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Graf’s approach is admirably less enamored with the prettifying impulses so many filmmakers rely on to capture the past, and instead centered on putting us inside it.

“New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time,” he said in his Pritzker acceptance speech.

When the highest court begins prettifying yesterday’s opinions to conform to today’s ideological delicacies, the question becomes: When will today’s pandemic of nonsense stop?

The announcement was greeted with derision by some Trump critics, who on Twitter compared Melania to Marie Antoinette for prettifying the garden amid a pandemic.

Five hours before opening night, workers were still prettifying Bellas Artes: planting greenery near the driveway, ironing the gray carpet up the steps.