naturalism

Example Sentences

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You have directed very different plays, but the one through line is that your stagings, besides being surprisingly entertaining, avoid the naturalism common in American theater.

From New York Times

Based on the unpublished diaries of Anwar Hashimi, who plays a teacher in the film, “The Orphanage” effortlessly balances naturalism and fantasy, levity and gravity.

From New York Times

And you listen harder, perhaps, for the lack of extraneous distraction; it’s an unnaturally intimate view that demands an extra measure of naturalism from the performers.

From Los Angeles Times

Moore is after something more mysterious than naturalism.

From Los Angeles Times

The ambition of playwrights to speak directly to our times through emotional naturalism has largely wiped horror, mystery and their ilk from our stages.

From New York Times