low-rent

In “Task”—a kinetic journey into a disregarded America, low-rent organized crime and justice wrested from madness—Mark Ruffalo was an ex-priest turned FBI agent, which was not even close to preposterous as handled by creator-writer Brad Ingelsby.

This wasn’t a predictable outcome six months ago, when the township announced that it planned to take legal action to seize the farm—under pressure because of the state Supreme Court’s 1975 “Mount Laurel doctrine,” which requires New Jersey towns to build low-rent housing.

The low-rent Leni Riefenstahl social media propaganda campaign, in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and street theater are meticulously documented, has the effect of inuring the public to the idea that troops are invading American cities and no one who opposes the regime is safe.

What used to be a working-class, bohemian, low-rent neighborhood is now one of the most sought-after areas in the city.

It’s not just that so many of the spots are low-rent — and we are beyond being surprised by the graphic symptom/side-effect description of pharmaceutical ads — it’s that they are often repeated several times during a program.