It allows her to explore her protagonists from multiple perspectives: Scorcher presents himself as a good guy, uncomplicated, "decent looks if I say so myself", but readers of Faithful Place, told by his rival Frank Mackey, know he's a little edgier than that.
But it is the giant hunks of seared, sizzling and generally uncomplicated meat that these guys pride themselves on, and with good reason.
As freighted with historical weight as the superhero's origins were, titles from that "golden age" of comic books, which lasted until the early 1950s, were also uncomplicated stories of good guys prevailing over evil.
(Missing is the epic emotional scale of previous James Gang movies like "The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid" and "The Long Riders," both worth seeking out.) "American Outlaws" paints all of its young stars as happy guys, so uncomplicated that they're thrilled to hear that Lee has surrendered at Appomattox; none of them seem bothered by the fact that the South has just lost the war.
It began with chugging guitars and a declaration: "I wanna be with a guy like you, so uncomplicated" -- a nod, perhaps, to Ms. Lavigne's breakthrough hit, "Complicated".
That's the dish that convinced me that I wanted to cook with this guy, and the day I visited him, I remembered this fine, complex (and not, frankly, uncomplicated) ceviche and the ultrasimple scallop salad.
Fairly uncomplicated, I thought".
He was not uncomplicated.
The reasons are uncomplicated.
The garden is really uncomplicated".
