It's hard not to see the product of so much effort as anything but a sincere gesture, perhaps the last sincere form of expression we have.
An Asda spokesman declined to elaborate on the donation, saying only: "This is a sincere gesture to apologise for the offence.
Nor is this a sincere gesture; it's very likely to be an attempt to buy time while he circles the wagons ahead of a date in December that he had pledged earlier this year to begin a formal transition of power.
Still, the old-fashioned extravagance of this production, which she conceived and choreographed with Frank Gatson Jr., feels like some kind of honesty: it's a sincere gesture from a show-business savant.
"But you can stand apart by making a sincere gesture".
"Honesty," in these scenarios, actually means "a huge lie that is presented as a sincere gesture of friendship".
Still, the old-fashioned extravagance of this production... feels like some kind of honesty: it's a sincere gesture from a show-business savant".
But excellent covers of Daniel Johnston's Walking the Cow, Cat Power's Good Woman and Bruce Springsteen's Open All Night reveal a songwriter seeking to fuse outsider-folk honesty with the Boss's sincere grand gestures.
