vulgar
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The merits of so-called vulgar auteurism are often debated among film fans.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Her activism was not without a backlash - from both men and women - and harassment that could be as vulgar as it was intimidating.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The former is erudite, thorough and insightful; the latter snarky, unfiltered and frequently vulgar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It would be irresponsible not to say right off that “Alley Cats,” written and directed by the comedian Ricky Gervais, is so gleefully vulgar it could make a TV critic blush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
And someone says that my Catholicism is a mere affectation, an attempt to play the Evelyn Waugh eccentric to a bland and vulgar secular age.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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