This is not an idiosyncratic condition, Watkins wants us to know, invoking (via James Baldwin) the malign, uncanny power of «the little white man deep inside of all of us.» (firstthings.com)
«In the region of the heart of all contingent beings dwells the Lord, twirling them hither and thither by his uncanny power (like puppets] mounted on a machine» (XVIII. (religion-online.org)
Anyone who said that in America there are no second acts didn't account for the uncanny power of biopics. (vulture.com)