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Example sentences for: escapist

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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.
When she does give the thumbs up, especially for an anticipated blockbuster, certain key words and phrases, such as "audience appeal" and "escapist fun," suggest that she is not writing from her own point of view so much as she's gauging in advance the public's reaction.
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.
The Los Angeles Times ' John Anderson says you might enjoy the movie's "escapist thrills" but predicts "you'll feel cheap in the morning."