dichotomy

Playing Joel, a gay, devoutly Christian man in a small town, Hiller fearlessly leaned into dichotomy and sincerity, which is very difficult to do.

The Burton brothers reflected a dichotomy in California politics, rising from the left while Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan ascended from the right, against the swirl of the Bay Area’s brand of radical politics.

And it’s also the perfect encapsulation of an emerging culinary-adjacent dichotomy: Human breast milk consumption is more visible than ever, but consuming the actual stuff still feels pretty taboo.

There was a dichotomy, and a paradox, about Red Bull under Horner.

Smartly, these films don’t create a phony dichotomy between tender humans and cold machinery.