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As another option for the finale, maybe the essential tensions of family vs. profit and modernity vs. tradition could have been expressed through a plot?
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The striking photography from cinematographer Lol Crawley suggests themes of modernity versus classicism — the waters of the Statue of Liberty, the majestic quarries of Carrara, Italy — but a sensual magnetism seeps into the visual style as well.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
That brings us to the past fifty years, decades that inherited the familiar structures of modernity: capitalism, liberal democracy, and the critics of these institutions, who often fault them for failing to deliver on the ideal of human equality.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
To trace the evolution of the Straits Chinese approach to modernity, Khor examines the quarterly publication Straits Chinese Magazine, which ran from 1897 to 1907.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The striking photography from cinematographer Lol Crawley suggests themes of modernity versus classicism — the waters of the Statue of Liberty, the majestic quarries of Carrara, Italy — but a sensual magnetism seeps into the visual style as well.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
That brings us to the past fifty years, decades that inherited the familiar structures of modernity: capitalism, liberal democracy, and the critics of these institutions, who often fault them for failing to deliver on the ideal of human equality.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
To trace the evolution of the Straits Chinese approach to modernity, Khor examines the quarterly publication Straits Chinese Magazine, which ran from 1897 to 1907.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Modernity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernity. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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