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It is a perspective on the world, one that takes advantage of distance and some weirdly skewed point of view to see everyday things--pomposity, convention, higher purposes, and the earnest advancement of points like this one--as ridiculous or sad or just somehow other than what they usually seem.
But the idea that stereotypes are not valid about breeds of dogs is ridiculous.
Some like it: a "foxy, snotty, enjoyably trashy update," says Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly . Others find the idea of such young actors in this tale of sexual intrigue and betrayal ridiculous: "The liaisons here aren't dangerous, they're incongruous" (Jami Bernard, the Daily News ). Critics are either entranced by the youngsters' acting or find the whole concept of fresh-from-the-WB kids as Vicomte De Valmont and Marquise De Merteuil "faintly ridiculous" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). (This site has links to information on all the film versions of the novel, as well as sound clips and photos.)
There's not enough room on Slate 's server to fully analyze Toobin's possible psychological motives for indulging in the ridiculous innuendoes of A Vast Conspiracy . But one is obvious: he's projecting!
But it's also true that had she been wearing, in the name of Good Sense, elaborate running shoes--with their ridiculous thickness and multiform brightness--they would have struck the eye as equally attractive and equally absurd.