Other elements of that deceptive moment at the opening ceremony might not have registered with the watching billions.
"This is precisely the eighth time I have begun to write this book," Stothard tells us with a deceptive exactness in his opening sentence.
Søndergård brought real definition to these, revealing his original discipline as a percussionist, and he lent a deceptive dancing lilt to the presto finale's opening.
We've been hearing that there are six unemployed workers for every job opening in the U.S., but even that terrible figure is deceptive.
The central themes concerning secrets and deceit inform so many things, from that opening shot, to the cold and mistrustful way the characters communicate with each other, to the deceptive manner with which the film is structured.
Even the opening credits, in which the actor René Navarre morphs into the multiple guises of the title archfiend, suggest the deceptive realities and shifting perceptions that run through this saga of scintillating crime and elusive punishment.
Physique can be deceptive.
The stillness was deceptive.
