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Here’s the thing about that maddening narrative of Irish specialness, which is all too easily weaponized for racist purposes, overt or otherwise: It is both a fictional construct and a core element of Irish identity.

And the premise — the maddening, exhausting tension between the creative and the hollowly lucrative — feels especially apt right now.

Deb Carlton, executive vice president with the California Apartment Assn., said reports of widespread gouging were “maddening” and advocated for strict enforcement of the law.

So is the drama of panicked parents searching for information — which is maddeningly slow in coming — and then for bodies.

“The Brutalist” argues, and proves by its very existence, that the maddening thing about major works of art is that they demand invention and resources and cooperation.