Polemic

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–noun 

1. a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc. 

2. a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.  



–adjective 

3. Also, polemical. of or pertaining to a polemic; controversial. 





　

This last aspect — the rape’s awakening of Maya’s consciousness as a woman of color — 



elevates "Descent" beyond case study and 

into 

the realm of [bomb]-throwing polemic. 



Maya’s personality is transformed during visits to a dance club, where she falls for a macho African-American D.J. named Adrian (the musician turned actor Marcus Patrick, who has a bit of 



Burt Lancaster’s looming physicality), 



experiments with drugs and tries to reclaim the sexual confidence that Jared stole. (The latter is suggested rather than shown, in a strobe-lit (閃光燈) dance floor 



montage of Maya writhing [with] several partners.)





blather prattle prate confabulate (informal)

natter

harp glib



garrulous 

gush 

[Oil] gushed from the well.

geyser  

該 ser

the [kettle] geysering all over the stove.

great [gushing] [geysers] of talk

Garrulous