The sentence than contains a word or phrase that should not be in italics is sentence A. Is 'Mel Gibson' in the movie version of 'Hamlet or 'Macbeth'? The words that should not be in italics in this sentence is 'Mel Gibson'. 'Mel Gibson' is a name of a person. The words that should be italicized are the following: journals, magazines, plays, long musical piece, cinema, radio and tv programs, artworks, famous speeches, long poems and pamphlets.