Word: clicheed
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"Until my senior year I didn't really want to go to Harvard because it's such a traditional place to go," says Guinivere E. Mathews '98, who graduated from Exeter. "It seemed almost like a cliche to go from Exeter to Harvard and I thought I would want to...
In addition, there is the issue of motivation. While for many, the cliche, this is going to hurt me more than it's going to hurt you" probably rings a bell, one wonders how often hands are raised in a calm and rational decision that this is the only way...
Still, Morrisroe's discussion of Mapplethorpe in the context of art history sometimes fails in not being extensive enough. Her portraits of specific artists and writers are well-rendered but too often fall short. Her cultural analysis too often resorts to cliche, as in her description of the climate at...
And this is not just an empty cliche to Bobby. He actually means it.
Deceptively lightweight, "Company" nevertheless captures real moments of human emotion without weighing the audience down with sentimentality or artistic pretensions. Sondheim and Furth add irony, a much-needed quality in a musical, without being too self-consicous about it. Even their "types" (crusty matron, dim-but-nubile stewrdess), manage to...