Word: blanding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...twentieth century, some say, was the golden age of the big, bland chain hotel. Vacationers of the 1950s or '60s took out second mortgages to afford jet travel, supposedly to find, as they hurtled from destination to destination, that a hotel room in Melbourne was the same as one in Manila. Innkeepers were accused of rolling out design templates such that no matter where you awoke in the world, the features of your room-the bedside panel, the writing desk-looked identical. Indeed, the very words Holiday Inn or Hilton took on a pejorative connotation: they were globalization's earliest...
...experiencing a city at its hedonistic, air-kissing optimum; in fact, you are barely experiencing the city at all. If a visit to Bangkok or Barcelona consists of being seen at what the callow bourgeoisie have decided are the "right" vodka bars, then who's guilty of fostering bland internationalism? It's not just the Holiday...
...Crystal Blue R.I.P.”), and a tooth-rot inducing, schmaltzy ballad, which was formerly the theme song for a children’s television show of the same name (“White Horses”). While not wholly disagreeable, the rest of the album is lyrically bland and somewhat sappy. Much of what makes this album so disappointing is the past history of these artists. Dean Wareham was one of the founding members of Galaxie 500, a band acclaimed for their enchanting and experimental instrumentals. And Luna was a long-running, immensely popular indie band, and rightly...
...conflict between loyalty to one’s country and loyalty to one’s moral standards is the core struggle for the characters in the film. Donnersmarck juxtaposes different technical elements to deepen the intensity of the decisions that the characters must make. For example, the cold, bland, dark colors of those characters loyal to the state are complemented by the warm, decorative, and vibrant surroundings of more liberal characters. The plot centers on the government of the GDR, a prevalent force in the lives of East Germany’s citizens through a vast system of spies...
Faced with a cacophonous gay uproar, Snickers relented, responding to its critics with the bland “humor is highly subjective” and acknowledging that “some people may have found the ad offensive.” Even in its apparent submission, Snickers retained its credibility. Humor is subjective and, at times, meant to rattle its audience out of complacency; the biting wits of Stephen Colbert and Sarah Silverman are perfect examples. That someone took offense is not Snickers’ fault, but rather the fault of those who sit down in front of the television...