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the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading
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Some particularly outrageous one-liners about race snuck into the film’s final cut, although much of its dicier material comes off as weirdly effortful instead of provocative or reckless.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
System 1 is fast, intuitive, and effortless; System 2 is slow, deliberate, and effortful.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The clowning might be a little too effortful.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
But this Roundabout production at Studio 54 — the site of glittering debauchery of another era — just isn’t all that much fun, being mostly effortful, maddening and finally exhausting.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
System 1 is fast, intuitive, and effortless; System 2 is slow, deliberate, and effortful.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The clowning might be a little too effortful.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
But this Roundabout production at Studio 54 — the site of glittering debauchery of another era — just isn’t all that much fun, being mostly effortful, maddening and finally exhausting.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Effortful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effortful. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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