miss the point

Its many female characters — so many, good, bad and mostly in between — not only demonstrate power, but, so you don’t miss the point, talk about it.

But the idea of handling such a gleeful provocateur with kid gloves seems to somehow miss the point of De Palma’s work.

“But intellectual judgments of the Hitler experience — Hitler-Erlebnis — miss the point entirely.”

Those who said "'Hitler's speeches are meaningless and empty,' wrote Hans Prinzhorn, 'miss the point entirely.' With Hitler, as perhaps with Trump, the medium is the message."

Without a concerted approach, these efforts, though important, kind of miss the point, Mónica Ramírez said.