inventiveness

But “Amélie” can make you feel divided against yourself: admiring of all the inventiveness that’s gone into it even as the calculation of that charm holds you at arm’s length.

And in that lies another interesting tension: the idea of self-sustaining pop celebrity, straddling these two worlds of DIY inventiveness and image-heavy exposure.

Working in recognizable horror subgenres, Byrne entices you with a familiar premise and then slowly teases apart the tropes, leaving you unsettled but also invigorated by his inventiveness.

The relative modesty of broadcast television series doesn’t preclude inventiveness, and the popularity of those shows on streaming services speaks to their appeal.

There’s a lot of ingenuity and inventiveness that went into this, but the end result really achieved what I was hoping for.”