Word: blanding
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While the screenplay is relatively bland and predictably feel-good, it does have a few highlights. After Price makes the aforementioned boots, Lola replies, “Please, God, tell me I have not inspired something burgundy.” And the cutest moment, already spoiled in the trailer, is when the old woman renting a room to Lola asks him if he is a man. When Lola replies in the affirmative, the woman replies, “Ah, that’s fine, just so I know how to leave the toilet seat. I’ll get some...
...Labour government's Education Secretary, Ruth Kelly, went months before confirming she had received "spiritual support" from Opus. (Her exact status remains unclear.) Nor, as Allen shows in his book, will Opus formally own up to many of its institutions. Its U.S. schools tend to go by bland names like the Heights or Northridge Prep. For years, he reports, the 17-story U.S. headquarters in New York, finished in 2001, lacked an identifying street-level sign. Allen counts 15 universities, seven hospitals, 11 business schools and 36 primary and secondary schools around the world as what Opus calls "corporate works...
...evidence that Marley that lacked freedom and not talent, look no further than the two versions of “Wages of Love.” On the acoustic rehearsal track, he offers an expressive, almost tearful dirge for lost love; on the commercial release, however, bland instrumentation and uninspired vocals turn the song into middle-of-the-road pop. Side-by-side, the recordings are almost an apology for such a bland sound. The compilation’s charm—and it does have charm—comes not from its aesthetic, but from its history...
Devoid of the bland script present in others of its genre, “Take the Lead” is both funny and poignant. From the movie’s opening sequence, the stark contrast between the harsh lives of the high school students and the wealth and grace of ballroom dance becomes clear. As Dulaine shines his shoes and puts on his tuxedo and Morgan, his prima donna, puts on her gown and jewels, his soon-to-be pupils are shown lacing up their sneakers and wearing short skirts or baggy pants...
...lead, Barnard, whose sultry angelic voice shows so much promise, was one of these performers who proved disappointingly bland as an actress. Although her singing is technically perfect, her accompanying movements are stiff and artificial—an enormous contrast to her counterpart, Haas, whose acting seems so realistic and instinctive...