| 单词 | gratuitous |
| 例句 | Folly, folly, his heart kept saying: conscious, gratuitous, suicidal folly! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had trained me, and now he trusted that I would create something that was true and honest, unflinching but not gratuitous. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke early, having slept soundly and dreamlessly thanks to my gratuitous drug use. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I found the gore a bit gratuitous, so I looked away for a second, asking Augustus, “How many dead people do you think there are?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z It was the most gratuitous sort of cruelty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I had not eaten the nuts; I was sorry that I had called her Aunt Addie; but I did not want to be singled out for gratuitous punishment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The praise is never phony, and the criticism never gratuitous. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It seemed not only gratuitous, but rather shameful given the circumstances. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It is most curious to see that you have so much time on your hands that you are able to simply wander about this house bothering others with gratuitous comments.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She said Weinstein harassed her on the movie, which she produced, demanding that she do a “gratuitous” nude scene with another female actor. Salma Hayek: male Hollywood stars should take pay cut 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Now though, sellers of luxury goods are opening stores in Nigeria where seemingly gratuitous displays of wealth are the norm. Luxury brands target Nigeria's wealthy elite 2012-03-22T10:37:32Z The "1-8-7" corpses are bloody but not gory, its language edgy but not overly so; a run of bleeps during an interrogation feels gratuitous. Promising "Detroit 1-8-7" uncertain of tone 2010-09-21T03:00:00Z Some of the novel's closing scenes, when Huck and Tom delay freeing the slave Jim and place rats and snakes in his shed, have baffled historians as cruel and gratuitous. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z I found it tedious, gratuitous and a number of other supercilious-sounding adjectives that will cause hardcore horror fans to dismiss me as a priss. Just How Scary is Sinister? 2012-10-11T15:30:57Z Why, a gratuitous double-page spread "investigating" which "jungle bikinis" worn in I'm a Celebrity ... Daily Mail 'investigates' I'm a Celebrity's jungle bikinis 2012-11-14T09:23:40Z The Intro: Yes, the producers managed to fit in a gratuitous shot of Nick in the shower. Nick Viall Is Back On The New Season of 'The Bachelor' 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z The film’s predictable story and use of familiar visual tropes are less egregious than its gratuitous approach to the death: the sounds of gunshots, the sight of a last text. ‘The 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Major Issues in Brief 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z I think it meant not contrived, not incidental or gratuitous: it had to be deeply felt, emotionally important. The Story Is the Thing: On Lucia Berlin 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z I think some of this extracurricular/Top Gear stuff is a bit gratuitous: it doesn't even have much impact on the final dish. Heston's Feasts 2010-04-06T23:05:00Z If you guessed “double-wristing,” the totally gratuitous but weirdly enduring practice of wearing two wristwatches at once, you’re possibly guilty of the extraneous practice yourself. Why Justin Bieber, Chris Pratt and Offset Like to ‘Double-Wrist’ 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z That’s not to say there isn’t wholly gratuitous nudity — this is pay cable, after all — but it’s more discreetly photographed and limited to one or two scenes per episode. Television Review: Like, O.K., to Pull the Sword From the Stone, Young Arthur Needs a Life Coach 2011-03-30T23:53:01Z Never showy or gratuitous, it was a performance as delicate and fine-grained as the porcelain that her doll-like character, Celeste, sometimes seemed to be made of. Nicole Kidman belongs in our pantheon of great actresses 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Yes, much in this long evening seemed gratuitous and belabored, but it was undeniably thrilling to see this legendary actor throw herself into each of her roles with almost feral abandon. Review: ‘Phaedra(s)’ Goes Psycho With Isabelle Huppert 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Photograph: BBC/Love Productions Remember the gratuitous squirrel with the massive plums from a couple of series ago? TV review: The Great British Bake Off Christmas Masterclass 2012-12-18T22:10:02Z Some critics thought the scene where Gladys got stoned was gratuitous violence that wasn’t earned. Justin Theroux on the 'Spiritual' New Season of 'The Leftovers' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z It was as if the heath scene in King Lear had been turned into a whole play, only set in modern-day Brighton, with lots of gratuitous shots of the beach. Rewind TV: The Fear; The Town; A Young Doctor's Notebook; The Secret Life of Rubbish; Imagine... Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me; Inside Claridge's – review 2012-12-09T00:06:09Z These last two especially are more gratuitous flourishes than conveniences. The Virtual Splendor of Paris’s Glass House 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Now, this is important information, because Yeoh is one of the greatest screen martial artists of all time and, now at 58, is rarely afforded opportunities to pummel bad guys with gratuitous flair. ‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Review: The Ladies Who Punch 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t think anything needs to be gratuitous, but I’m open to whatever needs to be. It will only be what’s necessary to serve the play.” Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon to Star in ‘Frankie and Johnny’ on Broadway 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z At the same time, though, he conceded that some of the landmark building projects that changed the skyline of our cities in the past 10 years were perhaps excessive, or even gratuitous. Are we heading for a drought in prestige architecture? 2010-07-19T16:54:00Z “Thrones” has been accused of showing gratuitous nudity and sex scenes many times throughout its run, but Gilly and Sam’s sex scene proved the show could handle these moments in ways that put character-building first. Hannah Murray rewrote her "Game of Thrones" sex scene to add more of Gilly’s perspective 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z But it felt gratuitous and out of place. The Inbetweeners: series three, episode five 2010-10-11T21:35:00Z He is joined on the bench by an enigmatic young woman, intense of speech, in love with the gratuitous soul-sickness of the post-millennium age. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z It was also stuffed full of gratuitous violence, brutal sex and plotlines that walked a fine line between brilliant and barking. Take five: classic US drama box sets 2012-08-10T12:29:34Z For all present, the gathering was a welcome alternative to a typical runway show, prompting one editor to remark, “What a nice way to start the week — without all the gratuitous fashion frenzy.” | Rachel Comey’s Intimate Dinner to Kick Off Fashion Week 2013-09-05T16:35:41Z These sections are hard to read, but never gratuitous, and, like the whole book, feel emotionally true at each beat. Six New Thrillers for Fall 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Except the Vampire Diaries was better than all of them, certainly superior to the gratuitous, tryhard True Blood and second only to Buffy in the all-time pecking order. Better than Buffy? Spare a thought for the Vampire Diaries 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Killer Mike said the violence against Brown was “very gratuitous” and that “there was no gun found on the child.” Talib Kweli argues with CNN anchor over Ferguson, Mo., coverage 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z The most important thing about the gratuitous umlaut is it does nothing so confusing as affect the pronounciation of the word. What could an umlaut do for you? 2013-05-27T14:46:26Z The four bonbons at the end were, alas, gratuitous. Itzhak Perlman revisits moments of early greatness with pianist Emanuel Ax 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s basically taking the place in the Starz schedule formerly occupied by “Spartacus,” and while it’s not as campy and debauched as its predecessor, it does make time for gratuitous sex and nudity. Television Review: ‘Black Sails’ Unleashes Some 18th-Century Pirates 2014-01-23T23:32:17Z Mr. Clug also takes a robot voice from the band’s album “OK Computer” as the excuse for a mechanical solo for Juliet, adroit but gratuitous. Dance Review: ?Radio and Juliet? at Skirball Center - Review 2011-10-24T22:02:11Z Critics say that Dahl’s books are bigoted, racist, sexist and larded with gratuitous violence. Salman Rushdie calls revisions to Roald Dahl books ‘absurd censorship’ 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z True, the film drags in parts, and it suffers from some gratuitous slapstick — evidence of its creators’ sketch comedy origins. From All-Star Flop to Astute Satire in Just 50 Years 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z It's a half-decent heavy rock album buried under layers of production and gratuitous faffing, which is an entirely apposite description of this show. Guns N' Roses - review 2010-10-14T20:30:00Z The nearest approach to art is gratuitous homicide. From the Observer archive, 11 November 1979: Through Gary Gilmore's eyes 2012-11-11T00:10:00Z This is not a criticism but a gratuitous assertion that the argument’s conclusion is false. Can we prove that God exists? Richard Dawkins and the limits of faith and atheism 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Don't engage in gratuitous travel by flying to exotic locations to get another notch on your "Look where I've vacationed" belt. 10 Ways to Be a Greener Traveler, Even if You Love to Fly 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z We are barely 12 minutes into Kitty Green’s “The Royal Hotel” before the first C-word is dropped, but it isn’t gratuitous. ‘The Royal Hotel’ Review: Pulling Pints and Watching Their Backs 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Out have gone the cocktail dresses and gratuitous sex, and in their place have come serious relationship angst and, well, that's about it. TV Review: Mistresses and Natural World 2010-08-06T05:45:00Z Violet is Gold's first wife, long abandoned and now living in a nursing home, which furnishes the opportunity for an entirely gratuitous mention of Auschwitz. The Death of Eli Gold by David Baddiel ? review 2011-03-05T00:07:11Z Those who defend trigger warnings, safe spaces and “empathetic correctness” have reasons for doing so, and no one wants vulnerable young people to experience gratuitous suffering. ‘Unwanted Advances’ Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z It is a superbly sardonic turn, enlivened by bursts of gratuitous comedy. Best European Fiction 2013, edited by Aleksandar Hemon – review 2013-02-01T09:01:01Z The New York Post, in an article picked up by FoxNews.com, also shared the gratuitous detail that Bourdain “hanged himself with the belt from his hotel bathrobe.” Clicks over ethics: Mainstream media’s coverage of suicide is careless, even dangerous 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z But you might also feel that Tony is being gratuitous, that there is a social value to well-meaning pieties and cutting people slack. Review: Ricky Gervais’s ‘After Life’ Is the Tearjerking of a Clown 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The overly clever construction works against making her a sympathetic figure, and the violence, while arguably not gratuitous, is excessive. Dream Home ? review 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z "It's a lot more thoughtful, hard work in order to create something that will be remembered and read, that goes beyond being just a gratuitous novelty." Philly book publisher the BRAAAINS! behind phenom 2010-10-15T12:16:00Z But it's not all gratuitous violence on TV. 'Sons of Anarchy': Making a case for TV violence 2012-11-19T12:58:13Z Malveaux elicited some uneasy laughs when she wound up a monologue about the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill harassment case with a gratuitous crack about the physical appearance of Thomas’s wife, Virginia. Most famous men accused of sexual misconduct have been lying low. Not Tavis Smiley. 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z There’s a gratuitous mystery involving a psychic and a suicide at a mountaintop resort. ‘Inheritance From Mother’: A must-read novel about the tangled bonds of motherhood 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z I’m not a prude, but gratuitous blue material to me is not only not classy, it’s a cheap laugh. Carol Burnett Taps Into Her Inner Child for Adult Advice 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z But in our modern age, inhumane treatment more typically implies something gratuitous, in excess of whatever a situation demands — punishment that’s cruel and unusual, cruelty as grounds for divorce. New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z So Mr. Connelly throws in the seemingly gratuitous fact that Irving is the son of Harry’s longtime enemy, Councilman Irvin Irving. Books of The Times: ?The Drop,? by Michael Connelly - Review 2011-11-23T23:55:42Z But chatter online from non-Koreans made it seem like the series' main draw was a combination of absurdity and gratuitous onscreen violence. The "Squid Game" critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It found Blundell's comments to be "gratuitous and unnecessary" and a violation of the Equitable Portrayal Code. Canadian DJ rebuked for insulting Justin Bieber 2010-10-25T03:26:00Z It was gratuitous, entirely out of character for Carrie and, frankly, precisely the sort of easy vilification of people with mental illness that “Homeland,” early on, seemed destined to transcend. 'Homeland' Recap: Has Carrie Turned Evil? 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Kersels’s stunt, apart from a gratuitous bit of audience participation, made for a fine opening act. Dance Review: Martin Kersels and Michael Mahalchick at St. Mark’s Church 2012-11-20T22:41:59Z Just gratuitous egging on of violence by the reviewer. In ‘Frankenstein in Baghdad,’ a Fantastical Manifestation of War’s Cruelties 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z The appearance seems completely gratuitous and not at all savvy; no homage is paid. 'Cut!' can be cruel with its torture 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Felver may situate his tales from New York through Ohio up to Montana but their gratuitous savagery homogenizes these settings. Shrewd Short Stories That Merge the Hopeless and the Hopeful 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z “Good to Go” depicted a music scene plagued by drug use and gratuitous violence. ‘Go Go Live’: An oral history of the genre’s biggest night 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But Legacy Records uses it in a gratuitous and offhanded way that made me uncomfortable. Legacy Records Looks for History in a Brand New Neighborhood 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z But there is nothing lurid or gratuitous about the telling, and each piece helps us make sense of the Jude we have gotten to know. 'A Little Life' a darkly beautiful tale of love and friendship 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Like the fables surrounding a Samuel Goldwyn Jr. or a David O. Selznick, tales of Mr. Bergé’s generosity were as legion as stories about his acts of gratuitous offense. Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive, Dies at 86 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z It was the first time in my career where I’ve been like, “You’d better put a gratuitous shirtless scene in one of these scripts or I’m going to lose my mind.” Joe Dempsie on ‘Game of Thrones,’ Gendry and Shirtless Scenes 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The chorus in the Momus scene was deployed in blocks, with a few gratuitous dancers to give the impression of movement on a crowded stage. At WNO, a ‘La Bohème’ that gets the job done But it is never gratuitous, even when a dying woolly mammoth’s eye looks out pleadingly before being blinded by a sharp stone. Where Does ‘Unicorn: Warriors Eternal’ Rank in the Tartakovsky Canon? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The second issue deals with the selection of gratuitous violence for shock value or because those who were powerfully affected by the event want others to experience the horror which they endured. Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z “I do not believe this would be happening if the film was at all gratuitous or exploitative,” she said. Nightingale director Jennifer Kent defends 'honest' depiction of rape and violence 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z She noted that when she blanched at nudity in a sex scene, telling him it felt gratuitous, he agreed with her suggestion to cover up. Juliette Lewis, an ‘Imagination Freak Fairy,’ Knows Her Worth 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z While I'm notching up criticisms I should also say there's a passage of gratuitous anti-semitism that does nothing for the reputation of either author. Joseph Conrad's science fiction novel 2011-01-14T10:19:56Z Though, the writers were kind enough to toss in two gratuitous scenes, one of sex, one of carnage, to keep things from dragging. The Walking Dead 'Self Help' Recap: The Big Lie 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z The violence becomes less gratuitous and, therefore, more distressing — indeed, you may root for them not to fight, even professionally, even as the show pushes you toward the moment when they will. MMA-themed 'Kingdom' hits all the right spots 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z When, toward the film’s close, she introduces her baby to Mr. Roberts — a “happy ending” to her weight struggles — the nakedly gratuitous bid for viewer sympathy prompts an opposite reaction. | 'America the Beautiful 2': Darryl Roberts?s ?America the Beautiful 2? ? Review 2011-10-11T22:27:11Z Mazarra said that it felt like a gratuitous kill, and that the shot of Hershel looking back while the barn fell was worth the change. The Walking Dead Watch: Beside the Dying Fire 2012-03-19T13:14:58Z Somewhere in the middle of these gratuitous reminders, the voice of Mr. Jones offers the avuncular admonition to “make a statement.” Review: A Message-Heavy Bill T. Jones Dance-Theater Collage 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z His boyish falsetto also proved too thin, contributing to a dearth in energy worsened by gratuitous self-promotion that witnessed Soulchild refer to himself in the third person. Kem keeps things classy, stylish at Auditorium 2011-03-27T14:13:34Z Resource usage, the corporate economy and gratuitous commodity consumption are certainly integral to the shape of American social functioning. 'The Gildless Age': A different tale of the '1 percent' at the Torrance Art Museum 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Not that Shakespeare is a newcomer to the gratuitous allusion game. It’s Time to Turn the Page on the Trump-Shakespeare Comparisons 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z I went into this show expecting the grotesque and perhaps even the gratuitous, especially once I passed a sign in the theater warning the audience about the nudity and the play’s content. Review: In Clare Barron’s ‘Shhhh,’ Staging a Memoir of the Body 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z In Hollywood, gratuitous excess — not necessity — is the mother of invention. | 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides': Whale Oil Explodes and Buccaneers Bellow 2011-05-19T18:31:34Z We were cognizant and quite vigilant in making sure that none of our violence was gratuitous and not whitewashing what happened. "Antebellum," Janelle Monae's cross-dimensional thriller, was literally born from a nightmare 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Of course, like many others, I could do with less gratuitous sexual violence and general demeaning of women. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z And yet the horror is not gratuitous, and there is a point to it. The Cannes film festival in my head 2010-05-11T09:53:00Z And how much of this was gratuitous shock theater rather than soul baring personal statement? Concert review: Madonna at the United Center 2012-09-20T07:42:00Z Concerning a violent rift between two families brought together during the spread of a dangerous virus, it offers up the sort of psychological scares that linger in the mind far longer than gratuitous gore. Summer 2017's best movies: from Scarlett Johansson's hen night to Morrissey's teen years 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Don't bother to venture West to visit, and by all means don't even dream of spreading the nation's virulent epidemic of gratuitous mean-spiritedness to this corner of the country by moving here. A Celebration of Black Southern Food, at JuneBaby in Seattle 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z The cannibalism scene audiences have been reacting to most is not particularly gratuitous – in fact it involves something as small, and as common, as a finger. Raw director Julia Ducournau on how to make a horror film as creepy as possible 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The gratuitous nudity raises suspicions of whether Blunder is on some level blaming the victim. 'Autumn Blood' sheds gratuitous violence 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “Vida” makes a lot of racket while trying to be sex-positive; like “Looking” and “Girls,” these scenes aim to be frank and provocative but can just as easily come off as gratuitous and immature. Review | Beneath ‘Vida’s’ so-so take on family drama, there’s a better show about gentrification 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z And for too long: The show, directed by Sash Bischoff, clocks in at more than three hours, with nearly a third of that time given over to maximally gratuitous dance sequences. Review: Welcome to Prom. Try Not to Die. 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z The film contains enough gratuitous naked torsos that it is sure to satisfy those fans. Movie Review: ‘One Direction: This Is Us,’ Documentary by Morgan Spurlock 2013-08-29T21:53:09Z Go! hit show, featuring songs for kids intended as an alternative to "Lady Gaga and the Saturdays' gratuitous suspenders and bums in the air". When pop goes bad: novelty records 2010-09-22T20:30:00Z The spectacular costuming, set designs are ruined by gratuitous sleaze masquerading as theatre. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z I’m surprised people thought it was gratuitous, because to me it did seem like a very big part of her character. In "Hausfrau," "Anna Karenina" Goes "Fifty Shades of Grey" 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Another scene -- singled out by McNamara and other writers as gratuitous -- strikes me as one of the cleverest and most useful deployments of nudity on the series. In defense of HBO's "unnecessary" nudity 2011-07-06T14:07:00Z “Suggestions have multiplied, amplified by some media, which are totally gratuitous and which have gone well beyond the facts, offering an image of the Holy See which does not respond to reality,” he said. 50 marathons in 50 days 2012-06-06T22:24:00Z Television currently abounds in them, with footwork frequently invisible, cross-cutting in the middle of phrases, and gratuitous reaction shots. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z The nods to these heavyweights happen in an eye blink, and they felt gratuitous and self-conscious the first time I saw “Blackhat.” ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z India’s film censor frequently orders cuts to films it believes are too racy, gratuitous or risk offending religious sentiments. Indian film board clears Lipstick Under My Burkha for release 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Split-screen, saturated colour, ropey back-projection, gratuitous zooms: Black Dynamite is so on the money you could almost be watching genuine 1970s blaxploitation instead of a 2009 spoof, custom-made to mimic the real McCoy. Anne Billson 2010-08-12T22:34:00Z Though the harsh language begins to feel oppressive, it apparently isn’t gratuitous. Theater Review: ‘Satchmo at the Waldorf,’ at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven 2012-10-17T21:47:00Z The piece was first amended to remove some of the more gratuitous descriptions of Chopra, then deleted altogether. US magazine deletes article calling Priyanka Chopra a 'scam artist' 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Parts of it were a mess of gratuitous nudity and swordplay. "The Witcher" is back to give women a more equal share in its power 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z While Latifah loves action and fighting, she doesn’t go in for gratuitous violence. Queen Latifah ‘stoked’ to land post-Super Bowl slot for show 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Local police scarcely bothered about this gratuitous homicide. An Algerian novelist takes on Camus in ‘The Meursault Investigation’ 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z This being new circus, there are no animals and no gratuitous virtuosity. L?ng T?i (My Village) - review 2011-07-26T12:59:02Z But the list of negatives far outweighed the positives: gratuitous violence; a sad and lonely main character; and an apparent need to link anything and everything Marvel together. Less po-faced, more pow! Why Netflix and Marvel need to lighten up 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z His rapping, such as it is — very much in the mold of the Streets, or after-hours Drake, or Barry White intros — is almost comically erotic: intense eye contact, gratuitous detail, oily and damp. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z And I called the creator, I was like, ‘It’s just gratuitous. We get it, we’ve already seen it once.’ Meghan Markle Left ‘Suits.’ Here’s What She Took With Her. 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z It's all mildly intriguing, but as the oddities proliferate – underground rabbis, fluid-filled "Moses Mouth" listening devices – so they begin to seem increasingly gratuitous. The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus - review 2012-06-07T07:00:02Z It’s hard to ignore the gratuitous excess, the worrisome superficiality, the aqueous extravagance. D. J.s, Swim Briefs, $25 Coladas: In Vegas, the Party’s at the Pool 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z Nearly every time a woman is mentioned, there’s a gratuitous pronouncement on her looks. Woody Allen’s New Memoir Is Sometimes Funny — and Tone Deaf and Banal 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Now add in the disparagement of reporters that we’ve seen worsen in recent days: Trump’s gratuitous insult of ABC’s Cecilia Vega was another new low. Perspective | Dishing up lies while proclaiming the love of facts, Trump and Sarah Sanders gaslight America 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Faber and Faber, Ridley's publishers, refused to publish the text on account of "its gratuitous violence and cruelty to children". Folly of banning Moonfleece 2010-03-30T15:20:00Z What about genteel Japan, the fetish mecca — or the puritanical yet gratuitous United States? A White-Knuckle Ride to the Dark Side of Love and Infidelity 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z I wanted to show it, but I didn’t want it to be gratuitous. Vikings Star Travis Fimmel and Creator Michael Hirst Talk Season 2 Finale 2014-05-01T15:37:54Z Nostalgia for a more innocent age of gratuitous nudity, gunplay and cigarette smoking. Review: ‘The Nice Guys’ Pairs Gosling and Crowe as Slapstick Detectives 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z If the play is all that good then the line, like the title, is gratuitous. Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z This is made all the more gratuitous by the fact that Dominic Rowan's Henry is one of the production's outstanding strengths. Henry VIII 2010-05-25T20:29:00Z For a few minutes, he encapsulated that triumph, now against declining technical ability and, frankly, against too much time wasted in the pursuit of gratuitous musical rewards. Itzhak Perlman revisits moments of early greatness with pianist Emanuel Ax 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Jodorowsky’s dominant trait seems to be an exuberant sense of wonder rather than a desire to serve up gratuitous shocks. ‘The Dance of Reality,’ Jodorowsky’s Comeback Film 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z But Romping Shop, with its gratuitous condemnation of same-sex relationships in the opening bars? Ezra Pound wrote the world’s single greatest poem, but is it wrong to love a fascist? | Ash Sarkar 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The metaphor is obvious, but the illustration is graphic, some would say gratuitous, and the video was immediately banned by YouTube, though you can still see it on miauk.com. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z When North Carolina was called for Trump, the floor let forth a boo that no longer seemed gratuitous. A Dark Night at the Javits Center 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It is gratuitous, but it does seem like an implicit slap at Trump and his disregard for America’s global relationships. On Barack Obama’s Memoir and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The first draft of the manuscript had to be redone, he says, after his wife went through it with a pen, writing "gratuitous hostility" many times in the margin. Greg Bellow: My father, Saul 2013-04-27T08:01:15Z But the movie keeps a lighthearted tone with a “Pineapple Express”-like soundtrack and gratuitous close-ups of weed strains. What to Watch This Weekend: ‘Last Chance U’ and ‘Rolling Papers’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Nothing was gratuitous and it all had to be exactly as he wanted. How we made The Servant, by Sarah Miles and Wendy Craig 2013-03-25T19:10:59Z But while the story is harrowing it never strays into gratuitous territory. Tyrannosaur: a debut with claws 2011-01-24T17:00:46Z In any case it’s not a trash, cheap show that just pulls at violence at random, gratuitous moments. “‘Westworld’ is a lot tamer than video games”: Putting graphic TV violence in context 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Sophia and Annie share the type of obnoxious vocabulary that makes gratuitous use of abbreviations, inane references to male anatomy and lyrics from rap songs they probably have never listened to in full. Review | ‘Girlboss’ is so two-thousand and late 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Carol kills the woman zombie by stabbing her in the eye for one of the most gratuitous kills we’ve seen in a while. The Walking Dead Watch: Hershel Hangs On? 2012-10-22T14:51:10Z The scene initially reads as gratuitous and cartoonish, but we quickly adapt to the narrator’s waking nightmare. Review | Mieko Kawakami’s ‘Heaven’ follows a bullied boy searching for meaning 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z In Britain, he is regarded as a sensationalist lowlife whose films rely on gratuitous nudity, drug use and violence.His official debut, The Driller Killer, was actually his second movie. Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' 2010-08-05T20:29:00Z With female backers, they also weren’t subject to the normal demands of studio filmmaking: no gratuitous nudity or foregrounded love stories. What Did It Take to Make ‘Equity,’ a Film About Women on Wall Street? 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Spero does not indulge in gratuitous violence, but he doesn’t think twice about defending himself. Books of The Times: ?The Cut? by George Pelecanos - Review 2011-08-28T21:41:49Z But Ms. Lewis and Mr. Sykes imbue them with so much passion that their inclusion does not seem gratuitous. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Breath and Imagination,’ at Hartford Stage 2013-01-26T01:22:56Z They are perhaps the more gratuitous given the unstudied truth of the performances Mr. Cromer draws from the entire cast. | 'A Streetcar Named Desire': Small Space, Big Egos: Something Will Explode 2010-06-18T23:18:00Z Let's let them do their job - and not give the jihadists any opportunity to claim gratuitous insults against them. 'South Park' Muhammad Episode Sparks Rage?Again 2010-04-22T18:54:00Z The conflation never felt gratuitous because its makers seemed to deeply understand what they were up to and took their time fully revealing that to us. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The exploitation boom of the 70s moved Nazi fiction into more lurid territory, gratuitous gore and supple flesh the order of the day. War is hell: Overlord and the history of battle-set horror movies 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z But it is too flat-footed and sloppy to explore the obvious parallels between then and now, and the movie is peppered with gratuitous star cameos that distract rather than enlighten. Review: James Franco Tackles Steinbeck’s ‘In Dubious Battle’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Warning: this post contains spoilers and a gratuitous reference to “The Walking Dead.” ArtsBeat Blog: Terence Winter Looks Back on the Mother of All 'Boardwalk Empire' Seasons 2011-12-12T06:28:56Z The most gratuitous work in the show is a six-channel video — why six channels when two or three would do? — recording the destruction of a Ferrari as it tumbles across the pavement. 'The 14th Factory' art exhibition, despite all the hype, is an $18 ticket to spectacle 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z “It is not so gratuitous as to say: ‘Buy this! Front Row: Du Jour, a New Magazine for the Wealthy 2012-08-08T19:25:07Z Mr. Barry, who is also producing “Treasure Island,” called the battle at the center of one recent rehearsal — the one with the near-simultaneous crotch kicks — “the play’s totally gratuitous fight scene.” Battle-Honed Commander Unleashes Pirates 2011-02-25T00:04:44Z The opening scene in Elizabeth's palace is garishly staged, with what look like red rafters hanging down from the ceiling and gratuitous acrobats in devil costumes, but once past this, matters improve. DiDonato a luminous Mary Stuart at Met 2013-01-01T09:46:04Z There's something gratuitous about the show – you feel slightly self-conscious to be looking at so many painted flowers, imbibing so much visual pleasure. Floral fantasies: garden paintings reveal the radicalism of the Impressionists 2010-08-20T12:40:00Z Props should go to Oliver Reed and Alan Bates, the actors who got the balls rolling in 1969 with their gratuitous nude wrestling in front of a roaring fire in Women in Love. Full frontal: why the fuss over Chris Pine's 'dazzling' penis? 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But plot is very nearly incidental to this novel; all of its real conviction lies in style, which is, in an age suspicious of ornament, defiantly baroque, studded with gratuitous beauties. Caleb Crain’s “Overthrow” and the Power of Literary Form 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z And while predicated on border gang rivalries, the violence in the film is neither gratuitous nor gory. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 'Broken Horses' treks from Bollywood to Hollywood 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z We're disappointed by these titles – whatever happened to the gratuitous pun? The best celebrity memoir titles 2012-10-06T23:05:59Z We suspect that much of the detail is gratuitous; we don’t have faith that we’ll need it all. “Case Closed,” Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast With Answers? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z We’re accustomed, if we enjoy film and TV at all, to consuming it with a whopping dose of gratuitous female nudity. Women, stop apologizing for loving “Magic Mike XXL”: Our visual pleasure matters as much as any man’s 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z But then, gratuitous is this movie’s very stock in trade, and most of it relates to blood and sex. The Zipless, First-Person Violence of “Hardcore Henry” 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z While recipe boxes use less gratuitous packaging than a supermarket shop, I’m collapsing cardboard boxes so frequently my recycling must look like a cubist montage. Is this cooking for idiots? My week eating nothing but ‘recipe box’ food 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z As we cement a new grand alliance with France in north Africa, we might want to think about the gratuitous insults to all French people in Hogarth's painting O! Hogarth and Scarfe offend humanity … and that is why they are great 2013-01-30T14:19:02Z And now it’s been brought to life with all the genre style and gratuitous horror effects fans would hope for. Exclusive First Look ? Official Trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012-02-13T15:35:39Z Presenting Mr. Lieberson in context with fellow composers was a promising idea, but there was something gratuitous about repeating works that had just been heard and calling the program a tribute. Music Review: Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival in New Mexico 2012-07-29T20:46:59Z Responding to White’s appearance, Teller said, “That is just gratuitous stunt casting.” ‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere Weighs in on Its Own Trump Sketch 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Just stare at the gratuitous drawings of a female in a swimsuit. ArtsBeat Blog: Rating the No. 1's: 'Wonder Woman,' 'Nightwing' and More 2011-09-22T18:36:43Z I wouldn't say that Zoo Time is a lament for the novel of gratuitous offensiveness. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z There will, however, be no gratuitous cleavage heaving. Kathryn Hunter to play Cleopatra at RSC | Interview 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Avoid, if you can, giving gratuitous offence . . . you risk losing your readers. Civilities: The current rage about ‘political correctness’ is both wrong and rude 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z I find it hard to excuse gratuitous depictions of violence. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Magnet ends his book with a gratuitous, even racist assault on Barack Obama, in which the former president’s mother is trashed as a “Kumbaya mother” and a “flibbertigibbet white mother.” How Should We Understand Clarence Thomas? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z The scene is not essential to the story but neither is it gratuitous; George is grimly reminding us just how ugly this world can be. Inspector Lynley returns in Elizabeth George’s ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z PS3PC Medal of Honor Warfighter Electronic Arts The mercifully short campaign tells a muddled, incoherent tale of global terrorism, complete with gratuitous flag-waving and overstated reverence for the military. Medal of Honor: Warfighter – review 2012-11-11T00:06:00Z The flight of the Foxes brings them into contact with federal agents, human traffickers, border militiamen and drug cartels in a slowly dizzying whirl of coincidence and gratuitous violence. Review: A New ‘Mosquito Coast,’ This Time With Narcos 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Sequences trying to depict Cobain's crippling stomach pain with queasy gastrointestinal footage felt a bit gratuitous. 'Montage of Heck': A sympathetic look at the life of Kurt Cobain 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Lively performances and vivid special effects ensure that veterans and first-timers alike will enjoy this hoary but never gratuitous lesson in the value of generosity. The 99-Seat Beat: Holiday theater to get you in the spirit, from Jane Austen to Chico's Angels 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The Western ballet world used to deplore the addition of a Jester to “Swan Lake” as a tacky Soviet excuse for gratuitous display. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z These elisions feel even more jarring given the ample time devoted to Lauryn Hill, an executive producer of the film, who appears throughout to offer broad, mostly gratuitous cultural commentary. ‘Why Is We Americans?’ Review: A Family Synonymous With Newark 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Clearly, “I Am the Night” works some of the same territory as “True Detective”: the haunted masculinity, the Freudian hogwash, the personal demons of sleuths, the gratuitous invocations of the occult. The Straightforward Trashiness of “I Am the Night” 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z I found Chris Hayes’s review of Michiko Kakutani’s “The Death of Truth” to be primarily a vehicle for Hayes to deliver a personal, gratuitous and venomous attack on the president of the United States. Letters to the Editor 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z But how to reconcile that with scenes of a chance meeting with an El Chapo-esque drug lord, gratuitous mallet-swinging and hunting down a sex toy in Las Vegas? What exactly is Sean Penn’s role in the mysterious ‘Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff’? 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z But his approach doesn’t rely just on removing gratuitous high notes. Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Requiring gratuitous nudity of their already minor roles seems like adding insult to injury. Netflix's 'Narcos': Watched It All? Talk About It With the Critic Neil Genzlinger 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z I don’t think — we don’t have gratuitous sex in Vikings. Vikings Star Travis Fimmel and Creator Michael Hirst Talk Season 2 Finale 2014-05-01T15:37:54Z It was an outrageous plot point that was saved from being nihilistically gratuitous by showing actual emotional consequences for nearly all the characters of “Murder House”; it wasn’t titillating, it was upsetting. ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Recap: Strange Appetites 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Beyond the evolution of Twitter’s product functionality, hashtags and gratuitous @mentions do seem to be less popular than they were 5 years ago. Hashtags and @Mentions: What's In And What's Out On Twitter 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Until then, this “extended meditation” on a scene from “King Lear” is punctuated by an occasional quip or concept that keeps it watchable, despite other gratuitous episodes that arise. | 'Storm Still': ?King Lear? Inspires a Riff on the Endurance of Time 2011-02-27T23:00:47Z One would have to deploy considerable ingenuity to read these asides as anything other than gratuitous racist jokes. Philip Roth and race: A legendary novelist's troubling pattern 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z His “Confessions of a White Racist” — he called it “a gratuitous admission of guilt on behalf of all white racists past and present, malignant and benign” — was a finalist for a National Book Award. Author, ‘Whorehouse’ Playwright Larry L. King Dies 2012-12-21T15:05:08Z At other times, the use of body doubles seems gratuitous and distracting. Music Review: At Met, the New ?Ring? Is Mostly a Success 2010-09-28T06:30:00Z Shows have varied as “Northern Exposure,” “Private Practice,” “Skins,” “House of Cards,” “Jessica Jones,” “Scream Queens,” and “Pretty Little Liars,” have all offed their queer female characters in ways that feel both gratuitous and unnecessary. Stop killing off TV’s lesbians: This depressing trope limits storytelling about queer women 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Sex in these films isn’t gratuitous titillation but a way of expressing character, motivation and meaning. Sex factor: Nicolas Roeg and Bernardo Bertolucci's transgressive legacy 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z “Pure guesswork” was a gratuitous jab at my Stevens philosophy buddies. The probability of human existence, calculated 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z Over time, he’s cheesed things up on record with keyboards, synthesizers and other gratuitous glop. Concert review: Leonard Cohen at Akoo Theatre 2012-11-24T07:58:00Z McDonagh wants his violence to be truthful and authentic, he says, to be entertaining without being gratuitous. Seven Psychopaths: 'You can't kill dogs in Hollywood' 2012-12-01T00:01:00Z But what made it stand out was a sophisticated understanding of how pop music functions as sensory overload and emotional release, culminating in a finale that was a gratuitous, indulgent, loud explosion of pure joy. The Pop Musical: Go Big (and Loud) or Go Home 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Judging from its English dialogue, gratuitous nudity and graphic sex, the American-educated Kumar didn't intend it for an Indian audience in the first place. 'Unfreedom,' with stale perspectives and gratuitous sex, has a hollow ring 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Centipedes make cameo appearances, while intimations of child abuse and stalking are wholly gratuitous. Review: In ‘Camera Obscura,’ Murder in His Viewfinder 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Then, as if to provide a gratuitous refresher course in the preciousness of life, Mr. Prine again learned he had cancer in 2013, this time with a spot on the left lung. John Prine Endures, With a Half-Smile and a Song 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z The reader is shown the dead and those soon to die, but never in a manner that is gratuitous or sensationalist. Well read 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z And the ironically titled Ukrainian offering "My Joy" is a seemingly endless sequence of acts of gratuitous violence. Death and loss dominate dour Cannes fest 2010-05-24T11:30:00Z To Demi Moore: "If it wasn't gratuitous and it was tastefully done, would you consider keeping your clothes on for a role?" Top redheads 2010-06-15T14:31:00Z That also means “cutting ties,” as you suggest in your signature, would be gratuitous, and another ill-advised political leap. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Opting out of the in-laws’ too-grand reopening doesn’t go over well 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z “Aquarius’s” violence isn’t gratuitous, but it might be a jolt to network viewers. NBC’s ‘Aquarius’: Come for the Manson, stay for the sober upheaval 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Stafford Smith relates, unsparingly, the barbarism of execution, and the gratuitous, procedural humiliations and cruelties America includes for the hell of it. Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America – review 2012-07-07T23:05:09Z And in the ambition to tell a story that rivals “Game of Thrones,” it is the first installment to be rated “M” for mature because of its gory violence and gratuitous use of obscenities. Final Fantasy XVI Takes on Its ‘Star Wars’ Problem 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Unfolding without a superfluous second or gratuitous image, this morally nuanced thriller owes much of its haunting mood to Milton Kam’s dreamy cinematography. | 'Red White & Blue': Loose Connections That Lead to Horror 2010-10-08T01:34:00Z First, the idea that religion is a gratuitous cause of violence, whose elimination would promote peace. Trouble and strife 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z This place couldn’t be more “Quentin Tarantino” unless it was treating us to gratuitous shots of bare feet. Quentin Tarantino-themed bar in New York City will have 'curator' creating 'Kill Bill,' 'Django'-inspired art 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z He was perfectly fine, but the lurid and gratuitous SVU was a strange place to try to share an affirming message. Joe Biden's Cameo on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Played Up the Show's Flaws 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z This is nowhere as gratuitous as, say, the 2019 DruidShakespeare production of “Richard III,” or even the current Broadway staging of “Macbeth,” with its severed limbs and crotch wounds. Review: In a Powerful ‘Hamlet,’ a Fragile Prince Faces His Foes 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z And “Sisu” feels designed with an audience’s fervent enthusiasm in mind: It seems to pause for applause after its most gratuitous kills. ‘Sisu’ Review: Sweat Wicking 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z It was painful to find that in the episodes of my life, and to work with what we call gratuitous violence. In ‘Afropessimism,’ a Black Intellectual Mixes Memoir and Theory 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z But it has left open-ended a crucial concern: How does an audience empathize with a main character responsible for such gratuitous suffering? Perspective | Ben Platt’s seven-year journey with ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ has taken him from Arena Stage to Hollywood 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z "Zulu'"s explcit, and, at times even gratuitous, depiction of violence and inter-human relations, paints a highly cynical picture of post-colonial Cape Town, one in which authorities are corrupt and vigilante justice is king. `Zulu,' violent portrait of S. Africa, ends Cannes 2013-05-26T17:15:13Z As spoof reporter Dennis Pennis asked Demi Moore: “If it wasn’t gratuitous and it was tastefully done, would you consider keeping your clothes on in a movie?” Celebrity skin: the stars who’ve stripped 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z Is it gratuitous, then, to use the review as a platform to discuss her methods? The Zaha Hadid lawsuit and the critic's responsibility 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z That campaign amounts to a handsomely designed playable movie that’s as generous with its exposition as it is with its action and gratuitous cleavage, and the occasional titillating sex cinematic. “The Witcher” is baffling to the uninitiated, but diehards swear by its throwback fantasy charms 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z There is also something a touch gratuitous about transforming a courtesan into a chanteuse who appears at the Cafe Americain in a gorilla suit before launching into Cole Porter's At Long Last Love. The Comedy of Errors 2010-06-30T20:31:00Z In erotic romance it isn’t just gratuitous sex put in there so people can ready dirty books or kids can check ‘em out and highlight them and say, “Ooh, look at this!” Before “Fifty Shades of Grey” 2012-07-14T23:00:00Z Scenes are staged as precisely as painted tableaus, with handsome shadows and gratuitous whippets. ‘Will-o’-the-Wisp’ Review: A Prince Throws Off His Privilege 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Comedy doesn't always have to have a message but it does if it's courting offense, especially if it's offensive about groups who are still in the minority; otherwise it's just gratuitous bullying. Between Seth MacFarlane and the Onion, Oscars night was a festival of misogyny 2013-02-26T15:30:58Z Your spontaneous confession of disliking physical contact with men seems gratuitous, but who cares? How Do I Get Off the Mailing List ... of a Family Member? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z To compare these ballets to Apollo, the programme's opening work, is gratuitous. Royal Ballet Mixed Programme – review 2013-02-24T17:45:01Z For all its absurdities, including a Puck-like goblin who provides a strangely gratuitous love potion, the play has an eccentric charm. St John's Night – review 2012-07-15T17:29:01Z To name her now just feels gratuitous, lacking sufficient public purpose. Jackie’s rape story was false. So why hasn’t the media named her by now? 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z But it’s in this scene that we watch the first gratuitous twist in “Switch.” ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Premiere: No Seriously, Call Saul 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z It was not an opportunity for gratuitous ogling wrapped up in the guise of “saving the boobies.” The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Far from being gratuitous, the scene was integral to the program's unflinching attitude toward the vilest human behavior. The problem with American remakes of British shows 2011-02-09T15:01:00Z Netflix’s The Witcher is the latest show to conform to the fantasy juggernaut’s template of gruesome violence and largely gratuitous nudity. Game of Thrones: how it dominated the decade – then lost its way 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z You won’t see more dolly shots, crane shots and gratuitous uses of a fish-eye lens in any other television episode this year. Review: ‘American Horror Story: Hotel,’ as Depraved as Ever 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z “I always love to be able to tap into all those colors, and it’s not gratuitous,” he said. Television: Old-Time Stuff Is Not Forgotten 2011-05-27T18:40:43Z It’s the sort of setup you associate with gratuitous splatter movies. Critic’s Notebook: In London, ‘Minsk, 2011’ and ‘Mercury Fur’ 2012-06-29T22:09:31Z After decades of feminist critique, moviemakers are more wary of appearing sexist with gratuitous cheesecake, and observant, educated, and critical audiences are more likely to point it out. Beefcakes are the new cheesecakes 2013-12-22T20:00:00Z On Thursday, she fired back with her own accusations that the actor subjected her to “gratuitous unwanted physical contact” and saddled her with domestic tasks that male employees were not asked to do. Robert De Niro and Ex-Aide Take Each Other to Court Over Office Behavior 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z The use of drone cameras, ubiquitous and often gratuitous throughout this year’s festival, is fully justified here, and the grandeur calls for a theater-size screen. The Dance on Camera Festival Turns 50, Embracing Its Niche 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Perhaps Three Kingdoms really is a gratuitous mess. Three Kingdoms: the shape of British theatre to come? 2012-05-16T13:35:29Z When the technology is used for its funniest and most entertaining purposes, as it was recently in "Piranha 3-D," it's all about the wild, gratuitous gimmicks. 'Jackass 3D': Bad boys' pranks, stunts not so in-your-face 2010-10-14T20:42:00Z HBOing – Posting topless photos of women on the Internet, then arguing that they aren't gratuitous because they add something to the cultural conversation. Owling is the new planking, and other made-up trends 2011-07-12T21:13:00Z “Black Dynamite” is gratuitous in its satire, attempting the most off-color gags it can muster. From ‘Proud Family’ to ‘The Boondocks’: 11 Black Animated Series 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Do you think the female nudity in Game of Thrones is gratuitous or is it fitting for the patriarchal world they live in? Carice van Houten: ‘I feel like my back is straightening when I become Melisandre’ 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z This is hefty saga territory, but the novel's length is still gratuitous. The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z “Dinner in America” delivers on surprise and explosiveness, but much of its offensive language, both racist and homophobic, feels gratuitous in a film that might have otherwise landed as an offbeat love story. ‘Dinner in America’ Review: A Punk-Rock Love Story 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Other shows with a gorgeous female star might chuck in gratuitous bed scenes, but Hunted has Sam – at least twice an episode – knocking 10 bells out of burly interlopers. Hunted: series one, episode two 2012-10-11T21:05:01Z The author of Game of Thrones has finally responded to the question everyone wants answered—why the gratuitous violence against women in the books and TV series? George R. R. Martin Explains 'Game of Thrones' Violence Against Women 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Where stories about American slavery are often gratuitous, reducing its horror to explicit violence and brutality, “Kindred” is controlled and precise. The Essential Octavia Butler 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z We tried to find the right emotions behind those scenes, so they are not gratuitous or boring. "Lady Chatterley's Lover" director on sensuality and "a woman who takes ownership of her body" 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Less surprising is a gratuitous, last-minute plot twist that serves to cement the film’s portrayal of Barrow as a tragic, star-crossed hero. Television Review: ‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ a Special on A&E, History and Lifetime 2013-12-05T22:04:55Z This must have seemed like a good idea to someone, but, in practice, it seems, for both Magneto and Mr. Singer, like gratuitous, imagination-deficient grandstanding. Old and New Cast Join in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The level of violence executed during the play was also gratuitous. Stage reader review roundup: your take on Damned by Despair and This House 2012-10-12T15:11:55Z The opening episode contained a gratuitous stabbing scene that felt very new French extremity, and since then we've been treated to a graphic moment of cannibalism and a strange oozing scar. Have you been watching … The Returned? 2013-07-18T13:06:46Z It's the sort of setup you associate with gratuitous splatter movies. ArtsBeat: Britain Devours Itself Onstage: 'Mercury Fur' in London 2012-06-26T15:36:49Z Best use of gratuitous sparkle: When it came to glitter, there was no one who shone brighter over Halloween weekend than Jenna Dewan Tatum whose magical unicorn costume consisted of everything silver, shimmering, and rainbow-colored. These Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes of 2016 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z Critics wrote numerous articles dissecting this now-viral moment, one claiming it was “pointlessly gratuitous”. 'It triggered mass panic!' – is Euphoria the most shocking teen show ever? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z What you’re responsible for is not causing gratuitous pain by misleading or withholding information from people. Carolyn Hax: Truth in dating counts, even in the short term 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The title is a clunky and gratuitous conceit. Review: ‘Heisenberg’ Features an Explosive Pairing of Actors 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z I've had this conversation about the smoking throughout the show because people thought it was gratuitous. 'Mad Men's' Matthew Weiner greets the end with exhilaration, woe 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z That gratuitous round of applause at the end, for the returning saviors, and thus, by implication, for the movie’s own bravado? “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Reviewed 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z And while it might seem gratuitous scepticism to doubt the integrity of Shakespeare's text, it is clear that someone edited the Folio. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z In places the story staggers under the weight of unwieldy plot mechanics and gratuitous emotional explication. Two New Wonderlands, Richly Imagined and Full of Peril 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “We all know how it ends and I don’t think it needs to be diluted by an overreliance on gratuitous violence.” Story of Australian woman who skinned and cooked partner to be told in film 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z There are slithering glissandos galore, but here they felt like earthy microcosms of the work’s sly transitions rather than gratuitous interpolations. Music Review: The Takacs Quartet Interprets Bartok 2014-01-21T22:03:40Z Angry customers use gratuitous profanity, vow never to do business with the company again, promise to sue — or all three. Perspective | Got a complaint about the travel industry? Take it to the top. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z But it’s not as if aspiring autocrats declare when it’s time for autocracy; instead they resort to their crude repertoire, inciting bigotry, agitating for “law and order” and subjecting immigrants to gratuitous cruelty. In ‘Surviving Autocracy,’ Masha Gessen Tells Us to Face the Facts 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z It would seem from this description that Never Let Me Go is a work of unremitting bleakness and gratuitous sordidity. Rereading: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 2011-01-29T00:06:20Z No gratuitous shots of big-bollocked grey squirrels in this one, sadly, the enduring image from the last series. TV review: The Great British Bake Off; Accused; Bad Education 2012-08-14T21:29:01Z I've tried to tell him that whether it's gratuitous or not, the effect is still the same. Motherlode Blog: Remixing Parental Objections Into Rap Lyrics 2012-08-19T11:00:41Z None is a gratuitous accumulation of color splashes or a haphazard distribution of lines. Art: Gerhard Richter, Grand Master of Our Time 2011-10-28T12:00:09Z Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit contends first responders, including firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, shared photographs of Kobe Bryant’s body with a bartender and passed around “gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents and coaches.” LA County wants Vanessa Bryant to undergo psychiatric exam 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z “But we really did need more space — it wasn’t a gratuitous expansion.” Art and Architecture Get a Refresh on the California Coast 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z In consequence, that sudden fall out the doorway at the end of the first solo feels extraneous, a gratuitous piece of sensationalism out of nowhere. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z The Burley Cross residents also share a dangerous weakness for digression, deferral and what one letter-writer calls the "gratuitous outpouring of hysterical waffle". Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker 2010-05-14T23:27:00Z Some background: in 2014, the studio head behind such fare as Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs condemned gratuitous use of violence in movies and said he would avoid making those types of films in future. Real-life mass shootings: the subject Hollywood dare not touch 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z On Radio 4's Front Row last week, it was argued that the scene felt gratuitous, especially in the current climate where films such as Zero Dark Thirty remind us of the extent of real-life torture. Utopia: episode one 2013-01-15T23:25:01Z Take "Winner's Circle," the most gratuitous stab at stadium and/or strip club ubiquity since Eminem's "Lose Yourself," but way more cloying. 50 Cent makes another horrible pitch with 'Animal Ambition' 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z The score by Mr. Apple, who also wrote the book, is so unchallenging that almost all the actors take it upon themselves to embellish it with gratuitous vocal stylings. Review: The Devil Wears Pleather but Can’t Save ‘Christmas in Hell’ 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The Sunday Telegraph described a "gratuitous welter of carnage". Sarah Kane's debut play Blasted returns 2010-10-24T20:31:00Z Mr. Wolman avoids gratuitous ennoblement of his characters, but this veteran filmmaker lets tension seep out of tough scenes and tends to telegraph the drama of longer sequences. Movie Review: ‘Gei Oni’ (‘Valley of Strength’), Directed by Dan Wolman 2012-07-13T00:02:44Z She added that she found the violence “graphic but not gratuitous,” and that it was “integral to the plot” and “wholly considerate of the victim.” When Rape Onscreen Is Directed by a Woman 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Basically, don't expect any gratuitous extracurricular activities to keep the world going: "I don't see the show particpating in a 'Mad Men' cruise," Weiner added. TCA 2015: A 'Mad Men' cruise? Don't count on it, Matthew Weiner says 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Containing gratuitous violent sexual acts, The Devils is a journey to the pits of depravity and a censorship minefield. Clip joint: nuns 2012-11-14T15:27:04Z Even the abbreviated summary of an upcoming “Family Guy” two-part episode — which will depict Donald Trump manhandling the show’s resident teenage girl, Meg — already feels gratuitous. The Only Hollywood Abuser I Want to Hear From Is a Horse 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Its music riffs on “GoT,” complete with drumbeats and a twinkly harp, and it includes gratuitous nudity and a pointless beheading. Searching for Leonardo da Vinci in ‘Leonardo’ 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Although Mr. McCarthy overlays Serge’s story with lots of carefully manufactured symbols and leitmotifs, they prove to be more gratuitous than revealing. Books of The Times: War Intrudes on a Man?s Bucolic Idyll 2010-09-05T21:34:00Z What you’re responsible for is not causing gratuitous pain by misleading people or withholding information from them. Relationship won’t last — but when to tell him so? 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Each new Die Hard film – the gratuitous second, the pointless fourth, the actively terrible fifth – serves only to diminish the glory of the original. After Terminator: franchises that deserve a mercy killing 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Much of the violence in the upcoming NBC show, created by former "Heroes" producer Bryan Fuller, is implied and not gratuitous. NBC execs say it's not a 'shoot-'em-up' network 2013-01-07T01:46:04Z Annoyed, I noted that I wouldn’t even have thought to text him if he hadn’t blanketed me with such gratuitous flattery. For Best Hookup Results, Use Your Words, O.K.? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z There’s the gratuitous depravity, of course, but what I really mean is that a virus is running rampant. ‘American Horror Story’ Season 5, Episode 5: We Have Two Selves 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Her not going is a bummer, but anything you label it beyond that is gratuitous. Carolyn Hax: The high price of friendship 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z The use of some of Mozart's piano writings in the accompaniments is amusing but similarly gratuitous. Peter Brook reduces Mozart to bare essentials 2011-07-07T06:31:08Z In one jolting scene, they set an emotional showdown on a nude beach — but neither character finds the gratuitous flaccidity funny. ‘Don’t Make Me Go’ Review: Sharp Curves Ahead for Next 2,000 Miles 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z It injects a gratuitous note of melodrama into a movie whose undercurrents of humor keep it from becoming painfully somber. Movie Review: ‘My Brothers,’ Directed by Paul Fraser 2012-11-30T00:49:55Z She sang: "You should really learn your facts before you begin to speak" and "stop posting pictures of your meals and gratuitous shots of you." Kids get grown-up laughs at NYC comedy club 2013-01-12T16:20:12Z Giving Trump gratuitous strokes is not one of them. Perspective | Is media coverage of Trump too negative? You’re asking the wrong question. 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Others objected to the assassination of Barbara Jean at the end, calling it gratuitous and unbelievable. Why Robert Altman's brilliant 'Nashville' never had a sequel 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The same year, he appeared on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company in “Infanticide in the House of Fred Ginger,” a controversial work that ended with gratuitous killing of a child. John Hurt, British Actor Hailed for His Shape-Shifting Roles, Dies at 77 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z This is “Buffy,” a Joss Whedon show, so of course there are numerous and gratuitous deaths, often swift and always tragic. The 8 most unceremonious deaths of television characters 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Across the globe, Frei, a more gratuitous on-camera presence, is first seen in Boston attending a convention where scientists and students hope to make advances in the developing field of synthetic biology. ‘Genesis 2.0’ Review: How to Clone a Mammoth 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Its gore is rarely gratuitous, yet some may find it too grisly to accept. Review | Netflix’s gory but glorious ‘Godless’ is the Western we’ve all been waiting for 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The deeper problem is just that they seem leering and gratuitous, even as Hopper’s rigid handling infuses them with a certain Yankee primness. Review | This Edward Hopper exhibition on hotels is worth an extended stay 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Recognizing the purpose of such gratuitous destruction, Ukrainians have fought back through music, theater and dance performed in ruined theaters as air-raid sirens wail. Can Architecture Build Values, Too? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Dreamland Rated R for the usual gun violence and gratuitous female nudity. ‘Dreamland’ Review: Bang Bang, Blah Blah 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Not the one outside, to keep guests at bay or corral smokers, but the gratuitous one inside, separating the D.J. from the rest of room. Boîte: Bantam, a Lower East Side Bar Where the Color Blue Sets the Tone 2012-07-04T15:17:27Z The best by far is “Masculinity & Me,” despite a bit of gratuitous scatology. Art Review: James Franco?s ?Dangerous Book? of Art 2010-08-19T22:00:00Z The sex scenes were never gratuitous, because the entire films were about sex — usually, they were about how disastrous meaningless sex can be. When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The sequence caused outrage, with Senator Claire McCaskill stating she was “done” with the show and branding the scene “gratuitous” and “unacceptable”. Game of Thrones walks fine line on rape: how much more can audiences take? 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The story devolves into a gratuitous bloodbath toward the end, and a boatload of disbelief has to be suspended to buy the premise that Lago can successfully fake internship in a law office. Crime fiction: welcome returns by Brunetti and Anna Pigeon 2014-04-09T19:30:37Z “I heard that HBO was pretty gratuitous about nudity. I understand that it is set in some vague medieval-esque era. I was pretty sure that there were dragons. I also knew that Hodor held doors.” What it’s like to watch the season 7 premiere if you’ve never seen “Game of Thrones” before 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z “There are so many times you don’t buy it, and then it can get too gratuitous and you don’t really buy that either,” Isaac said. Jessica Chastain and real-life pal Oscar Isaac redo Bergman 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Illustration: Tristram Kenton This is an archetypal Cheek By Jowl production: spare, disciplined, purged of gore and gratuitous spectacle. Macbeth | Theatre review 2010-03-25T21:30:00Z I would like to defend them because I don’t think they’re gratuitous at all. In "Hausfrau," "Anna Karenina" Goes "Fifty Shades of Grey" 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Features extended and gratuitous sequences of Kate running in tiny shorts. That Paralympic Show 2010-08-28T05:45:00Z The quantity alone warns that this person may not be mentally stable, and then the gratuitous nastiness confirms it. What Donald Trump's tweets reveal about his mental health 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z If I were asked to offer one answer to the question posed by the movie’s title, I’d advise Mr. Hart to steer clear of such gratuitous indulgences in the future. Review: In ‘Kevin Hart: What Now?,’ a Stadium Brimming With Brash Stand-Up 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z The record could easily fall into being nothing more than 12 tracks of gratuitous sex chat, yet The Bytches goes deeper than that, tackling injustice, single mums, racism and sisterhood. Hidden treasures: Bytches with Problems – The Bytches 2013-01-11T14:59:25Z The staging of violence has always given me pause, because it can quickly become gratuitous, even triggering to audience members. The Theater at War 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z And though Larbalestier's depiction of violence is often graphic, it's never gratuitous. Gory 'Razorhurst' by Justine Larbalestier mixes noir and ghosts 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z "Savages" is an enjoyably gratuitous romp, but with something to say. Review: Stone back in bold form with `Savages' 2012-07-03T01:46:04Z If it’s going to encourage a wider audience to experiment with a brand new form of storytelling, it would probably be wise of Netflix to use gratuitous jiggly bits as a carrot. Too many choices: should Netflix make more interactive stories? 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Her performance calls attention to itself, but never in a gratuitous way. Jeff Daniels makes a powerful return to 'Blackbird' alongside a captivating Michelle Williams 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z “We knew we didn’t want gratuitous sex. We weren’t interested in watching it, we weren’t interested in filming it. We always make sure it’s about something.” The Carpetbagger: ‘12 Years a Slave,’ ‘American Hustle’ Take Top Honors at the 2014 Golden Globes 2014-01-13T05:14:45Z While admittedly gratuitous in its depiction of sexual violence and real, inexcusable, animal cruelty, it would be short-sighted and too easy to dismiss this film as exploitation horror. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Working in present time and flashback, "The Missing" carefully balances a compelling mystery with a post-personal-devastation character study and miraculously avoids gratuitous damage to the heartstrings in favor of a more measured approach. TV picks: 'The Missing,' 'White Collar,' 'Getting On' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z That all the suffering had become too much, even gratuitous? ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: Yvonne Strahovski on the Harrowing Finale and Serena’s Murky Future 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The fact is, she is little more than a Grace Jones copyist with more gratuitous nudity and worse music. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z The graphic sex and violence never feel gratuitous, and there's something interesting in the way he deliberately denies his characters and the viewers any reprieve. Graphic 'Hyena' is an old-school gangster tale 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Most episodes include some mix of bad sex, graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, copious consumption of drugs and alcohol and unsparing depictions of addiction. Doom Watching ‘Euphoria’ 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z But the result doesn’t feel grim or gratuitous; it’s a public service announcement against superstardom. Can Justin Bieber Hide in Plain Sight? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Its gratuitous use of bodily orifices for smuggling? 'The Interview' in theaters: A cause or just a movie? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Injections of hip-hop dance and music pop up here and there, which seem a bit a gratuitous. Occupy Sherwood Forest! 'Robin Hood' at SCT 2011-10-26T20:07:59Z If a producer tried to pressure, say, Emma Thompson into a gratuitous topless scene, there is a very good chance that they’d end the conversation holding their broken teeth in their hands. Is it time to restrict nude scenes to the over 50s? 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He resorts to name-calling and spreads gratuitous gossip about Fox personalities, at one point quoting an unnamed source’s assertion that a female anchor “knew how to use sex to get ahead.” The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Club Foot, Empire and Shoot the Runner are leadenly enjoyable, but they do Fire a terrible disservice by stripping it of its silky malice and adding a gratuitous stomping beat. Kasabian ? review 2011-07-31T17:10:01Z So pointed is that query — and so inspiring is a sequence that seeks to unseat totalitarianism by way of the press rather than guns — that the hyper-violent sequences following it seem lazy and gratuitous. Review: ‘The Interview’ has some laughs and makes some points but isn’t as edgy as its reputation suggests 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z There are sane readers who abhor gratuitous violence but love Reacher’s menacing wisecracks. Books of The Times: ?The Affair,? by Lee Child, Gives Reacher a Back Story 2011-09-19T22:19:36Z Our worry is not simply that a fresh batch of graphic limb severings and gratuitous breast barings is about to be unleashed on the television landscape; such stuff will always be with us. Critic’s Notebook: Distinguishing Sportacus, on ‘LuckyTown,’ From ‘Spartacus’ 2013-01-24T23:39:07Z Without spoiling, let's just say that not one is a gratuitous gotcha, the kind of cheap trick used by filmmakers too impressed with themselves. 'Predestination' an unpredictable thrill ride 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Khan, who has a PhD in international human rights law and specializes in the history of war crimes in the Balkans, avoids the sensationalist and gratuitous traps into which a lesser writer could fall. Ausma Zehanat Khan’s crime novel ‘The Unquiet Dead’ delves into sensitive terrain 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z Laughing at it from a theatre in midtown Manhattan may seem gratuitous, but the playwright’s deeper purpose gradually reveals itself. “Hand to God”: “Sesame Street” Meets “The Exorcist” 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z “The way that song is heavy, it’s sort of melancholy heavy — this certain aspect of it that makes it feel not gratuitous,” Gossard said. A beloved Seattle singer gets his supergroup swan song 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Both shows were known for their gratuitous sex scenes, and the sexual content often played a key role in the plot. Gen Z is turned off by onscreen sex, wants no-mance over romance, a new study finds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z “The wonder is — given the errant nature of freedom and the burgeoning texture of time — the wonder is that all the forms are not monsters, that there is beauty at all, grace gratuitous.” The "missing law" of nature was here all along 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The report determined Good used “gratuitous force,” which is defined as force that is used on people who have already been restrained. SeaTac officer punched handcuffed, restrained man in car, charges say 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The description, which former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would no doubt regard as gratuitous and personal, came at a dinner of the City of London Corporation, which represents the finance sector. Chris Mason: Cautious Labour dares to believe it can win 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z While addressing recipients of the Claremont McKenna College scholarship that bears his name, Robert Addison Day made the seemingly gratuitous offer to meet them individually for lunch at the exclusive California Club in Los Angeles. Financier and philanthropist Robert Addison Day, who headed Keck Foundation, dies at 79 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Or are they just another example of gratuitous brutality in U.S. prisons? Scanners, not strip searches, are better for prisons | Op-Ed 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The thing I love about poetry is its uselessness, the way it is, with a few exceptions, superfluous to capital, difficult to commodify, gratuitous in its insistence on avowing that which has been marked valueless. Will AI replace writers — and the rest of us? An L.A. scholar-poet games out the future 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The 59-year-old strongly denies the accusations of wrongdoing, which his lawyers told the court were “gratuitous and unjustified slurs against a businessman of good character”. Russian billionaire Fridman says UK raid based on 'kompromat' 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Republicans have generally opposed the measure as gratuitous, arguing that equal protections for women are included in the 14th Amendment. Democrats Try a Novel Tactic to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Yet the show is so gratuitous in its handling of Depp’s naked body that there’s no functional difference between it and what it’s satirizing. 'The Idol' is hot garbage. Will its stench cling to the Weeknd? 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Rant to gratuitous honking, both by vehicles and buses. Rant and Rave: Reader does not appreciate excessive honking 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z But to him, the violence is not gratuitous. The many, many sides of Matt Smith and his 'House of the Dragon' villain 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The emails also include a seemingly gratuitous use by Barber of the n-word. Revenge served ice cold? Top L.A. law firm outs former partners' racist, sexist emails 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z His rancor was smooth and charming, but he was not prone to gratuitous flattery. The day Martin Luther King and James Baldwin came to Beverly Hills 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “The Idol” has already garnered a lot of buzz for an alleged toxic work environment off camera and reportedly gratuitous sex scenes that are also violent, which the cast and Levinson have denied. What to stream this week: Foo Fighters, ‘The Idol,’ LeBron James and ‘American Gladiators’ doc 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z And this is a good reason for the Federal Reserve to try, if at all possible, to avoid imposing a gratuitous recession in its efforts to control inflation. The good news on unemployment for Black Americans | Paul Krugman 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z More often, the weirdness and affectations seem gratuitous. Review: The new 'White Men Can't Jump' has some game but falls short of original 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z But credit default swaps provide insight about the gratuitous damage that the political dysfunction in Washington is inflicting on the credit of the United States. The Debt Ceiling Dispute Raises the Risks for ‘Risk-Free’ U.S. Bonds 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z "If someone offends in a gratuitous manner, the least they could do is apologise. In this case, he offended all Italians, as well as the government and the prime minister," he said. Italian foreign minister wants French apology over "insults" 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z And part 9 adds gratuitous, contradictory explanations that contradict the zero-probability answer it just gave. ChatGPT and its ilk are definitely not sentient. Here's why 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z "The thing with the baseball bat, for example, was very imprudent of him to do in the middle of the night, and, you know, these are gratuitous comments and aren't particularly helpful." “Very strong evidence”: Bill Barr says Trump should be “most concerned” about documents case 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z In the months since mass protests against the proposed pension changes began roiling France, some law enforcement officers have been accused of resorting to gratuitous violence. Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z Clocking in at more than three hours, “Babylon” desperately needed an editor willing to challenge the director as the lengthy pacing afforded too much time for gratuitous chaos. ‘Babylon’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z It was "totally unjustified, utterly gratuitous and completely unlawful", said Mr Jones. Barmouth murder accused told partner he didn't mean to kill 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Hébras, for his part, regarded it as a “crime gratuit,” a gratuitous crime, and one that drove him to join the resistance. Robert Hébras, last survivor of infamous massacre in France, dies at 97 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z In March 2021 Mrs Bryant shared the names of four sheriff's deputies she said had distributed "gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches", who had been travelling to a basketball game. LA agrees to pay Kobe Bryant widow almost $29m 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Examples of these “fixes” present a Who’s Who of contemporary sensitivities along with a lot of gratuitous fiddling. Perspective | As criticism mounts, Roald Dahl’s publisher offers a messy compromise 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z “In all the others,” he added, “there was an attack on the German Army and reprisals. In Oradour that was not the case. It was a ‘crime gratuite’” — a gratuitous crime. Robert Hébras, Last Survivor of 1944 Massacre in France, Dies at 97 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Judge Geraint Walters described the killing as a "senseless episode of gratuitous and mindless violence." Neath: Daniel Pickering jailed for life after nightclub murder 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z They salt their treatment of him with gratuitous digs. Review | Two books capture the messy, monumental life of Ted Kennedy 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z It reveals the cruelty as brazen, gratuitous and unnecessary. Perspective | Watching the unwatchable cruelty in Memphis 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The film’s most gratuitous scene, in a story that is filled with them, involves a graphic sexual encounter between James and Gabi. Review | ‘Infinity Pool’? More like dead-on-arrival pool. 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Drake’s announcement was notably gratuitous, given that Dobbs will have no effect on access to abortion in California, where state law is maximally permissive. Opinion | When colleges take political positions, they show who isn’t wanted 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The long, long journey ends on a definitive note, gratuitous enough to satisfy hardcore horror fans but a bit more soap operatic than necessary for a slasher movie. 4K Ultra HD horror movie reviews: ‘Smile’ and ‘Halloween Ends’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z It was an emanation, a force field, a public blast of gratuitous erotic energy that was bound to embarrass. Review | Up close with the sexiest nudes in modern art 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z But the unnecessary, gratuitous viciousness of so much of this stuff — seriously, no one asked Ron DeSantis to relitigate the pandemic! — makes that kind of bloodless explanation seem unsatisfying. The hell with "compassionate conservatism": In 2023, expect all MAGA sadism, all the time 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Week 15 in the NFL was an action movie with a gigantic budget and a director with a taste for gratuitous set pieces. Analysis | What to know from NFL Week 15: Trevor Lawrence arrives, and Bill Belichick is faltering 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Offended by what she considered the gratuitous reference to her gender, she punched him. Eleanor Jackson Piel, lawyer who challenged wrongful convictions, dies at 102 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “Smile” does offer less gratuitous gore but a steady diet of visual and aural jump scares, disturbing imagery and the obligatory clueless police detectives. 4K Ultra HD horror movie reviews: ‘Smile’ and ‘Halloween Ends’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The integrity of our tax system and the audit function should not be questioned in such a gratuitous and off-handed manner. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Remember what made the World Cup possible in Qatar 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Insulting, ghosting or backstabbing our way out of expired friendships is gratuitous and cruel. Advice | Carolyn Hax: They moved for spouse’s job — which he now does from home 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The book’s introduction is weak and gratuitous, littered with quotes from unnamed women that feel forced. Review | Go ahead and giggle. ‘Butts’ is a serious look at women’s backsides. 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z I know the sting of being put down is familiar, so it’ll be hard to get yourself to the point where you recognize it as gratuitous. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Out of an abusive marriage, hoping friends didn’t give up 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z There’s a slightness to the plot — “Flight” occasionally feels padded out, with gratuitous, tacked-on scenes — but Strong milks the high moments, such as a quarrel that erupts during a game of cards. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Flight,’ Christmas is a nightmare 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z There was no doubt you planned a "gratuitous" and "deliberate" attack on the mother-of-two, she added. Jacqueline Kirk murderer given life sentence for setting her on fire in landmark case 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Some brands are mentioned when celebrity chefs and food producers talk about themselves, but it’s not gratuitous product placement by any means. What to watch with your kids: ‘Ticket to Paradise’ and more 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z The Executive Council of Australian Jewry, which represents Australia’s Jewish community, branded the reversal a “gratuitous insult to a key economic and strategic ally.” Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Their most plausible theory is that Dahbia B, who has no fixed abode, is psychologically unstable and that her act was "gratuitous". Paris shocked by murder of Lola, 12, found in box 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Here, Östlund returns to his transactional view of human relationships, and there are a couple of good scenes — and another gratuitous one — but nothing substantial enough to warrant the two-and-a-half-hour running time. In 'Triangle of Sadness,' strained satire, and vomit, on the high seas 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Habba responded to Kaplan by saying meritless arguments led her to offer “gratuitous … arguments that are not only inflammatory and inaccurate but, more importantly, wholly unrelated to the issue at hand.” Lawyer: Trump ‘eager’ for deposition in rape accuser case 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Objecting to this effort to steamroll legislation that could never pass on its own is not a “gratuitous squabble.” Opinion | Why force a dangerous, damaging and unnecessary pipeline? 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The movie has plenty to love but the director adds a sometimes unsettling and gratuitous amount of humor in a story that is more wrought with tragedy. ‘Thor: Love and Thunder - Cinematic Universe Edition’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Lawmakers could roll back some of the GOP’s gratuitous 2017 tax cuts, but Republicans would resist. Opinion | One way to stamp out child poverty 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Democrats should embrace the reform — not hold up government funding in a gratuitous squabble. Opinion | Democrats should embrace Joe Manchin’s ‘big oil side deal’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The conservative majority’s decision to ignore Chief Justice Roberts’s warning was rash and gratuitous. Opinion | One way to repair the Supreme Court 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z You get to decide whether the gratuitous gender sorting is systemic or a one-off, harmful or merely annoying, worth or not worth taking on. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Estranged dad debates reconciling with ‘queen’ daughter 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Do we want brief violence, no violence or excessive, gratuitous violence? Perspective | Wait, there isn’t a streaming TV show called ‘House of Thrones’? 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z The high gore factor — the carnage is never gratuitous, but it is matter-of-fact — made “Bones and All” a refreshingly offbeat choice for Telluride, not a festival known for programming Grand Guignol spectacles. With 'Bones and All,' 'The Wonder' and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover,' Telluride feeds the hunger 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z I found the aside disrespectful and gratuitous, dismissive of Doug Bennet’s career as just that of a typical Democrat/liberal — you know, “them.” Opinion | What could happen if the GOP regains the Senate 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z The Quebec Act appeared gratuitous, a slap in the face to colonists already angered by the Coercive Acts. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Then they began “slowly whittling away ... what was too much or felt gratuitous or a repeat beat.” How 'House of the Dragon' pulled off the premiere's most 'extreme' scene 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z For better and for worse, “Game of Thrones” made it increasingly difficult to shock us with its gore, cruelty, gratuitous sexual displays and twists of fate. Review | ‘House of the Dragon’ is ‘Game of Thrones’ with more wigs, less grandeur 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Bring points to the “gratuitous” shower scene in “Carrie” as an example. How the slasher genre helped bring a 'Pretty Little Liars' back from the dead 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z “Mrs. Bryant feels ill at the thought that sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, and members of the public have gawked at gratuitous images of her deceased husband and child,” according to the lawsuit. Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit to be heard by LA jury 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It would be best for both countries if they could address these issues in an atmosphere of calm and mutual cooperation, with no gratuitous irritations to this vital bilateral relationship. Opinion | Mexico’s energy policy gives the U.S. no choice but to push back 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z He later called that conclusion “a gratuitous blunder.” James Lovelock, Whose Gaia Theory Saw the Earth as Alive, Dies at 103 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Still, Mr. Hogan’s veto was a gratuitous gesture that was little more than a sop to Republican voting fraud conspiracy theorists. Opinion | A governor’s misguided veto is behind Maryland’s glacial vote count 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z The choice to play the video was largely received by the press as gratuitous mockery of Hawley, though most everyone agrees he deserves it. Steve Bannon's bluster falls flat: Trumpism is weakened when its leaders face consequences 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But without so much gratuitous small talk, lackluster punchlines and ineffective jabs, whatever has survived the cut is much more impactful than before. A 'Harry Potter' play claimed to be a family affair. After major changes, it finally is 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z To Mr. Gozman, the liberal commentator who remains in Moscow, a common thread running through the recent arrests was their seemingly gratuitous cruelty. In Putin’s Russia, the Arrests Are Spreading Quickly and Widely 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z But by the time “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” reaches its heartwarming conclusion, it begins to meander, its wistful evocation of time, loss and meaning giving way to gratuitous goofiness and focus-pulling digressions. Review | ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ is adorable (maybe too adorable?) 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z “The Ivanka Trump clip has gotten a lot of attention, but its inclusion was entirely gratuitous and clearly meant simply to embarrass her,” National Review’s editor in chief, Rich Lowry, said on Twitter. Ivanka Trump’s Jan. 6 testimony exposes family strain 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z John Pope Jr. was just 14 in September 2017 when he says Chauvin subjected him to gratuitous force while responding to a domestic assault report. New federal lawsuits target ex-cop who killed George Floyd 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z The group called the bill a “gratuitous and cruel flaunting of power by anti-abortion legislators.” Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill That Bans Most Abortions 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But Cronenberg, as he has proved in film after film, has no use for crude jolts or gratuitous violence. Review: Surgery, sex and superfluous human organs converge in David Cronenberg's 'Crimes of the Future' 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Trust Women, an Oklahoma abortion provider, called the bill’s passage “a gratuitous and cruel flaunting of power by anti-abortion legislators” and noted the legislature had already passed multiple bans this session. Oklahoma lawmakers pass bill banning abortions after ‘fertilization’ 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Who cares whether Biden asks for another gratuitous investigation into whether “illegal” conduct is driving up gas prices? Opinion | An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The advertising watchdog received 24 complaints that the advert's use of nudity was gratuitous and objectified women by sexualising them and "reducing them to body parts". Adidas sports bra adverts banned over bare breasts 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z It would be the height of gratuitous judicial activism. Opinion | Louisiana reveals the war on rights that is coming if Roe is overturned 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face. The Matador and Me: Coming to Terms with My Famously Ugly Lookalike 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z The only sandwich that doesn’t come with an egg is the Cracked Burger, a twin stack of Pat LaFrieda patties paired with enough toppings that you’d think a fried egg would be gratuitous. Review | The Cracked Eggery truck finds a tasty home. Two of them, in fact. 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z He was prone to episodes of gratuitous violence and bullying, and he ridiculed apprentices and clients. ‘A Monster in Our Midst’: How a Tattoo Industry #MeToo Case Collapsed 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Frankly, this is the kind of soft-core smut where it’s the character development and dialogue that feel gratuitous. Review: Marilyn Monroe, 'Turning Red' and other movies to watch this weekend 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z As others have pointed out, this was gratuitous: DeSantis already had his victory, when he signed the law in March prohibiting discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the early grades of public schools. Ron DeSantis' war on "woke" Disney is really an attack on core American values 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Putin’s gratuitous invasion of Ukraine is merely the most recent example. Easter, Ukraine and the persistence of evil 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Throughout, we see glimpses of gratuitous parties, learn of racial and class divides, and see the desperate get swindled by tech companies who promise the ability to upload memories. The video game of 2022 so far: 'Norco,' a masterpiece of interactive storytelling 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The sex isn’t entirely gratuitous, but it is essential for a particular plot twist — and there are more than one or two of them — to even make sense. Review | Spy thriller ‘All the Old Knives’ is complicated, with an okay twist 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z And the gratuitous charge of grooming seems intended to feed durable but false stereotypes of gay predation. Opinion | What the GOP’s faux outrage over child sexual exploitation is really about 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Together, these detailed accounts describe a level of gratuitous violence and cruelty that add to the growing body of evidence of potential war crimes committed by Russian soldiers against civilians. In eastern Ukraine, Russian military razing towns to take them over 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z That plan leaves little room for gratuitous emoting, for sitting around talking about what could be. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a super team dream 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z In “Ten Steps,” she is understandably vague but remarkably vulnerable, writing: “I want the world to stop demanding gratuitous details in exchange for empathy. Entertainment in exchange for understanding.” Review | Hannah Gadsby gets the last laugh in ‘Ten Steps to Nanette’ 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The gratuitous violence of the bully offends every human sensibility in me. Ukraine: Unite to beat a bully 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s a gratuitous flourish, perhaps, but also a suitably operatic one for this tale of grand passions explosively unleashed. Review: Peter Dinklage earns your love in the snazzy (but not schnozzy) musical 'Cyrano' 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Many of the posters include paranormal elements and gratuitous violence even if the films had none, and physical features are wildly exaggerated. With cinemas closed, Ghana's hand-painted movie posters find homes abroad 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z He accused Jolie, 46, of seeking "unearned windfall profits" from his work, while inflicting "gratuitous harm." Brad Pitt sues ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling stake in French winery 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Pitt claims because of the "purported transaction," his ex-wife and mother of his children now "seeks to recover unearned windfall profits for herself while inflicting gratuitous harm on Pitt." Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in French estate to Russian oligarch 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z His lawyers said the move had intended to cause "gratuitous harm" to Pitt, who had "poured money and sweat equity into the wine business". Brad Pitt sues Angelina Jolie over vineyard where they got married 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z There is great violence but it is not gratuitous, nor is it an endorsement. Review: Marlon James' African fantasy saga continues, and the witch has her say 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z That might be a gratuitous question to ask people who already say they don’t like the way the president has done his job. Analysis | Republicans may be divided over Trump, but that’s of little solace to Biden and the Democrats 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z Now, in their “Death on the Nile,” a gratuitous battlefield scene makes Poirot into a war hero. Review: Page-to-Screen: Kenneth Branaugh misses the boat in 'Death on the Nile' 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The scene where Simon kills Emma on the stairs is very similar to the novel, but it was important to Brühlmann that it not feel gratuitous. Inside the explosive finale of 'The Girl Before,' the TV show that captivated Britain 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z “Why Is We Americans?” struggles to find its sure footing within decades’ worth of Baraka family history and is over-reliant on appearances from executive producer Lauryn Hill, which feel gratuitous. Review: 'Why Is We Americans?' is an intimate portrait of two artists and their family 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z A missed opportunity is also found in the gratuitous story. ‘Halloween Kills: Extended Cut’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z Second, the gratuitous use of violence by the officers. Opinion | Flawed policing in this small town reflects a national pattern 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z "If we show gratuitous violence, it's really for the sake of underscoring the crime and the evidence, it's not gore for gore or shock value," he explained. CSI creator Anthony E Zuiker: US TV can be too conservative 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z As long as it was told in a way that is respectful, it isn’t gratuitous. Jodie Comer gives voice and strength to her 14th century rape victim in 'The Last Duel' 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z The judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Murray, said during the sentencing: "It was entirely gratuitous violence." Pair jailed for murder over Peterborough attack 15 years ago 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Instead, they used the nonissue to delay Democratic legislation by forcing gratuitous debt-limit battles and demanding that the Democrats take time-consuming procedural steps to settle them. Opinion | Enough debt-limit drama. Republicans should be blocked from holding the economy hostage again. 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But according to The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney, "the film gets so cluttered with surplus characters and gratuitous star casting that any satirical heft is pretty much steamrolled". Don't Look Up: Mixed reviews for Leonardo DiCaprio satire 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Throw in a few gratuitous jabs at the Atlantic Coast and Pac-12 Conferences, neither of which have teams in the playoff hunt, and it should be enough to get you to dessert. A College Football Crash Course for Thanksgiving 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Apple’s content guidelines for podcasts prohibit “content that may lead to harmful or dangerous outcomes, or content that is obscene or gratuitous.” On podcasts and radio, misleading COVID-19 talk goes unchecked 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Labour's campaign coordinator Jack Cunningham was outraged and used an appearance in the Commons to denounce what he called "contemptible tactics of gratuitous abuse, innuendo and vilification". Ashok Kumar: Teesside's gentle, tenacious and respected pioneer 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z “The City’s gratuitous and, frankly, unconstitutional use of tear gas against its own people is one of the major reasons why we felt compelled to sue the City in the first place.” Former Seattle police chief’s book includes few insights, excludes key events about 2020 protests 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Bryant’s lawsuit contends first responders, including firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, shared photographs of Kobe Bryant’s body with a bartender and passed around “gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents and coaches.” Judge says Kobe’s widow won’t have to undergo mental exam 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The lawsuit contends first responders, including firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, shared photographs of Kobe Bryant’s body with a bartender and passed around “gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents and coaches.” Vanessa Bryant said LA sheriff promised to secure crash site 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z "That’s just not a gratuitous comment, it’s for real. It helps you generate competitiveness. It makes everything more enjoyable. Players react to it. So, having fans is fantastic. No pun intended." Vassell, Walker lead balanced Spurs past Magic, 123-97 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Vanessa Bryant‘s lawsuit contends first responders, including firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, shared photographs of Kobe Bryant’s body with a bartender and passed around “gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents and coaches.” Los Angeles County wants psychiatric exam for Kobe Bryant’s widow 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z He’s known to want movies to downplay violence toward women and avoid gratuitous sex, obscene language and smoking. Top Disney movie executive Alan Horn to retire in December 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Its thrust is to foreclose the sort of no-holds-barred policies that served as Donald Trump’s North Star when it came to immigration enforcement, and that functioned as a gratuitous means to frighten immigrant communities. Opinion | The Biden administration sends mixed signals to undocumented migrants 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z The lawyers said these included "gratuitous" claims involving Epstein that flight records and other evidence would show were untrue. Leon Black says accuser, eyeing payday, made up Jeffrey Epstein claims 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z New York Assemblyman Michael Fitzpatrick, one of three state lawmakers to oppose the CVA, described the legislation as a money-grab by trial lawyers and a gratuitous alteration of American legal principles. Prince Andrew, Bob Dylan, Catholic priests and the Child Victims Act 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Texas Democrats managed only to delay the inevitable when they deserted the state in July, temporarily denying a quorum as the legislature considered what is perhaps the country’s most gratuitous anti-voting bill. Opinion | In Texas, Republicans take another step away from democracy 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Elected officials have a responsibility to warn their constituents about that cost, not goad them into gratuitous risk-taking. Opinion | Two Virginia legislators irresponsibly undercut a measure on masking that they helped pass 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z It's gratuitous and it feels mean to be subjected to him. Mary Trump wants to heal the trauma caused by her uncle — problem is, it's still happening 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z I thought that was amazing, but not gratuitous. Leos Carax and Sparks on sex, musicals, puppets and 'Annette' 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Even then, the callous nature of the pullout was gratuitous. Opinion | Biden is wrong. There was nothing inevitable about the disaster in Afghanistan. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The misconduct is over the top, brazen, gratuitous. Opinion | A senseless D.C. police pummeling was caught on video. But what are we not seeing? 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “It’s gratuitous,” said Ms. Russell of the Animal Protection League. To Kill a Swan? Dispute Over a Bird’s Fate Ends With a Twist. 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z He knew what he was doing, this man who killed her for his own gratuitous wants. Sarah Everard: Daughter, sister, friend and colleague 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z It also makes me wonder if Hertz was deliberately inflicting gratuitous fees on customers as it wrestled with shaky finances. Column: She found a used condom in her rental car. Hertz hit her with a cleaning fee 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z "You see that they're not just gratuitous sex scenes. These sex scenes really are sort of informing the character's emotional state. They become an integral part of the storyline itself." 'Sex/Life' stars Sarah Shahi, Adam Demos on filming sex scenes and working with intimacy coordinator 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z That doesn’t mean writing gratuitous sex scenes, and none of Taylor’s could be called that. Review: ‘Filthy Animals,’ piercing stories about learning to love, by Brandon Taylor 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “But it wasn’t completely gratuitous because it pushed the Liza-Charles story along by bringing the big lie back up again.” Does Liza end up with Josh or Charles? ‘Younger’s’ surprising series finale, explained 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Also gratuitous — and a sign of how deeply under her opponents’ skin she gets. Opinion | Kamala Harris Can’t Win 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z “California’s lethal gas protocol was held unconstitutional many years ago, and Arizona should not be taking this gratuitous and dangerous turn to the past.” Arizona plans to execute prisoners with a lethal gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z He also disputed the court’s finding that aggravating factors existed, saying there is no evidence that Chauvin’s assault on Floyd included gratuitous infliction of pain or cruelty. State seeks 30 years for Chauvin; defense wants time served 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z He claimed the state had not proved there was “gratuitous infliction of pain and cruelty” that is usually associated with second-degree murder — an argument that Cahill ultimately rejected. Derek Chauvin qualifies for a longer sentence in George Floyd’s murder, judge rules 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z They pointed to the cruelty and “gratuitous pain” Chauvin inflicted on not just Floyd but also the bystanders outside Cup Foods last May. Chauvin’s ‘particular cruelty’ to George Floyd should mean harsher sentence, Minnesota attorney general argues 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z The demand, he said, is a “totally gratuitous First Amendment intrusion.” Supreme Court seems ready to strike down California’s disclosure requirements for some charitable donors 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z I liked the flourishes, but ultimately found them gratuitous. I wanted the ultimate Bolognese. Six recipes later, I came up with the best ragu of them all. 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The artists behind these projects have countered charges that the scenarios are gratuitous by saying the pain of racism should not be sugarcoated. Media images of Black death have a cost, experts say. Many viewers are fed up 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z The fracas reveals “Nobody” in its true form: a bleak action-comedy whose biggest laughs stem from a hunger for gratuitous brutality. Review: In 'Nobody,' Bob Odenkirk transforms into an action star. It suits him 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But with nine of 14 teams already representing the Big 10, why not award Maryland’s gratuitous at-large selection to a more deserving team from another conference? Opinion | Discredit is due for the Terrapins 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z She alleges that one of the officers shared with a bartender photos of Kobe Bryant's body and the others distributed "gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches". Kobe Bryant widow sues LA police over 'graphic images' of helicopter crash 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The suit alleges that Cruz shared photos of Kobe Bryant’s body with a bartender and the others passed around ”gratuitous photos of the dead children, parents, and coaches.” Lawsuit says deputies shared grisly Bryant photos 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z In addition, a fact too easily overlooked in the argument over numbers is that maintaining the sanctions on Iraq, after we drove Saddam's forces out of Kuwait, was entirely gratuitous. Military might, market ideology and moral posturing: A toxic combination that has poisoned America 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement that the Jewish character’s “hateful remarks” about “an Arab, a woman” are “gratuitous and inflammatory, and only validates longstanding antisemitic stereotypes.” NBC pulls ‘Nurses’ episode after outcry: ‘Most antisemitic thing I have ever seen’ 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Once it finds a suitable location, the wasp returns to the roach and does something that might seem gratuitous in a horror movie. The Epic, Absurdly Complex Battle between a Zombie Maker and Its Victim 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z With that set-up, and, in the finest traditions of “Freaky Friday,” “Big” and “The Hot Chick” except with more gratuitous gore and blood, let the twisted shenanigans begin. Blu-ray movie reviews: ‘Lady Sings the Blues’ and ‘Freaky’ 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z I can see how — in another, saner country at another, saner time — they might be dismissed as the gratuitous props of a party staging political theater, which is what Republicans accuse Democrats of doing. Opinion | Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Perversion of ‘Freedom’ 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s talent for gratuitous insults was felt the world over. Trump Bequeaths Biden an Upended World 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Unlike the crime thrillers favored by Hollywood, there’s nothing gratuitous in Dostoevsky’s rendering of human depravity and suffering. Commentary: Times are bad, so keep your uplift. Give me 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Godfather' 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Bernie Sanders confessed publicly to being a socialist, breaking an ancient taboo and getting roundly criticized for it, even by some on the left, who called it "gratuitous." Can we save democracy from the two-party system? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Google’s Play Store bars apps that “depict or facilitate gratuitous violence or other dangerous activities,” and that “we don’t allow apps that contain or facilitate threats, harassment, or bullying.” Apple and Google face pressure to deplatform Parler over calls to violence 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z Texans need for lawmakers to address these real challenges, not indulge Abbott in a gratuitous and costly stunt over the Austin police budget. Editorial Roundup: Texas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z “Most people would agree that efforts to open up the Arctic to drilling at this point,” McCarthy says, “are just gratuitous slaps in the face, frankly.” Column: Biden can make historic strides on climate after four years of Trump vandalism 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z |
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