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Wharton's somewhat strolling style, socks at half mast, belies a fierce competitive instinct.

The film’s deceptively modest approach belies a radical strategy to depict ordinary Black life at a time when such images were hardly in abundance.

They’re all presented on the page by an inspired farceur whose exquisitely penned prose seems effortless, but belies the painstaking craftsmanship needed to make his split-second timing come off.

At 71, Caffey is the oldest Go-Go, but when she does turn on her Zoom camera, she has a youthfulness that belies her age.

Briony has an approachability that belies her talent, but Doherty’s eyes never betray her character.