Humor persuades in one way, plain truth in another.
As Carter himself observes at one point, "The plain truth was that no matter how much they spent on script development, which stars they signed to multimillion-dollar deals, how many notes they gave on story beats and character arcs, hits most often arrived on a network executive's doorstep by chance, by whim, by blind, stupid luck".
The fact that slavery, and slavery alone, was the issue, and that the war was precipitated by the election of an anti-slavery candidate, Abraham Lincoln, is one of those plain truths that's often lost sight of.
As to Grant not winning an Oscar, the sheer talent it took to play Cary Grant -- particularly in his great comedies -- cannot be under-estimated; the plain truth is no one else could have done it.
Amid the impossible ideals and immortal tales of the ancient Greeks, one honey-tongued lyrical poet spoke the plain truth.
While there may be some truth to their respective analyses, it is far more befuddling that they continue to sling mud at one another's politicians while ignoring the plain truth about their own.
This comes in the form of an event or a situation when we have to choose between the plain truth or... a "twisted" one.
ON MONDAY, Pope Francis spoke the plain truth about the Catholic Church's record of sexual abuse.
I CAN usually count on Pablo to tell me the plain truth.
And while no one cares about their perspectives in the gilded palace, the plain truth is that Amida Buddha cares DEEPLy about them, just as he cares about us all.
