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The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

Albert’s role as the outgoing governor is a sly send-up of political animals, his barely concealed ambition masked by charisma, with just enough sincerity and genuine affection for Ella to make him conflicted.

It was a sly answer, for the man in the chair most certainly did have a child.

Mr. Baumbach’s sly and elegant finale queues up a retrospective of Jay’s work that doubles as a highlight reel of Mr. Clooney’s.

Circling the sculpture we are also treated to a sly autobiographical nod from Serra, who died last year.