A more transformative kind of politics is overlooked in favour of these simplistic tales of hypocrites and fools.
Not only are the cases of Afweyne and El Chapo more complicated than the simplistic tales of morality, stupidity, and hubris that we might want them to be, their apprehension while exploring movie projects may create thorny issues for future media and criminal investigations.
An academic cadre could once more produce monographs that work to destroy or at least cast doubt on the simplistic tales of oppression and domination foisted on us by revolutionary teleologies.
The fact that this tale of sadomasochism among genteel folk has been reissued at all suggests a dissatisfaction with the simplistic narrative of liberation that has dominated women's literature practically since the date of this novel's original publication.
But it's no mulatto sentimentalism, no simplistic "ebony and ivory" tale of racial mushiness.
This year's "Too Big to Fail," about the implosion of the credit system, bashed audiences over the head with simplistic moral fables and told a tale of a greedy lion named Citibank.
Any process on the past will disturb and correct narratives; simplistic storylines will be shaken because the past cannot be reduced to a clearcut tale of goodies and baddies.
