As one perceptive critic put it in 1975: 'Such moments of intended authenticity... become, in their turn, conceits, and honesty, despite the author's best endeavours, becomes self-defeating.
ISS and OSS participants described the provided list of telephone numbers, which failed to give the intended authenticity and had the opposite effect, as a disruptive element that added negatively to the artificiality of the simulation.
There have already been leaks from some of those files, of uncertain authenticity, intended to undermine Mr. Markovic's position and embarrass Mr. Kostunica.
Sinatra, apparently intended to represent authenticity and freedom, manages to come across as chiselling and exploitative, even in supposedly romantic moments; and some of the dialogue is outright vicious in its misogyny.
Because some consumers had developed "a sense" that Red Lobster "was becoming less authentic," he added, the campaign is intended to "prove that authenticity by showing the real people, the real places, with real dialogue that is not scripted".
The system is intended to verify the authenticity of a particular Web site — to ensure, in effect, that Gmail is Gmail, and that the connection to the site is encrypted and difficult for an outsider to monitor.
In a deception intended to give the play authenticity, Mr. Groff's character has written the play under the nom de plume Shaleeha G'ntamobi, and he recruits a black woman (played by Rutina Wesley of HBO's "True Blood") as part of his ruse.
Asked about the extreme detail in the diary about his diet, exercise regime and disdain for flying business, rather than first, class, Carr said the everyday details added "spice" and authenticity and was intended to be "self-mocking".
Was it intended to validate the group's authenticity, a simulacrum of something too precious to be realised with complete faithfulness?
Barbie made headlines recently with the news that she'd appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which coincides with the launch of the doll's new #Unapologetic social media campaign (reportedly intended to be a celebration of authenticity in girls and women).
You should celebrate its authenticity: After all, it was intended for use not just by the William Powells of the world but by working cowboys and ranch hands.
