Word: clicheed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The violent outbreak of disorder which ensued in the Crown Heights neighborhood has been described as "race riots" (Boston Globe) and symptomatic of a "deep racial divide" (New York Times). These terms are inappropriate because the victims were victimized specifically because of their religion and not their race. It somehow...
Not that the decorative and allegorical paintings are shallow either. Their themes weren't original; their handling became increasingly so. Over his working life--roughly 50 years--Tiepolo didn't use any narratives in his painting that weren't already familiar. There are the figures from antiquity (Achilles, Dido, Alexander...
"She's demanding of the people around her," says Parker (director of Fame and Mississippi Burning), who got the film made after at least three other directors had tried and failed. "But she's not a cliche diva stamping her foot. She's very intelligent. You've got to make...
Yes, it's cliche.
THE ANGRY-WHITE-MALE MEMORIAL PRIZE: To this year's overanalyzed demographic cliche--the soccer mom.