artistic license
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Christopher Nolan’s movie mixes diligent research with artistic license.
From Slate β Jul. 19, 2023
But Shakespeare “could get away with” a little artistic license, Ms. Ceci laughed.
From New York Times β Jun. 20, 2023
While “Queen Charlotte” is a conscious work of historical revision that takes clear artistic license, many details about the characters and the world they lived are drawn from fact.
From Los Angeles Times β May 6, 2023
I mean, you could do a biopic about somebody who lived a hundred years ago, but they're not around, so I'm sure you have a lot of artistic license to do whatever you want.
From Salon β Apr. 29, 2023
Many have seemed to suppose that the massive and undraped head shown in these pictures was the result of artistic license or indolence and a general desire to evade the task of making hair.
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Bill Nye
