Word: moralizations
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...above acting and sensual excess over rigor, all the time letting us know that under that tigress bite of hers beats a heart which overflows with sympathy. She makes sufficient noises in the vague directions of liberalism to insure our recognition that she cares in the correct way about moral and political issues which the films she sees might raise. She is overwhelmingly ebullient, yet most of the time manages to restrain her verbal sweat glands and channel her energy into vigorous writing. But if you sweep away her layers of reputation -- her accolades, her past accomplishments, and her present...
...orders three men shot for cowardice as examples for his entire army. During the battle and the trial, Kubrick details the fail-safe inefficiencies and inhumanities of the military tactics and political strategies, and troop and individual motivation, which prevent an intelligent officer (played by Kirk Douglas) from taking moral action. Because the dynamics of the military are merely extensions of politics, the film is an indictment of the general social situation it depicts as well. Kubrick's camerawork brilliantly expresses the varying cultural vacuums in which his characters trek, from the vertiginous ballrooms of the military elite...
...above acting and sensual excess over rigor, all the time letting us know that under that tigress bite of hers beats a heart which overflows with sympathy. She makes sufficient noises in the vague directions of liberalism to insure our recognition that she cares in the correct way about moral and political issues which the films she sees might raise. She is overwhelmingly ebullient, yet most of the time manages to restrain her verbal sweat glands and channel her energy into vigorous writing. But if you sweep away her layers of reputation -- her accolades, her past accomplishments, and her present...
...moral level, the granting of marriage rights to gay couples is unassailable, and whether it happens in a month or in twenty years, it seems a virtual certainty that gay citizens across the country will be given the right to marry. But until that day, politicians like Mitt Romney and George Bush, whatever obstacles they may put in the way, are only postponing progress...
...orders three men shot for cowardice as examples for his entire army. During the battle and the trial, Kubrick details the fail-safe inefficiencies and inhumanities of the military tactics and political strategies, and troop and individual motivation, which prevent an intelligent officer (played by Kirk Douglas) from taking moral action. Because the dynamics of the military are merely extensions of politics, the film is an indictment of the general social situation it depicts as well. Kubrick's camerawork brilliantly expresses the varying cultural vacuums in which his characters trek, from the vertiginous ballrooms of the military elite...