Well, if you want a working definition, just rent Brooks' earlier movies, comic treatises of socialembarrassment and compounding irritation like "Modern Romance" (1981) or "Lost in America" (1985).
Debtors may also not appreciate the socialembarrassment that may arise when a creditor attempts to reverse a charitable gift as a fraudulent transfer, particularly if it is their local Church.
"Religion here isn't a social problem or an old-fashioned embarrassment, it's a wellspring of energy and a source of life-giving vision for how people should be regarded and treated, " he said.
He was responsible for devising a procedural amendment which led the Major government to immense embarrassment over the Maastricht bill, by forcing a separate vote on the social chapter.