allegorical

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The confrontational and allegorical play is about a Black man and a white woman on the New York subway.

From New York Times

Each becomes an extravagant operatic character, doing their own updated allegorical business in the dream garden.

From Los Angeles Times

As the loose, stylized, funny, often poignant plot progresses, these allegorical characters seem to lose their moorings; in Soper’s world, even stock figures can’t be trusted to maintain their points of view.

From New York Times

Working behind the camera for the first time, French actress Sandrine Kiberlain filters familiar subject matter through a unique lens, resulting in the simultaneously ominous and vibrant allegorical coming-of-age story that is “A Radiant Girl.”

From Los Angeles Times

Here, a figure she calls the Dreamer initially puts the character of the Lover through the various allegorical paces.

From New York Times