Word: contrivedness
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The creators of “Charlie Bartlett” seem to have had an elaborate mental checklist of every high school movie cliché known to man and, item by tedious item, set out to check them off. Hopelessly troubled rich kid expelled from private school and forced to...
The problem with Clinton is that she can't win in November, in which case all her bullet-point plans will be of no avail. While no one doubts her intellectual gifts, there is a contrived quality about her that is no match for Obama's aura of authenticity. Obama...
If all this makes Santa Catarina sound a little contrived, it's saved by the absence of mass tourism. Even with the region's glorious climate and natural beauty, there are surprisingly few of the chain hotels, tour groups or crowded beaches that can be common up north. Life in...
The Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama is a unique venue—circular and warm, it was built in the late 19th century to house a 450-foot wide and 50-foot tall painting of the battle of Gettysburg. It does seem appropriate, then, that it should...
The Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama is a unique venue—circular and warm, it was built in the late 19th century to house a 450-foot wide and 50-foot tall painting of the battle of Gettysburg. It does seem appropriate, then, that it should...