alienation
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But what he also wants to confront are the elements of alienation that made the show—about an ex-spy in Kafkaesque confinement—a cult hit and a profile of postwar psychology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Kafkaesque” suggests that translation is the quintessential medium for a body of work obsessed with alienation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Written with clear compassion and boasting a robust performance by Lili Taylor, “I Shot Andy Warhol” portrays Solanas as a product of modern alienation.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026
That is until Stewart purchased a fuzz box for Richards a few days later, which gave the tune a raunchier sound that perfectly matched Jagger’s lyrics of frustration and alienation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
By now, extensive talks with them and with hundreds of geeks online had given me some insight into the alienation rampant in geek culture.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Events of every description, changes, alienations, removals, – all, all must be comprised in it; and oblivion of the past – how natural, how certain too!
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2021
John David Washington’s performance in BlacKkKlansman is impressive but the film’s quasi-Brechtian alienations and comic cartoonery arguably mean that it is more difficult to engage with his character emotionally.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2019
Consequently, when the war was over, they had no alienations to adjust, no broken down walls to rebuild, no breaches to close up.
From Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings by Graham, Robert
An agreement such as is desired by the discontented would only intensify our alienations, embitter the strife, and protract the war upon subordinate and insignificant issues.
From Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by Boutwell, George S.
We might point to the divided households, to the destruction of family peace, to the many sad heart-burnings and alienations that result.
From The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by Rhodes, M. (Mosheim)
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