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Example sentences for: polemic

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British playwright David Hare, criticized in the past for his "preachy politics," is said to have finally found "his way beyond polemic" (John Lahr, The New Yorker ). Hare's new play about a self-centered film critic, his wife, and his mother-in-law is hailed as a "coup de théâtre " (Matt Wolf, Variety ), both for its social critique (of the amorality of the news media) and for its sensitivity "about such personal matters as loss, grief and stoical survival" (Benedict Nightingale, the London Times ). Hare's enthusiasts declare it time for canonization.
David Plotz's polemic as to the citizenship of Winnie-the-Pooh serves only to stoke the fires of controversy swirling around the five unfortunate dolls.
The film is said to be "the best Cinderella movie ever" (Mick LaSalle, the San Francisco Chronicle ), though politically minded critics call it "a preposterous polemic celebrating modern feminist platitudes" (Gary Arnold, the Washington Times ). (Here's the official site.)
What's bad about a well-done polemic is that everything fits neatly into place."
Mintz means to start an argument, to lay out a polemic, but what's nettlesome is not his answer but the question.