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  2. Man in the Chair - Wikipedia

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    Man in the Chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by Michael Schroeder. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, ...

  3. The Man in the Chair - Wikipedia

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    The painting shows an old man sitting in a chair (or on his throne) with his feet on a cushion. He sits beside an open window. [9] Above the man's head there hangs a painting and a statue of Saint Arnolfus. Daylight enters the room through the open window. De Braekeleer worked out the small details very carefully in this oeuvre. [10]

  4. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words to convey the opposite of their usual meaning ("For Brutus is an honorable man; / So are they all, all honorable men"). During the Renaissance, scholars meticulously enumerated and classified figures of speech.

  5. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    The term trope derives from the Greek τρόπος (tropos), 'a turn, a change', [8] related to the root of the verb τρέπειν (trepein), 'to turn, to direct, to alter, to change'; [6] this means that the term is used metaphorically to denote, among other things, metaphorical language.

  6. What does the chair emoji mean on TikTok and why is it ... - AOL

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    The chair emoji is flooding comment sections on TikTok. Here's the real story behind them. The chair emoji is flooding comment sections on TikTok. Here's the real story behind them. "People keep ...

  7. Signifyin' - Wikipedia

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    Rudy Ray Moore, known as "Dolemite", is well known for having used the term in his comedic performances.While signifyin(g) is the term coined by Henry Louis Gates Jr. to represent a black vernacular, the idea stems from the thoughts of Ferdinand De Saussure and the process of signifying—"the association between words and the ideas they indicate."

  8. Mumblecore - Wikipedia

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    Naturalism – both in performance and dialogue – is a key feature of almost all mumblecore films. [2] Early mumblecore films tended to feature non-professional actors; [1] [2] [8] however, later films have had more professional actors, [9] including major stars such as Anna Kendrick (Drinking Buddies and Happy Christmas) and Orlando Bloom (Digging for Fire).

  9. Trump Rambles About His Enemies In More On-Brand Speech After ...

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    After President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in the Capitol rotunda on Monday, he gave another speech to an overflow crowd of supporters in the Capitol ...