Word: contrivedness
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Stroman's transfer of her direction of Mel Brooks' Broadway musical about a lunatic producer (Lane) and a neurotic one (Broderick) trying to put on a musical so bad it will be a flop is quite literal and jolly. There's no attempt to address the show's endemic weak...
I’d go to a comedy show in Sanders – I guess it’s better than another concert, given the success of those recently. People are less likely to have strong preferences about comics, and I guess it’s good they have...
(2 of 2) Exactly. The whole exercise seems contrived, and Coetzee has set the story in Australia, where he now lives. Let's hope some Elizabeth Costello takes control of his life and returns him to South Africa to find his inspiration. But lalela - listen. The man has fought the...
The increasing popularity of this narrative technique not only reflects a culture that easily multi-tasks a variety of media streams, it also taps into the alienation created by such fracturing. The secret appeal of these multiple storylines lies in their ultimate interconnectedness. They provide a sort of existential "happy...
“It is a very gentle art,” Benowitz said. “The movements are natural, not contrived. There is a connection between the horse and the rider, who uses only slight movements to move the horse.”