Word: naivet
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...dank attics; nursed the one undarned, too tightly fitting suit-and plotted my escape. Try as I may, I cannot bring into focus the young man of 20. If we were to meet today, we would have little to say to each other. [There would be] his ruthless naiveté, his clammy embarrassments, his lyrical sensitivity in the throes of his own emotions, his stoic indifference toward the feelings of others...
...matters sexual, according to Miss Sontag, Camp goes against the grain, cherishing either the androgynous, swoony girl-boys and boy-girls of pre-Raphaelite painting or the plangent supersexiness of Jayne Mansfield or Victor Mature. In art, Camp's exaggeration must proceed from passion and naiveté. "When something is just bad (rather than Camp)," she writes "it's often because the artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish. 'It's too much,' 'It's fantastic,' 'It's not to be believed,' are standard phrases...
There is a touch of innocence and naiveté in the Goldwater movement, but there is also great pride and determination. And perhaps Mrs. Eleanor Ring of San Diego, widow of a Navy admiral and an alternate delegate to last week's convention, summed it up best when she said: "What's happened here is a real revolution. We aren't a bunch of extremists. All we are is a fast-growing group of people interested in law and order...
...libretto was a translation from Menotti's Italian (but since his English is good enough to charm flowers into bloom, it is a puzzle why he put up with such a poor job). Menotti is simply not glib enough to be much of a humorist; he suffers a naiveté that is a virtue as well as a vice. He is a man who is truly touched by life. As his past masterworks nobly demonstrate, a passion for the world can be as much a blessing to the composer as in this case it is a disaster...
...encountered was a shouting, finger-shaking barrage of anger, disappointment and impatience. Afterwards, one participant said the meeting was a "flop," another called it "tragic." Said Baldwin: "Bobby Kennedy was a little surprised at the depth of Negro feeling. We were a little shocked at the extent of his naivet...