Jumblatt is a man of pessimistic temperament fond of throwing up his hands in expressions of sly world-weariness: a born survivor and charmer but considered a political weather vane of the country, the closest thing to an incarnation of consensus.
While the dialogue teems with snappy 21st century phrasings (listen closely for a sly reference to "world building"), the most meaningful beats of Seb and Mia's love story play out not through spoken words, but through the singular, soulful alchemy of song and dance.
"Golden childish naïveté is crucified on the poles of the world's sly refined perversions".
It's a witty and sly take on the world from a puppet's point of view.
Mr. Goldhuber weighs 300 pounds and is bald, with a Jack Bennyish slow, sly take on the world around him.
The plot showcases Burdett's sly riffs on Third World stereotypes, Buddhism, and the gustatory pleasures of fried grasshoppers.
It's all part of what my colleague Liz Sly deemed a "mini world war" that defines the multi-sided battles in Syria, and which has become increasingly acute as an offensive launched by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad -- and aided by Russian airstrikes and Iranian-backed militias -- tightens the noose around rebel areas in the major city of Aleppo.
Peter Kane of Q compares it to Cooder's 1971 album Into the Purple Valley, which featured Dust Bowl-era songs, and writes that this album's "protest songs for today's messed-up world" are "sly and humorous".
Today THUMP's premiering "It's Your World," a sly, rollicking take on house, which also features contributions from Frankie Knuckles and Gorillaz vocalist Jamie Principle, and Montreal producer Clarian.
In a similar geopolitical vein, the festival previously announced that Michael Moore's military picture, "Where to Invade Next," a movie he shot and edited entirely on the sly, will make its world premiere at the festival.
