fictionalize
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Shadows of Spielberg’s filmography loom large over “Disclosure Day”: the inclination to revisit and fictionalize childhood from “The Fabelmans,” the tests of empathy in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence,” and, of course, all the aliens.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
To turn that story into a feature film required Wilson-Cairns and Lindholm to fictionalize certain aspects and change some details.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Seeking to cover 16 years in little more than two hours, they condense or flat-out fictionalize with a wink.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Moriarty and Jaci supply each other writing prompts, while claiming first dibs on real-life anecdotes they wish to fictionalize.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
It was a means by which, if not to erase or delete memory, to splice it, to fictionalize it, and to some degree begin again; and yet he judged consciousness to be even less real.
From An Apostate: Nawin of Thais by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Wunmi Mosaku -- who plays a fictionalized Zuckerberg advisor -- holds similar expectations for the film, which arrives in theaters Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ellis fictionalized his Buckley School years for the novel, originally released as a serialized audiobook on his podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Prosecutors allege that Matar was motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
That doesn’t mean there isn’t anything to be learned from true history or its fictionalized version dressed up in dragons and magic.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Mother tells me you have given up on the tribal art book and are pleased with this one, a sort of fictionalized travelogue?
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The narrator decides to write a novel fictionalizing the surveyor’s account, shame be damned—“And yet, let them scorn me as they will, strong traits of their nature have intertwined themselves with mine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
It also drew a blank when asked for a speech from George Santos, the New York Republican congressman who was caught fictionalizing his past.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
And it’s uncommon for producers to involve the people whose lives they are fictionalizing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
Their colorful means of fictionalizing history's sea changes help us to better appreciate the people who made it.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022
“By fictionalizing away my innocence, my total lack of involvement, by erasing the role of the authorities in my wrongful conviction, McCarthy reinforces an image of me as a guilty and untrustworthy person,” Knox wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
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