Although the tone of the narrative is slightly off — the general satire seems a bit too blunt, and downright mean in its specific consideration of those ex-pat wives — Moore's flashy style successfully captures the dizzying contradictions of this vertiginous landscape.
The camerawork on "The Fosters" is blunt and sometimes downright clumsy, with the simple closeups that are endemic to teen soap operas.
Indeed, "Network operators like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and AT&T, in cahoots with developers and landlords, routinely use a breathtaking array of kickbacks, lawyerly games of Twister, blunt threats, and downright illegal activities to lock up buildings in exclusive arrangements".
It's easy to pin the "bully" label on Christie: at his best he's merely blunt, but at his worst he's downright callous, as some of his interactions with constituents, journalists and tourists can attest.
For starters, the dialogue is sharp and blunt, like a smack in the jaw, and Ford's portrayal of the obsessed Bannion is downright fearsome.
Schwed was downright dismissive.
He's downright... unexceptional.
