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And while those movies, just like “Esta Isla,” don’t address the socioeconomic issues facing Puerto Ricans didactically, their mere existence is in itself a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
As sensational as they could be, most of them were made to didactically teach a lesson of some sort.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
I sometimes looked in vain for stacks of books along the walls that weren’t didactically aligned with state-ordained, “testable” proficiencies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2021
Several missteps also hobble the play dramatically and didactically.
From Nature ● Jan. 28, 2019
“It was a common punishment in Imperial China,” said O’Brien as didactically as ever.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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