Sentences with phrase «more jeremiad»
More jeremiad than satire, Sidney Lumet's well - oiled production of Paddy Chayefsky's prophetic masterpiece follows an amoral TV conglomerate that exploits a mentally ill news anchor by turning his low - rated national news show into whorehouse entertainment.
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Conservatives were still likely to read quite a few jeremiads, and social - conservatives in particular remained gloomy about a number of topics, but the world - wide spread of democracy and the undeniably higher standards of living attained in the U.S. and its more capitalism - friendly allies made optimism seem the rational stance.
Others, reading more carefully, noted its differences from The Broken Covenant and the degree to which Habits was not a jeremiad.