The final song, "Powers That Be," emphasizes that philosophy in its lyrics: "It's a lie, nobody's free / We're all bound by the powers that be".
At its worst, as in Brown's infernal Inferno, it's a lie that expunges the truth and replaces reality with its own demented murk and noxious malarkey.
"It's a lie," Ms. Cordero's mother, Natividad Cruz, said in Spanish.
Not only is the statement squishy, but, based on Romney's previously stated positions, it's a lie.
He added, quoting John McCain (perhaps to the senator's discomfort), "It is a lie to say that the President lied to the American people".
"You're lying!", "It's a lie!" "Who's the liar here?" went the volley of accusations of fiddled statistics and untruthfulness.
It's a lie! "The Liar's Tale" is not pro falsehood, and in any case falsehood is not really its subject.
Nolan even tasks him with delivering the film's best line: "You're familiar with the phrase 'man's reach exceeds his grasp?' It's a lie: man's grasp exceeds his nerve".
Even so, this alternative fact, or let's call it what it is – a lie, once again re-surfaced in Theresa May's speech.
"It's a lie," Nadya's manager, Gina Rodriguez, tells The Huffington Post.
It's the old chestnut of whether an omission is actually a lie, and I believe it is a lie if what's omitted creates false impressions.
