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Example sentences for: escapist

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Spirits were raised by the escapist fare of the new Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, today’s C.B.C.
All I know is I haven't had such a purely escapist reading experience in a long time.
Public Enemy was eclipsed by gangsta rap , which glorifies "Thug Life" (as it was deemed by Tupac Shakur ). Gangsta rap's attitude is disturbing, but it's mostly escapist entertainment, rooted as much in the blaxploitation movies of the early '70s as in reality.
Critics bemoan the absence of songs in this latest film depiction of the romance between British widow Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut of Siam, familiar to most viewers through the musical The King and I . Critics contend that leads Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat have weak chemistry and that the film is "a luxuriant, lumbering behemoth … pleasant, occasionally amusing--and often dull" (Andy Seiler, USA Today ). Roger Ebert gives a surprisingly harsh review: "It is an exotic escapist entertainment for matinee ladies, who can fantasize about sex with that intriguing bald monster and indulge their harem fantasies" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). Jay Carr of the Boston Globe dissents from the pack, calling the film "a lot more than The King and I minus Rodgers's and Hammerstein's music.
His advertising executive in Lost in America has zero insight into himself, but he's still an idealist who boldly attempts to live out the escapist fantasies of his generation: He has--as buffoons go--enormous stature.