Sentences with phrase «unblinking realism»

And that's where things began to go wrong with the Exorcist sequels: Where the original succeeded by balancing supernatural shocks with unblinking realism, its sequels tend to swing too far one way or the other.

In his superb defense of freedom of thought and opinion, Matthew J. Franck does not carry through his unblinking realism in analyzing the arguments for same - sex marriage to his conclusion, where he evinces a Pollyannaish hope that the «strategy pursued by the advocates of same - sex marriage will be self - defeating.»