Foreigners, argues Mr Berger, have oddly confused views of America as a land of "Puritans and pornographers"—and that confusion makes fighting anti-Americanism extremely difficult".Puritans and pornographers" is a caricature, of course.
Though it has apparently been reworked for its London transfer, it remains an awkward effort, sometimes powerful, but at others, oddly confused.
The series culminated in an ambitious, confused but oddly moving collaboration with the Theatre de Complicite, "The Noise of Time," a multimedia portrait of the composer built around a performance of the last quartet.
I like to think of myself as fairly impervious to internet crap, but that video the policeman's confused, yet oddly calm face looking about like he's slipped off a curb rather than moments from a grisly death and the people milling about around him not really helping, made me feel very uncomfortable.
Justin Bieber is an oddly proportioned eighteen-year-old Canadian singer who is confused by glass and whose hair is under constant attack by a westerly wind.
With its oddly prurient tone, this little speech of Quecksilber's confused me still more, and I found myself distractedly shaking his hand and watching him hobble towards the door, scratching at some stain on his lapel.
By Sasha Frere-Jones June 26 , 2012Justin Bieber is an oddly proportioned eighteen-year-old Canadian singer who is confused by glass and whose hair is under constant attack by a westerly wind.
But the narrative line is oddly unsatisfying and slightly confusing.
In trying to simplify the user experience, the minimalist approach is instead confusing and oddly cluttered.
When Savina Theodorou returns to an arm-flapping ritual but gets a different result from the other dancers, she's confused, and when she tries it again, right away, the effect is oddly poignant.
Oddly, his biggest stumble seemed to be when he was asked to name his favourite biscuit and initially confused his preferred "dunker" with his favourite "non-dunker".
