realism

If someone described this show as magical realism, Crook would “find that a compliment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Relieved of the need for realism, Ms. Mazzoli has had fun with these, and the singers are game for the adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Time Out said Effi o Blaenau was a cross between Greek tragedy and "British social realism", calling Gwenllian "formidable", while The Guardian described the film as a "sensation".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He continues to disappoint with “The Uprising,” a sort of grunge “Braveheart” that attempts to replace Mel Gibson’s Hollywood bravado with grit and realism but comes across as lifeless and inert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

If Samuel craved realism and activity, he got it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But any honest reader of Euripides will see at once how far he too is removed from the ordinary realisms of life.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy