Word: clicheed
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The Jeff Koons exhibition on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art until next week -- it goes to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in July -- is a fairly grim spectacle. It is, so to speak, a consomme double of cliche: first because the work is more kitschy...
But heartache is a cliche in country music. On this album McEntire adds something special: a sort of time-to-put-myself-first feminism. On her 1986 hit Whoever's in New England, she took on the persona of a still devoted housewife pining for her itinerant, philandering mate: "You...
But sophomore standout Tammy Butler is asserting herself as a verifiable Crimson star this season. She is quiet and may not get all the press, but to borrow a cliche, she does her talking on the court.
Sonnenschein places his characters in cliched situations and then abruptly undermines the cliche with a sarcastic twist; his sense of humor produces great moments. But at times, the action degenerates into a melodramatic mish-mash (murders, explosions and family desertions abound).
But Sonnenschein's clever dialogue saves the day. By the end, Happy Part returns to its natural, light-hearted self and lets comedy conquer cliche.