Sentences with phrase «genteel affair»

Today, it's a terminally genteel affair, although every year the RA tries to invigorate this moribund garden party.

By no means do we suggest that the debate about the future of public education in Los Angeles should be a genteel affair devoid of passion, intensity, and authenticity.

Not exact matches

The best known recent example of the style is the low - budget Lady Macbeth, which again tackled race issues in a more apparently - conventional period: here, in an adaptation of the Russian story Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Florence Pugh's genteel Katherine, trapped in a loveless marriage, embarks on a Lady Chatterley style love affair with an estate worker, played by another mixed - race actor, Cosmo Jarvis.

It's a refined and luxurious affair from the deep azure menus to the rich backdrops and remixed perfectly - paced soundtrack, a cut above your usual dungeon crawler that packs a notably more genteel (yet seriously brutal) challenge curve than its successors, alongside retooled optional difficulty levels.