The truly subversive aspect of "Private Lives" is its sly insistence that like is drawn to - and repelled by - like.

Caryn James, writing in The New York Times, said the show was "truly subversive and daring in its scabrous attitude."

Meanwhile, it's the Internet moguls who are truly subversive.

Ms. Hochschild writes in a calm, understanding tone that tends to disguise how truly subversive and depressing her message is.

But that these millions exist, and that Eminem speaks for them, is probably what is both truly subversive and truly threatening about his success.

What's truly subversive and bracing is its utter lack of moral judgment, even as its hero slides into behavior most films would pillory.

"What's truly subversive about it is that one million pills of Ecstasy are taken every weekend."

Her refusal to be Miss Goody Consumer borders on the truly subversive.

But the truly subversive work is Steve Robinson's, because it seems so innocuous at first glance.

The show is truly subversive and daring in its scabrous attitude.