The vaunted single take is, more often than not, actually a falsity, fabricated by clever edits or preening, doing nothing alchemical to the script at hand.
—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Ed Burke likely would be preening around the floor of the City Council as 14th Ward alderman.
—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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