"Black-white-painting"

[KnightMove]

In German, there is the expression "black-white-painting" for a very biased point of view in movies, books etc. - one side is portrayed as the good one, the other as evil.

How would you call this in English?

 

[dontaskme]

one-sided view
biased view

 

[Brioche]

It is very common in English to talk about a person seeing everying in black and white. This comes from black and white photography.

She sees everything in black and white. For her there are no shades of grey.

 

[dontaskme]

It is very common in English to talk about a person seeing everying in black and white.

this does not mean a biased view, rather an oversimplified one where, for example, something is right or wrong, not allowing for grey areas between.

 

[panjandrum]

Yes, in English you could say that someone is "... painting a very black and white picture ..." of a situation.
In doing that, they would be emphasising the points of both sides of the argument that most clearly demonstrate their differences - perhaps to the point of caricaturing them.
Here is an example of the usage:

Traditionalists say that the new stadium should be called Anfield. Even if it ends up with a sponsor name in front of it, the name Anfield is part of Liverpool history they claim. Progressives don't really care what it will be called as long as there is enough cash left at the end of it all to buy the next Rooney, keep Gerrard and invest money in 9-year-old wonderkids from Brazil. I'm painting a very black and white picture here and there are a lot of people who are situated somewhere in a grey area, of any shade.

Is that biassed?
It is selective, and like all selective analyses it could be biassed, but that is not the essence of the black-and-white-ness