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The film is, he said, is "another parable of parental crisis dressed up as a brightly coloured family adventure" - and a "cautionary tale about online childhoods".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Our critic called the series “a stylishly constructed parable about naiveté and spiritual emptiness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

Coogler’s period piece-meets-horror parable heads into Sunday’s awards ceremony with a record-breaking 16 nominations to Anderson’s 13 nods for “One Battle.”

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026

Nimble and inventive, with convincing special effects work, the film is a charming parable that continually finds ways to reset itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026

“No, no, dear boy. You exaggerate. A minor parable at most. Besides, I fear it is a trifle optimistic.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Kafka’s parables of angst and displacement are naturally diasporic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Buffett’s lessons and parables remind me of the volatility in technology stocks this year.

From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025

As it draws to a close, Hwang’s lethal playground games are cautionary parables about tribalism driven by greed.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025

I was so green in the world that I hadn’t accepted there could be parables without a moral, questions without an answer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

“It is similar to telling parables, but in the white man’s language,” I concluded.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah