The admission on the part of many homosexuals themselves that they have no interest in what they regard as the bourgeois oppressiveness of monogamy exposes the imposture of «same - sex marriage.» (faith.org.uk)
But clearly, the oppressor does not help the oppressed merely by freeing himself through play; he must also work to change structures and to overcome the results of his former and continuing oppressiveness. (religion-online.org)
It's an indication of how much this film needed a bright break in all the grim oppressiveness that when Mary - Louise Parker shows up in a giddy cameo as a foul - mouthed boozer, the audience suddenly lit up with laughter. (metacritic.com)