flatten

To replace this with a polished composite is to flatten the art form into blandness.

Almost the entire population has been displaced and much of its infrastructure flattened.

What remains is a flattened, inaccurate history that centers white heterosexual Christian men as the architects of American greatness, relegating others to mere bystanders or occupying passive, supporting roles.

Over and over again, this documentary makes the point that the screen flattens people’s full humanity.

Which sounds trivial — until you realize this flattening is happening across every domain of life.