Debra Lahane, a member of the San Francisco Arts Commission, said that "it succeeds as a work of art if it provokes dialogue and discussion.
And although Einstein's development of general relativity was in large part motivated by a desire to implement a general principle of relativity, to wit that all motion is relative motion, that it succeeds in doing so was questioned shortly after the theory was introduced.
Let Me Tell You follows the Shirley Jackson mantra of shocking and startling readers, and for that, it succeeds.
While Averroes' argument from natural science may succeed against some versions of the skeptical argument, it is not clear that it succeeds against its immediate target, al-Ghazālī's skeptical argument.
Even better, this animated feature from DreamWorks is so consistently diverting and visually arresting that it succeeds in transcending its storybook clichés.
Writing in The Times in June, Manohla Dargis said it was "so consistently diverting and visually arresting that it succeeds in transcending its storybook clichés".
He praised it for its "excellent execution", stating that it "succeeds at being an emotionally powerful piece with an ending far more moving than you could ever expect".
That it succeeds at doing both without hitting its audience over the proverbial head should be celebrated, not discounted.
And the onus is as much on the PKK and its allies as on the government to ensure that it succeeds.
The fact that it succeeds so gloriously is, in large part, down to its director, Tony Palmer, who treated something as ephemeral as pop with a seriousness it probably didn't deserve.
At that it succeeds superbly.
