Word: boringness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The total absence of conflict or plausibility in the story is a concern that Coppola doesn't seem worried by. Indeed, he has done something unforgivable with Rainmaker. He has made John Grisham--the king of popcorn thrillers--lethally boring. There is no shameless entertainment here, no chance to be...
Last year I was at the MAC playing hoops. On another court, I saw a tall guy from one of my sections banking in two-footers. A bunch from the left, then a bunch from the right. For about 20 minutes. "Man, that's boring," I thought.
But she mostly saw the inside of a file cabinet. "I was filing papers all day--eight hours--for free," says Mullins. "Do you know how boring that is? And I couldn't get a job because I had to get my hours. I had no money in 1996."
If Mr. Clinton is indeed looking for his place in history, he may have found it. No presidency, much less a two-termer, has been without a single good laugh, so there's his place. But what a dreary achievement. And how debilitating for the nation. And who waits in...
The remainder of the songs on the album, however, are unmemorable attempts to use this soft style of ska. Featuring tedious and uninteresting music as well as unexciting lyrics, the songs are all boring enough to be difficult to listen to.