characters

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Earlier movies — especially 2019’s “Synonyms” — were about characters trapped in cultural expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The move is risky, and it will be quarrelsome — especially for those who still see Zendaya as an idyllic Disney star, despite her respectable penchant for complicated characters.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Cinemagoers can see similarities between their own lives and those of the characters.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“This Land Is Your Land” touches impressionistically on a huge cast of characters, from Frederick Douglass to Henry Ford, and some 300 sites, from Mount Vernon to Disneyland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The characters in Stowe’s story, though stereotypical, humanized enslaved Black people for white nineteenth-century readers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock