naiveté

What becomes eye-opening is the naivete of law enforcement regularly placating one woman’s dangerous campaign of prejudiced aggression, acting as if nothing worse will come of it in a state that gives terrified citizens the right to use deadly force.

But notions of helping Gazans were born of naivete.

Swift sings more than once about legacy and inheritance on this album: “Father Figure,” which interpolates George Michael’s late-’80s classic of the same name, is narrated by a mentor who’s betrayed by his protégé; the Broadway-ish title track, which closes the album with a feature from Sabrina Carpenter, tracks the aspirations of a showbiz hopeful from fresh-faced naivete to all-knowing cynicism.

In the trailer, the titular Bride is the unknowing product of Frank and the doctor’s dark scheme, alternating between loyal naivete to her companion and a lingering curiosity about where she comes from.

Sampson exudes the type of combination of optimism and naïvete endemic to a man who grew up wealthy.