Word: moralistic
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...come along to Las Vegas, that's because the values of America have changed, not those of Las Vegas. Deviancy really has been defined down. The new hang-loose all-American embrace of Las Vegas is either a sign that Americans have liberated themselves from troublesome old repressions and moralist hypocrisies, or else one more symptom of the decline of Western civilization. Or maybe both...
...Cosby is driven by his civil rights zeal. If an ambition to be America's most prominent black big shot is zeal for civil rights, then sure. But Cosby's moralist impulses are often a crank's misguided preachiness. In 1988 he joined the race-baiting Tawana Brawley scam. His NBC, according to associates, would have no place for a bad-attitude show such as The Simpsons...
...Lawit, as the Duke, at times gets carried away with this eccentric portrayl. The Duke,, especially when disguised as the friar, appears several flights short of the attic, losing some of the sinister edge to his character. Sinister transformations abound in Alan Ackerman's portrait of Angelo. The upright moralist degenerates into nymphomaniac with an anguish that would evoke sympathy from the most severe judge. Breheny's wide eyed innocence at the start of the drama captures the virginal Isabella perfectly.. But her maiden- in- distress scenes later on lack the same dramatic conviction...
...Cokane (Ron Ritchell) who fulfills the potential of his name by providing everyone with the opiate of justification: He is capable of rationalizing everything, including Sartorius's ruthless treatment of the poor. He is a master of the euphemism, who describes himself as "moral, but not a moralist...
While the various aspects of the policy mesh, they have created an acute political dilemma; hence the fog of soothing rhetoric, an elaborate damage- control operation designed to portray the President as a compassionate moralist saddened by the regrettable course so many misguided souls choose. Don't be fooled. Through presidential vetoes, ideological appointments, Justice Department actions, executive orders and public advocacy, the Bush Administration has implemented antiabortion policies that are even more restrictive than Ronald Reagan's. Consider the record...