about Florida 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Rihanna’s voice, her relationship travails and her ownership of the fact that she shouldn’t be held up as a role model combine to give the song, and its video, an extra level of escapist joy. Rihanna – 10 of the best 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z The books aren’t escapist in the sense that you’re pretending nothing else is going on; it’s more like a lens through which a lot of people have engaged with social justice issues. ‘I got Gryffindor pyjamas for my 27th birthday’: fans on 20 years of Harry Potter 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z “People are approaching the book as escapist literature in a way I appreciate, but didn't expect,” said Litt, who now leads the Washington office of Funny or Die, the comedy video website and production company. In the Trump era, Obama nostalgia is a booming industry 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z If we’ve learned anything from history, it’s that hard times call for easy, escapist entertainment. Baby returns in 'Dirty Dancing' remake. But maybe she should have stayed in that corner 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z The most popular Ramadan shows are often escapist love stories, full of beautiful people wearing nice clothes. Arab TV Series Dramatizes Life Under ISIS 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z But in terms of providing an hour or so of escapist respite, it gets the job done. Review | In ‘Snatched,’ Amy Schumer bungles through the jungle, laughing all the way 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z I definitely think there’s a place for more escapist or surreal comedy. How do you solve a problem like The Donald? Comedians share how they tackle Trump 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z A new West End production of 42nd Street opens this month and its mix of high glamour and romantic nostalgia may prove a fitting escapist fantasy for our uncertain times. A kaleidoscope of legs: Busby Berkeley's flamboyant dance fantasies 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z |
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