vulgar
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The merits of so-called vulgar auteurism are often debated among film fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her activism was not without a backlash - from both men and women - and harassment that could be as vulgar as it was intimidating.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s simultaneously jazzy and vulgar, wry and prophetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It is one of rigid systematization, scrappy invention, lavish abandon; of vulgar commercialism and transcendent art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
He always did the driving, transporting friends and his sister in an ancient Pontiac with scratchy woolen seats that his father bought him when he turned sixteen—“a big, heavy, vulgar automobile that I absolutely loved.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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