caricature
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As the action progresses, Doralee brings grit and common sense to the trio, showcasing Parton’s ability to deliver homespun wit without ever falling into folksy caricature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Dull subject matter, symbolism either opaque or eye-rollingly overt, and an indefatigable self-seriousness are all hallmarks of the caricature, and Mr. Aitken checks many of these boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He has less patience for commentators who seek to debunk originalism by measuring its practitioners against a caricature of the method.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Like all of those after-school specials, there’s a distinct element of gratitude that helps the film transcend accusations of corniness or caricature.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
He looks smaller, too, more vulnerable, a caricature of himself.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Their testimonials on our website demonstrate that they are real, complex human beings, not caricatures.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
There’s a tension between the update’s good intentions and the tendency of musical comedy to traffic in amusing caricatures.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
There’s still plenty of eye rolling in China at caricatures of the U.S. presented by the propaganda apparatus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
His performances were not comic turns or caricatures.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
After that, a local Bled newspaper published a group of caricatures of all eight players, and a souvenir postcard was made of the drawings.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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They are caricatured as tourists, or cowboys, or worse—Ted Lasso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
"Magyar will want, as he did during the campaign, not to be caricatured as being a pawn of Brussels; do not expect him to say yes to everything," said an EU diplomat.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Hegseth’s bravado has also been caricatured on “Saturday Night Live,” which opened two weeks in a row with a satirical portrayal of him as angry, dimwitted and hyped up on the violence of war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
These giant, caricatured figures danced and moved through the ceremony alongside dancers and performers, offering a surreal, almost carnival-like nod to classical music’s place in Italian culture.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026
The story was caricatured as ‘coarse, primitive and vulgar’.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Proxmire became addicted to the fawning press attention he got from caricaturing serious scientific research as ludicrous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
By 2017, Saturday Night Live was caricaturing Ms Trump in a mock advertisement for a perfume called "Complicit."
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
But students, their families and the public are ill-served by the caricaturing of an American college education as an economically questionable proposition when the opposite is true.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2023
“But what we’re doing here is showing the context of events — not just caricaturing each candidate.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2022
I have to see the person I'm caricaturing or else I can't get them properly.
From Just Gerry by Christine Chaundler
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