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Art/Literary - Other / Malba 80. let | | Czech term or phrase: sociální vybledlost | | Doba sociální vybledlosti je „etapa, ve které především mizí všemožné vrstvy hodnocení, je bez osobních a kolektivních programů, bez hierarchie, není symbolickou řečí, alegorií, nic nediktuje, nic nevysvětluje a je tudíž bez všech vrstev psychologizace. [...] Díla vzniklá v intencích sociální vybledlosti se nepohybují v podobenstvích, neskrývají v sobě jiné významy než ty, které lze přímo spatřit. [...] Sociální vybledlost není proklamací povrchnosti či banality, není proklamací vnitřních hloubek, není zrozena z výkřiku, nechce šokovat, není manifestem pokory. Sociální vybledlost žádá jak na tvůrci, tak na divákovi nic víc něž pouhou přítomnost.“ |
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But every citizen must contribute in trying to redress the economic and social bleakness. Shilowa urged all residents - families, organisations, communities, business - to save electricity, promote energy efficiency and increase the electricity supply.
http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/2197/209/
Until we find a solid explanation to the origin of the term, we can assume that Eastern Europe was not known for miserablism (at least not Neil Tennant’s miserablism). I believe the author of this movie review might be attempting to refer to the word because of the region’s harsh, cold social bleakness.
http://www.anvil-media.com/archives/100102/busoneseven.html
All in all, yeah, I personally find this characterization too sweet if it was supposed to represent Jason in the long term, but for a one-time thing, I'm still grateful for its existence. It's one of the only two stories on Batman where Jason doesn't have to deal with personal drama or social bleakness, and it shows.
http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/351468.html
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In terms of paintings, there can also be used the term "blandness", I believe, in that it does not provoke much reaction, which may be what your context may be referring to
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