realism

On a superficial level, his plays, built around the emotional lives of his characters, can come off as a throwback to traditional realism.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“As it stands now, it all just seems like magic realism: ‘We’re tough and we will bring inflation down to 2%, but I’m not going to explain to you how,’” Tetlow said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Magical realism was in its heyday, and Gabriel García Márquez was becoming its patron saint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It mattered little that it had to drop its Scandinavian roots for Greek mythology -- the anachronism blended into the service of Nolan's brand of realism.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Actually, realism is exceptional in the history of art and is not even necessary to its purposes.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

He’s adept at creating different realisms and textures for each story line, variations that add layers of meaning.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

Perhaps the grittiest realisms could use a little light rebranding, granted – but even when money's tight, surely there should be a place for poetry ...

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2010

Hopper's realism had nothing to do with the prevalent realisms of the 1930s and '40s in American painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

The feminine "shall I, shall I not" is woven into the fabric of a soundly constructed play, one that feels itself easily superior to the crude realisms of ordinary theatre.

From Time Magazine Archive

If his liking were put in the baldest form of explanation it would have to deal with rather darksome realisms.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett