| 单词 | simplistic |
| 例句 | Figure 1.77 contains a few very simplistic examples of how these "road map signs" will work. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z To some, such a regimen might seem simplistic or maddening, even schizophrenic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z What is simplistic is saying “It’s so complex.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The reasons, to be a little simplistic, are poor education, psychological blocks, and romantic misconceptions about the nature of mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her design was attacked as too simplistic and Asian, too modern. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On leaving home I was able to fabricate a new and far more satisfying history, frill of striking, simplistic environmental influences; a colorful past, easily accessible to strangers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Music that contains no dissonances can tend to seem simplistic or boring. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “I just think it’s a simplistic comparison to make. You need to understand a bit more history,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z To deny its powerful, subsisting reality would be to endorse a simplistic and ultimately unhelpful evasion. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The movement was defined—by blacks and whites alike—using the narrow and simplistic language of race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For all his contributions, Broadbent’s assumption turned out to be simplistic in much the same way that, before Helmholtz, people thought reaction time was immediate, infinite. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “A simplistic statement for a complex endeavor. But, yes. We can.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But the bilingualists simplistically scorn the value and necessity of assimilation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Because the hearing was kept private, like all proceedings in family court, the news stories could continue to be sensational and simplistic, easy arguments for one side or the other. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It tells us that our notion that it is the best and the brightest who effortlessly rise to the top is much too simplistic. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But that view was too simplistic, as some architecture historians and critics have more recently acknowledged. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Take a shopworn, simplistic concept, apply it in an unexpected way, and what do you get? Review: In ‘Breaking Borders,’ a Chef Cooks for Sworn Enemies 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z I’ve never accepted the simplistic idea that TV dictates morality or brainwashes us politically–like all powerful art’s, its influence isn’t easily predictable, and our relationship with it is complicated and two-way. What I Learned Watching 16 Years of Television for TIME 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z For all his missteps, though, it is much too simplistic to blame Mr. Deitch alone for the air of crisis that now surrounds the museum. Critic’s Notebook: Hurdles Grow at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2012-07-22T21:54:39Z It’s as simplistic as dismissing them for their shortcomings. ‘In the Heights’ and Colorism: What Is Lost When Afro-Latinos Are Erased 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z “For all the women,” in other words, is by no means a work of simplistic nostalgia. Review: In Zawe Ashton’s ‘for all the women,’ the Price of Uprooting a Life 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z TV historian Stephen Bowie wrote in his “Classic TV History” blog that Mr. Grauman’s work on the series marked its “transformation from a simplistic cops-and-robbers shoot-’em-up into a richer, more character-driven melodrama.” Walter Grauman, prolific television director, dies at 93 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z He took BoJack to these great heights with such simplistic, emotional and spiritual depth. From a talking horse to the Dark Knight: Will Arnett ranks his own roles 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z It's uncanny . . . it is in one way simplistic, but I do find it confusing to explain because producers wake up and have to program shows. "It was damning": Brian Stelter excavates Fox News' culture, the Big Lie and Tucker Carlson's exit 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Hopefully readers who expect more from a wine book than banal and simplistic narratives will find deeper pleasures here. Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z In , Pauline Kael praised “The Last American Hero,” writing that it would be simplistic to see it as only an action film. Lamont Johnson, Emmy-Winning Director, Dies at 88 2010-10-27T04:57:00Z It was the antidote to the simplistic view of many of the “experts” who’d weighed in, and it went viral in an instant. Behold the Power of #Hashtag Feminism 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Then there were the few but vocal dissidents in the crowd claiming the show was too simplistic, too idealistic and too liberal. 10 year time capsule: "West Wing" and the furies 2011-05-17T20:01:00Z For all its simplistic heartiness, “What Men Want” has one big idea, which comes late and is casually tossed off: What burdens and obligations come with learning hidden truths? Review: Taraji P. Henson Redeems “What Men Want” 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In actuality, the film can’t manage either, too immature to jolt and too simplistic about its own rotten side to exonerate itself. Why so stupid: how Joker is too juvenile to be provocative 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Therefore, the only thing more dangerous than having simplistic narratives is having no narrative at all, which is deadly. Where are the women Kerouacs? 2013-03-13T22:28:00Z More complex, more sophisticated stories and representations need to replace the simplistic, outdated and cliched tropes that have been consistently rewarded at the Oscars. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z While their aim isn’t as simplistic as it sounds, it’s slightly confusing. Time to Put Choreography Back on Its Feet 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z He faced accusations of constructing simplistic straw men, and lacking empathy for his historical subjects. Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z In my book I don’t make simplistic comparisons between the characteristics of chimpanzees and humans, but the idea that there may be gender differences in coalitional behaviour is not far-fetched. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z A year earlier, the AND stated its support for a “total diet approach”, and opposition to the “overly simplistic” classification of specific foods as good or bad. The dark truth about chocolate 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Wili’s contribution was “For Pauline,” a stagy, precious mix of incantation, ritualistic gestures and simplistic keyboard figures. Music Review: Pauline Oliveros Tribute at Darmstadt Essential Repertoire 2012-06-03T22:18:50Z They preferred the Golden Age fueled by the efficiency of simplistic stereotypes that did not challenge preconceived notions rooted in ignorance. How to be a Moderate Muslim: Shake it off! 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z We are suffering from simplistic views on the Islamic world . Amid cultural clash, Louvre honors Islamic art 2012-09-20T17:35:09Z In Dublin, Daly turns the color on full throttle — arguably a simplistic choice, but one that captures the excitement and possibilities of a city at night. Kisses Review: A Moment in Childhood 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z The resulting application of one ready-made to another is usually a simplistic one-liner. Art Review: ‘A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby’ at the Domino Plant 2014-05-11T20:41:02Z But those closest to him think that is simplistic. The tragic legacy of John Belushi: ‘He could have done anything' 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The book begins badly, with some simplistic Shakespeare "interpretation", but gains momentum as Oatley moves on to Jane Austen and explains with enthusiasm the results of his and others' experiments on readers. Et cetera: non-fiction roundup ? reviews 2011-07-22T21:55:03Z “Somewhere With You,” a Frankenstein’s monster of a musical created from songs written or co-written by JT Harding — some new and some well-known — isn’t quite a jukebox musical, but it’s certainly as simplistic as one. New York Musical Theater Festival Report: 'Somewhere With You' 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z “They should’ve either given me more time or deferred it by a week,” says Bob, who considers his simplistic commentary on guns to be the one big bogey of his career. The chaos of the Olympics has arrived. Fortunately, we have Bob Costas. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z "It's very simplistic, it's very reactionary. It's almost like a fundamental embracing of a brand of ignorance," he added. Tom Hanks sees US election warning in thriller 'Inferno' 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z They are based on just five questions — perhaps an overly simplistic approach to a complex concept. Is Seattle less liberal than you thought? 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z I’m not calling for a boycott – that’s a word the media as been using because it’s simplistic. #OscarsSoWhite “is not a black/white issue”: Creator April Reign on the movement’s goals, Academy voting changes and why she’s not watching the Oscars 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z It would really have helped — because a few years ago, America went through a painfully simplistic debate about how artists from one place should or should not depict images and objects from another. How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Although Ms. Bryan’s orchestral writing sometimes proved simplistic, the brief moments of calm in the work did evoke a refuge in difficult times. ‘Blues Symphony’ by Wynton Marsalis Has Its New York Premiere 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Set in a series of underwater worlds, there is nothing simplistic about the game design. 10 chill and affordable video games to play that aren't "Animal Crossing" 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z It would be simplistic to call “On Behalf of Nature” a climate-change piece, for Ms. Monk’s point is the intermeshing of human and nonhuman in natural space, not a call to arms. ‘On Behalf of Nature,’ Meredith Monk’s Wild Side 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Nineteenth-century stories by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen were dramatic and often tragic—unlike Walt Disney’s later interpretations which were simplistic, joyful animations. Duty and the beast 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z "My guilty pleasure is that I am actually incredibly simplistic in my meals when it comes to eating at home." Great meals for one – go on, treat yourself 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z Looking at the show, “Robert Heinecken: Object Matter,” you can appreciate his place in photographic history and visual culture while acknowledging that his images can be simplistic or sexist. Art Review: ‘Robert Heinecken: Object Matter’ Is on View at MoMA 2014-03-20T12:00:01Z Although he is at times a bit simplistic and obvious, he is always revealing and thought-provoking. 'A Little Book of Language': How we say what we say, and why 2010-06-02T22:42:00Z It’s probably simplistic — armchair psychology passing as criticism — to say that “The Leftovers,” which proudly promises no explanations, is his retort. Review: ‘The Leftovers’ Has One More Cosmic Joke to Tell 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The American Historical Association denounced the 1776 report as hasty, simplistic, and reliant at times on “falsehoods, inaccuracies, omissions, and misleading statements.” Two books based on ‘1619 Project’ coming out in November 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z But he has a graphic visual style that suits the simplistic material and he keeps you watching even as the wet, sucking sounds of skewered flesh grow tedious. Movie Review: ‘Solomon Kane,’ Based on Robert E. Howard’s Novel 2012-09-27T21:54:27Z This ambivalence deepens Ms. Simmons’s art and keeps it from falling into simplistic agitprop. Influenced by Her Children, Laurie Simmons Exits Her Comfort Zone 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z The band's songs - with blistering guitars, simplistic chord progressions and track lengths under two minutes - set a template for the punk scene, but they never cracked the US singles chart. Tributes flood in for Tommy Ramone 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z I say forgivably because “Green Zone” seems to epitomize the ability of mainstream commercial cinema to streamline the complexities of the real world without becoming overly simplistic, to fictionalize without falsifying. Movie Review | 'Green Zone': Matt Damon Searches for That Casualty of War, Truth 2010-03-11T23:32:00Z But through him, Hosseini turns a simplistic critique of the US into a nice irony. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini – review 2013-05-26T09:00:01Z Before that, rudimentary film technology, alongside simplistic ride mechanics and a more pared down emphasis on story, meant that the attractions guests regularly enjoyed didn’t need any further explanation. Bringing a (Jurassic) World of Star Power to Theme Park Queues 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The assemblage comments simplistically on the Internet’s bewildering compression of time, memory and history. Review: ‘Image Object’ Looks at the Relationship Between the Virtual and the Physical 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z But in “Only Gold” the simplistic story and trite dialogue drag the dancing down. Review: In ‘Only Gold,’ Each Move Is Worth 1,000 Words 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “What you need to be worried about is how I will ever come back to work with you guys ever again because that is the most simplistic, stupid response I’ve heard.” ‘Loving’ Aims to Speak Softly to History 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In a performance that is uncommonly impressive, Firth manages to perfectly evoke the experience of stuttering without falling back on a simplistic, Porky Pig-style rendition. How "The King's Speech" gets stuttering wrong 2011-02-21T23:01:00Z The combination is simplistic but effective: reclining on the couch to watch the film can become a test of your ease with your own body. Art Review: ?If You Lived Here, You?d Be Home by Now? at Bard - Review 2011-08-25T22:30:54Z An Old Guard Ignored It would be overly simplistic to interpret all of this as merely a conflict between reformers and traditionalists. Author rattles Jewish leaders 2012-06-21T21:17:00Z In two much more simplistic paintings, both called “My New Breasts,” she smilingly displays her reduced bosom. Art in Review: Beverly McIver 2013-07-25T20:59:13Z One aspect of the current furore centres, somewhat simplistically, on what happens when journalists and politicians mingle. Memoirs by William Rees-Mogg - review 2011-07-13T15:00:02Z With his glum demeanour and simplistic outlook in life, roadsweeper Trigger was an everyman. In pictures: The career of Roger Lloyd Pack 2014-01-16T13:54:55Z By calmly asserting that all "progress" must result in the loss of nature's grace, Persons invites charges of simplistic nostalgia. 'General Orders No. 9': ode to vanishing beauty 2011-11-10T22:19:05Z The angel’s simplistic speeches, delivered in between her grunts and groans, are tedious in the extreme, especially as the farcical juxtaposition between her preachy words and the circumstances in which they are uttered grows thin. | 'Lick But Don?t Swallow!': ?Lick But Don?t Swallow!,? Part of Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-12T23:58:02Z But everything here is so basic and simplistic, you can see the resolutions coming from a mile away and, sorry to say, they aren’t being trailed by hilarity. Mr Robinson: NBC's new comedy struggles to look past the laugh track 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Son took this simplistic set of six variations at a good clip, making the bell-like texture more trite than profound. Review | Pianist plays with grace under pressure 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z My ideas of the greatness of my new home and the horridness of my old one were simplistic and limited. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Her innocence authorizes its slippery and simplistic handling of complicated themes. Review: A Sex Scandal Upends a Campaign in ‘The Front Runner’ 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z These are a tad simplistic and sometimes too strictly or arbitrarily followed, with the result that some galleries work much better than others. A Trans-Atlantic View of Modernism 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Whitty describes the film as "perhaps overcomplicated, and yet at the same time somewhat simplistic.… It never quite brings everything together into a dramatic whole." 'The Imitation Game' is a smartly told tale of genius, reviews say 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Now on Broadway, Boritt’s work is featured in the revival of the Bernstein musical “On the Town,” with sets that are more simplistic than those in “Little Dancer” but much more vibrant. For ‘Little Dancer’ set designer Beowulf Boritt, windows into the soul Perhaps that sounds simplistic, but try thinking of it this way: Food is for eating. What do I do with my sadness? 2012-07-16T00:00:00Z “It was very hard to balance the large cast in a half-hour without becoming so simplistic,” he said. Television: Once More Around the Sandbox 2010-02-20T00:44:00Z The primary shortcoming of “Steve Jobs” is the simplistic reduction of Jobs, by the movie’s screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, to a small set of facile diagnoses. Aaron Sorkin Hates Screens 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z I sound like I’m saying something simplistic here: that to love a TV show, you must share its protagonists’ attitudes. Downton Abbey, I Am Too American to Love You 2013-01-04T18:45:35Z At the same time, Gallaudet is “easily framed as a champion,” which is simplistic in a different way, Sinnott observes. ‘Visible Language’ captures the historic dispute in D.C. over how to teach the deaf Reagan’s Cold War policy initially relied on an overly simplistic frame of the world and bombastic rhetoric backed up by military might. Donald Trump needs his “Day After” moment: We’ve heard reckless rhetoric from a Republican before — then Ronald Reagan negotiated nuclear disarmament 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z A bigger question is whether American audiences, used to more simplistic “family” shows or the slam-bang satire of The Book of Mormon, will take to a darker, more contemplative and delicately layered show like Matilda. Matilda: The Best Musical Since The Lion King 2013-04-12T03:00:16Z Its musical language might seem almost simplistic to us today, having been through the entire development of 20th-century music, but the main issue with the piece is the never-ceasing power of its rhythmic inventions. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z And in the process, our simplistic distinctions between making and manufacturing begin to dissolve. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z Compared to that album, “The Ascension” is single-minded, but far from simplistic. Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z But the show was also criticized as simplistic and patronizing. Conrad Bain, Actor on ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ Dies at 89 2013-01-17T04:38:00Z Bush’s thinking was as clear as it was simplistic. Why the United States Invaded Iraq 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Many theologians and scholars called the novels a simplistic and dangerous interpretation of Scripture. Tim LaHaye Dies at 90; Fundamentalist Leader’s Grisly Novels Sold Millions 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z It's simplistic to think of "The Theory of Everything," which traces many years of Stephen Hawking's life, as one of those typical scratch-the-surface movies about the man. Critic's Pick: 'Theory of Everything' proves power of ideas, emotions 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Emily’s story is simplistic: she goes from ignorance to curiosity to the conscious desire to strengthen and benefit from a diverse local community. The Little Syria of Deep Valley 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z The modernist passion to look deeper, including deeper within oneself – to record not a simplistic picture of the world but a complex and hesitant perception of it – starts in the paintings of Cézanne. Paul Cézanne: founding father of modern art 2013-02-05T14:53:15Z It’s a simplistic way of looking at it, but human drives don’t really vary. With ‘Lucy in the Sky,’ Noah Hawley Expands His Universe 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z These inferences tended to rest on rudimentary allusions: either racialized stereotypes about Hernandez falling into "gangsta life" after his father's death or simplistic assumptions about brain damage causing criminal acts. How portrayals of the NFL are shaping criminal justice reform 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Debra Granik’s new movie, “Leave No Trace,” does many things at once, some blatantly and some subtly, some simplistically and some deeply. Review: “Leave No Trace” Explores the Ground in Which Poisonous Politics Grow 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z The documentary highlights the racism in Israel faced by some African immigrants, but Mr. Raichel said that to reduce the issue to clear-cut terms was too simplistic. Music: Israeli Singer of the World 2011-06-23T11:54:54Z Unfortunately, this season may also be the most simplistic so far. "In Treatment's" darkest season yet 2010-10-23T23:01:00Z For all the complaints about the simplistic nature of the “wake-up call” in the ads, they’re not without a constructive element. Motherlode Blog: Georgia's Tough Anti-Childhood Obesity Campaign 2012-01-03T21:33:36Z It’s not that any of the three particularly dazzled with their brilliance; the simplistic questions, seemingly a tad easier than in regular play, don’t lend themselves to redefining a star as a savant. Jonathan Franzen's Appearance on Jeopardy! Was Perfect TV 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Compared with the visual complexity and critical acuity of the artist's work of previous years, these are simplistic billboards slapped with one-liners, Powhida-lite. William Powhida, usually a force, has surprisingly thin show at Charlie James 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z They simply slam different things together — objects, bodies, skills and functions — and let the symbolism fall as it may, which tends to be obviously and simplistically. Art Review: Combining People and Machines in Venice 2011-07-08T16:55:52Z While many recipes call for garlic, onions, sour cream, and other ingredients, our simplistic version is all that I can ask for when it comes to this restorative, memorable meal. This 5-ingredient cream chicken with rich, tomato gravy is a winter weeknight must-have 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Their book is an ode to culinary matriarchs and a welcome reconsideration of the culinary legacy of the Caribbean, which is too often caricatured as a cuisine of simplistic tourist staples. The Best Food Books of 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Yet many commentators in the West — some with large media megaphones — are attracted to highly simplistic, overly reductive explanations of Islamic terrorism. “The Islamic State would not be with us today if the United States hadn’t invaded Iraq”: Islam, religion, and the interview Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must read now 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z And he has helped keep that tradition alive in writing radically simplistic lyrics. Review: John Pizzarelli Channels Paul McCartney and Antônio Carlos Jobim 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z As the books became popular beyond imagining — as news reports credited them for a rebirth of reading among kids, even as critics attacked them as poorly written and simplistic — I also became a defender. Riff: The Regrets of a Semiprofessional Potterphile 2011-08-14T03:33:02Z But there were mixed reviews, with some critics deeming the show’s politics too simplistic, and it’s not clear whether it will be back for a second season. Tracee Ellis Ross: 'As a kid, singing was too scary a dream' 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Now the cry of the red-tail is simplistic metaphor, the vehicle for promoting the feeling of wildness rather than its ecological fact. Raptor porn: The ridiculous proliferation of the red-tail call 2013-12-28T00:00:00Z But simplistic Americans started to affect a "maturity" that shamed sweetness of any kind in wine. Thrilling and Joyless? The Polarity of Sweet Riesling 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The original "Karate Kid" was a simplistic movie that positioned Daniel as the hero. "Stranger Things" and the frustrations of nostalgia 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z That's not the only way in which a proper cynicism challenges the simplistic black-and-white of received opinion. In praise of cynicism 2013-07-10T17:27:31Z The channel’s self-description — “dedicated to uplifting viewers every day” — might call to mind innumerable movies that try to impart religiosity with simplistic scripts badly acted. A TV Version of the Noah's Ark Story That Chooses Restraint Over Rain 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z And he refrained from snapping Fidel Castro with an exit sign positioned perfectly above his head, apparently to avoid conveying a simplistic message. René Burri, Photographer of Picasso and Che, Dies at 81 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Rare that any film trilogy can stay as good into the third act, especially when it's based on such a simplistic and pointless storyline as this one. ‘Taken 3,’ Starring Liam Neeson 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z In reality, stuttering is a complex problem that forever tempts people to offer simplistic "cures." How "The King's Speech" gets stuttering wrong 2011-02-21T23:01:00Z Along with this curious parochialism about the varieties of religious belief comes a simplistic reading of how people actually hold those beliefs. The New Atheism 2011-08-26T21:55:10Z The murals here, seemingly simplistic, address pop culture as well as issues of race, class and the fragmented, fleeting nature of memory. His art centers on silent-era race films with African American actors, names that 'Fade to Black' 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z But the mess was intentional, a theater-of-the absurd moment designed to highlight simplistic rhetoric and Internet commentators’ propensity for snap judgments. In the galleries: Reclaiming cultural identity 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Hustvedt is too warm and intelligent an artist to write a simplistic tale of Good Girls and Bad Boys. Review | A woman reconstructs her past with the help of an old journal in ‘Memories of the Future’ 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Viewed from afar, Israel is often seen in simplistic, even caricatured ways, whether good or bad, its complex history, society and politics reduced to talking points and slogans. Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z This show is never simplistic about “light” versus “darkness” when it comes to the locations and the characters. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 1, Episode 7: Out of the Ashes 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s a decidedly adult goal for what used to be an engrossing but simplistic fantasy. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z Any other labor involved in the process of serving the super-beings is intentionally made invisible so as to hide the ethical quandaries it would create for these morally simplistic cinematic universes. The labor laws of the superhero universe amount to disturbing propaganda 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z It's a simplistic theory that avoids delving into the man's character at all. Chaplin: a little tramp through Charlie's love affairs 2012-11-22T10:03:41Z Cooper has said he’s not interested in the simplistic equation of one star rising as another falls, but that’s the inescapable pattern, no matter the variables each new generation brings. Why we keep gazing at ‘A Star Is Born’: From Gaynor to Gaga 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z "It was a big hit in South America and not anywhere else, really," Radford said, adding that the film was a touch simplistic. Shirley MacLaine still setting her own terms 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z This overly simplistic idea that if he can get on the cover of a magazine there is something permanent and lasting about that. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Beneath its vigor and sparkle, “Chad Deity” harbors a zero-at-the-bone indictment of Americans who accept simplistic, easy-to-grasp and spurious images that they know have been manufactured. Theater Review: Kristoffer Diaz?s Body Slam to the American Dream 2010-05-21T03:52:00Z It sounds almost too simplistic, but it’s not, according to Mr. Ezon, because very few hotel guests outright ask for a better hotel room. How to Get a Hotel Upgrade 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The experience of turning its pages and pointing the wand is compelling, but interactions are simplistic and occasionally frustrating. Wonderbook: Book of Spells – review 2012-11-17T00:05:32Z TS: To slam the festival this year is being overly simplistic about a problem that is deeper, more complex and wider reaching than saying Cannes are the bad boys. The conversation: Where are the women in film? 2012-05-18T19:21:27Z It’s a cool idea that needs more room to develop beyond a simplistic defense of difference. ‘The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Bite-Size Global Tales 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z That is tougher than it might seem: The story tackles issues of familial expectations, race, class, agency and environmental justice without being either didactic or simplistic. Saving Birds by Ruffling Some Feathers 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But Farewell Bagdad does not paint a simplistic picture of Americans as the bad guys. Iranian movie on U.S. in Iraq entered for Oscars 2010-12-08T15:36:00Z But the critics were there, calling her poetry simplistic, her verse plain. Mary Oliver Helped Us Stay Amazed 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z You can be fully on board with everything Southgate stands for and still find this cloyingly simplistic. ‘Dear England’ Review: When Soccer Success Becomes a Moral Victory 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z That conclusion is simplistic and reductionist, of course, but no more so than the ideas foregrounded in the exhibition. Review | A French exhibition of Francis Bacon turns him into that pseudointellectual dude from college 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z Because, first and foremost, these films cannot be dismissed with a simplistic label of "ugly." It's time to release Looney Tunes' racist cartoons 2010-10-15T20:01:00Z This very simplistic explanation of ad serving explains the basis for counting impressions. Capitalizing On Attention, A New Pricing Scheme Will Change How Digital Ads Are Sold 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But I think that we managed it without being too maudlin or saccharine or reductive or simplistic. The Stars of ‘Homeland’ Get Their Final Debriefing 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Dance is often simplistically reduced to the pairing of movement and music. Dance in NYC This Week 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Bradbury's analyses of urban conditions tended towards the simplistic, it has to be said. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-08T17:15:49Z Yet, Douglas has said that it is too simplistic to say, as many have done, that his childhood toughened him up. Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z His thuggish campaigners seem co-opted into simplistic politics, too thick to do otherwise. This is England ? on stage 2010-04-16T11:31:00Z The song is simplistic but contagious, appealing to women without alienating men. Review | PnB Rock lets his fans fill in the empty spaces in a short but sweet show 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z And although this simplistic approach has long since grown tired, it’s the one we are invited to pursue at the Met. Art Review: ?Picasso in the Metropolitan Museum,? a Retrospective 2010-04-29T22:48:00Z It is witty, entertaining, with excellent performances and not drawn to conform with a simplistic template. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z So while the success of Lucy may mean that Johansson can helm a Black Widow movie, taking such a simplistic roles could feel a step down for Johansson. Scarlett Johansson, Lucy and the Future of the Female Action Star 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z This enraged Stone, who detested the simplistic recipes now on offer on every aspect of American domestic and external politics. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z In addition, the idea of proposing the wholesale use of these drugs for any and all mental disorders and thereby construing mental illness as a unitary continuum of conditions is simplistic and misleading. Letters to the Editor 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z But once you settle into its wavelength, the documentary begins to feel simplistic, like a one-track excuse to roll out rare film clips and testimony. ‘Speer Goes to Hollywood’ Review: Expert Rebranding 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Shellenberger said, while adding that the presumption that environmentalists are all "on the side of all things good" is too simplistic. New documentary targets critics of fracking 2013-01-21T16:02:13Z Its simplistic reading of the queens — Mary is weak and womanly, Elizabeth is stern and unfeminine — is complicated by the force of both actresses. A Bloody Rivalry for the Throne, This Time With Margot Robbie 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Critics, though, say that for a man who says arts management must be taken more seriously, Mr. Kaiser can approach the topic rather simplistically and make turnarounds sound too easy. Head of Kennedy Center Urges Arts Groups to Be Bold 2010-06-27T21:50:00Z On a less positive note, the play’s plotting is simplistic — no doubt necessarily so, given the need for clarity. Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It's not only a really simplistic view of the world, but it's one that misses major chunks of how the music industry works. 2010-01-25T08:10:00Z He said the common French dichotomy of “hero or rogue” was simplistic. Le Corbusier’s Architecture and His Politics Are Revisited 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z He said, “There is another temptation which we must especially guard against: the simplistic reductionism which sees only good or evil.” 2015: Astonishing for mostly the wrong reasons and fated to be a hazy memory 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Not to sound simplistic, but stop using it. Perspective | No, offering choices is not the silver bullet for toddler behavior problems 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z It is far too simplistic to dismiss these designers and their successors as “madcap milliners” focused on sartorial shock tactics or creating styling props rather than bona fide hats. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z The Beatles' story has been told and retold so many times and it would be easy to write off Love Me Do as a stale tale, a simplistic stepping stone to future glory. Love Me Do: the Beatles' first hit is 50 2012-10-05T06:00:00Z Along comes cultural critic Ben Yagoda to argue that “Doggie,” far from being a one-off excrescence, was an all-too-typical product of its time — that benighted era of “novelty numbers, lachrymose ballads, simplistic jingles, hillbilly hokum.” ‘The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song’ 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z And I say, “But life is that simplistic.” Rosie Perez Hates Flying, but She Soared in ‘The Flight Attendant’ 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z As the CDC states, the phenomenon of copycat suicides, or suicide cluster or contagion, can result from simplistic, sensational and glamorized coverage. Clicks over ethics: Mainstream media’s coverage of suicide is careless, even dangerous 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z If his art is simplistic, his promoting has been clever — fitting for a man who moved to New York to work in digital marketing. Street ‘artist’ Hanksy: a punster plays social-media fame game 2014-02-16T00:00:55Z Mr. Graham, with the work’s stark conclusion, leaves you feeling like a simplistic ninny for ever thinking it might have been. Review: A Scalding Take on Race in ‘White Guy on the Bus’ 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, Charles L. Mee’s script, which draws heavily on American literary classics, falls into simplistic bombast and self-consciousness. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance and the Siti Company Perform 2010-06-10T22:21:00Z The primary objective of the movement is to reject the too simplistic representation provided by the reality TV shows and allow women to expose the richness of their lives through their own lens. Netflix’s "My Unorthodox Life" urged ultra-Orthodox Jewish women to talk publicly about their lives 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z In my often simplistic way, I was pushing him to answer the question of what Hamilton was thinking; rather than providing a definitive answer, Lin brilliantly made Hamilton's uncertainty the heart of his final speech. The birth of 'Hamilton,' told by the man who was in the room where it happened 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Director Malcolm D. Lee, who also wrote and directed the movie’s 1999 predecessor, hit back at critics who used the most simplistic descriptions of his film. Is love lost on the black romantic comedy? 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z And so it makes up games and cartoons, shamelessly simplistic -- and therefore reassuringly safe -- parodies of real experience. Let the Osama bin Laden killing games begin! 2011-05-03T20:30:00Z Most of the views, however, are simplistic and bland. What's behind those peepholes at Union Station? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Though naggingly simplistic in its historical scope, the film offers a fascinating chronicle of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war through the eyes of a daring group of men. 'Above and Beyond' soars with true adventure 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Putting children in developmental boxes is handy, but it’s simplistic. ‘When I became a mother I realised how hard it is’: how the parenting experts parent 2020-01-04T05:00:00Z You then dismiss that as a “simplistic story line” but seem to agree that FSG did something uniquely well, which no one does now. ArtsBeat: The Mostly Good Old Days: Boris Kachka Talks About ‘Hothouse’ 2013-07-31T16:34:41Z If some of the main motifs sounded a bit simplistic, it didn't take long before Mazurek and friends transformed them with considerable melodic variation and harmonic complexity. Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra brings celestial sounds to the Green Mill 2011-01-08T15:53:00Z However, it's clear that a one-size-fits-all approach may be too simplistic when it comes to tackling obesity in a population. Why food labels showing the exercise needed to burn off calories won’t work for everyone 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s a world where words themselves become superfluous and seem almost perversely simplistic, and I am overjoyed to inhabit it every day. 'She’s good, but she’s big': my years as a 'fat' ballerina 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z "Toxic masculinity" can be used in generalizing and simplistic ways. "Toxic masculinity": what does it mean, where did it come from — and is the term useful or harmful? 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z There's the simplistic Phantom Chef, the eclectic Great Jones and the sleek-and-chic Material Kitchen. Gen Z, Le Creuset, and "aesthetic adulthood": Why young people are investing in this pricey cookware 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Along the way he demolishes many of the popular explanations—such as that the mess was due to greedy bankers or to loose monetary policy—as too simplistic. How to fix a broken system 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z In practice, however, his theories – from his Freud-adjacent analysis of his characters’ dysfunctions to his portrayal of the media as the big bad boogeyman – feel simplistic and passé. Natural Born Killers at 25: the problem with Oliver Stone's hit film 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z When choosing a taxi, be sure to quiz them on basic psychology, and avoid the ones that understand the concepts at a simplistic level. Don’t trust the religious 2012-07-02T18:20:00Z Some critics found her stories and characters simplistic. Julie Garwood, Best-Selling Romance Novelist, Dies at 78 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z So to just think of Southerners as being the reason for Trump is such an overly simplistic view of who a Trump voter is. Brian Reed went to “S-Town;” all he brought back was this profound and unforgettable story 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z Overall, the officers’ message was simplistic and vague, grouping everything from alcohol to angel dust into one toxic cloud that loomed over our society. Nancy Reagan and the negative impact of the 'Just Say No' anti-drug campaign 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z It's exciting, fluent and heavy on the shaky-cam, but ultimately paints a simplistic world of heroic lawmen and caricatured bad guys. This week's new films 2012-11-24T00:04:01Z But Oscar voters tend to take their historical politics at simplistic face value. My 2015 Oscar Picks 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z This is not unjust: Shindo's work can be formally messy and his tales overly simplistic. Kaneto Shindo – master of Japanese cinema 2012-06-22T21:55:17Z What generates that feeling is when the drama is mechanical, when the characterizations are simplistic or flat, or when the ideas expressed are much narrower, duller, or less contentious than the ones that are implied. The Historical Imagination and “Free State of Jones” 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Lucas sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney, in 2012; now whatever’s left of his world view has been mined and refined into narrow and simplistic norms. The Robotic Familiarity of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z This, however, reeks of simplistic moralizing, is lousy with hackneyed dialogue and filled ludicrously contrived melodrama that only pours out of writers and director who think they understand racism but really, really don’t. 26 films Rotten Tomatoes got 100% wrong 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z After the Newtown shootings, however, it looks like we are again going to look at violence in the wrong way and for the wrong reasons–simplistically, reactively and temporarily. What We Should Be Thinking About Pop-Culture Violence, and What We Will Probably Do Instead 2012-12-20T13:00:20Z Rowling's first post-"Harry Potter" novel, "The Casual Vacancy" is a heartbreaking, thought-provoking if occasionally simplistic look at the tyrannical power of the picturesque. Provocative 'The Casual Vacancy' no ordinary jaunt to countryside 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z As reported by The New York Daily News: The response is predictable given Trump’s charismatic personality, his simplistic solutions to complex problems, and the authoritarian beliefs of today’s conservatives. Donald Trump’s “Death Wish” fantasies: Guns, white vigilantism, and the right’s toxic masculinity 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z And yet, when it came to his post-Soviet thrillers, Baldacci rejected what he considered a simplistic approach to U.S.-Russian relations. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z It's simplistic and standard rock, with little personality to turn the newcomer into a Rilo Kiley fan. Review: Rilo Kiley's 'RKives' unmoving residue 2013-04-01T21:30:17Z Unlike video games, which engage players at a relatively simplistic adrenaline level, the interactive qualities of “Broken Night” are more emotion driven. Emily Mortimer on her daring new virtual-reality short: “This immersive experience is extremely visceral” 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The simplistic vilification of Russia — without evidence or better context — reinforces the view of some thoughtful Russians that Americans have become irrationally hostile toward the country and even the culture. Was the 2016 Election a Game of ‘Russian Roulette’? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z These very simplistic ways of trying to respond to a much more complicated society. "You have a religious devotion to this sport": Director on bodybuilding movie "Magazine Dreams" 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Her premise is that dismissive disgust at blood spilt and life lost is an edifying but overly simplistic and apolitical response to revolution past and present. In Defence of the Terror: Liberty or Death in the French Revolution by Sophie Wahnich – review 2012-08-17T21:55:02Z Even more simplistic is a relief of a female mannequin torso besieged by bricks. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Two tales in “Pulse” give us simplistic portraits of unpleasant, controlling men. Books of The Times: Love, Loss, Change and Being English 2011-05-06T05:48:02Z It upsets me, when I see responses to my writing that are simplistic, and refer only to the unshakeable political convictions of the commenters. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Shani Boianjiu on Women Soldiers in Israel 2012-09-26T16:00:17Z But its songs are anything but simplistic: verses turn into choruses into bridges into whining guitar solos into outros. Pop, Rock & Cabaret Listings for Dec. 26-Jan. 1 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z What has consistently saved the Warrnambool quartet, however, is the electrifying verve with which they attack their joyously simplistic songs. Airbourne: Black Dog Barking – review 2013-05-16T21:10:01Z Those books or poems often strike me as simplistic, or reductive . Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The Kirkus judges said that the book’s “refusal to appease readers by offering simplistic answers underscores the writer’s uncommon journalistic and literary courage.” Yanagihara, Coates and Muñoz Ryan Win Kirkus Prizes 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z He ultimately concludes that Darwin was not wrong, but that his tree of life was too simplistic. A New View of Evolution That Can’t Be Represented by a Tree 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z This is truer than ever in an increasingly globalized industry, in which simplistic spectacles are the easiest export of all. Perspective | Scorsese is right about Marvel. Except when he’s wrong. 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z “Walk Up” follows suit, a simple but not simplistic portrait in black-and-white, tracing the relationships in a small Seoul apartment building as they evolve and grow heavier with complications. ‘Walk Up’ Review: Good Friends Make Bad Neighbors 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z London can never afford to be complacent – not least about the current state of its airports – but the aerotropolis idea offers a too simplistic view of cities. Aerotropolis:the city of the future? 2013-03-03T00:05:17Z In the gardening world, designers turned to perennials and grasses in the 1980s, and this naturalism later evolved into a popular and sometimes simplistic insistence on native plant gardens. A native plant designer’s memoir reflects on a life in the field 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z It seems so simplistic, but no matter how technologized we become — and that’s also good — it will always be important to have an audience member and a performer in a room together: live. He Focuses the Eclecticism of La MaMa Moves! 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z There’s plenty of action, but no effort to provide—other than in simplistic tirades—the reason for book-burning, the reason for an effort to banish history and cultural memory. ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Review: Snuffing Out a Classic 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Google Keep is also popular, though more simplistic. Perspective | Digital clutter can be just as bad as the physical stuff. Here’s how to get organized. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But the score isn’t a simplistic journey toward acceptance: Some of the initial mechanistic churning returns at the close. Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z Radnor's simplistic formal structure is executed with precision, but there's no finesse, particularly in the transitions between relationship sagas. 'happythankyoumoreplease': three love stories that run together 2011-03-24T22:23:08Z One, the well-meaning but simplistic pronouncement that people with Down syndrome are “sweet and loving angels.” Motherlode Blog: Has Down Syndrome Hurt Us? 2011-10-03T17:10:54Z Matt Ridley does have his critics, especially of his more recent book “The Rational Optimist,” who argue that he is too simplistic and optimistic about human evolution, seeing it on a continual positive upward trajectory. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z But—as Austen could tell you—first impressions are often simplistic. The History of “Loving” to Read 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z It would be far too simplistic to suggest that any of this reflects on the specifics of Levine’s situation. On the Met's James Levine, and the age-old debate of separating the art from the artist 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Professor Lytten wrote that,” one character says, rather simplistically stating the problem. ‘Arcadia’ by Iain Pears: A plot built for an app. In fact there is one. 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z But by telling a familiar story from multiple angles, by giving as much space to the dissenters as to the supporters, it enriches what has too often been presented in simplistic or triumphalist terms. Far and wide 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z His colloquialisms and slang and deliberately simplistic language all seem a bit cor-blimey-guvnor. Booker club: Last Orders by Graham Swift 2012-07-24T11:28:36Z It would be too simplistic to say that the problem is unlikable characters. Review: With Grating ‘Friends From College,’ Who Needs Enemies? 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Yet by doing so, he proved how simplistic and suffocating such labels could be. Stream These 9 Shows and Movies Before They Leave Netflix in June 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z That’s where I think the dialogue has been kind of simplistic. Jodie Foster on 'Money Monster' and Why It's Her Time to Direct 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z Whether it’s a source of simplistic scares or something richer, breastfeeding is being used to create viral horror moments, and, in the case of “Barbarian” and its $45 million box office take, cash cows. Modern Body Horror Is Turning Breastfeeding Into an Act of Terror 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z While Sophie isn't vilified, the simplistic and objectifying nature of her story arc is problematic, and meshes uneasily with a movie that is aimed at the violently embittered. The problematic "Joker" 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z And Lee can rail about “the white people” moving in, but that simplistic breakdown ignores issues of income and class. Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech 2014-02-26T15:53:00Z Losey wasn’t the first choice to direct it; the project was meant for Costa-Gavras, a filmmaker of overt left-wing sympathies and a rather simplistic, albeit stirring, realistic manner, but he turned it down. “Mr. Klein,” a Political Mystery of Mistaken Identity in Occupied Paris 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z As a savvy historian, Raulff refuses to capitulate to simplistic chronological organization and instead relays events without forcing them into artificial sequence. Galloping Through History 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Critics at the time found the slogan simplistic and moralistic. On drugs, Nancy Reagan just said no. On AIDS, she said nothing. 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Having Mr. Markgraf sing the first half, and Ms. Cooke the second, would be simplistic. ‘As One’ Has Its Premiere in Brooklyn 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Designs can be so reductive and simplistic, and sometimes you just have to push back – being offended is part of the process. Cathy Park Hong: "Sometimes you just have to push back – being offended is part of the process" 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z On a recent Wednesday afternoon, at his Brooklyn apartment, Mr. Porowski whipped up a minimalist spaghetti and meatballs that proved that sometimes simple is anything but simplistic. Antoni Porowski Can Cook 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z And there is some self-mocking in the scenes of Americans making simplistic generalizations about the French. 2010-02-16T22:39:00Z Its resurgence cuts against simplistic ideas about young people, who are often caricatured as beacons of political correctness — woke saviors arriving at a time when America desperately needs them. A Short History of ‘Simp’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Even his relatively minimalist moments seem uninhibitedly maximal compared with the relatively simplistic creations of his colleagues Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Review: Spano and SSO skillfully serve 20th-century classics 2010-04-30T17:05:00Z But Peale’s detractors, a crowd that included theologians and psychiatrists, derided his teachings as simplistic and for promoting the idea that reality’s tougher edges could be muted by repeating phrases and flicking a mental switch. How Trump got religion — and why his legendary minister’s son now rejects him 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z The happy ending for everyone is welcome, but it’s oh so simplistically achieved. Theater Review | 'Kiss Bessemer Goodbye': Loving Band of Bigots, From Tencha ?vila 2010-03-15T22:07:00Z But for all its empathetic detail, “You Resemble Me” contrives a rather simplistic cause-and-effect tale, grasping too desperately at elusive answers. Review: In ‘You Resemble Me,’ a Maladjusted Girl Is Interrupted 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The subversive comic horror film targets the anti-gay fulminations and takes the U.S. government to task for its simplistic use of terrorist threats as an excuse to do anything it wants. Kevin Smith: I "feel good" about semi-retirement 2011-03-07T02:07:48Z If this seems simplistic as a business plan, welcome to their world, where from a bystander’s perspective all things seemingly drop into place with silver linings attached. | Culture Klatch 2014-03-05T23:13:43Z The music is simplistic; the beats are bland; the emotional landscape is vaguely, well, elegiac. Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z “People came in with zero to no knowledge. It was simplistic. So I wasn’t developing myself.” Jeffrey Gibson: American. Native American. Gay. An artist's life outside labels 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Where “High Flying Bird” is both confrontational and elusive, intensely physical and analytically abstract, “What Men Want” is plainly foregrounded and simplistically flattened. Review: Taraji P. Henson Redeems “What Men Want” 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The series is a little vague as to what brings about the former president’s transformation, and its treatment of his first big about-face, on immigration, is simplistic. Review: In ‘Graves,’ a Politician Goes From Red to Blue to Gruff and Gray 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z As thought and language develop, going all saucer-eyed for story may seem simplistic. Why theatre must never lose the plot 2010-10-08T15:37:00Z While some academics and critics who favored a thornier modernism found Floyd’s works simplistic, artists and audiences embraced his compelling characters and passionate music. Carlisle Floyd: Artists Share Memories of a Composer 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Didactic, at times simplistic, it was lucid and accessible and considered a step forward for progressive, human-centered economics. Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z And yet, I think it’s too simplistic to suggest that BoJack Horseman’s appeal comes exclusively from the many ways that it explores sorrow. How BoJack Horseman became the most empathetic show on television 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z These are women who dominate and who are subjugated, who struggle and love and kvetch and fall apart, but they rarely conform to simplistic stereotypes. Woody Allen’s Distinctive Female Characters 2013-07-17T12:00:01Z It's still a simplistic action-heavy spectacle that isn't shy about showing its heroic protagonist use any means necessary to protect the downtrodden with nowhere else to turn. A Queen becomes "The Equalizer": What it means when Black women take on legacy superhero roles 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z While its rules may be too simplistic for his tastes — players roll dice and try to beat one another to the 63rd square — he nonetheless described the collecting process as “highly addictive.” A Quirky Board Game With Versions Spanning 400 Years 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z But in “I Love You, Now Die,” Carr tries, with some success, to push back on that simplistic characterization. "I Love You, Now Die" and what we think we know about teenage girls 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Where other reviewers mistook Frost's verse as simplistic, Thomas was moved to announce his 1914 volume North of Boston as "one of the most revolutionary books of modern times". Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z “What I am definitely not a fan of is this simplistic idea of good versus evil.” Director Gavin Hood on the nature of (and the need for) modern warfare 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Video-game narratives are often dismissed as being simplistic, loud, and crude. On the Ranch with the Creators of “Westworld” 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z HO: All of these people are in the business of selling simplistic solutions to complex problems. The personal finance industry can’t save us 2013-03-06T20:53:00Z The film received mainly positive reviews and was a box-office success, but was also criticized for being overly sentimental and simplistic in its treatment of racial inequalities in America. Director Haggis polarizes again with 'puzzle' of a film, 'Third Person' 2013-09-12T20:38:09Z So, could a person skilled in media manipulation take advantage of people’s pain by using simplistic language to create false villains and use it to gain power? If Donald Trump’s America is Hell, who is Satan? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z "Doctor Strange" presents a simplistic view of womanhood: that the only way a woman can "go evil" is to be separated from her children, particularly her angel boys. Wanda, the MCU's Instagram boymom of “Doctor Strange” 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z Pinning that change on Bill Clinton or the sexual revolution or parental permissiveness, however, would be simplistic—and incorrect. It’s a “blow job” because it’s work: How guys push women to make oral sex as common as shaking hands 2016-04-02T04:00:00Z And I find their wider point about there being a parallel between Islamist fundamentalism and western capitalism far too simplistic. A radicalisation expert's view on The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2013-06-02T19:00:03Z It may seem simplistic but it's really like painting, which is my hobby; you just kind of look and say, "O.K., that works beautifully together, the colors work beautifully." T Magazine: 'Gladiators in Suits': The Fashion of 'Scandal' 2013-01-14T22:01:18Z “Silencing and demonizing Trump’s supporters as racists simplistically shuns them into the ideological silos that segregate our society.” TV can’t not be political: What Jimmy Fallon’s defenders get wrong about late-night 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The other side is constantly either demonised or presented in a most reductive, simplistic and hysterical way. 9/11 film explores divided loyalties 2013-05-10T05:36:38Z These are meaty topics, but the book's straightforward, often simplistic narration at times saps their energy. Herbie Hancock's memoir recalls a creative life and all that jazz The fictionalized biopic “Desert Dancer” explores fascinating aspects of present-day Iran but suffers mightily from simplistic and sentimental tendencies. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s just an awfully simplistic way to gauge discrimination. Anti-Morman prejudice vs. racism 2012-07-29T14:00:00Z Those prewar European researchers would have regarded the idea that obesity results from “excess calories” as laughably simplistic. The sugar conspiracy | Ian Leslie 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Some critics regarded Mr. Bradshaw’s brand of psychology as overly simplistic. John Bradshaw, self-help guru who led search for ‘inner child,’ dies at 82 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z I have a very simple answer, but I hope it’s not simplistic. International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z But the book also suffers from common problems in popularization, like proposing outdated and simplistic theories for phenomena now seen as more complex. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z Weber’s acute sense of morality was also complex; she repudiated simplistic sentimentality and wouldn’t allow a hero to be “a dummy concocted of all the impossible virtues a scenario writer could imagine.” “A Real Director Should Be Absolute”: Lois Weber’s Prescient Thoughts on Filmmaking a Century Ago 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z “The series is a little vague as to what brings about the former president’s transformation, and its treatment of his first big about-face, on immigration, is simplistic,” Neil Genzlinger wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Berlin Station’ and ‘Graves’ on Epix 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Its psychology, while darkly intriguing — the protagonist is a man who, unable to recover from the death of his wife, falls in love with her doppelgänger — verges on overly simplistic. How a Forgotten Opera Made a Big Comeback 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The University of Glasgow criminologist said it would be too simplistic to suggest that soccer caused domestic violence. Domestic abuse linked to soccer match days: Scottish study 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z It’s too simplistic to think of this history as a series of revolutions and counterrevolutions, but there was a powerful dialectical energy driving many artists to extremes. A gallery owner talked herself out of the business and into the desert 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Trust me, I'm not suggesting this simplistic plan is a solution to these complex problems. Motherlode Blog: How Not to Be a Helicopter Parent: Volunteer 2012-08-12T11:00:30Z If you don't have an actual speech target to converge toward, you might resort to inaccurate, simplistic or stereotyped ideas about how someone will speak. What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z But, he concludes, “the strength of their imagination went only so far, and their language suffered not from being simple, to be sure, but from being simplistic.” John Adams on Boulez, a Composer Worth Wrestling With 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z In the past, your digs at American gender politics were astute, but your patronizing take on foreign cultures seems shockingly simplistic. Sex and the City 2 Leaves Fans Behind 2010-05-26T23:05:00Z It celebrates tradition, but not in any simplistic sense of celebration. Poem of the week: Legacies by Peter Sirr 2012-07-16T10:02:27Z Sadly, much of the humor in “Miss Piña Colada,” which is performed in Spanish with simultaneous English translation, is simplistic. | 'El Ins?lito Caso de Mis? Pi?a Colada': At Gramercy Arts, Debt-Ridden and Seeking a Crown 2010-06-15T22:43:00Z Ross seems to acknowledge that, but he also protests that the “Wagner-to-Hitler” meme suggests a teleological progression that, while perhaps convenient, is dangerously simplistic. From George Eliot to Neo-Nazi Skinheads: The Chaotic Cult of Richard Wagner 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Criticize the music’s simplistic emotions, earworm hooks, instant clichés, and crowd-pleasing exhortations as much as you’d like, the movie suggests, but don’t misunderstand it as insincere or inartistic, as selling out or pandering. In “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Freddie Mercury Is More Interesting Than His Music 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Some of what I have to say will sound simplistic to people directly involved in alternative scenes. What is punk? 2013-05-10T00:00:00Z Either possibility is far too simplistic, partly because Mr. Leigh pays such close attention to the rhythms of Tom and Gerri’s life and to details of their background, Tom’s in particular. | 'Another Year': Injustice, British and Otherwise 2010-12-28T18:18:34Z Conversely, acts that sound bluntly simplistic on record draw huge crowds. Rolling Stones steal Glastonbury from other debutantes – review 2013-06-29T23:56:12Z “Whiplash” is a classic Sundance script: the plot is so tight that it leaves out the story, the characters so simplistic that they leave out the people. My 2015 Oscar Picks 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Webber, who did his own editing, draws simplistic, mechanical connections in his crosscutting. ‘The Place of No Words’ Review: Shared Illusions 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The download helped “Homeland” to mirror and seemingly anticipate real events even as the series wrestled with criticism that its depictions of mental illness were simplistic, its portrayals of Muslims Islamophobic. The Stars of ‘Homeland’ Get Their Final Debriefing 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Trump’s characterization of Tribe’s argument was, unsurprisingly, overly simplistic. Don’t be a Ted Cruz birther: Liberals should reject the xenophobia behind “natural born” citizenship 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z These well-researched surveys draw attention to important concerns while avoiding simplistic self-improvement recommendations. Why Can’t We Pay Attention Anymore? 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Within its furious action, it delivers surprisingly simplistic gratifications that are no less enervating for the positive feelings that they generate. Ridin’ Dirty: “Mad Max: Fury Road” 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z In a cinematic landscape where the anxiety of surveillance has been sufficiently explored — with movies like “The Conversation,” “Enemy of the State” and “Kimi” — this simplistically dreary offering doesn’t crack a new code. ‘Unlocked’ Review: A Surveillance Thriller Best Left Offline 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The “Lion King” plot is simplistic enough to engage a kindergartner. The musical that roared: ‘Lion King’ returns to the Paramount 2014-03-14T23:59:20Z "The report represents a lost opportunity, reigniting the overly simplistic London vs the Regions debate around arts funding," he said. Mayor warns against London arts cuts 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z For Bordeaux reds, it is simplistic but useful to look at a map of the region and divide it mentally by its rivers. Bordeaux is the original ‘wine blend,’ but it’s more contemporary and affordable than you might think 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z And I have concerns about that, because the one that is the loudest and the most eye-catching is also the more simplistic of them. From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl: What does feminism mean in an era when it’s being used to sell lipstick? 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z They’re stretched out a little too thinly over the 10 half-hour episodes, and they don’t really compensate for the overall sentimentality and simplistic psychology. ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z In a simplistic superhero world this would be explained in a word: fate. HBO's "Watchmen" trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z It also found some people thought coverage was "squeamish" and "simplistic". BBC rural coverage 'simplistic' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Hwang's insights into the responsibilities and drawbacks of being a "role model" for one's community are, characteristically, not simplistic. David Henry Hwang's 'Yellow Face' a provocative sendup 2011-08-09T16:35:06Z The way he described it, it sounds like a rather simplistic philosophy – to revere and protect every living thing. How to live well: A handy reading list 2012-12-10T12:45:00Z An appreciation for the homegrown and the simplistic flourished during lockdown, was water pie one such example? Water pie was a Depression era treat — why are people into it now? 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The closing of the eyes, though: a simplistic metaphor for death? Summer is coming! Everything we know about new Game of Thrones so far 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z On Wednesday night, he attempted to add some nuance to his simplistic dismissal of the most influential writer of the Western world: that it’s hard to “emotionally connect” with Shakespeare. Ira Glass clarifies his “Shakespeare sucks” tweet: I don’t “connect” with Shakespeare 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z On the one hand, commercial pressures reward loudmouth opinion and simplistic news that just reinforces what the audience already wants to believe. You?re Sorkin in It: HBO?s Newsroom Trailer Looks Pretty Familiar 2012-04-02T17:53:11Z Most people probably have no real clue, which is consistent with the history of the holiday, not to mention with a nation that is allergic to history except in its most simplistic and mythological forms. Two cheers for the Declaration of Independence: The weird, contradictory and radical vision of human equality that America couldn’t handle 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z That simplistic history lesson had already been bested by Don Bluth’s “An American Tail,” the most unsentimental cartoon to ever star a singing mouse. The Best Thanksgiving Movies to Stream 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Given their own complex reasons for posing and complex reactions to the attention the project has received, the women can’t help noticing simplistic, kneejerk reactions from critics both inside and outside the church. Naked Mormon women go viral, talk back 2014-02-02T15:30:00Z I think both people, actually, and, if it’s not too simplistic to think, let alone say, I think he enjoyed looking at her. The Hidden Identity in April Dawn Alison’s Self-Portraits 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z It may sound simplistic, but what sets these six apart in a corps of 61 — besides their promise and rigor — is the sheer breadth of their dancing. Standouts of American Ballet Theater’s Corps de Ballet 2014-05-09T22:02:50Z Highlights of the album include "We Found Love," again showcasing the simplistic yet optimistic lyrics, and "Three Stars," which brings a calmer moment to the otherwise raucous record. Review: Much-hyped Palma Violets delivers on debut 2013-03-18T17:42:18Z But the humor does more than entertain — it vexes and disturbs while challenging simplistic distinctions between "good" and "bad" Jews. Chutzpah and humor temper message 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Foster says that the masterplan is highly flexible in terms of exactly where individual buildings are placed; the idea is to be neither prescriptive nor simplistic, but holistic. Norman Foster to oversee development of cultural space in West Kowloon 2011-03-07T18:21:32Z He is thus able to skewer simplistic claims that the professor is essentially a devotee of Machiavelli or a simple exponent of the 19th-century European balance-of-power politics that he wrote about. Ideas man 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Ms. Muller uses broad brush strokes in her ponderous and simplistic dance drama, which was given its premiere at the Cedar Lake Theater on Wednesday. Dance Review: Virgins, Pimps and Other Facts of life 2011-06-24T21:35:03Z It’s very sad that people in the U.S. just look at him simplistically as a leftist, which I don’t think is the case. Singer Lila Downs on death, chocolate and a new album that riffs on both 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z They were made purely to an unbelievably simplistic and boring formula by his assistants.” Damien Hirst’s Spot Paintings: The Field Guide 2013-06-12T01:08:25Z Vallins stated the case quite simply, or simplistically, as it turned out. Can something be totally unique? Steven Pinker’s new book says yes. And at the same time, the relationship between Eric and Rey, as it develops into something almost tender, feels as familiar and simplistic as the nihilism that surrounds them. ‘The Rover,’ a Drama With Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The overall effect is a little garish, loud and simplistic, but it's his first movie and he follows the comedic tropes of situational repetition to good effect, while the shamelessly stereotypical Italian-American family works well. Sundance film festival 2013: Don Jon's Addiction - first look review 2013-01-21T17:03:51Z The show was known for its upbeat theme music and its simplistic humor and moral undertones. Adam West, the face of TV’s Batman, died Friday at 88 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z This may seem simplistic in this pharmaceutical age of ours, when the chemistry of the brain seems to hold all the answers and the concept of the mind has sadly gone out of fashion. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z You could say that was what All in the Family did too, but that’s simplistic; All in the Family didn’t surround Archie with characters who were as one-dimensional as his understanding of the world. CBS?s ?Rob!, Why It ?Stinks!, and How Not to Do Race on a Sitcom 2012-01-12T15:10:13Z It may sound simplistic, Lambert allows, but supporters work hard to maintain that inclusivity. D.C. United’s newest star Wayne Rooney toured Trump’s White House. How did fans react? 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z To some classical musicians, the approach thus described is simplistic; to many listeners, the result is inspiring, yielding a shimmering and deeply felt beauty. Arvo Pärt, sounding the depth of still waters Reyez doesn’t strike simplistic pop poses; she doesn’t present herself as an inspirational superwoman or a sexual dynamo, a creature of pure affection or of long-suffering self-pity. Jessie Reyez Is Yelling and Loving at the Same Time 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “We reject a simplistic portrayal of this case,” it reads in part. Why two American museums are fighting to keep art stolen by the Nazis 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “Plagued by Fire” would be simply forgettable if Hendrickson weren’t perpetuating a romantic mythology of artistic genius that is at once tiresome, simplistic, long past its expiration date and wrong. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “That there are monsters over there, but not over here. That’s too simplistic.” Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z But “Humans,” a British product based on a Swedish series, feels fresh nonetheless, thanks to a multiple-plotline approach, a deft cast and its refusal to be simplistic. Review: ‘Humans’ Contemplates When Robots are Routine Accessories 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z We can reject them — offensive or damaging, simplistic or banal, ugly or shallow. Perspective | Uma Thurman, Quentin Tarantino and the costs of auteur worship 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z This troublingly simplistic mindset is why newspaper the Voice picked up on the same report with a headline that said, “How Stars Like Beyoncé Are Damaging Our Girls.” Shocked and outraged by Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda video? Perhaps you should butt out 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z And Maya took a very simplistic explanation of the problems between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese government and the Tamils. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z "The book is crucial, too - and this show's connect-the-dots story line is so simplistic that the extravagantly talented King's life emerges as a mundane version of the long-suffering little woman," it added. 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' star wins critical praise 2014-01-13T19:28:19Z I am inclined to agree – but I push on the point about simplistic answers to complex questions, or rather, apolitical answers to political problems. Writer Chidera Eggerue on what #SaggyBoobsMatter is really about 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Using handmade sculptural elements, she superimposes dramatic narratives onto the natural landscape, resulting in deceptively simplistic yet mystical and fairy-tale-like images. Photographer Ellie Davies plunges 'Into the Woods,' her eyes on the 'Stars' 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z “As a person, I’m looking for an opportunity to separate art from commerce, in a simplistic way,” Mr. Audley said. NoBudge, a One-Man Independent Film Factory 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Jazz musicians have notoriously looked down their noses at country music as simplistic and sentimental, but even Charlie Parker was attracted to its down-to-earth storytelling. Diane Schuur plays country music ? at Jazz Alley 2011-06-29T21:05:11Z But as Barbie and Ken move from their world to ours, the story grows more complicated, yet its depiction of gender remains rooted in the overly simplistic vision of Barbies and Kens. Barbie and Ken and Nothing in Between 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z It’s common for media debates in the Global North to be simplistic. 5 key facts missing in the media’s ongoing quinoa debate 2013-02-10T17:00:00Z In this climate, where complex problems are framed in overly simplistic terms, she says, “It’s harder and harder to get accurate information and full information.” We’re the face of food stamps 2012-10-16T22:30:00Z He is saying, simultaneously, something simplistic but important — racism is toxic — and something complex but relatively arcane — don’t believe this image, don’t take anything literally, don’t trust first impressions. Review | In Jeff Wall’s photographs, it’s all about the details. But are they important? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z She bought it because she fell in love with its square, white simplistic design. The Travel Jacket Geeks Adore 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z On a simplistic note, Donovan was a "good" fashion photographer because he unfailingly managed to show off the fashion in a clear and crisp manner – his professionalism pleased Vogue editors for many years. Terence Donovan Fashion edited by Diana Donovan and David Hillman – review 2012-12-16T00:05:04Z It is widely thought to represent “all that is tacky, tasteless, earnest, sentimental, worthless, simplistic, poorly crafted, unoriginal, frivolous, redundant and common,” Mr. Eliason writes. Antiques: Elvis and Toreadors, Aglow on Black Velvet 2011-02-03T22:55:03Z The varied experiences don’t add up to a simplistic warning about the environment. ‘Between Bodies’ at Henry Art Gallery asks us to consider the natural world through different lenses 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Still, among some in their 20s, Ms. Ray’s reputation remains that of a simplistic cook who appeals to children and grandmothers, said Emily Johnson, 25, the associate editor for the website Epicurious. Beyond TV and EVOO: Rachael Ray Looks for Her Next Act 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z A column that ran this year in “El País” included concerns that she had “pulled a ‘Miley Cyrus,’” going from lyrical Lorca allusions to simplistic, dirty rhymes and oversharing on social media. Rosalía Reserves the Right to Transform 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z In time this leads to an enlargement of perspective and forestalls any rush to simplistic judgments. In defense of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Books’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z With limited shelving, keep your workspace as simplistic as possible to avoid clutter. 2010-02-08T16:56:00Z Critics complained that her writing could be simplistic in casting India’s tribespeople as saints battling the villainous landlords who exploited them. Mahasweta Devi, Bengali Writer and Activist Who Fought Injustice, Dies at 90 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z The argument the show’s making is embarrassingly simplistic — in short, it asks what we’ve lost in our reliance on social media, what human connection is missing. What fall TV — from “Selfie” to “A to Z” — gets so wrong about the internet 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z The jury praised Han for "being clear and understandable with a complex theme while staying subtle to avoid being simplistic." Turkish drama takes top prizes in Shanghai 2011-06-19T17:01:04Z God Bless America is a one of a kind movie Your Sister's Sister – loved the start but then it went a bit simplistic. Open thread: What are the funniest films you've seen? 2012-07-06T16:18:58Z This is an unforgivable defect, since science fiction long ago progressed beyond simplistic tales of macho warriors in space. China's most popular science fiction writer, Cixin Liu, brings his spectacular trilogy to an end 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A. The simplistic answer is it’s a thriller, really well told. Arts & Leisure: Damian Lewis of ?Homeland? on Showtime 2011-12-09T21:13:41Z Bernadette and Luce cope with things as they happen rather than fall back on control mechanisms, excuses or simplistic Alpha determinants. Time of Our Lives, the Years That Made Us - TV review 2013-06-23T22:18:00Z It sounds very simplistic, and in some senses it is, but like the alphabet or the notes on a musical stave, it is an endlessly adaptable form. John Yorke on why the best screenwriting works 2013-03-15T16:00:03Z It would be too simplistic to suggest that their background as "proper" musicians has made them construct their dance tracks more "classically". Silver Columns (No 746) 2010-03-16T17:25:00Z Ms. Henderson defended the original television show from its detractors, who ridiculed it for its simplistic, impossibly wholesome plots and its idealized portrait of family life. Florence Henderson, Upbeat Mom of ‘The Brady Bunch,’ Dies at 82 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Dealing with the seriousness and the long-term consequences of issues like drug abuse in a single, tidy half-hour inevitably felt simplistic. A Very Special Episode, but Maybe Not So Precious 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Of course I know there isn't really such a simplistic division, but doesn't it often feel so? Russell Kane's ordered life 2010-10-23T23:05:00Z If so, it’s a simplistic moral take-away for a complicated setup. This dramatic ‘Equation’ doesn’t quite add up 2014-01-30T21:01:10Z Caution, nuance and healthy scepticism are less telegenic than big hair, a dazzling smile and simplistic, confident pronouncements. Unclouded vision 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z But the show only addresses transcendence and transformation in simplistic ways, celebrating an old-fashioned, maddeningly generic notion of humanity. 'The 14th Factory' art exhibition, despite all the hype, is an $18 ticket to spectacle 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z But while the script appears to have a clear anti-war agenda, it rarely turns preachy or simplistic. 'Drunkboat': Excellent cast on choppy waters 2012-07-12T18:21:06Z Some advance publicity is describing “At Middleton” as a romantic comedy, but that is too simplistic a label for this delicate, restrained movie. Movie Review: ‘At Middleton’ Stars Vera Farmiga as a Confused Parent 2014-01-31T00:43:59Z This voice is clear, simple but not simplistic, allowing us no escape. The Color Purple: devils and dirty linen 2013-07-16T18:30:00Z These bursts of experimental style feel at odds with the movie’s core: a simplistic parable of pervasive sexism. ‘Run Sweetheart Run’ Review: Escape in L.A. 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z But the piece is not quite as simplistic as that may sound. Music Review: ‘Oceanic Verses,’ at Pace, in River to River Festival 2012-06-26T21:49:08Z “Play fast and loud and be as minimalist and simplistic as we could in the songwriting.” Six Hopefuls Worth Watching at the CMJ Music Marathon 2012-10-15T21:47:30Z We get into this very simplistic analysis of which country is more racist. Ta-Nehisi Coates Asks: Who’s French? Who’s American? 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z This is the moment when I’m obligated to remind readers that I’m not suggesting a simplistic cause-and-effect correlation between movies and real-world behavior. Women almost never direct big movies. ‘Fifty Shades’ shows why that matters. 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z It is more complicated than that, even if Dudamel’s explanations sound, on the surface, simplistic. Venezuela youth orchestra tour is canceled, pushing Dudamel into the center of a political storm 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z The show doesn’t draw simplistic parallels between a stage director and a führer. Theater Review: ‘Ganesh Versus the Third Reich,’ at Under the Radar 2013-01-10T22:16:35Z I read the book afterwards, obviously, and found it so quiet and so devastating… So often films are simplistic, and patronise their audiences. 'I felt I didn't deserve success' 2011-01-30T00:05:33Z On a very basic level, I find that the simplistic tapping and swiping actions that propel the games forward do provide an odd, unexpected comfort. The Slow-Game App Is the New Smoke Break 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z But to sing the song now complicates this simplistic image of the gratified wife and mom. Kelly Clarkson: 'Before this, it was Kelly Clarkson the man-hater' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In the sort of simplistic plot even Friends would have frowned upon, Finn's "miracle" coincided with Kurt's father having a heart attack and going into a coma. Hall of TV Shame: #1 Glee 2011-01-26T12:54:17Z So I don’t want to be simplistic, but without the personal testimony of those who are affected, we won’t win this argument. International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z In Sunday’s performance, lucent accounts of the principal roles and an incandescent London Philharmonic Orchestra, under Enrique Mazzola, more than propped up Mariame Clément’s dreary production, which is both too simplistic and too convoluted. Review: ‘Poliuto,’ a Rare Donizetti Bel Canto Thriller 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z A few critics, such as Bernard DeVoto, argued against these simplistic orthodoxies. How the Midwest went from the idealized to the derided 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z My idiot editor, Tom the Butcher, recently suggested I am a hack — specifically, that the “pokes” columns I write, retelling old jokes as poems, are easy, simplistic, and bad. Gene Weingarten: Who is the better poet? Gene and his editor face off. - The Washington Post 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z But “Amigo” is not a simplistic parable of diabolical colonialists and their innocent victims. | 'Amigo': The Cause Is Familiar, but the War Is Less So 2011-08-18T21:30:06Z And Hemingway’s sentences are short and simplistic enough for advertising copy. By the Book : John Irving: By the Book 2012-06-07T15:45:22Z “So the message is, it’s up to all of us. It’s a simplistic message but it really is.” After Revenant … Leonardo DiCaprio stars as eco-warrior in climate battle 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Perhaps it seems too easy, or too simplistic, but his question, to which I legitimately had no answer, was the first crack in the foundation I’d unknowingly built my entire worldview on. Men explain toxic masculinity to me, a man writing about toxic masculinity 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The sitcom, however, with its simplistic plot line, fast-pace and pliability, is what she prefers to work with, artistically. At Hammer Museum's 'Made in L.A.' biennial, Martine Syms makes her moment 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Mariella replies How about: “Sorry, I’m busy”? It may sound simplistic, but it’s definitely the most straightforward solution to your dilemma; that, or not answering at all. My friends can’t stop moaning | Mariella Frostrup 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z And it belies the simplistic view that Williams’s later work reveals a stark and irreversible decline in his talent. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z Park’s use of blur, his unexpected vantage points and his embrace of pooling darkness all elevate his feeling for complication and suffering over the usual simplistic story lines that crowd to the subject of crime. Review | With his camera, Gordon Parks humanized the Black people others saw as simply criminals 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The simplistic dialogue, achingly sincere and devoid of slang or sarcasm, is also intentional. The Moral Philosopher of YouTube 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z While simplistic historians tend to view Lincoln as a god-like man who with a sweep of his hand freed enslaved people, the reality is far more complicated. CNN's "Lincoln" docuseries is a fascinating treasure trove for fans of the best Republican president 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z Not in the simplistic, reading group guide way. Author Elaine Castillo talks about empathy, Jane Austen adaptations, and "How to Read Now" 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The notion of "finding your voice", simplistic as it may sound, is a therapeutic necessity, and for many people a matter of real urgency. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z Which is not to say that Mr. Rogers’s fanboy voice is simplistic or especially derivative. Review: In ‘The Honeycomb Trilogy,’ a Family Confronts Invading Apian Overlords 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z As a rabid consumer of these tales, I find them enjoyable, but at times too simplistic. TV’s quiet 12-step revolution: Prestige comedies are changing the way we see addiction, sobriety and AA 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z And it would be simplistic to describe Stephens as a narrowly English writer. Playwright Simon Stephens: 'The same old agonies return to haunt you' 2011-04-08T11:18:34Z But to think of parks merely as “airing grounds,” he added, would be simplistic, ignoring the profound social and spiritual dimensions these green spaces furnish. Finding Refuge, and a Snowy Owl, in Central Park 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z The publishers needed a simplistic way to measure the number of advertisements that a consumer saw on each webpage. Capitalizing On Attention, A New Pricing Scheme Will Change How Digital Ads Are Sold 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Many years later we can see that Locke's scheme was overly neat and simplistic, to the point of being basically wrong. The political Bible, part 4: toleration 2011-08-29T08:59:00Z They are fairly simplistic but portray subtle facial expressions. A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton - review 2012-11-17T09:00:00Z Our gluten investigation provides a gentle reminder against simplistic stereotyping around the dinner table. Gluten-sensitive liberals? Investigating the stereotype suggests food fads unite us all 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z This material was brought to life with astonishing physical skill and enchanting theatrical magic, but the sophistication was undermined by simplistic metaphors and pat resolutions. Review: Capturing Childhood’s Wonder in Dance and Mime 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z It was crude, simplistic – and thrilling, as 's current omerta on passionate political feeling was shredded live onstage. What happened next? Political comedy 2010-12-27T08:00:30Z But the voices she assigns these women are boilerplate and simplistic. | 'We Are': Illuminating Voices of Vietnamese Women 2011-03-21T21:34:22Z Through narratives “too urgent and alive for neat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy answers,” Krauss conjures “an aura of both intimacy and vastness.” New in Paperback: ‘Memorial’ and ‘Singular Sensation’ 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z She and Stannis, are both, in their way, principled leaders, but his is a more simplistic, almost child-like idea of principle: I should be king because the throne is mine, and those are the rules! Game of Thrones Watch: Blood Is Thicker 2013-06-10T04:04:31Z By the book’s end, with a clear if simplistic overarching pattern revealed, Ms. Grunwald has left Henry’s magic kingdom far behind and brought him face to face with adult realities. Books of The Times: Lisa Grunwald?s ?Irresistible Henry House?: A Charmer?s Tale 2010-03-15T20:54:00Z Yet that analysis, largely based on their shared drug addiction, is simplistic, Ms. Powers said. A Bad Girl With a Touch of Genius 2011-07-27T21:06:38Z But again and again, simplistic oppositions don’t hold up. Art Review: Visual Culture Out of Africa 2010-12-02T23:49:00Z Digital culture induces this society of wokeism through its binary simplistic nature. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z At the same time, the mystique of psychoanalysis superseded the more simplistic self-help doctrine of “The Power of Positive Thinking” as the culture’s spiritual panacea. Music: The Unmistakable Sensibility of Sondheim 2010-04-30T23:09:00Z The good news is that its creators have at least partly rectified the The Stick of Truth's simplistic fighting sequences. South Park: The Fractured But Whole Review 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The simplistic message here is that everyone just needs to develop a thicker skin. Review: ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ The Answer Appears to Be Not Anymore 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Larry’s descriptions are a little smug and simplistic and patronizing, which is both an expression of Larry’s perspective in particular and prison outsiders’ in general. Dead Tree Alert: Orange Is the New Black Is the New Way of Talking About TV 2013-07-25T13:02:58Z It's uncharacteristically simplistic for this show, and he's such a one-dimensional villain. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 7, Episode 4: Negan Takes Over 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z In the multimedia era video montages set to music are common, but the results are often simplistic. Music Review: Bang on a Can All-Stars’ ‘Rimpa Reimagined’ 2012-12-10T23:08:45Z Others said Carey was proposing simplistic solutions to very complex problems. Drew Carey shares ideas with Cleveland council 2010-05-27T23:09:00Z “To equate criticism of the policy of the state of Israel with anti-Semitism is simplistic and dangerous,” the festival director added. Unwelcome Sound on Germany’s Stages: Musicians Who Boycott Israel 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Spoiler alert: This kind of reveling in simplistic solutions that stretch credulity pervades the book. Shonda Rhimes' 'Year of Yes' puts positive spin on simplistic self-help solution 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z There are some duds that simplistically slog along. Let?s Go Eat the Factory: Guided by Voices' Lo-Fi Reunion 2012-01-04T13:46:41Z The idea, which Troche admits is perhaps naively simplistic, is that a single act of love just might save someone from himself. Watch a nightclub shooting in virtual reality? For Rose Troche, painful subjects make for powerful art 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The relationships were a balm of complexity in 2017s simplistic divide of most issues. The Best Movies of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z They are only "there" for each other in the most simplistic sense. "Entourage" recap: 8x2 2011-08-01T06:01:00Z This is a simplistic reduction of what occurred. "Star Trek: Picard" challenges us to consider that our icons change, yes even in franchises 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z She does things that audiences are horrified by, that force them to suspend simplistic good-versus-bad judgments. Lynn Nottage: a bar, a brothel and Brecht 2010-04-20T21:00:00Z This is a rather simplistic way of appreciating a playwright whose career doesn’t lend itself readily to a narrative of progression. Sam Shepard, the cowboy playwright who rewrote the rules of the American stage 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z So instead of anything approaching a reasoned answer, we get simplistic finger-pointing and mumbo jumbo about community power. "School Pride" papers over the truth about education 2010-10-15T01:13:00Z Powerful guitar riffs and Vincent's nonchalant and hypnotic voice led the Gallic media to dub Kid Bombardos "The French Strokes," a comparison the singer says is "flattering but simplistic." "Baby rockers" land the right punches on debut album 2011-09-23T11:30:34Z This kind of simplistic "humour" that uses women and their bodies would be unacceptable on, say, the BBC, so why is it now being embraced by the theatre? Porn on stage ? take a position 2010-04-16T14:19:00Z Where a more simplistic narrative would posit that every loss for women is a gain for men, Flynn shows again and again that nobody is a winner—everyone is a dupe. Marriage Is an Abduction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z One could certainly argue that that view is simplistic and uninformed. "The Killer Inside Me": Much ado about misogyny 2010-06-17T14:01:00Z I think the artistic value of his cartoons is not that high; they are too simplistic, literal-minded and quite rudimentary, both in absolute terms and compared to several Egyptian cartoonists currently working on the revolution. Carlos Latuff: The voice of Tripoli ? live from Rio 2011-08-22T21:01:01Z And apparently, for the most part, we want characters’ ethnicities to be equally simplistic, whether the movie is set in a monster world or an ice age or Madagascar. Riff: How to Read a Racist Book to Your Kids 2012-06-16T04:00:05Z It does not serve our story to have good guys and bad guys with that kind of simplistic understanding. "It's America's genre": Thandiwe Newton defends her land in "God's Country," a modern-day western 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z The thinking of that time was the simplistically optimistic hope that good design would improve the lives of the deserving British public. Hello World: Where Design Meets Life by Alice Rawsthorn – review 2013-05-10T13:00:03Z But some film critics and essayists viewed “Daisy” as a romanticized and simplistic portrayal of a relationship between a wealthy white woman and her black employee. Driving Ms. Redgrave Through a Reluctant Conversation 2011-02-15T13:00:00Z Making this film was his way of trying to understand Chandler better and it’s this arguably simplistic reason that ironically leads to a more developed character study. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: The Lost Weekend 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z That is one of the crudest, most simplistic definitions of magic. Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult phil... 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Other shows that have used characters with disabilities for secondary plotlines have often seemed simplistic or glib, going for quick tears or feel-good moments. Review: ‘The A Word’ Takes Unblinking Look at Autism 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z It’s one of these things where you have a simplistic model that suggests this perfect society so you just believe in it totally. Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class 2013-05-12T16:00:00Z “Yellowstone” has sometimes been called television's “red-state hit,” a label some critics have called too simplistic. ‘Yellowstone,’ TV’s Hit Western, Will End Its Run After This Season 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Marnie is a caricature of a conventional goody-goody and her pronouncement is simplistic. Sheila Heti gets sex wrong 2012-09-28T23:30:00Z The look of the film, mixing computer and hand-drawn techniques, is both simplistic and lush, calling to mind old storybooks and the famed illuminated manuscript this Irish folktale came from. Simply the best of the rest 2010: films the critics forgot to mention 2011-01-10T16:45:33Z Together, they made films about Communist China and North Vietnam, a devotion she now regards, said with a laugh, as “false, naïve and simplistic.” A French Deportee Life at Auschwitz and History Repeating 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The simplistic message of “Run Hide Fight” — and its stilted, let’s-beat-the-shooter-with-a-chair plot — is that “sometimes bad people do bad things.” Alabama issues a disturbing PSA 2013-01-04T19:53:00Z But I think it's not as simplistic, as depressing as that in some ways either — because in the pre-streaming, pre-digital world, there was a sort of linearity of music. How to separate your dad from Bruce Springsteen 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z “So while critics and starstruck fans have hailed Crazy Rich Asians as a decisive victory for Asians everywhere, in reality, such an assessment is simplistic at its very best and destructive at its very worst.” Where are the brown people? Crazy Rich Asians draws tepid response in Singapore 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The difference matters; the musical choice marks the difference between intimate expression and public display, between the terrifying and visionary novel and the cramped and simplistic movie. A Sterilized Philip Roth Adaptation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Yet even it has a kind of naiveté to it, stemming in part from how deliberately simplistic Mitchell's handling of the clay is. New at the Henry Art Gallery: Jeffry Mitchell, Laurie Anderson and more 2012-11-20T21:29:03Z But that simplistic view overlooks the way intimate relationships operate today, and, in fact, how they've always operated. 'Revenge porn' is about degrading women sexually and professionally 2013-01-28T22:23:52Z The moral of the story, spelled out at the beginning and repeated throughout — “The mediator between brains and hands must be the heart” — seemed just as simplistic to critics of 1927 as it does today. Dvdsdave Kehr: It?s Overlords vs. Lower Depths in a Future City 2010-11-20T19:15:00Z This common artistic theme, searching outward to look inward, may seem simplistic. Joan as Police Woman: On a mission in 'The Deep Field' 2011-05-19T19:59:11Z In a simplistic way, my picture includes two moments from Icarus's life: when he measures the wings his father prepared for him, and when the wings fall off. Adi Nes's best photograph: a man, a turkey and an imaginary village 2012-12-12T17:42:14Z To me, that seems simplistic, like saying that good women have nothing to be afraid of. A reader said good men have nothing to fear from #MeToo. I think it’s more complicated. 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Even then, though, that was an overly simplistic generalization. What Is ‘American Fashion’ Now? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Kohn also reports that at least ten studies show rewards work best on simplistic and predictable tasks. Why are Americans so easy to manipulate? 2012-10-13T14:00:00Z But his raps weren’t mere bragging or simplistic shouts. Finding the Joy at South by Southwest: 12 Notable Acts 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z “I try to defy the simplistic labelling of people and things,” he says. Ezra Edelman on making his epic Oscar-nominated documentary OJ: Made in America 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Still, one wishes that the age difference were evoked in less simplistic brushstrokes. ‘Mr. Parker’ Review: Starting Over 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z But that would be a simplistic reading and would likely frustrate many writers — unless, like Kirstin Allio, they really are writing about and embracing the theme wholeheartedly. Women's stories, in the best way: Kirstin Allio's new collection 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z "Soul Surfer" takes that story of complex emotions, determination and faith and turns it into overly simplistic mush. Capsule reviews: `Arthur,' `Hanna' 2011-04-07T17:01:22Z For this whole debate risks looking quite simplistic in the current economic climate. A modern Bridget Jones 2012-11-11T21:30:03Z That simplistic vision of self-reliance and liberty indicted by Mr. Avedon’s photos: It had been painstakingly constructed and politicized for well over a century. Richard Avedon’s Portraits of the American West Ride Again 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z It’s a setup more often found in documentaries, and often maligned as monotonous, simplistic or hopelessly television minded. A Single Voice, a Single Face, a Single Story 2011-08-06T20:13:02Z To say they end up trading identities is putting it too simplistically. The New Season DVDs: New DVDs: ?Citizen Kane,? ?Going Places,? ?Birth of a Nation? 2011-09-18T00:13:03Z “Crown Vic” sidesteps any genuine ethical consideration of his choices, deploying a melodramatic twist and some grandiose speechifying that seems to respond defensively — and simplistically — to current debates about police brutality. ‘Crown Vic’ Review: A Cop Thriller Abounding in Cliché 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z The idea is sophisticated, meticulously documented and carefully nuanced; any brief explanation will be simplistic. Semantic Polarities and Psychopathologies in the Family – review 2013-06-19T10:20:14Z Her style is simplistic and direct: Nothing frilly, nothing ostentatious — just really, really good Italian-American dishes made well. 5 of Giada's most comforting recipes to celebrate the arrival of autumn 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z It’s very simple, it’s simplistic, but it resonates. Depressed by the news? ‘Annie’s’ creator explains why one song still resonates. 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The present, uncertain times ask for simplistic narratives without complications and ambiguity. ‘Beyond Bollywood’ exhibit at MOHAI looks at the contributions of Indian Americans 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Before it opened, Mr. Seeger told an interviewer, “The food will be simplistic, but also technically perfect.” At Günter Seeger NY, a Star Chef Resurfaces, Confidence Intact 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The notion that any one person was "father of the bomb" is simplistic but Oppenheimer was certainly central to advancing the Allied research effort. Staging Oppenheimer's nuclear story 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z In the most simplistic sense “Mad Men,” which concludes its fourth season on Sunday, has embraced that sensibility, warning against extreme sacrifice in the name of success. Forget the Downturn; Punish the Lazybones 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z He asked Lance to justify the design and balked at the simplistic explanation — cotton was a thread between poor people across the South, Lance offered, much like the music itself. How to Handle the Hate in America’s Musical Heritage 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z This is notably different from Hitchcock’s habitually more simplistic attitude to settings, one based on ensuring that the audience is comfortably oriented by picking landmarks already familiar to them, and by naming key locations emphatically. Is "Vertigo" just the fever dream of a dying man? 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z I'm fond of this simplistic style of narrative linking because I like to think the cast have been standing there, Police Squad-style, for the entire week, just waiting to start the acting again. Hunted: series one, episode two 2012-10-11T21:05:01Z If there’s something both simplistic and almost academic-seeming in that prescription for greater enlightenment, Gornick’s lively, personable book is evidence of the pleasure that can result from the endeavor. Vivian Gornick Can’t Stop Rereading 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Penn's article was "a brutally simplistic and unfortunately sympathetic portrait of a mass murderer," Winslow writes. Sean Penn's El Chapo interview 'just wrong,' contends 'Cartel' author Don Winslow 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s too early to tell, but those sorts of designations are too simplistic on “Watchmen,” where that binary is laughable. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z But his music was never bound by what became punk’s ruling aesthetic of fast, loud and simplistic. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z I don't see any kind of problem in starting off with something fairly simplistic if that sparks their interest. Classic tales 2010-04-07T08:34:00Z Not that cross-cultural differences can't be a goldmine for laughs, but after two episodes, NBC's Thursday night show looks more like a budget-version of "The Office," filled with simplistic clichés, iffy writing and ignorance. How to fix the culturally ignorant "Outsourced" 2010-10-01T17:48:00Z Oxymorons work better for him than simplistic categories; he was a conservative iconoclast, an unconventional traditionalist. Vaughan Williams: Complicated, but Not Quite Conservative 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “I think it’s far too simplistic to just blame the tabloids,” Lui said. How much did the British tabloids’ brutal coverage of Harry and Meghan impact their decision to ‘step back’? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Akira Kurosawa once said "a good film is simple and easy to follow," but he didn't mean films should be simplistic. 'The Scientist': big ambitions, little insight in philosophical film 2010-04-22T21:14:00Z That’s not without foundation, but this anecdote hints at the ways it’s overly simplistic. Secrets of “Blood Simple”: The devious neo-noir classic is more complicated than it looks 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z “I think there is more diversity in musical theater, and you can tell complex stories without being simplistic.” New Musicals That Strike a Somber Chord 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z As the other dancers performed solos — embodying the sound of the piano, the bass and the drums — their musical visualizations, however unrestrained, hit overly simplistic notes. Review: Spinning and Toiling, but Not Finding Coltrane’s Sacred Love 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z It's misunderstood because it's not at all a way of giving musicians license to improvise, and it's far too simplistic to equate this delicate musical freedom with any social or political agenda. A guide to Witold Lutosławski's music 2013-01-15T11:35:36Z The American Historical Association denounced the 1776 report as hasty, simplistic and reliant at times on “falsehoods, inaccuracies, omissions, and misleading statements.” ‘1619 Project’ writer to join UNC journalism school faculty 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Following intelligent debates about the nature of free will, "The Adjustment Bureau" ends in an overly simplistic, heavy-handed religious allegory that leaves you wondering, really? Capsule reviews: 'Rango,' 'The Adjustment Bureau' 2011-03-03T20:03:25Z There's an intelligence to all three of these compact beauties, a generosity and playfulness that makes it tempting to keep your back turned to the brash and simplistic drawings. Marvelous or maddening? In Cameron Platter's show, it depends on which way you face 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z As much of the debate since her death has shown, there are still plenty of takers for this doomy, simplistic view of pre-Thatcherite Britain. Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore; Not for Turning by Robin Harris – review 2013-04-24T12:57:02Z Crucially, the vocal lines manage to combine lyricism with character in a way that is direct yet never simplistic; underneath, the complex and substantial orchestral writing is charged with vivid colour and momentum. Bliss 2010-09-03T20:31:00Z Which is all to say: “The Art of Fielding” is a simplistic children’s book in a grown-up costume. English teacher: I was wrong about “Hunger Games” 2012-07-19T18:30:00Z My ideas of the greatness of my new home and the horridness of my old one were simplistic and limited. I was born in Iran, and misogyny pushed me away from my culture. Now I have hope for Iranian girls 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z But what King ultimately ends up doing is more disappointing than even that, taking a simplistic moral workaround by having LTW wake up the next morning to discover that she's miscarried. "And Just Like That" isn't brave enough to let Lisa Todd Wexley have a real choice with motherhood 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z But even that richness became watered-down gravy over time, subsumed by the drama's simplistic seasonal arc: the race to The Valley Beyond, and the fatalistic outcome teased in the second season premiere. "Westworld" rides towards its manifest destiny, this time in a straighter line 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z ‘KOYAANISQATSI’ Though no expert on film, admittedly, I found this effort by Godfrey Reggio hopelessly simplistic in its lamentation of the “life out of balance” of the subtitle, despite its gorgeous cinematography. The New Season: Tchaikovsky, Dress Codes, And 3-D Opera 2011-09-16T19:50:18Z The common denominators are too simplistic; the understanding of inheritance too superficial. Dressing for the Great British Identity Crisis 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Stories from the Underground Railroad had long been relegated to nonfiction or the broad and simplistic brushstrokes of children's books. A powerful symbol of resistance, the Underground Railroad inspires a wave of books, plays, TV and more 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The advertising model should shift away from the simplistic and archaic measure of attention, impressions, to attention time-on-site to truly gauge how consumers spend their time. Capitalizing On Attention, A New Pricing Scheme Will Change How Digital Ads Are Sold 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z By her own admission, this is "cheap and simplistic". Long time coming 2010-08-26T17:29:00Z It’s too simplistic to claim that Rabin’s death undid all that at one stroke, but it certainly began the unraveling. Rabin’s death was Netanyahu’s victory: An explosive new film argues that Bibi is morally culpable for the 1995 assassination 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z Like his previous outings, this “Time” is a bold and unvarnished recapitulation of Linke’s tribulations and triumphs, told with considerable wit and enough self-deprecation to mitigate its sometimes simplistic philosophical digressions. One-man-show revisits ghosts of the past — including his own 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It's too simplistic Joshua Oppenheimer There’s an intriguing scene in The Look of Silence in which Adi tells his wife, much to her dismay, that he has approached one of his brother’s killers. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z In the same interview, Mirren later acknowledged that it can be "frustrating" for a gay actor "to see a straight actor giving . . . a fake, simplistic sort of performance." Helen Mirren defends herself from Golda Meir casting backlash, while acknowledging, "I'm not Jewish" 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z For the anti-bullying initiative to be successful, however, we must promote real change — not simplistic, tongue-in-cheek window-dressing. Beyond the wedgies: How we oversimplify schoolyard bullying 2014-05-03T21:30:00Z “It’s not just as simplistic as ‘Russia, bad.’ Amid Ukraine War, Orchestras Rethink ‘1812 Overture,’ a July 4 Rite 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z And were I to reduce its plot and moral to a bare synopsis, you would probably think that the show is sweet but simplistic. | 'Musashi': From Hisashi Inoue, a Zen Comedy-Drama 2010-07-08T22:44:00Z Yet this is no simplistic Choose Your Own Adventure for children. Video Game Review | Heavy Rain: Murderer?s Young Prey; A Father?s Torment 2010-02-27T00:34:00Z Is there anyone to lead us from the simplistic sound bites that have relegated us into enemy camps? Who are these Trump voters? For a thoughtful portrait, turn to playwright Lynn Nottage's 'Sweat' 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Like most melodramas meant to uplift, "Unconditional" is contrived and simplistic. 'Unconditional': a religious message, shouted softly 2012-09-20T20:49:08Z Mr. Shepherd says that his project would be simplistic if he held back from depicting bad people — even an unrepentant killer like Mr. Roof. Looking at an Artist’s Portraits of the Charleston Shooting Victims 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z It’s one thing to look the other way at routine human frailty — that’s fair, if needless and simplistic. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You are not bound to secrecy about your father’s abuse 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z And number two, because the phenomenon is nonetheless also an example of how, in the era of the billion megaphones, the most obnoxious shouters and simplistic complaints end up defining the discussion. On Anna Gunn, the Skyler-Hating Sexists, and the Billion-Megaphone Era 2013-08-26T15:13:37Z “It is repetitive, unoriginal, simplistic and frustratingly short.” At 93, Former Resistance Fighter Goads France to Outrage 2011-03-09T10:30:05Z Somebody from that area is certainly going to see this film as a simplistic or reductive version of what their lives are. Jon Stewart: ‘I’m doing a movie about torture – I’m not being tortured’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “Treats,” with its party-ready anthems and simplistic lyrics, was “like a denial record,” Mr. Miller said. Music: The Indie Band Sleigh Bells? New Album, ?Reign of Terror? 2012-02-14T12:00:01Z Eshleman replied, “Your reaction is so simplistic I can barely deal with it. . . . Such is the death of response, and, ultimately, of relationship.” The Re-Enchantment of Carolee Schneemann 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Despite this nonfiction reference material, the movie presents a simplistic and hackneyed view of what drives extremism. ‘Profile’ Review: Screen Sharing With Extremists 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z In September 2008, as Wall Street burned, the German finance minister Peer Steinbruck explained that the collapse was centered in the United States because of America’s “simplistic” and “dangerous” laissez-faire approach. Looking Back at the Economic Crash of 2008 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z I've sometimes felt that the "Parting" quatrain spoilt a perfect lyric: it's too forthright, after the earlier subtleties, and the implied gender polarisation seems simplistic. Poem of the week: Night and Morning by Robert Browning 2013-04-22T09:10:03Z Before social distancing, did you have simplistic notions of your roommates? Perspective | Six rom-coms that are perfect for quarantine, now that we’re in ‘Groundhog Day’ 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z The simplistic notion that kids need to be taught “exceptionalism,” a pervasive and often flat out inaccurate, bathed-in-glory vision of American superiority, has led to multiple educational skirmishes over the past few years. Oklahoma’s fight against AP history 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Zimmer cautions that we should not ignore their influence, arguing that “we cannot understand the natural world with a simplistic notion of genetic heredity.” In an Age of Gene Editing and Surrogacy, What Does Heredity Mean? 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z They identify two problems: the psychiatric profession’s obsession with simplistic, symptom-based diagnoses, and the looseness of its criteria for defining mental states as pathology. Psychiatry’s Legitimacy Crisis 2012-08-08T20:52:00Z It’s too simplistic to say Combs is the problem and Lambert could be — has been — the solution. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z There’s nothing modern or complex in the construction of the movie’s flashbacks; the connections between Strayed’s actions on the trail and her memories are triggered by simplistic associations. “Wild”: Mild 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z The main problem with gossip is not even that it is often irrelevant and possibly wrong, but that it is simplistic, and tends to turn people into two-dimensional villains or buffoons. Review: ‘Bolshoi Confidential’ Peers Down the Centuries and Past the Pirouettes 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z It might be a simplistic formula, but for the post-millennials that made up the crowd, this is punk rock. Review | Playboi Carti: Plenty of charisma, not a whole lot of rapping 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Like all of Jones' music, it is approachable without being simplistic. Review: At SSO, music both new and attractive 2011-06-03T18:20:54Z Herman Melville and Walt Whitman provide some literary ballast for this idea, but as an exploration of — and argument for — the power of human sympathy, “The Whale” is undone by simplistic psychologizing and intellectual fuzziness. ‘The Whale’ Review: Body Issues 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z While theorists such as Musgrave and his colleague Roger Cardinal have championed its pure creativity, untainted by posturing and careerist trends, others find such an endorsement simplistic and patronising. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z That has begun to seem simplistic: now, the goal is to tease apart the interactions between the body, the food and the bacteria that break the food down. It's a gut reaction: how other people's bacteria can cure us – extract 2013-03-31T00:05:02Z If "Evil Dead Rise" takes an outdated and simplistic view of motherhood, "Clock" is an overcorrection that runs us off the road. From “Evil Dead Rise” to “Clock,” motherhood is horror, but how we talk about it is worse 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z I’m quite allergic to stories where children are used to rehabilitate, the age-old dynamic relying on an overdose of saccharine and a simplistic notion of the healing power of pre-pubescence. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z The aesthetic of “Life” is one with its simplistic message; as ever, cinematic form is inseparable from a movie’s substance. “Life” Is Full of Horrors 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It’s an overly simplistic question, I guess: The only right answer is “both,” and that’s before we get to the fact that historical truth is never neutral, unambiguous or fixed in place. LBJ, MLK and “Selma”: Hollywood’s controversy and the search for historical truth 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z The parish priest worries that he’s prone to the sin of despair, which sounds simplistic but not entirely inaccurate. ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ Review: Giving Your Friend the Finger 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z That seems strangely in keeping with Manchester By the Sea, a film that resists tidy resolutions or simplistic life lessons. Why Manchester By the Sea should win the best picture Oscar 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And when Arab and Muslim characters do appear on screen, why are they presented in such simplistic and stereotyped ways? Film: Hollywood Ignores East-West Exchange 2011-03-18T20:48:41Z It’s not clear what Aram Garriga thinks he is accomplishing in his simplistic “American Jesus,” but he’s not accomplishing much. ‘American Jesus’ Looks at Unusual Versions of Christianity 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z One of Azary’s goals is to dispel simplistic views of clubbing and to explore the ideas and values that electronic music transports. With New Museum, Officials Give Techno the Stamp of Approval 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Lemon has said in interviews that the piece is to some extent autobiographical, but with him there is nothing simplistic about the translation from life to art. The Week Ahead: Oct. 10 ? 16 2010-10-08T13:44:00Z "Twitter's simplistic label leaves the inaccurate impression that PBS is wholly funded by the federal government," PBS said in a statement provided to Salon. “Defund NPR": As PBS and NPR exit Twitter, which has more value to taxpayers? Hint: not the bird app 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Now a Canadian done up like a Pierrot is bound to force his deliberately simplistic new-age spirituality on her through the medium of dance. Cirque du Soleil – Worlds Away 3D: a leap in the dark 2012-07-04T16:35:15Z Enriquez uses their relationship to explore parenthood, which she said is often portrayed in a rosy or simplistic light. Reveling in the Eerie and the Spooky, but Finding ‘True Horror’ in Real Life 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z And identity is deeper and much more profound than this very 18th, 19th, and 20th century idea of simplistic, black-and-white division, abstracted, binary ideas. "Lyric writing is not easy": Michael Stipe looks back on creating REM's "New Adventures of Hi-Fi" 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z He was an American writer and a quintessential one at that, unpacking uncomfortable truths and deconstructing myths, never settling for a simplistic, black-or-white point of view. Literary Idol: Jose Antonio Vargas on James Baldwin 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z When I was a student, such sloganeering tended to be simplistic: "No to war!" or "Yes to peace!" Pornography is far too complicated to distil into a smart T-shirt slogan 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z He can also be simplistic – personally speaking, I do not like Kant being flagged on the Asperger's spectrum because he went for a walk at exactly the same time every day. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt – review 2013-05-07T11:32:26Z But that simplistic view is applicable, if at all, only to the relatively unsubtle products of minor romantic composers — the Scharwenkas and Henselts of this world. At Seattle Baroque Orchestra, virtuosity of a collegial kind 2014-01-19T18:23:06Z While "Green Book" has its charming moments, the underlying politics are simplistic at best. "Green Book" robbed "Black Panther" 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z This is far too simplistic given the complexities of events there, their deep roots in old grievances inflamed by newer issues such as feuds over the profits of drug-running and kidnapping. Mali's magical music 2013-01-18T07:00:00Z The Pulitzer, which honoured the ageing William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway for the grandiose and simplistic follies of their maturity, has assumed the character of a national institution. Paul Bailey: I prefer humble prizes 2012-07-13T21:55:14Z The simplistic message here is: Trying new things is good. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2013-03-21T00:23:11Z It doesn’t have the simplistic contours of a hero’s journey at its core, or the consoling restoration of a vanishing way of life. The Forgotten Novel That Inspired Homesickness for an Imaginary Land 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z |
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