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an actor who is seen as the image of everyman
despite his superstar status, in his movies the actor is able to play the role of an everyman quite convincingly
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Hartnett’s working-class suburban dad looks like a blandly handsome everyman attending a concert with his 12-year-old daughter, Riley (Ariel Donoghue), and then — bam!
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
There isn’t a whiff of reality to this story, and Hanks is like an alien trying to play an everyman — he’s rarely seemed so uncomfortable and unconvincing.
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—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Hanks is Richard, a postwar kid turned white-collar everyman who gives up dreams of becoming a graphic artist to provide for his family.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
To read Parker is to get an everyman’s sense of the late-twenties literary scene.
—Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
There isn’t a whiff of reality to this story, and Hanks is like an alien trying to play an everyman — he’s rarely seemed so uncomfortable and unconvincing.
36.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Hanks is Richard, a postwar kid turned white-collar everyman who gives up dreams of becoming a graphic artist to provide for his family.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
To read Parker is to get an everyman’s sense of the late-twenties literary scene.
—Sloane Crosley, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Everyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/everyman. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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