chutzpah

Nor do these concerns change the fact that genuine — and productive — political discourse requires much more than an opinion, passion and a bit of chutzpah.

“That show gave me a little bit more of chutzpah in asking for this,” he adds.

As Michael Li of the Brennan Center explained, it was a shocking partisan power grab that gained national attention for its chutzpah — but it was at least somewhat justifiable.

Expectations were high; Apple TV+ had the chutzpah to show it at both the Venice and Telluride film festivals last year.

“Another Simple Favor” pushes the limits of mainstream filmmaking every chance it gets, in ways so cringeworthy and stupefying that it’s difficult not to, at the very least, respect Feig’s chutzpah.