The glibness of Dan's comment is shocking, but one of the movie's most radical, unpleasant themes — radical because it is so unpleasant, especially for an American fiction film — is that these are employees doing a job.
Of all the McClubs in the city, The Woolshed is the least unpleasant as its country-themed cladding lacks the pretence of almost every other club.
Mr. Kolvenbach, who also directs, filters his themes through an unpleasant sitcom sensibility and burdens the characters with fakey quirks.
In a way, the Arab Spring was a variation on this theme of the benefits of crossing unpleasant borders, a virtual approximation of the human encounter.
I've listened to many recordings of it over the years, but, for now, it's spoiled — the gently rocking theme of the first movement brings back unpleasant memories of von Trier's images and manufactured emotions.
I've listened to many recordings of it over the years, but, for now, it's spoiled the gently rocking theme of the first movement brings back unpleasant memories of von Trier's images and manufactured emotions.
Rank's ostensible theme is globalization, presented as an overpopulated but not unpleasant farce, in which canned bamboo shoots and Heinz baked beans are culinary co-equals, and Google, Chanel, and Mickey Mouse assume the stature of household gods.
Obsession is the overarching theme, probably, but with a dubious premise and four unpleasant characters, the play is not involving enough to be as shocking as it aspires to be.
"To what degree does the therapist point out the patient's attempt to avoid themes in the session in order to control unpleasant emotions and thoughts?" (Item 19).
Unlike other music's common theme of drugs being used as an escape from the unpleasant realities, this however, is about breaking free from the rough reality of someone's own mind and heart.
