Whereas I wanted the dreams and visions in the film to occur as plainly as possible (somewhat in the manner of late Buñuel), Richard favoured something more elaborately supernatural or (as I characterised it) arty.
The meal started abruptly, with a main course of stuffed eggs, prepared as plainly as possible by mashing five hard-cooked yolks with a teaspoon of vinegar and half a teaspoon of minced onion.
Thus, the American gods were born, with some help from the old gods (Marvel's Thor is a good example), allowing the populace, and the world in general, to examine America's far-reaching dreams, and its insecurities (often in the guise of supervillains) as plainly as possible, while keeping the old gods from getting in the way.
"I had her dress as plainly as possible.
It is best to use words as plainly as possible.
The technical terms we did keep we made sure to explain as plainly as possible.
It's just a careful observation about one of life's very minor truths, stated as plainly as possible.
(Pork fat is not, of course, readily available in supermarkets except in the form of lard, but my local butcher was willing to slice a snowy hunk from a piece of belly for me. For the sausagemeat, I used 97% meat stuff, as plainly flavoured as possible, to accommodate the herbs and spices used by the various chefs).
The object of writing this article is to present as plainly and as simply as possible the "main arguments or more accurately, line of arguments, on both sides of the question, which is a short consideration of the alleged contradiction which evolution presents to religion".
He writes, "Now and then in the course of an artist's biographical history, it comes time to strip away the decades of accumulated theories and postures and look at the subject as clearly and plainly as possible".
