"The old image lacks energy and vigor and doesn't reflect the mindset of today's older adults," James told The Huffington Post.
It lacks the vigor, vulgarity and nastiness that makes actual American politics so fascinating and appalling.
For one thing, both Ms. Clarke and Ms. Boyland contend that the 68-year-old Mr. Owens lacks the vigor the job demands, with the word "energy" frequently in their critiques.
Dinkins, after managing Mr. Dinkins's successful 1989 campaign for mayor, says that while he 'had a great time" as a municipal top dog, he lacks the vigor for that sort of toil again.
This week André Derain's "Arbres à Collioure" set a world auction record for the artist at £16.28 million, even though it lacks the vigor of his greatest Fauve landscapes.
AllMusic's Mike DeGagne felt "While he focuses on life's daily tragedies and tribulations, there is a missing element in the music, as it lacks any vigor or flash".
If the CW show, which debuts 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday and is based on the famous DC Comics character, lacked energy and vigor, viewers would end up struggling with a huge disconnect, given the abilities and name of the title character.
His voice may lack some of the clarion brilliance it once had, but it was exciting to hear him sing with such husky sound, vigor and endurance.
He mentioned no critics by name, but Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate armed services committee, has complained loudly that the bombing campaign lacks vigor.
As a whole, however, Horizon Theatre Rep's black-box production, directed by Alex Lippard, lacks vigor, often getting bogged down beneath the weight of the words.
But so far the series lacks the squirmy vigor of "Studio 60," particularly since Sorkin saps the drama with an odd structural choice.
