Gabaccia does not suggest how one ethnic group could have been persuaded to appreciate genuine renditions of the unfamiliar foods of another.
Frenemies Marley and Kitty had less of a genuine reconciliation, although they did perform a rousing rendition of "Holding Out For a Hero" and bonded over bulimia (yes, really).
For Cowger, the priority now is to address the physical and psychological health of those who survived Aero's rendition flights – a process that involves "acknowledgement, genuine apology, and some form of redress".
And, yet, Sissy may as well be clothed for all that is revealed about her character, despite her physical nudity, her painfully slow rendition of "New York, New York," and what definitely amounts to a genuine and wrenching performance.
The most striking talent on last week's show by far was Amanda Gray, a 23-year-old former Miss Atlanta whose rendition of Gladys Knight's "If I Were Your Woman," had moments of genuine style.
He has directed his genuine and growing anger at more topical, straightforward, targets: a large pharmaceutical company (The Constant Gardener), extraordinary rendition (A Most Wanted Man), and Foreign Office/MI6 involvement in the work of private US military contractors (A Delicate Truth).
There are genuine hits too: for their encore, they mash up Leave Home and Galvanise, before finishing with a pulverising rendition of Block Rockin' Beats.
And while the government worked to influence theological debates, its failures in other fields – rendition, torture, detention without charge – undermined the legitimacy and trust which might have enabled it to play a genuine role in such discussions.
Here's a recent rendition.
