as in aggressive
having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal
an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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Perhaps most impressive, though, the in-your-face photography, thrumming EDM score and dizzying array of jumps backwards and forwards in time don’t drown out the sterling performances from the lead trio.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Wilson’s characters run the gamut from uncouth to in-your-face offensive — none more than the tacky small-town beautician Wilson embodies in a brash, John Waters-esque musical satire, situated where overzealous progressive values meet old-school pageantry at its most patriarchal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
The dreamlike mishmash of religious iconography and in-your-face motherhood imagery that Belinda witnesses in ghostly visions reads as derivative and unoriginal.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Then the in-your-face—or, perhaps more accurately, in-her-face Janis Joplin, Madison Square Garden, also 1969, with Hujar’s lens highlighting a closeup of her mid-performance that’s almost grotesque, her nasal hairs as evident as Joplin’s bluesy soulfulness.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Wilson’s characters run the gamut from uncouth to in-your-face offensive — none more than the tacky small-town beautician Wilson embodies in a brash, John Waters-esque musical satire, situated where overzealous progressive values meet old-school pageantry at its most patriarchal.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
The dreamlike mishmash of religious iconography and in-your-face motherhood imagery that Belinda witnesses in ghostly visions reads as derivative and unoriginal.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
Then the in-your-face—or, perhaps more accurately, in-her-face Janis Joplin, Madison Square Garden, also 1969, with Hujar’s lens highlighting a closeup of her mid-performance that’s almost grotesque, her nasal hairs as evident as Joplin’s bluesy soulfulness.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in-your-face. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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