But schools, inevitably, present many curriculums, some overt and some subtle; and critics argue that with Sax's model comes a lesson that our gender differences are primary, and this message is at odds with one of the most foundational principles of America's public schools.
Mr. Allen's character is named Critical Jim -- perhaps a less than subtle swipe at critics.
The video ends with a subtle dig at critics who say China's political system needs to democratize.
In a subtle attack on critics, she noted that in 2012 Facebook was often attacked because it was a "walled garden", and that the platform had subsequently bent to demands to open up to allow third-party apps to build on the service, allowing greater sharing, such as for game-play.
In a subtle attack on critics, she noted that in 2012 Facebook was often attacked because it was a "walled garden", and that the platform had subsequently bent to demands to open up to allow third-party apps to build on the service, allowing greater sharing, such as for gaming.
But the attacks on the book only glanced off Suskind's central theme -- which is more subtle than his critics have made it out to be -- because that theme was derived directly from on-the-record interviews with key players, internal documents that Suskind brought to light, and the outcomes we've all seen with our own eyes.
His views on this are subtler than some critics claim.
Subtler or slyer critics might add that "The Family Reunion" was too close to the psychological bone for the self-effacing Eliot's liking.
Jens Spahn, a leading member of the CDU and a highly popular politician with the potential to one day succeed Merkel as the party's head, is a subtle but intelligent critic of her embrace of refugees, as well as of what he calls the "euphoric representation" of the refugee situation in the media and public debate.
The director Jia Zhangke — the leading Chinese director of the last decade, who is a great artistic modernist and a subtle yet outspoken critic of the government's repressive policies (and the subject of a terrific Profile in the magazine by Evan Osnos, who also posted on his blog about the Melbourne controversy) — also withdrew a film of his, "Cry Me a River," from that festival.
