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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Timeless yet time-bound tale
Generously drawing comparisons to yester-years female legends Nutan and Meena Kumari, Subhash K Jha, film critic said, "Deepika Padukone gives to the timless yet time-bound tale the kind of fluent grace and eloquent spin."
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
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I suspect "time-bound" refers to the setting, or the time period of the story line. I think you'd say that "The Flintstones" is "time-bound" in this respect, as is "The Jetsons," on the other end of the time scale. Yet both of these cartoons deal with everyday subjects which we can all relate to, so they are never out of date.
- I suspect "time-bound" refers to the setting, or the time period of the story line.
- I think you'd say that "The Flintstones" is "time-bound" in this respect, as is "The Jetsons," on the other end of the time scale.
- Yet both of these cartoons deal with everyday subjects which we can all relate to, so they are never out of date.
- Of course you can call any great work of art "timeless," because its beauty and appeal transcend the conventions or popular notions of the period in which it was created.
- A "tale" is simply a story.
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I suspect "time-bound" refers to the setting, or the time period of the story line. I think you'd say that "The Flintstones" is "time-bound" in this respect, as is "The Jetsons," on the other end of the time scale.
Yet both of these cartoons deal with everyday subjects which we can all relate to, so they are never out of date.
Of course you can call any great work of art "timel
Yet both of these cartoons deal with everyday subjects which we can all relate to, so they are never out of date.
Of course you can call any great work of art "timel
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Thanks Avangi,
But my English is so bad I even cannot understand your explanation.
But my English is so bad I even cannot understand your explanation.
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Uh-oh, you're gonna get me fired.
Did you ever watch the re-runs of the old cartoon series, "The Flintstones"? It's a story (tale) about a family living in the stone age. Fred Flintstone and his buddy Barney are "cave-men."
So the story is time bound. That is, it's stuck in a particular period in history.
However, the things which happen to these people are
Did you ever watch the re-runs of the old cartoon series, "The Flintstones"? It's a story (tale) about a family living in the stone age. Fred Flintstone and his buddy Barney are "cave-men."
So the story is time bound. That is, it's stuck in a particular period in history.
However, the things which happen to these people are
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Thanks a lot Avangi.
It's a great explanation indeed. Now I got it.
It's a great explanation indeed. Now I got it.
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