| 单词 | cleverness |
| 例句 | Once again I was impressed by my mother's cleverness and courage. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z S. shook his head, beaming away at me, and said cleverness was my permanent affliction, my wooden leg, and that it was in the worst possible taste to draw the group’s attention to it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Had a brand of animal cleverness, the kind you see in pigs sometimes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z His cleverness, over time, has sharpened into a rapier wit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z If ever there was cleverness in the joke, it has been wrung out like a dish towel. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But of course Doctor Gordon didn't ask to see them, as I hadn't mentioned them, and I began to feel pleased at my cleverness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z His eyes gleamed with cleverness and spirit and energy and his teeth flashed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It might be the clever thing to do, but cleverness did not win victories; the bright combinations rarely worked. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z As I mentioned, my father was one of the most famous traders around, but not just for his cleverness in business, or his ability to drink crates of beer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m more concerned for your safety. She might be pretty and might impress you with her cleverness, but she’s still an assassin, Dorian.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I shrieked with delight at my shadow’s own cleverness. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This was part of her cleverness, because others in her fortunate situation might have taken it entirely for granted and not bothered comparing themselves with others. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Needed her strength and her resilience, her cleverness and her resolve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They surpassed us only in phrases and in cleverness. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The white man—give him his due—has an extraordinary intelligence, an extraordinary cleverness. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "If so, it is a ruse of surpassing cleverness," said Varys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I make it to the copse Rue has told me about and again have to admire her cleverness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The second is the legend of my sister’s cleverness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I reveled in our cleverness at having come in here. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I did well in school not so much through cleverness as through doggedness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She was thirteen years old and terribly impressed with her own witchy cleverness. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He recited the virtues of Arm and described the fantastic cleverness of all three. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I will allow you to ponder my vast cleverness while I sleep. Wake me when you need anything else figured out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Cardan is clever, but it’s not a nice kind of cleverness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As we rode, he recounted tale after tale of their bravery and cleverness. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Effie beams at us so brilliantly that we have no choice but to respond enthusiastically to her cleverness even though it's wrong. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Flushed with our success, Justice and I boasted of our cleverness to a friend of ours whom we knew from home, who was also working at the mines. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Later Tam Lin complimented Matt on his cleverness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As he did so, he smiled with pleasure at the thought of his cleverness, realizing what would happen to Hyena the following day. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Some at home did not appreciate my cleverness or abilities. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There is none of the humor or wordplay or cleverness that characterizes Sesame Street. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I focused with a dim shadow of my usual cleverness on my problem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z While I don’t know about the cleverness part, I do know that I am curious about the world—from worms and bugs to chicken fights and the bras Ma hangs in her room. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In Mendeleyev’s day just sixty-three elements were known, but part of his cleverness was to realize that the elements as then known didn’t make a complete picture, that many pieces were missing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was successful, but because of Atlas’ stupidity rather than his own cleverness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there are those beasts that, due to cleverness or innate shyness, avoid contact with Muggles at all costs—for instance, the unicorn, the Mooncalf and the centaur. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But all the cleverness in the world couldn’t improve the atmosphere. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And Will said out of his experience, “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. We can try it anyway. What do you all think?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But suddenly, recently, the skill had become more than simple cleverness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “And there were near misses, many of them. We laughed about them afterwards. We were young, thoughtless — carried away with our own cleverness.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Books! And cleverness! There are more important things — friendship and bravery and — oh Harry — be careful “You drink first,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Everyone in the neighborhood was so full of their own cleverness at having jury-rigged a solution to the Tap-Out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The winter cannot hurt them and therefore increases their sense of cleverness and security. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe over the years he had forgotten about the importance of keeping them, or maybe he was distracted by her youth or beauty or cleverness. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Elizabeth admired her cousin’s cleverness and courage as he welcomed the men and gave them permission to search the house and grounds. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Aye, teach me that name!” he said, being clear over the fright the goats had given him, and puffed up with her praise of his cleverness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He often says that people just don’t understand how cleverness works in a child and that all these troublesome things I do are actually signs of strength and intelligence. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no real cleverness or secrets for good business; he simply refused to fail, leaving absolutely nothing to luck or chance or someone else. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z For sheer cleverness she could run rings around them all. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Blue’s Clues got rid of the cleverness and originality that made Sesame Street the most beloved television program of its generation, created a plodding, literal show, and repeated each episode five times in a row. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They found the cleverness of their forebears’ music, with its fugues, its interweaving counterpoint, its layering upon layer of sounds, too academic and dry, rather like student exercises. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His oath does not seem enough of an antidote against his cleverness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Even though he may have tried, he could not conceal his cleverness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And the desert, the dry and sun- lashed desert, is a good school in which to observe the cleverness and the infinite variety of techniques of survival under pitiless opposition. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fact that she gets herself in and out of these situations gives me hope. I see them as clear signs of her cleverness.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Pleased by our own cleverness, we’d smugly claim a seat and then talk or study the whole way to school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Both guileless and arch, the play celebrates its own cleverness, sideswiping conventional structures and themes. ‘Feather Gatherers’ Gives a Twist to a Russian Folk Tale 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Here are five of Mr. Dorough’s most memorable “Schoolhouse Rock!” contributions, weighted for cleverness, pedagogical utility and the degree to which they’ve taken up permanent residence our brains for over 40 years. 5 ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ Songs From Bob Dorough We’ll Never Forget 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Her protagonists were generally clever and curious children whose cleverness and curiosity became terrifically useful as they wended their way through convoluted adventures, mostly unaided by the adults in their lives, who routinely disappointed them. Diana Wynne Jones, Children?s Author, Dies at 76 2011-03-29T00:52:53Z Lumping everything together takes visitors back to the heyday of irony, when glib cynicism ruled and cleverness was everything. The art of religion: Corny, cynical and everything in between 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z The movie is non-PC to the max, but Baron Cohen gets away with it thanks to a sense of cheery cleverness that informs even his crudest jokes. 'The Dictator' uses its power for laughs 2012-05-14T22:41:03Z “Zoom,” a brainteaser of a film with a breast-and-penis fetish, bets everything on cleverness and a few appealing performances, and it wins. Review: In ‘Zoom,’ Everyone Feels Certain Body Parts Are Too Small 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The Riddles of Gestumblindi, a group of verse exchanges in an Icelandic saga, use riddles like a rap battle, ramping up the contest with ever-escalating cleverness. What Has One Eye and 1,200 Heads? An Old English Riddle, That’s What! 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z And he exudes all the cleverness and gentlemanly ardor that Sayers endowed Wimsey with. Taproot's 'Gaudy Night' an open-and-shut case of fun for mystery fans 2012-10-02T19:53:04Z The soaring arias of cleverness for which he’s known have been modulated in these pages. Oprah’s book club pick: ‘The Underground Railroad,’ by Colson Whitehead 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z But I hope, as the season unfolds, that the aesthetic rewards become more plentiful, that the cleverness trumps the clichés. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Into the Dark, With a Cliche or Two 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z You will no doubt find other things to be reminded of, which is a testament to Mr. Black’s cleverness and also a recognition of its limits. Review: ‘The Nice Guys’ Pairs Gosling and Crowe as Slapstick Detectives 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z I garnished with a sprinkling of black sesame seeds to drive my cleverness home. Granita: Icy-cold comfort for your summertime blues She got smaller, she lost beauty and cleverness, she stopped asserting her own superiority in everything, her words no longer had weight. Elena Ferrante: ‘One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and recognised my mother’ 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z They got through trouble with cleverness, charm and subtle wit. James Garner, 1928-2014 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z I’m happy to report that the cleverness on display in this volume is the best in years. Book review: ‘The Bungle Family’ by Harry J. Tuthill The pilot has some of the loose rhythm of “Parks and Recreation” but not much of the cleverness. Fall TV Reviewed: Choir Wars, Zany Immigrants and Demons of the Week 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z I can identify with the cleverness involved in inventing them. Memo to the editor of the Currant Bun: give the puns a rest 2010-10-04T08:10:00Z Adam Serwer from the Atlantic tweeted, "there’s a certain cleverness to the fast food for college football champs at the White House as a metaphor for Trump presidency as false advertising and underwhelming results." Cold Whoppers in the White House: A visual metaphor for the Trump presidency 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “More than rebellion it’s about women being strong. There is still so much against us so we need a lot of cleverness, intelligence and strength,” she said. Don't judge me by sales, says Prada's CEO and creative director 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z This British comedy game show is a combination of crossword puzzle cleverness, scavenger hunt strangeness, and super-sloppy feats of strength. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z It is possible to appreciate the cleverness of Mr. Dodin’s approach yet initially find it tedious. Review: In ‘The Cherry Orchard,’ the Myopia of an Aristocratic Family 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z "America: The Motion Picture" isn't entirely bereft of cleverness. Bro, say can you see? "America: The Motion Picture" shows we're not just dumb, we're drawn that way 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The movie’s title is clever, cleverness being its modus operandi. ‘Bombshell’ Review: Blind Ambition and Blond Sedition at Fox News 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z An early sequence in which Scrat accidentally causes the breakup of the earth’s single landmass sets a high mark for cleverness that the rest of the film sometimes tries to match. Review: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ With Ray Romano 2012-07-12T13:54:00Z “We try to put a little whimsy and cleverness into it, and Bill is good at that.” Bill Murray and His Brothers Venture Into Golf Wear 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z While reveling in its cleverness, I found the relentless imposition of modernity on the Santa myth a mite depressing. Arthur Christmas: Santa Goes Corporate 2011-11-22T16:00:38Z Working with these elements, Mr. Zapf evoked beauty as well as clarity, cleverness without hubris, invention without distraction. Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies; Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z His dances have a naturalness, a musicality and a cleverness of pattern and construction that make them seem simply right for the moment. Dance Review: Matthew Bourne’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Sadler’s Wells 2013-01-02T22:34:59Z Hope perfected the role of the nebbish hero, a weakling and liar who was also amusing and endearing because he showed a cleverness and persistence that triumphed over his vulnerability. Book review: ‘Hope’ by Richard Zoglin Part of the cleverness — and effectiveness — of “whiterly negotiations” comes from not knowing who you, the viewer, alone in a virtual space with Salter, are meant to be in the story. Review: It’s Just You and Me and the Modem in ‘Here We Are’ 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The cleverness of intertwining the various fairy tales, uncovering the hidden meanings which makes us look at them in a whole new light and seeing our own humanity, is pure genius. ‘Into the Woods,’ Disney’s Take on the Sondheim-Lapine Classic 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z This new series is that for a whole hour, allowing plenty of time for marvelling at cleverness and cuteness. Tonight's TV highlights: Wonder Dogs: Medical Marvels 2011-04-04T23:05:01Z But forget the math, and enjoy the atmosphere all that cleverness creates. The Renaissance’s Most Influential Composer, 500 Years Later 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Warmuth’s reading of Dylan’s memoir has revealed that Dylan’s “appropriations were not random. They were deliberate. When Scott delved into them, he found cleverness, wordplay, jokes, and subtexts.” Bob Dylan, Fanboy 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z Danny had no magic powers, only his wits and cleverness to get him out of scrapes — making him a true hero for a kid to look up to. James Rollins: By the Book 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But that seems far too pessimistic for such a mountain of cleverness. With ‘The Nix,’ Nathan Hill announces himself as a major new comic novelist 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, female cleverness was treated as problematic. The Millstone by Margaret Drabble 2011-03-26T00:05:29Z With Alex, I knew this was someone unconventional, a little bit different, with a brightness and a cleverness that would serve him well. Schoolteachers of rock 2010-04-25T20:30:00Z We may assume intelligence and purpose and order when that is just wish fulfillment, when it is just our own dubious cleverness. My life needs a purpose 2013-01-30T01:00:00Z The cleverness of this concept is immediately evident, and the device supplies a giddy surreality—the mood of a stress dream. The Giddy Surreality and Emotional Honesty of “PEN15” 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “We need to be able to show cleverness, ideas, intelligence.” Anger Management at Prada and Moschino 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Totally absent of humor and cleverness that she often brings. Samantha Bee Condemns NBC and Jimmy Fallon’s Trump Interview 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Reducing the characters to their representative character-instruments in Prokofiev doesn’t exactly help to add depth, though the trade-off is cleverness for its own sake, which isn’t the worst outcome. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 4: A Wolf in Cheap Clothing 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The libretto is clunky, rather pleased with its own cleverness and takes most of the first act to exert a dramatic grip. Elegy for Young Lovers 2010-04-25T21:05:00Z Part of the cleverness of the verbatim show is how it marries form and content. Life and Times: Episodes 1-5 – review 2013-05-27T16:39:07Z But despite its frequent instances of absurdist humor, it is not a film that winks at the audience with its cleverness. Review: Cults, Demons and Nicolas Cage in ‘Mandy’ 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z They’re easy but essential if you would like The Overwhelmed E to gaze upon your cleverness after she sorts the entries alphabetically. Style Invitational Week 1430: Back to racing speed with our annual foal contest 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Wohl’s ingenuity was evident, but only the last movement, “I Drone,” seemed to run deeper than the cleverness at its surface. Music Review: MATA Featival Features Calder Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge 2010-04-21T22:26:00Z Nor does cleverness explain who is good at office politics. Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks by Oliver James – review 2013-02-14T07:00:02Z The cleverness, of course, the rolling voice and dashes of humor. ‘The Night Manager’ Season 1, Episode 3: What Makes a Villain Charming? 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “Review” can be difficult to stomach in spite of its cleverness; it’s only a comedy insofar as one can enjoy reveling in the misery a cheerful dolt inflicts upon himself. An unexamined life: “Review” returns for one last joke on its sadly hilarious host 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The ones I saw engaged their surroundings with cleverness and without the slightest hint of condescension. Art Review: ?Zoe Strauss: Ten Years? at Philadelphia Museum of Art - Review 2012-01-12T23:57:45Z Yet the cleverness of “Get Out” goes even deeper. A horror movie for our time: “Get Out” is frighteningly topical 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Our cleverness, our inventiveness and our activities have modified almost every part of our planet. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z Mr. Singer finds moral behavior to be its own kind of cleverness, and certainly happy-making. ‘Ethics in the Real World,’ Peter Singer’s Provocative Essays 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Things that seem to go wrong, we therefore assume, are a result of cleverness evilly directed. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z Thus the foolhardiness of Cassie's dumb moves putting her in greater peril are earned while never diminishing the sharp cleverness in her performance. "The Flight Attendant," Kaley Cuoco's new first class thriller, is a darkly satisfying ride 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z But a grifter's pull is eternal owing to their association with panache and cleverness. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z And her segues — a common pitfall for writers reaching for cleverness — often delight. A gutsy trio of newswomen in Sheila Weller's 'News Sorority' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z I once tried to explain the delicious, geeky cleverness of this to a normal, well-balanced person. Internet titans who see a rosy future… in our love for nostalgia 2013-05-25T23:05:52Z True crime fandom often suffers from an unpleasantly smug, self-satisfied sense of its own cleverness. HBO's "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" is a haunting tribute to Michelle McNamara and meditation on grief 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the chef Tom Van Lysebettens didn’t listen, and his elegant restaurant, Cochon de Luxe, is now the laboratory for his culinary cleverness. 36 Hours in Ghent 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Rhymes are not required, though spot-on rhyming is clever and we’re a contest about cleverness, so “perfect rhymes” tend to get more ink. Week 1270: The Style Invitational turns 5 x 5 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z These might be tolerable if they evinced at least a teensy bit of cleverness or humor, but no such luck. Robin Thicke, 'Blurred Lines' album review 2013-07-29T16:08:00Z As in “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or Pixar’s “Inside Out,” the antic cleverness serves a sincere and generous heart. ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Review: It’s Messy, and Glorious 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The unceasing cleverness in conversation wears thin, and the exchange of polished aperçus often sounds like ersatz Oscar Wilde. Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Uses Love as a Weapon 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z But his cleverness is also the weakness of this novel, because there are so many parts of the narrative that seem to exist only to show off that quality. Review | Andy Weir’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ is a bestseller. It also has some problems. 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z Weiner is at his best when he stops aiming for cleverness and tells a story. 'Man Seeks God': searching for a deity to believe in 2011-12-28T21:48:03Z Blade Runner 2049 is packed with visual cleverness, and it shows a great deal of affection for the movie that came before it. Review: Blade Runner 2049 Is Visually Stunning and Excessively Faithful to the Original 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Philosophical cleverness is the story’s top note; beneath it you may scent the sad bouquet of solitude, even among a crowd. Review: A Sci-Fi Classic Featuring a Multiverse of Stooges 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z He depicts that battle with care and cleverness but without imagining that what goes through a person’s mind is as real, as constitutive of the action, as what’s visible from the outside. “The Shallows” Sticks All Too Close to the Surface 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z "Tom Stoppard is often characterised as a dramatist who mixes intimidating cleverness with extravagant showmanship," wrote suave freelance hack Leon Benjamin in a digest of theatre reviews for the Guardian website. What to say about ... The Real Thing 2010-04-23T14:48:00Z While the script doesn't maintain the effortless intricacy that distinguishes fare from Disney's sister studio Pixar, there's a distinctive cleverness in several running gags and themes woven across characters. 'Tangled': Disney's twist on Rapunzel is tressed for success 2010-11-23T21:57:00Z He’s so confirmed in his cleverness, so in love with his opulence, so confident in his sexual magnetism that he can’t imagine that his glittery facade is under imminent threat. ‘The Age of Reinvention’ review: A novel of Islamophobia and deception 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s just a movie with no particular reason for existing, a flashy, trifling throwaway whose surface cleverness masks a self-infatuated credulity. 10 Classic Christmas Movies That Our Critics Didn’t See Coming 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Since coming back from its break, however, "Glee" has brought even more cleverness -- and more undiluted emotion -- to its musical sequences. Why "Glee" is this century's "Twin Peaks" 2010-06-08T17:10:00Z Like Roald Dahl's original novel, it's a testament to the joy of reading and childhood cleverness while offering a wickedly funny portrait of adult cruelty. Tony awards 2013: Matilda and Kinky Boots slug it out 2013-04-30T15:49:52Z And for all the cleverness on display, Ezra Koenig sang to infuse the songs with some heart. Jack White and Vampire Weekend at Governors Ball 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z The Hubbard brothers, Ben and Oscar, even boast to a new business partner about their cleverness in "taking over" by marriage the plantation of Oscar's genteel, formerly aristocratic wife, Birdie. Review: Timeless greed stars in 'The Little Foxes' 2010-09-22T19:44:00Z In an e-mail wrote that the movie is “just like its director — it’s funny and quick and irreverent without being full of its own cleverness.” Film: Cult Director Courts the Mass, Keeps the Crazy 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z Dave Frishberg, the jazz songwriter whose sardonic wit as a lyricist and melodic cleverness as a composer placed him in the top echelon of his craft, died on Wednesday in Portland, Ore. He was 88. Dave Frishberg, Writer of Songs Sardonic and Nostalgic, Dies at 88 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Most of the hourlong dance cultivated a sly, arch demeanor, affecting a slick cleverness that didn’t quite pass for humor or style. Dance Review: Recalling a Collector of Bold Art and Life 2010-10-21T22:12:00Z That test is an exhilarating moment of pure cinematic invention, which Vigalondo films with a straightforward practical exuberance and a logical cleverness. “Colossal”: A Monster Movie Hiding Ugly Romantic Passions 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z "Old Pagford", for instance, finds it hard to forgive the "brownness, cleverness and affluence" of its spiky Sikh GP. The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling – full review 2012-09-28T10:30:01Z That's the burden of a comedy devoid of wasted dialogue or pretentious cleverness – and that merely refers to the joke setups and punchlines. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z It exhibits simple joy in its intricate cleverness, and sincere wonder in physical action, the primal heat of family bonds, and hearty humor under pressure. The Simple Joy and Sincere Wonder of “Furious 7” 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z The cleverness of this structure only gradually becomes apparent as Ms. Buirski slowly obliterates skin tone distinctions to land on a perfectly calibrated final section. Review: ‘The Rape of Recy Taylor’ Takes a Deep Dive Into Systemic Injustice 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Murray ends the poem by brushing aside cleverness and showmanship, reason and logic, and returning to the vanished world from which his father came: The Homegrown Language of Les Murray 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Her combination of sophistication, style, humor and cleverness. The new book 'I'll Have What She's Having' looks at what made Nora Ephron's three best films great 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The show’s inability to reflect the current state of American politics arises from the idealism of its central premise: that cleverness matters and manipulation and diplomacy are essential to political success. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z So the breadth and cleverness of Mr. Cline’s imagination gets this daydream pretty far. Books of The Times: A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture 2011-08-14T23:02:57Z At “Weekend Update,” he said he was “doing a specific experiment, where I was trying to strip all cleverness from the joke and try and make it as blunt as possible.” Norm Macdonald Rises Again on Comedy Central ?Sports Show? 2011-04-05T15:46:02Z "Budapest Hotel" for its derivative, pallid screenplay and obsession with its own cleverness, you mean. Golden Globe Awards Winners Include ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z For all the cleverness of “Inside Out,” I was jolted from the start by its deformation of children and of mental life. The Curse of the Pixar Universe 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z At worst, you long for all that useless cleverness to be put to work for good, rather than extending the borders of the kingdom of Inania. BoJack Horseman review: shades of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Daria, but hard to love 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z In its seriousness and cleverness, in its matching of style to substance, in its use of a medium to comment on itself, it has hardly ever been bettered. What Makes ‘Follies’ a Classic? 7 Answers and 1 Big Problem. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z These brilliant slivers of stay with you long after you listen, gently enriching your day and making you smile with their lightly worn, listener-friendly cleverness. A History of the World in 100 Objects 2010-05-18T05:45:00Z It is a farce of mistaken identities that rips along with brio and wears its cleverness lightly. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z Which it is, helping down the medicine of topicality with the sugar of pop-culture cleverness in the most delightful way. ‘High Flying Bird’ Review: A Thrilling Dunk on Capitalism 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z He had myriad interests and an inquisitive cleverness. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z With all of the cleverness and care lavished on this “American in Paris,” with the sneaky infiltration of balletic storytelling onto Broadway, it may seem churlish to ask for more. Christopher Wheeldon’s ‘An American in Paris’ Brings Ballet Values to Broadway 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z He specialises in high-tech wizardry of the Cirque du Soleil variety, the kind that makes your jaw drop in sheer admiration of its cleverness. Das Rheingold 2010-09-28T09:16:00Z Captive to Handler’s cleverness, to his allusive play and lack of rigor, the reader tries to make sense of the proceedings, to no avail. A Series of Unfortunate Events 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Sherlock may be a caricature of cleverness but his unashamed intellectualism is somehow reassuring as the world goes stupid. The return of Sherlock: ‘Being a hero isn’t about being bigger, richer, more powerful' 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Readers have the pleasure of watching Kirabo evolve from childhood cleverness to cunning and wisdom, her awareness of herself and her place in the world increasing all the while. Set in Uganda, This Coming-of-Age Story Contains Universal Themes 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z This show celebrates our educators' dedication to shaping the future not with earnestness, but joy, cleverness and humor that often leaves the viewer breathless. The joy of "Abbott Elementary" is in its lesson about working hard for a fulfilling purpose 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z His constant praise of his own cleverness might be worse than corruption. ‘Beyond Outrage’: a yakuza sequel for Takeshi Kitano fans 2014-01-16T22:01:16Z But what makes "Into the Woods" so entertaining is the cleverness of the tale itself and the way specific characters match the talents of its storytellers. The trip 'Into the Woods' is spooky, thoughtful, delightful 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z “Life Sentence” doesn’t need to pick either of those paths, but it does need to pick a path, one with more cleverness, intensity, drama, romance — something. Review: On ‘Life Sentence,’ Life Is a Little Too Beautiful 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z That the group manages to do so with such guileless amiability is a testament to the appeal of the performers and the cleverness of the show’s execution. | 'Gob Squad?s Kitchen (You?ve Never Had It So Good)': ?Gob Squad?s Kitchen,? Inspired by Warhol, at Public Theater 2012-01-24T03:01:11Z “My own cleverness got the better of me,” he said. Noticed: Users of iPhones Put a Flourish in E-Signatures 2011-02-11T22:46:06Z For all its cleverness, it never seized me. How to Win Big in the “Little” Categories at the Oscars 2014-02-28T16:48:58Z I was in awe of its cleverness and theatricality, but I cannot endorse the application of so much intelligence to such an empty story and silly characters. Loving and Hating the Broadway Season: Our Critics Could Have Argued All Night 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z But she's also very humble about that, and the cleverness of book's lyrical tone. "GLOW" star Betty Gilpin on battling "implanted patriarchy" and women "cycling through selves" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Embracing cliché and cleverness equally, the film suggests that sometimes the things we least desire are exactly what we most need. | 'Patrik, Age 1.5': Two Men and Not Quite a Baby 2010-08-06T01:44:00Z At this show, for audiences 9 and older, the group will tackle hopes and dreams for 2019 with cleverness but no crudeness. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z But as the critters "skitter through a couple of acts' worth of noisy, tediously generic action … you'll have to appreciate what fleeting cleverness you can." 'Minions': Cute critters better off as second bananas, reviews say 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z His discography is an unbroken sequence of adolescent crudities almost entirely unredeemed by cleverness or wit. 'The Weird World of Blowfly': a musician's flip side 2011-11-23T22:26:05Z Too much overt cleverness has a way of spoiling dumb, reliable thrills. Movie Review: ?The Cabin in the Woods,? by Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon 2012-04-12T22:00:36Z Fortunately, Jones' cleverness never abandons him for long. Shakespeare meets the Beatles in lively 'These Paper Bullets!' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s not “Gone Girl” cleverness or the amusing frustration of an unreliable narrator. Fast Times at Citywide Academy for the Performing Arts 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Eliot's more offhand antisemitism is equally dismaying: Laura Riding's poetry exhibits "a variety of Jewish cleverness", while Samuel Roth's unscrupulous exploitation of copyright loopholes is an example of "New York Jewish piracy". The Letters of TS Eliot, Volume 3 - review 2012-07-13T21:55:08Z “Happyish” is clever, but it’s so enamored of its own cleverness that it forgets to be funny. Review: Showtime’s ‘Happyish’ Is Funnyish 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z That, of course, was his cleverness as a writer. Tom Petty, Classic Rocker? Sure. And Weird Video Star, Too. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z This is a superbly original idea, skilfully executed – an affectionate debunking of the genre that also admires the cleverness of its deceptions. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2011-08-06T23:06:23Z With characteristic cleverness, though, each of these minor irritants transitions into a crucial plot device with astonishing agility. #MeToo to MAGA: why Curb Your Enthusiasm is still TV's most daring comedy 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Tom plays up the boffin-ish cleverness and gentility we ascribe to presenters of Radio 3. Comic Relief challenge: how hard can standup be? 2011-03-18T10:28:07Z Its furnishings include an interrogation table with a microphone and about 20 chairs, which are periodically rearranged, though without any of the self-conscious cleverness associated with story theater. Review: A Slain Journalist’s Voice Resounds in ‘Intractable Woman’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The harder the movie leans into its own cleverness, the more it exposes itself as a diverting but ultimately unconvincing exercise. ‘Language Lessons’ Review: Who’s Zooming Who? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s an ambitious task, one that calls for skill, cleverness and strong nerves, qualities that define “The Odyssey’s” wily protagonist himself. Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z To write as an ironist, especially today, is to risk that the reader loses patience with hedging, backtracking, spirals of cleverness. A Poet Who Mesmerizes by Zigs and Zags, Hopping From Idea to Idea 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Star Wars is blocked from taking a similar route, but there are nevertheless lessons to be learned from Abrams' cleverness. Star Wars: can Disney bring back Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo? 2012-11-09T14:53:52Z All of “Live By Night” is written with that same degree of cleverness and care. Books of The Times: ‘Live by Night’ by Dennis Lehane 2012-10-03T20:03:23Z What lasts is the book’s emphasis on hidden machinations of power — there’s an unwinding subplot featuring the diplomat Kristin’s magisterial cleverness, her ceaseless web of highly effective invisible acts. In His New Book, a War Novelist Turns to More Intimate Battles 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Sullivan never tells too much; she never draws attention to her cleverness; she never succumbs to the temptation of offering us wisdom. J. Courtney Sullivan’s ‘Saints for All Occasions’ is this year’s best book about family 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z The kids had now played hourslong rounds of Polish Rummy with their grandfather, bantering and showing off their snark and cleverness to an appreciative audience of one. Riding the Rails to the Summer of Love 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z To call them pre-Trumpian is accurate in the attitudinal sense but doesn't do justice to their panache and cleverness. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z To expect nuance, cleverness, cultural significance or jokes would be asking too much. Kevin Can Wait: is Kevin James an acting genius or a one-trick pony? 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Once they get to Deadland the underworld, they and the creative team — including the puppet designer Elizabeth Ostler, Cerberus’s maker — unleash their cleverness. Theater Review: ‘Jasper in Deadland’ Is a Musical About the Underworld 2014-03-27T02:00:04Z Yet that cleverness eventually curdles, until we are faced with the possibility that Abigail may not be so likable after all. What's not to love? The new wave of 'unlikable' women in film 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z I enjoyed the cleverness of the revolving door conceit, though the scene, with it’s blood, sweat, and maniacal shoving of clawing freaks reminded me less of a revolving door than the Q train. 'The Walking Dead' Recap: False Prophets and So. Much. Blood. 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z “Acid Rap,” a younger man’s careening carpet ride fuelled by pills, sex, and confusion, also bore an unmistakable cleverness and good will. Hip-Hop’s New Wave of Lyricism 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z There’s a difference between purposeful cleverness and cleverness for its own sake, and Hawley and company have struggled to stay on the right side of the line. ‘Fargo’ Season 3, Episode 9: ‘You Think the World Is Something’ 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z These days, I crave bombastic music, big bursts of sound and three-part harmony without a tick of cleverness, without a shred of intellectual insight. REO Speedwagon will save us 2012-08-08T01:00:00Z “But I think he’s also manipulating himself. Any account of him has to deal with the gobbledygook, the lies, the glibness, the cleverness — but also his emptiness.” ‘The Unknown Known’ Explores How Rumsfeld Sees Himself 2014-03-28T17:00:01Z An early criticism was that Stoppard’s playwriting lacked sufficient warmth and that the relentless cleverness could be fatiguing. With his first new play in nearly a decade, Tom Stoppard aims to 'stretch your mind just a little bit' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z But the script largely eschews any cleverness for a kind of psychosocial ponderousness that milks the film of its fun factor. Review: 'Self/less' sells the soul of its story to slick moviemaking 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The combination of psychosis and mundanity, crassness and cleverness is absolutely inspired. Mutant bears, flying heads and chainsaw duels: the best movie moments of 2018 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The production notes proudly point out that the two characters — Ana Maria Soto and Ariana Tomosa — are anagrams, it would have been preferable if some of that cleverness had been put on screen. Ideas are scarce in 'Ana Maria in Novela Land' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s like explaining a joke: it might ensure that you “get it,” and you might admire the cleverness with which it’s put together, but it can never be quite as funny. Mad Men Watch: Open Your Mouth and Say Ennui 2012-06-11T12:28:20Z It’s the old bad cop/worse cop routine, but laced with fierce cleverness. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘I still wake up shivering in the foetal position’ 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z The book never shows off its cleverness, but invites readers to share the excitement of playing with stories. Goldilocks by Allan Ahlberg – review 2012-12-14T22:55:08Z His stand-up is fast-paced, smart and interactive, and his illusions reveal the same caliber of creativity and cleverness. 10 Things to Do in NYC Now 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Smirking at its own putative cleverness, “The Big Bang” carries film noir parody into previously unexplored territory — particle physics — to address, if not to solve, the mystery to end all mysteries. | 'The Big Bang': A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle 2011-05-12T23:22:16Z For all its postmodern cleverness, Bored to Death is basically a threeway madcap bromance about grown men armed with stuffed toys. Your next box set: Bored to Death 2011-07-21T21:00:04Z For all of its polish and cleverness and suspense, “For All Mankind” ultimately puts the soap in space opera. Apple TV Plus: More Than ‘The Morning Show’ 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z And despite his natural cleverness, he does not emerge unscathed. Matt Connors: ‘Machines’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The newer works, a series called “animalvegetablemineral,” worked this cleverness to more natural ends. Front Row: By the Luck of Her Lacquer 2014-03-12T23:18:54Z While the cleverness of “Matilda” may be enough to win best book, the warmth of “Kinky Boots” will be enough to score an upset and take the top Tony for best musical. Predictions From Tony Award Voters 2013-06-06T16:30:00Z Of course we’re supposed to notice this moment of smug confidence and laugh, but there’s an insidious cleverness to “The Overnight” that keeps the audience just a bit off balance. “The Overnight”: Jason Schwartzman and Adam Scott ask whose is bigger in this edgy all-night comedy 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Yet if there is a core to this show beneath the polychromatic cleverness, it remains elusive. In ‘Buggy Baby,’ Shadows Creep In 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It’s chemistry versus cleverness in this week’s battle of the 1980s reboots. Review: ‘Lethal Weapon’ and ‘MacGyver,’ 2 ’80s Reboots, 1 With Chemistry 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z If the entertainment seems belabored in places, the audacious cleverness of these twisted high jinks never fails to impress. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z There are sentences here of such agile cleverness, charged with wit and beauty and enchantment. The Professor of Poetry by Grace McCleen – review 2013-07-28T07:30:00Z Such cleverness is in evidence throughout, along with a wicked sense of humor. Paul La Farge’s ‘The Night Ocean’ will suck you into the vortex of H.P. Lovecraft 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Frankie Go Boom” is a vibrantly vulgar comedy that never hangs around to admire its own cleverness. Movie Review: ‘3, 2, 1 ... Frankie Go Boom,’ With Ron Perlman 2012-10-12T15:50:10Z As one of the brothers, Buddy, tells Zooey, cleverness can be a permanent affliction. 5 life lessons from J.D. Salinger’s “Franny and Zooey” 2013-09-12T13:40:00Z Joe always seems to be able to get everyone around him to do his bidding, but his success often hinges on mean, mendacious trickery instead of sly, admirable cleverness. 'Halt and Catch Fire' Recap: Enter Donna, for Sanity's Sake 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z His script for the “Faking It” pilot has a snap and cleverness reminiscent of that earlier show. Television Review: MTV’s ‘Faking It’ Stars Katie Stevens and Rita Volk 2014-04-21T21:55:24Z The point is cleverness and looking cool, though, mostly the movie is about Ritchie’s own conspicuous pleasure directing famous actors having a lark, trading insults, making mischief. ‘The Gentlemen’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys, Sometimes With Guns 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In all you can see the cleverness of the structural design, where the external antagonists are the embodiments of what each protagonist fears most. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z If you ask very specific questions about what goes on in her novels, you reveal their cleverness. Ten questions on Jane Austen 2012-05-18T21:45:05Z Ms. Orlean puts some of her cleverness away in this section; the bravery and tolerance of many of the men in the Bowery Mission reach her, and rise up strongly from the page. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The two adversaries have each other boxed into positions that make them both uncomfortable, and will be a stiff test of their cleverness and moxie. 'Narcos' Episode 7 Recap: The Trouble With Steve Murphy 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z The cleverness is in exposing revenge itself as one of the crimes. Oscars 2015: Powerful foreign-language film nominees incite with insight 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Ferocious might be too tame a description for a character who, unable to deal with the survivor guilt she feels over her brother’s death, weaponizes her cleverness. Denise Gough: From feral brilliance in 'People, Places & Things' to a Broadway debut in 'Angels in America' 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The fact that Craven almost pulls it off in "Scream 4," a movie that's somewhat entertaining, occasionally scary and only sporadically migraine-inducing in its level of Jesuitical, self-referential cleverness is -- OK, no, not miraculous. "Scream 4": More meta than ever! And almost as much fun 2011-04-14T00:35:00Z The scene’s cleverness comes from its merging of two incongruous registers: the poetry of “Hamlet” and the complaints of a modern neurotic. A new show imagines a punk rock Shakespeare — the latest of our many fantasies about the bard 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Scream Queens” is bloated, scattered, and a bit too satisfied with its own cleverness. Dear Ryan Murphy: Please, stop! 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I paused briefly and giggled to myself, wondering how I would translate the cleverness of this addictive, onomatopoeic hook into English. El Alfa, the King of Dembow, Dazzles at Madison Square Garden 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z And in many classic fairy tales, ogres and Bluebeards are undone by the cleverness and courage of young protagonists. A Scheherazade for Our Times 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Scott’s take: “The antic cleverness serves a sincere and generous heart,” our critic wrote of the film directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, who work under the name the Daniels. The Best Films of 2022, So Far 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z But while easy to like, "Stage Kiss" proves hard to love, as the play's elaborate and somewhat protracted cleverness outstrips any emotional investment we have in the material. 'Stage Kiss' elicits lots of giggles but not much emotion at Geffen Playhouse 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “I unsubscribe,” Butler sings repeatedly throughout “End of the Empire,” and Chassagne underlines it with her backing vocals until the line’s fleeting cleverness wears thin. Arcade Fire’s Enduring Anxiety 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z It was intimidating, until I realised that I had confused their confidence with cleverness. Grayson Perry's tapestries: weaving class and taste 2013-06-08T08:00:41Z “It’s not dirty for the sake of being dirty. There’s a cleverness to it, but it’s also silly and it can be dirty,” she explains. Another Period: behind the scenes of the Downton Abbey parody 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z But Ms. Hynes’s abiding inventiveness — and that of her ensemble — is a marvel, and it rarely calls attention to its own cleverness. Review: ‘DruidShakespeare: The History Plays’ Is Complete With a Crown Fit for Many Kings 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z When commercial pressure comes from outside, an institutional duty to say no requires exceptional fortitude, unusual cleverness or both. Museums' disturbing transformation: relentless commercialization 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Every frame of this film is invested with passion -- passion for Spain, passion for life, passion for cinema -- and amid the jaded, knowing cleverness of most moviemaking that makes it stand out. Pick of the week: A killer clown takes on fascism 2011-08-19T01:01:00Z But in spoofing romantic comedies, Wain has made a film that can be both hailed and derided for its nonstop cleverness. Review: ‘They Came Together’ a parody party 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Instead, his focus is oftentimes squandered on overwrought exegesis, and his interpretive frenzy frequently substitutes rigor for mere stylistic cleverness, even fallacy. How did American artists respond to the horror of WWI? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Her cleverness is cutesy and annoying at times, verging on preciousness, and yet in her innocence she’s the character who comes closest to understanding Miles. Books of The Times: ?There but for the,? by Ali Smith - Review 2011-10-18T20:34:14Z The theatrical production shares the blunt title of the documentary — “Lombardi” — as if any title that stretched for metaphor or cleverness would have been an affront to its subject’s plainspoken oratory. | 'Lombardi': Leadership on the Field Made Him a Legend 2010-12-10T23:30:00Z The cleverness of the writing comes, to some extent, at the expense of honor. Review: In ‘Textplay,’ Stoppard and Beckett Get Snarky, FWIW 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z There’s always been a tension in his comedy between an ironic, smarty-pants cleverness and an often melodramatic point of view. Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’: A Comedy Special and an Inspired Experiment 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z There is an element of absurdist comedy, but as in Mr. Koizumi’s other two works, surface cleverness floats on genuine depths of emotion. Art Review: ‘Projects 99: Meiro Koizumi’ at Museum of Modern Art 2013-01-10T21:33:58Z I'm a music snob and so naturally, I acknowledge Mr. Buffett's musical cleverness but it was never my cup of tea at all. Jimmy Buffett Does Not Live the Jimmy Buffett Lifestyle 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z About girls, he reassures his young charges: “They’ve a great deal of superficial cleverness; but they couldn’t go far into anything.” ‘Shape’ Makes Geometry Entertaining. Really, It Does. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Maybe that was why I was confused, why I courted the dangerous intensity of mosquitoes, and also feared it, and also felt helpless against it, a phenomenon with a cleverness beyond my understanding. The year of no Halloween 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Even so, Judt preferred what he called the more mondain tone of Oxford to Cambridge "cleverness", and said later that he had been tempted to return to Oxford, but never to his own alma mater. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z “More than rebellion it’s about women being strong. There is still so much against us so we need a lot of cleverness, intelligence and strength,” she said. Don't judge me by sales, says Prada's CEO and creative director 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z As the performance reminded fans, Costello reached new heights in lyrical cleverness on this record. Elvis Costello returns to the Warner Theatre 38 years after a legendary performance 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The Cocoon is saved from obviousness by the cleverness of its displays, and because, in some, it is possible to probe more deeply. Darwin Center at the Natural History of Museum: London Museum Boldly Spreads Its Wings 2010-04-07T22:49:00Z Nothing any more to do with talent or gift or cleverness or originality. Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z It’s a safe guess that your birdbath once had a similar feature — and that the cleverness of the design prompted the copycat model. Reattaching the bowl of a cast-iron birdbath 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The cleverness of this set-up is that Jake has at worst made a small, unthinking mistake and yet becomes an educational and social pariah and declared enemy of women. This Beautiful Life by Helen Schulman - review 2012-02-10T22:55:01Z Tapioca pearls, which are made from cassava, a West African staple, are set in a coconut-lemongrass broth, while citrus slices, swirled in hot sugar, provide cleverness and crunch. 24 Brilliant Baking Recipes to Change Your Kitchen Game 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z On “An Evening With Silk Sonic,” Paak’s specificity merges with Mars’s pop generalities, while both of them double down on craftsmanship and cleverness. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Revisit Vintage Luxury as Silk Sonic 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Barton pulled bravura from each dancer without drawing attention to herself or her cleverness. Malpaso Dance brings its breezy, charming surprises from Cuba 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z He said that the single toughest thing about transitioning from songwriter to memoirist was steering clear of metaphorical cleverness. The Texas Tribune: Rodney Crowell?s Audacity of Spirit 2011-02-06T08:00:04Z The remaining three works lean less toward current or local politics than cleverness and irony. Art Review: ‘Common Ground’ Art Exhibition at City Hall Park 2012-06-07T23:04:32Z So many times, Handler writes sentences or pairs of sentences that re-use the same word in an attempt at cleverness. 'Bottle Grove,' by Daniel Handler book review - The Washington Post 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The way this show enacts that frustration, though, often lapses into tediousness, closer to the worst goopy grandeur of “Dawson’s Creek” than the energetic cleverness of “The O.C.” Review: ‘Looking For Alaska’ but Finding Talky Teens 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z An artificial sheen gleams from its craftsmanship and its sometimes strained cleverness. | 'The Submission': ?The Submission,? at Lucille Lortel Theater - Review 2011-09-28T02:01:20Z Mr. Cline’s book — readable and amusing without being exactly good — is a hodgepodge of cleverness and cliché. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z This podcast on design, architecture and other assorted cleverness may be pocket-sized – most episodes clock in at under 20 minutes – but nevertheless it manages to cram a truckload of illuminating info into each one. Catch-up TV guide: from Vicious to Mad Men 2013-06-08T05:00:06Z The film succeeds, he added, because it is “directed in a patient, easygoing style, without any of the displays of allusive cleverness or formal gimmickry that so often masquerade as important filmmaking these days.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Take Two’ and ‘The Great Food Truck Race’ 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Paradox and cleverness attempt to fill their places, along with a surface playability that is catnip to stars. Review: In ‘The Height of the Storm,’ Two Stars and an Enigma 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, our cleverness, our inventiveness and our activities are now the drivers of every global problem we face. Humans – the real threat to life on Earth 2013-06-29T23:05:50Z But of course what was really happening in that moment was pure mercenary cleverness: Gus wanted to keep Jesse alive because he was too valuable to sacrifice. Tony Soprano, Al Swearengen, Vic Mackey, Gus Fring 2011-09-19T14:20:00Z Mr. Swaggart had incredible timing as well as rhetorical cleverness: as much as he lambasted show business, he knew that a Patsy Cline reference could capture an audience’s attention. | 'Get Mad at Sin!': Andrew Dinwiddie as Jimmy Swaggart at the Chocolate Factory 2010-06-01T21:01:00Z The restaurant, long thought by several critics to emphasize cleverness over deliciousness, earned its first star from the esteemed Michelin Guide in 2012. Homaro Cantu, Chicago chef who blended food and science, dies at 38 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z She was far too histrionic, too satisfied with her own cleverness and even more self-obsessed than the average early 20th-century don. My hero: Jane Ellen Harrison 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z His cleverness culminates in the documentary’s startling final act, where Ollie shows how the artifice of filmmaking can mirror the lies we tell ourselves about love. ‘There Is No “I” in Threesome’ Review: Monogamy Alternatives 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z But "Ruby Sparks," written with great cleverness and wit by Kazan, is more ambitious than that. 'Ruby Sparks' is pure, fantastical joy 2012-08-02T20:12:08Z As with other incarnations of the oft-revived 1987 musical, this one does have to contend with a convoluted web of plots, a construct that at times becomes a little too enamored with its own cleverness. Review | ‘Into the Woods’ is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals. A delightful revival at Ford’s Theatre reminds you why. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Hamilton is a scrappy self-made man, confident of his own cleverness, and disdained by the political élites for his vulgarity: “ ,” is how Jefferson, foppish and scheming, disparages him. Why Donald Trump and Jeb Bush should see “Hamilton” 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z But Mr. Morris, for all his entertaining cleverness, often seems more detached than Mr. Iverson. Review: Mark Morris’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z McNamara's scripts soar with effervescent humor and cleverness that Fanning amplifies with a sense of dignified, wry nonchalance. "The Great" is the cheeky post-enlightment balm we've been waiting for 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z His cleverness as a songwriter — the oldfangled alchemy of wit, craft and subtext that tends to get coded as drollness — serves partly as a safeguard, keeping pathos at a manageable remove. Music Review | Magnetic Fields: A Folksy Palette of Despondency at Town Hall 2010-03-11T23:10:00Z “Control” is a work of confidence, cleverness and justifiable irritation. Sorry, Ms. Jackson: You’re Underrated. ‘Control’ at 30 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Initially, her verse grabs readers with an almost sing-songy nursery-rhyme cleverness — but it quickly draws them into a sense of perilous dissonance, which strikes from the heart of those bony dashes punctuating almost every line. Review | A writer ponders Emily Dickinson’s most pivotal moments 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z It is hard to deny the cleverness of the machines on the production line: a potbellied roaster tumbling cacao beans, a scrolling conveyer belt longer than a football field that gently cools new-minted bars. | Choice Tables: A Trail of Sweets to Guide You Across Seattle Area 2010-05-12T18:39:00Z “China, IL” threatens to but never quite tips over into the overwritten cleverness of so much television comedy these days. Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z But the self-conscious cleverness distracts from any real engagement with the characters. ‘City Of,’ by Anton Dudley, Has People and Parisian Statues 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But this time they don’t flaunt their cleverness; they let a listener discover it after the songs sink in. New Music: New CDs From Broken Bells, Toni Braxton and Babyface 2014-02-03T22:25:14Z In this small moment you find several of this book’s larger themes: a sense of impending violence; the base, shadowy havoc that is masculinity; the complications and saving graces of female companionship; cleverness in storytelling. Women on the Scottish Coast, at the Whims of Male Violence 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z “It revealed their cleverness, astuteness and doggedness, along with the desire and need to raise money.” The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z As the obstacles, emergencies and missed connections mount up, Fogg and his newly hired valet Passepartout find their resolve and cleverness tested to the full. Review | ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ — about to get a reboot — is the perfect Christmas tale 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z But there’s an off-putting cleverness about the concept. Zhang Huan and Virginia Overton Contrast at Storm King 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z We loved how the contestants supported each other, the low-key atmosphere, the focus on actual baking, the cleverness of Sue and Mel and the amazing Mary Berry. ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Changes the Way the British Bake 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z It was the cleverness of Sondheim’s lyrics that attracted me in my youth. ‘Follies’ Was My First Broadway Show. 50 Years Later, I Remember It All. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Novels of ideas are crippled when their authors use the story to peacock their cleverness and patronise their audience. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z Wood revealed a unique knack of conveying Stoppard's cleverness as though it were contained within his own. John Wood obituary 2011-08-10T14:21:55Z In fact, Laverne's chat with Khan was a masterclass in pop interviewing: Laverne's cordiality, cleverness and preparation resulting in the shy Khan giving an engaging account of herself and her art. Rewind radio: Lauren Laverne – review 2012-10-06T23:05:51Z They’re thrown together raw and then overcooked beyond recognition; what comes off above all is Knight’s own vain sense of cleverness at daring to throw them together in the first place. “Serenity,” Reviewed: An Earnestly Absurd Film-Noir Grab-Bag 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The kind of playful cleverness the Pierces dealt in is rarely rewarded by the mass market. The Pierces ? review 2011-02-01T18:05:58Z But for all the cleverness of Christie’s designs, they don’t so much nourish Marianne Elliott’s production as overwrite it, filling its many dramatic holes with eye candy. On Broadway Stages, the Beautiful Rooms Are Empty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z There needs to be a cleverness to it, and that is simply lacking here. “The Happytime Murders”: A sad excuse for grown-up comedy 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z As a star, Diana was the first to merge the natural intrigue of royalty with the cleverness and panache of Hollywood. How Princess Diana Created a New Era of Celebrity 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z The Doctor knows she’s clever and refuses to dim that cleverness. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Pugh brings cleverness and vulnerability to the character, and she and Johansson have the chemistry to pull off the comic taunting and teasing that comes with a sibling relationship. ‘Black Widow’ Review: Spies, Lies and Family Ties 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z The filmmakers—both within the film and in the making of it—display as much craft and cleverness, narrative coördination and a cultivated nose for imminent drama, as they do a daring flair for technique. The Cinema’s Fear of Drama 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Others thought that the students should be not punished but congratulated for their cleverness. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z At their best they have a kind of friendly cleverness, where the intelligence is clear but not alienating. Alex Blumberg's podcast revolution is just beginning. NPR: this is your warning 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z There’s a cleverness as well as a poignancy here that I don’t think could be replicated if an audience were there. Does a Comedian Really Need an Audience? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z I suppose we look at our iPhones and laptops, at computer-generated imagery and GPS mapping technology, and assume ourselves to be in the midst of a maelstrom of cleverness. Fast food: the reason behind our national incompetence 2012-10-06T23:06:03Z Among the sometimes bloodless English male novelists of his generation, he is the one whose cleverness is least in conflict with his ability to make the reader feel as well as see the story. Books of The Times: ?The Stranger?s Child? by Alan Hollinghurst - Review 2011-12-11T21:24:58Z Hitchcock is torturing his audience, for sure, but he is also parading his own cleverness, and like Brandon, on some level he wants to be found out, too. My Favourite Hitchcock: Rope 2012-07-27T11:23:27Z It’s a lovely reminder that for all his much-touted cleverness, Mr. Sondheim is great not because he’s a wizard with rhyme, rhythm and key changes. | 'Sondheim on Sondheim': Barbara Cook and Vanessa Williams at Studio 54 2010-04-23T02:50:00Z Mr. Reeves also made “Cloverfield,” a movie whose genuine formal cleverness was overshadowed by an annoying pseudo-documentary gimmick — recalling “The Blair Witch Project” and anticipating “Paranormal Activity” — as well as by some very annoying characters. | 'Let Me In': Lonely Boy Finds Friend in Blood-Craving Pixie 2010-09-30T21:14:00Z The film is superficial in the purest sense: it looks wonderful, but so much visual cleverness overpowers the imagination, blocking it from doing any deeper work. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Self-knowledge proves extraordinarily expensive for Davey, a man long blinded by an exaggerated estimate of his insight and cleverness. Review | A.D. Miller’s ‘Independence Square’ imagines how one diplomat tried to secretly manage Ukraine’s revolution 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The lesson, that cleverness can fail when wordplay and chin-stroking ruminations distract, is one that Eno himself could have taken to heart. Review: ‘Gnit’ Seeks Itself in a Mist of Magic and Mischief 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, I can’t say much about the cleverness of Yokoyama’s denouement without becoming eligible for the circle of hell reserved for spoilers. ‘Six Four’ avoids every crime-fiction cliche. The reward is a gripping novel. 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z She plays Devi with an evocative combination of cleverness and sensitivity that sails through each episode, and the ensemble surrounding her matches that energy perfectly. Mindy Kaling's smart teen sex romp "Never Have I Ever" may be her best series yet 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z This, in the end, is a very bad movie, executed with enough visual polish and surface cleverness to fool the Cannes jurors, something Ostlund has done twice. ‘Triangle of Sadness’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Nuance is never a factor when Murphy and his team are at their most unhinged; the only selling point is the show’s constant cleverness and commitment to form. Review | ‘American Horror Story’ tries to make the Trump era scarier than it actually is 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Sadly, her cleverness, formidable as it was, was still no armor against Cersei’s blazing rage. “Game of Thrones” recap: Explosive season finale sets the great game in motion 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Such questions continually percolate through the reader’s mind — a testament to the cleverness of “& Sons” and its overly baroque and sometimes distracting architecture. Books of The Times: In ‘& Sons,’ David Gilbert Looks at Uneasy Family Dynamics 2013-07-28T18:50:19Z Motto: : It's cheesy because I'm Iranian - and probably in general - but It's a quote from Rumi and very good advice for a wide range of trades : "sell cleverness, buy bewilderment." | Babak Radboy 2012-10-03T11:01:30Z Such is the cleverness, and confusion, of “Soft Power,” which the authors call a “play with a musical.” Review: In the Musical ‘Soft Power,’ China Whistles the Tune 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z These were littered in among his acute sense of humor, cleverness, spatial reasoning abilities and a talent for conning women, me included, into forgiving his frequent and sometimes head-spinning transgressions. Modern Love: Fury Cannot Touch Me: Modern Love 2011-09-29T22:02:02Z You could feel the cleverness draining from it. 5 Broadway Veterans on Race and Representation in Theater Design 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Plus a little infill, some opening-out, more and better locations, added cleverness – I know, these are the things we rightly dreaded while awaiting the remakes of RoboCop and Total Recall, and they indeed proved dreadful. Memento remake: chance to improve the original or instantly forgettable gaffe? 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Jazz is very clever, but cleverness has no part of what I'm talking about. Profile of jazz maestro Herbie Hancock: From the archive, 12 Feb 1975 2013-02-12T07:00:00Z He had cleverness on his side – an appealing communication style that wed his wit with his outrage. A crowdfunding role model dies 2013-03-26T15:42:00Z He had been maintaining a blog for years about his sexual exploits, writing of his cleverness at maintaining the façade of dedicated husband and father while prowling for men on the side. My husband’s secret gay life 2012-12-10T02:00:00Z It gratified me that even if I was a very marginal player in his drama, nevertheless he accorded me all his warmth and cleverness and kindness, if only for an evening. Christopher Isherwood's Liberation 2012-06-01T21:55:14Z It was a perfect illustration of how fake he was, but you can't fault his cleverness. Is it wrong for a person to change their accent? 2013-04-20T16:59:01Z That the drug makers are joining the negotiation process even as they engage in judicial whining and mewling about it may be taken as a testament to the cleverness of the program’s design. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z But his best problems are marked by wit, surprising ideas and an economy of pieces that showcase the cleverness of the creator. IM Jeremy Silman, top-selling chess author with engaging style, dies at 70 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z But seldom has the director’s formal cleverness felt so pure and purposeful, so vitally linked to the tale he’s telling. Review: 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' is Wes Anderson at his sweetest 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Dominant England forwards - and we can include Manu Tuilagi as an honorary member of the crew given the shift he put in - and the cleverness of Ford changed all of that. 'Joy and relief for resilient England but still a ton of questions' 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z The subterfuge of such a fake out seems almost human in its cleverness, leading scientists to wonder whether other species are also making use of similar hunting strategies. These Clever Fish Have Mastered the Fake Out 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The West, he says, has dangerously underestimated Putin's "intelligence, cleverness, total immorality and cruelty", his ability to adapt to sanctions and his success in using state media to "hypnotise" the population. Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once more 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, the demonstrative cleverness of his storytelling can seem too precise, too hermetically sealed and engineered, for a sense of raw collective devastation to fully take hold. Review: Christopher Nolan's gripping, despairing 'Oppenheimer' ponders history and the future 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z They affect lightheartedness in behavior and cleverness in speech, but they mouth no beneficial words and perform no good deeds. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Yes, one does need to adjust the chronology of the plays and somehow account for those, such as “The Tempest,” staged after the earl’s death in 1604, but Oxfordians have never wanted for cleverness. Review | As we honor Shakespeare, scholars respond to questions about him 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z But cleverness can quickly wear out its welcome. Review | In a sea of sad novels, ‘The Society of Shame’ dares us to laugh 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z When you look at his work, I feel like there’s a depth of emotion, which is often the second thing that people talk about since they almost always start with the cleverness. Decoding the genius of Sondheim: Six theater pros explain his mystique 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z I respect his caution, which underscores something perhaps not instantly apparent inside the four walls of Fight Club: Underneath all the fun and cleverness, there is real intention. Fight Club sandwiches dissolve the line between insanity and genius 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “They were really dazzling objects, including motifs of flowers or hearts. The playfulness and cleverness of these objects is one of the most interesting aspects they have in common,” Gevalt says. Earnest or playful, that Valentine’s card has a history 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z The sheer familiarity of Bacharach's music meant the cleverness of much of it was sometimes overlooked: it was dismissed as "elevator music" or "easy listening". Burt Bacharach obituary: Classy and complex songs that transcended an era 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z But sometimes the cleverness of Rivers’ writing makes the conversations happening feel more like two ideologies facing off on stage rather than two people in a relationship trying to work through their issues. Explore memories with shows from Seattle Public Theater, Dacha Theatre 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z If you take a song like “Buddy’s Blues” from “Follies,” the cleverness is extraordinary, but the emotion inside the song, the pain inside the song, is remarkable. Decoding the genius of Sondheim: Six theater pros explain his mystique 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z “Poker Face,” for all its cleverness and modern attitudes, is as straightforward as can be, made simply, and expertly, to be enjoyed — comfort food, not “elevated,” but delicious. Love 'Columbo'? You'll devour the TV comfort food of 'Poker Face' 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “The administration continues to overestimate the risk of escalation and underestimate Ukraine’s cleverness and innovative ways of fighting,” said Frederick B. Hodges, a retired lieutenant general and a former top U.S. Zelensky’s Weapons Wish List Goes Mostly Unfulfilled on Trip to Washington 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s a common theme in the show, where potentially emotional moments are undercut by the cleverness of the song integration. ‘Moulin Rouge’ is sensory overload at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z From his end, David communicated with warmth, cleverness and humility. David Miller’s page designs were like weekly visits from Father Christmas 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z But I think cleverness worked against this season most of the time. Let's break down that 'White Lotus' finale: Our biggest surprises, disappointments 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z It’s a chance to put some good vibes out into the universe — or at least just put a smile on fellow readers’ faces and warm their hearts with your humor and cleverness. What headlines would you like to see in 2023? Enter our contest 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z He may not be much of a wizard — he is something of a wizard — but cleverness is more attractive than just waving a wand. Three decades later, 'Willow' is back as a series and better than ever 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Into the Woods” is freighted with so many ideas that it can get lost in its own cleverness. Review | Go ‘Into the Woods’ at Signature Theatre. Come out charmed. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z "A public inquiry is not the place for cleverness. But for candour." Grenfell Tower fire: Contractors slammed for blaming each other 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z A brilliant theatrical technician capable of juggling cleverness with clowning, she honored Sondheim’s wildly original lyrics with her own musical precision while making the outlandish scenario fiendishly entertaining. Appreciation: Angela Lansbury, an instantly recognizable and readily transformable talent 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Through either cleverness or inattention, many attempted to exit I-90 on the island, then weave to the West Mercer onramp, finding gridlock instead. Traffic debacle on I-90: What went wrong 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug. Review: Novelist Jesse Ball takes a wild swing on a memoir. It's brave and a little cringe 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “An An has brought us fond memories with numerous heart-warming moments. His cleverness and playfulness will be dearly missed,” Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park Corporation, said in a statement. World’s oldest male giant panda dies at age 35 in Hong Kong 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z "An An has brought us fond memories with numerous heart-warming moments. His cleverness and playfulness will be dearly missed," said Paolo Pong, Chairman of Ocean Park Corporation. World's oldest male giant panda in captivity dies in Hong Kong zoo 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Its complex cleverness has, he says, produced “chaos” by not being “humble” enough to adhere to the establishment clause’s original meaning. Opinion | Why the Supreme Court told Boston its ‘Christian’ flag ban won’t fly 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The brilliance, cleverness, mobility and heart of the Lions front row won the day and then the series. 'The quiet colossus who showed strength every day' 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z “I was impressed by the cleverness they applied in the design of the instrument,” says Lincoln Greenhill, a radio astronomer at the Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. New Result Casts Doubt on ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Claim 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Rather than recoiling from the murderous treachery of Putin’s brutal invasion of sovereign Ukraine, Trump seems absolutely giddy about the Russian autocrat’s cleverness, calling Putin a “genius” and describing the invasion as “a wonderful move.” Putin’s “useful idiots” abound in MAGA world 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Collins often dances in the television studio in her TikTok videos and participates in trendy social media challenges, all while generally acting silly though showcasing her talents and cleverness at the same time. Popular TV anchor catches COVID for a second time: ‘This virus is scary’ 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z She excelled at the mild cleverness and double entendres of daytime game shows. Opinion | The enduring, aspirational appeal of Betty White 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Through his lyrical cleverness and openness to dramatic invention, through his canny balancing of romanticism and anti-romanticism, he carved out space for ambivalence in a popular art form that leaned heavily on sentimental simplicity. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z No one in Washington disputes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s cleverness, his understanding of Senate rules or his skill at tying Democrats in political and procedural knots. Opinion | Thanks to McConnell, even Biden is losing faith in the filibuster 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z It wasn’t cleverness or resourcefulness that stopped them from getting caught. It's been 20 years since 9/11, but the accused mastermind of the attacks has yet to stand trial 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “The nefarious cleverness” of the Texas law is that “you can’t do anything until someone actually attempts to use this law,” she said. Fighting Texas abortion law could be tough for federal gov’t 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Texas legislature was given credit for cleverness, however, even by its critics. Supreme Court signals Roe vs. Wade will fall now that Texas may ban early abortions 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The introduction of Sondheim as a lyricist of unsurpassed cleverness, combined with what many consider to be a defiant lack of tunefulness in his scores, hampered the critical appreciation of his skills as a composer. How Stephen Sondheim changed theater forever — one musical masterpiece at a time 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z But this time, the Kentucky Republican’s cleverness may have caught up with him. Opinion | Thanks to McConnell, even Biden is losing faith in the filibuster 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Washington’s everyman is believably human, with his cleverness and limitations. Review: John David Washington's 'Beckett' character belongs in a drama, but finds himself in a thriller 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z A successful presidency requires clairvoyance about what the public needs and cleverness in moving the resistant instruments of government. Review | Jimmy Carter’s missing ingredient: Presidential charisma 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z I do think there’s not so much when it comes to cleverness. Loni Anderson on ‘Hollywood Museum Squares,’ trying on Marilyn Monroe’s dress: It ‘gave me chills’ 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z Facing not only the harsh daily travails of life in the deep, these majestic beasts must draw on their uncanny cleverness to adapt to the changing conditions of the open oceans and the planet. Sweeping Whale Streaming Series, Profile of CRISPR Discoverer and an Examination of Future Realities 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z “Tomorrow, we need the necessary mix of attacking desire and a solid defence. In addition, the necessary humility and cleverness – we will need it all to reach the next round.” Liverpool v RB Leipzig: Champions League – live! 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z The wordplay can be fun, but its cleverness is undercut by Geisel’s penchant for invented words, which is a kind of cheat. Opinion | The Great Dr. Seuss Hysteria of 2021 shows how silly and unimaginative adults can be 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z But the current scourge requires more than the usual amount of cleverness from antiviral designers. Why It’s So Hard to Make Antiviral Drugs for COVID and Other Diseases 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “The cleverness of the conspirators will always trump the available evidence,” she said. The Trump presidency was marked by battles over truth itself. Those aren’t over. 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Counterattacking without the speed of Vardy is even more tricky but Leicester showed cleverness. Aston Villa's Ross Barkley strikes late to sink Leicester and keep up 100% record 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z In the past he would have appreciated the play’s cleverness. Their Buzzy Off Broadway Play Shut Down. Here’s What They Did Next. 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But despite the cognitive cleverness, this unfailingly amiable show hasn’t cracked the secret code of theater. Review: Crossword master David Kwong tries to turn puzzles into theater. It's not easy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z He overcame his disadvantages with cleverness and focus. The crypto millionaire that acquired BitTorrent—and waded into the trade war 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina contortionist, illustrates the perils of attempted cleverness by people with negligible aptitude for it. Opinion | Hypocrisy and constitutional etiquette 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The cleverness of all this shouldn’t be overstated. Nobody denies Johnson's government is incompetent. But do enough voters care? | Andy Beckett 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z Others applaud the "cleverness" and "skill" of someone being able to decipher Morse code. Secret Morse code tune sees game removed in China 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Martin’s fictional universe of drugs and disappointment, cleverness and self-doubt, shot through with flashes of crackling lucidity, is funny but empathetic toward its deeply flawed characters. Review: A millennial after Denis Johnson's warm, damaged heart 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z "It absolutely increases our sense of wonder at the cleverness of nature in all its many forms." Bumblebees' 'clever trick' fools plants into flower 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z It will fall to science and manufacturing cleverness to change this story arc. Trump has checked out from the pandemic fight. Now what? 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z It is easy to be entranced by the cleverness of models that map, measure and predict the complex interactions of multiple natural and social variables. Scientists can model this pandemic, but politicians must take the decisions | David McCoy 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z A trait called “furbizia,” a type of cleverness and subtle enjoyment derived from breaking the rules, developed as a survival mechanism against the country’s many occupiers. Coronavirus quarantine has turned Italy into a beautiful prison 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Kohl can’t help but wonder, but if so she chalks it up to his cleverness, rather than anything she did wrong. Missouri farmer ran one of the biggest frauds in US history 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It’s time for businesses to stop wringing their hands over the aggressiveness and cleverness of scammers, and to be much more assertive in protecting people from fraud — especially seniors. Column: Banks should do more to protect seniors from 'grandparent scam' 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z And so while “Knives Out” may superficially resemble an archly knowing spoof of Agatha Christie, the truth is that few spoofs demonstrate such consummate cleverness, such moment-to-moment mastery of the conventions they’re satirizing. Review: Ingenious and irresistible, 'Knives Out' is a criminally good time 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Black was the color of cheating, and black was the color of cleverness. Ultra-Black Is the New Black 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Their cleverness, such as it is, lies in their mobility: their capacity to navigate rough terrain and recover from falls. It’s that time of year again — fall is here and packs of robot dogs are frolicking in the leaves 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z There is a trade-off for all that cleverness, though, beyond it costing more. Microsoft Surface Pro X review: heartbreaker 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z The cleverness of the new plan lies in the fact that it reinforces Warren’s political platform as an agent of change with a plan for everything. Elizabeth Warren Doubles Down on Medicare for All 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z Among the attributes ascribed to college football coaches, from charisma to energy to cleverness to that peculiar strain of manageable derangement, make sure to include an outlier that has grown more crucial than ever: humility. Out of the Louisiana humidity, a heartwarming saga of football humility 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z But the leaders of the referee team praised Harden for his cleverness and creativity. NBA referees aim to make traveling take a walk 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z As for the rest of it: this seemed to be the work of a novelist overly impressed with her own cleverness, and so very lacking in heart. 'I genuinely felt she was talking to me': readers review Margaret Atwood's The Testaments 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z In front of him was a young opponent in his first slam final who displays aspects of Djokovic’s stretching defence and Federer’s outrageous cleverness. US Open win shows hard-working Rafa Nadal is not finished yet | Kevin Mitchell 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z They grew up in the same hypercompetitive, overachieving family that held dinner table debates where cleverness was the coin of the realm. Shakespearean? Freudian? Jo Johnson, Prime Minister’s Brother, Quits Parliament 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson, who replaced Theresa May as Prime Minister last month, has applied all of his cleverness to move the definition and practice of time-wasting to new extremes. Boris Johnson’s Parliamentary Runaround 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z It confuses my brain a bit because my understanding of cleverness involves intent. Ashes 2019: England v Australia second Test, day one start delayed – live! 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z And it allowed her to demonstrate how rarefied the Johnsons are, how different from you and me, in this case because of their classical educations and hyper-articulate cleverness. The Johnsons are putting family before Brexit, begrudgingly 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z I haven't seen it in other things, that kind of cleverness, that kind of focus. How Poppy Northcutt became the first woman in the Apollo mission control room 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Jackson’s lyrical cleverness goes a long way, then, toward maintaining an unlikely levity. The Ecstatic Doubling of “A Strange Loop” 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The rumored next iPhone Image: Slashleaks But that little piece of cleverness doesn’t change the fundamental thing Google chose to do here: raise the stakes for itself. Why Google’s surprise Pixel 4 tease raises the stakes 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Hessler highlights with great poignancy the untapped human potential and the cleverness with which Egyptians navigate everyday life in the face of an often brutal authoritarian regime. Review | Everyday hardship and brutal authorities, in ancient and modern Egypt 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z I have no complaints, but there are times when Porter’s cleverness needs a lighter touch. Review: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ from Roundabout Theatre has more showmanship than chemistry 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z They relied on their cleverness, their intelligence, their moxie. Christine Baranski on Les Moonves and ‘The Good Fight's’ unapologetic Trump resistance 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z It didn’t even matter whether people believed the theory or not: even if the lies were exposed, people would “admire the leaders for their superior tactical cleverness”, she wrote. Europe is in the grip of conspiracy theories – they will define its elections | Natalie Nougayrède 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Bundy once again resurfaces as the unlikely serial killer on the basis of his looks and apparent cleverness. Ted Bundy was deeply mediocre – so why are we romanticising him? | Suzanne Moore 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A local newspaper review said despite Hardy's obvious health issues on the night they performed, their "old cleverness and that delightful craziness is still there". Stan & Ollie: The story of Laurel and Hardy's final tour 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Despite its slender, friendly appearance, the new Player's Edition of the Rules of Golf is a work of Nabokovian artistry and cleverness. The New Rules Of Golf Is An Ode To The Masochist - Golf Digest 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Grifters are the ones with flair and ambition, who seem to delight in the con itself — the cleverness of the scheme, the smooth ease with which the marks were gulled. Why Are We Suddenly Surrounded by ‘Grift’? 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “I tried to dumb it down,” he said, “but cleverness is difficult to tamp down.” The Worst Bad Poem? There’s a Contest for That 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z Too infatuated with his own cleverness and too busy tormenting his humorless, square-jawed opponent to do the numbers, he misses the point. The monster inside us: How movies and TV have made the case against humans - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z It reflects the widespread perception that behavioral economics combines the cleverness and fun of pop psychology with the rigor and relevance of economics. Opinion | Why Is Behavioral Economics So Popular? 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The cleverness of the “Mamma Mia!” films is that familiar pop songs from the 1970s get sung by movie stars in a lush romantic comedy. Review: Cher sings ABBA songs and the reason is sadly clear 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z It takes a very clever actress to explore those realms where cleverness will be of no avail. Emma Thompson’s Meticulous Intensity in “The Children Act” 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z We demonstrate our communal cleverness by devising machines that combine numerous past innovations. A Very Human Story: Why Our Species Is Special 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “I like those instances where cleverness is an antidote to brute force,” she said. A Hundred Years Ago, High Tech Was a Paint Job 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z “The palette also exaggerates the fact that ‘dazzling’ was more about confusing and outsmarting, rather than about hiding, as I like those instances where cleverness is an antidote to brute force.” A hot dog bus and a snowman in June: the best public art to see in the US this summer 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The dialogue eschews any cleverness or humor, instead stating everything plainly up front. The Gabrielle Union home-invasion thriller 'Breaking In' could use some breathing room 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Impressed by their own cleverness, the guilty always try to put one over on Columbo by suggesting elaborate scenarios of what could have happened. Time to put space between Trump stimuli and responses 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z This is an example of the cleverness we see in many urban birds. In Cities, Wildlife Evolves Astonishingly Fast 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z And dazzle painting was all about cleverness, because it was about fooling the U-boat gunners. A Hundred Years Ago, High Tech Was a Paint Job 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Joan of Arc led the French to victory against the English and was renowned in France for her purity, cleverness and faith in her “voices”. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Yet she retained the admiration of both the Greeks and the Persians—especially Persian king Xerxes, who praised her cleverness and followed her advice, according to historian Herotodus. Who Was the Most Powerful Woman in Ancient History? 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z “The academy tries to recognize cleverness and the things that change the movies,” said Doug Roble, creative director of software at Digital Domain and vice-chair of the academy’s Scientific and Technical Awards committee. Inventors have their own Oscars: The Sci-Tech Awards 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z The stage is where the audience congregates for this jocular update of a musical entertainment that is already overtopped with daffy cleverness. 'Pirates of Penzance,' with a piña colada: Gilbert & Sullivan plays as interactive party 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z The cleverness of his character is that the animal fury that harms and bruises Celeste feeds in a perverse way their sexual passion. America's anxious times made it a banner year for villains and bad guys in movies and TV 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Whatever the cleverness, even the mathematical beauty, that went into bitcoin, its suitability as currency is dubious. Perspective | Buffett on bitcoin: ‘It will come to a bad ending’ 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z By the end of the tale, both men are richer due to the peasant’s cleverness. Opinion | Baba Yaga on the Ganges 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z It goes back to the cleverness in perpetrating these crimes. Judd Apatow on Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment and how to stop abusive men in power 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In their cleverness they have even persuaded us to pop painkillers for things that hardier generations would balk at. I live a healthier life now I’m free of the trappings of modernity | Mark Boyle 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But it hits a high point with a perfect extended bank heist, rewarding careful planning and experimentation with a real feeling of cleverness and accomplishment. Death of the Outsider is a fitting coda for the Dishonored series 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z For all his brilliance, Hamilton could not foresee the election of a president like Donald Trump, for whom acts of unblushing, explicit, crowd-pleasing connivance are a proof of cleverness. An unforgiveable pardon for Sheriff Joe 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “Columbus” is melancholy without being morose, and talky without forced cleverness. Review | Two strangers make an unlikely connection — amid stunning architecture — in ‘Columbus’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z He says debunking itself has become a bit of a meme, with people using it to prove their cleverness online. How to spot a fake viral video 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z "I expected to be awarded for my cleverness and my arithmetic skills," he said. Jeff Bezos: Amazon founder is world's new richest man - BBC News 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Yet there is something uneasy and apocalyptic going on beyond the cleverness. The apocalypse, clowns and cows: an art critic on the autumn fashion campaigns 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z But the cleverness in that case is in the human programmer, not the machine. You Do Not Think Alone 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Promposals are almost always shared on social media, inviting comparison and a public display of cleverness. High school students get more elaborate with prom proposals 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z None of this is to deny the reality of the wrongs they feel, the sense of insult and neglect that turned them from the mellifluousness of Obama and the undoubted cleverness of Hillary Clinton. The riddle of Donald Trump: how a man of few words reached the pinnacle of power 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z One wonders if we will be asked to admire their luck or their cleverness if, in the course of the Trump Administration, that number somehow multiplies. Welcome to Jared Kushner’s World 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Officials say that companies that pride themselves on their cleverness should be able to find new - possibly automated - tools. The struggle between tech companies and government - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z "The Gong Show," an upside-down talent contest and trash-can vaudeville show, was a not entirely ironic parade of ineptitude and cheek, in which mediocrity was not always distinguishable from cleverness. A man of many guises, Chuck Barris was often ahead of his time 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z U.S. weapon designers may deserve a pat on the back for the sheer cleverness of an improved targeting system that is turning aging nuclear warheads into surgically precise weapons. More precise U.S. nukes could raise tensions with Russia 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z And Berry never paraded cleverness for its own sake but always in energetic celebration of life. Chuck Berry obituary: 'A perfect fit of street-talk to music' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z That new cleverness can be found in unlikely places. In the age of fake news, a festival probes the meaning of truth 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z She was clever and expected cleverness from her two sons. Three days with The Dice Man: ‘I never wrote for money or fame' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Terrorists, political protesters and narcissistic criminals have long carried out crimes designed to further their agenda or demonstrate their own perceived cleverness, power or bravado. Rising numbers of criminals are using Facebook Live to document their acts 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Of course, people were interested in her nine marriages but it was actually her wit and cleverness that kept the show on the road. Zsa Zsa Gabor knew femininity was a performance. She played it perfectly | Suzanne Moore 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Yes, this is what happens in real life, but hearing it in a movie is so distracting that it merely calls attention to its own cleverness. ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ values experimentation over emotion 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Our Founding Fathers, for all their cleverness, were hardly soft-spoken. Calm down. We’ll be fine no matter who wins. 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The panel discussed the unique ways in which 21st century mathematicians are able to explore creativity and cleverness as technological advances help shatter the image of math being boring. Kendall Clark, Baltimore 10th-grader, selected in global search for math whizzes 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Creativity and cleverness are also at a premium with lots of people looking for something unique and one-of-a-kind. Sexy costumes are out; Pokemon is in this Halloween 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z I’m hopeful this scandal, which doesn’t require the cleverness of Margot Robbie in the tub to explain, represents an opportunity to reconstruct and refresh the narrative around our financial system. Why the Wells Fargo Scandal Really Matters (Hint: It's Not Just the Fraud) 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z So central to his self-image is his business acumen that in the debate he couldn’t resist the temptation to tout his cleverness on taxes. When facts, logic and history don’t matter 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Yes, your cleverness got the best of you, and now it's time to own up. How to Recover After Making a Major Money Mistake 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Yet I was reminded of how exhausting Dowd’s compulsion for cleverness can be. Maureen Dowd is back to skewering the Clintons, this time with a side of Trump 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z In fact, verbal cleverness has been a rare presidential commodity. Presidential debates seriously distort our democratic system 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z The cleverness of this compromise, in theory, is that it leaves conservative Catholics with that letter to cling to, and with it the belief that the church’s teaching is supernaturally guaranteed. Pope Francis and divorce 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z The cleverness of Pope Francis has been to advance the message of Christ simply by being human himself. Pope and ceremony: the secret world of Vatican City 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z In short, “White Girl” isn’t one of those upbeat ghetto fables where cleverness and ingenuity win the day and the plucky underdog beats the system at its own game. Morgan Saylor chases the thrill of the moment in electrifying 'White Girl' 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Pragmatism, as practised by Blair, ended in disaster, despite the supposed cleverness of its compromises. Unlikely leaders: Why Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn keep confounding elite experts 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Not unlike its title character, the movie can be cloddish and clumsy, but it is also a thing of wily cleverness and lithe, surprising grace. Steven Spielberg's 'The BFG' seeks to recapture the heights of 'E.T.' 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z I fell in love with the heroine I created, with her apparent foolishness and her hidden cleverness, her idealism and her gradual disillusionment. We’ve been expecting you, Ms Bond: why fiction needs more female spies 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Rhodes calls the foreign policy establishment “the Blob” and he, like the president, dismisses its fusty thinking and crows the cleverness of their own, especially — and amazingly — the success of their Syria policy. Of pride, falls — and Obama’s foreign policy 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Pamela’s letters, in contrast, are lively and conversational, their language a reflection of both her native cleverness and her inexperience. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z “We don’t base our game on what the discussion is. If we keep winning 1-0 it shows a certain coolness and cleverness,” Mueller said. Bayern Munich takes slim lead to Benfica for return leg 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “Chip in to get your free sticker” could be a flash of cleverness—a joke at the expense of Sanders’s penchant for promising “free” benefits. Fail to the Chief 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z No irony, surprise, insight into the human condition or even cleverness to the punning. Hey, New York Post, your misogyny is showing! Right-wing rag’s sexist Hillary headline exposes their fear of female power 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The truth is that Sebastian’s “problems” were of the everyday kind before his friends saw fit to remind him that, for all his cleverness, he was essentially an outcast. ‘I am ashamed to be sad’: the remarkable story of a Jewish student in 1920s Romania 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Like most people, I would miss the un-manipulated wild if it entirely disappeared, and I like a point that Mr. Hebblewhite makes about technological breakthroughs tempting us to overestimate our cleverness. The Unnatural Kingdom 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Umberto Eco, who has died aged 84, was a polymath of towering cleverness; his novels occasionally had the look and feel of encyclopedias. Umberto Eco obituary 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s a very clever idea, but that cleverness never gets in the way of the story: you’ll want to read and play it several times to try different routes. Fifty apps that are reinventing mobile gaming 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Let us praise the cleverness of the sponsors! Go ahead, watch them die: F**k those joyless moralists who hate football and the Super Bowl 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z I disliked the latter song back then, and even more so now, for McCartney’s mixture of cleverness and cloyingness, a peculiar trait that not even the abrasive Lennon could temper. Was 1966 pop music’s greatest year? 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Baker and Hefner were both impressed by the cleverness of the animals, rather than scared – though they both began locking their car doors after the encounters. Bears get a handle on opening car doors – but could it be their downfall? 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z He was terrific at the World Cup, his dynamism and cleverness at the breakdown helping to protect and unleash the rapiers in his backline. Six Nations 2016: Scotland's John Hardie primed for 'fizzing' England 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Instead, it ends up being a little too smart for its own good, so enamored with the cleverness of its found-footage premise that it forgets to tell a riveting story along the way. Operation Avalanche is a fake documentary about the faked Apollo moon landing 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Fiorina kept repeating with a smirk, clearly mistaking smarminess for cleverness. Carly’s sexist strategy: Fiorina mistakes election for a Best Wife Ever contest and attacks Hillary Clinton’s marriage 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And sometimes, it’s hard not to admire their cleverness. The Art of the Con: Maria Konnikova on scams, grifters and being easily duped 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z In a critical review of The Abominable Bride, Vox’s Todd VanDerWerff made a smart point about the narrative problem Sherlock’s astounding cleverness poses. In Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, Holmes is the worst kind of superhero 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z And before Daniel Craig took over the role, James Bond was beloved for his cleverness and charm, not the size of his deltoids or biceps. Where does Tarzan get all that protein and shaving equipment? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z If political cleverness is the widest setting on your moral aperture, this is great. Donald Trump's Muslim hatred doesn't deserve a counter-argument | Jeb Lund 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z With rapacious cleverness they knead public opinion and form from it the instrument of a struggle for their own future.” The Battle to Publish Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' in the U.S. 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Nothing else on the market shares its belief in the primacy of the album, or the cleverness with which it integrated recommendations from friends, trusted labels, and music publications into every corner of the app. Five things Spotify should steal from Rdio 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Her cleverness, her attractiveness, her sheer brazen talent: fail to note these things and she’ll soon point them out for you. Erica Jong: 'There are a million ways of making love…' 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z So he repeatedly apologizes and she’s lured back to the card table, along with her buzz saw of cleverness. Review: James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson risk it in ‘Gin Game’ 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z |
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