| 单词 | facile |
| 例句 | R. T. Jones, the engineer who had intervened on behalf of the black man with the Hampton police, had beguiled Langley managers immediately with his facile mind. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She reached out, toyed with a button of his shirt; in slow, facile twists she began unbuttoning it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Lost and bewildered though I was I could contain myself no longer and I said sharply there was not too little care but too many thieves, and saw them nodding in facile agreement. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Burr’s facile shift in his allegiance, the first in what would be several similarly agile switches during his career, captured Hamilton’s attention and produced his first recorded anti-Burr remarks, questioning Burr’s lack of political principle. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She could see that he had no experience with a human infant, though he was sure and facile with lambs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He sniffed around, wrinkling his facile nose at the unfamiliar smell, then reached out a long curved black paw and tapped the white head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And because he's so facile and he's got great hair, he wins the day a lot. No script, no worries: Men in Black 3 shoots anyway 2011-03-10T00:23:47Z It would be wrong and too facile to apply that lamentation to Deer Tick, which has a lot going for it as a band. Music Review: At Maxwell?s, Deer Tick Delivers Raw Country and Rock 2010-07-20T22:00:00Z Briefly, the play is a strange and not exactly persuasive compound of facile thriller and earnest, insubstantial meditation on freedom and exile. ‘Shesh Yak’ Stars Laith Nakli and Zarif Kabier 2015-02-01T05:00:00Z This isn’t a facile fable about the very real evils of racism, one in which the villains are typical mouth-breathing rednecks. A horror movie for our time: “Get Out” is frighteningly topical 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Beethoven’s technique was not as facile as Mozart’s. The Greatest 2011-01-21T14:04:41Z Cruel humor is facile and blunt, as easy to tap as pushing a lame old man into a mud puddle and posting the video on WorldStar. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z And “Kochland” delivers on its seemingly facile subtitle: A reader actually does learn not just about the growth of the power of Koch Industries, but also about that of corporate America’s as well. The Truth About Koch Industries 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The dialogue is flatter than usual and, for all the techie attempts at whiz-bang-pow, the stories are facile. ‘Broadchurch’ is back for Season 2, but it’s put on a lot of weight 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The facile performers of “Jane Austen UnScripted” do not so much spoof their material as much as channel specifically delineated characters from another place and time. The 99-Seat Beat: A theater in fire-scarred Ventura makes its holiday wish 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z On paper this sounds hokey, a facile equivalence between Jews and blacks, but onstage it works as an insistent, mostly terrifying, reminder of difference. | 'Under the Cross': Religion and Family at Odds (With Blacks Playing Jews) 2011-06-13T21:57:52Z He also dispatches the facile notion that despots like China’s Xi Jinping do better than democratic leaders. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The film “disarms any facile analysis or easy judgment of its characters,” A. O. Scott wrote in his review for The New York Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘In the Dark’ and ‘Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger’ 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z At times the album’s atmospherics, especially the digital reverb and other electronics applied to the trumpet, feel superficial and facile. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z The primary shortcoming of “Steve Jobs” is the simplistic reduction of Jobs, by the movie’s screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, to a small set of facile diagnoses. Aaron Sorkin Hates Screens 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z It muddies any facile ideas about nature and the human, and prods at how we pleat our prejudices, politics and desires into our notions of the animal world. Helen Macdonald’s ‘Vesper Flights’ Sees Wonder — and Refuge — in the Natural World 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z But in “The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession,” her first book, the journalist Dana Goldstein disregards this facile formula. ‘The Teacher Wars,’ Dana Goldstein’s History of Education 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s easy to conclude that Beat culture, like other countercultures that followed, has been co-opted by a mercenary society — easy and a bit facile. The Beats’ Countercultural Ferment Still Bubbles, in Paris 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z And Jean’s evidence-based science is no match for the facile hysteria he whips up. When a Young Immigrant Vanishes in London, Can a Wildlife Biologist Help? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Payet, who is one of the film’s directors and screenwriters, is a comedy star in France, and this movie is facile with its comic rhythms and dramatic flow. ‘Relationship Status,’ a French Comedy Starring Manu Payet 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Or it inspires facile parallels with contemporary political movements while producing some fine folk tales about Eliot Ness, Al Capone, pious preachers, flappers, bootleggers, the Charleston and the speakeasy. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z Their relationship develops into what Hollywood would call a "bromance," yet this agile and almost too facile novel aspires to be more than just the tale of an odd couple. 'Parrot and Olivier in America': A historical, comic novel by Peter Carey 2010-04-23T22:16:00Z While still being proudly brown and representing Nuyorican excellence in all its glory, Maria never became a caricature, never boxed herself into the facile images of Latinos that American television sometimes still offers up. Sesame Street's Maria showed Latino and all kids who we were 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Don’t expect facile answers to emerge from any of those future investigations. Review | ‘Philip Roth,’ by Blake Bailey, is a colorful, confident and uncompromising biographical triumph 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z And sometimes these songs become facile and grandiose: A good portion of the song “Quetzalcoatl” rests on ascending-and-descending, contrary-motion harmonies almost identical to those from the end of the Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus.” Review: ‘The Ark Work’ Is Liturgy’s Third Album 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z It would be facile, not to mention unfair, to say they always hear “yes.” Perspective | Miss Manners: Friendly neighbor needs to be dissuaded 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Chase’s bravura skills, which can look facile in oil paint, are less ingratiating in dry mediums like charcoal and conté crayon. Art Review: ‘Fine Lines,’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2013-04-18T21:31:41Z The dictionary notes that the earliest recorded use of the word with its current meaning was in an 1881 complaint about "the constant and facile clichés of diction." Clichés may grate like nails on a chalkboard, but one person’s cliché is another’s sliced bread 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Capra’s nice people are charming, his small town is a quite beguiling place and his pattern for solving problems is most optimistic and facile. 10 Classic Christmas Movies That Our Critics Didn’t See Coming 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z But an underlying discipline shaped this one, saving it from lapsing into a facile quest for novelty. Beneath the book bubble at U of C 2011-05-18T22:31:15Z Sometimes, one senses a facile evocation of cave painting, especially a bronze of a six-headed horse. Critic’s Notebook: The Effort to Resurrect the Sculptor Germaine Richier 2014-03-20T21:41:29Z Eisenberg has often spoken of complexity as an ethos not just for music, but for living in a world geared toward the facile. Wendy Eisenberg finds meaning in complexity 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z This shows that we’re willing to put words to it and express ourselves, even at a level that might be kind of facile.” Cultural Studies: Facebook and Twitter Posts on Whitney Houston Overran Sites Early On 2012-02-17T19:54:46Z That subplot serves as a handy, facile contrast: Mr. and Mrs. Meyers are quiet, hardworking people and excellent citizens. Review: Clooney's Overpolished 'Suburbicon' Misses the Mark 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z This would be facile, if it weren't for the fact that the good twin isn't all that good. 'The Deuce' Succeeds Because It's Not More of the Same 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z A music lover, Ulmer offered no mere facile correlation of classical music and evil but a view of culture at war with itself, of European self-destruction through its own arch-cultural furies. My Favorite Halloween Movie 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The skaters' world is a very selfish, facile, one, and indeed one skater is denounced in these terms by his mother. The Smell of Us review: Larry Clark's passionless voyeur flick 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z It’s a facile and reductive view of a character who, in the novel, is tormented by a force beyond creative crisis or mental illness. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette,” Reviewed: Richard Linklater’s Narrow View of a Creator in Crisis 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z The only named “virus” here, and it feels more facile than metaphorical, is hate. ‘Let’s Not Do That Again,’ a Crackling Satire Set Against a Senate Run 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Now, at 75, with disdain for “the facile comfort that churches often dole out like Kleenex,” Pagels leads us through the remarkable events of her life by considering the consolations and the tortures of faith. Review | After her son and husband died, Elaine Pagels wondered why religion survives 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z And yet this kind of groping for scapegoats is facile. Perspective | The Art Basel banana was art, and the peals of outrage were one layer of it 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s a facile reaction to agree with this novel’s Obama that we “don’t have to live like this.” ‘You Don’t Have to Live Like This’ review: Trouble rebuilding Detroit 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z No, "The Help" is in no way anything new; it's a facile, feel-good entertainment that glosses over the painful history of race in America and ducks all the toughest questions. What we talk about when we talk about "The Help" 2011-08-17T22:18:00Z She delivers a crucial piece of her life, whole, to Jarecki—who treats it like a hack’s screenplay and makes a facile illustration of it. “The Jinx” and the Blight of Documentary Reënactments 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z He’s too rigorous a thinker to fall back on facile antagonisms between art and commerce, and too generous an entertainer to saddle a zigzagging shaggy-dog story with didacticism. ‘Nope’ Review: Hell Yes 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, season two’s stabs at social commentary are tellingly facile. Is Big Little Lies selling us a version of consumer feminism that's too good to be true? 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z “Joker” takes off from a facile premise and descends into incoherent political trolling as a result of scattershot plotting and antics—its director, Todd Phillips, appears not to see what he’s doing. How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Don't expect a facile return to former glories, but a strong modern set by a singularly valuable artist. This week's new live music 2012-07-13T23:11:05Z A listener handicapping the award jury’s tastes, based on this sampling, might conclude that composers who write in an accessible, traditional style — not aggressively dissonant but not facile either — have a distinct edge. Music Review | Grawemeyer Players: Award-Winning Works by Lutoslawski, Kurtag and Currier 2010-03-11T05:25:00Z When I first saw the show in May, I was struck by the facile nature of the fashion when juxtaposed against the antiquities. Exhibition on China and Fashion Proves Golden for Met 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Yet while there are good reasons for the work's popularity, for me it's one of those pieces where Kylián's fluency looks facile, his invention lacking musical or conceptual heart. Boston Ballet: Programme 2 – review 2013-07-07T17:00:00Z The movie’s depiction of cultural change is tidy to the point of being facile, which isn’t to say it’s ineffective. Review: In ‘Youth,’ the People’s Dance Troupe, in Love and War 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Edwards, whose attention-getting 2010 feature film debut, "Monsters" — low budget, lots of effects — got him the "Godzilla" gig, is not quite so facile with those. For a monster, 'Godzilla' plays it a little too cool 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z "Pig" is pretty much a facile parable about loss as Rob and various characters he encounters mostly come to acknowledge that they have lost what they love. Nicolas Cage's revenge thriller "Pig" is more about loss than bringing home the bacon 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z That may seem facile as a reading, but, well … who ever said humanity was subtle? Color of 2017? Pantone Picks a Spring Shade 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Less flatteringly, “Below the Line” addresses the issue of poverty with a blithe emulation of Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” which is facile on more than one level. New Albums by My Bloody Valentine, Josh Groban and Tim McGraw 2013-02-04T23:42:25Z His favorite weapons are irony and charm — although he doesn’t shy from needling readers, especially critics, for their narrowness of taste and fondness for facile interpretation. A Playful Masterpiece That Expanded the Novel’s Possibilities 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z In recounting his story, Hancock has fallen into the same patterns for which his music has sometimes been criticized: more facile than compelling, more earnest than enjoyable. Book review: Herbie Hancock’s ‘Possibilities’ The Frenchman’s obsession with Built has a pivotal impact on Clearday’s public- relations emergency, but Marcel’s role comes across as false and facile. Review | ‘White Pearl’ is an amusing take on the beauty business. But watch out — things get ugly. 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Through Ms. Samson’s petulant and energetic chants, the album’s lyrics don’t sound self-centered, facile or utopian. Critics? Choice: New Cds: Ricky Martin, Now as Himself 2011-01-31T23:07:14Z However facile, the choice of a kidnapped child as the subject of a thriller often pays off big time with readers. ‘The Stranger on the Train,’ by Abbie Taylor But his performance of this and other Sinatra signature songs, including “I’ve Got the World on a String” and “Day In, Day Out,” also proved that an imitation, no matter how facile, is only that. Review: Stars Pay Tribute to Frank Sinatra 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Reminding us of the burtality of the murdres, the harsh and ruthless invasion of victims' homes, he strips Manson of the facile mysteries. 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi: Read the 1974 L.A. Times book review 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Soon we are questioning our facile, Western assumptions about China. An immersive theater piece that'll have you 'Caught' up in ideas 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The sextet is more a facile and charming piece than a great one. Music Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Review 2011-11-21T23:13:14Z Yet the lives at the heart of the story are easily forgotten, transformed into facile metaphors and symbols of gender and class. On the Titanic, Defined by What They Wore 2012-04-11T20:37:03Z Otherwise, if what you’re looking for are vulgar cartoons based on facile social stereotypes being awful to each other, “Corporate Animals” will fill the bill. ‘Corporate Animals’ Review: Trust Falls at the Center of the Earth 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Directed by Mr. Mamet, with a comic-strip flatness that does the script no favors, this hot-ticket production at the Garrick Theater is as feeble and facile as most of the reviews would have it. Hot Priests and Wayward Libidos Run Wild on London’s Stages 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z Prejudices against Schumann's music that we might otherwise dismiss as facile have been given ballast by his life story, which ultimately obscures his music as much as it informs it. From fact to fantasie: discovering the real Schumann 2013-05-18T08:01:32Z As satire, though, the movie is facile: not quite mean, outlandish or energetic enough in the challenges it imagines for Julio, notwithstanding a bracingly cynical use of an unexpected death. ‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Studies show that they’re not only facile at technology but also equally capable of turning it off. We thought Gen X was a bunch of slackers. Now they’re the suits. 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Reminding us of the brutality of the murders, the harsh and ruthless invasion of victim’s homes, he strips Manson of the facile mysteries. The famous Manson true crime book, 'Helter Skelter,' reviewed in 1974 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z That might be because some of the answers the film provides are too facile; Ali in particular proves a suspiciously able researcher. Paranormal Activity 2: This Time, It's Impersonal 2010-10-22T18:20:00Z In the same vein, Susan Sontag asserted that, in future decades, “the display of negative thinking” in the movie would seem “facile.” The Half-Century Anniversary of 'Dr. Strangelove' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z At its heart, this is a Pixar film which eschews the genre's trademark reliance on facile, saccharine moralism in favour of the robust, no-nonsense and heartfelt nonconformity that runs through all the studio's best efforts. Brave – review 2012-06-25T16:04:08Z Comparisons to "The Lion King" are inevitable but also facile. London hit "War Horse" makes thrilling Broadway bow 2011-04-18T03:57:08Z While Mr. Resnais plays with the concept of repression, his films reject the facile notion of prying into the secrets of the past to achieve catharsis. | 'Wild Grass': Alain Resnais?s Film of Anarchic Imagination 2010-06-24T23:40:00Z I don’t need to know much about superheroes to relate, because I do read two genres that are often seen as just as deplorable, ruinous and facile: romance and young adult. Simon Pegg has a Franzen moment: Book criticism needs a poptimist revolution to take down genre snobs 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z I’m also not facile with language, and I don’t have much irony. Single, and Singular, Women Become Her 2010-09-03T20:40:00Z Those who have studied wine tend to ignore their emotional response, possibly because it seems facile. For Northern Rhône Reds, It’s Not the Age but the Emotions 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z “Marvin was extraordinarily creative, very facile and very busy,” says Blank. SSO mounts Marvin Hamlisch tribute 2013-02-20T19:02:49Z The ignorance of his remarks – especially on the British Library, a structure whose adherence to tradition and deference to its surroundings are scrupulous – were especially insulting and facile in that context. Prince Charles is not a dabbler – he's deeply committed. But he's naive 2013-05-02T14:30:02Z A signature unease with the facile promises of the American Dream — and its inherent moral contractions — runs through the plays of Arthur Miller. This 'All My Sons' needs more of life's messiness and heart 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Perhaps that's because of what michelley describes as "the note of desperation by a songwriter who oft gets accused of facile emotion". Readers recommend: solo Beatles songs – results 2012-06-21T11:53:16Z The gratifying murkiness of their disaffection, though, is resolved in too facile a manner. Amy Herzog’s ‘Belleville’ is strong on atmosphere but short on plot Buchbinder recalls an encounter with a city taxi driver a few years ago who facilely discussed who was singing what role at the Vienna State Opera and expertly commented on the singers strengths' and weaknesses. Austrian piano virtuoso enjoys life on-off stage 2012-07-12T12:00:16Z But there’s nothing facile about the clothes themselves. The Climate Crisis Crowds the Catwalks 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z The scene goes a long way toward redeeming “Touching Home” from facile sentimentality. | 'Touching Home': Ed Harris Stars as an Alcoholic Father 2010-05-13T22:53:00Z Yet Pialat’s aesthetic style is no throwback; his realism avoids facile diagnoses of his characters’ turbulence or its societal roots. The Misunderstood Maurice Pialat 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z It was a vindication of the view that any decently humanistic moral code should be viewed not as a facile distinction between black and white, but as an infinite range of shades of gray. At Seattle Opera, a must-see ‘La Bohème’ 2013-02-25T17:56:45Z All of the aforementioned shows have struggled to find acclaim and an audience for a variety of the usual reasons: stilted dialogue, facile characterisation, and in the instance of Aquarius, hilariously on-the-nose period accoutrement. From Waco to Charles Manson: what TV gets wrong about cults 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “Code,” he writes, summarizing the more facile equivalencies drawn between the two forms of expression, How to Understand Your Computer 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z Milo’s defense was a mess of facile talking points. Bill Maher’s public service: Milo Yiannopoulos isn’t ready for “Real Time” and it shows 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Directed by François Girard, the production suffers from a facile children’s-theater color scheme, but boasts a shining musical performance from the orchestra and the two leading singers. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Just because he has some facile justification for his bigotry doesn’t make him not a bigot. Chris Broussard doesn’t matter 2013-05-02T16:55:00Z Extremely facile, with tendencies somewhere between bar band and jam band, it was able to pass for conventional country on early hits like “Chicken Fried” and “Toes.” Review: Zac Brown Band’s ‘Jekyll + Hyde’ 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z With life experience backing up her marvelously facile performances, her development should be very interesting to observe. 16-year-old violinist SooBenn Lee makes a shining Washington debut 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Noname does not casually offer up herself, or the black female condition that she was born into, for facile or pitying consumption. On the Hypnotic “Room 25,” Noname Comes of Age 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Unruly and sometimes unwieldy, the story of a gang-banger’s girlfriend who begins a sex strike in order to bring gun violence to an end resists facile finger-pointing or reductive easy answers. The best movies of 2015: ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Love & Mercy,’ ‘Creed’ make the top 10 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z He does not look like a facile juggler of brands, people and responsibilities. Alexander Wang, Serving Two Masters 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z None of these are facile examinations and each requires the filmmakers to piece together the victims' wrenching accounts and furiously mine documentation for whatever corroboration they can construct to make the most forceful case possible. HBO's wrenching "Allen v. Farrow" builds a damning case against Woody Allen's credibility & egomania 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z It is art of the mash-up, and Condo is so facile at so many different styles that essentially all of art history gets mashed up in the end. Review | George Condo is not as complicated as he thinks he is 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Sometimes we need to see the obvious and disturbing parallels between actual examples of human behavior and the facile reasoning that informs cartoon characters' decisions. The "South ParQ Vaccination Special" fails to be funny – but maybe that's the point 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Over the past 50 years, however, his work has been written off as glib and facile. Portait of a neglected painter: Philip de L?szl?'s works to go on display 2010-03-23T15:44:00Z Daniel Ulbricht has so many gifts that are right for Puck — speed, elevation, timing, merriness — that it’s irritating to find he turns cuteness into cliché and allows his dances to look facile rather than magical. Dance Review: City Ballet in Balanchine’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ 2012-06-06T21:59:12Z Yet here they shift from bruising outbursts to facile banter without even a cooling-down period. Theater Review: ‘Mothers and Sons,’ an AIDS Tale Starring Tyne Daly 2014-03-25T02:00:01Z In “History of Jazz Piano” — a video by the music-geek production team Collective Cadenza, recently posted on YouTube — he offers a facile but engaging chronology, covering some three dozen pianists in 11 minutes. Playlist: Sonny Rollins and Jamie XX Have New Albums 2014-05-04T01:50:35Z Justifying the casting choices under the cloak of freedom of expression, he added, was too facile. Protests Shutter a Show That Cast White Singers as Black Slaves 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z Dessner, guitarist of the indie rock band the National, offered a mostly facile score in sections derivative of various musical styles. Review | In three parts, an artistic reexamination of Robert Mapplethorpe 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z And he’s right to question the facile abuse of words like “healing” and “closure.” Theater Review: Steven Soderbergh Directs ‘The Library,’ at the Public 2014-04-16T02:00:01Z Mr. Simkin is a peculiar set of contradictions: Often the way he spins and turns is so weightless as to be the wrong sort of facile. Late Into American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season, a Flowering 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Stevens, who is no stranger to nostalgia, having served as a producer and writer of the television series “The Wonder Years,” avoids facile psychology and winking dialogue. Review: Lennon and McCartney Wait Out a Storm in ‘Only Yesterday’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Even with such a facile gift for branding, she is almost comically bad at selling things. Critic’s Notebook: M.I.A. and Pharrell Williams Each Have Books by Rizzoli 2012-11-27T23:19:57Z Nevertheless, the facile reaction to the exhibition – and some of the reviewers are bound to fall for it – is to denigrate most of Picasso's British contemporaries when seen alongside his towering achievements. Pablo Picasso and his influence on British art 2012-02-10T22:55:13Z And that somewhat facile approach infuses the whole series. Not Enough Snakes in Your Nightmares? See ‘Planet Earth II’ 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z But it was this honesty and ability to see through the facile pretence of mainstream America represented by the likes of Letterman that endeared him to so many. Harvey Pekar, the American anti-hero who led a comic-book revolution 2010-07-15T10:13:00Z It’s not just the superficial depiction of Louis’s condition, or the facile depiction of racial dynamics, although those factors don’t help. ‘Delia’s Gone’ Review: A False Conviction in a Hardscrabble Town 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The movie’s clear and brisk aesthetic matches the strong and facile sentimentality of its message. “Patriots Day,” a Police Procedural for the Age of Surveillance 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z And “Frank” is resolutely honest about the relationship between its title character’s gifts and his illness, avoiding facile explanations or sentimental equations. ‘Frank,’ About an Offbeat Band and Its Eccentric Leader 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z It feels like everything comes too easily for him, and watching someone be continually facile is no fun. A futuristic 'dramedy'? Stick to the cartoons, Seth MacFarlane 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z For a while, glib sociology and facile plotting take a back seat to sharp, low-key humanist comedy. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z In truth, most of the relationship advice offered by the likable Mr. Story is facile hogwash. Review: ‘Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, Live!’ 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Yet, despite the absence of mere surface logic, the music achieves an expressive continuity that satisfies on a deeper, less facilely explicable level. SSO with Emanuel Ax: mastery coupled with humanity 2012-11-16T17:48:31Z That is often thought to be true of the Holocaust, an event all too frequently co-opted for a ready-made, facile emotional ride. Theater Review: Onstage in London, Works That Look Back in Time as They Move Forward 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z Appel’s basic stance is pretty facile — yes, he was deliberately avoiding the traditional profundity of the European past and embracing naivete, but that leaves you with a slender veneer over not much substance. A pair of critics on Karel Appel: Two ways of saying ‘meh’ 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z While Durant was sometimes pooh-poohed by the snooty as middlebrow and facile, he nonetheless brought history to vivid life and made complex ideas understandable. Perspective | Remember when high culture was revered? Louis Menand’s ‘The Free World’ made me nostalgic. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z I am reluctant to indulge such facile comparisons. What Is Lost in Hedi Slimane’s Celine 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z After the accident, the portrayal deepens, and delivers substantial emotional dividends without yielding to facile sentimentality. Review: ‘Bleed for This’ Is a Boxing Movie That Gets Boxing 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Karen’s facile, albeit strongly felt, sentiment is reinforced by her even more telling use of the word “family” in an unreservedly positive way. The Real Spoiler in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split” 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z All of which made the denouement jarringly melodramatic and disappointingly facile. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z It may seem at times as if the Siegels are being held up for ridicule or facile judgment, and “The Queen of Versailles” does have its moments of real-life comedy. Review: ‘The Queen of Versailles’ by Lauren Greenfield 2012-07-19T16:06:31Z "Polar Bears seems to offer little more than facile despair and tricksy dramatic technique," is the Telegraph man's given reason. Can't bear it 2010-04-08T11:37:00Z I've actually been working this for about 20 years and so it's not such a facile move for me to say 'I think I shall now write an opera'. Police drummer, Monty Python comic turn to opera 2011-04-05T15:44:40Z It’s Kissinger’s embrace of “whatever means” and his facile dismissal of the “medieval notion” of universal morality that give critics ammunition. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z And yet relying on popular characters from The Lord of the Rings to attract cinemagoersdoes seem rather facile. Is Peter Jackson planning Lord of the Hobbits? 2010-12-09T13:41:00Z One retained too much elegance; another was marked, on looking again, by a psychology too facile, read in the expression of grief, pity or love. The American Side of France’s Greatest Postwar Poet 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z In the Norwegian Henrik Louis Lund’s portrait of a bearded man in a slouch hat and spectacles leaning elbow-wise on a fence, facile draftsmanship and patchy, Cézannesque paint application combine to deadening effect. Art Review: ?Luminous Modernism? at Scandinavia House - Review 2011-12-01T22:55:09Z In Ms. Penn’s view the offerings at Knobkerry were never to be seen as “costumes” nor put-ons, but forays into understanding “world culture” decades before the term became a facile marketing tool. An East Village Boutique Where the Avant-Garde Gathered 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z If some twists initially seem facile, the stories deepen with reflection on the characters’ motivations at each moment. ‘There Is No Evil’ Review: Condemned, One Way or Another 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Paul asks Roberto to wait outside for a while and does his best to explain how facile and unlikely this vision of his life is. "In Treatment" finale recap: Jesse calls it quits 2010-12-08T13:30:00Z The linkage is clear but, for the purposes of theater, too facile. ‘Collidescope’ has Ferguson in its focus If one says the filmmaker is cruel and misanthropic, it kind of lets one off the hook, and there’s something facile about that. Todd Solondz, patron saint of pessimism 2010-07-23T19:01:00Z Attempts to highlight the sexism and discrimination of the time are either embarrassingly awkward or troublingly facile. ‘The Marijuana Conspiracy’ Review: Grass Fed 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The story’s facile connections between France’s sordid politics and its sordid crimes, however, are less convincing than its other, nondramatic documentary elements. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Each individual shot creates a frisson of desolation that resonates far beyond the facile irony suggested by the movie’s title. Review: Empty Spaces Show the Imprint of Humanity in ‘Homo Sapiens’ 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Yet the concert was no facile showcase of “world music.” Jordi Savall’s fresh take on ancient, rich sounds of a ‘Serene’ Italian city-state 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z A closer look, though, suggests that such distinctions might be too facile. Why the success of mega-blockbusters is relevant at the artsy, auteur-driven Cannes Film Festival 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z One of the cleverest aspects of the novel is how it resists the facile linear form of revelation; it backs up toward insights, runs away from them, sifts through them again, obsesses. Girl, Interrupted 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z A soppy, facile look at grief, “The Starling” finds its protagonist coping with the death of her infant daughter — and a marriage that has faltered in its aftermath — with the aid of a flapping metaphor. ‘The Starling’ Review: For the Birds 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Brady is not in the business of tossing around facile judgments or easy answers. Books of The Times: Odd, Odd Case of Bobby Fischer 2011-01-23T23:14:39Z It’s a facile version of muckraking, in which those who agree with Mr. Spurlock are given a platform and the camera is used to make them look sympathetic. Critic’s Notebook: For CNN, Fame Trumps News on Sunday Nights 2013-06-21T20:32:48Z In the face of that, “The Age of Earthquakes” seems too facile, too self-satisfied. 'The Age of Earthquakes' looks back instead of forward 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Maybe that sentiment is too facile to put into words, but it's just facile enough to build a satisfyingly bone-stupid Gerard Butler vehicle around. "Greenland" review: Gerard Butler stars in a disaster movie that’s better than 2020 deserves 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z The film is forgettable and facile, the kind of movie that comforts on cable on nights when nothing else will summon sleep. ‘Honest Thief’ Review: An Utterly Forgettable Thriller 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Much of the rest of the time he’s playing around with style — musical and sartorial — and tone, and honing his ample songwriting gifts and facile voice. Music Review: The R&B Star Miguel at Bowery Ballroom 2012-10-03T22:19:09Z References to TV, politics, art and the media provide shared ground, which Ashbery, always facile with language, often truncates or twists. The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Vidal-Naquet sells this facile notion by keeping his protagonist a borderline cipher — even-tempered, accommodating, seemingly at peace with drifting. ‘Sauvage / Wild’ Review: A French Hustler Gets Too Close to His Work 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z “Facile equivalences / are to be avoided,” he writes; so too, he implies, are facile disequivalences. Thinking About Empire and Economy, With a Poet’s Mind and a Lawyer’s Words 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z At first Mr. Thomas hammers the bluff conceit so hard that he risks sounding forced and facile. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z It's a period that has been hated and demonised for precipitating catastrophe, and for being a facile swirl of pleasure that was selfish and dangerous. Film review: Gay Sex in the 70s 2010-07-01T22:05:00Z The movie’s brief early scenes, leading up to the kidnapping, tag the three teens with facile identities. The Real Spoiler in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Split” 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z But unless you believe unconditionally in these relationships, Mr. Goldman’s dialogue of marital disenchantment sounds exceedingly shrill and facile. | 'Follies': Broadway Babies? Glory Days 2011-05-23T02:01:05Z “Why We Can’t Sleep” grew out of an article for O Magazine that went viral, so perhaps it’s facile to say that it reads like a book that grew out of an article. Gen X Women: More Opportunities, Less Satisfaction? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z In place of satisfying spectacle, then, we get a movie pocked with sappy symbolism and facile foreshadowing — like Moore’s fixation on the abandoned eggs in a dried-up bird’s nest. ‘After the Wedding’ Review: Secrets and Sighs 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Pinning the blame on summer holidays is facile. Are the school summer holidays just too long? 2011-07-23T23:07:00Z A coda back in Rome concludes the film on a facile note generally absent elsewhere, but this is a minor flaw in a most enjoyable film. The Eagle ? review 2011-03-27T00:05:20Z But the dances themselves look like facile, shallow entertainments. Dance Review: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane at New York Live Arts - Review 2011-09-18T22:16:05Z She explained, “Whenever people try to do that in contemporary cinema, it always feels like such a shallow and facile understanding, but ‘The Lord of the Rings’ really knocked it out of the park.” How ‘Lord of the Rings’ Became ‘Star Wars’ for Millennial Women 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Well into the 1980s, they were looked down upon by composers of symphonic concert music, and by many classical music critics, as purveyors of facile backdrops for popular entertainment. John Barry's Widow Establishes a Scholarship for Film Music 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It can seem facile to fall back on plant life to express your commitment to sustainability and it is, a bit. The Climate Crisis Crowds the Catwalks 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z But he is less facile when his character comes off as impossibly stupid, moments he plays by affecting a bit of a Mark Wahlberg whiny singsong. ‘The Lost City’ Review: Raiders of the 1980s Blockbusters 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z “But this facile negativism forgets that many of the country’s most successful and creative people had exactly this kind of education.” Humanities Committee Sounds an Alarm 2013-06-18T21:48:54Z But that is all he is and represents; his character is too facile. In the heavy-handed "Stillwater," Matt Damon is an Oklahoman in France trying to free his daughter 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z The one with those facile lyrics about how this gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z I might find his gesture facile or obvious or not as smart and challenging as other things he has done. Perspective | Don’t ask if the duct-tape banana is art. Ask if it’s any good. 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z He will give his best even in a film as facile as W.E., James D'Arcy: 'I delivered my first line and Anthony Hopkins burst out laughing' 2013-02-01T07:00:09Z In the squabbling and eventual all-out feuding that ensues, characters who had seemed so easy to ridicule as stereotypes acquire a substance and specificity that inhibit both derision and facile categorization. Review: Opinions Collide in the Explosive Comedy ‘Eureka Day’ 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z As one teacher remarks about a troubled student, “There is no facile solution.” | 'To Be Heard': ?To Be Heard? Gives 3 Teenagers a Voice ? Review 2011-10-11T22:18:09Z That breadth of influences — from rappers to Wordsworth — and the poet's sharp, facile rhythms are reasons to peruse this book, whatever you think of his perspective. Four new poetry collections 2012-08-29T19:22:04Z But the company keeps giving her roles that have been visibly brightening up her technique, and you understand why; her luster surpasses the more facile but low-watt efficiency shown by some of her fellow dancers. Critic’s Notebook: Versions of Sugar Plums at New York City Ballet 2012-12-29T01:10:26Z In my Forum, class members engaged in even more mother-talk when Roger introduced a beguiling if facile concept called “strong suits.” You?re O.K., but I?m Not. Let?s Share. 2010-12-01T08:10:00Z OK, comparing the delightful yet challenging story collection to Spam musubi may seem facile, nay even borderline insulting. The best and boldest new must-read books for May 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z In “Fear the Walking Dead,” there’s no one like the sheriff’s deputy Rick Grimes, who’s used to responding to emergencies and facile with firearms. To Live and Not Die in L.A.: ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ on AMC 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z “Is the choice of a writer-protagonist in a bildungsroman too facile and predictable?” a professor asks in the book’s opening pages, in the midst of a brutal critique of the narrator’s first workshop submission. This Novel Is Set in a ’90s M.F.A. Program. The Author Is Aware of Your Concerns. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Wallace references suicide twice in his speech, but it’s facile to think that he was foreshadowing his eventual demise — or that he intended the speech to be autobiographical at all. Congratulations, by the way: David Foster Wallace, George Saunders and fighting the TED Talks-ization of commencement speeches 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z A nicely modulated final scene hints at a sobering connection between success and loss of innocence, but settles for facile cynicism that will no doubt be embraced by today’s audiences with depressing enthusiasm. The boomerang generation meets 'Risky Business' in Rogue Machine's 'Luka's Room' 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Like Marquis, Roman can sometimes seem like too facile a symbol of the terrifyingly primitive, but he is also never less than effortlessly alive. ‘The Mustang’ Review: Where the Wild Things Roam. And Sometimes Break Out. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z As a documentary The Spymasters is facile but certainly successful in giving the CIA a platform to burnish its reputation. Spymasters: CIA documentary sheds little light on drones, 9/11 or torture 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Ranging over themes of love and loss, the natural world and spirituality, his work was prized by readers for its gentle accessibility while being condemned by many critics as facile, tepid and aphoristic. Rod McKuen, Prolific Poet and Lyricist, Dies at 81 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z This makes watercolour sound facile whereas in fact it is versatile. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z Some of the company’s more glibly facile dancers are still being given more chances than they deserve. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z As the ludicrously self-important Zangler, facile Andrew Walker mingles pomposity with a hint of a twinkle. Few sparks in 'On the Razzle' at Theatre West 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z It’s nice of Kim Kardashian to try to distract me with something totally and utterly facile and pointless at a time of global crisis. Zip it, Kim Kardashian – Taylor Swift is the Marmite we're all coming to love 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “The God Committee” ostensibly ponders the ethical compromises involved in choosing organ transplant recipients, but it mostly illustrates the dangers of facile twists. ‘The God Committee’ Review: At a Hospital, Judgment Day 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Because “A Magical World” aims to be briskly concise, it does risk coming across as facile and cursory. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z The overly facile message here is: Trying new things is good. Review: `Croods' is simple but dazzles visually 2013-03-18T23:01:09Z The gay-marriage twist could be seen as a facile nod to a contemporary social issue, like a garish political bumper sticker slapped on the play. Beyond Shakespeare’s Wildest Dreams 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The question is not meant to be facile, nor is there an easy answer. Journeyman conductor offers sleek and pleasant evening 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Ms. Jaoui’s delightful films and other recent films from France like “Shall We Kiss?” deserve to be evaluated and appreciated on their own merits without facile comparisons to the films of Mr. Allen. Letters: Agn?s Jaoui: Not Woody Again 2010-06-05T01:58:00Z They each have very strong opinions about each other’s work, but they are also very facile, in-the-moment problem solvers.” Stephen King and John Mellencamp?s ?Ghost Brothers? Musical 2012-04-01T04:17:15Z His real achievement, though, is to scramble such facile distinctions, and a host of others as well. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Oberndorfer resists the most facile interpretation of his art — that it’s an obvious critique of the American diet. Please don’t lick the colorful treats in Cory Oberndorfer’s ‘Pop:Everlasting’ Cynics are bound to find this summary message to be facile after all the fuss, I'd bet. Tardy to the "Russian Doll" party? Welcome, sweet birthday babies! 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z A larger perspective might have illuminated anti-Communist excesses and prevented facile contemporary parallels. Museum Review: Museum of History & Industry Reopens in Seattle 2012-12-29T01:25:41Z That’s part of the point here, it’s a very facile and childish philosophy, that cynical speech that he has. Todd Solondz: I’m Judd Apatow’s dark side 2012-06-06T00:00:00Z It seems a little facile, and honestly, shouldn’t we talk about the systemic underpinnings of what happened to Detroit, instead of deciding it’s been saved suddenly by 2,000 people? “Detropia”: Can Detroit be saved? 2012-09-07T17:45:00Z Dave is a facile organist who played with a number of R&B bands in Florida before future funk called him north. Todd Rundgren: 'What I'm doing isn't even really music' – a classic interview from the vaults 2013-03-13T13:01:33Z Her argument makes sense, but it also seems facile. From a gun-toting firebrand to a Southern professor, "First Vote" examines Asian American voters 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z But the play presents a very facile idea of how an artist’s life is transmuted into art. | 'The Atmosphere of Memory': ?The Atmosphere of Memory? at Bank Street Theater - Review 2011-10-31T02:02:00Z As Wednesday went on, the facile interpretation that Baker injected into the news cycle became diluted by better reporting and analysis. Perspective | ‘Not racially motivated’?: The Atlanta spa shootings show why the media should be wary of initial police statements 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The way of all flesh is fine – but the true stories are less facile, and funnier. Rob Delaney – review 2012-10-08T17:45:01Z It’s a facile device for extricating people from problems and bringing narratives to a glib end. Review: ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ Except for That Illicit Affair 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z They also created important compositions in less turbulent times, and the equation that misery abets genius is a familiar, facile one. New play 'Sextet' explores link between misery and art 2010-10-21T17:11:00Z That happiness isn't real; it's a facile approximation of what happiness is and people are starting to realize, "Well, maybe I'm not happy." Simon Pegg finds happiness 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1995’s The End of Racism, he defended Jim Crow, invented buzz terms like “rational discrimination” and casually dropped the words “the facile equation of racism and slavery”. Death of a Nation: more angry nonsense from Trump's favorite film-maker 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z It is invigorating and irritating, astute and facile, rigorous and flippant, fair-minded and score-settling, practical and hyperbolic, and maybe a dozen other neurotically contradictory things. ‘Unwanted Advances’ Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z This crucial episode may come off as facile and contrived. In the tension-filled "Profile," a journalist goes catfishing online to get recruited by ISIS 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Dear Stay or Go, It may sound facile or mocking, but what I want to say to you is that this relationship is already working. Is he the right guy? 2012-10-06T00:00:00Z There were strikingly cacophonic moments, but the work often sounded facile. Music Review: ‘collected stories’ at Zankel Hall Explores a Tragic Tale 2014-04-27T20:52:58Z The style of Picasso’s blue paintings matches their subject matter: It is similarly facile, too easy and fluid to capture all the ways we humans know how to suffer. Even the ‘Wrong’ Picasso Can Be So Right 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z The four songs heard on Thursday are radio-ready: infectious and inviting, but by no means facile. Review: The Uninhibited Joy of Caroline Shaw’s Music 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z It’s as if by referencing that show, “Mulaney” is heading off its more facile critics at the pass. Fox’s ‘Mulaney’: When a bad sitcom happens to a great guy Of course this inclusionary method makes for thin, flaccid, facile entertainment, but more meretriciously, it undermines the purpose of biographical cinema. Hollywood needs to stop letting stars author their own biopics | Charles Bramesco 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z While it’s probably facile to note that Mr. Truman seems to be orchestrating the entrance to Nix the way an editor would map out the cover of a magazine, the comparison is difficult to resist. James Truman, Condé Nast Alumnus, Is Now Editing Restaurants 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z He was long lived, prolific and sometimes facile, and his delightful views of Rome and the ancient world are spread throughout collections worldwide. Hubert Robert, the painter for the ‘don’t go there, live there’ crowd 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Without the physical presence of the yellowing newspapers, this insight into the nature of time and memory just looks facile. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Wallace doesn’t simply set a scene and novelize his characters into facile life; rather, he makes an almost metaphysical commitment to see reality through their eyes. Everything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite Jest’ at 20 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z But if it sounds like a facile metaphor, blame history: Beirut has been choking on garbage for years — including, but hardly limited to, the kind you put in bags. ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Review: Paradise Tossed 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z “And,” he adds, gearing up for the zinger, each “had to facilitate an endless procession of facile observations and labored one-liners.” From Bomb to Bust 2010-10-22T16:02:00Z When people are so talented or facile at picking up an instrument and playing covers, like Yo La Tengo, I admire that. Kim Gordon's fresh start 2013-09-19T16:18:45Z Like Jigsaw offering one of his facile riddles, this film is not as clever as it thinks it is. ‘Spiral: From the Book of Saw’ Review: Slicing Up Bad Apples 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z "It was like shooting fish in a barrel," she says, "but it's not OK to be facile. Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that." Lydia Millet finds mermaids in her new novel 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Unger plays up the “tortoise-and-hare” caricature of the contest of Matisse and Picasso, “the plodding striver against the facile genius, the introvert against the extroverted gadfly.” How Picasso Became Picasso 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z I like to stay away from facile explanations for mysterious properties of nature. My life needs a purpose 2013-01-30T01:00:00Z But, how do we stay facile and nimble? "You want a big mountain to climb": "The Bear" star on why Cousin Richie is so satisfying to play 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z Television depicts a range of definitions of manliness, from the facile to the frustratingly complex. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Celebrating Herman’s simple wisdom is an entirely too facile way of glossing over a moment in which America may at last be at a breakthrough with its own history. Perspective | How Herman Munster can be so right about racism and still be a little bit wrong 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z I wish I could have enjoyed this silly romp, but Smetana’s music has an inventive power that soon makes Mr. Taylor’s giggly, fun-poking treatment of heterosexual and insectile antics seem facile. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-19T22:18:43Z But I saw how facile it could seem, checking off a list of things you saw on TV. As Seen on TV: A Road Trip Tracks the Shows of the South 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z Dixon’s direction of the white actors’ performances exposes the dual meaning of the term “bad actors”: the officials’ fat-cat presumptions and facile attitudinizing are mocked in the characters’ exaggerated B-movie cadences. The Troubling Fate of a 1973 Film About the First Black Man in the C.I.A. 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Characterizing bad behavior as “catty” or “girl talk” isn’t just facile stereotyping. Work Advice: Gossip among female colleagues isn’t ‘girl talk,’ it’s bullying 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Devoid of bias or facile judgments, “The Cubans” is filled with a simple human tenderness that is rare in these politically charged times. America Is Obsessed With Cuba. But What Do We Know About Its Citizens? 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The movie is a fast account that is sometimes a tad facile in its analysis of a cultural moment. Review: Against the Odds, ‘Studio 54’ Sheds Light on the Club 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z But by the end, when the soprano breaks into a cha-cha, the music seems facile and thin. Music Review: David Del Tredici and Courtenay Budd at Symphony Space 2012-03-16T21:20:23Z She radiates rawness, and is facile with costuming. Review: Lady Gaga, the Flashy Provocateur, Battles Lady Gaga, the Raw Voice 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps of the accent that coated his consonants, a threat to the facile delivery, the r's? Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – extract 2013-03-22T10:54:01Z The feel-bad conclusion is the most open and most facile act of rebellion on Mr. Fish’s part. Review: There’s a Dark, Golden Haze in This Reclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The juxtaposition of holy music and unholy lyrics might seem too facile by half; it’s a treatment long applied by giggly school children to church hymns. Review: ‘Jerry Springer,’ Sacred and Profane, Triumphantly Sings Again 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Filtering the art through Western referents is too tempting, and too facile. At the Met, the artistic riches of India’s Deccan Plateau 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Every season’s crime starts with a facile plan going sideways. The Season 3 itch: FX’s “Fargo” is still very good, but is that enough to keep this relationship hot? 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Yes, it offers the facile notion that cops and criminals are pretty much interchangeable. | 'Point Blank': It?s Paris, and Everyone Is Rotten but the Man Chased by the Police 2011-07-28T22:30:10Z "To say, this person is talking rapidly in rhyme so obviously there's a connection to southern blues, I think that's really facile," Neff says. Flow like the river: Big K.R.I.T. and Mississippi's flood of hip-hop 2013-03-27T10:43:27Z But the show itself is often frustrating, facile — even a little embarrassing at times. Review: A Garden Idyll for Noguchi’s Stones and Steel 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z It is facile to criticise Africa for not learning the lessons of history. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z Anderson rebukes anyone who takes this as a facile statement of how black voters felt about Hillary Clinton. Whose Votes Really Count? 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Up to and including its cheap shock ending, “The Lie” invests all its meager stock in the facile, simple-minded idea that depicting banal, outwardly genteel people behaving abominably sheds a profound light on human nature. ‘The Lie’ Review: A Child’s Crime, a Parental Conspiracy 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Too bad that Ms. van Berkel’s choreography showed negligible interest in the music beyond the facile contrast of tone. Dance Review: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2012-05-23T21:55:51Z The very facile statement that Rodney King made almost 30 years ago, “Can’t we just get along?” — and everyone laughed at it and made fun of it — but it’s the reality, isn’t it? Note to Dancers: ‘Drop Your Self-Consciousness’ and Get Into It 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z However, some critics weren’t as impressed: The Telegraph called the series finale “a right royal yawn” and The Spectator described the show as “silly, facile and irresponsible.” The Real History Behind PBS’s Historical Drama 'Victoria' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z What can seem profound in your earbuds can seem facile on the page. Preet Bharara’s Lessons on Crime and Punishment 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z The inherent issues raised by increasingly intelligent electronics could use the Reitman of "Juno," so facile in pondering the hard decisions made by a wry and remarkably wise pregnant teen. 'Men, Women & Children' is artificial look at Internet world 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z But authenticity has always been a tricky, even dubious concept in art, and one of the pleasures of “The Eras Tour” is the way it destroys the facile notion of a pure individual self. Exhilarating, intimate, fun (and long): Our critics weigh in on 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z He accused the Adams administration of touting minor policy changes that amounted to “nothing more than facile window dressing,” while seeking to withhold key information from the public about abysmal conditions inside the jail. Federal judge will hear arguments on potential takeover of New York City’s troubled jail system 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z First, as facile as this comparison sounds, whether it’s meaningful is highly questionable. Column: The false centrism of political group No Labels 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z “He brings a lack of self-consciousness in wanting to ask questions others might think are facile,” she told DealBook, adding that her American clients who are expanding in Europe do exactly what Lasso does. Who Is Liable for A.I. Creations? 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z Much of the ongoing coverage of Tucker Carlson seems to be veering ever closer to being an example of the worst and most facile and superficial types of public discussions of white supremacy and racism. Tucker Carlson's text: Fox News can't be surprised — but they may still be scared 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It’s facile to say something clearly not religious functions like a religion: The NFL is a religion! Opinion | Elon Musk excommunicates the priestly caste of Twitter 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Davies have argued, and in political and ideological terms, it's something of a Gordian knot that defies any facile analysis. What's the deal in Ukraine after a year of war? Let Leon Trotsky explain 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z But the point it appeared to be laboring to make about facile stereotyping of large groups of people seemed lost in this instance. The French Want to Remain the French 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Of course, it’d be silly if they left it out and nominated “Triangle of Sadness” instead, a movie that’s explicitly episodic, not to mention facile, flat and strident. Oscars nominations 2023: Final predictions for all 23 categories 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z In a period when figurative painting with distinct social narratives has been dominant, while facile abstract painting abounds, a fine survey of Morris’ savvy, often unexpected abstractions is especially disarming. Review: The peculiar appeal of Rebecca Morris' paintings, on view in L.A. 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The many differences between the two countries discourage facile comparisons. Opinion | Canada’s expansion of immigration sets a model the U.S. should follow 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “Let us not be enchanted by the sirens of populism, which exploit people’s real needs by facile and hasty solutions,” Francis said. Pope denounces ‘sirens of populism’ as he marks day for poor 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z It is too facile to blame all of this on Trump. Opinion | The 2022 midterms are the most important of my lifetime 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z It’s “The Day of the Locust,” and we, the audience, are the biggest pests, a conceit that’s not only facile and cliched but unearned. Review | Dumb ‘Blonde’: Ana de Armas plays Marilyn Monroe in misguided biopic 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Hence the documentary’s original title, “Jihad Rehab,” which engendered much criticism, even from supporters, who saw it as too facile. Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z There turns out to be a doozy of a twist in “Don’t Worry Darling” that feels both facile and like a wasted opportunity. Review | ‘Don’t Worry Darling’: Trouble in paradise, close by ‘Twilight Zone’ 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Monroe is no stranger to adult “beach” readers, though this designation is far too facile for such a mission-driven writer. Opinion | Early intervention can make a big difference 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z But his facile sound bites — in December he said the “border would be secure the next day” if migrants were sent to Martha’s Vineyard — is catnip for right-wing media. Opinion | DeSantis stage-managed his cruelty for everyone to see 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z “Her particular skill was not to master a brief or be glib or facile, but to come up with something unexpected,” he said. As U.K. Prime Minister, Truss Faces Hard Times and Johnson’s Ghost 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z But the reference, as facile as some find it, cheapens the experience of those who survived, violates the honor of those who didn’t and tramples the memories of the descendants left behind. Column: 'You're stepping on the graves of my grandparents': Politicians open old wounds with Nazi talk 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z A facile equation of today’s repression with the terror of Stalin does not help us to understand either the past or the present. Opinion | This is not like Stalinist Russia 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z It was facile to say, as many Filipinos did, that Ms. Aquino reinstated democracy and that Mr. Ramos restored the economy. Fidel V. Ramos, Philippine President Who Broke With Marcos, Dies at 94 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Russ Diabo, a member of the Kahnawake Mohawk tribe in Canada and an Indigenous advocate and policy analyst, described the scene as “pageantry” and the pope’s statements as “facile.” A #toosoon moment? Pope in headdress draws mixed response 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z It is probably facile to offer intellectual reasons to explain Khan's longevity in the film industry. Why Shah Rukh Khan is still 'king of Bollywood' 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z They held up placards declaring themselves “the post-Roe generation,” which seemed a bit of a facile boast since they were too young to know what it was like to have lived through pre-Roe times. Perspective | No matter if one feels relief or devastation, the weight of overturning Roe is profound 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z He also dismissed as overly facile government suggestions to find alternative markets to Russia. Russian sanctions hurting small Italian fashion producers 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z For Hyatt, the goal was to reinvent the music without turning it into something facile. Coke Studio: The music show defeating hate in India and Pakistan 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z And now it’s facile to suggest we’re all just adjusting emotionally, still. Perspective | Spencer Haywood, who knows fan abuse, worries about our ‘demonic time’ 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z At the same time, the film is not touting some facile hope, either. Perspective | ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ is a deeply Asian American film 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Her head portraits can seem facile, but they have the directness of Édouard Manet’s portraits — stark transitions, bleaching light. Perspective | Venice takes a surreal turn, not for the better 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “He never broke golf clubs, he didn’t throw his trophy through the window. Sure, those actions make dramatic moments, but they reek of facile exploitation of the man rather than exploration of character.” Jerry West threatens to sue HBO over ‘harmful representation’ in ‘Winning Time’ show 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Trump is already using facile accusations of "RINO" and "woke" to punish Republicans for perceived infractions like expressing skepticism of his election-stealing schemes. Madison Cawthorn’s cocaine-and-orgies brouhaha blows up the GOP's QAnon plan 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z That analysis is too facile and fails to comprehend the deeper empathy that is being felt by so many of us who cannot get the plight of Ukraine out of our minds. Horrors of war hit home 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In that moment, I knew I needed to confront my own feelings about her mortality and not sidestep the conversation with facile banter. Perspective | How I learned to talk about death and dying 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z To avoid facile comparisons, the historical context for each of those meetings must be kept in mind. The geopolitics of the Ukraine war 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z As in the “superpredator” era, some politicians are leaping to facile conclusions and taking it out on an easy target — young people of color. Opinion | We’ve Tried Juveniles as Adults Before. The Results Were Catastrophic. 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Meng suggested that simply being tougher on crime was too facile an approach to addressing the violence against Asian Americans, a stance shared by State Senator John Liu, another long-serving elected official. Asian Americans Grapple With Tide of Attacks: ‘We Need Our Safety Back’ 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Parental choice is a facile argument in the context of public health and safety. Opinion | Mandates, like masks, are not one size fits all 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z It's true that historical analogies between Trump's policies and Hitler's are often facile, and sometimes dangerously misleading. Too much reality: Putin's Ukraine invasion summons Europe's dark past 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “It manages to be funny without being facile. It’s moving but still has glimmers of experimentation.” Roberto Bolaño inspired him to write. Now Alejandro Zambra is the next Chilean breakthrough 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Discussions of terms like "racism" and "poverty" too easily become facile, abstracted from human consequences, while unknown lives suffocate at the hands of routine injustice, systematic cruelties, the way things predictably are. Where we are now: The dire state of America in 2022 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Trump is such a facile talker — one who specializes in dazzling displays of distraction, ad hominem attacks and repetition — that challenging him effectively in real time can be almost impossible. Perspective | How NPR’s Steve Inskeep cracked the code for interviewing Trump 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z While mainstream journalists played dumb and pretended to believe the facile excuse that Trump was talking about literal fraud, his supporters picked up on his implication: voters of color are inherently un-American. Biden must make clear what Republicans know: The fight for democracy is a struggle over racism 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z This might be a little facile, I can’t really tell these days, but I might also be drawn to the WTC’s insistent illusion of order. Perspective | Finding order (and a hometown connection) in a lost recording of a Bach masterwork 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z They are also out of the Europa League, and many have reached for the facile cliché that Brendan Rodgers has taken Leicester as far as he can. Leicester City v Newcastle United: Premier League – live! 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The Nov. 21 editorial “A road plan for tomorrow” rehearsed facile arguments about urban highways that haven’t changed in half a century. Opinion | Maryland’s toll plan won’t reduce congestion 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z A facile raconteur, Williams was a coveted guest on late-night talk shows and in 2007 became only the second TV journalist to host “Saturday Night Live.” Brian Williams is leaving NBC News and MSNBC's 'The 11th Hour' 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z These are facile comments, which I feel embarrassed to share. How Scribbling in the Margins Transformed My Reading 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Her memories reach back to the moments her mother’s most famous photos were taken, giving the lie to the facile interpretations of strangers. Review: A woman battles the exploitative gaze of her late mother in 'Carry the Dog' 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z His facile, favored-son abuse of position strikes at the heart of the league’s public meaning. Perspective | Football made Jon Gruden. Now the NFL must reckon with its creation. 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z The result is a portrait of someone who never becomes more than an object of facile fascination. Review | The Palme d’Or-winning ‘Titane’ wants to make you squirm 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z When you watch the Seahawks, you see coaches making facile, subtle adjustments from series to series. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on struggled of Washington football program 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z The facile answer is that the firm triumphed because it made innovative electric cars — first the Roadster, then the Models S, 3 and Y. All of these vehicles were sleek, fast and emissions-free. Review | Tesla’s wild ride, steered by Elon Musk 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z He also eschewed facile explanations for the nation’s woes. Scott Smith, AP reporter in Venezuela, dies at 50 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z You start to think, it isn’t a new thing that our society dismisses comedy as easy or facile. "More pleasure, more sex, more fun": An L.A. writer draws lessons from ancient Greece 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution wasn’t published until 8 years after Morton’s death, found Morton’s understanding of species facile and his arguments unreliable. A racist scientist built a collection of human skulls. Should we still study them? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z To imply that there should be a binary choice between health and productivity is facile and misleading. Pilates, fruit and Amazon’s zen booths: why workplace wellbeing efforts can fall flat 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Elections experts say such patterns can be easily explained, but Byrne called such dismissals “facile bromides” that are not reassuring to him or millions of other Americans. Inside the ‘shadow reality world’ promoting the lie that the presidential election was stolen 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Charles Hill believed in this goal, which he warned that some liberals and leftists had forsaken in the name of a facile "equality" and cultural relativism. What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z And this allows for facile, sometimes unconscious, judgments. Opinion | How to confront systemic racism? Heed the call of Martin Luther King. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Wilson warned skeptics not to underestimate Gaetz’s skill as “facile” debater, taking on the establishment to the delight of Trump supporters across the nation. ‘New strategy’: Politicians in crisis refuse calls to resign 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z A representative example of this comes from Will Saletan of Slate, who in a facile Twitter thread divides the law’s provisions into “good stuff,” “bad stuff” and “overhyped.” Column: Don't give Coca-Cola and Delta too much credit for stance on Georgia voting law 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z She slings medical jargon with facile fluency and insists M.D.s and Ph.D.s treat her “as an absolute peer.” Cases of 'Long COVID' frustrate patients, puzzle scientists 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But strategists who are drawn inexorably to top-down crisis-definition and management can be facile and feckless too, corrupting the republican ethos and liberal education they mean to rescue from liberals. What "politics" does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz's right-hand man 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z The practice of generations of American children playing “cowboys and Indians” is one facile example. Opinion | The Jeep Cherokee is not a tribute to Indians. Change the name. 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z It is facile to condemn Trump, but do the lives of Iraqi civilians matter as much, or at all, for most of those who will condemn this pardon? Opinion | Trump’s Blackwater pardons are the latest sign Iraqi lives don’t matter to Americans 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Invoking this seeming change, post-2003, in Fincher’s “emotional relationship to stories,” I said, “This may be facile, but to what extent is it useful to think about your father’s death —” David Fincher’s Impossible Eye 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Fauci’s damp squib of a first pitch was easy fodder for cheap jokes and facile symbolism: He is, after all, the face — the scientific face, at least — of America’s coronavirus response. Looking Back on Baseball’s Silent Season 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But if the state reveals itself to be fertile ground for Democrats, it won’t be for the facile identity-politics reasons offered up by the “experts.” Opinion | The real reason Arizona will turn blue this year 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Kellyanne Conway, who carried Trump's 2016 campaign over the finish line before assuming a role as the administration's most facile TV sophist, would bring a range of experience and insight in national politics. Kellyanne Conway is being paid $15,000 a month by the GOP following her White House exit: filings 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Yes, America’s racial truths are a threat to smug self-satisfaction, facile patriotism and easy myths. America’s racial truths are a threat to Trump 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z “The Good Lord Bird” is a complicated work; it asks questions, refutes facile narratives and plays with contradictions, as much art does. ‘The Good Lord Bird’ Is Good TV. But Mix Art and Slavery at Your Peril. 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z This “facile argument,” Lalami asserts, discourages “women from trying to reach full equality with men.” Review | The Americans who aren’t seen as full citizens 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z But she pushed back against what she said were facile critiques of Justice Ginsburg’s legal work as “white lady” feminism. Amid the Outpouring for Ginsburg, a Hint of Backlash 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z But the fact is that not until his ninth piano concerto, nicknamed “Jeunehomme” after its dedicatee, did Mozart truly stand out as more than a remarkably facile prodigy. Commentary: The extraordinary consequence of Mozart's love letter between violin and viola 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s crass and vulgar, sure, but it’s also interested in much more than the facile superheroes, but they’re bad premise it leads you to believe it will focus on. The Boys season 2 wants to start a cult of personality 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z But it would also be facile to hold Bayern up as underdogs, or a model of fair play and level playing fields. Thomas Müller shows PSG's A-list attacking unit how to be a winner | Barney Ronay 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z I don’t want to be facile or deceptive, but it is what people say in our country. Is It OK That I Haven’t Told My Parents I Was Fired? 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Roberts has famously, and somewhat facilely, likened the judge’s role to that of umpire, objectively calling balls and strikes. Opinion | Don’t upset yourselves, conservatives. John Roberts hasn’t gone dangerously rogue. 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z It may be facile, opportunistic, but a photo from Tuesday night brought that comment to mind once more, perhaps offering a portrait of where they are. Boardroom turmoil, troubling finances and Messi's influence: why Barcelona are a mess 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Cooper-Jones did the right thing, setting an example of brave cordiality in an age of facile declamation. Opinion | ‘Let Freedom Ring’ From Georgia 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z An extremely capable leader with a facile intellect and desire to create as much power for himself as possible. Billy Crudup plays with power, ambition, even a little goofiness in 'Morning Show' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z It is also a rather facile concern, a frustratingly binary way to think. Perspective | In the fight for equality, the NBA can be a symbol and an inspiration — not a distraction 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Not only was this a facile attempt at armchair activism, it actively disrupted the hashtag #blacklivesmatter, which protesters, reporters and activists were using to collate news about police violence against protesters. As responses to George Floyd's death go, #BlackOutTuesday was embarrassing | Fatima Bhutto 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The facile theory goes like this: America is polarized today, like in 1968. Opinion | The differences between 1968 and today 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z There is still a tendency to suggest a facile trade-off between lives and livelihoods. Economists must collaborate courageously 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z That discussion needs to happen, but it risks becoming facile, too. COVID-19 economics — first book hits shelves 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z It seems facile and preposterous to claim that if only she hadn’t married him, she’d be president today. What if Hillary had become president? Curtis Sittenfeld on rewriting Clinton's life 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z I find the literary in-jokes leaden and self-congratulatory, the “live in your own time” messaging thin and facile. We're choosing the ultimate summer movie. This week, it's 'The Empire Strikes Back' vs. everything else 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z It's an infuriatingly simplistic zinger, condensing myriad complexities into a facile bumper-sticker slogan that will ultimately result in more dead Americans. Stay home or reopen? We can avoid Trump's fake choice with a big, bold stimulus 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z “It is facile to think this is an equal opportunity virus,” said Dr. Ashwin Vasan, a professor at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He Said Mass Via Live Stream. 8 Days Later, He Fell to the Virus. 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z That hardly sounds like the time to be facile or pretend that there are simple or easy answers. No bliss in willful ignorance 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z But its most dramatic spectacle might be the sight of a facile, lazy enterprise being hoist on its own cynical petard. Review | Controversial thriller ‘The Hunt’ is finally in theaters. Don’t waste your time. 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Both ran against the Democratic establishment, yet the comparisons between the two men are more facile than fitting. Opinion | Gary Hart: I knew George McGovern. Bernie Sanders is no George McGovern. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z It sees us accept facile explanations for our predicament, whether they involve blaming the Russians for the election of Trump or blaming undocumented workers for our economic decline. America: The land of make-believe 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Nobel literature laureate, Wole Soyinka, said that "raising the spectre of secession is a facile approach to the dangerous, self-evident lapses in governance". The 'leopard unit', vigilantes and Nigeria's kidnap crisis 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z That word, “facile,” is so perfect for American politicians today because of its roots. No bliss in willful ignorance 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z His office-mates wondered: Who else among them—dispatched to Slovakia to help with criminal justice reform — would have taken the time to become relatively facile in Slovak? Adam Schiff takes on Trump, calling him an 'erratic hothead.' Now he's feeling the heat 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z But sometimes that commentary is facile and forced — even when delivered by filmmakers with the best intentions. Review: Opioids infect Ohio town and family in the crime saga ‘Inherit the Viper’ 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z I don’t mean to go on at your expense, Mr. Friend, but I want to make clear the importance of not being facile about foreign policy questions, especially for the purpose of scoring partisan points. Biden, Bernie drop the gloves in foreign policy fight 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Donald Trump Jr.’s best-selling new book, “Triggered,” fails as memoir and as polemic: Its analysis is facile, its hypocrisy relentless, its self-awareness marginal. Review | Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘Triggered’ reads like a campaign book for 2024 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z But without the actual articles of impeachment in hand, this is a facile maneuver. House, Senate stuck in impeachment limbo as Pelosi keeps hold of articles 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z A facile assumption is that his campaign will self-destruct. John Kerry's endorsement of Joe Biden is a perfect fit: Two deceptive boosters of Iraq war 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z It’s one of those facile comparisons in which the numbers add up but don’t tell you much. Analysis | Booker’s claim: More people have died from ‘gun violence’ in his lifetime than in all U.S. wars 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z He made news earlier this year for threatening a man who taunted him with the nickname "Fredo," a reference to Fredo Corleone, the weak and facile brother in the movie “The Godfather.” CNN’s Chris Cuomo mocked after attempt to disprove Trump’s phone theory with call to mom fails 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z But anybody who didn’t think those things were true after reading Trump’s transcript was either being facile or is a few chicken wings short of a dozen. Sondland bursts the ‘perfect’ bubble 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z They facilely dismiss good critiques as “hit jobs” and level ad hominem attacks to undercut criticism. Steven Pinker, Sam Harris and the epidemic of annoying white male intellectuals 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Turns out that far more interesting stories can be found when you’re not preoccupied with a facile objective to save the world. The 50 best video games of the 21st century 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z There are facile adjectives applied to us—optimistic, volatile, swaggering—but they more often seem to apply to pretensions that we wear before the world. How Robert Frank’s Photographs Helped Define America 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z But we should be careful about facile rhetorical threats that raise the costs for others. Opinion | The U.S. has to tread in the middle when handling the Hong Kong protests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z To rectify these “flaws” in arms control takes political will, not just facile one-liners. Opinion | A nuclear treaty is about to vanish. Its demise should teach a lesson. 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z But the language marking our increasingly heated national dialogue, the facile analogies to fascism and Nazi Germany — those persist; indeed, multiply. Opinion | My father was wrong about Nazi Germany. I am right about America. 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Although healthcare reform is amenable to almost infinite variation, it’s facile to describe the distinctions between Democratic or progressive reform plans as though they’re driving the party apart or are a “problem” for the Democrats. Kamala Harris joins the club with a solid 'Medicare for all' proposal 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z But “Copperhead” never rises above the level of a clumsy morality play; it’s a novel that’s too facile for the issues Zentner seeks to address. Review: White supremacists and the alt-right descend on a small town in the melodramatic ‘Copperhead’ 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z It was too easy to ascribe this decline to a certain national conservatism, complacency and parochialism – facile Anglo-Saxon taunts. The rise and fall of French cuisine 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z It approaches everything from suicide to Socrates with a facile touch, dealing with serious issues with an almost startling lack of depth and intelligence. Review: Greg Kinnear’s directing debut, ‘Phil,’ aims high but lands low 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z They belong to the New England intellectual tradition of looking for signs and portents in thickets of happenstance, but they usually stop short of facile meaning. The Last Poems of James Tate 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “Stuck,” the film adaptation of Riley Thomas’ 2012 off-Broadway musical, is a slight and facile piece that feels egregiously past its sell-by date. Reviews: Italian thriller ‘Naples in Veils,’ puppet martial arts in ‘Yamasong’ and more 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The commission says “such facile comparisons, used in order to demean opponents and gain political capital, should be actively avoided.” Holocaust group condemns congressman’s use of Hitler phrase 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The point may be facile, but when the Republican opponent happens to be a former reality TV star now ensconced in the Oval Office, “Betomania” is not to be sniffed at. O'Rourke enters race with natural skills, eager support and some big challenges 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z I am aware of how facile it is for some guy sitting at a desk to advise someone else to put his job — maybe even his freedom — at risk. Redistribute the pain 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Her glib, facile answer to a serious question about health insurance is the political equivalent to a fumble on her own ten-yard line. Harris fumbles on health insurance 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Those who mouth facile criticisms of “big government” are, at last, being countered by the truth about who federal employees truly are and the importance of the jobs they do. An essential lesson from the shutdown 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z But that conclusion is as facile as the one that she was ready to win the tournament on the basis of a single result. Australian Open: The Routing of a Teen-Age Phenom Highlights the Depth of the Women’s Tour 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z While Mr. Bogle was facile with numbers, he was much less interested in counting than in what counts, and his intellectual range was broad. Vanguard and revolutionized retirement savings, dies at 89 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Drnaso told me that he regrets this early work, which he considers facile in its darkness. The Bleak Brilliance of Nick Drnaso’s Graphic Novels 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z He was a facile writer of sentences, an excellent summarizer of ideas and a master architect of the op-ed, which is a notoriously difficult form. Review | Krauthammer’s vision: freedom, prosperity and stability do not come easily 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Are Black Mirror’s creators implying that they also are emotionally shattered people battling mental illness, or alternately that Black Mirror is facile, unsatisfying 0/5 art because it was created by sane people? The missing endings we want in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z When critics equate “form” with appearance or “content” with plot, they’re being facile, he said. After ‘Gravity,’ Alfonso Cuarón Had His Pick of Directing Blockbusters. Instead, He Went Home to Make ‘Roma.’ 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Trump looked at America and correctly saw an anxious, uncertain populace that was ripe for facile answers, scapegoats and a narrative of unjust victimization. Opinion | Michael Cohen Got Wise. Will America? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Their own tastes in poetry were somewhat traditional, and they considered the modernist poetry Harris was publishing to be facile and pretentious. Literary Hoaxes and the Ethics of Authorship 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z “There’s the facile answer and then there’s the weepy answer,” I told him. Are you prepared to answer the dreaded ‘What are your career goals’ question? | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Though it’s facile to draw a true parallel between Hitler’s Germany and our own republic, the complex questions the play raises about fight versus flight, complacency versus action are certainly worth pondering today. Tony Kushner’s ‘A Bright Room Called Day’ gets an animated staging by The Williams Project 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z But as we wait for the results tonight, let’s not forget the smug certainty some of us felt in 2016: our facile feminist slogans, our bubbles chilling in refrigerators, never drunk. Democrats, we might lose once again. Let us not be complacent | Jean-Hannah Edelstein 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z To give Trump credit for seeing "an anxious, uncertain populace that was ripe for facile answers" implies powers of analysis that he has not demonstrated in the White House. Opinion | Michael Cohen Got Wise. Will America? 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z The roster of self-identified political analysts on television isn’t an underpaid group, yet their diagnoses of what’s wrong with our politics couldn’t be more facile. After terror comes the media BS: No, lazy pundits, “both sides” don’t do this 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z If the characterization of Ruth is facile, it’s less so than the story’s final chapter. Review | Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon as siblings are the best thing about ‘What They Had’ 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The report frequently adopts the facile tactic of comparing or lumping leading liberal politicians and demagogues. What Could Kill Booming U.S. Economy? ‘Socialists,’ White House Warns 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “It falls on us to dispel the facile stereotypes of Cambridge as a bastion of privilege and self-serving elitism,” he said. Cambridge University plans scheme to open door to poorer students 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z You could argue that there’s something a bit facile about Zyric’s political awakening, one of a few moments in which the movie runs the risk of reducing its supporting characters to their talking points. Review: The tense, contemplative ‘Monsters and Men’ examines the aftermath of a police shooting - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s a hard balance to strike – the past five years or so have spawned countless songs about that bond, many of them preachy or facile. 'She makes children of us all': Guardian writers pick their favourite Kate Bush lyrics 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z She excels in showing how the MBTI’s success rests on its facile summary of a seemingly unfathomable subject: the self. The self-made women who created the Myers–Briggs 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z These are the landmine questions, the gotchas, the facile questions that cause you to stumble and lose confidence at events, happy hours, skip levels and networking coffees. A better way to say ‘I don’t know’ when asked what you want to do | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Stories set to music, which Benjamin had generated so guilelessly as a child, were derided as facile, hidebound, and decadently nostalgic. How the Composer George Benjamin Finally Found His Voice 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z But I found the red pill concept facile at best, and not just because the conspiratorial overtones weren’t my style. How I fell for – and broke up with – the intellectual dark web 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z When I denounced . . . certain kinds of facile moralism, it was in the name of a more alert, less complacent seriousness. The Hunger Artist 2000-02-28T05:00:00Z One is the too facile identification of utopianism with “progressive” causes. What Can We Learn from Utopians of the Past? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z But people are not gods, and I wonder, in this era of facile press-release apologies, whether we need to slow things down. Opinion | I Did a Terrible Thing. How Can I Apologize? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z But thoughtful opposition should include at least questioning the facile dichotomies and the unchallenged premises that undergird the current immigration conversation. Trump’s Opponents Aren’t Arguing for “Open Borders”—But Maybe They Should 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Some of the points it made were pretty facile, some quoted sources, and some were pretty clearly cribbed from articles. What it’s like to watch an IBM AI successfully debate humans 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z It seems too facile to call her merely racist, which her recent tweet about former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett plainly establishes. Opinion | Be like Valerie Jarrett and make this a teaching moment 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Populists are also supposed to deal in “simplicity,” in “glib, facile solutions”, which we know they do because this is what Trump does. Forget Trump – populism is the cure, not the disease 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z “It would be somewhat facile to just look at climate and say, ‘Oh, things are going to go to hell in a handbasket,’” he says. A Nation Divided: Arid/Humid Climate Boundary in U.S. Creeps Eastward 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Talking about the violent misogyny that is likely behind the Yonge Street massacre means delving into an online world that is so stupid and facile that it’s difficult to take seriously. If incels’ violent misogyny had a role in Toronto, we mustn’t downplay it | Emer O’Toole 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z As I posted earlier, too many people ardently desire to point fingers, and find facile scapegoats. Toronto Van Attack Suspect Expressed Anger at Women 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z If you really ask the question “what’s a computer?” honestly, the answers end up being facile. Four things to demand in your next computer 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Still, in judging and acting, we must avoid sinning against King’s legacy by facilely claiming him for whatever policies we favor. Dr. King’s Radical Biblical Vision 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z A hopeful, if sometimes facile, tendency attributed every dysfunction in the world to a shortage of liberty. Opinion | America still shouldn’t mind its own beeswax 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z With his gaunt good looks, self-effacing humor and laser focus, the Dublin-born, Boston-based academic knows how to work a room — but not in the polished, facile manner of a politician. This 'Peacemaker' travels the globe in pursuit of conflict resolution through shared suffering 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z For millions of young fans, that mentality — that mainstream sports media presents a facile master narrative that is to be warred with at all times — became a defining principle. What Happens When Athletes Do the Sportswriting? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z I thought most of us lost that facile, cutesy attitude in middle school. Opinion | Save the snark 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z That’s not the be all and end all of supporting women, though: in some cases, in fact, it can be entirely facile. How men can show solidarity with the #MeToo movement | Emily Reynolds 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Yet for the first decade of his career, Colbert largely steered away from political comedy, most of which he found facile and flip. Stephen Colbert gets a new way to satirize Trump with 'Our Cartoon President' 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z “It’s a little too facile in liberal America — it’s like checking boxes. ‘I saw that movie so I get it.’ For ‘Hoop Dreams’ director Steve James, reinventing an industry by defying it 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z But to surmise, as the Wall Street Journal editorial page did this month, that the absence of a “fascist coup” in Washington means that concerns about democracy are overblown is facile. Review | American democracy is on a break. Welcome to ‘Trumpocracy.’ 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z This is an unhealthy and dangerous dynamic, and it needs to change – but if our main approach is assigning facile labels to individuals rather than frankly examining root causes, it never will. Assault is not a feeling. The Aziz Ansari story shows why language matters | Tiffany Wright 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Such views may be considered demeaning by many, and modern feminists will reject the accusation of Puritanism as a facile slur. France's celebrity pushback against 'MeToo' 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z To judge a manager in these terms is facile. José Mourinho’s living hell: everything he does magnifies Guardiola’s success | Barney Ronay 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z It is facile and destructive to claim that truth itself is relative. Opinion | ‘I, Tonya’ and you, too 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z “I think your identity thing is just too facile,” Justice Kennedy said. Justices Sharply Divided in Gay Rights Case 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z In sum, he told Mr Cole, “your identity thing is just too facile”. The Supreme Court is divided in a gay wedding cake case 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z Bill Clinton was a fantastic political adept and has a facile, deep, intelligence....plus he has the gift of gab. Celebrating a 25-Year-Old Clinton Win, but Still Stung by a Trump Defeat 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Football managers are facile when it suits them. José Mourinho’s living hell: everything he does magnifies Guardiola’s success | Barney Ronay 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z The illusory, facile nature of that idea is exposed in the novel. Celeste Ng: ‘It’s a novel about race, and class and privilege’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Focal made a choice to prioritize detail and precision in its sound over the more facile thrills of extra servings of bass. Focal Clear review: headphones for the stylish audiophile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Words hold immeasurable weight, which is why we bemoan Donald Trump’s mean and facile use of them. Opinion | Fighting Racism Is Not Just a War of Words 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z There are no facile cures for their deep, festering wounds. Japanese animated film 'A Silent Voice: The Movie' shines a potent light on bullying 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z That facile and false logic jumps over an obvious question: Shouldn’t the government do more to keep highly destructive weapons from the wrong hands? Opinion | America Used to Be Good at Gun Control. What Happened? 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Benchmark responded a week later, excoriating Mr. Kalanick’s motion as a “facile response” that did “not dispute the overwhelming factual basis for Benchmark ’s allegations.” Kalanick’s Feud With Benchmark Goes to Arbitration for Now, Judge Rules 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z The term “mass hysteria” was a facile denigration of a phenomenon that eluded the commentators and their framework of analysis. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Scapegoating Google for societal passiveness and for unscrupulous males seems a facile response. Opinion | Google Doesn’t Want What’s Best for Us 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The facile energy of social media transformed the personal outburst into a national issue. null 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Ultimately, they are facile actions that will hurt the city. Job No. 1 for Seattle’s next mayor: Be ready to stand up to City Council 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z That’s what makes the appropriation facile but also risky, according to advertising pros, who suggested the epigram can just as easily offend as entice. Never mind healthcare. President Trump has made slogans great again 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The comparison to the Russian probe is overblown and facile. Analysis | A quick guide to President Trump’s false Twitter claims today 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z The facile explanation for this is the unresolved division, within the party, between its radical tea party populist wing and its more moderate, business-friendly establishment wing. Perspective | The GOP cannot fix itself — let alone American health care 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z If so, and wary of facile essentialism, its “essence” is more likely community. Opinion | Hugh Hewitt’s definitions could use a little work 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z It is facile to label one candidate “establishment” and the other “progressive.” Opinion | Don’t disparage voters just because your candidate lost 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z “I find it curious and a bit disappointing how early in the campaign Antonio has shrunk to juvenile name-calling and facile negativity,” Newman said in an email. Antonio Villaraigosa targets Gavin Newsom as he stumps on Eastside 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Republican-led state legislature, lacking the stomach for further budgetary carnage, called a halt to Mr. Brownback’s experiment and to the facile conservative fiction that steep tax cuts trigger miraculous economic growth. Opinion | Kansas recognizes reality: Draconian tax cuts left the state’s budget in tatters 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z That’s a nice talking point for politicos; for most Virginians, it’s facile and irrelevant. Opinion | The Post’s endorsements in Virginia’s gubernatorial primaries 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The facile, cynical read on this would be that the only bedrock principle in politics is tribal advantage — which is probably half the story. Analysis | Republicans and Democrats are both wrong about leaks from intelligence agencies 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z In 1964, the results—which today impress me as more facile than felt—made him the first American to win the top prize at the Venice Biennale, and, at thirty-nine, the youngest artist. The Audacity of Robert Rauschenberg 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z There is still too much facile PR and wishful thinking in boardrooms and press offices. Let's hold Apple and Walmart to their big environmental promises 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z My whole life and everything I have learned proves that facile statement wrong.” The Daily 202: Democrats predict anti-Trump ‘tsunami’ in 2018 governor’s races 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Since my assignment was to tell what the French thought was going on, my only obvious, complete, facile source of information was the French press. Memories of Literary Paris 1972-03-03T05:00:00Z But their observations are facile and contrived, playing like heavy-handed interjections from the screenwriter. 'Big Little Lies' is an engrossing but glib tale of murder, marriage and motherhood 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, where he has made a name for himself as a facile writer. A look at the reported top contenders for the Supreme Court 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z For scientists, there are no facile answers; rather, there are complex questions that require disciplined, dispassionate and systematic thought — our aim to arrive at solutions that serve truth above expediency. Diversify Washington in more ways than one: Scientists must become more involved in political processes 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z The facile and stark distinction between real and fake, fact and invention, truth and lie suggests a failure on the part of mainstream American journalists to grasp the importance of interpretation. Who’s to blame for fake news? America’s real newsrooms. 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z By anyone’s definition, Roof is a racist, but surely this is too facile an explanation. A look inside the trial of Dylann Roof 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z But these inferences are too facile, because some increases connote good news, while others do not. Why Surging Stocks May Not Mean the Economy Trusts Trump 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The facile answer is to work much harder on diversity — not just racial and gender diversity, but also geographic diversity and diversity of thought. Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: When the Tech Industry Lives in a Bubble 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z It exasperated him that America “has been more concerned to render government just and moderate than to make it facile, well-ordered and effective.” The task ahead for today’s conservatives 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But leaning primarily on racism, bigotry or sexism to explain what happened Tuesday is too facile by half. What Clinton didn’t understand 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “I think Donald Trump may be facile with Twitter but mostly feels hostility towards these companies and their size,” Mr. Kelman said. Trump Expected to Seek Deep Cuts in Business Regulations 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Comparisons with any other folk-rooted Canadian singer-songwriters, female or male, are facile and misleading: this one, too, has her own voice. Beyond Bob Dylan: authors, poets and musicians pick their favourite songwriter 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Individually, Singaporeans are probably as facile as anybody in the world using IT, except maybe for the Koreans. Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong on the U.S. Election, Free Trade and Why Government Isn't a Startup 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z The substance of his rebellion was as facile as the mischaracterized “scream” that undid it. Neoliberal Clinton is the Left’s best bet: Democrats, not Republicans or Trump, expose the establishment’s limits 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z George F. Will’s Sept. 29 op-ed, “Conservatism must get dark to find light,” perpetuated a facile political stereotype and exemplified the “staleness” of which he accuses the Democrats. Trump has revealed that the GOP is a party of interests, not ideas 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z One needs to regularly thing about the subject matter in order to become facile with the material. As Students Return to School, Debate About the Amount of Homework Rages 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The racial difference between tube feeding rates is striking, but it's facile to speculate that the difference is due to doctors not spending enough time with nonwhite families. The Decline of Tube Feeding for Dementia Patients 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “To me Chekhov is so much about the restraints that class puts on you and the judgments people put on each other based on facile details, and that’s true of Austen, too,” Hamill says. ‘Sense and Sensibility’ as a comedy? Adaptation at Folger highlights Austen’s humor. 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z While “it takes a couple of uses to get facile with them” – particularly the removal part – Gunter says more of her patients are interested in them. Free Tampons Given to Students at Brown 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z I’m loath to jump to any facile conclusions about life imitating art or to speculate about how an artist’s inclination toward darkness might be a gateway to suicidal despair. Evil spirits crash the wedding in Marcin Wrona's funny-spooky 'Demon' 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Instant opinion is what matters, no matter how rushed, inaccurate, facile or unreasonable. Sixteen Thoughts on Colin Kaepernick 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z To his credit, though, Dew isn’t interested in the facile moral. A white Southerner searches for the source of his family’s racism 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The facile response is to see this as a product of the disproportionate number of violent crimes committed by African-Americans. The Ordinary Outrage of the Baltimore Police Report 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z I also was disappointed by the facile explanation from bank spokesman David Theis: “We aren’t about selling books in Washington — we want to spread knowledge in Burkina Faso.” Closing its bookstore shows how out of touch the World Bank has become 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z At first, I listen to the previous day’s news in français facile, following along with the transcript that RFI posts on the Internet, for learners around the world, every afternoon. Love in Translation 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z He's slick, a facile liar, convincing to those who are suffering. And Then There Was Trump 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z The facile dodge would be to say “neither,” since I live in a reliably Democratic northeastern state where my vote would never be the deciding ballot. Never-Trump Confidential 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Real life doesn't work that way, and only a facile mind would consider a problem like Olympic golf and decide that the solution was a lone scapegoat. Rory is right: It's not his job to "grow the game" - Golf Digest 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z “This facile assumption that more antitrust means greater equality and wealth is just way overbroad,” wrote Daniel Crane, an expert on antitrust law at the University of Michigan. With Competition in Tatters, the Rip of Inequality Widens 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z So there’s a resistance in the film to an overly facile decoding of what Vedanta is and what the spirituality of this community is. Beyond Yoga: Explore Life Inside a Hindu Spiritual Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z It would be facile to attribute any one of these events to future shock. Why We Need to Pick Up Alvin Toffler’s Torch 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Finally, I do realize that it’s facile to talk about the impact on a U.S. election that is still many months away, that it’s too simple to say “first Brexit, then Donald Trump.” Britain’s decision to leave the E.U. is a warning to America 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Berger is such a facile storyteller that people have wondered if the river story is true. The Big Fight Over Fossils 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Rich soon turned against this kind of facile literary transformation, which seemed to exempt her from the violent subordination she expressed. The Art in Adrienne Rich’s Activism 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z ExxonMobil’s final barb – that it is a company “that provides energy necessary for modern life” – is facile. ExxonMobil is in its climate change bunker and won’t let reality in 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z America’s global leadership demands movement on all these fronts while resisting facile populist appeals to turn inward. The liberal international order is under fire. The United States must defend it. 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z He didn't mention white-haired, eerily slim Bill Clinton, who may be derided a bit too facilely these days by pundits but probably remains a potential part of the campaign arsenal in the fall. We Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z After the hacks, TV analysts had plenty of time to sort through a variety of facile angles on the situation, nicely summed up and debunked in the Daily News. The Underside of the N.F.L.-Draft Hacking Scandal 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Early on, facile, pro-Donald pundits eagerly linked the Trump and Sanders candidacies. Trump like Bernie? Don’t be fooled by lazy comparisons — Sanders stands for all that Trump hates 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Donald Trump’s foreign-policy speech, which he delivered on Wednesday, in Washington, was—predictably—denounced by many conservatives as facile and incoherent. Donald Trump’s Very Republican Foreign-Policy Speech 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Assuming the legislative environment will all be the same for Hillary as it was for Bill is facile. What everybody missed about Charles Koch’s “endorsement” of Hillary Clinton 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z It's too facile to make the matter one of race or ethnicity. The Unbearable Whiteness of Baseball 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z |
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