Neither trashy entertainment nor a thoughtful drama, much as it tries to be both, "American Stare" merely offers an unpalatable look at the darker forces in present-day society.
Labelling might look unpalatable, but it will probably go down easily.
The sweatshops of Asia look unpalatable to Westerners, but it's sometimes said that in a poor country the only thing worse than being exploited is not being exploited.
Another part of the reaction to United 93 is a certain craven American fear of looking at terrifying or unpalatable moments in history head-on.
That may be galling; yet the alternative chaos in one emerging market that could infect others, instability in a country with thousands of nuclear weapons would have been worse.Clearly, the rules of the international financial system need looking at to minimise such unpalatable choices for instance, by making sure that private lenders take a hit when governments are bailed out.
Yes, she's making unpalatable-looking Soylent Green out of fish and, yes, the whole thing comes off like a cheapskate remake of The Mist that only stars hairspray and the colour beige.
Instead, they are looking to highlight flaws in the entire structure of research departments.The energetic investigations led by Mr Spitzer, the NASD and others are likely to reveal a lot more unpalatable details about bankers' behaviour during the heady late 1990s.
Which is not the kind of regret many in the room are now looking for, as fresh data breaches and privacy incursions keep being stacked on top of Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal like an unpalatable layer cake that never stops being baked.
Relocation is unpalatable no matter how you look at it.
He styles himself a fearless speaker of the unpalatable truth, but it often looks like he's rebelling against a non-existent authority.
Unfortunately that is precisely why it will be unpalatable to Thai nationalists, who look down on each of those countries and are in denial about the tenuous condition of their own democracy.Independent monitoring would offer another way to keep a lid on any cheating.
