But McElroy, obeying some strange private imperative, refuses to guide events toward convergence.
Gus Van Sant's "Elephant," suggested by the Columbine school shootings, is perhaps the most accomplished example of the anti-interpretive approach, steadily refusing to guide the viewer toward the consolation of meaning.
Innes cited as an example a recent dispute with Uber after two drivers refused to take his guide dog, which was resolved after Uber apologised, disciplined drivers and paid compensation.
Taxi drivers often refuse to take guide dogs.
Many budget airlines, including Ryanair, refuse to take pets (guide dogs are, as always, an exception); Eurostar is also out.
Pointing to the dusty old equipment, the guide, who refused to give his name, said: "This is where they listened to the conversation of all top-ranking officials before the revolution.
"This show was more of a push back against the majority culture of it all". And sure enough, the new concert film based on Gadsby's award-winning live show does just that -- all while refusing to gently guide her viewers to a more digestible set of punchlines.
It was, however, the work of the early philosophers, rather than that of the priests of Asclepius, that impelled Greeks to refuse to be guided solely by supernatural influence and moved them to seek out for themselves the causes and reasons for the strange ways of nature.
You also get very dominant people who refuse to be guided.
Top prosecutors, most with sterling records, were apparently fired because they refused to let partisan politics guide their decisions about whether to prosecute.
But for the most part we were bent double, and my guide refused to continue until my head was practically at floor level, safely out of danger of being hit (at least from above).
