Free soloing is a dark art — an undisguised dance with death.
The risk is a climate of undisguised hostility, with potentially greater costs than during the nadir of the cold war.
Indeed, re-watching that 1979 show recently, one notable element was the way that "Hammer Horror" relied on upfront, undisguised mime, with a recorded vocal playing as Bush was manhandled about the stage by dancers, a troupe of which will surely operate on her behalf in the new shows.
Football is ripe for satire, of course, with its undisguised militarism, its unfamiliarity with the language of irony, its Lombardi-esque moral elevation of stakes that are, in the end, imaginary.
"Certainly they will be awaited with trepidation in some quarters and with undisguised relish in others where ugly scenes are the beginning, the middle and the end of any football match.
Party chiefs reacted with undisguised fury at the decision of Mark Reckless to jump ship to Ukip, with Tory chairman Grant Shapps lambasting him for "lying" when he made pledges of loyalty to the Prime Minister.
He spoke with three publishers, all of whom rebuffed him, some with undisguised contempt.
Reviewers at the time of first publication met the book with undisguised scepticism and satire, but felt that Knight presented his unlikely case with ingenuity.
They gave me my phone call and moved me to a two-man cell with another fellow in it, who explained to me with undisguised happiness that "if you pissed them off, they just move your paperwork to the bottom of the pile every time it comes up".
The measure passed, with undisguised enthusiasm.
