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A great title can be nobly direct (Nabokov's Speak, Memory ; Jack Paar's I Kid You Not ), bitterly cryptic (Josef von Sternberg's Fun in a Chinese Laundry ; Adolf Loos' Nevertheless ), or too clever by half ( Roman by Polanski).
Scott, the New York Times Book Review ). Ken Tucker dissents in the Baltimore Sun , calling the book "one of [McInerney's] most clever, funny, and moving ...
The critical discussion of the racial content of those two movies has been too clever by half.
At its best, Adams' comic strip delivers clever, sarcastic, deadpan humor.
But he has added a clever twist to the argument, turning Hillary Clinton's strategy on its head.