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  2. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    Examples of similar characters in Anglophone culture include Bubbles, Wheeler Walker, Jr. and the stand-up persona of Bob Saget: Grande dame: French for "great lady"; a haughty, flamboyant and elegant woman, prone to extravagant and eccentric fashion. She is usually a stereotype of an elderly high society socialite. [44] [45] [46] [47]

  3. Themes in Avatar - Wikipedia

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    James Cameron, writer and director of Avatar, at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The 2009 American science fiction film Avatar has provoked vigorous discussion of a wide variety of cultural, social, political, and religious themes identified by critics and commentators, and the film's writer and director James Cameron has responded that he hoped to create an emotional reaction and to provoke ...

  4. Portrayals of God in popular media - Wikipedia

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    In Carlos Diegues' 2003 movie Deus é Brasileiro, God is a down-to-Earth character, exhausted from his labours, who is resting in the northeast of Brazil. [2] God as a character is often mentioned or intervenes in the plot of the CW show Supernatural, and eventually served as the series' ultimate villain. He seems as a loving, smart, serious ...

  5. List of religious films - Wikipedia

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    Films by genre; Action; Adventure; Animation. Stop motion; Avant-garde; Biographical; Children and family. Animation; Comedy; Crime; Disaster; Documentary; Drama ...

  6. List of atheists in film, radio, television and theater ...

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    Pauline McLynn (born 1962):Irish character actress and author. [182] Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995): American actress. [183] Stephen Merchant (born 1974): British actor and writer. [184] [185] George Meyer (born 1956): American television producer and writer. [186] Dame Helen Mirren (born 1945): English stage, television and film actress. [187]

  7. A Question of Faith - Wikipedia

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    The LA Times called it "a religious pamphlet with actors", saying that the script "plays like a first draft, one written from a manual and riddled with two-dimensional characters and on-the-nose dialogue." [2] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 40% based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 5.8/10 ...

  8. List of Magical Negro occurrences in fiction - Wikipedia

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    This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( April 2022 ) The Magical Negro is a supporting stock character in fiction who, by means of special insight or powers often of a supernatural or quasi- mystical nature, helps the white protagonist get out of trouble.

  9. Category:Films about superstition - Wikipedia

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    This category contains films about superstition, any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown.