Word: contrivedness
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This is no accident. James Brooks, who invented The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda gets credit for the screenplay of Starting Over, his first feature. The movie entertains, appropriately, for 30 minutes, and then collapses into a contrived drama that begs for a laugh-track.
The Jazz Makers, at least, does not try to assess the contributions of famous musicians within a single contrived framework. Nine writers worked independently to produce 21 profiles; the editors stress the absence of a predetermined formula. Appropriately, most of the writers chose to place much emphasis on the extra...
College Knowledge suckers well-meaning parents easily parted from their money. Its vast store of information, most valuable to students with little access to files on fellowships or aid, make parts of it useful. Edelhart's deliberately traditional attitude makes much of the book too trite to be helpful. It...
As a proud citizen of the great state of Texas and a fair judge of theater. I feel compelled to respond to Laurence Grafstein's review of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Apparently, Mr. Grafstein has done little or no research into this musical; this is evident from several...
In possibly one of the most contrived roles ever, Hogan's Heroes regular Larry Hovis does a suitable Dan Rather imitation as gospel-spitting Melvin P. Thorpe of Watchdog News. Melvin is "the eyes and ears of Texas." He has unearthed candy-bar scandals and sets out to prove that...