But the authenticity of this as Nick's personal, very personal view should be in no doubt.
Week 3: Workshop focusing on character and dialogue - Tuesday 22nd September The discussion will include naturalism and authenticity, restriction, identity, reliability, sympathy, time and transformation, cliché, observation and detail, interiority and exteriority, activity and psychology, and reader interpretation.
And quite right, too: unlike so many shows of its ilk, First Dates doesn't bombard you with gimmickry, instead winning you over with unflashy authenticity.
What they're on for is "authenticity", a word and concept fashionable in everything from emotions to materials.
Authenticity has a cohort of semantic fellow-travellers – such as "spontaneity", which is engaging enough in small doses, in dogs and children, but tiresome and selfish in any stretch from adults.
There is, of course, a whole genre of speculative fiction devoted to Solange's difficulty in finding a role for herself that isn't taken up by her mega-star sister, the answer coming, apparently, in the one thing Beyoncé's varnished stardom denies her: authenticity.
People say they are disengaged with politics because they don't get a sense of authenticity from the party leaders.
A French official confirmed the video's authenticity and said the government was "mobilized to obtain [her] release".
The defence was able to cast doubt on the authenticity of some (but by no means all) of the evidence.
They are stepping into a political vacuum that is all about authenticity in relationship to issues of inequality and the power of financial interests".
The news was soon followed by more footage from state media claiming to evidence another ballistic missile launch, but experts have since voiced doubts over the authenticity of the images.
