beast fable

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Noun
  • Both as high-intensity nail-biter and sharp political allegory, the 2002 feature remains among the most influential horror of the 21st century.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • Gender dynamics depicted through the prism of allegory and magic realism.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of every great story.
    Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Some such principles can even be drawn from Christ’s own parables.
    Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • What follows is an unexpected morality play surrounding not only the complications of bringing Rajesh’s actions to light, but also Maitri’s unsavory methods that sparked this violent eruption, which rest on her bringing harm to another, equally vulnerable woman.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 June 2025
  • Everybody is an adaptation of a 15th-century morality play; the actors take turns, assigned by lottery, playing the various characters.
    Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Citizens of Louisiana only have to look up at their state flag to see an animal doing some pretty wild — and deeply symbolic — stuff out of a medieval bestiary.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This fair is also a bestiary, with many of its animal objects ready to serve.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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