Word: contrivedness
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So panic from the days of "Reefer Madness" lives on. It is now almost universally agreed that, when earlier laws were passed, research exonerating cannabis from its alleged harmful effects was repressed. It is also agreed that research at the time that linked the drug to a variety of dangers...
The Soviet's penchant for bed-hopping deals a rude blow to the naive Emilia, who is further jolted when she learns of her mother's dabbling in adultery with Rosie (Anthony Zerbe), an old conductor-buddy who is currently between marriages. Emilia drowns her sorrows in a sleazy Manhattan...
There was a spirit of conviviality and unity among the audience that was in no way contrived or superficial. People felt at home and at ease. Everyone in the auditorium had a common bond--a bond not shared by strangers outside the theater, walking around the Square, more than a...
The slide did not begin until around the time "The Bitch is Back" rode up the charts in 1974. The bitch was back, alright, but the bitching sounded a bit contrived. Significantly, "The Bitch is Back" is the first cut on Elton's latest set of "greatest hits," and the...
Dirty Hands also suffers from a regrettable tendency peculiar to the film noir: tiresome recapitulations at a certain point in the narrative of what has transpired thus far. Such devices are designed to perform a service for the audience, and the elaborately tangled plots of some films belonging to this...