Bob Dylan blazed the way in 1977 with a surprisingly overt statement of gospel faith in Slow Train Coming. (religion-online.org)
A culture's body image, as refracted through its art, will usually provide a more telling account of its preoccupations than the most explicit political art; it seems that cultural symptoms leak more readily into depictions of the body than into more overt statements. (artbook.com)
That would appear to be intentional — «Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates» might share a star (and two inspired screenwriters) with «Neighbors 2,» but it has zero interest in making any sort of overt statement about the double standards between men and women. (indiewire.com)