Word: deconstructively
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...once again had to deconstruct the implications of such reasoning. Are legal minors in The Netherlands somehow less worthy than American children? Is there some cultural norm about sex in Dutch society that makes children mature enough to rationally decide to sell their bodies to men double, triple, even quadruple their...
...ve provides the quintessential example of the active nature of the French cultural mentality: in the French mindset, you invent, design, and construct your own dream in all its organized and aesthetic beauty. We, as Anglophones, experience dreams passively: visions appear to us in spontaneous splendor. In attempting to deconstruct the mystery behind the fickleness of French, I came to appreciate Paris not an aesthetic marvel better off without its inhabitants but as a physical manifestation of French culture itself. Paris is the French.Various aspects of Parisian life continue to baffle me (namely the absurd Laundromat prices and taxing public...
...biography is written nor is there any satisfying ideological resolution. Propelled by an admirable purpose, “Me & Kaminski” nearly succeeds in countering the idea that man’s life can be captured in a narrative. But Kehlmann misses something as he attempts to deconstruct the notion of writing a complete biography; he fails to offer a satisfying alternative in its place. Rather, with the unfinished biography lingering in the novel’s foreground, the reader finds fulfillment to be yet another task left incomplete...
...guess the answer is obvious when you deconstruct the term. When its sunny outside, the home team is winning ball games, and fans pack the stands...
...anymore," says Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. "They're so exposed to everything. They wouldn't accept really simplistic superheroes." It's likely that a superhero movie like Watchmen or The Dark Knight couldn't be appreciated by audiences without the simpler fare that came before it. You can't deconstruct the superhero until someone has constructed him, rubber nipples and all. "Watchmen is thick and complicated and violent and political and critical of America," Snyder says. "It's huge...