单词 | idealism |
例句 | A white minister stated at a union meeting, “This riot has come to us as a shock after all our idealism.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Some of the flyers and leaflets were filled with the poetic idealism that characterized the planning: The call caught the imagination of the people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s got all the idealism of the sixties with none of the reality checks. He’s not a criminal, he’s the exact opposite—totally innocent in every sense of the word.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z In the High District, a few students, afire with idealism, made faces at their relatives huddled before the television screen with grim expressions and went out to join the procession. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My inherent idealism yearns for the issuance of the commemorative stamp and the living document of The Autobiography of Malcolm X to continue to bridge ignorance with insight, and despondency with hope. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z For almost a decade, I’d been privileged to move through it, experiencing its bracing contradictions and bitter conflicts, its pain and persistent idealism, and above all else its resilience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The idealism I still nurtured as a fifteen-year-old did not have a racial component. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Experimentation thus required a deeply problematic balancing act between Platonic idealism and a crude empiricism. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I enrolled in every course I could squeeze into my schedule, from German idealism to the history of secularism to ethics and law. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But as I lay there in my bed that night with my brother asleep beside me, I couldn’t seem to muster up any sort of idealism. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Tom Watson himself, who had spoken with passion and idealism about wiping out the color line, became one of white supremacy’s greatest supporters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Joy, because they are our hope, and still kindle the idealism of the first scythes in their hearts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The Allies together were an eclectic, spirited group, loaded with idealism and aspirations and representing a broad swath of backgrounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “He’s out trying to help some other unfortunates right now. It’s encouraging to know that his idealism is still intact.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was simply that Shaker Heights, despite its idealism, was a pragmatic place, and she did not know how to be anything else. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobby: Well, I think what the Pledge of Allegiance is about Is idealism. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “My mind shot back a decade,” he later recalled, “to that day we had marched into Vietnam, swaggering, confident, and full of idealism.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then he adds softly, "But in class, your idealism shows as well. Be careful of idealism, my boy, for idealism is the most dangerous doctrine of all." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z In this Attic roughneck polity, you can think of Plato—with his radical idealism, intellectual rigidity, and hatred of the mob— as a sort of ancient precursor to Conservative MP Enoch Powell. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He had always admired his wife’s idealism, her belief that the world could be made better, could be made orderly, could perhaps even be made perfect. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the late sixties, civil rights activists might have harnessed the great idealism that the southern movement inspired in Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fussell believed such idealism, naive as it may appear to us now, had to be taken seriously. Paul Fussell, the critic who fought the cant of military sacrifice 2012-05-24T20:52:53Z Activism and idealism, Walter suggests, consume you or get you killed, and history is no arrow or arc pointing upward, but a cycle of repeating patterns. Jess Walter’s New Novel Revisits a Turbulent Era Much Like Our Own 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z A skeptical portrait of late 1960s idealism from the perspective of the mid-’80s, the play elegantly illustrates, through constant shifts in perspective, the limits and hazards of good intentions. | 'Benefactors': Discord Among the Best of Married Friends 2011-04-13T22:25:29Z But the real heart of “The Hopefuls” is the tension between idealism and cynicism inherent to politics. ‘The Hopefuls’ captures everything we love to hate about Washington 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z His persona, on and off the screen, signified the lost idealism of the 1960s. Dennis Hopper obituary 2010-05-29T18:51:00Z An affecting portrait of a troubled soul, but also a eulogy for bygone newsroom idealism: "Photography is the truth if it's being handled by a truthful person." TV highlights 02/07/2013 2013-07-02T06:00:21Z It is not only them but democrats the world over who want to see the hope and idealism of the Arab spring translated into representative government. Warda gave us a soundtrack for the Arab spring 2012-05-21T12:40:01Z His idealism and belief in education initially inspired him to teach, and he joined the staff at Gordano school in Portishead, Somerset. Gerry Vaughan obituary 2012-08-16T12:17:01Z They moved to an even more purified vision of their idealism, and they succeeded overwhelmingly in 2010. Book Talk: Thomas Frank on the Great Recession 2012-01-03T16:29:46Z An elegant, diffident figure with a thatch of fair hair and an engagingly lop-sided smile, Astor combined modesty, idealism and astonishing generosity with a steely determination. David Astor: The pioneering editor who loved an underdog 2011-04-02T23:09:52Z He was in favor of Brexit, and has written sympathetically of those who voted Leave, deeming the European Union another grand scheme shot through with arrogant idealism. Want the Good Life? This Philosopher Suggests Learning From Cats 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Cameron’s embrace of the idealism of adolescence, of the capacity for moral outrage as well as wonder, is the emotional heart of the movie. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z “I don’t see things as commodities, I see them as ideas,” he said with an idealism that seemed a cross between that of Frank Gehry and Willy Wonka, and whose green eyes spark. Up Close: Murray Moss Moves On 2012-10-03T21:41:51Z After a little more idealism, they all signed a document as though they were leading the Second Continental Congress. Music-streaming's ethics ruse falling on deaf ears 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, most artists of modern and postmodern times, including Bloom, have sought to reconcile vulgar materialism and high-minded idealism. Art Review: Hyman Bloom’s Rabbi Paintings at White Box 2013-08-29T22:07:24Z Among the many pleasures "The Good Fight" offers its relentless commitment to idealism, even in the darkest of circumstances. "The Good Fight" is as gripping as ever as it tackles Jan. 6, race and ethics in 2021 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Constitution respond to the repudiation of every decent expectation, to what Whitehead describes as “indiscriminate spite”? How, in other words, can African Americans endure in a country that preaches such idealism but delivers such misery? Review | In Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Nickel Boys,’ an idealistic black teen learns a harsh reality 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Taking Swedish idealism into account suggests that Mr. Murakami may be a long shot. The Nobel Prize in Literature: A Year for Long Shots? 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z After so many years witnessing violence against women and girls up close, idealism crystallises into pragmatism. 'He's beaten her black and blue for years': a month in the life of a women's refuge manager 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z In the background, Britain deals with a mysterious outbreak of illness in its cattle population, allowing Mr. Byers to get in some easy but funny punches against animal activists and idealism generally. Neil Gaiman’s ‘Ocean at the End of the Lane,’ and More 2013-06-26T18:50:28Z Those who made the cut, the author writes, made up “a group portrait of American idealism.” Books of The Times: Bruce Watson?s ?Freedom Summer? in Mississippi 2010-07-18T21:55:00Z The imaginatively staged and choreographed resolution may be only a wish fulfillment fantasy, but it shows why this classic fable resonates most vividly in times of beleaguered idealism. At A Noise Within, 'The Madwoman of Chaillot' is the resistance to a self-serving president 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z When he becomes a charismatic student leader, torn between various factions that callously manipulate him, his idealism crumbles. Critic?s Notebook: New York Film Festival, With Bela Tarr and Nuri Bilge Ceylan 2011-10-04T22:23:21Z All of this is true, and the idealism of it is as inspiring as the naivete of it is disquieting. Review | Planet Word, a new museum devoted to language, is a high-tech, feel-good experience 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z He's better at the idealism; for the realness, he favors wobbly closeups that often render his characters' faces unintentionally grotesque, and he works too hard at signaling the dinginess of Patti's surroundings. A Jersey Girl Dreams Big 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The image of Camelot immediately took hold, back-filling and defining the public’s sense of the Kennedy White House as a place of noble acts and youthful idealism, all destroyed in one senseless stroke. Jackie: behind the creation of JFK, America's once and future king 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Ultimately, such idealism could never work on stage unless it could be proved. Peter Sellars turns Mozart's last opera into a modern message of humanity in the face of terror 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z Unwilling to abandon her idealism completely, however, she leads a double life, maintaining a not-so-secret solicitor’s practice in the parking garage of the high-rise where she now works. Review: ‘Newton’s Law,’ a Comic (and Australian) ‘Good Wife’ 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z It was also showmanship and some paternalistic idealism. Henry Ford: industrial radical, entrepreneur, idea man 2013-06-26T22:23:45Z As the junior manager of a Democrat governor’s presidential campaign, Gosling gets to chart the slow curdling of idealism into disillusionment. Ryan Gosling movies – ranked! 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z The group’s mixture of self-promotion and idealism led it to present new music in retirement homes, in prisons or at rural gas stations. Composers’ Collectives Offer Creativity and Challenges 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z All the contradictions of the High Line, spurred by democratic idealism yet now a catalyst for the great spectacle of wealth and inequity, are embodied in the building. At the Whitney, a new structure forges a different relationship with the city 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z Mau was putting both scale and idealism back into design, necessitated by what he calls the possible coming “extinction events” that give urgency to his environmental call. Bruce Mau: A Designer Puts Life on the Drawing Boards 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z They were visibly influenced by the idealism and playfulness that undergirded early 20th century abstraction — from cubism and Russian constructivism to Duchamp, Picabia and Léger. Review | Art of fanatical efficiency that has more to do with your Facebook feed than you think 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z But why shouldn't Lee continue to combine the unabashed idealism of the Corinthian enthusiast with the cold-eyed ruthlessness of the professional comedic assassin? Maggoty Lamb ponders Stewart Lee and Danny Baker's contrasting approaches to the hive mind 2011-07-25T15:37:03Z Mr. Zhurbin, however, made a beautiful distinction between the character’s aged absurdity and his Romantic idealism. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev in ‘Don Quixote’ 2013-05-26T21:24:19Z If the Fifth offers an idealist corollary to the defiance of Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony, its finest interpreters make that idealism sound plausible. Vaughan Williams: Complicated, but Not Quite Conservative 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Was “House of Cards” really born of this idea that ooh, it’s really ugly and people know it’s not the “The West Wing,” so let’s cut the idealism and embrace the cynicism? How to Write TV in the Age of Trump: Showrunners Reveal All 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z It’s a nice idea, and probably naïve, as even the mildest idealism tends to feel these days when the art world at large just wants to have fun, and the market can neutralize all. The Art of Politics, in ‘Agitprop!’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Do you feel that women of color have had to conform to this beauty standard and idealism, to really just be that person and to be someone that everyone sees as this perfect person? "True equality is embracing mediocrity": Aparna Nancherla on imposter syndrome and fear of failure 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this year at the Guggenheim, the building plans of Italian Futurists captured the idealism of the artistic movement, even if few were ever realized. When architects make art, at London’s V&A Museum 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Because the play is so much about the interchange of voices and the dialect of people arguing points, points of love and faith and politics and idealism. Why “Angels in America” endures: “Without gay people, you can’t tell the story of America” 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z He fantasizes that if elected she will release the pent-up idealism she’s been clinging to since college, resulting in a flurry of landmark legislation reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous first 100 days. Review: ‘Michael Moore in TrumpLand’ Isn’t About Donald Trump 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Youthful Russian Loyalty Turns to Political Disillusionment Political menace stalks youthful idealism in “Putin’s Kiss,” a portentous, rather creepy documentary that masks its lack of historical context with an atmosphere of accumulating threat. Movie Review: ?Putin?s Kiss,? a Documentary on Masha Drokova of Russia 2012-02-17T01:37:09Z The course of the hygiene debate fluctuates between levels of idealism and pragmatism. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z But they also had the creativity to create some of the purest expressions of countercultural idealism. What can we learn from 1967’s Summer of Love to help us through our current political nightmare? 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z In this autobiography, Barack Obama’s adviser and United Nations ambassador wrestles with the need to balance her youthful idealism against the sober realism of her responsibilities as a policymaker. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But if Elizabeth can see her own idealism translated into being a doctor in a third world country, per the episode’s fade-out, maybe she can see something else for Paige, too. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z In short, Rutter, like all really good arts administrators, merges idealism with practicality. New president Deborah Rutter is Kennedy Center’s breath of fresh air from Windy City On the Venn diagram between monied techno-utopianism and hippie idealism, Wired’s target reader sat squarely in the center. On Reading Issues of Wired from 1993 to 1995 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z One character tells us of his early idealism, his desire to help people, and how that was blunted by the realization that much of the public resents police. 'Newyorkland' digs deep into the world of cops 2011-11-18T17:45:04Z Draped in idealism and wisdom but anchored in data and incrementalism. The boring journey of Matt Yglesias 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The portraits here offer West Coast idealism and conviction coupled with an extravagant aesthetic vision. Movie Review: ‘Spark: A Burning Man Story’ Looks at a Phenomenon 2013-08-15T22:31:10Z “It was a secular time and a time of real idealism, taking from the English what we had known, but making it our own.” ‘A Suitable Boy’ Finally Finds Its Perfect Match: Mira Nair 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z The extension of youth doesn’t imply irresponsibility—many young people are highly responsible—but, rather, a sense of openness, skepticism, idealism, and mutability. Free Yourself from the Cult of Marlon Brando 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z There is idealism somewhere under this pile of bile, the pernicious idealism that wants the world to be perfect and is disgruntled that it isn’t — and that it never will be. Hey, left wing: Quit griping! 2012-09-27T14:00:00Z “It’s very intoxicating, that kind of idealism and rhetoric,” said Wolf. 'It's useful for viewers today': the film about a two-year voluntary isolation 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z There’s an idealism in the attempt to bring back forgotten books. The Custodian of Forgotten Books 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z “Under Western Eyes,” he says, zeroes in on idealism as “the mental aberration that allows terror to be brought about.” Clive James’s ‘Last Readings’ review: A critic’s final homage to literature, life 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The Wall Street Journal’s Sam Sacks calls it “a distressing book, one that delivers a startling rebuttal to the shining idealism of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird.’ What the critics are saying about Harper Lee's 'Go Set A Watchman' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Yet, like anything built on idealism, it was also thrilling—it suggested a frictionless, more accessible world. The Concorde and the Lost Glories of Commercial Air Travel 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z You don’t get the laid-bare feeling of Schubert, Beethoven’s idealism, Liszt’s philosophical questing, or Schumann’s palpitating, specific love for his wife, Clara. The Pianist Jeremy Denk on the Joys of Chopin, Our Most Catlike Composer 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z “That’s precisely the naïveté and idealism that was part of her,” he added. Books of The Times: The International Journey and Legacy of Obama?s Mother 2011-05-02T19:49:22Z But there's also substance: the dying lights of 60s idealism and 70s social conscience; the glimpses of a world which, if it had known what really mattered, might have been completely different. Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z And sometimes the forces of idealism and greed do battle inside the newsroom, as in “Network” and “The Insider.” What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z He says he wants to bring to cable news the same sense of idealism that made government appealing on "The West Wing." Sorkin says he's working on cable news TV pilot 2011-01-26T01:09:15Z If there were a time for its comeback, though, it would be now, in the face of occupations, of continued recession, of deflated idealism. Critic?s Notebook: Social-Minded Hip-Hop Makes a Comeback 2011-12-21T19:58:04Z For all its social idealism, racial desegregation brought with it the unfortunate by-product of plucking black enterprises of their talent and resources. Bill Cosby is on the phone: “Wake up, man!” 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Partly, the problem was the result of idealism. Alsatian Wines Strike a Balance of Dry and Sweet 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But I was inspired by the critical acclaim for it: inspired by the passion of its admirers, and by their cinephile idealism. Cannes 2015: baffling set of prizes take the edge off a great competition line-up 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z To Steinem, however, Monroe’s romantic idealism, her refusal to marry for any reason other than love, makes perfect sense. T Magazine: Hello Again, Norma Jeane 2011-03-01T18:40:52Z They each saw particularism as a path to utopian idealism. ‘Zion80,’ Combining the Music of Fela and Carlebach 2013-06-05T21:29:00Z Yet her scorn for her father's grim idealism allows for a mocking perceptiveness. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 2013-05-03T17:41:01Z In the last scene Mr. Obama’s victory speech provokes a cynical tirade from Cogan, who scoffs, in a carefully nonpartisan fashion, at the president-elect’s idealism. Movie Review: ‘Killing Them Softly,’ With Brad Pitt, From Andrew Dominik 2012-11-29T16:13:01Z Their idealism can be defined as a simple longing for the opportunity to live a creative, fulfilled life. Isabel Toledo’s inauguration wardrobe for Michelle Obama exuded the optimism of a historic moment 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z But at the same time, when she wouldn’t speak up for idealism, Obama would ask her: “Are you sick, Power?” What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Wolf sees less idealism, however, in the parents who are “worried about their child not getting into the right preschools” and eventually, “into an Ivy League college.” Can babies read? 2012-09-12T16:08:00Z The cultural revolution in China, which features in our second story, provides many examples in which the irresponsible and carefree idealism of students was cynically manipulated and driven towards violence and oppression. I predict a riot 2011-03-05T00:07:24Z It was a kind of long tail in which a ferocious idealism and technical curiosity in Gropius’s generation of architects diffused deeply, by direct education and indirect example, into American heartlands and hinterlands. Ezra Stoller Turned Buildings Into Monuments 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z Here we are anyhow, torturing ourselves with the implausible idealism of “The West Wing” once more. Review | The last thing America needs right now is more ‘West Wing’ 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Rather than dogma, he wrote, the subject was “American idealism.” Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Nevertheless said Mandel "it's getting sort of frightening" how closely the series about a political system where idealism is trumped by compromise tends to echo real Washington politics. 'Veep' and the art of nailing Washington politics, Trump or not 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s easy to feel drawn to this poet’s idealism and generosity of spirit; hard, as well, not to be grateful for moments when she indulges in a little self-puncturing. A Poet Takes Aim at the Literary and Political Patriarchy 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Maybe you failed to apply that idealism to your reality the first time around. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z It took unmatched skill, and across his career, Prince’s virtuosity felt like an expression of commitment to his idealism. We’ve lost Prince, our single greatest pop star 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z “In the standard history,” Boyle writes, “the shattering started with the idealism of a new generation,” which rejected the stultifying compromises required by the “relentlessly moderate consensus” of the postwar era. Think You Know the 1960s? ‘The Shattering’ Asks You to Think Again. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Maybe it was youthful idealism at the time. Clive Davis on his 2015 pre-Grammy bash: 'It's overwhelming' 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The difficulties of clinging to one's idealism, and the torch-passing from one generation of activists to another, are fecund themes for drama. Review: Nebunele Theatre's 'Friend's Enemy' explores idealism's betrayal 2010-08-19T21:05:00Z Christopher Nolan went dark and then darker with another DC Comics legend in the Dark Knight films, but this was Superman, idealism embodied. Movie Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Depicts a Striving Stranger in a Strange Land 2013-06-13T16:00:30Z It’s a story I plan to follow — though perhaps without quite the same idealism I started out with two years ago. Can we build a sustainable Japan? 2013-03-12T18:50:00Z The sermon conjures some of the idealism that surrounds what’s come to be called the maker movement, and the suggested pleasure one might take in doing one’s duty with exactly the right implement. The Robust Preciousness of Labour and Wait 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And his words are exceptional for their assertive idealism. Review: ‘Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn’ 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Its canny mix of nostalgia and idealism, old-fashioned conservatism and new-age liberalism will hit the spot for some, even if its vision of American unity is hard to recognize right now. ‘The Prom’ Review: Showbiz Sanctimony, and All That Zazz 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z With “Spaceship Earth,” Wolf considers how admirable idealism is often thwarted by cruel reality. The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in May 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It blends idealism and cynicism, love and loss, in equal measure. Music: Sinead O?Connor?s ?How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?? 2012-02-10T12:58:00Z But with this new play, a sweet and satiric meditation on the beautiful folly of idealism, he establishes himself as a writer and artist of serious consequence. | 'The Walk Across America for Mother Earth': Protesters Armed With Wigs and Sequins 2011-01-21T03:01:21Z Matthew Gilbert seems born to play Beethoven — raging, misunderstood, unapologetic, and still full of boundless idealism as he tries to heal the world without being able to heal himself. ArtsWest stages NW premiere of ‘33 Variations’ 2013-05-06T19:15:26Z Does saying this mean I'm simply going down the long slide like every one in every generation before my own, exchanging youthful idealism for the gloom of age? Diamond jubilee: writers reflect on growing up Elizabethan 2012-06-01T21:50:02Z This is intentional, part of its strategy to allow the story to play on a field of idealism and emphasize its loftier messages of both knowing yourself and "to thine own self, be true." "Ted Lasso" creators Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt want you to know it's OK not to be OK 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z Like the movement itself, their relationship is swept up in the passions and contradictions of the young: full of both conviction and uncertainty, idealism and fatalism. First love on the front lines: Coming of age in the Hong Kong protests 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Their memories unknowingly reflect Liberty Square’s original idealism when it opened in 1937. From Bittersweet Childhoods to ‘Moonlight’ 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z I always loved this movie and am a sap for idealism and romance. In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Vogue published thoughtful essays considering the state of blacks in the larger society and celebrating young political cubs full of idealism, but the face of the mainstream was unchanged. To fight the status quo, the activists of 1968 harnessed the power of fashion 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z I’m now a student at a law school where I feel immense pressure to pursue a corporate career and give up the idealism that has served as my enduring motivation. Spring Forward: Songs for a New Season 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The film is bookended by the murders of the two greatest avatars of 1960s idealism: Johns F Kennedy and Lennon, respectively. My streaming gem: why you should watch The Killing of America 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z If this is about idealism and adulation, are audiences really asking for this? Hollywood’s grim century of fat-shaming: from Greta Garbo to Chlöe Grace Moretz 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z As Seierstad weaves the stories of Utoya’s campers with her central narrative about Breivik — revealing the mundane details of their family lives, their youthful ambitions, idealism and naïveté — the book attains an almost unbearable weight. Book Review Podcast: 'One of Us' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “Camouflage” speaks to war-hungry governments, arms deals and sectarianism, Gharem says, adding that his favorite hidden message in the painting reads, “It may be that idealism requires naivety to survive.” The hidden messages in LACMA's massive stamp painting, 'Camouflage' 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s soon clear why: As drawn here, Boston isn’t just a man, he’s a paragon of selfless idealism, a martyr to injustice and racial hatred. ‘The 24th’ Review: The Story Behind a Mutiny 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Hillary may not have MacKaye’s magniloquence, but he shares his idealism. Review: Big Dreams, Bright Ideas in ‘The Light Years’ 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z How true that rings in our depressed era bleached of political idealism, imbued with a "nothing works" despondency. Bernard Shaw's guide to the post-crash world 2012-10-12T21:55:16Z Will's hard-bitten idealism finds its voice in a stirring monologue in the episode's first scene. A big story developing on HBO's 'The Newsroom' 2012-06-20T09:16:04Z The singer's idealism, however, feels a little out of place in a tour that is named, at least in part, after an illegal drug. Madonna issues MDNA tour 'manifesto' 2012-08-29T10:23:46Z With its lyrics, the band also attempts — as the album title suggests — to recreate a late-hippie spirit that mixes hedonism, idealism and a conscience, a rickety balance. Greta Van Fleet Blasts Toward the Past 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z While deploring the terrorist attacks on Sony and Charlie Hebdo, many Americans seem alarmed to discover that inclusive democratic idealism is not a warm fuzzy blanket but a blade with two deadly edges. The first rule of satire in the U.S.: Do not offend 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z This was an approach to life leavened by comparatively little idealism about the possibilities for progress in the outside world. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z With varying degrees of intensity, these correspondences all suggest that MacNeice was more interested in pursuing than in possessing – which implies a kind of idealism. Letters of Louis MacNeice edited by Jonathan Allison 2010-06-05T08:05:00Z For those who never quite bought the heady idealism of President Bartlet's West Wing, is best watched from behind the sofa, or not at all. The Newsroom: are news anchors really this important? 2012-06-23T23:04:22Z For the first time in a while, the emphasis was on Alicia’s idealism as well, rather than her sexual behavior or her newly awakened ruthlessness. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Good Wife' Watch: Alicia Wriggles Out of One Jame; Will Lands in Another 2011-11-07T06:00:04Z Both were romantics, but Waters’s idealism faced forward, while Tower’s nostalgia sent him ceaselessly back to the grandeur of the past. Jeremiah Tower, a Forgotten Father of the American Food Revolution 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Other tracks explore addiction, 60s idealism and "rock'n'roll's early reputation as the devil's music". Robbie Robertson recruits Tom Morello and Trent Reznor for new album 2011-01-05T11:53:47Z It would have been so much easier to accomplish the goals I believe in if my generation had benefited from both the idealism and the practical thinking of the Millennials.” Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z Pass/Fail: He began his teaching stint with idealism. Would you befriend the person who got you fired? 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z And Boyz n the Hood is one of great humanity, heart and idealism; these are the factors that survive the violence. John Singleton: maverick director with a radical edge 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Empty of architectural inspiration, empty of social hope or idealism, and often empty of people, Clarence Dock and Glasgow Harbour had a hard time filling their minimalist microflats with either buyers or buy-to-let investors. A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley 2010-10-15T23:06:00Z It’s a reminder that the upward striving of first- and second-generation Jewish immigrants in the middle decades of the 20th century was accompanied by fervent political idealism. Review: In ‘RBG,’ the Life and Times of a Beloved and Controversial Supreme Court Justice 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z In this spirit, we actually have more in common with the activism of the early ’60s, which showed us that pragmatic idealism can work. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z Schama shows us how the revolution was an unforgettable combination of idealism and brutality. Three books on the revolutions that America's uprising helped spawn 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Or the rookie cop in “Training Day,” whose idealism is quickly splattered with blood. Nearing 50, Ethan Hawke’s latest radical transformation — violent abolitionist John Brown — suits an explorer of ‘intense faith’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z It will also act as a catalyst that – added to Ezeulu’s stubborness, his idealism, his pride – will contribute to his tragic end. Chinua Achebe: The man who rediscovered Africa 2013-03-22T14:45:00Z Like most young artists, I was full of pompous idealism when I moved to New York City, in the summer of 1995. My Long, Unfinished Path to Becoming an American Citizen 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z Winfried, a shaggy baby boomer, has had the luxury of conflating irresponsibility with idealism. Review: In ‘Toni Erdmann,’ Dad’s a Prankster Trying to Jolt His Conformist Daughter 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “In addition to telling the historical story on its own terms, it really captures the many, many tensions between idealism and reality that have always characterized the laws of war.” ‘Lincoln’s Code,’ by John Fabian Witt 2012-10-10T21:53:50Z Behind the Bauhaus’s admirable idealism, you sense a kind of disgust with difference, and with humanity as it is. Review | Bauhaus designers changed the way the world looks. But did they make it better? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z I think the interesting journey for him was from idealism to cynicism. Staging Oppenheimer's nuclear story 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z While every other Democrat I knew was swept up by Obama’s idealism, I cynically resisted. Young Democrats in love 2012-11-02T23:30:00Z He’s always seen the comic potential of that threatened all-American way of life, of Norman Rockwell idealism, and its proximity to more anarchic urges. Will Ferrell: ‘Ignorance is a key part of comedy’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Yet behind the captivation of the romantic domain, rests a tragic drama, and a fable of loss and disillusionment, yet the impermeable sense of magic and idealism. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z For the final bit, the chorus chanted a Paine phrase gradually transformed from idealism to hate speech. Exploratory 'First Take' presents six operas in progress 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Her fierce practicality butts up against his obdurate idealism in a principled conflict that is as fraught as that in Herman Melville’s “Billy Budd.” Review | After an act of ecoterrorism, two siblings go on the run in ‘The Wildlands’ 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Virtually every element of the 209-room property, from restaurant menus to design details to public events, will be awash in progressive idealism, trumpeting the brand’s liberal leanings. Inside Washington’s new anti-Trump hotel 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z It's not narcissism or ego, it's toxic possessiveness and idealism. "The Girl Before" ending explained: What happens to Jane? 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z But as the years and conflicts pass and Pang becomes increasingly ruthless, the bandits begin to question his idealism and distrust his motives. 'The Warlords': big battles, small personal drama in 19th-century China 2010-04-15T20:45:00Z He also does little to shed new light on such perennial topics as the contradictions in the American soul, torn between materialism and idealism, hedonism and puritanism, individuality and conformity. Books of The Times: ‘To America With Love,’ by. A. A. Gill 2013-08-21T22:17:14Z Still, if you were interested in more than moshing through your memories, this show presented an opportunity to reconnect, in a very basic way, with your idealism. Prophets of Rage and the trouble with fighting today’s wars using yesterday’s weapons 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z It is a state of neither easy cynicism nor naïve idealism, but of engaged reasonableness. ‘Why Grow Up?’ by Susan Neiman 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z He despised political expediency, but abhorred misplaced idealism and zealotry. Tony Judt obituary 2010-08-08T17:38:00Z Mr. Assayas, 55, describes his own political sympathies as “libertarian left,” meaning that he is anti-Stalinist, anti-Maoist and very much aware of the way that revolutionary idealism often curdles into something sinister and oppressive. A Sweeping Tale of a Terrorist and His Time 2010-10-09T17:04:00Z South London Gallery, London SE5 until 8 September Christopher Wood This short-lived early 20th-century British painter gets a showing in a gallery and house that perfectly preserve the idealism of his age. Gallery taken over by giant Felix the Cat – the week in art 2013-07-12T14:39:06Z Their resolve and idealism reminds me of what first drew me to them — and India — and why I’ve kept going back over the years. Portraits of Everyday Life in the Indian State of Gujarat 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z Is it about the utopian idealism of the early days of the revolution? ‘Cubanacán’ Imagines When Che and Fidel Compared Golf Swings 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z But he comes off like a rich poseur trying to make idealism his #brand, manically quoting progressive catchphrases the way he spat bad rap at a Season-2 party for Logan. ‘Succession’ Returns, With No Real People Involved 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z If only Kenyan politicians and police had as much idealism as this book. Out of Africa 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “The Canyons” initially appears to be doing much the same, as in a desultory introductory scene set at a bar-restaurant, except that idealism isn’t anywhere on the menu. Movie Review: ‘The Canyons’ Is an Erotic Thriller With Lindsay Lohan 2013-08-01T17:11:39Z He channelled this idealism into cinema, taking a step up from the DIY splatter films he shot with friends as a teenager to “movies with something to say, a message”. 'They're behaving as capitalists': the film inspired by Iceland's farming stranglehold 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z There will be journalism and idealism, but Mr. Sorkin has said that it will really be about the relationships. Critic’s Notebook: TV Shows for Summer: Finales, Imports and New Series 2012-05-31T21:54:13Z This study of a goofy white rapper from Wisconsin who calls himself Juiceboxxx is also a thoughtful, often moving narrative about friendship, idealism and ambition. ‘The Next Next Level’ by Leon Neyfakh: a tale of rap and friendship 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z He clings to the faith that his thwarted ambition, his battered idealism and his dented self-esteem will all be vindicated if Eliza wins a competitive scholarship to study in England. Review: ‘Graduation’ and the Anguish of Living Vicariously 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Here, he captures both the angry idealism and the ingenious daring of Mr. Rzewski’s “Which Side Are You On?” in a teeming, and beautiful, performance. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2019 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Season 2 barrels through the impossible quest to match one's idealism with capitalist realities. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Morgenthau’s idea of a statesman who was not misled by idealism, who kept his eye on the realities of power, was Chamberlain’s successor, Winston Churchill. The Book That Shaped Foreign Policy for a Generation Has More to Say 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z The stage show received mixed reviews "a distinctly dated feeling to the material — not the topic of Southern racism, but the youthful idealism of its hero". Grisham Broadway play to close early 2013-11-07T15:21:57Z Smart Students Go After Intel’s Science Prize Three enterprising high schoolers blaze a path to the holy grail of science contests in “Whiz Kids,” an unabashed celebration of geekitude, idealism and the will to win. | 'Whiz Kids': Smart Students Go After Intel?s Science Prize 2010-06-04T00:17:00Z This blind idealism of "I'm the knight in shining armor, so I can get away with things." Sebastian Stan on the twisted psyche of his "Fresh" role: "What he is seeking is a willing partner" 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Koolhaas, himself an avid swimmer, satirises the utopian beginnings of Russian constructivism and its slow morph into corporate American modernism with his usual intellect, idealism and rancour. Art and the hidden depths of the humble public pool 2012-08-03T16:55:30Z He was clearly sincere in his idealism and well-informed about the issues, and even the way he bowed out of the race reflected on some level his personal character. From Gary Hart to Donald Trump: “We have a system that favors the shameless” 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z A Paris-born poet and songwriter with degrees in economics, marketing, finance and political science, François is guided by emotional instincts and political idealism more than research or focus groups. Chrysler's Kumbaya King 2012-05-16T22:34:55Z The Kingpin’s overscaled rage and narcissism gave the story energy, and the contrast with Daredevil’s problematic idealism was fertile ground for comic-book melodrama. In ‘Daredevil,’ on Netflix, the Punisher Stirs Up the Gangs 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “This isn’t a heroic-teacher drama about idealism in the face of adversity. It’s an acknowledgment of the hard work of learning, and the magic of simple decency.” The Best Films of 2022, So Far 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z I’m thankful for the idealism of their teachers and the dedication of their parents. Here's What Martin O'Malley Is Thankful For 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The organization and its allies seemed to be on the vanguard of a global movement toward openness and democracy, enabled by digital technology and fueled by the idealism and skepticism of an army of hackers. Review: Revisiting the Mystery of Julian Assange, in ‘Risk’ 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Before he became a titan of commerce, Humm studied philosophy at Saarland University in the early 1980s immersing himself in German idealism and, in particular, Heidegger’s Being and Time. A hotline to Satan: why is the ex-CEO of Vodafone making a film version of Faust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z If there are themes they're environmentalism and the threats to idealism. Neil Young and Crazy Horse 2013-06-11T14:14:53Z Brutal realism is offset by romanticism, idealism, even a flawed human grandeur. What films have you been watching? 2012-11-05T17:03:19Z “Homeland” lacks the idealism of these shows, and their glossed-over tactics, too: Where “Madam Secretary” in particular doubles down on the inherent goodness of the American Way, “Homeland” is loath to offer any such comfort. How “Homeland” became an action movie 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z But with China falling under Communist rule, Acheson worried that Truman’s Wilsonian idealism might propel him toward a more activist opposition to the “false philosophy” of Communism. 1949: The Year That Set the Course of Chinese-American Relations 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z But his idealism comes to a sordid end. In ‘Lulu,’ the Question That Stops an Opera 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z He suggests that people are looking for something beyond rationalism: a kind of idealism, something that speaks to their own values. Critic’s Notebook: Salzburg to Lincoln Center, Spirituality Is on the Program 2012-07-26T02:37:36Z In America, our idealism is matched only by our bloodlust. Real-life mass shootings: the subject Hollywood dare not touch 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z There is a certain idealism to that approach, one that reflects the utopianism of early modern dance. In Each Child, an Inner Choreographer 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z In a move that was equal parts keen insight and extreme idealism, Mr. Michel turned his attention to Haiti’s presidential contest. How a Former Fugee Helped Elect the President of Haiti 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z I have spoken to mates in London and Manchester and they sound genuinely frightened and hopeless, and the details of their stories place this outbreak beyond the realms of any political idealism or rationalisation. UK riots: Big Brother isn't watching you 2011-08-11T17:18:00Z “Cheery pessimism. Or weary idealism. Take your pick.” Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z So caught in the troubled nexus of political idealism and racial innocence, or at least racial optimism, was the progress of black people. “Maybe it is not that you couldn’t. It is that you wouldn’t”: Michael Eric Dyson reflects on Obama’s complicated legacy on race 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z But “Designated Survivor” leans more toward the idealism of “The West Wing.” Kiefer Sutherland Returns. This Time the Oval Office Is His. 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Plans were botched or poorly executed or frantically changed at the last minute, promises were made and then broken, naive idealism was mixed with unbelievable arrogance. “Last Days in Vietnam”: Is the humiliation of 1975 about to be repeated? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Certainly, at some point many years ago, Coachella-goers must have been striving to capture something they found seductive—maybe the idealism of Woodstock, or the promise of liberty in a remote desert. The Appeal of the Coachella Way of Life 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z That energy is not at all benign; for Gielen, the violence in Beethoven’s scores is as much a part of their humanity as their idealism is. His Conducting Wasn’t Always Pleasant. But It Was the Truth. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Their motives, while not fully articulated — there is never a lot of talking in a Kelly Reichardt movie — seem to be a mixture of despair, muddled idealism and boredom. ‘Night Moves’ Tracks Three Eco-Terrorists in Oregon 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Your idealism is aroused today, along with your appreciation of beauty. Search Menu Menu The Washington Post ProfileSolid ProfileSolid The Washington Post Wp ArrowRight Comment GiftOutline Loading... 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z A ringing affirmation of revolutionary idealism as embodied in Lenin, the play implicitly attacked the sclerotic, cynical system of the Brezhnev years and the malign, lingering influence of Stalin. Mikhail Shatrov, Outspoken Soviet Playwright, Dies at 78 2010-05-26T15:59:00Z This is not a potted biography, but it is a politely pruned one, idealism washing over the ick. A Rosier View of Roald Dahl 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Importantly, Hanks leads the operation that brings Apollo 13 and its pilots back, unharmed, and brings our idealism back to Earth as battered but also unharmed. The 25 best Tom Hanks films – ranked! 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Almost everything about BIG, a Danish architecture firm with a growing U.S. portfolio, suggests that it is in the mainstream of international architectural idealism. Why is this architecture firm dealing with the NFL and Dan Snyder? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Straddling five decades, “Love, Love, Love” offers its own illuminating take on the ebb and flow of political idealism and indignation. Arts & Leisure: ‘Denial,’ ‘Bofors Gun’ and the London Revival of Rage 2012-06-17T00:00:31Z Maybe it is in an attempt to make amends that the book veers into idealism and cliché: “This country is beautiful and full of life…who will fight for it, if not us?” Out of Africa 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z So many years later, the “idealism” of that moment proved to be a mirage, viewed through the befogged lens of hubris, clouded by lies. In Today’s World, Is It Possible to Be an Idealist? 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Her precious innocence and idealism, her dream of becoming a doctor, her light spirit has been broadcast across the world. On Father's Day, Black dads and the fragility of our fortune 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z No flower power, no Summer of Love propaganda, just the long, inevitable collapse of 1960s idealism into a more general condition of paranoia and decay. Remembering Robert Stone 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z But history would soon enough put a severe strain on the kind of aesthetic idealism that motivated these and many other artists of the era. Art In Review: ‘THE FIGURE IN MODERN SCULPTURE’ 2012-06-14T19:18:52Z More centrally, the two titles are about discovering and applying—to yourself, to others—a sustainable form of moral idealism. Two Début Novels Explore How to Be Good 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z The idealism of the officer and the judge stands in for De Lestrade’s, and you can feel him working to keep it in check, to keep his lecturing of the audience to a minimum. Review: ‘Laetitia,’ a French True-Crime Gem, Comes to HBO 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Cocooned in wealth and privilege, the sisters dreamed noble dreams but were buoyed by naïveté and sometimes led astray by bourgeois idealism. The Famous, Feuding Siblings Who Helped Shape Modern China 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It's obscene, rock-bottom laughter, disabused of all idealism, that provides the tonic Céline speaks of and the tumult Roth revels in creating. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z He has an ear for how people can weaponize idealism; he understands how the language of self-care and self-help can gussy up plain old self-interest. Review: ‘The White Lotus’ Offers Scenery From the Class Struggle 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z “It was a farewell to the idealism and purity of the folk revival,” Wein wrote. George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z But the recent evolution brings a human scale and an appealing American idealism to spaces where self-conscious and overbearing grandeur have held sway for too long. America’s front yard 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Also, in its ephemeral moment of campy triumph, “Sharknado” made good on the Internet’s initial idealism of bringing us closer rather than keeping us apart. ‘Sharknado 2’: The real fear is the fear of missing out Under his real name, Nick Sloan, he had been one of Solarz’s comrades in the bombings of government buildings at exactly that period when political idealism soured into potentially lethal criminality. Robert Redford's The Company You Keep: Old Radicals Die Hard 2012-09-07T01:08:30Z To borrow the show’s oft-repeated example of the industry’s smarmiest idealism, shouldn’t women also have an opportunity to make the world a better place? Perspective | ‘Silicon Valley’ is done, but the important work of mocking tech culture must carry on 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z This idealism sharply contrasted with his prejudice, manifested in an 1850 screed he wrote called “Jewishness in Music,” which castigated Jews as unfit for the art form. Movie Review: Stephen Fry Narrates the Documentary ‘Wagner & Me’ 2012-12-07T01:03:22Z Their idealism is needed and necessary and a breath of fresh air. "Voting is important but insufficient": Scott Warren on youth power in politics 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z It might be fueled by youthful idealism that will crash and burn as she and Marschner get older, but for now they seem happy. To be young and polyamorous in the age of OkCupid 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z She also relates to what she sees as her midcentury character’s idealism, “trying to bring people together.” | Connecticut: ‘Clybourne Park,’ at Long Wharf Theater in New Haven 2013-05-25T00:50:19Z Elizabeth still seems to hold onto the idealism, if that’s what it is, of her youth when she unquestioningly continues to see the Soviet system as successful and morally superior. 'The Americans' Recap: Tire Fire 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z That’s where I was able to apply that early idealism to try to work in communities in public service. For Obamas and Chicago, a long Windy City goodbye 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z The space barons are shrewdly—one might say cynically—tapping into our respect for astronauts and our idealism about what space represents. Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But Saarinen finessed the problem rather like corporate architects today finesse the problem of housing large, impersonal, often rapacious organizations in buildings that suggests transparency, openness and idealism. Perspective | 50 years later, St. Louis’ Gateway Arch emerges with a new name and a skeptical view of western expansion 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z However stirring the images of Arab Spring idealism might seem to Western audiences, “The Square” is often painful viewing for those who lived through it, a heartbreaking reminder of hopes deferred and fears fulfilled. Egyptian-American Filmmaker Captures Cairo’s Arab Spring 2014-02-07T23:01:46Z Although Friedman admits he’s impressed with the strength of Millennial “optimism and idealism,” he is “baffled” by our pragmatism. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z But as he talks his tone changes, reverting to the film’s fairy floss idealism, the Hollywood notion that anybody can do anything if they set their minds to it. James Cameron on Deepsea Challenge: I'm not just some rich guy on a ride 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z President Richard Nixon cynically used the rhetoric of Wilsonian idealism to escalate the war in Vietnam, saying that his plan would bring the United States closer to Wilson’s “goal of a just and lasting peace.” In ‘The Moralist,’ Woodrow Wilson and the Hazards of Idealism 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z He had a kind of transformation with the financial crisis, and went back into government in order to make the banks pay, and ends his career in Washington in a burst of angry idealism. George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z But even they often only project their wishful thinking, their romantic idealism, onto the thing they have fundamentally failed to grasp. Perspective | A portrait of Vincent van Gogh as a tormented soul 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z One crucial difference is that “Sunset Boulevard” and “Mulholland Drive” each draw you in through the complex, destabilizing and productive play between irony and idealism. Movie Review: ‘The Canyons’ Is an Erotic Thriller With Lindsay Lohan 2013-08-01T17:11:39Z And the culture as a whole has a bit of a smug, seen-it-all attitude when it comes to both utopian idealism and the straightforward expression of emotion. Why "Glee" is the new "Rocky Horror" 2010-10-19T15:45:00Z Rock idealism harked back directly to U2 in sets by the Fray and Imagine Dragons, who still construct anthems from march beats and reverberating guitars. Music Review: ‘Bringing Human Rights Home’ at Barclays Center 2014-02-06T23:46:07Z Let’s not equate Kelly’s iron-fist-velvet-glove interviews — some interviews, that is — with journalistic idealism. Megyn Kelly’s killer moment with Gingrich was a welcome return to badassery 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Only the spirit and the idealism of it.” Critic?s Notebook: Unearthly Harmonies, Best Heard in the Dark 2011-02-15T22:20:14Z His idealism is only sincere in the sense that he believes his own manufactured hype, which is an amusingly familiar failing shared by a lot of Hollywood people. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But it fails to offer a rousing confrontation between wife and mistress, or a soul-searching meditation on the way we always disappoint ourselves as youthful idealism turns to plump middle-age. The Breath of Life ? review 2011-02-24T17:41:50Z Though thwarted, the idealism lingered, making him just the type of trenchant misanthrope – like George Carlin or Bill Hicks – that is the template for many great comedians. Comedy gold: Sam Kinison's Breaking the Rules 2012-12-20T15:37:15Z He described his next project, “Las Mimosas,” which he said would deal with Moroccan caravans, the myth of Faust and a Sufi wise man, as an “idealistic film about the absurdity of idealism.” Oliver Laxe?s Morocco Film ?You All Are Captains? 2011-10-16T04:10:13Z That estimation isn't entirely off, given the unapologetic idealism dominating this episode, along with its near lack of crisis or any sense of a real threat to its protagonists. Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Marvel performance packs an emotional wallop befitting his legacy 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Seizing on the millennial movements that erupted during the English civil war in the 1640s, it depicts the eternal battle between revolutionary idealism and political pragmatism. Light Shining in Buckinghamshire 2010-07-21T21:15:00Z But few accounts preserve the gleeful idealism of the “head,” or consider the turn from psychedelic exploration to the amorphous hierarchies of the Silicon Valley workplace as a form of pragmatic surrender. The Lingering Legacy of Psychedelia 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z But television’s particular gift to our sanity in times of division is to show the world as we’d like it to be, and in the midst of that idealism, depict it as it is. "Los Espookys" and "Alternatinos" show the Latinx TV crossover is already here 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z This approach comes from a mindset that I call pragmatic idealism. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z Hochschild’s book shows us what a radical movement looked like from the inside, with all of its high-flown idealism and personal intrigues. The Unlikely Life of a Socialist Activist Resonates a Century Later 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z At that time Rembrandt was in deep disrepute, his naturalism an affront to the neo-Classical idealism of the French academy. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z Nothing to see here, folks, just another news cycle going by—try not to accidentally believe something and cripple your idealism. Donald Trump, human dog-whistle: The 2016 election, the left and the place where language ends 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z His own parents, in their idealism, had been distant figures. Carl Bernstein, Looking Back at His Start, Conjures the Newsrooms of the Early 1960s 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z But she’s a strong character with an admirable degree of idealism. Callan Wink on Fiction in the Age of “Alternative Facts” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z As he spoke, I detected in his voice both a hint of the idealism of that year’s American Bicentennial and an echo of politics today. The wine tasting that shocked the world — and forever changed what we drink 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Scarred by his own experience growing up in Nazi Germany, Kissinger has always been alive to the fragility of democracy, a feeling that has guided his approach, one that abhors idealism. 25 Great Books by Refugees in America 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z He and Mr. Saleh embark on a road trip that binds them in friendship, forces each to confront his generation’s struggle to turn idealism into results and ultimately leaves both marooned in Turkey. In ‘Our Terrible Country,’ Mohammad Ali Atassi Explores the Syrian Revolt 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z But if idealism keeps resurfacing in Western thought, it may be because we find Descartes and Galileo’s original dismissal of the mind deeply unsatisfying. Do We Have Minds of Our Own? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Even if the play suffers from thematic overload and descends into improbability, I applaud Campbell's point that progress needs to be tempered by idealism. Bracken Moor – review 2013-06-18T16:56:35Z So I’m pleased to report that “Hamilton” has transferred to Hamburg with its verve, ingenuity, idealism and courage intact. Review: ‘Hamilton’ in German? It’s a Thrill. 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Gradually the idealism dissipates, and descriptions about the ups and downs of actual relationships take over. Music Review: The Kisses, the Bites, the Humor of Rodgers and Hart 2010-09-19T21:58:00Z Her idealism retained much of this innocent generosity, which never fit well with realpolitik, and the adult Vanessa quickly became disillusioned with the Labor Party. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan Whatever my father’s civic motives for enlisting Stretch as an artist for the cause, they soon gave way to personal ones—not that either Greg or Stretch cared to separate idealism from romance. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z His is instead a pragmatic idealism, influenced by his grandmother. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z That opposition — toxic hate and toxic idealism — is paralleled in the background, in the fictional, quasi-autocratic presidencies of Richard Nixon and Robert Redford. The Incredible, Indelible ‘Watchmen’ 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Let’s not even open the keg of worms that is “sound idealism.” The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The torque of the plot follows from that adherence — think of Sarah Miles’s Roman Catholic guilt in “The End of the Affair” or Alden Pyle’s fanatical idealism in “The Quiet American.” Affluent Idlers Find a Just Cause in a Refugee Swept Ashore 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The antidote is the idealism, the sincere love of the cinema, that also flourishes here, nearly 9,000 feet above sea level and almost six months away from the Oscars. The Telluride Film Festival Features ‘Mr. Turner’ 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z Our very contemporary problems, then, bring us past idealism to compromise. Review: Jonathan Franzen's Purity Examines Wealth and Identity 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z While panning the production, Frank Rich wrote in The Times that Mr. Huddleston’s sandpaper voice “captures both the idealism and pragmatism, as well as the humor, of Branch Rickey.” David Huddleston, the Title Lebowski in ‘The Big Lebowski,’ Dies at 85 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z As Stevenson writes: “The fierce and euphoric idealism that had arisen in the 1960s was giving way to doubt and paranoia, a kind of creeping corporate co-optation and, ultimately, downbeat social lassitude and introverted resignation.” Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Both are a far cry from the idealism of the acclaimed political TV series "The West Wing" in the early 2000s, and instead reflect a deep cynicism toward national politics, Thompson said. Truth is stranger than fiction in Emmy's political TV shows 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z “A proven track record of insane idealism” can’t help a man leap tall buildings in a single bound or make evil governments behave. ‘Tigerman,’ by Nick Harkaway Sarah Connolly, an ever classy mezzo, captivated as the Composer, racked with frustration, idealism and devotion. The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les p?cheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z In a more straightforward writer one might suspect the partner of idealism to be opportunism. Letters of Louis MacNeice edited by Jonathan Allison 2010-06-05T08:05:00Z His idealism about racial slurs — that by using them people can sap them of their malign power — goes unquestioned. Julian Barry, Who Made Lenny Bruce Into ‘Lenny,’ Dies at 92 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z And they were drenched in the sort of sentimental idealism that people of the Victorian age evidently found irresistible. Art Review: ‘John Rogers: American Stories’ at New-York Historical Society 2012-11-08T22:14:24Z I knew Kina was given to flights of pacifist idealism. T Magazine: Island Records 2012-11-16T18:00:23Z But the story told by this ephemera is one of decline; how the idealism, subversion, protest and innovation of the 1960s gave way to slick professionalism. The Art of Classic Rock by Paul Grushkin 2010-05-14T23:29:00Z Fraser’s fascination with the idealism and ambition she saw in her parents’ political friends would lead her to books about Cromwell, the Gunpowder Plot and the 1832 Reform Bill. Antonia Fraser’s ‘My History’: The biographer and mom of six looks back 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z But we certainly know that this film is absolutely great: sweet, charming, funny, with a dash of idealism and a genuine eccentricity that distinguishes it from regular Hollywood product. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z To me Aaron’s always been a filmmaker with a sense of justice and idealism. Jessica Chastain Feared Speaking Out Would Hurt Her Career 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “Moon shots!” one administration official said, kicking off the day on an inspirational note to embrace the White House as a partner and catalyst for putting their personal idealism into practice. White House Hosts ‘Next Generation’ Young and Rich 2014-04-18T21:49:51Z This is a technical concern, but it seems to imply a broader idealism. Live Jazz: 5 April Standouts, From Andrew Cyrille to Linda May Han Oh 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Beethoven attempts to appropriate and transform operatic methods of his day, comic and epic, into a screed of unrealistic political and conjugal idealism. Beethoven's messy opera 'Fidelio' is in fine hands in San Francisco 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The profound bungling and cynicism and deception behind those decisions is elided, practically ignored, eclipsed by Bush’s present-moment sincerity and idealism. A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z More than just an example of bad-boy high jinks, it was perceived as a slap in the face to beauty, idealism and decorum, proof of European culture on the slide. Art Review: When Picasso Changed His Tune 2011-02-10T22:50:56Z And the positive thinking of “Liberated” uses the superficial as a springboard to idealism. The Playlist: Kanye West’s Breakout Star 070 Shake, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z One thing that struck me is that the construction of the Met represented a kind of idealism we’re still seeing today, but with a difference. Perspective | Passing of the torch at Met Opera’s midlife 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z I can only say that I responded to its passion and idealism." newspaper's Geoffrey Macnab described To The Wonder as "an utterly original film from a director reinventing his medium as he goes along. Malick confounds Venice critics 2012-09-03T09:25:58Z Some are expressions of idealism, others of incredible cynicism and savagery. Exhibition Review: Architects in World War II: Construction Amid Destruction 2011-06-01T15:27:34Z But there's a driving narrative impulse, and, however silly, a kind of idealism, a sense that it's exciting to make contact with whatever's out there. Prometheus 2012-05-30T14:12:53Z This sense of how the world can be is often expressed with self-deprecatory humor, which can alleviate some of the tensions that might arise from such idealism. Will this personality test make you insane? 2011-04-07T22:08:00Z But even more crucial to the novel’s success, Lee negotiates our tangled racism and idealism with exquisite dexterity. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Was it idealism, the joy of writing – or a fateful trip to an American movie? Culture Flash: dodgy hacks 2011-07-13T21:45:01Z Throughout the movie, how did you balance this duality of an outsider's passionate idealism and optimism, with confronting harsh realities of tradition? Director of Netflix’s “Skater Girl" on making a film set in India that avoids white savior tropes 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z But it’s also his youthful idealism that’s made him a budding star: on the intro of the Freddie Joachim-produced “On and On,” he raps, “Mama, I just bought a first class ticket to my destiny.” Joey Bada$$ Wants to Bring Back the Golden Age of Hip-Hop 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Sir Trevor told mourners his university friend should be remembered for "so many things" including his "political work, idealism and great moralism". Stars mourn actor Corin Redgrave 2010-04-12T17:02:00Z Her past wines have been lovely, and Ms. Kimmel embodies the curiosity, idealism and determination of a group that sees the Gorge as a place to live out dreams. Great Oregon Wines Beyond the Willamette Valley 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Ms. Carbone also quotes writers like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis and Sherwood Anderson, who were all deeply preoccupied with the tensions between repression and liberation, corruption and idealism. Art Review: ?Youth and Beauty? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-11-03T14:00:00Z Lenin appointed Isaac Steinberg commissar of justice, but his outspoken idealism — he wanted to abolish the prison system — led him afoul of the Bolsheviks and into exile. Leo Steinberg, Adventurous Art Historian, Dies at 90 2011-03-14T23:19:13Z But while Columbia might appear bland on the surface, it was very much the product of idealism. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z In his corner we have age, experience and arrogance; in hers, idealism, determination and heart. Drama about Antonin Scalia plays out like 'Beauty and the Beast' 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z He asks Bruce, a math teacher—who went from teaching underprivileged kids to teaching overprivileged kids—what happened to his idealism. “63 Up” and the Child in All of Us 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The film is a chronicle of a hectic time in the life of an ambitious minister of transportation, played by the great Belgian actor Olivier Gourmet as a whirlwind of ambition, cynicism and embattled idealism. Critic?s Notebook: New Directors/New Films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center 2012-03-20T22:30:26Z While she savors the memory of the idealism following the revolutionaries’ triumph, she mourns later land grabs by Sandinista National Liberation Front leaders, illustrated with tableaus of rotting buildings that convey the party’s abandoned aspirations. Movie Review: ‘Magic Words (Breaking a Spell)’ at MoMA 2014-04-30T21:51:13Z For all the utopian, anti-consumeristic idealism, the most popular booth at Minecon was Jinx, the official swag retailer, which had a nonstop line for T-shirts. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z “The idealism is almost in the negative,” she said. Vassily Sigarev, a Voice From Russia’s Rust Belt 2012-07-29T22:00:23Z "When the Night Was Young," the perfect follow and perhaps the record's best track, reflects on Robertson's youthful idealism. Review: Robertson's return triumphant on new CD 2011-04-05T20:11:12Z The magic works here in reverse, finding the plausibility in an implausible scenario instead of teasing the fanciful out from the real; Waititi and Chaplin’s idealism has been replaced with a deep cynicism. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Above all, it is pragmatic, its idealism tempered not by timidity or cupidity or corporate fealty but by a respect for its own limits. A Battle for the ‘Soul of America’? It’s as Old as America, One Historian Notes 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z It seemed unlikely that anything could ever match the heady mix of idealism and romance that we had shared in our youth. Leaving Alaska 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z It is not idealism to believe in Europe; still less is it a bureaucratic abstraction. Europe has been building a secret community of culture 2010-11-23T20:00:00Z They are admirable and awful, full of idealism and full of themselves, weird and entirely familiar. Review: Ben Stiller Is a Dad With a Bruised Ego in ‘Brad’s Status’ 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z What Murray Kempton wrote of JFK in the 1960 primary — "He is fresh and everyone else is tired" — applies to Stephen, who fights to balance idealism with a terrier's determination. 'The Ides of March': George Clooney for President! 2011-08-31T14:20:00Z Hammond isn’t the villain — Wayne Knight’s venal tech guy and Martin Ferrero’s cynical lawyer are the designated baddies — because of his sincere idealism. ‘Jurassic Park’: Where the Wild Things Are 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Tradition dictates that there also be, among all this compromised, agenda-driven humanity, a paragon of decency and idealism under duress. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z In all three cases, idealism and illegality go hand in glove. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2, Episode 4: 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Sittenfeld genuinely gets Hillary, plumbing how her youthful idealism fades as she confronts the realities of politics. In ‘Rodham,’ Curtis Sittenfeld Reimagines Hillary’s Life 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z “Yet Saint-Saëns did not have the extra measure of inspiration, idealism and intensity Rolland invested in his fictional hero, his modern Beethoven.” ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z In many ways, Iacocca’s own life mirrored the idealism expressed in those national symbols. Whose country is this? America and the immigrant experience are intrinsically linked 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z And Selma, from a cogent, concise script by the British screenwriter Paul Webb, is all about realpolitik in the service of social idealism. REVIEW: 'Selma': The Film of the Year — But 1965 or 2014? 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z “Walk Like a Giant” was also a pithy eulogy for 1960s idealism: “We were ready to save the world,” Mr. Young sang. Music Review: Global Citizen Festival, With Neil Young, to Combat Poverty 2012-09-30T16:23:44Z And it’s left to us, drawn through this rare, intellectual novel, to wrestle with Oz’s reflections on the viability of idealism in an imperfect world. In the novel ‘Judas,’ Amos Oz wrestles with Jewish attitudes toward Jesus 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Ingres inherited his teacher’s fixation on idealism and the controlling logic of the drawn line, but added an instinct for naturalism so acute and idiosyncratic as to bend everything else to it. Art Review: ?Drawings From the Louvre? at the Morgan Library - Review 2011-09-29T21:30:26Z In it, Ms. Badinter argues that the idealism of “green” politics and a romanticized notion of naturalism are steering women away from careers and back into the home. Cultural Studies: Elisabeth Badinter Defends the Imperfect Mother 2010-06-04T19:00:00Z This tension between madness and sanity, between idealism and realism, powers the story, which is thin on plot. Review: 'Don Quixote' makes for a gratifying night at Seattle Opera 2011-03-01T00:35:42Z But even aside from the great cast, this is also one of era-obsessed Stone's most intriguing portraits of the idealism and self-destruction inherent in the counterculture of the 1960s. Like 'Nowhere Boy'? Scarecrow Video suggests other musician biopics 2010-10-14T20:45:00Z “There’s a scent in the air of activism, idealism, student loan debt,” she said to cheers before going into a bit about how fat Chris Christie is. Bernie Sanders is the most humorless 2016 candidate. How did he land the comedian vote? 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Few bands were so identified with San Francisco or so embodied the idealism and hedonism of the late ’60s as Jefferson Airplane. Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, dies at 74 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z What, if anything, the film's final burst of idealism offers universally is hard to say. A polished, melodramatic 'Empire of Silver' 2011-12-01T21:50:07Z Eurovision promises a utopian idealism rivalled only by the Olympic Games and the odd rerun of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z With Godspeed, idealism exists hand-in-hand with disillusionment – which is what prompted their hiatus a decade ago. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: 'You make music for the king and his court, or for the serfs outside the walls' 2012-10-11T09:18:00Z She believed, Ms. Cooney said, “in the human power of idealism, simply and unsentimentally; everything she wrote reflected this.” Elaine Ford, Writer of Spare, Detailed Novels, Dies at 78 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world,” she says. Abigail Washburn scales her own personal wall of China 2012-10-12T16:18:00Z His conscience will not allow him to mistake his own competitive self-interest for progressive idealism. 'Last Confession' takes earnest look at reform, power struggle Those who knew her remembered her fondly for her sharp, irreverent tongue and for her dark humor, which was mixed with an almost childlike idealism. Mahasweta Devi, Bengali Writer and Activist Who Fought Injustice, Dies at 90 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s his scarlet letter, his Star of David jacket patch: the signal to authorities that he’s been corrupted by idealism, and to audiences that he’s seen the light. Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z Back in the 1950s, idealism was running high and a group of scientists and engineers gathered at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey. Stuart Clark's top 10 approachable astronomy books 2010-08-18T09:22:00Z Sex, drugs and heartbreak line the path to a sadder, wiser understanding of life, in which youthful rage and idealism are blunted but not entirely abandoned. Movie Review: ‘Something in the Air,’ directed by Olivier Assayas 2013-05-02T23:51:05Z To my mind he's not so much playing against type as investigating the dark obverse of his trademark screen presence: boyishness grown into emotional immaturity, his simple idealism now pointing the wrong way. My favourite Hitchcock: Vertigo 2012-08-10T14:28:09Z That put him at the center of the folk revival of the 1950s and 1960s, in all its idealism, earnestness and contradictions. Pete Seeger, 1919-2014: A Folk Revivalist Who Used His Voice to Bring Out a Nation’s 2014-01-29T02:31:11Z The social idealism glimpsed at the beginning of that social movement soon spiralled into hedonistic excess, and it wasn’t long before stories of teenage deaths related to taking the drug ruined the utopian dream. Love as a drug: can romance be medically prescribed? 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z He added that he was taken by the level of craft Knight and others demonstrated, and by their remarkably unbroken idealism. Students write inaugural poems for poetry academy contest 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Soaring above the more pedestrian sounds of the townspeople with their lowdown dances, thickly harmonized barbershop quartets and crisp civic anthems, Marian’s soprano literalizes the idealism at the heart of her character and conflict. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Situated at the end of its decade, Easy Rider literally and symbolically marks the turning point at which the idealism of the 60s curdled into the indulgent solipsism of the 70s. Easy Rider at 50: how the rebellious road movie shook up the system 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z They’re nerds all grown up into weathered rebels, with the self-awareness required of contemporary heroes chased with a surviving, somewhat submerged idealism. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z To these negatives ballet brings many positives: energy, responsiveness to music, discipline, teamwork, idealism, interpretative fulfillment. Critic?s Notebook: The Many Faces of ?Black Swan,? Deconstructed 2011-02-09T23:04:37Z Bill Cunningham is not an innocent, but he is a rare purist, and this body of work is a testament to his undiminished idealism. Art Review: Bill Cunningham’s ‘Facades’: The Book as Exhibition 2014-03-13T20:25:16Z Their reasons for joining and staying — even as the physical and psychological dangers mounted — range from idealism to pragmatism. Foot soldiers and unheralded leaders of the Black Panthers 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z As Lloyd puts it: "It's profoundly bleak on so many levels – the failure of idealism, the powerless of one's domestic world to impact on the public world." Can an all-women Julius Caesar work? 2012-11-19T19:18:27Z Key works, however, revolve around the great difficulty and even moral ambiguity of mystic retreat or, at the very least, the excess of idealism. Peter Sellars jump-starts the conversation at the Ojai Music Festival 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z People loved Stalin; some died for him willingly out of idealism. Mary Gaitskill on the Relationship Between Love and Torture 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z And though Mr. Fugard values idealism, he is also very aware of the blind spots in all its manifestations. Theater Review: Athol Fugard’s ‘My Children! My Africa!’ at Signature Center 2012-05-25T02:00:01Z "Maybe it was naivete, or maybe it was a bit of idealism, but we always felt like our actions would speak louder than words." Spotify: 99 problems but Jay Z ain't one 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z With his bullish idealism, Mr. Barenboim is putting a stamp on the State Opera and its satellite organizations that increasingly defines a large segment of Berlin’s cultural identity in his own image. Berlin’s State Opera Has Served Kings, Presidents and Dictators. Now What? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Guthrie’s idealism feels especially remarkable, given his family’s troubling history. A Story About Fred Trump and Woody Guthrie for the Midterm Elections 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Falls was more interested in how Stockmann, whose idealism has lost him everything, now risks losing those who love him. Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But he wisely does not let himself get too carried away on the currents of romantic idealism. Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes – review 2013-05-18T07:45:02Z I see no idealism in such a policy. Margaret Sanger: Birth control is freedom! 2013-02-18T14:45:00Z The change from such youthful idealism to mature realism is a process that many undergo. Books for Art Lovers 2012-11-22T20:15:43Z “I think they’re acting from their own idealism, which is, in some cases, extraordinarily courageous. I’m very fascinated by that kind of strange, perhaps tragic courage.” Joyce Carol Oates’s new novel arrives splattered with our country’s hot blood 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z A connection with nature fosters idealism, romance and hope. From Good Wine, a Direct Path to the Wonders of Nature 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z But when Zhao enters university his idealism begins to falter, revealing insecurities and frustrations with the system and himself. Hong Kong film festival offers view of a changing China 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z And the tension is more generally evident in the clash between the idealism presented in his Four Books of Architecture — the books that brought him his international fame — and the reality of his buildings. | 'Palladio and His Legacy': ?Palladio and His Legacy? at the Morgan Library 2010-04-08T22:16:00Z What we said: With its sheer warmth, openness, likability and idealism, Love, Simon won me over. Best films of 2018 so far 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Two periods of distinct joy — each shimmering with idealism, each lasting about two years — leap out of his autobiography. David Axelrod’s ‘Believer: My Forty Years in Politics’ 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z I sensed her outsize creative ambition and her patriotic idealism, and I began to appreciate in a more nuanced way the multiple narratives that fed her life as an artist and art patron. Retracing the Spanish Path of My Ancestor, the Founder of the Whitney 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z They are distorting an Israeli idealism he still holds dear. David Grossman: 'I cannot afford the luxury of despair' 2010-08-28T23:03:00Z The family frays into disunity; idealism gives way to the weight of reality. When Your Family Becomes a Noah’s Ark-Style Experiment With Race 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Starry-eyed at the beginning, he learns to temper his idealism, but in a crass political era, he impressively avoids becoming a cynic. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The elder Power takes you on the roller coaster ride of being the leading in-house advocate for idealism on the Obama team. What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z His tunes place urgency and nostalgia in contact, as if they were two equally valid strands of idealism. Los Angeles’s Thriving Jazz Scene Produces Four New Albums 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z “It has idealism,” he said of the sonata. Menahem Pressler, Pianist Who Co-Founded the Beaux Arts Trio, Dies at 99 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Their motives ran the gamut from genuine idealism to the hard-eyed political calculation that newly freed slaves could become a vital constituency for the Republican Party. The political battle after the Civil War 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The night could be seen as a sort of seance for a more uncomplicated, straightforward period in the history of white male privilege where it intersects with political idealism. ArtsBeat: Prime-Time News and the Ghost of JFK 2012-02-09T19:00:34Z It takes a romantic contrarian to ascribe idealism and virtue to the White House in the last days of the Clinton administration the way that “The West Wing” did. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z Charleston wants not to care about the answer to that question, but his idealism isn’t dead, only dented. ‘Thunder Rock’ Review: A Beacon That Fails to Light the Way 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z “The Diplomat” is concerned with the dynamics of the international order, the proper balance between idealism and realpolitik, and the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but it’s essentially a show about a marriage. ‘The Diplomat’ Review: Save the Marriage, Save the World 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z As they meander through poor neighborhoods and fancy parties, sampling hedonism, idealism and cruel cynicism, the viewer catches glimpses of a society seething with contradictions and half-buried class conflict. Review: ‘Güeros’ Amid the Mexican Student Protests of 1999 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z If it offers a powerful caution against overdosing on the kind of idealism that led us into nation-building exercises in Vietnam and Iraq, it can also keep statesmen from grasping their opportunities. Foreign Policy From the Dark Side 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z In places it reads as if the miseries of the euro zone stem from sinister corporate forces and not misplaced idealism. On course to fail 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z With its sheer artistry, muscular idealism, and the passionate intensity of the acting — along with Leonard Bernstein’s bright, clamorous orchestral score — Elia Kazan’s On the Waterfront is a true classic. What is the best Oscar-winning film of all time? 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z It's like a memory of some bright but distant summer, and the chant itself recalls innocent childish enthusiasm and a kind of impossible idealism. Philippe Parreno at the Serpentine: The installation that won't sit still 2010-12-01T16:19:00Z “Winter on Fire” captures the idealism and bravery of the Ukrainians who gathered in Maidan Square to protest Mr. Yanukovych’s turn away from the European Union and toward a closer relationship with Russia. ‘Winter on Fire’: The View From the Trenches of a Political Uprising 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z This Utopian idealism is tempered by the paintings’ faithfulness to battered walls, funky baseboard heaters, damaged floors and rain-streaked windows. Paul Winstanley conjures a reflective expressiveness at 1301PE 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “I said, ‘There’s no reason why that idealism, that kind of naïveté, can’t still exist.’ George Lucas Is Ready to Roll the Credits 2012-01-17T16:33:29Z That youthful idealism found its voice in Be Kind Rewind, which builds from two video-store clerks shooting DIY remakes of popular films to an entire community collaborating on a short film about Fats Waller. How Michel Gondry became cinema's most versatile director 2010-12-09T22:30:00Z Next on the calendar is "Taipei Exchanges," which explores the values of idealism and capitalism via two sisters who run a coffee shop. New Taiwan Academy in Westwood features films from the island 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z His sensibility, the pair explains, dovetailed closely with their intention of capturing both the occult underbelly and wide-eyed idealism of post-recession, pre-war Los Angeles. Science and sex cults: rocketeer Jack Parsons hits the small screen 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z That idealism has meant a greater degree of ambition in his movies but fewer movies in general. 'Tomorrowland' director Brad Bird's mantra: 'We have to bring in new ideas' 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Perhacs’s debut eventually found its following because it mingled its hippie idealism with craft and innovation, and “The Soul of All Natural Things” takes chances of its own. New Music: Albums From Real Estate, Linda Perhacs and Nick Waterhouse 2014-03-03T23:08:37Z But Stephen — read Joyce — also knows that literature can drown itself in platonic idealism, sentimentality and nostalgia. Heeding the lessons of James Joyce's "Ulysses," a century later 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z I like the subplot of idealism versus corporatism, because people want to believe it’s art over commerce. Real-life roadies review Roadies: 'I felt like a nurse watching an hour of ER' 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z He turns down a major offer for his work in the name of either noble or dubious idealism, as questions about greatness and its costs come into focus. Cannes: Timothy Spall a grunt no more in Mike Leigh's 'Mr. Turner' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z As stinging as a slap in the face, “Paulina” feels as if it’s waking you from a stupor, then shaking you, demanding that you ask yourself some impossible questions about idealism and justice. Review: ‘Paulina’ Looks at the Dark Side of Idealism 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Most of her clothes are from thrift shops, and her decision to move to the country and live a simpler life was rooted in protecting her mental health, not in Instagram idealism. Cottagecore, cluttercore, goblincore — deep down, it’s about who we think we are 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Without her youthful idealism, these downtrodden black women would have continued to suffer in silence. Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past 2011-08-12T15:20:00Z There is a naïve idealism at the heart of student protest, which might be desperate or loud but never as cynical as the world that necessitated it. The Year of the Imaginary College Student 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z There were moments in the ’60s and in other eras when pragmatism and idealism were combined and balanced, but they have not been fused together in the prevailing mindset within a rising generation until now. Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z It isn't simply his chivalric idealism that is mocked, but his rigidity. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z It provided an opportunity for Will, as lead lawyer, to exercise his idealism in counterpoint to the decision he had to make about his own career. ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: Alas, More Perils of Will 2012-02-20T06:00:57Z Like Chris Hedges in “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning,” they tell of the rush you get from risking your life, especially when you’re high on idealism. How men recover from war 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z This isn’t a heroic-teacher drama about idealism in the face of adversity. ‘Mr. Bachmann and His Class’ Review: Learning From the Best 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z That rivalry — the clash of two smart guys who have trouble separating ego from idealism — is the Sorkinian engine of the plot, giving shape and momentum to a sprawling and crowded pageant. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Unless county legislators act quickly, a paragon of midcentury American idealism will be lost. Paul Rudolph Building in Goshen, N.Y., Faces Threat 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “Of Arms and Artists” brings to life a war you may not know as well as you think you do — and artists whose idealism on canvas didn’t always align with their private lives. Our country’s first spin doctors: The painters of the American Revolution 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z There will be journalism and idealism, but Sorkin has said that it really will be about the relationships. Highlights of the summer TV season 2012-06-06T22:14:04Z Craftsbury’s sustainability focus is driven both by idealism and practical concerns. Skiing Town to Town in a Magical Corner of Vermont 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Ms. Bitton’s film is not so much a portrait of Ms. Corrie, reviewing events that fed her idealism, as much as an examination of her death. | 'Rachel': Examining an Activist?s Death 2010-10-08T04:33:00Z Cynicism seems to be winning over idealism right now. George Clooney rules out political bid in US 2011-08-31T19:46:03Z Such awe-struck idealism is echoed by many of the corporate backers of the suborbital business, who dislike the term “space tourism,” saying it demeans the true beauty of slipping the bonds of Earth. Space Tourism Is Here! Wealthy Adventurers Wanted 2012-09-07T16:49:43Z It’s about the moral appeal of the war, about the anti-Fascist and frequently pro-Communist idealism that made so many volunteers from the United States and other countries flood into Spain. Review: Adam Hochschild’s ‘Spain in Our Hearts,’ About a Strangely Literary Conflict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Clémentine, his mother, is still tolerating his father’s idealism. Review: In ‘The Arab of the Future 2,’ Back to Syria in 1984 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z "The Borgias" has many moments like this -- moments where cynicism and irony share screen space with idealism and devotion. "Camelot" and "Borgias": Blood, boobs and costume drama 2011-04-02T18:01:00Z Through the use of long, uncomfortable scenes, often shot with minimal camera movement — a Mungiu trademark — “Graduation” explores that moral gray area that lies in the shadows between idealism and real life. ‘Graduation’s’ Cristian Mungiu on ‘compromise as a personal choice and corruption as a social phenomenon’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z “I had previously worn a princess-style ball gown, which in hindsight, perfectly described my idealism when it came to marriage,” she said. Real Wedding Day Looks 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z More specifically, she asks us to rethink our Western resistance to the idealism and loss of self that love involves. ‘Teresa, My Love,’ Julia Kristeva’s Latest Novel 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z In effect, Moore presents a Hillary Clinton whose progressivism arises from no mere butterfly idealism but embodies the hard-won experience of the best American tradition. What Michael Moore Understands About Hillary Clinton 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z “When people say this doesn’t happen in America, they reveal their idealism, but also their ignorance,” he said. ‘Sedition’: A Complicated History 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “Theirs is a terrible, mesmerizing story of curdled idealism, one that has been told before but rarely as well,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The Times in August. DVDs: On DVD, Pedro Costa?s ?Letters From Fontainhas? 2010-03-24T22:24:00Z But in the second act, the period set is stripped away, and a modern-dress chorus observes the drama, not joining in until after the triumphant ending is assured — a tempering of Beethoven’s idealism. Tobias Kratzer Is Leading Opera’s Next Generation of Directors 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z He insists that he will work only for winners, but a tiny grain of idealism remains deep in his heart, along with a sense of shame. Movie Review: ‘Knife Fight,’ With Rob Lowe and Carrie-Anne Moss 2013-01-25T02:18:00Z Those views of Lake Tahoe and the Donner Pass — a complex story of realism and idealism — lie at the heart of a new exhibition and book organized by the Nevada Museum of Art. In 'Tahoe: A Visual History,' realism and idealism intertwine 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z We are told often of the dangers of ambition, so much so that the word connotes a sense of pettiness, but in Hamilton it takes on an idealism of sorts. A “Hamilton” miracle: I lost the ticket lottery, but discovered something priceless 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Perhaps most humans feel like we are all anti-heroes lacking the right amount of courage, idealism, and morality – wanting to be heroic but struggling through familiar dark places. "I’m the problem, it’s me": Why do musicians revisit their pain and doubt in their art? 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s broad-strokes idealism, soft at the center and deliberately unspecific, but what saves it is Mr. Elling’s voice: bright, devout and earnest. The Playlist: Pearl Jam Kicks Up a Fury, and 9 More New Songs 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Where “Silicon Valley” is a gleeful satire about business people feigning idealism — all that hoo-hah about changing the world — “Halt” is an empathetic drama about idealists trying to fake their way into business. Review: ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Time-Travels to Silicon Valley’s Dawn 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z It is here that the supposed idealism which motivated Thanos is revealed to be an illusion, and Thanos is identified as a true monster without even the facade of a noble cause to redeem himself. The politics of "Avengers: Endgame" 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z And — what do you know! — the old man turns out to have been a Jewish superhero with a brain “whose flights of preposterous idealism were matched only by its reveries of unfettered violence.” Michael Chabon’s ‘Moonglow’ is a cunning dance with autobiography 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z The opera works best when hints of defiant idealism are allowed to creep in. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Of course, what some see as idealism, many see as tantamount to treason, and in Israel one need not be as politically radical as Tsemel to have some experience of this. “Advocate” Documents the Battles of an Israeli Activist 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The movie, meanwhile, expands the schoolbook chronicle of the conquest of space beyond the usual heroes, restoring some of its idealism and grandeur in the process. Review: ‘Hidden Figures’ Honors 3 Black Women Who Helped NASA Soar 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z He will try to embitter people about things that once offered hope and substitute cynical partisan tribalism for the old, imperfect idealism of one American Dream and destiny. Perspective | Trump wanted a photo op. He delivered the most ominous message of his presidency. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z It was this idealism that led educators to leave positions at other schools to be a part of the experiment to “tame the Wild Indian.” For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z This punishing, two-a-year pace arises at least in part from idealism. John Sandford: A thriller writer having a little fun with the genre 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Maybe what sparks between Joe and Dottie is just lust or loneliness or circumstance; maybe it’s the blinding clarity of American idealism and American insanity. “Killer Joe”: Matthew McConaughey’s comeback gets creepier 2012-07-26T15:00:00Z Nearly two years into reformist President Thein Sein's term, the rush of hope and idealism that greeted many new freedoms - most strikingly freedom of speech - is turning into a measured assessment of the nation's progress. Freedom brings new challenges for Myanmar writers 2013-02-05T13:08:12Z That these attitudes are shared by undergraduates and graduate students — who are supposed to be imbued with high-minded idealism — is no surprise. ‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The choice was part idealism and part political compromise. ArtsBeat: A Father’s Wrath: Tom Kizzia Talks About ‘Pilgrim’s Wilderness’ 2013-07-24T18:12:36Z Even within the intended realm of limousine liberals and lapsed idealism, these characters ring false. | 'A Perfect Future': Racism Comes to Dinner and Everything Is Flamb? 2011-02-22T22:30:23Z This type of petulant idealism is its own form of entitlement—as childish, in a way, as the Veruca Salt-y protestations of the Plumb siblings in “The Nest.” Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z But that's not the whole story, because there's a kernel of idealism here, the richer for having been hewn from the rockface of grinding experience. Louis CK – review 2013-03-21T13:39:14Z If you can get past that ingenuousness, “American Gadfly” is enjoyable as a chronicle of teenage idealism and its frustrations. ‘American Gadfly’ Review: A Candid Candidacy 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Is this a book about the failure of Zionism, an exploration of the limits of idealism or a literary coming-of-age novel? In the Colorado Desert, a Debut Novelist Finds a Metaphor for Israel and Palestine 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z There may be something a shade too reassuring about the final deference to truth and idealism. Rashomon: No 5 2010-10-17T10:51:00Z She’s in a hurry to figure herself out, and young enough still to be defined by her idealism. A Babysitter, Her Employer and $46 Hand Soap 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z There is no idealism in his depiction of youth, but rather, endless cynicism. Review: ‘The Tribe’ Communicates Without Words 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z There’s a nod toward idealism, obligatory in this sort of show, as the two heroes join an established firm but maintain their formulaically iconoclastic attitudes and gonzo courtroom behavior. Television Review: From Law School to a Frat House? 2011-05-31T22:09:37Z “Training Day” starts off building tension between idealism and security, but it ends up in the tank for Frank. ‘Training Day’ and ‘A.P.B.,’ Where the Rogue Cop Rules 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Occupation demanded constant moral compromise, undermining her lofty idealism. Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The show’s inability to reflect the current state of American politics arises from the idealism of its central premise: that cleverness matters and manipulation and diplomacy are essential to political success. How the reality of Trump's America outpaced House of Cards 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The ceremony was punctuated by a multitude of flags, glossy stories about what it means to be an American, bluegrass music by Della Mae and unfettered idealism. Ralph Lauren, designer of the American Dream, honored by the Smithsonian Kate demonstrates one of the approaches that pragmatic idealism encourages: taking small but significant — and sustainable — actions. Criticisms abound that “big small actions” like Kate’s are nothing more than laziness or “activism lite.” Millennials will save us! 2013-02-16T19:00:00Z What transpires at the start-ups almost mirrors Facebook's trajectory as seen in "The Social Network," with youthful idealism and a can-do attitude crushed under the growing pains of infighting and lawsuits. 'Print the Legend' gives form to 3-D printer makers' history 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z What was originally an extended exercise in irony — the show demonstrates how idealism gets trampled — now sounds gutsy and urgent: a call to arms to improve the world. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “It takes either unbounded foolishness or extravagant idealism to form a new contemporary-music group in today’s cultural climate,” his review began. Music Review: New Juilliard Ensemble at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-09-23T21:14:48Z We are of course accustomed to movies and television shows about cops who care, but the idealism that Maïwenn detects beneath the grit is nonetheless disarming. Movie Review: ?Polisse,? Directed by and Starring Ma?wenn 2012-05-17T22:54:42Z A Cuban story of lost love, between a writer and a dancer, and lost idealism, covering decades of the nation’s modern history. Summer Movie Release Schedule 2016 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The highly anticipated production — whose extended run, through May 1, is already sold out — may wear its idealism on its sleeve. Friendship, Betrayal and the Fight: ‘Suffs’ Tells the Suffragist Tale in Song 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But the principle is sound, and his idealism is fantastically bracing. Why is Stewart Lee railing against the Edinburgh comedy awards? 2010-07-21T16:04:00Z While both Thanos and Iron Man balance egotism with idealism in the beginning, and neither fully shed their arrogance or self-absorption, Iron Man's redeeming quality was his willingness to learn from his mistakes. The politics of "Avengers: Endgame" 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z On a recent Saturday night, a version of that idealism was expressed at Fort George, where Jack Harris, the spot’s affable co-founder, was wearing his scraggly braids beneath a beanie while working the taproom bar. Overnighter: Astoria, Oregon, Discovers a Waterfront Chic 2011-03-25T18:55:00Z Without any histrionics or posturing, Varma nails the character’s blend of idealism and realpolitik, compassion and trepidation. Review: A Jailhouse Lawyer (With a Law Degree) in ABC’s ‘For Life’ 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The Academy later took that to mean works of “a lofty and sound idealism.” The Nobel Prize in Literature Takes This Year Off. Our Critics Don’t. 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z If revolutionary idealism generated creativity for Couto, then the reality of building a country after the revolution made Couto begin to distance himself from politics. How Mia Couto’s Words Help Weave the Story of Mozambique 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z For Fussell, the murderous idealism of the Great War was summed up in a newspaper notice a young volunteer published two days before the declaration of war. Paul Fussell, the critic who fought the cant of military sacrifice 2012-05-24T20:52:53Z Alas, idealism is now a recessive gene in me after so many crushed hopes and covering one-too-many massacres. What Samantha Power Learned on the Job 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The idealism: “Your main job is to advocate for the press within the government.” Perspective | Stephanie Grisham is not the worst-ever White House press secretary. Here’s why. 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The danger of this is the possibility of slippage, from attention on the work, the idealism, the tangible improvements in the community he inhabits, to the artist himself. Review | Theaster Gates reconfigures the old art-world colonialism 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z There’s a lot of solace to be had in his mixture of political fury and good-natured idealism. Nick Offerman: 'Trump is about to be presented with a gory butcher's bill' 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He's risen to prominence in the past two years locally, and it's easy to see him as a counterweight to earnest idealism. Album review: 'Black Narcissus' by Seattle's Nacho Picasso 2012-11-29T18:29:30Z Oliver, tough but compassionate, his idealism always on the brink of collapsing, represents another of the clichés that “Starred Up” flirts with and rejects. 'Starred Up,' a Father-and-Son Prison Drama 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The small hearts and guilty souls of this world will do everything they can to undermine your idealism. What Should I Do About My Rage? 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Adolescence is, he wrote in his show notes, a period of “inspiring idealism, hope for the future, for a better world.” Louis Vuitton’s Teenage Dream 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Her youngest son, Nello, more contemplative, devoted himself to historical studies that marked the stark contrast between the idealism of the Risorgimento and the brutality of Mussolini’s regime. Anti-Fascism With a Human Face 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The historic segments mesh with a parallel plot, a fictional indie film shoot that can seem like ironic commentary on the show’s idealism. No Room Service, but History’s on the Menu 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z It cuts to the heart of our peculiarly naïve American idealism, with its willful amnesia and its exceedingly brutal shadow. New York Art Galleries: The Virtual Experience 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Realism put an end to such dreamy idealism, leaving art in the 20th century focused on life’s gritty details. Deep sense of mystery pervades Peter Zokosky's paintings 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z In effect, that moment asks, How do we reconcile our capacities for high-minded idealism on the one hand, and our impulses for cruelty, disorder and destruction on the other? Review: Mike Kelley Uncorks Superman’s Kandor City in a Bottle 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Yet their romantic idealism of the canyon rock genre gives Death by Diamonds and Pearls and I Know What I Am fresh British bite. Reading festival 2012: the smell of Sunday 2012-08-27T15:03:44Z And that view of marriage — as a constant battle of wills that will be sometimes horrible but never boring — combines cynicism and idealism in a way that matches the movie’s jaundiced, loving view of journalism. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z And he wrote about things that are true, like idealism. Anne Hathaway on Les Miz, Singing Live and the Power of Hugh Jackman 2012-12-06T13:00:37Z In The Great War and Modern Memory, the answer to such murderous idealism is countered by the reaction to the trench warfare felt by such British writers as Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, and Robert Graves. Paul Fussell, the critic who fought the cant of military sacrifice 2012-05-24T20:52:53Z Hollywood movies don’t often cross that intersection, and even nominally political films prefer to keep idealism and violence separate and neatly embodied by clear-cut heroes and villains. film: Beyond Bullets and Berets, Life in Wartime 2010-10-24T02:23:00Z Hamilton is driven by both personal ambition and by idealism, and for most of his life the two were inseparably intertwined. The birth of 'Hamilton,' told by the man who was in the room where it happened 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z But Mr. Wilsey is able here to convey his feelings earnestly — be they amazement or anger, idealism or impatience — with the same vividness and immediacy he brings to his descriptions of people, places and things. Sean Wilsey’s ‘More Curious’ 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z With deep historical knowledge and nimble storytelling techniques, Mr. Pollard explores how idealism, horrific brutality and artistic genius converged in a single historical moment. Review: In ‘Two Trains Runnin’,’ the Convergence of Idealism, Brutality and Artistic Genius 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z The idealism of love fills the play; the lure of money animates the preface. Bernard Shaw and his lethally absurd doctor's dilemma 2012-07-13T21:54:04Z To Freud, the second great enemy of idealism, romantic passion simply isn’t worth the suffering. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The aspects of humanity it demonstrates — sincerity, idealism, ecstasy, among others — build up to a powerful moral statement that audiences love. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-17T05:15:05Z The moshing and crowd surfing were frantic as she bellowed on young idealism. FYF Fest: Four Tet, Run the Jewels, Ty Segall save anarchic first day 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z In trying to combine Mr. Kelley’s oddball idealism with elements of a crime procedural and long-arc thriller, he’s set himself quite a challenge. | 'The Firm': ?The Firm? on NBC, With Josh Lucas - Review 2012-01-07T00:39:40Z For Mr. Masur, music was a form of idealism, a way to inspire people to reach for transcendence and truth. Kurt Masur, conductor who was a unifying force in a divided Germany, dies at 88 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z At times, he bases his claim for Kissingerian idealism on a highly technical allusion to the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Ideas man 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Sorkin’s drama, debuting Friday on Netflix after a brief run in theaters, is first and foremost a portrait of protest, in all its messiness, idealism and potential. New this week: David Byrne, ‘The Amazing Race’ & Tommy Lee 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z While idealism had flowed from Kennedy's lips, it took form in Johnson's legislation. Robert Caro's 'The Passage of Power': the death of a president, the birth of a new vision 2012-05-09T21:15:04Z Yes, the big fight between conservatism and idealism. The Carpetbagger: A Story Known Far and Wide, in Denmark at Least 2013-01-29T22:54:40Z When I spoke with Lurie recently, he predicted that, while we won’t be seeing “Veep”-like satires for a while, square-jawed idealism will have its place, if only as an antidote to our recent history. Perspective | Trump’s exit may be too late to save the presidential movie 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z But he salvages some of his original idealism by remarking, “It was an age that spelled the destruction of the very ideal of the Brahmin.” A Pakistani-Indian Journalist Attempts to Rediscover His Roots 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z It’s part of a professional ethos, he says, that stresses idealism, dues paying, hierarchy, optimism and a heroic self-image while ignoring financial realities. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z In the key line, the parents are accused of abandoning youthful idealism for an arrogant appropriation of the nation's money, property and culture. Baby-bust: new dramas focus on wealth gulf between parents and children 2012-06-21T15:18:29Z I suggest that The West Wing now seems like a romantic fantasy of political life, a quaint portrait of idealism and duty. Robin Wright: 'Trump – he took all House of Cards' good ideas!' 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z His great movie roles were quintessentially about youth, about the vigour and energy and idealism and having it all in front of you. Chadwick Boseman: the unbearable loss of a prince of American cinema | Peter Bradshaw 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Drug smuggling, he thought, would be temporary, born of idealism. 'Prison isn't high on my list of tragedies' 2013-05-27T17:30:00Z For any Americans who had been idealistic about their country’s idealism, it was this — an almost festive belligerence — that made Trumpism feel new. New Books Update Our Thinking About Cruelty 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “If the bicentennial helps us focus on the contrast between our idealism and our crimes, so much the better,” The New Republic wrote. ‘The Invisible Bridge,’ by Rick Perlstein 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s that mix of doubt and idealism that informs their resplendent 10th album. Saint Etienne looks to the past but limits the nostalgia 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Compulsive Kennedyism encourages our unfortunate habit of substituting mythology for history, of dissolving the complexities of American political life into airy evocations of idealism and tragedy. Review: ‘Chappaquiddick’ Revisits a Grim ’60s Kennedy Scandal 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z With socialism back on the outer margins of the American political menu, the organizational zeal and left-wing idealism of Trumbo and his comrades may not seem quite as remote as it once did. “Trumbo” and the long, dark shadow of the blacklist: How a Hollywood gossip columnist launched the culture wars 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z I learned that my idealism had made me treat feminism like a club rather than a journey. I thought I knew about feminism – then I started work in a women’s prison 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z "It's just disillusionment with the original idealism and naivety." Neil Young: 'You don't want to OD on music' 2012-10-04T19:00:01Z Neither she nor any other participants in this showdown have any idea what Nikita Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech” denouncing Stalin in 1956 will do to their idealism. Books of The Times: ‘Dissident Gardens,’ Jonathan Lethem’s New Novel 2013-09-11T19:49:43Z Olivia is a biologist who writes serious books that few read; she has a sort of downwardly mobile idealism. Edward St. Aubyn Wraps Serious Thoughts About Science in an Entertaining Package 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Rather than glibly proclaim these events to be punishments for hubris, the filmmakers illustrate the shortcomings of blind idealism and the notion that emotional complications are intrinsic to being human. ‘The Immortalists’: Two Paths to Outwitting Death 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z This tension — between idealism and practicality — is what enlivens projects like the magnificent Redentore church in Venice. | 'Palladio and His Legacy': ?Palladio and His Legacy? at the Morgan Library 2010-04-08T22:16:00Z Their story exemplifies the tension between idealism and profit that became a defining element of our national character. ‘The Manor’: unearthing a history of Northern slavery 2013-07-24T22:05:57Z The idealism of this supportive subculture, with the Pickards’ young marriage at its core, seems to have sparked both Bunting’s return to writing and an unprecedented drive to “make new” his own adolescent experience. The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The president’s immigration policy is a wholesale rejection of what’s best about American idealism in exchange for what’s worst about American nativism. Perspective | Don’t let the Trump administration vandalize Lady Liberty’s inspiring message 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z I always loved this movie and am a sap for idealism and romance. In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Even so, this is a world drained of idealism. Prussia goes west 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The Live Aid concerts took place at a peak moment for idealism in rock, when top-selling musicians decided they should leverage their popularity for good works, like alleviating famine in Ethiopia. When Queen Took ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ to Live Aid 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z I was dimly aware that we were too young and inexperienced to be making a lifetime vow of monogamy, but my literary ambition and my romantic idealism prevailed. Jonathan Franzen: the path to Freedom 2012-05-25T21:55:12Z It is the end of innocence for that novel, and its simple idealism.” What the critics are saying about Harper Lee's 'Go Set A Watchman' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z That idealism had sent him to war against slavery. Jeffrey Lent’s ‘A Slant of Light’ chronicles a Civil War veteran’s return 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z "The idealism of those times was much higher than anything now," said Morgan. 1968's Sky River Rock Festival revisited Friday 2011-08-12T04:42:04Z |
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