11.   Host Bill Maher mentioned that their jokes repeatedly portray black people as violent, sports-loving, sex-obsessed, dance-crazed alcoholics and criminals.

12.   In newer plays, the nudity has more to do with character by portraying people as they are and with underscoring emotions.

13.   In turn-of-the-century films and literature, black people were portrayed as ape-like, oversexed and simple-minded.

14.   It portrays troubled people in a way we want to see them.

15.   One reason Robards could portray people like Jamie with such piercing authenticity was because of his own experiences of hard living and heavy drinking.

16.   One reason Robards could portray people like Jamie with such authenticity was his own experiences of hard living and heavy drinking.

17.   Schiavelli is a born storyteller, skilled at portraying other people.

18.   The four people involved are portrayed by Natasha Richardson, Rupert Graves, Anna Friel and Ciaran Hinds.

19.   The plot contrivances, he says, are actually effective theatrical devices that allowed Verdi to portray people in the throes of inner forces they cannot fathom.

20.   The question would be, Why are you portraying black people that way?