not exactly

For a minute there it looked pretty shaky for Gaga, too: “Disease,” the original-recipe opener of “Mayhem,” peaked at No. 27 on Billboard’s Hot 100 — not exactly a hoped-for comeback after a few years in which she focused on acting and made a couple of jazz records.

Let’s be honest: Before this war started, the U.S. was not exactly in peak global leadership form.

Not exactly the safest bet for a filmmaker fresh off an Oscar sweep, nor for Warner Bros., which is releasing the $115-million production, taking a big swing on Bong’s genre-hopping, bitingly satirical vision at a time when original sci-fi is becoming increasingly rare.

But some of its elements are not exactly eco-friendly and the festivities are estimated to produce 3.4 tonnes of waste every year according to Carnicycle, a local initiative aiming to make festivities more sustainable.

Well, that’s not exactly true — at least the former part isn’t.