Word: blanding
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...movie, therefore, makes not much more of Jackie's unusual sexual requirements (and her relatives' bland acquiescence in them) than it does of the fact that she sends her dirty laundry home from Moscow for her mother to wash. Genius, you see, must be accommodated on many levels. This is because the romantic view of the creative life has long since taught us that prodigious talent is always delicately balanced, always in danger of paying a tragic price for its high-strung ways, always in need of indulgence...
...Victor/Victoria is a musical stuck with a weak premise and bland songs which the cast valiantly tries to deal with but never quite conquers. It is adequately entertaining, but one minute out of the theater and you have to check the program to remember any of the songs. The musical may have come to the Colonial as part of the Broadway in Boston program, but with the cheapest seats going for $48.50, one might be tempted to go to the real Broadway...
...trying to get good books--not just the classics but also worthy contemporary works--into young hands is increasingly providing a pit of problems. Spotty teacher training, lack of library assistance (if not lack of libraries themselves) and fear of controversy all help push teachers toward outdated or bland book choices. Those who fight back with verve risk being drummed out of a job or even chased into court. And the old reliable volumes aren't necessarily a refuge either. Such classics as The Grapes of Wrath and Catcher in the Rye are still frequently the object of parental protests...
...intended to congratulate my teammates on a job well done, and to bring our accomplishments to the attention of the Harvard community. As cocaptain, it is my duty to rally the team and promote enthusiasm amongst its members. Speaking in a colorful manner is far more effective than the bland words towards which Markham seems inclined...
...software--just plain computers. He's crazy about them. It seems like an odd passion, but after all, some people are crazy about Pop-Tarts. And Gates will be remembered alongside Pop-Tarts, in the long run, as vintage Americana, a sign of the times. A little on the bland side perhaps, unexciting, not awfully deep, not to everyone's taste, but not all that...