But whereas the new political incorrectness seems to be done purely out of a desperate and cynical attempt for more box office revenue, John Waters' sensibility has always played as a pure, joyful hard-on for trash and exploitation, and for the unnatural natural wonders of the world.
And, instead of the task feeling light or joyful, it's hard and painful because you're trying to meet external expectations that may or may not be attainable (and may or may not even be true).
Living a healthy, joyful life is neither hard, nor expensive, nor ascetic.
So with hope as well as fear on Mother's Day, I am addressing this open letter to you, my compatriots in the hard, often joyful, often anxious work of mothering.
"Happy music that is genuinely joyful is probably the hardest music to write," Mr. Gabriel said.
But the reality is that while raising a child is a joyful experience, it's harder in some countries than in others.
I work hard to pursue joyful activities away from the performance.
New men will arise, hard and warlike, joyful in destruction.
It's hard to be joyful when you're exhausted; a microresolution to refrain from leisure computing after 10 p.m. will help you turn in earlier and maybe save you from impulsive online splurging late at night.
It is this hard-won and joyful leap into hope that has earned him his place as one of poetry's Next Generation, whether or not he wins Paxman's vote.
Lower East Side Through Dec. 5 If Andrew Masullo's truculent, hard-won but nonetheless joyful paintings can be said to involve a family of forms — and they can — you could also say that many of its members appear to be adopted.
